Talk:Crusaders of the Lost Mark/@comment-25355644-20151012211518/@comment-4531340-20151013115250

I like to think that the CMC got to her at a good time - she was in a particularly fragile state, having just lost her only friend as well as getting seriously chewed out by her mother for losing that election. Factor in that she had already kind of wanted to change (not just "The Pony I Want to Be", but also "The Light of Your Cutie Mark" made it clear that she knew as well as the CMC did that what she was doing was wrong, but she saw it as the only way to avoid disappointing her parents, and so was rationalizing it) but with the repeated efforts of the CMC, not to mention the sudden, unexpected confrontation with her mother, she was able to get up the courage and finally start to become the pony she had wanted to be.

Of course, I don't expect it to be a smooth transition (I could totally see things like this or this happening).