For a few hallowed seconds after Cozy Nights’s surprise appearance, there was stunned silence.
You could’ve heard a pin drop. And a few actually did, as a shocked Derpy in the background was distracted from putting up posters advertising the ‘Big Coronation Party’ the following day.
That was all it lasted, before absolute chaos took over. (Speaking of chaos, poor Discord missed out on the fun as it’d been leaked to the press he was responsible for the recent bad guy team-up and subsequent windigo incident. Currently holed up alone in Limbo, he ‘wasn’t taking any calls’. Whatever that meant.)
First, Twilight’s security ponies, embarrassed at being caught on the hop so visibly, made a combined rush for the trespassing pegasus...
Then the crowd, desperate to view the emerging hubbub on stage, began pushing and shoving each other until mini-riots began breaking out everywhere...
Finally, the future alicorn ruler herself seemed oddly static behind the stage curtain. It was almost as if things had been going too well: an interruption of this magnitude was bound to happen if you studied past history.
Which she did. To often obsessive degrees.
Still, Twilight couldn’t let her overworked guards handle a situation she could take care of all by herself. Or allow members of the public to be hurt in the process.
And she certainly couldn’t permit her favourite dragon to be treated so shabbily by a total stranger. His own friends had neglected him enough in the past, now was supposed to be the time to make everyone aware of his true value with a big fancy promotion ‘n all.
Like most best laid plans though, his big occasion hadn’t exactly gone the way she wanted. Which ticked her off far more than having her own crowning gatecrashed.
“Everycreature! Stop what you’re doing this instant!” Twilight finally took initiative and used her magic to hold both Cozy Nights and the soldiers about to jump the intruding pegasus, whilst her ubiquitous Canterlot Voice had the desired effect of reducing the formerly rambunctious crowd to motionless slack-jawed listeners.
“Thank you…” the unperturbed alicorn shook her head at the unruliness, before turning her attention to the new arrival. “Now, let’s see if we can’t unpick this mess. Who are you, and why did you see fit to flatten my assistant with such unnecessary force? What’s he ever done to you? Is it something to do with your daughter…?”
“Twi, I swear! I’ve never seen this mare in my entire life, least of all have anything to do with her family!” Ever the peace-loving dragon, Spike vehemently protested his innocence as he got off the ground. “Does she think I hurt her daughter, or something?”
In direct defiance of both Twilight and Spike’s queries, Cozy Nights purposefully turned her face in the opposite direction to audibly humph. “I’m not answering any of your stupid questions, until you take me to my Precious. You can torture me, throw me in jail or even sing off-key, and I won’t crack an inch. Come on, you monsters… do your worst! One time, I accidentally cut my hoof on some underwater coral. I was attacked by a shark, but escaped by drinking my own blood! That stupid fish couldn’t smell a thing! So go on, try to break me. I”m w-w-a-aiting...”
Spike and Twilight glanced at each other in astonishment. Torture? Jail? Drinking blood?! They’d never met anypony quite like Cozy Nights, and didn’t quite know how to respond to her deranged rant.
Twilight was the first to respond to Cozy Night’s miniature meltdown, but before she could fully process the speech she wanted to give about the lack of awareness of mental illness…
...Guess who appeared on the scene frantically waving his hooves around, like a hyperactive windmill?
“Stop!! I’m so sorry about my wife, but Cozy Glow always was a difficult subject for her, even whilst we were away. If things had worked out differently, our child might’ve joined us on our international mission across the sea to preserve all endangered marine life. B-But alas, things didn’t turn out that way…”
“Hang on.” Twilight couldn’t help but cut in, after hearing the big revelation. “D-Did you just tell me…”
“...That you’re Cozy Glow’s parents?” Spike felt he was owed the chance to ask first, considering he was obviously the most injured individual here.
“That’s right!” Ocean Glow grinned happily at the mere mention of his filly, demonstrating a complete lack of knowledge regarding recent events. “Where is the little munchkin, anyway? We couldn’t believe it when we spotted that statue of her just after sailing in! We thought she’d gone forever! What’s with the dramatic inscription, though? Did she break a window, or something? Even though me and my wife are flat broke right now, I’m sure we can get jobs to pay you back, just as soon as we’ve readjusted to civilization again.”
Well, this was an unexpected turn. If J.K Yearling had thought of this plot twist, her publisher would’ve edited it out for general release for being too far-fetched.
Once more Spike and Twilight turned to share a look, though this one was noticeably longer than their last silent interaction.
Somecreature was gonna have to tell him the awful truth.
...And by extension his wife, currently suspended in the air whispering obscenities under her breath to the equally frozen guards.
Wouldn’t that be fun.
Unlike earlier however, this was one task Spike was more than happy to delegate to his equine ‘superior’, and his pointing claw gesture said as much.
Deciding that there was no time like the present, it was with a deep sigh that Twilight at last released her bodyguards and Cozy Nights from their lavender prison. She waited until the pegasus mare had rejoined her husband, before preparing to deliver the solemn news.
“I’m very sorry to have to tell you both this, but a lot has happened since you’ve been away. It all started one day. I was just sitting at my desk doing paperwork, when a shrill voice from the ground introduced itself. It was a young filly, holding up what I now know to be forged permission slips from her parents allowing her to attend my School Of Friendship. Her name was…”
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“You mean to tell me… that ‘statue’ in Ponyville with my daughter posed alongside those two heathens looking terrified, isn’t a sculpture? It’s actually her??!!”
Twilight had wisely decided to suspend coronation proceedings until this unfortunate matter had been cleared up. As the crowd had temporarily dwindled to get a drink or snack, Celestia and Luna had joined her, Spike and Cozy Glow’s parents backstage.
The presence of the legendary Princesses hadn’t seemed to overawe a furious Cozy Nights though, who continued to vent even as her husband remained taciturn and aloof.
“I don’t care what she allegedly did! To treat a child in that way is cruel, barbaric… and just plain wrong! It’s all wrong! Is this what the mainland has become in our absence? Because, if this is your idea of ‘society’, maybe permanent solitude on a desert island isn’t such a bad idea after all!”
While Twilight and her royal companions struggled to respond to that impassioned rant with any kind of diplomacy, Spike had no such scruples. Unlike his other friends, he wasn’t out to sugarcoat anything to try making the new arrivals feel better, and he demonstrated this clearly as soon as he was given the chance.
“Are you kidding me, lady? Cozy Glow nearly ended us all! Twice! She’s never displayed the slightest regret for any of her actions, and is the most manipulative and twisted pony it’s ever been my displeasure to meet. As throwing her in Tartarus didn’t work, maybe petrifying her forever will keep her out of trouble and teach others a lesson…!”
Whether it was Cozy Nights’s unprovoked physical assault of him before that made Spike so unusually candid, or hearing such wild claims made by the mare without any of the normal pushback from Twilight, Spike was unrepentant in his scorn for the filly.
But whilst Twilight seemed shocked by the intervention of her commonly mild-mannered assistant, and Cozy Nights seemed ready to launch herself at him again (it was okay though: he’d be ready to counter with fire-breath this time) another well-known figure stepped forward.
“What Spike has just said may be harsh, but it is nevertheless true. It was the right decision to encase Cozy Glow in stone to keep Equestria safe.” Celestia laid it on the line, seeing as the dragon had done the dirty work in explaining how most of them felt. “We’re very sorry it had to be this way, but frankly her, Chrysalis and Tirek’s unconscionable actions left us with little option but to pursue such a drastic measure.”
“Yes. I sensed not a hint of remorse in the head of that child. She’d repeat her evil actions again and again until successful, if we hadn’t taken the course we did.” Now it was Luna’s turn to have her say, and her thoughts mostly echoed that of her sister. “I am of the view that even spending a thousand years on the moon wouldn’t convince her to change her ways. And as you probably are aware, I am uniquely qualified to comment on such matters.”
“I-I have to concur with my fellow Princesses.” Twilight seemed the most hesitant of the trio, but went along with the groundswell of opinion regardless. “You weren’t here when she fooled us all into believing her lies. Or nearly stole the magic from everycreature, rendering them helpless. Or turned everypony against each other, so we almost never spoke again. Or tried killing us with alicorn powers she had no right to possess. Where were you while all this was going on, anyway? I know you mentioned something about conservation work on a desert island, but why was your daughter not with you? As her mother and father, you have serious questions to answer yourself as to why she wasn’t supervised and how she turned out the way she did.”
Once Twilight was on a roll, the questions had just slipped out. But they seemed to have a profound effect on both Cozy Nights and Ocean Glow.
Cozy Nights suddenly stopped her aggressive posturing to stare down at the floor with shame, whilst her quiet husband seemed to take this as a cue to at last open his mouth.
“While Cozy Glow always had… problems since birth, we never imagined it would look out like this.” Ocean Glow shook his head with sorrow, and even the light emitting from his Cutie Mark of the sun rising over a calm sea seemed to fade in unison with his mood. “I suppose we both owe you an explanation as to what happened. It began one clear blue day in Manehattan around a decade ago, when I’d just sailed into port for the first time in months and laid eyes on the most beautiful mare I’d ever seen…”
Lady, I get you are upset. BUT, Cozy Glow did almost KILLED everybody. I get imprisoning a Child is very bad. But, concerning the really insane and Evil Sins she have made. WITHOUT having Regrets mind you. It's hard to deal with Cozy Glow here. Then again, they can get VERY Good Therapists. Or FINIDING her Parents in the first place!!!???
Also, STOP bullying Spike. OR I BREAK YOUR HOOVES with an Anti-Magic Powered Sledge Hammer 🔨!!!! 😡
No one wants to hear your blooming relationship! Just tell us about Cozy! Sorry if I sounded harsh and rude but I thought some random character would say that
Wow, I'm really hating the princesses here. Such hypocrites. I am quite happy to see that Discord is in limbo though and I do hope he stayes there as long as the trio are stoned. I'm quite interested to see the parent's backstory and guessing that Cozy was sent to the school because of her unique problems.
The only reason Tartarus didn't work is because of Discord.
Then why didn't she encase Starlight in stone? Her actions almost cause the end of Equestria multiple times and if you believe that multiple timelines exist, may have actually succeeded. In what way were you incapable of containing Cozy in any other way?
Says the mare who's sister let out Discord, who was also utterly remorseless, even mocking Fluttershy for trying to reform him. And how does Luna know when they never even tried to reform her?
This is the only good point that was brought up by a princess in this chapter.
That's something that always bothered me. I can understand the action but turning a kid into stone and banishing her to Tartarus, it felt odd, out of place for a kids show and the nature of Equestria
You think THIS is far-fetched? Wait till you watch Doctor Who.
I feel sad for some reason...
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There's one important difference: Starlight didn't know the extent of the damage her actions would cause, while Cozy was fully aware of what she was doing.
So they just going to give up that easy? Sorry that we interrupted your fancy celebration party but our daughter is more important to us then your princess of friendship.
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Cozy wanted to rule ponies and have more friends then Twilight. In what way would destroying Equestria achieve that goal? Even the windigoes were completely accidental with the LOD wanting to stop them.
And surely, Starlight must have noticed the reduced magical abilities that came with taking cutie marks, yet she wanted to force it down other's throats as well.
so, in your infinite wisdom, you decide to fuck off to the literal middle of fucking nowhere instead of, oh i don't know, KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR DISTURBED DAUGHTER?!?!?
how can you insipid, inept oafs call yourselves parents?
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...And Cozy wouldn't have cared in the slightest about any and all creatures who'd died to get her way to the top. She was smiling at the thought of sending Starlight and the students into another dimension, didn't bat an eye after hearing that they almost died falling out of the sky because of her actions, was willing to kill the Mane Six multiple times once she got her alicorn powers, even gleefully wanting to execute defenceless prisoners if Chrysalis hadn't talked her out of it, and was equally as gleeful about ripping Spike's wings off.
Starlight on the other hand had never shown to be willing to kill to get her way, and as misguided as she may have been at the time, thought that she was helping the ponies she removed the cutie marks of. All she wanted was friends who wouldn't leave her behind, so when Twilight took her village away from her, she saw Twilight as a villain and wanted revenge on her by simple making sure that she never met her specific friends...while having no clue that that would spell disaster for Equestria, and once she saw what her actions caused, she turned herself in and was willing to accept any punishment that Twilight thought was fair.
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Not only that but Starlight Glimmer actually showed remorse for her actions and was willing to make things right and reform, actually listen to reason. Cozy Glow first chance she got went straight for revenge after showing no remorse for her actions the first time and willingly and knowingly joined in on a plan that'd only end in the possible extinction of all life on the planet if something wasn't done to nip it in the bud in time cause of prolong effects and all. Especially if Celestia and Luna were successfully taken out permanently.
The only thing we have that could imply she could change is that final scene before they turned to stone, The look of defeat she and Tirek had as well as the motions they were getting ready to make. They very well could've been about to surrender and possibly get a reduced sentence if they could show the slightest amount of remorse but a certain someling decided to open her stupid majesty mouth and speak for ALL OF THEM, saying they will never change and get revenge, puking off an already extremely agitated Celestia, Luna and Discord who were tired of their crap.
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Cozy would have cared because she'd have no one to rule over. Her goal was to have more friends then Twilight and even with her misguided view of friendship it would have been against those goals to see everyone die (again, windigoes). It's also worth noting that she heard Rainbow Dash said that everyone falling form Cloudsdale was cought so she didn't see the potential consequences of her actions like Starlight did. Theres also the fact that every time she seemed willing to kill was against powerful opponents or those she had to trap to make her plan succeed. She went easy on the guards she took out before draining Celestia and Luna, only teleporting them out of her way despite clearily being able to do much worse to them.
Meanwhile, Starlight was willing to attack two of her defenseless villagers because they stood up to her with Twilight having to defend them. Before that she lied about her own cutie mark because she knew how taking it away would weaken a pony. She also tried to freeze Twilight and Spike at great hights and fire magical attacks at them (and Rainbow to a lesser extent)- Her only excuse to this was that a childhood friend moved away. Keep in mind that she had a loving and supportive father to help him through it unlike Cozy, who in this story had her family out of contact from her for years leaving her all alone.
Theres also the fact that Starlight only surrendered when she showed Twilight her past, appearently needing an extra reason after seeing the state Equestria would be in (which again, Cozy never got to see). She only gave up after Twilight had gone through great lengths to try and talk her out of her scheme, unlike Cozy, who she didn't even try to reform in any way. Can you honestly say that she'd change if Twilight had managed to actually beat her during the time loops?
At least Cozy had a small moment if Frenemies where she almost embraced friendship only to be snapped out of it by Chrysalis, which is something Starlight had never been able to do on her own. Imagine how far she would have gone with a proper second chance like Starlight and Discord got.
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Spike definitely deserves more love, and less tackling.
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Maybe they were trying to be polite...
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That's what fanfiction is for. Creating headcanon where nothing exists!
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I'm guessing which side you're on here...
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Maybe so, but that's what happened and so we run with it.
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I would, but I don't have the free time to wade through the 50 years or so of episodes...
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Well, it is in the tags. You were warned.
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Maybe, but maybe not...
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When you put it like that, it does sound a tad irresponsible...
Thanks for all the great comments guys, and keep reading! Your enthusiasm is what drives me forward. That, and a vat load of coffee...
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You're welcome! Keep up the good work
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Starlight showed no remorse after her first defeat, just like Cozy. The difference is that Starlight actually managed to escape and Twilight later put in the work to try and reform her, unlike with Cozy, who was almost immedietly given up on and tossed in Tartarus.
Again, Starlight also tried to take revenge the first chance she got and almost caused similar damage to what Cozy might have and Cozy didn't know about the Windigoes as evident by the LOD's surprise at their appearence. It is also worth noting that Discord practically demanded that the villains worked together and paired her up with two other long-time (and in Chrysalis's case very unstable) villains. Before that she was given no attempt at reformation. I'd honestly say that any other villain in her position would have went for the chance at revenge.
And again, Starlight also showed no remorse and neither did Discord for that matter. In fact, Discord went so far as to mock the ponies when they released him for his second chance. Did he ever surrender? Did Starlight after her first defeat? Did either of those two show more potential to change prior to being given second chances as opposed to Cozy who at least had the Fenemies moment on the mountain? And is it really fair for a mentally unsable changeling to be allowed to speek for all of them? Remember, in this story the princesses very much plan to stone them forever, as in no future plans to try and reform them.
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While I could argue my case further, I have been in these debates far too many times to want to drag this one out. So all I'll say is I've said my case and stand by what I said there. Agree to disagree?
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Fine. We are both civilized people, after all. My apologies if I came off as rude.
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You actually weren't, at least not to me. I just don't really have the patience to give long essays of arguments with people online over and over...especially on a topic that I'm kinda tired off.
Just once I'd like to read a Cozy Glow fanfic that didn't have people arguing over her punishment in the comment section though.
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Will do.
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I saw this kind of epic debate in the first incarnation of this story. The issue of the finale isn't going away anytime soon, even nearly a year later, is it?
It's fine as long as it doesn't get too out of hand and cover the entire comments section. Nice that this time around, thing appear to be a tad more civilised.
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Nice. And best of luck things won't go out of hand/hoof
Way to take the reins there Spike, even though I'm not completely fine with how Cozy ended up it still doesn't excuse her actions & her parents here as well. Also yeah just try to bully him again lady cause your sorry flank's gonna be toast!
Guess next chapter we're dealing with the neglecting parents, this should be a hoot!
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No, the difference is that Starlight genuinely believed her goals of equality would benefit Equestria. She thought she was in the right, and that Twilight and her friends were wrong to stop her. That's why there was no remorse that first time. Cozy's whole scheme was for her own benefit, and no-one else's. She wasn't misguided. She wanted power, and nothing else.
And you seem to be forgetting that Cozy had no problem letting Starlight and the Young Six be pulled into the magic-draining vortex and most likely die.
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Right, that's why she lied to them about still having her cutie mark, promoting a ideology that wouldn't be possible without her magical abilities, and made them live without their talents and enthusiasm for life, in ramshackle houses, eating substandard food, and treating them like dolls, while Cozy's minions got fresh cupcakes and concert tickets. Because Starlight cared so much about her fellow villagers.
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Perhaps Starlight's desire to bring equality may have been genuene at first, but considering that she was willing to lie about her cutie mark (and live and operate in a seemingly bigger and house with more freedom then the others), lock the M6 in her house and attack two of her villagers leads me to believe that she was more selfish in her desire then she would let on, plus her attempt at vengence was anything but selfeless. Yes, Cozy wanted power and that was selfish, but Starlight forcing her cult onto others was also quite selfish. She acted more like a dictator then a revolutionary.
That being said, I was a big fan of Starlight reforming. I'm not saying that Cozy was innocent in any way, I'm just saying that if Starlight deserved a second chance then so did a literal child.
As for Cozy crimes, Starlight again, had no problem attacking two of her defenceless villagers and filly Rainbow Dash. At least Cozy only attacked those who she needed to take out for her plan to succeed. Its worth noting that she only left Neighsay chained up in the office and nothing else and went easy on the guards who attempted to stop her in the finale. Plus, we don't know where that vortex would have went to so we don't know if it would have killed them (on more minor note, the rest of the student body was also willing to watch the S6 descend to the vortex). Again, not innocent but not better or worse then Starlight.
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None of that changes the fact that Starlight truly believed Equestria would be better off without special talents.
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Starlight attacked them, yes, but there was no indication that she planned on killing anypony.
I wouldn't say Cozy dropping the guards into a river where their heavy armor would increase the risk of drowning was "going easy on them". And you seem to be forgetting her attempting to kill the Mane Six and Spike multiple times.
Actually, no. The students openly questioned the idea of leaving them there.
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She certainly looked angry enough to kill them and the wind that was blowing from the force of the beam not to mention the fact that Twilight had to use a special shield that Starlight didn't know about doesn't exactly paint a good picture of her there. Plus, its still worth noting that those two were pretty much defenseless civillians who weren't even able to or willing to stop her from getting away or achieve any of her goals at that point.
Guard armour doesn't seem heavy enough to slow them down when it comes to flying though so I doupt that swimming would be much different, plus we saw her standing over a bunch of beaten up, but still very much alive guards when she entered the throne room. The M6 and Spike were also active and dangerous combatants who weren't exactly going easy on her either (ie. when Spike blew fire at her). I did not forget about Cozy's attacks during the finale, but its not like Starlight was any different in this regard. Both ponies were dangerous.
I never said that they didn't question it, only that they were willing to let it happen. If I recall correctly none of them went out of their way to try and save the S6.
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Except that's not what she actually believes, as shown by her hypocrisy in keeping her cutie mark during her time running her village, and own admission in The Cutie Re-Mark. The character wasn't so much interested in "Equality" as keeping her villagers close, in order to fill the emotional void left by Sunburst's perceived abandonment. She might've justified it as Cutie Marks being "evil" but the reality is that her methods and actions were hardly selfless, and she herself is willing to ignore the ramifications of her own ideology when it suits her.
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"Looked angry enough" isn't good enough. There is nothing to suggest she meant for any of her attacks to be lethal. The same can't be said for Cozy, who openly admitted she wanted to give the Mane Five and Spike their "final destruction".
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She considered it "necessary" to bring her vision to life. She still believed in her equality creed. Cozy was far more of a hypocrite, preaching the many virtues of friendship while believing none of it herself.
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Except Cozy is actually friendly to others, to the point where even her enemies thought she was trying too hard to make them like her, and Twilight's own students preferred her as headmare to Twilight.
Cozy Glow believes that friendship is power, and she follows through on that belief by seeking more friends.
Starlight claims to believe that no one pony is better than anyone else, but that's certainly not how she acts. From lying to everyone around her, to using sleep deprivation, public shamming, and intimidation to get others to do what she wants, it's abundantly clear she has no more regard for the lives of others than Cozy does.
Her scheme to stop the Rainboom would've affected countless ponies, quite apart from anything turning apocalyptic.
Moon Dancer at the very least, would've been in a much more unhealthy place if not for Twilight, and despite seeing the friends Twilight has made because of her experiences, Starlight still begrudges her those relationships, and sets out to fundamentally unmake Twilight, because in the end, it is all about her.
The same way it was when she striped her villagers of their ability to clearly think, act, or enjoy themselves, and insisted on making them fake happiness, even when she knew they were in fact miserable.
It took her seeing her actions totally decimate the world before she even began to think she might be wrong, and even then she tries to justify her actions with a sob story about her friendship's ending.
She can't even be bothered to do the research about Twilight to realize why the character is so important or what she's done to protect Equestria. Because it's all about Starlight Glimmer. She's self deluded sure. That doesn't excuse her actions however, or make her any less dangerous.
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Which was all a lie. Cozy only treated them nicely to increase her "collection" of "friends" and thereby increase the "power" of friendship she hoped to possess. Every one of those "friendships" was false on her part, and any kindness shown was faked. Hardly evidence that she's better than Starlight.
Starlight never wanted to physically harm anypony. She thought she was helping them in the long run, which, again, is more than can be said for Cozy.
She had no way of knowing Twilight and her friends were that important to Equestria. Cozy was well aware of the consequences of her actions from the start, and relished them.
You are really looking like a hypocrite here. Defending Cozy Glow for her utterly selfish and self-aware actions, yet treating Starlight as she once was like a monster for her misguided attempts to help Equestria.
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So Cozy does some good things for the wrong reason and that completely invalidates every good thing she's ever done. Starlight does horrible things for the right ones (or so she says) and that somehow makes it "all okay". Discord takes just about every awful and cruel act that it is possible for a character to take, and yet everything is all good because he's "reformed".
And I am a hypocrite for saying that they are all awful people?
Nah she just wanted to crush their spirits and make everyone in the world mindlessly co-dependent on her. It's no big deal. Unmaking the minds of everyone around you, and stealing away their relationships by rewriting their history through time travel, is totally a acceptable thing.
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Still, Starlight attacked those two defenceless ponies with what looked to be a pretty powerful spell. Again, look at the wind it generated and how Twilight had to block it and how Starlight just came out from under that rubble to immedietly attack them with it.
In contrast, Cozy only said that she would destroy them and only attacked when it came down to a fight. She seemed to immediety know after that first attack that the M6 dodged it and later on when she directly hit Fluttershy it wasn't nearly with the same force. Keep in mind this was after Spike tried to burn her so its not like the heroes were holding back against her either. Not to mention that all seven of them were strong enemy combatents to her and not civillians or weaker guards.
Again, I'm not saying that Cozy wasn't bad or that Starlight was worse or anything (and I doupt that Wild Stallion is saying it either) I'm marely saying that if she deserved the time, effort and second chance to reform then so did Cozy because frankly, they were both horrible people.
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This comment deserves a standing ovation.
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Yes, it does invalidate them, because they were all fake. She only did those "good" things because they benefitted her, and no-one else. It was made all too clear that she only did it to trick her way into getting more "friends" and building up her power base. Why are you unable to comprehend that this undermines all of her "good" deeds?
There is no indication that Starlight forced anyone to join her village before the Mane Six showed up. Double Diamond said himself: they all came there because they felt they were missing something in their lives.
And unlike Cozy, Discord has still done unquestionably good deeds of his own volition. That is a fact.
She didn't want anything like that. And Cozy knowingly helped to divide the three pony tribes, making them distrust and hate each other, almost tearing Equestria apart, which is pretty much the opposite of what Starlight originally wanted.
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No, Cozy is definitely worse. She never had any good intentions. She never wanted to help Equestria, only herself.
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I somehow doupt Starlight goal was to purely help Equestria based on how she acted and treated others. It may have been her first goal, but it probably devolved into something more selfish further down the line. And really, her actions were still just as bad as Cozy's.
Again, it all comes down to second chances, or in Cozy's case a lack thereof.
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I disagree. Even at her worst, Starlight convinced herself she was doing the right thing for Equestria. Cozy held no such illusions over her actions. She knew what she was doing was wrong, and she did it anyway.
nice work.
This fanfic is reminding me how much I want to murder the princesses
10446248 is cozy going to be reformed if so i will love that i love cozy glow and I hope she gets reformed in the canon by the way did you know i'm going to make an anime and cozy glow is in it she called cozetta glasgow and she is reformed before the the first episode and she has a sad backstory more like obito uchiha from naruto
10446786 did you know i'm going to try and make an anime cozy glow in it and is a main character and is reformed and my anime it take place before mlpfim and after and if you want to know how cozy came to be in the 21th century time travel pss my anime is canon to mlpfim g4 and g5 and infact my anime will explain how g5 fit in g4 i do love the idea that cozy maybe like madara and obito and her mom who dead because of dragons and canon cozy love her mommy and the lose of her mommy hurt her deeply and that way she hates dragon so much (not spike because she see him more as a pony) and i'm going to make it that cozy deep down hates the world because of that pain she feels and deep down wants to be cute and lovable and the lose of her mommy and her first friends and two evil ponies name cheque mace and girtterani manipulation she was led to believe that that world was hell And her goal changed from protection to prevention similar to Obito's and madara and she truly believed that the way to peace was through the eternal dream with her as the head of world were the ones behind all for pain and lass and she wanted to use all magic in the world for eternal dream Realm because she believed that the world was evil and was a hell like she said a world of only peace and love a world of only Victors I will make such a world By collecting all the magic in the world into a single point and putting everyone in a Eternal dream And I'll be able to see my loved ones again even those who have died can be alive again The Impossible can become possible Wake up to Reality - Madara Uchiha's words I just need to get in contact with Hasbro