The show should have ended with Season 7.
Fluttershy: [voiceover] The other foals used to tease me, a lot!
Foals: [chanting] Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy can hardly fly!
Cozy Glow: Now, now, professor. We all know you’re not the fast one.
I don’t even disagree with the idea that the whole thing could’ve been written much more gracefully, but I don’t think it’s out of character for Twilight.
Cozy Glow is basically a filly version of Tirek, who had a family that by all accounts wasn’t bad…
She was a student performing well, in a School of Friendship
she isn’t some idealist whose worldview can be crushed into dust like with Starlight, or Neighsay
He had to show her some sincerity.
Starlight was motivated by things that Twilight could understand.
And unlike Discord, she didn’t respond at all to people being kind to her.
I don’t think it’s out of character for Twilight.
Discord: You like carrots, Angel? I’m playing your owner for a fool! How d’ya like them carrots?
Starlight: My village was a sanctuary of equality, where nopony’s cutie mark allowed them to feel superior! It was a special place, and you and your friends took it away!
And yet, Fluttershy’s kindness got through to him all the same, even when he still thought his act was fooling her.
I don’t get why Twilight’s experience with Discord should’ve made her more accepting of Cozy.
Starlight gave Twilight more than Cozy ever did, even without Twilight’s prompting. Twilight learned that Starlight’s village meant something to her
He thought that he was still fooling her, but her friendhip still clearly had an effect on him.
Twi only ever tried to be his friend when HE put the work in. She never made the first move.
I highly doubt that she would’ve sent Cozy to Tartarus if Cozy had given her a sincere, sympathetic motive.
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