Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-26973802-20130824035204/@comment-231553-20130829191232

information from the eight pages from that comic about her reveals some intresting information. partly the name of the mirror, the Crystal Mirror, and it somehow has some part in turning a pony into an alicorn as she discovered, in a dark magic room of all things. it would seem that sunset became a human variant of a corrupted alicorn it seems.

as to why it happened, i think it largely seems that the transformation from pony to alicorn has something to do with some hidden strength within, and a magical artifact as well. normally this comes from a moment of realization about some force of magic, be it friendship, love, or other. it seems using the crystal mirror allows a forced transformation. however her inner self was dark, and when it was let out she lost control and became a monster.

there is a dsitinct seperation between sunset and her demon self. while sunset is cruel, she is not violent or vicious. she wants power but, surprisingly, she let go of some power when she was threatneing twilight with destroying the portal. she felt a need to not simply say she would not hurt spike, but actually let him go. however when she transformed she lost even that small nobility and became destructive, even murderous. the crown seemed to draw out, quite literally, her inner demon.

this seems the case because, after examining the comic i mentioned, i saw something of itnerest. she was looking into the crystal mirror, and saw herself an alicorn. yet a moment later, she saw something else, something that terrified her. there is a brief picture of something that looks scary, only a corner.

reason why she became redemptive is not becuas the evil got blasted out of her. the difference between nightmare moon's darkness, which is poessessive, and her;s is because it came from ehr own hear.t she saw her self naked, raw, and wicked, and was horrified of it and wanted to reject it.