@Background Pony #BC5A
You’re ignoring tbe point that Twilight didn’t fail to do any of that, because her attempt was
still in progress when Shining popped out and said lolno. Twilight got past the new defenses, and then Shining and Celestia came out and arbitrarily said she failed right then and there. None of the conditions involved her being undetected, so she was still in progress.
It’s no different than if Shining had declared that Twilight lost when he encountered her in the courtyard with the flower.
I don’t care about most minor plot holes, but I don’t forgive blatant character inconsistencies. This event derails Shining’s and Celestia’s personalities into being assholes for this one scene for some reason. I would have accepted Shining doing this alone if it was called out, but Celestia endorsing it pushes it over the edge.
It’s the same reason I hate or dislike episodes like Yakity-Sax (for making Pinkie value her instrument over
all her friends), or No Second Prances (which turns Twilight into an jerk towards Celestia, and makes her overly controlling of Starlight).