@gingerninja666
i think the big thing really is how gleefully she dove headfirst into doing these really appallingly evil things and never got any consequences for it. if she was
just this emotionally unstable person who was terrified of failure and had no real social skills she’s be fine (well, aside from being literally
identical to s1 twilight sparkle). it’s that they try to use that as an excuse to entirely justify doing these really inexcusably horrible things.
i don’t necessarily mean her consequences could be punishments either. if she actually had to start from the bottom and earn forgiveness, prove she truly intended to be good now, and work hard to keep the trust of the mane six, that would be one thing. her “redemption” just started her out fully absolved of everything and blindly loved and trusted by everyone around her. all of her “struggles” and “problems” are only implied and told, rather than shown. her emotional instability never pops up because she has no problems whatsoever interacting with others on an emotional level: they either warm up to her instantly, don’t react to the bad things she does, or the narrative somehow sets her up to succeed with no problems. answer me this: has she ever been
rejected by any of the mane six? have any of them ever said outright “i don’t trust her and don’t want her around”, or even shown any real reluctance to having such a “dangerous emotionally unstable” person around?
to put it a different way, it would be as if rather than rainbow dash actually doing arrogant and obnoxious things sometimes, she only ever complained from time to time “oh i’m so arrogant and obnoxious” or had other characters remark on her arrogance and obnoxiousness, but never actually showed it.
i will say, however, that the only time she becomes somewhat interesting is when they team her up with trixie. trixie’s the only character who has any chemistry at all with her, and they actually let trixie get some digs at starlight.