Talk:Twilight Sparkle/@comment-32533559-20170710075339/@comment-24245960-20170710135406

I don't hate her, so it's not everyone. But I do have a theory based upon my own personal jealousy (envy?) of her as to perhaps why others dislike Twilight so.

To a person prone to such envy it can appear that Twilight has had a great deal of good fortune and even an ascension/transformation to the status Alicorn Princess simply handed to her without having worked much for it. But the truth is that she has gone through many ordeals (yes, often with the help of her friends) and while she may indeed have been born with exceptional magical powers she has also studied and practiced all her life to improve her abilities. But jealous people often overlook the whole life of the person (pony) they are jealous of and see only the end results of their labours, of which they are envious.

And to look at her from a "meta" angle, Twilight as a character is really a victim of the perhaps stereotypical idea that every little girl dreams of becoming a princess and living in a castle in a magical kingdom. Since the show is mostly written for little girls, Twilight fills the role of the ordinary girl who gets to live the dream they fantasize about living. Those of us who can't live that dream are then of course jealous.

But that's just my theory as to why she is often disliked.