Background Pony #8216

"It's all okay because it technically didn't happen!"



Scenario 1

>man recklessly fires gun into the air

>bullet comes down

>hits some kid

>kid dies

>man sentenced to prison for manslaughter



Scenario 2

>man seconds from from firing gun recklessly into the air

>told not to

>k

>man apologizes

>man not sentenced for endangerment

>local hero saves child's life by not shooting into the air, gets the Medal of Honor



We don't award people for almost, but not quite, doing something horrible. If it was like, stealing a pack of gum or something like that that she wanted to do, fine, I'll forgive you, thank you for knowing better, but fucking up life as we know it isn't something you let slide because "never mind LOL".



"But she didn't know what would happen!"



>Mane 6 repeatedly touted as being essential for the safety of Equestria

>nothing bad could possibly come from screwing with their lives, right?



>explicitly shown the negative impact of her actions

>but muh childhood was literally worse than hitler!



Nope, not good enough. Ignorance is not a defense.



"People can change/deserve a second chance, punishment only makes you bad, etc."



>ponies let her get away without punishment

>dedicates the entirety of her time since plotting to ruin the M6s' lives



No, she had her chance. If she had owned up originally and said something like, "I'm sorry I was a damn oppressive hypocrite who preached standards that I would never want to live up to myself, please forgive me, I just wanted friends!" I probably would have been more satisfied, but this was just a horrible way to handle a reformation.



>inb4 "durr, why u so mad/it's not that big a deal, don't have opinions about it, lol"