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The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when she explained it to the rest of the Mane 5. (And if her demonstration only worked because like Posey she deliberately caused discord for her own ends, it certainly wasn’t clear, as the crystals seemed to flicker or magic otherwise went wonky without any Posey connection at times.)

There’s consequences and then there’s just being punitive, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical (as opposed to a social) level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.

The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when she explained it to the rest of the Mane 5. (And if her demonstration only worked because like Posey she deliberately caused discord for her own ends, it certainly wasn’t clear, as the crystals seemed to flicker without any Posey connection at times.)

There’s consequences and then there’s just being punitive, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical (as opposed to a social) level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.

The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when she explained it to the rest of the Mane 5. (And if her demonstration only worked because like Posey she deliberately caused discothersd for her own ends, it certainly wasn’t clear, as the crystals seemed to flicker without any Posey connection at times.)

There’s consequences and then there’s just being punitive, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.

The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when she explained it to the rest of the Mane 5. (And if her demonstration only work because like Posey she used others for her own ends, it certainly wasn’t clear, as the crystals seemed to flicker without any Posey connection at times.)

There’s consequences and then there’s just being punitive, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.

The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when he explained it to the rest of the Mane 5.

There’s consequences and then there’s ajusthor beitariang punismtive, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.

The thing about “ponies being forced to like each other” was more than just Poesy being a prick. It’s just the thought that *any* little disagreement can cause the Unity Crystal magic to flicker, as Zipp demonstrated when he explained it to the rest of the Mane 5.

There’s consequences and then there’s authoritarianism, and that makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. Putting these consequences on a metaphysical level might even be counterproductive to actual character growth as they seek to just keep the crystals “satisfied” rather than take it to heart and actually deal with the consequences *as they relate to others*.