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    Starlight Glimmer

No discussion of Base of operations-Breaking Characters in Generation 4 of My Little Pony would be complete without mentioning Starlight Glimmer, the Base-Breaking Grapheme of Generation four. She caused more debates, drama, and Flame Wars among bronies than whatever other graphic symbol by a long shot. Starlight kickoff appeared on Friendship is Magic in Season 5'south debut episode "The Cutie Map" every bit the flavour'south overarching antagonist, somewhen pulling a Heel–Face Turn and becoming a main grapheme in Season 5's finale "The Cutie Re-Mark".

From the day she appeared until the twenty-four hours that MLP Generation four concluded, Starlight split the fanbase into very vocal camps; just bringing upward Starlight's proper noun could potentially kickoff an statement. Even though the worst of the vitriol against her would eventually at-home down, discussing the finer points of Starlight's Heel–Confront Turn remained one of the easiest ways to spark an argument among bronies.

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• In her first appearance, Starlight was a major suspension from the prior arc villains. She lacked the size and scope of threat that many other Arc Villains did, and her seemingly donating motives for her deportment painted her as a Visionary Villain. Some fans establish a comparatively depression-stakes villain a jiff of fresh air afterwards the old two-parter villain formula was getting predictable and found her methods interesting. Others establish Starlight boring compared to prior villains and felt that idiocy was the only reason she lasted as long as she did. The fact that she was the outset major villain to escape punishment in her debut left room for fifty-fifty more divisiveness.
• In her 2d appearance, Starlight broke the base even wider with a Heel–Face Plough, and information technology's where the worst of the fighting truly started. In the Season 5 finale "The Cutie Re-Mark", the reason that Starlight hates cutie marks and special talents is revealed to be that Starlight's childhood friend Sunburst got his cutie mark before Starlight did, causing Sunburst to move away from their hometown of Sire'due south Hollow. Some saw Starlight equally Unintentionally Unsympathetic with a poor excuse for a motive, citing other quondam villains like Princess Luna, Discord, and Sunset Shimmer taking much longer to earn redemption as an explanation for why they felt Starlight'due south redemption was rushed, since they tried to cause The Finish of the World every bit We Know It some way or another equally well. Other fans felt that Starlight was a victim whose motives were understandable, that her redemption fit with the overall theme of Flavor 5, and that she was appropriately remorseful for her crimes and had the rest of the series to adequately ain upwardly to them. A 3rd group of fans ended up disappointed with Starlight, saying she started out equally a realistically-frightening villain, and felt the things shown in the montage (her reconciliation with the members of her boondocks existence the big ane) were great potential episodes of their own flushed correct down the toilet. In that location was very petty overlap between the three groups, and the infighting among bronies between the airings of Seasons 5 and 6 got peculiarly bad.
• The first episode of Flavor 6 had Starlight gain a newfound condition every bit Twilight's educatee in friendship, essentially making Starlight an unofficial new addition to the cadre cast. Things got actress rough after that, as some felt it was entirely undeserved and makes her into a Wish-Fulfillment fan fiction graphic symbol. Some were embittered that Trixie didn't get to fill this role, since she was The Rival to Twilight and already starting her own Heel-Face Plow. Others saw Starlight as an Expy of Dusk Shimmer, seeing as how Starlight and Dusk have similar character arcs. Others still saw Starlight taking this drapery every bit a new and exciting development for Season 6 and beyond.
• "Every Piddling Affair She Does" is an episode where Starlight brainwashes her friends sans Twilight to solve friendship problems. This threw even more divisive opinions Starlight's manner. Some pounced on this, saying this negates Starlight being Rescued from the Scrappy Heap and that she'll be a Karma Houdini due to the season finale relying on her saving Equestria. A shrinking vocal minority doesn't heed it, claiming that Twilight did this in "Lesson Aught" to the indicate of getting an entire town brawling and had to exist bailed out by her friends. Others felt that "ii wrongs do not brand information technology right", I.E., someone else doing a bad thing again shouldn't go special handling for information technology, and are quick to indicate out that while Twilight did exercise that, she was a national hero who had proven her heroism and good intentions fourth dimension and time over again, non a recently reformed criminal who had spent a lifetime of doing incorrect and was already given far more than leeway and forgiveness than she deserved. The other side comes back and contends that Starlight had legitimately good intentions as well, and she just messed up and is good sit-in of character flaws she every bit a real pupil, withal needs to work on. Not only that, but they too bespeak out Starlight took responsibility and actually had to piece of work to earn forgiveness from the others, negating her Karma Houdini status.
• Starlight being shown to be very good at circuitous magic from her introduction, and during "Every Trivial Matter She Does," was treated by some people every bit a skilful setup for her knowing how to combine several spells to achieve the effects of Mind Control afterwards on, and a adept way to bear witness her confidence/reliance on her magic to solve her problems in contrast to her poor social skills. For some people, Starlight continuing to be able to pull increasingly more than powerful spells that were previously considered impossible to do commonly, which are otherwise considered very powerful for the setting or which mimic other ponies (even in-universe fictional superheroes') special talents is making these ponies abilities, talents and uniqueness seem redundant, while making her own armory of abilities seem even more than special and absurdly powerful for seemingly no particular reason and that Social Anxiety isn't big enough of a character flaw to balance it all out.
• When the synopsis for "To Where and Dorsum Again" was revealed, Starlight became even more of a base breaker when it was revealed she would be taking center stage to rescue the Mane Half-dozen from "the return of Equestria'south greatest threat". Some were excited at the prospect of the "unlikely team of heroes" she is to assemble, equating it to a pony Suicide Squad and feel this is a perfect finale to her flavour-broad grapheme arc and volition cement her status as reformed and absolved of what she did as a villain. Others feel that having a quaternary premiere/finale centering effectually her is simply besides much, specially because "The Cutie Re-Mark" was focused entirely on her and Twilight Sparkle with the balance of the cast getting chip parts at all-time and how much prominence she has already been given in Season six forth with her getting to take the principal character slot for an entire ii-part finale to a higher place the official chief characters but reeks of favoritism. Of course, the rift only got worse when the plot essentially involves the entire cast, that is all the royalty and the Mane Six, being thoroughly Worfed without explanation: some are quick to agree that not showing it and/or it happening was a Necessary Weasel to devote time to the actual plot, with others feeling it validates complaints that the narative is shilling Starlight Blink by weakening or making other characters look worse.
• Starlight Blink'southward being has created a simmering inner fan rivalry between her and Sunset Shimmer. It started somewhere effectually Starlight's introduction when Sunset fans became very vocal about Starlight, mostly challenge her to be a lousy replacement who "stole" Sunset's role as Sixth Ranger in the evidence, while the other side argues that Sunset Shimmer has only appeared in the Equestria Girls movies and never in the show proper, therefore making it impossible for her role to exist actually "stolen", fifty-fifty if her graphic symbol arc and personality makes her await like a Suspiciously Like Substitute. And then somewhere along the line the Starlight camp adopted their oppositions habit of bringing up the other graphic symbol out of the blue and comparing them, which usually leads to the more diehard fans of the ii trying to downplay their own champion's past or contempo transgressions, while trying to demonize the other. The abiding back and forth has lead to calls of Hypocrisy, biased morals and detestable self-righteousness existence thrown all effectually the board and the same arguments being repeated over and over over again, leaving both sides embittered towards one another, and the people who happen to enjoy both characters (or who don't only give a damn about either) tired of the amount vitrol that mentioning one or the other can bring when discussing the show.
  • ... which segways nicely into her appearance in the Equestria Girls specials, which sparked an explosion of cheers from one side of the fandom who are happy to see her EQG blueprint and a character they like finally appearing alongside the Rainbooms. Of grade, this sparked an explosion from the other side of the fanbase who are fearing she'due south going to replace or overshadow Sunset Shimmer, or are only embittered considering of how much prominence she's already been given in the chief series.
  • The argument that Dusk doesn't really be because she's never appeared or been mentioned in the master series, which means that Starlight "wins" by default by virtue of being a canon character, is frequently thrown around by the more vehement anti-Sunset or anti-Equestria Girls oversupply. It's notable that a lot of these people don't actually like Starlight either, but they hate Sunset and Equestria Girls in full general more and don't want them "infecting" the principal show.
• The writers' decision to make Starlight simply appear in episodes she's the focus of. Some experience it'due south fine and helps not force her into places she doesn't belong, others find it jarring and denies her more chances to show her character and feel similar office of the prove, and of course her sizeable hatedom is thankful for it because they already experience she's been given far too much exposure and prominence this season and feel it'south a breath of fresh air and a return to normalcy. Of grade, that hasn't stopped Starlight from making a Cameo in "Spice Upwardly Your Life" and "Top Bolt", then there's that equally well.
  • Starting with Season vii, the writers started to give Starlight not-cameo appearances outside her ain friendship lessons, merely not as the chief attraction of the story. In addition to perchance helping her fit in to the bear witness overall, this can also been as an endeavor to placate complaints that usually whenever Starlight is present in a story, she tends to hog the spotlight away from everyone else. Of form, this is too a double-edged sword since it ways even more Starlight than always, much to the chagrin of her sizeable hatedom.
• Because the teasers for "Angelic Communication" suggested that the testify would finally say goodbye to Starlight, the fact that it ultimately didn't so that has re-ignited the whole give-and-take across the community.
• Afterward Starlight'south Heel–Face up Turn, the staff tried to perform some harm command with the stories that involve her, which has improved Starlight's standing to some extent. Depending on who you ask, these attempts were plenty to atomic number 82 Starlight beingness Rescued from the Scrappy Heap completely, were in the right direction but not enough, gave rise to new issues, tried to fix them from the wrong bending, or merely didn't piece of work at all.

    Main Characters

• Rainbow Dash. The base is split betwixt those who think she's a Jerkass due to her airs and constant boasting, and those who think she actually has the skills to keep up with her boasts. She'due south on many fans' "best pony" lists, but likewise on just as many "worst pony" lists. The trend of Scootabuse (artwork of Rainbow abusing Scootaloo), Rainbow Factory, Pony.MOV, Friendship Is Witchcraft, and other fanworks that exaggerate Rainbow'south attitude into outright villainy have non helped, despite being non-catechism. Many early Season 2 episodes which were written before she Took a Level in Kindness and focused more on her competitive drive, which only increased her hatedom. Rainbow'south status as the Chemical element of Loyalty has also been called into question, equally episodes such as "The Concluding Roundup", "Three's a Oversupply" and "A Canterlot Wedding – Office 1" involve her showing no remorse or having her suffer no consequence for ignoring her friends. She's hated in "Trade Ya!" for the unspeakably heinous crime of accidentally trading her friend away for a book, with very few fans realizing she didn't sympathise what had happened until it was (almost) too late. That said, Rainbow's also had a few episodes where she's shown 18-carat loyalty, such as when she was willing to quit the Wonderbolts (giving upward her lifelong dream in the process) if it meant that her friends were put in danger. This graphic symbol development seemed to have worked, every bit Season 5 onward mellowed her out quite a fleck without really impacting her bulldoze and desire to be the best, which turned down the base-breaking. Before she becomes 1 of if not the nigh controversial of the mane 6 in later seasons.
• Pinkie Pie. Many love her for being a Fun Personified pony whose driving purpose in life is to brand others happy, and notice her hyperactivity and fourth-wall breaking antics hilarious. Others hate her for being Innocently Insensitive and getting away with it, being role of the most controversial aesops of the series (Such every bit "Swarm of the Century", "Feeling Little finger Swell", "A Friend In Deed", and "Yakity-Sax"), and find her irritating. This is non helped by the fact she is 1 of the nearly inconsistently characterized master characters in the serial, ranging from very mature but nonetheless Pinkie-similar portrayals such as in "The Last Express mirth", to episodes where she seems to accept no tact at all, with few middle points.
• Fluttershy. Some fans idea that she was a precious Shrinking Violet who was the go-to graphic symbol for the show'southward wholesome moments. Others went through Hype Backlash when it comes to her cuteness, and found her passiveness and cowardice irritating rather than endearing. Fluttershy's willingness to stand upward for herself and/or her friends also varies, depending on the episode. Whenever she does something wrong (like pain her friends' feelings), she's apace forgiven, yet when any of Fluttershy's friends hurt her, they speedily get targets of unrelenting hate. This was seen with Fluttershy's pet Affections in "Putting Your Hoof Down" and Pinkie Pie in "Filli Vanilli", who both got reamed past bronies as evil monsters. Her cemented Character Evolution in regard to assertiveness in the afterwards seasons also caused some backlash, splitting the base between those who thought Fluttershy's development fabricated her a more than dynamic grapheme and those who felt it made her one-note.
• Twilight Sparkle got a ton of divisive opinions thrown her way after she became a princess at the end of the third season. Some fans love Twilight and call up of her as a dorky Badass Bookworm who deserves to exist the show'south chief protagonist. Others see her equally overpowered with the writers fawning over her and making her flaws told rather than shown. Even ignoring the consequence of her being an alicorn princess entirely, Twilight still gets some flak for having the majority of the show's more than dramatic moments focused on her. This has led some bronies to accuse Twilight of stealing the spotlight, especially in the two-office episodes, despite being the main graphic symbol.
• While the majority of fans liked Applejack just fine, she broke the base of operations for the amount of Character Focus she got; Applejack was simultaneously accused of getting likewise much screen time and not plenty screen time. The Apple family equally a whole were considered a Spotlight-Stealing Squad by those who felt Applejack got too much focus, specially in Flavour 3 where AJ is the but character to appear in every episode of the flavor. Some fans got tired of the extra focus Applejack got for the last few years, not helped by later episodes with AJ in a leading or major supporting role getting more than divisive reception. On the other side, there was something of a running joke in the brony fandom that Applejack was a "background pony" because of how little focus she got early on on, with her few appearances relegating her to a small part or a tangential appearance to the episode's plot. This caused those who liked Applejack to demand that she become more screentime, and merely quieted down once she finally did in later seasons. This left Applejack'due south reception without a lot of middle ground until a happy medium was found.
• Rarity got hit with this pretty hard in the earlier seasons. Many people perceived Rarity every bit dim, shallow, arrogant and useless — a typical Rich Bitch, the very stereotype Rarity was designed to subvert. Only every bit many claimed that Rarity's focus more than on her article of clothing as art made her much more than dynamic, and that her generous nature meant that the accusations of being a Rich Bitch were undeserved. Equally Rarity was given more fourth dimension to develop, fans eventually warmed upwards to her, though others were uncomfortable with her upstaging other characters (similar Rainbow Nuance in "Sonic Rainboom" and Twilight in "Sweet and Elite"). Finally, Rarity's status as a self-admitted Drama Queen who turns into a Large Ham whenever things go wrong made her either funny or abrasive, with not much overlap.
• A lot of bronies were immediately taken with Fasten, who was quickly adopted as the Audience Surrogate of the bandage, apparently considering he's The Ane Guy. Some of the tension may be due to the fact that he'southward written equally more of a comedic sidekick. While some fans admire him for his Butt-Monkey status, others don't appreciate how often he is used for Comic Relief, often claiming They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character. Information technology hasn't helped that he is shown to take some astonishing abilities, similar swimming in lava and fire jiff that tin melt locks or stadium-sized pieces of ice, Hidden Depths, and a rather mysterious backstory. Many episodes with him as the central character are frequently disregarded due to him acting like a complete moron, while episodes where he isn't the focus usually have him equally The Reliable 1. Other fans abhor him being The Chew Toy, referring to the slapstick he goes through equally "Spikeabuse" and feeling that the sheer amount of it he's subjected to is unfunny at all-time and downright mean-spirited at worst. Fifty-fifty series writer Josh Haber said on Twitter that the gag of using Spike in physical comedy had overstayed its welcome. Nonetheless, many fans are in agreement that Flavour 6 finally gave him some good spotlight episodes, and his development in Seasons 7 and eight got him Rescued from the Scrappy Heap in the eyes of most.

    Supporting Characters

• Fans are divided on the Cutie Marking Crusaders. Are they a off-white divergence from the Mane Cast or are they given too much exposure? Also, their approach to getting their cutie marks has been divided e'er since their talents are hinted at in "The Show Stoppers". Their divisiveness has increased with each season with fans getting tired of them getting denied their cutie marks and non beingness immune to grow up. Even so, with them finally getting their cutie marks in Flavor v'southward "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", fans are almost unanimous in believing that it was a practiced thing. The rift became over whether they should accept gotten their cutie marks sooner, and with fans separate over whether their talent of helping others find their destiny was a adept and creative idea or a cop-out that tossed out established abilities that had been built up since flavor ane as potential special talents.
• Of all the royal princesses, Princess Celestia is probably the well-nigh divisive grapheme of the testify. Many fans found her tiresome, uninteresting, and weak which invoked the 3 common meme trends (Trollestia, Molestia, and Tyrantlestia) in fanart, fanfiction, threads, etc., while others constitute her to be the virtually deep character of the series. While there hasn't been much backstory given to her in the show itself, the IDW comics practise expand on her character quite a bit, making her The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask. Her actions in the Reflection Arc of the comic series also testify that she was almost blindly impulsive and selfish in her younger days. This has lead to a split that made some fans question how much Celestia deserves to be the ruler of Equestria, while others say that her status as The Atoner makes her far more interesting.
• Princess Cadance. Fans either like her personality and overall graphic symbol or dislike her for her bland characterization and lack of development on the bear witness. And there are also some who are to this day still bothered that she was introduced into the prove as an alicorn without explanation. They feel that her alicorn status diminishes the monumental presence of both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, every bit well as takes a lot of the impact out of Twilight's ascent into alicorndom. Other times she is disliked for entirely different reasons.
• Fans are as divisive on Cadance's husband, Shining Armor. In his get-go appearance, fans either accepted him for being Twilight's Cool Big Bro or weren't pleased that he was introduced as such without any caption. His Badass Disuse has also been questioned with each appearance after, particularly because his status as captain of the Royal Guard. While some fans defend that he can't beat every Big Bad, opponents cite his uselessness equally wasted potential. His crying at least In one case a Season sure isn't helping his case.
• Shining Armor and Princess Cadency's foal, Flurry Heart, divided the fandom even before the season started:
  • The foal is an alicorn. Fans who don't like this experience it invokes even more Uniqueness Decay for alicorns. There are now 5 in the prove and to brand matters worse, such births are now canon, lessening the achievement that Twilight and Cadence earned their ascensions. Fans who don't listen it claim Shining Armor and Princess Cadence have the genetics to produce such offspring, and Celestia and Luna were also born every bit such.
  • Her appearance. Since Art Evolution has evidently set up in and babe ponies now seem to all have large watery eyes rather than the solid eyes they used to, fans have been split into a Fatal Four-Way. Some similar the new expect challenge the old ane was creepy, some like the old await claiming it was cuter, some are only bitter that they changed it at all, and of class some only don't intendance either way. Somehow Babyjack passed with footling fanfare, but this 1? Nope.
  • Her name. Some capeesh the name, some wish they had stuck with the name Skyla that was given to a previous alicorn princess foal toy, and some simply wish they hadn't picked a proper noun that sounds but a piddling too much similar Product Placement for a sure fast-food chain.
• Spitfire, due to her actions in both Wonderbolts Academy and especially Rainbow Falls. There are some parts of the fanbase who demonize and/or laugh at Spitfire and brand Soarin a total Woobie who has since been saved past the true love of Rainbow Dash. Though for RD haters, they demonize them both and have Soarin fall for a very kind OC. Look on the comments of whatsoever pony video featuring Spitfire and for every "Spitfire is awesome!" comment you see, in that location'll be a "Spitfire is a consummate and utter douchebag." or "Soarin is the but expert Wonderbolt." annotate. It's gotten to the bespeak where Spitfire has chop-chop get one of the about divisive characters in the testify and is on par with Rainbow for both one of the well-nigh liked and most hated ponies.
• Owlowiscious. Fans are divided whether he's a cool and funny graphic symbol who needs more appearances or a Replacement Scrappy to Spike's place. Spike fans were also put off past how much improve Twilight seemed to treat him (in contrast to how Spike tends to exist treated) and experience that Fasten was fully justified in feeling jealous and aroused. However, "Merely for Sidekicks", where he acts more than friendly toward Spike, may take redeemed him for some.
• Fifty-fifty Big Macintosh isn't safe. Fans have quarreled over ii Season 5 episodes where he was given feminine characteristics, namely the Princess Macintosh scene in "Practise Princesses Dream of Magical Sheep?" and his crossdressing in "Brotherhooves Social". Fans who defend these have said he has had this characterization since "Lesson Zero" where he obsessed over Twilight's former Smarty Pants doll even after he was taken out of his trance. Detractors take seen this uprising as chickification of the cast'due south about prominent stallion at best and insensitive to transgender people or cross-dressers at worst.
• Limestone Pie, 1 of Pinkie's sisters, is a small-scale instance of this. While she's mostly beloved for having a Hair-Trigger Atmosphere with a softer side, sure fans think she is way as well much of a bitch to be properly enjoyed.
• Fluttershy'southward brother Zephyr Breeze is a manipulative jerk with crippling fear of failure, sure, and no 1's really supposed to like him until the end, merely the fandom's a little split over whether he's funny enough to justify it or if he's just an annoyance and spoiled the episode. Considering how true to life his situation was, this also fabricated a few fans cringe.
  • Some unemployed people who still live at home related to the character, while others thought that the testify was trying to pigment them as lazy assholes who are only trying to have advantage of relatives.
• Despite just appearing in the Ponyville Mysteries volume "Riddle of the Rusty Horseshoe" thus far, Scootaloo's aunts accept already go two of the most controversial characters in the entire franchise, perchance fifty-fifty more so than Flash Spotter and Starlight Glimmer. In the book, Aunt Holiday and Aunt Lofty are heavily unsaid to be lesbians, with Vacation giving Lofty an affectionate kiss on the forehead and calling her "dear". Some fans loved the idea of a potentially canon lesbian couple and hoped they fabricated their way into the show proper (which they eventually did), pointing out the big amounts of Ho Yay that Friendship is Magic has and the fact that several other children'due south shows in The New '10s have included LGBT characters without whatsoever issues. Others believe the inclusion of a lesbian couple is a bad idea for a franchise that has largely avoided political themes, and style as well risky considering the evidence airs in countries that condemn homosexuality. Then there'south the matter of whether the show did it properly, with Aunt Vacation and Aunt Lofty coming across as either authentic or stereotypical. Mike Vogel's confirmation that Aunt Holiday and Aunt Lofty are in fact a couple only added fuel to the fire.
• The yaks. Their entire race is boisterous and short-tempered, more than than a little stupid, and they have a large arrogant streak in regards to how all yak things are the best, better than the things of other races, and they will loudly and proudly allow everyone know how much ameliorate yaks are than them. Either you find their schtick hilarious or you observe it annoying.
• Either Mudbriar is funny considering of his bluntness, or annoying considering of his tendency to over-right everything. The show's crew seem to be fully aware this would happen, every bit it'due south made clear that even after learning her lesson Pinkie isn't fully on board with him.
• The Student/Immature Six. They were either seen every bit adept characters that mankind out the world, or a Spotlight-Stealing Squad that took focus away from the Mane Vi.
  • After the show ended, there was contend if the Student Half dozen were underutilized. Most of the episodes that feature them focused on them every bit a commonage, or have one of them tag along with a main character with the latter as the focus of the story. Outside of "She's All Yak" for Yona, none of the Student Six got A Day in the Limelight that focused just on them. What focus they got was by and large washed in episodes that featured all vi of them. On one hand, this caused a group of fans to say that the Young Six never got enough evolution to justify their existence, or say that they needed more screen time to flesh them out. On the other paw, some fans think the Young Half-dozen were utilized only fine since they were meant as background characters and never intended to replace the main bandage, or that they had plenty moments by their introduction to still make them dynamic characters. Either style, bringing up the Pupil 6's part in Friendship is Magic is sure to cause some grumbling.

    Antagonists

• Trixie. She'southward either liked or disliked for being a pompous, arrogant showmare. Those who defend her merits she's divers past those traits and information technology'due south how phase magicians similar her make a living. On the other paw, she'southward an obnoxious wiggle who thinks she'south better than anypony else, and deliberately uses her talents to publicly humiliate and belittle other ponies for laughs. Fans take somewhat became more accepting subsequently her 2nd appearance where she apologizes to the citizens of Ponyville for the mode she acted under the Alicorn Amulet.
• Amongst the villains, King Sombra is by and large the most controversial one. Sombra concluded upward getting this treatment the most intense of every antagonist thanks to diverse details nearly the character that kept irresolute, depending on both who was writing him and the medium he was being written for.
  • While many fans think Sombra did not become enough screen time to be an interesting character in his debut, and hate the fact that he hardly says a word during his two episodes, others argue that while it is true he does non do much during the episode, the few things he DOES do have a large plenty touch on on their ain. He has since been seen in a much more favorable light and garnered a lot more dear as of the Season 5 finale, with many fans agreeing his Bad Future sequence as the coolest i.
  • The Fiendship is Magic story about Sombra ended upwards painting him in a far different lite. In that story, he was presented as The Woobie who tried to be good, only couldn't because he was Made of Evil, and ended up turning to villainy when no ane would give him a risk. This characterization was seen every bit either a good backstory for a character who desperately needed some characterization, or a inexpensive way to garner sympathy for a bad guy who didn't deserve it. It didn't help that, due to the Loose Canon of the comics, the story concluded up existence Retconned past the prove itself in Sombra'due south concluding appearance.
  • Sombra'southward last appearance on the show was the Flavour 9 ii-role opener, "The Beginning of the Cease". In that story, Sombra was far more than talkative, arrogant, and openly villainous. This contrasted quite a scrap with his previous characterization every bit The Chessmaster who was Crazy-Prepared for anything that could be thrown at him. Too, his voice actor was replaced, which farther highlighted the changes. Which of the ii characterizations for Sombra was the better i was the subject of fan fence for some time.
• Upon his introduction, Discord was immediately adored by the fan base for his whimsical villainy, trickster personality and mish-mosh appearance. Existence voiced by John de Lancie helped his cause tremendously. Then in "Continue At-home and Palpitate on", his 2nd appearance, he underwent the makings of a Heel–Face Plow. This separate his fans between those who welcomed it, expecting him to fight alongside the mane cast and those who thought he was better as a villain, thinking such reformation was rushed at best and forced at worse. Every appearance afterwards that has been as divisive, with some questioning whether or not his crossing over was 18-carat (especially considering his actions in "Twilight's Kingdom"). A number of later appearances, such equally "What Most Discord?" and "A Thing of Principals" added fuel to the fire by having him deliberately antagonize the heroes, just for the writing to portray him as the wronged party. Some saw this every bit a adept instance of Grey-and-Gray Morality, while others saw it as the writing going out of its way to make him more sympathetic than he deserved. He then tops himself in the Flavor ix finale, with the reveal that he was posing as Grogar throughout the season and using the other villains equally pawns in a scheme to boost Twilight's confidence. This quickly cemented him every bit ane of the most polarizing characters, as the fanbase was split betwixt those who felt that it was in-character for him and that he adequately fabricated up for what he did, and those who felt that it undermined all of his grapheme development throughout the bear witness, and that he was besides easily forgiven for putting all of Equestria in danger. He has still proven himself to be pop plenty to get a supporting office in Pony Life, with those hoping for his appearance in G5. His relationship with Fluttershy is generally well-received.
• Diamond Tiara. At one point, she was i of the show's least liked characters with a minority fan base. While she was disliked for constantly picking on the Cutie Marker Crusaders for no apparent reason, her defenders claimed that she wasn't as bad as any of the testify'due south major villains. So came "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" where information technology was finally explored why she bullied the Crusaders and even became their friends past the episode'due south finish. In response to her reformation, fans either finally respected the character or thought it was Freudian Excuse that was an even worse Ass Pull than Babs Seed'due south (mentioned beneath).
• Silver Spoon. Fans were divided on whether or not she had her own costless will from Diamond Tiara and her Pet the Dog moment in "Family Appreciation Mean solar day" amplified that thought. Critics nevertheless pointed out "I Bad Apple" and "Flying to the Finish" where she acted just as bad, if not worse, than Diamond. And then in "Crusaders of the Lost Mark", Silver Spoon gained the respect of her haters when she finally told off Diamond for bullying the Crusaders. Past the episode's end, she and Diamond became friends with them.
• Babs Seed. Her Freudian Excuse for bullying the crusaders (she was also a bullying victim in her hometown of Manehattan) has been mixed. Some fans experience the manner she was treated back at dwelling was bad enough while others call up the crusaders should have given her comeuppance for it. Babs appears in one more than episode in Season three, then is nearly unheard from until Season 5's "Flower and Gloom" where she unceremoniously got her cutie mark, dividing the fan base of operations fifty-fifty further.
• The changelings' new appearance at the cease of To Where And Back Again caused one hell of a fatal-iii-mode between fans. Some adore the new design feeling it's a wonderful Call-Back / Shout-Out to the Flutterponies and that it reflects their no longer "corrupted" mode of life. Others find the designs to be hideous with gaudy features and nauseating colour schemes that match the absolute worst OCs the fandom has to offer, with that joke was made inside an hour of this revelation and others describing Thorax'due south new advent as a "gay fairy moose". The third group feels information technology completely negates the ponies' acceptance of Thorax despite his advent and the prior existing "Don't approximate A Book by it'southward cover" lesson inherent to both prior stories involving them, and felt information technology would take made their Heel–Confront Turn far more valid if they didn't have to alter their advent to be seen every bit "good".
• Tempest Shadow. She has plenty of fans who adore her for her no-nonsense personality, her backstory, her musical number and her vocalization work courtesy of Emily Blunt. But many others find her determination to plough evil and help the Storm King subjugate her own kind because she lost two friends equally a child to be a Freudian Excuse just as bad every bit, if not worse than, Starlight Glimmer. These aforementioned people deride Storm for not even trying to brand new friends or see a physician well-nigh her broken horn, especially with previous episodes showing that Equestrians have spells to go on unstable magic under control. Coupled with the fact that she was even so another villain to exist redeemed and forgiven for her crimes against Equestria.
• The Storm King. Compared to how much screen time Discord, Chrysalis and Tirek got in their two-parter episode debuts, many bronies constitute the Storm King underwhelming due to how little screen time he had in a feature-length movie and how dumb he was when compared to Tempest. But he has his fair share of fans who notice his direct-up villainy and comedic personality a jiff of fresh air after watching multiple redemptions in the show. These fans take pointed out that he yet managed to conquer many lands outside Equestria (a feat in which the show's villains, while potentially earth threatening, had not been known to accomplish) while his detractors refute that he nonetheless goofed effectually with the Princesses' magic like a toy and was defeated very easily.
• Chancellor Neighsay got this condition almost immediately up in his introduction. He'south shown to be a xenophobic, speceist, essentially corrupt politician. People call up his proficient intentions assist give a good excuse for his behavior, or those who think he's essentially a full on villain whose no better than those he opposes. His reformation in the season 8 finale is also divisive.
• Cozy Glow is a divisive villain. You either discover her a genuinely compelling villain who's incredibly smart and manipulative, or you think she'due south an annoying character with a firm grasp on Didn't Think This Through. Some find her beingness sent to Tartarus at the terminate of Season eight a welcome interruption from villains being Easily Forgiven and she showed no remorse for her crimes, while others thought a child being punished then harshly after others much older than her were granted leniency gave away some troubling implications virtually the Equestrian justice system (in the sense that they were willing to give adults 2d chances just not children and that they evidently didn't have any other prison also Tartarus). In the case of her inclusion in Grogar's Legion of Doom, some felt that she didn't deserve to be included given she's simply a kid and/or isn't threatening enough, whereas others claim her crimes brand her more than than worthy of being included and/or savour her dynamic with Tirek and Chrysalis. Her final punishment has resulted in another hotly debated topic, for the exact same reasons every bit her imprisonment in Tartarus, with the added implication that it'll be permanent.
• Grogar. A majority of the fanbase were ecstatic about Friendship Is Magic bringing back another classic G1 villain. And many others dear him for how powerful he is even without his bell, his preference for planning ahead and the fact that different the other villains, he knows non to underestimate the Mane Six and has some idea of what makes them formidable. But he has his share of detractors who discover him to be a tiresome villain with a banal personality who spends more than fourth dimension planning than actually doing anything. Some have even admitted to preferring the Tempest King over him, claiming he at least had an enjoyable personality. Fifty-fifty more so since it turns out the real Grogar never actually showed up, and the ane we saw was just Discord in disguise.

Equestria Girls

• Flash Spotter. When he was introduced, the fandom erupted due to Twilight developing a shell on him. Some jumped on what was perchance the outset canon pairing of the Mane vi while others argued that MLP had washed but fine without romance and didn't demand it at present. It didn't help that Flash barely did anything in his debut. This acquired haters to charge Flash of being a Apartment Grapheme or a Marty Stu, while fans accuse the haters of being upset that Flash stole their 'waifu'. Fighting further continued with fans wanting Flash to come back and be more adult, while haters wanted Flash gone birthday. The writers plain noticed the controversy Flash has caused, and steadily moved him further into the groundwork equally the series went on.invoked
  • Wink got a little scrap of development in My Petty Pony: Equestria Girls – Fable of Everfree, where Wink recognizes that he's obsessing over Princess Twilight, and sees that he needs to move on and cease trying to win the affections of Human Twilight. Whether this chip of Character Development caused Flash to be Rescued from the Scrappy Heap or was ineffective Grapheme Shilling is a matter of debate.
• Sunset Shimmer, as her fanbase tended to come manus in manus with fans of the Equestria Girls spin-off, which was a divisive aspect of the franchise in its own right. Some fans loved her character arc and development, enjoying the we got to follow a Big Bad's redemption arc and transformation into a hero. Others found her a boring Evil Counterpart grapheme, and to however be a bland character after she loses what little villainous border she had. Another point of contention concerned demands to see her cameo in the primary serial or even permanently join the Mane Half-dozen, versus wanting to see her kept contained to the films for various reasons. The add-on of Starlight Glimmer to the bandage in Flavour 6 merely added fuel to the burn down, with some of Sunset'south supporters seeing Starlight every bit a pale re-create of Sunset that got the position Sunset should accept.

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