I swear to you this isn’t some high and mighty “Oh my feelings are hurt so let me argue back to protect my precious insecurities.” I am genuinely happy to have this discussion and I am so glad it’s continuing. It’s actually just a fun hobby for me so I’m just having fun.

I still don’t see your point with Diamond Tiara vs Cozy Glow though. The show wasted the irredeemable parents trope on a bully? Is that trope worth something to be used on a big villain?

So is it okay to have subtle backstories or not? I’m confused.

I know it’s just one person and it’s not directly at me

but just like some people said, this is just a kids show with a poorly thought out finale. [[Agreed]] A comic trying to make up for it probably doesn’t need that much intelligence to understand.

You know, I also have to thank you for being able to counter my criticism. I think it’s fair that others also have criticism toward other criticisms.

That’s why this comic also doesn’t exempt from its own criticism when it’s criticizing the canon. And of course my criticism would have personal biases. That’s what opinions are. It’s people’s own thoughts and they will always bring their personalities into them. Criticism will always be subjective and never always right which is why it is allowed to get criticism as well.

It’s honestly just a little fan comic for me.
Now here’s some counterpoints and I’ll be honest with why I’m so critical toward this comic
Finally my biggest problem with this whole comic

_{I like to put some lighthearted stuff in my comments to show that I’m not completely serious about my criticism.}

First the arguments about Diamond Tiara’s mother. That’s actually the problem. The show already has something similar to this kind of backstory so if the comic does exactly the same thing, does that make the comic just the same as the show.
It’s kind of ironic someone in the DeviantArt comments said that the show makes Cozy Glow Diamond Tiara 2.0 but this comic is the one making Cozy Glow another Diamond Tiara with abusive parents. It’s just that both parents are abusive instead of one this time. I know this comic isn’t implying it is better than the show but if it wanted to be. This is not the way.

Does that mean this comic has the same level of quality as the show?

Honestly I know the tragic backstories are probably necessary for some insights into the characters’ actions but I’d rather there was no backstory at all.
Like I harshly said, this is basically Rob Zombie’s Halloween where obviously awful father is the reason Michael Myers exists-

The point is redeeming them after all, and we already have something that may help them do that, the fact that those 3 actually care for each other.

Like I said, the real redeeming quality should come from the villains’ own hearts and traits instead of the fact that something bad happened to them. Perhaps some terrible things that happened in the past could be implied but we didn’t need to know the entire process.

Tragic backstories should just be a tiny things that are indicated instead of focused so much on, and the real focus should be Twilight’s attempts at reforming those 3.

We don’t need to know them. We need to know those 3.

Discord only wanted to change out of his own heart and the fact that he might actually lose the only one who cares about him-

how high and mighty some people, and maybe even the comic itself, act toward this comic.

If it or anyone thinks it’s many times better than the show then all props to them.

And I might be harsh here but this comic does it way more blatantly unsubtle than the show itself with a father whose character is literally just yelling.

The point is, don’t go all “If you don’t like this comic, you’re probably not smart enough to understand it

I’ll still stick to my guns and feel the same way.

honestly, it’s not that impressive

I think there are a lot of unnecessary parts that make the plot cliche and redundant, like the abusive family thing I just mentioned. Cozy Glow’s father is probably the worst as he is just a walking cliche akin to again, Rob Zombie’s Halloween.”

If the point of this comic is for Twilight to stand out on her own and fix her character, why include the tragic backstories?”

Even if you want the influence of Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis’ backstories to connect with their redemptions, you don’t have to make characters around them so horrible you want to punch them instead.”

We have an irredeemable villain in this comic where we try to redeem the villains. Should we go back to that hunter pony’s life to understand why he does what he does and try to become friends with him too?”

the comic does indicate that the 3 villains do things out of their own intentions but that actually makes the insufferable parents and changeling killers even more pointless.”

Going from “my father never thinks I’m good enough” to “I’m gonna suck away pony magic” doesn’t really make sense.”

I mean who does he want to heir his throne if he doesn’t let his son improve”

Good parents can actually create misbehaving children”

Wilson Fisk, The Kingpin has basically the same backstory too. Should he be redeemed too?”

but Celestia and Luna are really terribly done in this. They have absolutely no emotions whatsoever

but broke Fluttershy. I mean post season 9 Fluttershy, afraid of flying? After all the courage she had finally developed? I won’t forgive you if you’re trying to screw over best pony.