Talk:A Hearth's Warming Tail/@comment-27162776-20160409173831/@comment-27162776-20160409183203

wow, thats really how you think I think? ( ugh, thats confusing) I'm merely stating that in my personal opinion having multiple episodes focusing on Starlight post rampage depression seems rather stale in comparison to Spike trying to get two different cultures that apparently hate each other to coexist. Now its true that working through depression. can be great for development (Fluttershy) but the fine line between growth and healing and selfinflicting pain. considering the writers' history of dealing with depression Starlights depression can either be rooted in self hate for what she did or the fear of not being good enough to be a worthy friend. What causes depression is just as important as how you deal with it. For example despite the growth Luna has seemed to make over the show in her few appearences somehow doesn't out weigh her own self hate. Creating the Tantabus as form of punishment was supposed to be a chance for character growth but instead backfires because Luna self hate is unrealistic given its sudden introduction into a situation where it wasn't prevalent. Making a monster that has to power to turn the world into a living nightmare as punishment for almodt turning the world into a living nightmare is such a ridiculous idea that amount of mental stress and depression would have to so thick as to cloud her rational thinking which would have been prevalent in earlier episodes. If Starlight's depression is focused on self hate such as the premeire but continues into later parts of the season despite character growth it becomes rather unbeivelable and uninterseting.