I would say that Starlight Glimmer's redemption worked much better than the other Parade O' Redemptions.



* She had a reason to be rotten to begin with (at least, one that made sense to her). That's not always the case with MLP villains.

* She had good reason to come around; she was shown why what she was doing was bad, and responded to that (not to a deus-ex-machina or some sort of coercion)

* She was able to communicate that reason, and the reason was accepted by Twilight.

* It took time and effort to bring her around. It didn't just magically happen instantly, and she struggled with it while it was happening.

* There was not an instant "all is forgiven and forgotten". Others had to debate about what to do about her. I really liked the body language while she was waiting outside the map room to hear what others had decided about her.

* She has to do penance, and we see this. She had to face those she had hurt. Acceptance of her redemption isn't instant and it isn't without pain.



I thought this was much better handled than either Gilda's, Discord's, Trixie's, Diamond Tiara's or Luna's redemptions. It made sense from beginning to end, with believable steps and believable consequences.



You've capture it well. Nicely done.



Favorite episode, not only of season 5 but of the whole series, is Amending Fences. The theme of Amending Fences may be a little on the nuanced side for a kid, but it too makes sense. The scene in which Moondancer dresses down Twilight flows extremely well, with the dialog feeling natural and the buildup-crescendo-release of emotions having a great pace that simply rings true. In addition to showing an imperfect Twilight, to showing fantastic continuity with the rest of the series, and showing great new characters, this episode has real-life payoff. I know several people (one of which who is a non-brony but saw this episode out of curiosity while I was watching it) who, after the show, had a mumbled "excuse me, I need to go make a phone call" followed by "Hey, I know it's been a while, thought I'd call and see how things were going.." Directly, immediately, because of this episode they renewed old contacts. Instant serious, deep human payoff. This episode quite literally and demonstrably brought about a bit of good in many people's lives and encouraged them to do the right thing, not by lecture but by example. As awesome as Suited for Success, Winter Wrap-up, Rarity Takes Manehattan and Sleepless in Ponyville are, they didn't have this immediate translation into positive, life-changing real-world actions.