Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-9056013-20131228142049/@comment-4589864-20140109214648

@BenRG

And yet, Twilight Sparkle offered no help of her own to Sunset. Here's what she could've/should've done.

1: Twilight has studied friendship for the past three or so years, and has entire reports about the lessons she herself has learned about it. Surely, she could've offered to coach Sunset on friendship in Equestria (especially since she's, you know, a princess!), or at least offered her own friendship to her.

2: If Sunset Shimmer was afraid of meeting Princess Celestia again, Twilight could've encouraged her to come back, anyway. Something like "Don't worry, Princess Celestia is very forgiving. I'll even put in a good word for you, if you want." would've been nice.

3: Put more effort into making sure the humans don't decide to randomly mob Sunset Shimmer and that they'd agree to give her another chance by talking it over with the local authority figures (teachers, police, etc.), instead of wasting all her spare portal time on the school dance.

Plus, there's the fact that the portal is only active for three days, every two or so years. It's not like Twilight could just roll into town to check up on her in case things go downhill (Ex-victims are out for Sunset's blood, Sunset turns psycho/suicidal/vengeful, etc.). The logical, smart move would be to bring her back to Equestria not only so that tensions can cease in the human world, but for Sunset Shimmer's own safety and well-being. Plus, she could really help out the denizens of Equestria with her awesome magical talents! Surely with all the crazy stuff that goes on in Equestria, surely you'd want/need all the help you could possibly muster, right?

I mean, would you think John Rambo would've been better off if he stayed in Washington to help fix that town he shot up, and then hand out apologies to all the cops/soldiers he injured (First Blood), or if he actually used his military training/experience to free those P.O.W.s in Vietnam (Rambo: First Blood Part II)?