I dont comsider Misty a disappointment. She was never ment for the villanous act. She was brainwashed and used and abused. Is a very interesting, relatable and complex story for a cartoon show. It was done pretty well in my opinion.
I always love getting to see reformed villains and what more they can do in the future episodes and story arc's both in the show and comic. Also love Discord, Starlight, and Trixie in the comics now that they are reformed their stories are a lot of fun!!
I'll add on, Discord became better as a character in G5 comics. Reason is because in the G5 comics, Discord became a tragic character who lost the pony he loved, and now wants to protect ponies
The Tantibus didn't transform Luna into Nightmare Moon. Rumble was never a villain. This video makes the problem of assuming "antagonist" means "villain". Many of these characters are antagonists, but not villains. Discord is different in his redemption because of his nature. Unlike most villains (not to be confused with non-villain antagonists), Discord was never evil. If I were to give Discord a D&D alignment, it would be Chaotic Neutral. That didn't change until the Season 4 Finale. The only thing different between pre-reformed Discord and post-reformed Discord was valuing friendship. That's why he so easily turned to villainy in the Season 4 Finale. Tirek offered him friendship AND power, which benefits him more than just friendship. When he learned how it feels to be betrayed, and thus learned how Fluttershy must've felt, Discord went from Chaotic Neutral to Chaotic Good. The only reason Discord doesn't seem to be redeemed is because his personality never changes (except for that one episode, and that one story in the comics).
Hard to know which our reforms. Glimmer: very good but should bern call main 8 now. Trixie: alright but Need more. Discord: eh but need more. Misty: the best but to late in show.
If you count Rumble in Marks and Recreation as a villain being redeemed, would you count Angel in She Talks to Angel as a villain being redeemed? Yeah, Rumble did turn everyone against the CMC, but he was more so a rebel leader than what I would call a villain. And he wasn't a bully like some other child antagonists. Angel Bunny, by contrast, is more infamous for his bad behavior, both towards Fluttershy as she tries to care for him and in general. Though at the same time, he has plenty of other moments that shows he isn't all the cretin that a lot of the fandom paints him as, both in the comics and in the show. And in She Talks to Angel, he was perhaps at his most malicious, thinking more about himself and how he wanted that carrot-based medical serum, while also being cruel to the other animals. Not to mention just how much worse he was when he and Fluttershy swapped bodies, chaining the wolf up, banging the giraffe's neck, and at first not giving a shit when the elephant's trunk got messed up from inhaling those keys. But in that story, when shit does go too far with his cruelty, lack of empathy and carelessness once the snake devours the elephant, albeit after the veterinarian informs him of the situation, he does make an active effort and learns to work together with the other animals to save the elephant and get those keys out. And by then, while it was unfortunately left as just one episode of Season 9, that cruelty in him finally died. Whether or not this is a good or bad reformation, I say is up to you. I mean, I enjoyed it, mostly because Angel is one of my favorite characters in Friendship is Magic.
I dont comsider Misty a disappointment. She was never ment for the villanous act. She was brainwashed and used and abused. Is a very interesting, relatable and complex story for a cartoon show. It was done pretty well in my opinion.
I always love getting to see reformed villains and what more they can do in the future episodes and story arc's both in the show and comic. Also love Discord, Starlight, and Trixie in the comics now that they are reformed their stories are a lot of fun!!
I'll add on, Discord became better as a character in G5 comics. Reason is because in the G5 comics, Discord became a tragic character who lost the pony he loved, and now wants to protect ponies
Discord is like alastor but even more powerful and less sadodtic
The Tantibus didn't transform Luna into Nightmare Moon.
Rumble was never a villain.
This video makes the problem of assuming "antagonist" means "villain". Many of these characters are antagonists, but not villains.
Discord is different in his redemption because of his nature. Unlike most villains (not to be confused with non-villain antagonists), Discord was never evil. If I were to give Discord a D&D alignment, it would be Chaotic Neutral. That didn't change until the Season 4 Finale. The only thing different between pre-reformed Discord and post-reformed Discord was valuing friendship. That's why he so easily turned to villainy in the Season 4 Finale. Tirek offered him friendship AND power, which benefits him more than just friendship. When he learned how it feels to be betrayed, and thus learned how Fluttershy must've felt, Discord went from Chaotic Neutral to Chaotic Good. The only reason Discord doesn't seem to be redeemed is because his personality never changes (except for that one episode, and that one story in the comics).
Hard to know which our reforms. Glimmer: very good but should bern call main 8 now. Trixie: alright but Need more. Discord: eh but need more. Misty: the best but to late in show.
If you count Rumble in Marks and Recreation as a villain being redeemed, would you count Angel in She Talks to Angel as a villain being redeemed? Yeah, Rumble did turn everyone against the CMC, but he was more so a rebel leader than what I would call a villain. And he wasn't a bully like some other child antagonists.
Angel Bunny, by contrast, is more infamous for his bad behavior, both towards Fluttershy as she tries to care for him and in general. Though at the same time, he has plenty of other moments that shows he isn't all the cretin that a lot of the fandom paints him as, both in the comics and in the show. And in She Talks to Angel, he was perhaps at his most malicious, thinking more about himself and how he wanted that carrot-based medical serum, while also being cruel to the other animals. Not to mention just how much worse he was when he and Fluttershy swapped bodies, chaining the wolf up, banging the giraffe's neck, and at first not giving a shit when the elephant's trunk got messed up from inhaling those keys. But in that story, when shit does go too far with his cruelty, lack of empathy and carelessness once the snake devours the elephant, albeit after the veterinarian informs him of the situation, he does make an active effort and learns to work together with the other animals to save the elephant and get those keys out. And by then, while it was unfortunately left as just one episode of Season 9, that cruelty in him finally died.
Whether or not this is a good or bad reformation, I say is up to you. I mean, I enjoyed it, mostly because Angel is one of my favorite characters in Friendship is Magic.