Talk:The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2/@comment-1746153-20151129152236/@comment-4531340-20151129234916

I personally think that enough of her backstory was shown to make the ending work - it just showed probably the top layer of what made her hate cutie marks so much (and kids do tend to overreact to things like that). I mean, back in Friendship is Magic (the first episode) do we get any backstory for Luna turning into Nightmare Moon besides "she was jealous of Celestia's day"? No.

And as far as her redemption, I thought it worked well enough, with Twilight using what she had learned from Starlight's past to finally get through to her (after trying what she had tried in the season opener and failing just like she did there). It was a little rushed, but I felt that didn't detract significantly from the ending.