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** \\\"In \\\'\\\'Lesson Zero\\\'\\\', Twilight stresses out so much over her friendship letter assignment that she mind-controls half of Ponyville into starting a riot over a stuffed doll, all to cause a problem she can solve with friendship. The episode tells us that it\\\'s \\\'\\\'her friends\\\' fault\\\'\\\' for not comforting her enough, and Twilight is rewarded by Celestia delegating the assignment to her friends and removing the weekly deadline. \\\"

I find this example disingenuous. There are several examples of this trope through the series but I don\\\'t think \\\"Lesson Zero\\\" is one of them.
Twilight\\\'s behaviour in this episode is clearly portrated as wrong. The riot caused was accidental (though mindraping the CMC was very bad indeed). Celestia clearly call out Twilight for this (the tone of \\\"Twilight Sparkle!\\\" and \\\"meet me in the library\\\" isn\\\'t soft). The episode isn\\\'t telling it\\\'s her friend\\\'s fault for the mess but that her friends let it happen becase of their insensibility for Twilight\\\'s problem. One can argue that Twilight was EasilyForgiven but she pretty much acknowledged her mistake.

And finally, there was no \\\"weekly deadline\\\" to begin with.
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** \\\"In \\\'\\\'Lesson Zero\\\'\\\', Twilight stresses out so much over her friendship letter assignment that she mind-controls half of Ponyville into starting a riot over a stuffed doll, all to cause a problem she can solve with friendship. The episode tells us that it\\\'s \\\'\\\'her friends\\\' fault\\\'\\\' for not comforting her enough, and Twilight is rewarded by Celestia delegating the assignment to her friends and removing the weekly deadline. \\\"

I find this example disingenuous. There are several examples of this trope through the series but I don\\\'t think \\\"Lesson Zero\\\" is one of them.
Twilight\\\'s behaviour in this episode is clearly portrated as wrong. The riot caused was accidental (though mindraping the CMC was very bad indeed). Celestia clearly call out Twilight for this (the tone of \\\"Twilight Sparkle!\\\" and \\\"meet me in the library\\\" isn\\\'t soft). Her friends are \\\"punished\\\" because they take the responsibility for their insensibility. One can argue that Twilight was EasilyForgiven but she pretty much acknowledged her mistake.

And finally, there was no \\\"weekly deadline\\\" to begin with.
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** \\\"In \\\'\\\'Lesson Zero\\\'\\\', Twilight stresses out so much over her friendship letter assignment that she mind-controls half of Ponyville into starting a riot over a stuffed doll, all to cause a problem she can solve with friendship. The episode tells us that it\\\'s \\\'\\\'her friends\\\' fault\\\'\\\' for not comforting her enough, and Twilight is rewarded by Celestia delegating the assignment to her friends and removing the weekly deadline. \\\"

I find this example disingenuous. There are several examples of this trope through the series but I don\\\'t think \\\"Lesson Zero\\\" is one of them.
Twilight\\\'s behaviour in this episode is clearly portrated as wrong. The riot caused was accidental (though mindraping the CMC was very bad indeed). Celestia clearly call out Twilight for this (the tone of \\\"Twilight Sparkle!\\\" and \\\"meet me in the library\\\" isn\\\'t soft). Her friends are \\\"punished\\\" because they take the responsibility for their insensibility. One can argue that Twilight was EasilyForgiven but she pretty much acknowledged her mistake.

And finnally, there was no \\\"weekly deadline\\\" to begin with.
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\\\"In \\\'\\\'Lesson Zero\\\'\\\', Twilight stresses out so much over her friendship letter assignment that she mind-controls half of Ponyville into starting a riot over a stuffed doll, all to cause a problem she can solve with friendship. The episode tells us that it\\\'s \\\'\\\'her friends\\\' fault\\\'\\\' for not comforting her enough, and Twilight is rewarded by Celestia delegating the assignment to her friends and removing the weekly deadline. \\\"

I find this example disingenuous. There are several examples of this trope through the series but I don\\\'t think \\\"Lesson Zero\\\" is one of them.
Twilight\\\'s behaviour in this episode is clearly portrated as wrong. The riot caused was accidental (though mindraping the CMC was very bad indeed). Celestia clearly call out Twilight for this (the tone of \\\"Twilight Sparkle!\\\" and \\\"meet me in the library\\\" isn\\\'t soft). Her friends are \\\"punished\\\" because they take the responsibility for their insensibility. One can argue that Twilight was EasilyForgiven but she pretty much acknowledged her mistake.

And finnally, there was no \\\"weekly deadline\\\" to begin with.
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