To: Anon, From HRH Sunbutt.

by Snow

From HRH Cell Division, RE: Letter 78

Author's Note:

Letter 78: Here.

To my most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle,

I cannot and would not blame you at all for this decision. Blueblood is... difficult and there are very few ponies that genuinely like him. He's self-centered, conniving, and has all the sensibilities of a toothless tick. He does have his redeeming qualities but... sadly he more often acts as a cautionary tale.

On the bright side, it's good that you realize how precious your own friends are, and how much they must cherish you.

Your loving mentor,
Princess Celestia

PS. Imagine having to attend every single one of his birthday parties.

PPS. He used to be so much sweeter before the nobility got their hooks into him.

Comments

[TheDino27]

Power can turn the best people into selfish assholes , sadly .
But we are not here to talk about serious things ! So lemme think of a joke ... Season 3 was best season !

[Mitril]

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It's not power itself but influences of others, like nobility

[Honey Lavender]

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

[Shadowshame]

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And those immune to the corrupting qualities of power are influenced by those who are not

[Totally Not A Pony]

Hm, not a big believer in “power corrupts” as a general principle here on mostly philosophical grounds (certain specific ways of gaining said power possibly excepted).

That said, I do instead like to go with “power makes you bigger, not better” -- as in, it can all too easily also magnify flaws that the individual in question already had all along and simply lacked the means to display on a grander scale until they suddenly got handed just those...

[Snow]

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The last line was a comment about other nobles corrupting, not power itself.