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I was just wondering if they are going they bring back Lightning Dust to the how again,since hey already did that to Gilda :please: are they going to do it anytime soon? :confused:  

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Ehh, I see no reason for her to be brought back. It would be cool to see more of her personality and learn more about her, but like I said, there's really no reason for her to come back.

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I don't see a possible way to bring her back. If they just do it like with Gilda, it would just seem lazy.

 

 

Maybe she can be like Gilda but not be friends anymore but her and RD respect their differences and move on.

 

Not in this show. It's called "Friendship is magic" and if Friendship dosen't prevail, the kids will be dissapointed. :P

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I'd really like to see her comeback and have a Gilda like transformation. : D

 

There was some speculation she might return in EG: Friendship Games, but it turned out to be a new character named Indigo Zap. She somewhat resembles Lightning Dust, but not quite.

 

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While I would love to see more from her character, I just don't think we would see it. She seemed kinda bland to me and honestly, I am not sure what else they could do with her, except for a very Gilda-like episode, which I don't think would work as well for her. Maybe a short appearance could work better, but not a main focus.

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I'd love to see Lightning Dust back, I though she was a lot of fun and made a great foil to Dash. Just please don't shittily "redeem" her like they did with Trixie

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I would acually love to see her again. Really even though she was a jerk in Wonderbolt Academy, my heart actually sank to watch her sulk away in tears at the end. I'd actually like to see her redeemed; maybe do a team-up act with Trixie or something like that. :D

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, heya. Just letting you know that I've moved your thread to Show Discussion, since it deals more with a show character than anything in the fandom :).

 

I'd love for Lightning Dust to return and don't consider her to be even remotely the same as Gilda. She lacks the past connection with Dash, which makes her a much more interesting and appropriate rival. Lightning is more driven than RD, but at the same time shows the consequences of being insanely driven without the strong moral compass that Dash has developed. There's plenty more they can do with Dust.

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I think Lightning Dust could be due for a comeback, but more as a rival. As for the Gilda comparison however, Dashforever makes a very keen observation: Gilda has a close connection with Rainbow in the past, something that LD probably lacks. Gilda and LD are nowhere near similar. Both acted as antagonists, but LD was acting as a rival, while Gilda was being a bully for reasons we see in The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone.

 

LD is much more comparable to Trixie Lulamoon, and personally, is even more redeemable than Trixie was. Sure she was being a jerk, reckless and insensitive to the feelings and safety of others. But this behavior was also largely promoted by the Wonderbolts and Spitfire, who as we see in Rainbow Falls are just as bad characters and role models as Lightning Dust, if not moreso.

 

If for no other reason than being thrown under the bus and being a rival, Lightning Dust deserves to come back. I might even like to see her meet Gilda some day.

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Thankfully, DashForever and Cwanky both eloquently pointed out that Lightning Dust is not the same as Gilda, and her return would likely look nothing like Gilda's because she wasn't close to Rainbow Dash like Gilda was. I wasn't sure why that comparison was being made. :eww:

 

I don't even think LD is that much like Trixie either. While Lightning is indeed confident and self-assured, she's not as downright ego-maniacal as Trixie. And whereas Trixie is respectably talented with her magic, she boasts higher of her talents than her ability warrants. Lightning Dust actually is all that and she knows it, just without all of the theatrics and facade of Trixie. Lightning Dust is every bit as good of a foil character as Trixie, and in many ways even more competent and impressive, and I'm all for her return. The show has always been generous with character returns, so I think it's a very good possibility.

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I don't see a possible way to bring her back. If they just do it like with Gilda, it would just seem lazy.

 

 

 

Not in this show. It's called "Friendship is magic" and if Friendship dosen't prevail, the kids will be dissapointed. :P

 

Well, we at least have ONE pony who's presumably *never* going to learn about friendship.

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Unless "friendship" absolves you of several cases of murder.

Similarly, I don't think Tirek will be redeemed.

 

 

That being said, I do dislike how often they redeem antagonists: I get that friendship is the premise of the show, but that doesn't mean EVERYONE is befriendable! Heck, the comics even did a lampshade on diamond tiara and silver spoon can be friends and still be irredeemable jerks (Being friends specifically for that reason)

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Thankfully, DashForever and Cwanky both eloquently pointed out that Lightning Dust is not the same as Gilda, and her return would likely look nothing like Gilda's because she wasn't close to Rainbow Dash like Gilda was. I wasn't sure why that comparison was being made. :eww:

 

 

I don't think anyone was saying Gilda and Lightning Dust are the same or that they would be redeemed in a similar fashion. People would just like to see Lightning Dust have a chance to redeem herself like Gilda and Trixie did.

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 People would just like to see Lightning Dust have a chance to redeem herself like Gilda and Trixie did.

 

i wouldn't XD

I'd prefer she remain a jerk and antagonist ;)

If anything, I'd like her to get MORE antagonistic or become intentionally malevolent.

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i wouldn't XD

I'd prefer she remain a jerk and antagonist ;)

If anything, I'd like her to get MORE antagonistic or become intentionally malevolent.

Plot twist, she works with Starlight Glimmer to steal all the Friendship in Equestria, season 5 finale.

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i wouldn't XD

I'd prefer she remain a jerk and antagonist ;)

If anything, I'd like her to get MORE antagonistic or become intentionally malevolent.

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For some reason, I really like this idea. It gives me good vibes. A change of pace from the predictable happily ever after and "let's be friends and make up!" routine of the show.

 

Then again making Dust more of a jerk may just falsely justify Spitfire's poor judgment and deplorable behavior that helped encourage Dust's ego. Both were being an asses either way, but still.

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Plot twist, she works with Starlight Glimmer to steal all the Friendship in Equestria, season 5 finale.

 

 

 

I actually had kind of hoped the finale would have been Starlight trying to gather 5 other nega-mane six to get revenge with, though it looks like that won't be the case ;(

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