Talk:2, 4, 6, Greaaat/@comment-7345250-20190826055735

Finally got around to this one, and I think I see the issue: Rainbow Dash is not Twilight's student.

If Rainbow had at any point in the series expressed her willingness to receive lessons from Twilight or embark on an educational project, then Rainbow would be in the wrong for neglecting those things. But instead Twilight tries to take on the mentorlike role of Celestia and saddles a pony who is supposed to be her peer with an unwelcome duty. It comes across as unduly manipulative because Rainbow and Twilight do not have a student-teacher relationship.

This is "the Mare Do Well problem" dialed up to 11. Whereas previous examples at least (1) responded to poor conduct on Rainbow's part and (2) involved a plurality of wronged parties, this episode is built on Twilight Sparkle delivering a lesson without provocation.