Talk:Lightning Dust/@comment-5786738-20121218021609

I think that there is a lot of overlap between Lightning Dust and the Mane 6. There have been many times throughout the series where a part of the main character's behaviour gets too extreme and causes them to go overboard. They end up hurting those around them and sometimes they're even oblivious to the damage they cause.

For example, in Applebuck Season, Applejack believed that she could harvest all the apples all by herself. She let her pride get the better of her and ends up causing hurting her friends as well as the Ponyville citizens. When Twilight tries to point out all the damage she is causing and offers to help, Applejack shrugs off her offers, saying that she's "a little busy to get lectured right now"

In Lesson Zero, Twilight panicks when she finds that there is no friendship report to send to Princess Celestia for the week. Her anxiety reaches peak levels and she ends up causing all of Ponyville to fall under a "want it, need it" spell.

In The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Rainbow Dash lets her desire for attention get to her head and ends up destroying the Ponyville dam in an attempt to satisfy her need.

I think that something similar occurs to Lightning Dust here. In this case, it is her ambition that causes her to go charging off. Her ambition ends up blinding her from the damage she is causing to Rainbow Dash and her fellow cadets.What saddens me, though, is the consequences; she goes through experiences similar to the Mane 6 but ends up paying one the of harshest prices for it, just about tied with Rainbow Dash in The Mysterious Mare Do Well