@doctor clifton
That’s how most teenagers are. Their brains just are not developed for that kind of selflessness or self-reflection. They can be taught if the parent is good enough, but it takes a special kind of parenting to build what’s already lacking in the first place. That’s why very few teenagers aren’t complete dicks.
@Background Pony #2A0F
Worst daughter confirmed. All Flurry Heart can think about is how AWFUL things are for her, never once considering what her parents have/are sacrificing for her. Judging by the way she snaps at her mother and calls her “mom” with quotation marks, I’m willing to bet that she doesn’t really even think of her parents as actual people with thoughts and feelings. They’re just two more cardboard cutouts for her to yell at for not appreciating her “”””“suffering”””””. I hope Anon slaps the shit out of her.
You know, it’s really kind of a sad comic in both directions, when you think about it. I mean, putting aside the intentional bluntness Flurry Heart is using to hurt her mother, being a part of a royal family and a special one in a million individual (natural born alicorn and all) would probably be stifling for a teenager. You have all the usual rebellious tendencies of others your age, but your actions and indiscretions are under constant public scrutiny and threat of being the next bit of late night comedy material. It would be a fairly high pressure lifestyle to have to lead, and she may have every bit of legitimacy in wanting to be normal for a bit. That said, it’s a tough thing for the parent as well, because for them pushing too hard, even in kindness, has a chance of backfiring like it did here. Best they can do sometimes is to make it clear they care, that they’ll be there if they need you, and hope you’ll actually remember that when it matter most.
That said though, this is heartrendingly sad. You can imagine Cadance working day and night to clear her schedule enough so that she can have some time with one of the most important ponies in her life, only to be insulted and kicked to the curb for her efforts.
@Background Pony #8625
Yeah, I feel so bad for Cadence here. She just wants to hang out with her daughter, but Flurry is having none of it! And she’s so nice about it, too… Cadence’s expressions of sadness…
What I imagine Cadence is thinking: “You listen here, you little shit. You aren’t going through anything I haven’t been through. Better; you don’t have thousands of stallions hounding you to let them put their dicks in your pussy! Why? YOU WEREN’T THE PRINCESS OF ‘LOVE’! Now you are going to cut that attitude RIGHT THE FUCK OFF, we are going to have a NICE BONDING EVENING, and you are going to thank me for it! IS THAT CLEAR?!”