Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-25270260-20160307113053/@comment-27739895-20160310152055

[Note: Following on a string of comments about A Canterlot Wedding (link to comment string), Whitehorse24 and I shifted to the Rainbow Rock characters being possibly unapologetic after hating on Sunset Shimmer. I'm directing my reply to this conveniently related comment on Sunset's page in order to stay on topic.]

Well, I'll be honest, I never put much thinking into EG movies (too far away from my fellow changelings!), so I had to actually look back at the key scenes. I'll try to address them in order (ugh, me and my walls of wordy texts!).

First, at the beginning of Rainbow Rock, the human-Mane5 are trying to be sympathetic and they all look saddened when the rest of the school hates on Sunset Shimmer (a mob phenomenon: "we don't know her, we don't care, we remember she was bad, let's hate on her, just in case"). The Mane5 try to cheer Sunset up (in their own ways) and the Better Than Ever song that follows is pretty much dedicated to their newly found friendship (despite a few slurs owing to the fact it is a budding friendship that stems from quite a reversal).

Twilight hesitantly taking Sunset's outstretched hand seems rather natural to me; the last time they saw each other wasn't exactly a pleasant memory.

Regarding the Awesome As I Wanna Be song and its aftermath, the Mane5 are in a terrible mood due to the "team spirit" having gone awry for quite a while and Rainbow Dash's not-so-subtle ego-praising song only makes it worse (the siren's spell of discordance might also be getting to them; I don't think we know for sure). Rarity and Dash accuse Sunset but Applejack directs an even stronger accusation at Dash. I consider they still act as "friends" with Sunset, albeit quite upset ones.

In my eyes, the only real show of hate, here, comes from the crowd (again, an unfortunate mob phenomenon). I admit it wouldn't have hurt if Twilight or someone else had said an understanding word to Sunset, though.

Once locked under stage, the human-Mane5 start a full on round of accusation but, if I'm not mistaken, none are aimed at Sunset (they pretty much ignore both Sunset and Twilight).

So, in the end, even though the human-Mane5 appear to be possibly less kind than ponies (which I believe would make sense) and less mature, I don't see a hate problem on their side. The only hate I see is "mob hate" and little can be done about it, other than act wisely and wait it out (it seems to have settled down by the time of the Friendship Games). I do understand how the conflicting atmosphere of the movie can feel unpleasant to some viewers, though.

As for the characters apologizing to Sunset, I believe this scene, by the end of Rainbow Rock, speaks more than words: