@Thanotos Omega
The issue was they
told us about these manipulations, yet her actions during the movie failed to live up to them in any way. Even said manipulations seem to have succeeded mostly by luck, if any of the five had actually spoken to each other at length they would have soon realized they were being manipulated. Her photo manipulation scheme likewise seems to rely on her victims being idiots who have no understanding of electronics.
And after this rather pathetic attempt has backfired? Sunset pulls off her ‘sledgehammer and bluster’ plan, which falls apart the moment Twilight calls her bluff. She then resorts to the ‘jump on my rival and pull her hair’ plan, which does not help her reclaim her dignity.
Her backstory being thinner than tracing paper and her ultimately plan coming across as deeply ludicrous doesn’t help.