Talk:Twilight Sparkle (Sci-Twi)/@comment-14250-20170903200553/@comment-26423071-20171228190919

It's like in Star Wars, when Darth Vader "died" when Anakin Skywalker redeemed himself by saving Luke from Palpatine.

It's the death of the villainous alter ego as the core heroic persona remains trumphant.

And if you want a non-Star Wars example, Nightmare Moon "died" when Princess Luna asserted control from within and made the negative forces vanish.