Season 2: Would you side with Twi?

[Wittypotato 17]

I can't honestly say, I mean we all saw the episode and how the real Candance acted, but only Twilight and Shining Armor knew how she acted before so we wouldn't have that point of reference, and Twilight handled her accusation poorly. If she'd been level headed and checked if 'Cadence' or Shining had any reasons as to why it that stuff happened she wouldn't have come off as jealous and bitter.

Even though I really wanna yes, I gotta say no here.

[TheSupremeLeaderOfChaos 1,206]

I would have been at least a little suspicious. After all, Twilight was so excited after she found out that Princess Mi Amore Cadenza was actually Cadence, you would automatically assume, now Twilight's going to be fine with the wedding. If I was her friend, I would see her get really excited, and then, suddenly out of nowhere, Twilight acts like something's terribly wrong. She knows Cadence better than me, so if she thinks something is wrong, shouldn't I be a little concerned? 

Also, why would somepony whose magic is supposed to spread love act so mean, cruel, and sarcastic to everyone else? That truly makes no sense. I would have watched her closely, for Twilight's sake. There was definitely something strange about Princess Mi Amore Cadenza all right. 

[RubyVesper 100]

As soon as I saw Cadence not reacting to the game-thing, I knew something was up. I'd side with Twilight. Don't tell me that is because I've seen the episode, this was my reaction from seeing it for the first time.

[Magic Man 222]

I can understand Shining being hurt and angry, but flat out disowning his sister and booting her from the wedding is pretty harsh, as was all her friends giving her the cold shoulder and leaving her alone in her misery, followed by her beloved mentor basically telling her she bucked up. And thats all within the span of a few seconds! Geez, you think you could span the shaming out a little bit?

 

The weird part is that no one bothers to look into where Twilight went after the rehearsal. She dissapears for around a full day and the last time she was seen she was emotionally distraight. And they all just go ahead with the wedding and ignore the fact that no one has seen the unicorn with the stress issues for 24 hours.

 

True, true friends indeed!

 

Okay, let's get this straight, at what point did Shining Armor declare Twilight was no longer his sister? Everyone keeps saying he disowned her, as did her friends. NONE OF THEM DID. Shining Armor just told her not to come to wedding, and that itself he is well within his rights to do. Why should he invite her to his wedding when she has just viciously insulted his bride and made herself clearly opposed to wedding even happening let alone make her his best mare?

 

That last point is rather valid, but that's due to the writing of the episode and the pacing, hence why a few minutes should have been added for something like that, if not just showing them concerned?

[Love*Potion 575]

I actually don't know.... Everypony seemed so excited for the wedding that they just seemed to disregard the strange behavior of Cadence. I probably would have been skeptical if Twilight had suddenly told me the princess was evil, but I would have kept my eye out for anything suspicious 

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

Okay, let's get this straight, at what point did Shining Armor declare Twilight was no longer his sister? Everyone keeps saying he disowned her, as did her friends. NONE OF THEM DID. Shining Armor just told her not to come to wedding, and that itself he is well within his rights to do. Why should he invite her to his wedding when she has just viciously insulted his bride and made herself clearly opposed to wedding even happening let alone make her his best mare?

 

That last point is rather valid, but that's due to the writing of the episode and the pacing, hence why a few minutes should have been added for something like that, if not just showing them concerned?

Perhaps disown is the wrong word to use, and they have every right to be angry, but still, there was no need for the marathon shaming. And we didn't even need a full on scene with them being concerned. Body language and simple glances would be enough. Just look at Spike's face when Twilight disrupts the wedding. He isn't angry or annoyed like the others; his face conveys sadness and regret in seeing his friend act like that. It's a lot less cold then those judgmental, strangely stuck up faces the rest of the Mane 6 give when they walk out on Twilight.

 

Speaking of Canterlot Wedding dumbness, Celestia screwed up. It's her lack of awareness that an evil queen of darkness had impersonated her niece and brainwashed her captain of the guard that caused this mess.

[Castle Bleck 19,375]

Twilight's main problem was being unable to calm down enough to properly explain why she suspected "Cadence". That being said, here's what I would do:

 

1. Slap her across the face in order to jolt her out of hysteria.

 

2. Once she calmed down, I would then instruct her to methodically describe each of her reasons.

 

3. After Twilight established a better case for herself, Chrysalis would reveal herself in a fit of rage (and presumably kill me).

 

4. Cue Shining-x-Cadence shockwave of doom to avenge me.

 

5. I would proceed to watch the rest of the wedding as a blue Jedi ghost alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker (NOT Hayden Christensen digitally added in).

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

Yes. And I'm not saying that to sound cool.

 

If I were in that situation, I wouldn't agree that 'Chrysadence' was necessarily EVIL, but I would believe that something was amiss. Most ponies are naturally nice, and I refuse to believe Twilight's foalsitter could go as nuts about her wedding as some human brides do. I can forgive the other Mane 6 for not supporting her (barely) because they were understandably shocked and never knew Cadence before the wedding. But Twilight did.

 

Most importantly of all: Celestia noticed nothing and didn't believe her. If that doesn't scream "Twi is right," I don't know what does.

Edited March 27, 2013 by TailsIsNotAlone

[Lady Leopardess 393]

Watching the episode , as soon as I saw Cadence didn't react to her game in a positive way I thought something was up, now if we factor in that the rest of the mane 6 didn't see that I'd still say I'd stick by Twilight. I would have gotten her to explain , why she thought something was up with the Princess and then try to go gather more evidence with her(ask her questions only the real Cadance would know kind of thing ,in front of everyone). I would have been quite suspicious about the other bridesmaids disappearing. And if one was to assuming she was doing the Bridzilla thing, one would still expect her to show some excitement about the wedding, and she didn't.

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

Well, Twilight is incredibly intelligent and she had very valid reasons for not trusting Cadance. While I might have thought she was over exaggerating, I still would have taken her side and said I believed her. I mean, it was pretty easy to see Cadance was not acting nice at all.

[Rainbow Dash Loyalty 1,275]

I never met Cadence or saw any of her actions, there's no proof on anything that I saw on what she did wrong so I probably would think Twi would be a bit insane or having a problem with something.

Unless we're like the bestest friends ever and we know that we would never lie to each other then I'll surely believe her if that's the case.

[Suzaku 88]

I probably would NOT side with Twilight.

 

I've gone through the whole "brother getting married" deal, and I had some subconscious feeling that my brother's bride-to-be was trying to take him away from me.  It's not an uncommon feeling, and so it's not unusual for the little sister of a groom-to-be to harbor negative feelings toward the bride.  So anything Twilight says against Cadance, I would take with a grain of salt.

 

Now, Twilight also saw each "suspicious" event, whereas the rest of the Mane Six saw only one or two, which each had "acceptable" explanations.  Having not known Cadance from their younger years, they have nothing to compare her current attitude to.  They would assume, as I would, that any poor behavior on Cadance's part is simply the result of stress.  Weddings are indeed VERY stressful, and with the addition of the "threat to Canterlot", it would very easily explain why Cadance was acting strangely.

[Shawn Parks 1,798]

Even if I believed that Twilight was mistaken about Cadence, I would not have just walked off and left her alone like the others did.  I would want to talk to her and find out why she felt that way.  And more importantly, I would want to show her support. 

[Magpie 623]

I'd certainly take her seriously, but I wouldn't blindly support her. I had disliked "Cadance" (Not the real one.) but didn't think she was evil. (Not that I would ever get invited to a Canterlot wedding.) She seemed to know Cadance better than anyone else. (Except Shining Armor, but he was under her spell.)

Edited March 27, 2013 by Brosparkles

[Starflower 323]

I'm someone that tends to sense things that aren't going right. So, I'm more likely to side with Twilight than with the others. Her calling was something serious, so I'd choose to stand by her. If it wasn't serious, or if she was joking (hypothetically speaking), then the situation would be different. 

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

Even if I believed that Twilight was mistaken about Cadence, I would not have just walked off and left her alone like the others did. I would want to talk to her and find out why she felt that way. And more importantly, I would want to show her support.

That's what I was sayin'!

 

Really, if anyone of her friends had just shown the slightest amount of concern for their friend's whereabouts between the rehearsal and the wedding, they probably would have figured out that something was wrong, and maybe the Changeling Invasion of April 2012 would not have happened.

 

Somepony probably died over this, is all I'm saying

[GC13 17]

Realistically, there is pretty much zero chance that Twilight could convince me that Cadance was evil. She'd be certain to convince me of her sincerity though, for what it was worth, but that doesn't get her very far. I suppose she'd just be relieved to finally find someone who doesn't tell her that she or Cadance is just stressed, and instead wants some hard evidence.

 

There's basically no way I'd see why everyone ostracized her at the end of the first part, though. Heck, I think that required making everyone else act out of character.