Talk:Princess Luna/@comment-5663063-20170204152422/@comment-26855152-20170205044550

I'm not sure that's entirely her fault. Remember, Celestia did try to reason with her, but at that point Luna was already too consumed to listen and her main goal was to destroy Celestia. Using the Elements was a last resort, one she clearly didn't want to use. Furthermore, I don't think she knew what the Elements were going to do. The Mane 6 didn't know that the Elements were going to "purify" Luna. I think the Elements are the ones who made the decision to send Luna away, not Celestia. Why to the moon, and why a thousand years, we'll probably never know but it's interesting to think about.

Though, even though I'm arguing in Celestia's defence, she herself probably sees the situation more like you do.