Twilight Sparkle Improving Lives? (Friendship is Failure)

People sure love to complain...

She always tries her best to get through to those with friendship problems and help them improve their lives, no matter how much they reject and act hostile towards her.

She gets disrespected a lot because she wants to help people, even though she's a princess who's saved Equestria on multiple occasions.

Anything she does to try an help ponies improve their lives will inevitably backfire in someway, leading to her getting berated by the pony she was trying to help and sometimes by Princess Celestia too.

The thing is... Twilight's intentions to help others better their lives, while they may be nice and understandable her actions, her methods, and her whole IDEAS are wrong.

HER IDEAS ARE WRONG...

Twilight: "All I'm trying to do is improve your life!"

(Subject): "Well, you sure have the wrong idea this time."

Twilight's ideas of "Improvement" and "Better" are much more suitable for HER than her subject. They may not be acceptable, tolerated, or even wanted by the subject, especially seeing as her ideas involve making them do all kinds of things they do not like, approve of, and want little do with as possible.

She and her friends may have changed and helped improve Cranky and Moon Dancer, but that's because deep down, both of them hadn't really given up on Friendship and they really did have some hope and wanted to change.

My characters... they don't want to at all, and have made it clear they don't want these things in their lives at all (Some would rather die) Twilight is trying to condemn them to a life and style they find unbearable.

Twilight: "You can be so much better. You have all these things, you'll be loved and appreciated and--!"

(Subject): "PRINCESS TWILIGHT!!! Maybe you find joy, comfort, and peace with all this; I do not. Friendship has been good to you. For me: Not been so good."

HER EGO/PARANOIA...

Twilight has many irreconcilable flaws that she never truly learns from or tries to improve on herself.

-She already suffered from OCD before becoming Princess of Friendship. She goes off when even the teensiest thing doesn't go according to her plans or schedule, or is slightly out of place.

-She tends to be a control freak. She has to have everything her way because hers is the only way she can hope to understand and live with, even if it's wrong for others or not such a big deal, which makes her come off as arrogant as well.

-(The most pregnant of her issues of all) She is afraid that if Friendship Fails, if hatred and misery continues to spread, then Equestria will be plunged into years and years of war, chaos, and destruction unimaginable, and because she is Princess of Friendship... the bit stops with her. (This was her main reason for starting the SCHOOL OF FRIENDSHIP, so other creatures can learn friendship and to avoid wars)

That's why she acts so relentless and desperate to fix other people's problems and never rest until they relent. She's doing it more for HERSELF than she is for the subject.

Sometimes, she needs to cool off, step back, and realize, just because a few creatures are miserable does not mean the world is going to end, especially if what they do is not that big a deal.

(I said SOMETIMES, not ALWAYS)

HARASSMENT

Her relentless attitude to complete these tasks, not take "No" for an answer, and MAKE others come to her way of thinking lead her to invade other's privacies and not give them their space. Like she did with Moon Dancer.

Like how Pinkie stalked Cranky... destroying his wig and his memory book.

-Stalking
-Peeping
-Harassment
-Trespassing
-Breaking and Entering
-Destruction of Property
-Disturbing the Peace

As Princess of Friendship, and Friendship Guardians, It's the Mane 6's job to help PROMOTE friendship. To help others learn more about it, to understand it, and maybe to like it... but only if they DESIRE to. There will always be someone who objects it and wants nothing to do with the stuff.

The Friendship Ponies may have the right to demonstrate friendship and try to persuade others to change their ways, but they have No right to break the law, and interfere with the rights and lives of others in so doing.

"No," means "No."

"Go away" means "Go away Now, and Don't Come Back!"

This is why Celestia usually scolds Twilight... because she has gone much too far and caused/made a disturbance after she was specifically told to LAY OFF. Twilight is NOT immune to scolding, punishment, or answering for her own misdeeds, whether they be accidental or not.

WHAT WILL IT CHANGE...

Twilight spends so much time expecting the outcome to work in her favor, she doesn't take a minute to realize the full situation and be aware of what's happening, or what COULD happen.

-She cannot change how people feel about what is right or wrong, only they can decide that for themselves.

-She can change their clothes, their living arrangements, their employment... but she can't change their feelings. They may not like it or appreciate it, and may end up more miserable than they were before. (Usually self-inflicted)

With a few examples...

STONE HEART...

He's been bullied all his life, mainly by ponies who just wish to garner laughs at others expenses. It has little to nothing to do at all with the stories he writes, and if it does, they still treat him no different.

Even if Stone were to write different stories, or not be so angry with others (though his anger is justified) It will change hardly anything. They people still will bully him, or spite him, or just use him to benefit themselves.

Stone's idea of improvement is...

-To Bring down those who have wronged him
-To have his stories accepted the way he wrote them how he liked them
-To go unopposed
-To strike fear in the people's eyes. (You wouldn't DARE even THINK of crossing swords with him)

THAT is his idea of improvement and better... and he will settle for nothing other.

HELPER SOUL...

No amount of apology or friendship can mend Helper's life.

-His leg is forever damaged and cannot be fixed (Not even with magic)
-It will not bring his mother back to life
-It will not restore the credit that was stolen from him by Twilight's folks
-It won't give him his dream job/family/fortune

In short: it will not give him the life he wanted, and all that went with it. Twilight's folks have messed up his life beyond repair. Being their friend again will not help anything. It will only cause him more suffering.

SNAPSHOT

He doesn't wish to be JUST FRIENDS with his crush, and he doesn't wish to hang with her because it brings him discomfort because he wanted so much more but was denied it, and he's not willing to move on. This, of course will also cause his friends discomfort, knowing that he can't stand to be around them, and deep down he's being a sourpuss and doesn't really accept them.

So whether he hangs with them or not... nothing is going to change. There will always be discomfort, lies, and misery.

People don't have to change, especially if...

-They don't want to
-They don't have to
-You want them to

It all depends on the situation and how severe it is.

Twilight doesn't have to butt her muzzle into EVERY SINGLE situation she feels needs addressing.

Sometimes she should, Sometimes she shouldn't

The point is... People have different ideas of what IMPROVMENT and BETTER means. Everyone wants something different, and they may or many not be willing to make the changes, and maybe they don't even have to.

Twilight's idea of Improvement, and YOUR idea of "Improvement" and "better yourself". Myself and others may not share this view, and we don't care what benefits or potential greatness it could bring.

Twilight/You: You don't have to be like this. You can move on, you can improve, you can be so much better. (You can do all these things)

Subjec/Myself: "Yes, I can... But as it stands I have no desire or intention. (I can, but I don't want to)

You may not like or want sociopathic or negative behavior (Even though you, yourselves, give plenty of it) It's just like Friendship... It cannot be erased from existence. You have to live with it, and so do I.

A perfect song to sing in Twilight's Face...