Anon
09/26/2020 (Sat) 15:06:28
No.6586
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So, after convincing the couple, Nahmat displays a more down to earth friendlier attitude after warming up with these two. A couple of highlights occur later that define more her character: her apology to Fluttershy and now, a trickier question, telling the flaws of Celestia right in front of her.
A really harsh move coming from Nahmat but I believe that the author wanted to convey that analysis of Celestia not being a Goddess who knows everything. She washes off her hands of tricky situations, leaving them to Twilight (that and her decision of banishing Luna) and this happens in the show as well, not only until the season 2 finale but also, in the following seasons such as The Crystal Empire or Twilight´s Kingdom (perhaps the biggest offender at messing up).
These questions of not being a Goddess and her cowardly manners at facing her flaws is what would open the route for Twilight later. In fact, when this comic ends, Celestia admits that she is interacting with Twilight, not as a teacher but as a friend, intensifying what happened in Lesson Zero (in terms of sending friendship lessons). This gesture foresees partially what would happen in Celestial Advice (Season 7), Celestia displaying a less mystical attitude in later seasons (Horse Play or Between Dusk and Dawn) and opens the door of Twilight being the successor of both sisters at the end of the show, because the purple alicorn was at the end of the day, the one who has canonically changed the timeline (The Last Problem). Just that in this case, the royal sisters and the couple take the protagonism for solving this problem.
The fears coming from Celestia are also applied to the other when Gralo said that ponies are meant to be fearful. Partially true, except that said attitude of cowardice changes over the course of outsider image (ponies being a girly toy) and an inner one (opening up to new places and willing to interact with other species and new challenges). Gralo is partially right and that statement even applies to the finale but ponies get more used to seeing extraordinary events and not giving a care or simply overlooking it after the first impression, especially the ponies that live in Ponyville (for example the bugbear in Slice of Life).
A really harsh move coming from Nahmat but I believe that the author wanted to convey that analysis of Celestia not being a Goddess who knows everything. She washes off her hands of tricky situations, leaving them to Twilight (that and her decision of banishing Luna) and this happens in the show as well, not only until the season 2 finale but also, in the following seasons such as The Crystal Empire or Twilight´s Kingdom (perhaps the biggest offender at messing up).
These questions of not being a Goddess and her cowardly manners at facing her flaws is what would open the route for Twilight later. In fact, when this comic ends, Celestia admits that she is interacting with Twilight, not as a teacher but as a friend, intensifying what happened in Lesson Zero (in terms of sending friendship lessons). This gesture foresees partially what would happen in Celestial Advice (Season 7), Celestia displaying a less mystical attitude in later seasons (Horse Play or Between Dusk and Dawn) and opens the door of Twilight being the successor of both sisters at the end of the show, because the purple alicorn was at the end of the day, the one who has canonically changed the timeline (The Last Problem). Just that in this case, the royal sisters and the couple take the protagonism for solving this problem.
The fears coming from Celestia are also applied to the other when Gralo said that ponies are meant to be fearful. Partially true, except that said attitude of cowardice changes over the course of outsider image (ponies being a girly toy) and an inner one (opening up to new places and willing to interact with other species and new challenges). Gralo is partially right and that statement even applies to the finale but ponies get more used to seeing extraordinary events and not giving a care or simply overlooking it after the first impression, especially the ponies that live in Ponyville (for example the bugbear in Slice of Life).