Talk:The Ending of the End - Part 2/@comment-26423071-20191109171048/@comment-36700661-20200108141145

That's not how redemption works at all. It's not something you DO to a pony, it is something the pony has to choose to do themselves. If they reform and express their desire to change, then they are given a second chance. Villains who are defeated and captured are punished. Villains who choose to stop on their own and reform are given second chances.

And as for the rainbow business, it's not the rainbow that made them change. Luna chose to reform because Celestia convinced her to rule by her side again and offered her friendship. Sunset Shimmer chose to reform because she had seen the error of her ways. And Gloriosa was never evil to begin with, she was corrupted by magic, and the rainbows just uncorrupted her.