BigOnionbean 
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Well the potion doesn't brainwash the ponies mainly because the alicorn in it of itself is one pony having a literal mind/personality of it's own. The individual Heartstrong Flare himself wouldn't know what to expect or who he was at first, since he was just created. Therefore the chance of his firdt move being straight up anger did not occur. Plus the pony that was responsible was Speedy Hooves, not Calm Merriment.
At the same time, these ponies did not get tricked into this. As pages 1 and 5 show Speedy explaining to the four the risks and effects of undergoing a process like this. A process that they all were explained to have volunteered for in the comic.
That and I am not rich, so I didn't have the dough nor the time to try to have an artist take into context all these subjective details. I just took four ponies, threw a potion at them and BAM.....FUSION!
Emu War veteran..
Well the potion doesn't brainwash the ponies mainly because the alicorn in it of itself is one pony having a literal mind/personality of it's own. The individual Heartstrong Flare himself wouldn't know what to expect or who he was at first, since he was just created. Therefore the chance of his firdt move being straight up anger did not occur. Plus the pony that was responsible was Speedy Hooves, not Calm Merriment.
At the same time, these ponies did not get tricked into this. As pages 1 and 5 show Speedy explaining to the four the risks and effects of undergoing a process like this. A process that they all were explained to have volunteered for in the comic.
That and I am not rich, so I didn't have the dough nor the time to try to have an artist take into context all these subjective details. I just took four ponies, threw a potion at them and BAM.....FUSION!