Talk:Stygian/@comment-33142536-20171029003709/@comment-31691986-20171030201157

@SubZeroSilver I agree and @Birdy18 I believe Stygian was a circumstantial villain because when he explained why he took the Pillars' artifacts, it wasn't out of greed, jealousy, or thirst for power, he wanted to be like his friends but Starswirl and the other Pillars didn't give Stygian the chance to explain. So, in retrospect, the Pillars of Old Equestria are at fault for Stygian becoming the Pony of Shadows when they turned their backs on him. Like a friend of mine told me: "The smallest of things can have the biggest consequences.

In fact, let's look at Stygian from this perspective and this is just a thought. Say if Spike was in the same boat as Stygian, do you think the situation would be the same? Spike becoming a circumstanial villain?