Talk:Tempest Shadow/@comment-27578467-20171020003541/@comment-53539-20171025115443

actually, emotions are stronger in those younger then about 8 years old, as 8 is when the child starts to be aware of the greater picture. If she was about the Pony version of 6, then having been abandoned would have a far greater impact because of her smaller view of the world. They are more sheltered and every little thing tends to be a lot worst then it is.

For TS, she was scarred and had her horn broken, so like any child I the real world may suddenly appear scary to the other children. Kids are very good at picking out differences and very quick to question them due to their innocence, whereas an adult knows some restraint. Bare also in month, she would have lost some time to recover from her injury, perhaps some weeks and then would have re-appeared as a mini-monster to her peers, especially as her magic was now explosive and uncontrollable. Even if she had not left her hometown, she would have been a bitter adult, more twisted then Starlight Glimmer.

As someone who was bullied most of her childhood, I know how cruel kids can be, they make up their mind on something they don't back down. An outcast remains an outcast until an adult intervenes and forces the kids to accept the person. This never happened though.