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Ignorance, I guess. Rainbow Dash would've learned of the brutality of pirates in the movie though, I doubt she liked pirates very much after that. I mean, Storm King's thugs literally kept Ponies as slaves.

They're repeating a pattern that also exists in our world, people with brazen bigotry view empathy as a weakness, the problem is people like that are often rewarded for treating people badly monetarily or politically, and so they continue to do it, if they are rewarded for bad behaviour, then they never truly learn how to treat a friend well. Didn't Elon Musk say empathy is a weakness? he is wrong of course. However flawed that claim is, there are people in real life who truly believed that even though historically, as social animals, altruism helped us survive and even push out some of the worst people. I would not call that bad writing to have villains in My Little Pony FIM who believe empathy holds them back or whatever, however with Discord, it was clear there were attempts to reform that villain, but it doesn't seem like creators of the show really followed through with that storytelling, they kind of left it up to interpretation as to whether or not he was truly reformed, considering he continued to behave recklessly and selfishly toward Ponies beyond season 4.

From the beginning first. I saw clips on Youtube before that, but they hardly count as watching a whole episode. I loved the first episode though, seeing part 2 of episode 1 was endearing to see Princess Luna learn that family disputes don't have to be dealt with through violence. Princess Celestia also showed her maturity in this situation when she forgiven her sister instead of immediately banishing Luna to the moon again. Princess Celestia could've acted differently, it's not like she had to show mercy, but she did it anyway. That is an inspiring episode because it showed that justice isn't always about punishment, the other component of it is to make others learn what they did wrong, to learn how to say sorry and mean it, to not repeat the same mistake again. Conflict resolution is about stopping violence first and foremost.

I get what you're saying, that crown is meant to be a symbol of her authority, which she earned through heroic deeds and being a good ally to her kingdom. However if a tiara can be used for fashion, why not a crown?

That assumes they were destroyed, they could have been Copies of Pinkie Pie that were merged back into Pinkie Pie's being after a spell gone wrong was corrected. They were already supposed to be part of Pinkie Pie herself, so having multiple different versions of her split out was an unnatural phenomenon to start with, from some kind of magic water she found. Pinkie Pie was not supposed to be there. Magic is certainly capable of offing someone in MLP FIM though, like what Starlight Glimmer did to Discord in season 8 episode A Matter of Principles. Discord got turned into a ghost, meaning Starlight Glimmer's magic somehow nullified both Discord's immortality and killed him. Starlight Glimmer has got quite a temper, but to be fair, Discord did make her fearful for the safety of the school students with his antics, Discord still kind of acts like a jerk sometimes, even after his reform.

Like with some other fandoms, I doubt I would ever stop liking My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. It promotes that spirit of unity I find so endearing, images like that are the reason. With some other shows, yeah, they can become stale or disengaging after a while, especially if their plot hasn't aged well, Pokemon being one of the examples of overrated fictions like that in my opinion because they basically force animals to fight for entertainment which is not kind, but MLP FIM is different, Mane Six learn to help each other through their problems and not be too judgmental about each other along the way, whether it's Rainbow Dash learning to accept Fluttershy's shyness and love her for who she is as a friend, not what she wants her to be in Dragonshy, in the first episode Twilight Sparkle learning the value of friendship and that there are some things she cannot do on her own, for Rarity to put others needs before her own wants like in Sisterhooves Social episode. Pegasisters, Bronies or a non binary equivalent, unite. To see how much it has affected the community, where they value empathy enough to treat you well and be so polite to you, not bully you or harass you for having a different opinion, and calmly discuss each other's disagreements like civilized people, that's so beautiful. Yeah I know I made a fan fiction where I imagined myself being reborn in alternate timeline Equestria as a Pegasi to find a peaceful existence with Ponies there, and to be nurtured to be kind like them, and nobody insulted me for this, just as I would not judge them for a similar fantasy which some fans I have spoken to, do, especially if they wanted to be in that fantasy world for the same reason, to be a good friend and not take advantage of others. Doesn't matter, my point is this, Empathy is not a weakness, and it should never be treated as if it is one.

That is one reason why I believe Queen Chrysalis to be much more dangerous than some people may give her credit for. Her ruthlessness is nerfed by plot armour of the show, but put that fictional character into a real life scenario and that changes, drastically, it's not just her magic people would need to worry about in that fantasy world scenario, it's her manipulative behaviour, which in my opinion could lead to disaster for our world if she was underestimated. I will save the political stuff for Twilight Soapbox section of the forum. But it should be noted that there is very good reason to believe, had Chrysalis been real and entered our timeline, she would have made conflict 10 times worse, all she has to do, is impersonate somebody else and then manipulate one of our incompetent leaders to start a war with another nation. I don't have much faith in humans tbh.