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My favorite in 3D is Pipp, and in TYT it is Posey. With Misty and Opaline making my top 4 favorites in the series. As for the new mane 6: 1. Pipp 2. Misty 3. Sunny 4. Izzy* 5. ZIpp 6. Hitch That said, I like all of them. * in 3D only, in TYT she is probably fifth ot last.

They all are great voice actors. Ashleigh ball voicing RD and AJ wasn't really a surprise for me, I don't think they sound that different in the first season. Tabitha St. Germain impressed me the most overall, plus some of her bloopers are hilarious.

My rankings changed through the years a bit, and I have not seen many episodes in a long while so this might change. I will put them in groups: 1. S7 or S5 3. S2 or S9 - I rewatched S2 recently and enjoyed it more than previously, It used to be lower than 4 at some point but now I think its clearly ahead. S9 was a bit more iconsistent (but overall still consistent) but it also had amazing episodes and I enjoyed the final arch a lot so it might give this season the edge but I'm not sure. 5. S4 - Consistent but doesn't have episodes as good as most other seasons, I will say that perhaps my favorite episode of this season, "flight to the finish", might be my least favorite of the top episodes of each season. 6. S6\S3\S1 - hard to decide really, each season good in a different way. 1 is very simple but the characters getting to know each other better is pretty fun. S3 had a strong first half but the 2nd is weaker with one (in my opinion) really bad episode (and with only 13 episodes it has more impact). 9. S8 - I like this season overall, it has some great episodes but also a few pretty bad ones and on average is the worst season. The school and the students are not the best arch either.

The reasons for developing ASPD is not comletely clear as far as I know (I am no psychologist ), but I think its believed to be linked to a combination of genetics, environment and brain abnormalities. As you said, the real life reason was because they did not care that much about the details. They probably had a lot of fun writing her and didn't think too hard about her backstory. Many antagonists didn't get a backstory in the show itself (comics is a different matter), like Chrysalis and Sombra. That said, I don't think fans should be spoon fed everything, its okay if some details in a series are not given and being patched up by fans (some fan made theories came from 2 characters standing next to each other). Of course this leaves room for a lot of spaculations and uncertainties but it can be done just for fun. If something in the show is unclear fans can make up for it. Cozy's backstory (and others) is not a main point in the show (unlike lets say, in Avatar, with Zuko especially) and if its not going to fit with the episodes than this part can be ignored, in the grand scheme of things her backstory is irrelevent for the plot. I know cozy's treatment in the show is very controversial, but again we don't know a lot about her and many fans are frustrated because of it. Perhaps she really is irredeemable (either she is a child or not), her actions clearly speak for themselves and not everyone is redeemable. Perhaps off screen they tried to reason with her or help her but it turned out impossible. I know that the show doesn't really support the adult cozy theory, however I don't think it contradicts it enough to completely throw it away (cozy does say that she is a child to the villains but she is not the most trustfull source in universe). It might also be an explaination why the main characters were not afraid to throw her into tartarus or turn her to stone, even if there are other possible (and perhaps more likely, in universe) explanations.

He could have created a disease, or just give them some symptoms while they aren't really sick. We see them healthy by the end of the episode so it was likely just a trick for a very short time or they got over it quickly, maybe Twilight healed them. Maybe its a real disease and he gave them that but it passes qiuckly and he can heal himself from it. There are many possible explanations. With Discord you can just throw common sense away.

While the show does depict equestria as a more friendly environment than real life, we do know that injuries, diseases and death exist. I personally believe that equestria very likely has orphanges, granted less than in real life with lower demand. But thats up for fans interpretations, so fair enough. I don't remember that the show ever addresses trixies backstory (maybe the comics did), maybe she decided to be a travelling pony on her own. Presumably inspired by her (possibly) dad? There are some other antagonists in the series with no backstory (to my knowledge) like lightning dust and suri polomare. There is also Tempest who also had a rough childhood. I agree on that a rough or toxic chilhood is a very likely cause for cozy becoming that. In my opinion, she has some issues that are not completely related to her childhood, but her environment growing up (or perhaps after that) could have lead to these issues to come to the surface and really manifest (but maybe that just me).

Thats sounds like a good theory. Perhaps she felt that inorder to control her own life and destiny she needs to have control of nearly everything. That might also explain her plans (to some degree), she tries to gain power by different methods, in S8 she doesn't have strong magic so she takes it away from the others so she can get to a power position more easily (by having many followers) and thus more control, in S9 she tries to get magic so this time she can force it. That said, it doesn't completely explain her cruelty and I do disagree on the wanting love part. I personally don't think that what she wants, to me it seems she wants others to like her (in season 8 mostly) only to be in a position of power, its just for manipulation so they will do what she says. That is what she is trying to pull on Tirek (and slightly on Chrysalis), Tirek just realizes it. We see that she is rather sadistic, so to me at least it seems like there is more to it. Do you think her cruelty is the result of built up frustration that she can't help but show occaasinally? I can't recall an orphanage either although I still think such an institution is more likely to exist than not. If we never got a confirmation of an orphanage in the show I will find it rather funny, since for so many years Scootaloo being an orphan was such a strong theory. True, that might explain why she manipulates and how she became so good at this. Still, there is a difference between make do or get by and what she ended up doing. Maybe she realized she wanted more and needed to think bigger? You mean consequences of her actions on what will happen (like equestria will lose its magic) overall and what it really means? Or understand how this will effect others (in this case you mean it like she can't comprehand or she emotionally doesn't understand, that she couldn't care less)? Or what will happen to her? Or all of them? I personally think she is smart enough and understands them to a degree, but emotionally she doesn't get others suffering and sometimes she is a bit to self centered and impulsive to completely realize what might happen to her if she fails. I my opinion its pretty clear that she has (a pretty severe case of) antisocial personality disorder (or something of the sort).

Interesting, I actually forgot about this comic. Too bad it wasn't continued, it was pretty promising. It does seem like all the ponies there are earth ponies so its pretty unlikely. If cozy is indeed a child (or even if not) did she become evil through life experiences (bad parents, bullying, bad environment growing up etc.) or is she a psychopath who simply can't feel empathy twoards others and just use them however she see fits like some chess figures. Maybe, but its more likely she somehow contacted him (not sure how though, perhaps derpy) since he was imprisoned so she already had bad intentions. From their interaction in season 9 it seems to me like she tried to manipulate him (and the others), so I personally don't think Tirek played a serious role in her turning out like that.

What is her most likely (or your favorite theory) backstory? Is she a crazy cunning child, perhaps she is an adult that looks like a kid (like baby doll from batman) or maybe she isn't even a pony but a demon? I personally like the theory that she is an adult but looks like a kid and with time went insane.