Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-10390252-20161003111332/@comment-5837525-20161004034130

There's no denying Sunset was good at magic. But the first film and the comics made it clear that was a bad student in other ways. She had the talent but not the patience. She had the knowledge but neither the temperament nor judgment to put it to good use.

And like I said, Sunset's skill as a unicorn is not the beginning and end of her character. She's a human now; she left her life as a unicorn behind. She has friends, which she didn't have before. She has a home, which one could argue she also didn't really have before. She has a life outside of magic.

So what if her new empathy powers aren't as impressive or flashy as the others' powers are? She doesn't give the impression at any point that she's jealous or anything (in fact, it's the exact opposite if Embrace the Magic is any indication).