Title says it all!
as for me, with Sunset Shimmer I've had my own dark past, and was really REALLY hateful, and i've grown out of it and turned my life around and finding balance, becoming a better person and just wanting to help everyone, especially my friends
also coincidentally my favorite mythical animal IS a Phoenix.
Lots of people still know me for who I was, and I've tried to change their view point, doesn't always work, but it's coming along slowly, I think.
Hell just today I went a tangent telling someone off who decided to cut one of my friends out of their life over something as petty as posting about a convention they're going too, while keeping other friends who've talked about said convention
and this person who wronged my friend told them that they cut them off because they don't want to hear about the convention... yeah, real mature...
anyways! enough about me, how about you all and your Favorite characters?