@Fwelin
It was the same episode where she was “afraid” of snakes. Though, I think anyone who was expecting to awaken a warren of bunnies, but was instead surprised by a knot of hissing snakes bearing their fangs and then also accidentally stumbled into a cave of bats would run away screaming.
@mjangelvortex
It’s also possible none of the writers who worked on the short had anything to do with the breezie episode and just didn’t know it in the first place. They probably have like a show bible that says different things about characters, but “Twilight Sparkle: Is not afraid of ladybugs” probably isn’t on the list XD
@chucklefarts
Nope, she’s specifically for Twilight :P
@Deathspank
It’s a safe being afraid of such a ridiculous thing was part of the joke :D
@Damaged
They are but they also traditionally drown people in folklore. If that’s not your thing, then we can always go for Kelpies instead for that grimdark idea. I honestly think either fit. Hell, Kelpies also shapeshift like Changelings.
@VermiIIion
I actually pondered something like that once. They were a changeling that would drag ponies off ships and off the shore and swim out to see and underwater with them. They’d keep the pony alive by breathing oxygenated air into them, but they wouldn’t let them surface. A little grimdark, so spoiling.