Talk:Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2/@comment-5837525-20131129060014

It occurs to me that the length of time between Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon and her banishment is pretty short, if the pacing in the flashback is to be believed. Not much time at all to build any sort of reputation or strike fear into the hearts of anypony (which is a little disappointing).

Perhaps what Twilight (and by extension we) saw was actually a condensed version of events that only showed her what she needed to see in as little time as possible, and Nightmare Moon's reign of terror on Equestria actually lasted several hours, if not several days.

That's what I like to believe.