Comment on Queen Chrysalis by Dsurion
I suppose it removes the need of portraying guilt and emphasize on the fact that their actions under brainwashing wasn't exactly their fault.
For me? That creates the idea that the spell created a new sentience to follow orders the mind's true sentience wouldn't, and once the spell was removed, the new sentience DIED.
Aye, all the more emphasizes the evilness of the villains, does it? 
And the total indifference of the heroes.
Much like whenever there's an 'instant clone' machine laying about, and the clones die, no one so much as sheds a tear.
And I think that's part of where the idea of Fluttercruel came from.
Fluttershy, "You're the nightmare."
Fluttercruel, "Nightmares aren't real. I'm as real as you and my NAME is Fluttercruel, not 'nightmare' stupid."
Much like whenever there's an 'instant clone' machine laying about, and the clones die, no one so much as sheds a tear.
And I think that's part of where the idea of Fluttercruel came from.
Fluttershy, "You're the nightmare."
Fluttercruel, "Nightmares aren't real. I'm as real as you and my NAME is Fluttercruel, not 'nightmare' stupid."
Yeah, well, most audiences don't think much beyond that.
That doesn't make it any less apathetic.
True enough.
A part of me wonders if the Cabal was wondering about CLONING Elements of Harmony users (or Shining Armor or Alicorns) as fail-safes in case of their deaths. This would clearly be ignorance about how the Elements need a the right personality and moral convictions to function and emotional bonds with the other users in a set. Or clone them for grunts.
Pinkie Pie: Too unpredictable.
Fluttershy: Too unstable.
Applejack: Possible.
Rarity: Too independent.
Rainbow Dash: Possible.
Twilight Sparkle: Too dangerous.
Of course such cliches would ignore that a genetic double would NOT equal the same personality or skills.
Just a random thought after reading about a character in an anime who had 2000 clones of her made without her knowledge created to die in battle to 'level up' someone else after it was determined the clones of her wouldn't be as powerful as her to function as super soldiers.
Pinkie Pie: Too unpredictable.
Fluttershy: Too unstable.
Applejack: Possible.
Rarity: Too independent.
Rainbow Dash: Possible.
Twilight Sparkle: Too dangerous.
Of course such cliches would ignore that a genetic double would NOT equal the same personality or skills.
Just a random thought after reading about a character in an anime who had 2000 clones of her made without her knowledge created to die in battle to 'level up' someone else after it was determined the clones of her wouldn't be as powerful as her to function as super soldiers.
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