Talk:Friendship is Magic animated media/@comment-11461452-20170311202657/@comment-24245960-20170312023111

This reminds me of some of the conversations debating whether or not the main characters should be depicted as suffering from PTSD and if an entire episode should be devoted to such. I will attempt to comment without being influenced by those previous discussions.

We've already seen examples of Princess Luna feeling regrets for her past actions as Nightmare Moon and even punishing herself for that past, so I won't go so far as to say that feelings of vulnerability and self-doubt are concepts too adult to be depicted in the series. However, I think any depiction of the main characters experiencing such stressors should be kept to a minimum and depicted in a way that does not make them appear to be permanently emotionally and psychologically traumatized.

For example, a brief scene containing mention that the Princesses have logically increased the number of guards in the castles or a scene showing Twilight and Starlight working together on a spell to reveal disguised Changelings. I think scenes like these would be sufficient to convey to viewers that the characters realize that they need to do more to be prepared and are doing so without risking making them look like they are in a traumatized panic.

However, as I type this I can't help but think that characters like Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie tend to react to things in an exaggerated manner, and I can conceive of an episode devoted to these two acting paranoid and looking for disguised Changelings around every corner until their friends find some way to reassure them.