Talk:No Second Prances/@comment-3410511-20160426145705/@comment-25559529-20160428231040

Okay, let me try putting things a little more bluntly, then a little more eloquently.

"it's hard to accept when somepony you like" That somepony is Starlight.

"wants to spend time with somepony who's not so nice." That somepony is Trixie.

"Though it's impossible to control who your friends hang out with," Twilight already learned this lesson in the fifth episode. She's not out of character.

"it is possible to control your own behavior." Twilight knows what to do in this situation.

"Just continue to be a good friend." Twilight knows Starlight. She knows that Starlight had a misguided view of friendship and is trying to help her. She's turning Starlight away from bad influences. That is being a good friend. She's applying a lesson from an earlier episode. She's passing her knowledge of friendship on to Starlight.

"In the end, the difference between a false friend and one who's true will surely come to light." This lesson is also reinforced on multiple levels in A Canterlot Wedding. I think this review of that episode puts it the best.