>>357611>I somehow deduced that you didn't care for LE when you explained your disdain for Luna 'til SiP."Disdain" is too strong a word, although I'll admit I might have felt some for fanatical Lunafags. She just wasn't developed, and it was clear that the writers hadn't put much thought into who she is. I didn't dislike her. I just put her in the same category as Derpy, Octavia, Lyra, Vinyl Scratch, Dr. Whooves, or any other background character.
>Like the very beginning of the very first episode where NMM's origins are explained, and they had nothing to do with expanding the empire.I skimmed over the creators' backstory, but it wasn't obvious to me from the animatic's content. The first time I saw it, I thought it was just an extension of what Luna did in "Sleepless." See seems to care about kids.
Their fanon still doesn't bother me. I figure we've never been given any details about that point in Equestria's history anyway. I assume that whatever went down between Celestia and Luna was a lot more complicated than the series' fairy-tale opening.
I wouldn't even care if the show retconned the sisters' conflict. In the Pony Psychology fanfics, which I thought were very good, the author posited that the whole "Luna wouldn't lower the moon" bit was just a myth, a cover story, because what really happened was a whole lot darker. What she really did was create the Everfree Forest, thinking that a self-maintaining natural order was a beautiful idea. So, the weather there went out of control, animals started eating each other, natural disasters started occurring, etc., and everyone else — Celestia in particular — considered it an abomination. Luna stuck by her guns until it turned into a knock-down-drag-out castle-wrecking fight.
I liked that.
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