Yeah, I noticed that. She seemed so steadfastly incapable of just ITTING she was pure evil. It’s clear she enjoys being in control of ponies, yet even when backed against the wall and put in a position where it’s clear that everyone has turned on her and isn’t coming back, she just couldn’t make herself it that she was doing all of this for power. She either had to rationalize or run away.
It makes her probably the most realistic villain this show has ever done.
@gingerninja666
Like most people who think they’re making people happy. Honestly, I’m less worried about the people who it they’re evil and oppressive than the sincere ones.
No, the bit where she’s walking away from them after telling Double Diamond to see to their every need. She says:
“Well, this will certainly provide a boost to our little community. When the rest of Equestria sees that a princess gave up her cutie mark to us, they’ll finally understand what we’re trying to accomplish.”
@gingerninja666
If you mean during the song bit, she’s only like, a few feet away from the group, and while shows do often have it that if your not within huddle distance of someone, you can speak with only a mild attempt to not yelling and that’ll work, it just as often subverts that on how useless that is at stopping people from not hearing you.
I think she could be both power hungry AND believing that what she said was true.
Earlier in the episode she walks off while speaking to herself that Equestria will “finally understand what WE’RE trying to accomplish”. No one else was around, yet she still referred to her plan while including the entire town. So it could be that she wanted power and she wants to be in control, but she’s also rationalized it in her own head that this is what everypony genuinely wants as well.
@Background Pony Number 17
There’s just something about the way she acted when her masquerade broke that just spoke to me that she was only power hungry, and only bullshitting as a last attempt to keep people on her side, and because itting your wrong is hard, not that she genuinely thought she was in the right.
@DasHiveMind
Actually, I think Starlight Glimmer sincerely believes in what she’s doing. She’s just rationalized keeping her cutie mark because without it, she wouldn’t be able to bring about the utopia she’s dreaming of.
That, of course, makes her even more insane and dangerous.
@Evowizard25
That’s a Watsonian reason, but there’s no doyalist explanation as to why it couldn’t have been the staff and she couldn’t have been a genuine follower of her ideology.
@DasHiveMind
Starlight said that it was her own magic that took away the cutie marks, so unless she found some other means, she had to hide her own cutie mark until her mission was complete.
@Silent_Witness
Because having a villain who genuinely believes what they’re doing is right and for the betterment of society is apparently something most, but thankfully not all, writers don’t like.
Yeah, I noticed that. She seemed so steadfastly incapable of just ITTING she was pure evil. It’s clear she enjoys being in control of ponies, yet even when backed against the wall and put in a position where it’s clear that everyone has turned on her and isn’t coming back, she just couldn’t make herself it that she was doing all of this for power. She either had to rationalize or run away.
It makes her probably the most realistic villain this show has ever done.
Like most people who think they’re making people happy. Honestly, I’m less worried about the people who it they’re evil and oppressive than the sincere ones.
Yeah, I’m agreeing with you there. That’s something you wouldn’t say out loud to an enemy.
It actually reminds me of ‘This Day Aria’ in a way. With how the villain was saying/singing something in clear vicinity of a potential listener.
No, the bit where she’s walking away from them after telling Double Diamond to see to their every need. She says:
“Well, this will certainly provide a boost to our little community. When the rest of Equestria sees that a princess gave up her cutie mark to us, they’ll finally understand what we’re trying to accomplish.”
If you mean during the song bit, she’s only like, a few feet away from the group, and while shows do often have it that if your not within huddle distance of someone, you can speak with only a mild attempt to not yelling and that’ll work, it just as often subverts that on how useless that is at stopping people from not hearing you.
@gingerninja666
I wonder this makes Starlight Glimmer similar to Ghetsis from 5th Gen Pokémon?
I think she could be both power hungry AND believing that what she said was true.
Earlier in the episode she walks off while speaking to herself that Equestria will “finally understand what WE’RE trying to accomplish”. No one else was around, yet she still referred to her plan while including the entire town. So it could be that she wanted power and she wants to be in control, but she’s also rationalized it in her own head that this is what everypony genuinely wants as well.
Yeah that’s what I got too, she really is like Amon.
There’s just something about the way she acted when her masquerade broke that just spoke to me that she was only power hungry, and only bullshitting as a last attempt to keep people on her side, and because itting your wrong is hard, not that she genuinely thought she was in the right.
Actually, I think Starlight Glimmer sincerely believes in what she’s doing. She’s just rationalized keeping her cutie mark because without it, she wouldn’t be able to bring about the utopia she’s dreaming of.
That, of course, makes her even more insane and dangerous.
That’s a Watsonian reason, but there’s no doyalist explanation as to why it couldn’t have been the staff and she couldn’t have been a genuine follower of her ideology.
@DasHiveMind
Starlight said that it was her own magic that took away the cutie marks, so unless she found some other means, she had to hide her own cutie mark until her mission was complete.
Because having a villain who genuinely believes what they’re doing is right and for the betterment of society is apparently something most, but thankfully not all, writers don’t like.
Somepony should get her a tattoo
Apple Bloom will be along soon to protect her title.
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