brianblackberry

Once again I'll have to disagree. I feel like, no. She wouldn't try to lie and manipulate, that's what got her here in the first place. That's what got her to lead a group of ponies and take away their cutie marks, that's what got her to be the nemesis of Twilight. She learned that lesson. It felt very natural that she'd be like 'Oh god I don't wanna do this'. Starlight Glimmer IS all those things you mentioned, but at the same time, she's still just a pony. They have sides. Lying Manipulator Glimmer =/= Glimmer trying to adjust to something foreign. Everything she had done SHE had done, she controlled, now that she's not the one in control, it's scary and strange. I wouldn't remotely call how she was 'Timid and Shy'. Apprehensive and Nervous, yes. But I think it's silly to just flat out say 'Oh that's not her.' when we've only seen ONE side of her until now. She's not stuck in the box of what three episodes gave us, she's more than just that and I feel like we'll see 'Timid and Shy', 'Cunning and Smart' 'Tired and Confused' and other sides to Glimmer. Can't judge a book by just the first few pages, gotta finish reading.

She never learned the lesson that it's wrong to take away someone's cutie mark.  She learned it's a bad idea to mess with time.  Nowhere did anyone ever convince her that trying to make everypony equal was a bad idea.

I fail to see how that negates that there's more than one side to everyone. I also fail to see how she DIDN'T learn her lesson about stealing cutie marks and lying and manipulating ponies to get them to be "Equal'. But I feel that this will just continue to break down into a 'But this.' 'Ah but this' and go nowhere, so we'll just agree to disagree.