Talk:Reflections/@comment-26973802-20140329154438/@comment-26973802-20140410022240

If the Nightmare possesses victims the way she possessed Rarity, Luna wouldn't have gradually become "darker and more distant", the transformation/possession would have happened at once, and on the moon, where the Nightmare would exploit her jealousy and say what she needed to say to convince her to let her in. As far as the show, and apparently Katie Cook's comics, are concerned, Luna's resentment slowly grew stronger (possibly with help from an outside force) to the point in which it could manifest into her Nightmare Moon form