Talk:Flutter Brutter/@comment-1023843-20160712035852/@comment-29171024-20160720035311

All of those "reused concepts", had differences, including this one.

Zephyr contrasted with both Maud and Shining Armor in that he was an annoying younger sibling of whom Fluttershy did not idolize or even really respect. Instead, she was very rightfully harsh with him. Both Maud and Shining Armor were very mature and kind, Zephyr was insecure, arrogant, manipulative, and whiny. Not to mention, unmentioned sibling is a very vague concept that can be used in even more ways.

Since Moondancer's problem involved actual baggage with Twilight, who she already once saw as a friend, and it involved her becoming far more damaged than even Cranky, and the episode being far darker and less wacky than AFiD, it'd be far more accurate to call AF an episode about reluctant forgiveness.

And the befriending a villain thing has existed before Discord was a thing; it's been around since Nightmare Moon. And it happens to a lot of villains, since, you know, it is a show about friendship.