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09/16/11(Fri)11:08 No.29715508>>29715341
>And besides which, Rarity's 'punishment' both fails to ignore the fact that her motivation was wrought of what is effectively insanity, nor does it feel befitting of the weight of her sins - something far more evil would have been appropriate.
I thought I might take a moment to comment on this myself.
The original plan had been to get Rarity severely punished as a sort of atonement. I had many situations in mind, including one in which they essentially agreed to put it behind them, after a very savage and lengthy chain-rape by basically all the males around. But the idea that, for any punishment, they could ever just put it behind them and let bygones be bygones, did not sit right with me. They've all been hurt, some more than I had originally intended, and certainly more than Rarity had. They were betrayed by one of their own, and unforgivable violation of trust and love. But two wrongs don't make a right, as I'm sure the show would preach.
They begin to realize that Rarity truly wasn't herself. As Twilight says, she was insane. Out of her mind. And Rarity begins to realize that too. It's not enough to absolve her, as the lingering pain can't be so easily cast aside, but it does make them feel more conflicted for it, and perhaps less spiteful. At the same time, they know being overly punitive won't make things better. It's why Big Mac doesn't rape her himself, for instance, an idea I had toyed with. He, like the girls, is hurt. Most of them don't want to be a part of it, himself included.
In the end, they're all very conflicted. They want revenge on a reactionary level but their conscience tempers it. They can't forgive easily, and may never be able to trust Rarity again, let alone be friends with her. In a show based entirely around the merits of friendship, it's rather a downer ending.
But I figured that would cause less outrage than if I'd had Celestia just handwave it all away. Deus ex machina is so rarely appreciated. |
