The Tree of Harmony coming in clutch wasn't a TOTAL Deus ex machina the more I think about it...and it took me YEARS to realize it, but it still didn't feel like a legitimate loss for Cozy. Idk...she planned everything pretty perfectly and then the tree had other plans--almost like the writers couldn't think of a good way for her to lose, so they had the tree do its thing because there weren't any flaws in her plan. ...but then again, she didn't account for the ✨MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP✨ between the Student 6...i guess...haha You could say her species-ism blinded her from thinking of that as a possibility?????? I suppose...
The show should've ended with season four. Cozy was pathetic,gimicky,idiotic villain, nothing could've fix her, even brilliant idea from yours truly hatched recently!
Remember, too, she used artifacts DIRECTLY TAINTED BY FRIENDSHIP because of the Spell-venver hunt from the episode A Matter of Principals. Discord may or may not be involved in affiliating the Student Six with those ancient artifacts! He's the one who cast an illusion on the Mane Six's cutie marks to make them think The Map had summoned them, and then went and haunted the school to send the Student Six through a series of trials. Take it as you will- maybe he did something genuine on complete accident, even. But IMO that episode bonded the Students to each other AND the ancient artifacts in a way that allowed them just enough magic synchronicity they needed in order to accomplish the rather... whelming task at hand. Looking back, they didn't do much magic, which, like, kinda makes sense, but lol
Personally, I think all of the controversy centered around Cozy's age would've been avoided if the writers just made her a full grown pony pretending to be a child (either by magic disguise, or her just looking like that naturally). That way, her being irredeemable and getting turned to stone wouldn't have been such a bad thing.
If I could change just one single thing about the show, I would make so, instead of Grogar being revealed to be a disguise to you-know-who, that Cozy Glow was revealed to be a disguise to Grogar.
I made up this headcannon in my mind pre-season nine that Cozy was from some kind of cultist village that craved power and manipulation. Think Feats of Friendship and the Thrace Ponies from the MLP comics. And they sent Cozy to spy on Twilight through the school and get intel on the best way to take down Equestria and replace the princess’s rule with theirs and Cozy would simply be a wrongly raised child that was exploited for her skills and taught psychopathic behavior is okay (I say simply but that sounds completely messed up 😂) This didn’t make a whole lot a sense after season nine given her team up with Tirek and Chrysalis, but it makes a fun AU idea (maybe I should write it one day)
My little pony has a common theme of redemption with their villians and i think having a villian to show that not everyone can be redeemed is good. Tho Cozy was probably the wrong character to show that tbh.
I was one of the folks who thought she was Chrysalis in disguise, but I assumed she would eventually warm up to the increasingly expanding and developed child cast, turning the arc into a Kids vs. Adult riot. She'd help the Student Six on their path as cultural leaders of their respective peoples, (obstensively to make them her pawns) in what would actually become legitimate support, because the friendship lessons were getting to her, against her will. She'd still get busted, but she'd probably leave off with her being unable to express the wrath she held towards Starlight and the Mane Six proper. I doubt she'd get a whole reform, but maybe a chance? As for actual Cozy Glow? Chuck her in the human world and keep her away from cell phones. The human characters are magically endowed to handle her- Sunset in particular.
Honestly when I first saw Cozy Glow, I was expecting her to actually be a fake identity made by Chrysalis to infiltrate Twlight's school, and end up fully embracing friendship thanks to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, possibly with the later saving her life when her plan backfires. Cause THAT would have been so much better, what we got was more akin to Princess Morbucks from Powerpuff Girls.
💀Ah, man I love the idea of Cozy glow as a villain! Someone using friendship as a weapon was such a brilliant idea that left me shocked that it hadn't been done before. I suspected her during the song she had with the CMC in her intro duction episode because of the evil look she had when the elements of harmony were being shown. Her speech about how friendship is power left me with a goofy grin on my face. A child talking about friendship as a weapon, like how a general would talk about a super weapon is hilarious to me. Her getting sent to super jail was simultaneously funny and messed up when I first saw it happen. It felt like they were saying that she was kind of right about how friendship could be used to take over the world. I mean, The fact that she was able to manipulate the school, and did a tone of damage to the ecosystem, along with almost stealing all of the magic in the world. Kind of leaves me with a bit of fear. I think @Ro994 has a good point about how they could have aged her up to make the Tartarus thing less sketchy. As for her look of remorse... I have no idea of what that was about. Overall a great villain that I had a tone of fun watching.
Yes, her as a villain in concept is really good! And I love a competent villain! Unfortunately, they didn't think her through all the way and how she makes sense in the context of their world. But still fun overall X3 Thanks for watching!✨
I think it's possible that she originally had a different plan regarding the CMCs and maybe she was worried that things were going off track from what she wanted and developed a new plan after talking to Starlight. I'm not an expert on psychopathy, but I'm pretty sure it's a spectrum so that may have had something to do with her potential guilt. Also, I think it's possible to have sympathy for someone who you hurt without feeling remorse for the action that hurt them so it could possibly be something like that
18:08 Urgh, don't even get me STARTED on how they just completely butchered Sombra... 😤 Dude went from a quiet, conniving, borderline feral, bone-chilling monster to an annoying chatterbox about as threatening as a sweetroll.
You know what would've been kind of interesting? If they had used the concept of Removing One's Cutiemark and Replacing it with the = mark as a punishment for criminals, who used their talents for evil. Sure, people with the = can still commit evil but... In case of Cozy Glow, her talent is literally manipulation and influence. That's everything she has, and getting that taken away would make her absolutely harmless. It would also be easier to see if she did actually grow and chance, because the = would make her average at best with it.
[In-universe] The actual reason both Tirek & Cozy must be kept isolated from any sapient creature: . They have the knowledge on how to create a ritual to (remotely) extract the powers of Luna & Celestia. -> It ALSO takes away the magic of all other unicorns, potions & artifacts; but that is almost irrelevant to the immortal rulers of Equestria. . Because the Memory Stone was destroyed by Sunset Shimmer (and her human friends) & also the "mind reforming spell" was literally eaten by Discord; it is currently impossible to FORCE that knowledge "out" of Cozy [at least not without severe brain damage]. -> Since a "jail" like Tartarus was not reliable enough (Tirek escaped twice); turning them into stone was a roundabout way to "prevent them from talking" without the need to kill them. [Any "banishment" has the risk of them finfing a way back; or worse: Send even more terrible villains WITH the knowledge to steal pony magic (ex: Opaline Arcana)].
Except Discord is the cause of them escaping for a second time. Were he not present, they wouldn't have been able to break out of prison. I honestly cannot imagine how a powerful individual, such as Starlight, couldn't peruse a mind-washing spell on Cozy without these artefacts. It doesn't appear as though it's such a complex thing that merely those relics were capable of unleashing it. Ummm.... The immortal rulers of Equestria are just as doomed without magic as anyone else. They're not immortal, they will die sooner or later. They're merely long-lived.
I agree with the comparison of Cozy Glow being similar to Chloe from Miraculous, as both of them are basically children who have been abandoned by their adult guardians and deemed a lost cause. Granted, Cozy, is far worse than Chloe ever was in all five seasons, but the idea is still the same. I mean, the main reason the writers never gave Cozy a redemption arc was that they didn’t want to write one so close to the finale of the show, and to that I say “Would it really have changed anything anyway?” I mean pretty much every single villain that has gotten a redemption arc has completed said redemption arc in like one episode max. Hell, Sunset Shimmer’s redemption arc takes only a few seconds to complete! She starts out as the school bully who just wants to make people miserable, and then, one rainbow laser later, she’s immediately regretting her actions and trying to be a better person. This is probably a problem with Equestria Girls as a whole, and the fact that everything has rushed conclusions, but still. And on top of that, a lot of the villains, who have gotten redemption arcs just dip from the show after they’ve completed said redemption arc, such as Diamond Tiara. And to be honest, Cozy’s life is definitely far worse than Chloe‘s ever was. While Chloe was a brat, she at least had her father to look after her, even if he wasn’t the best caretaker, she still at least had someone to look after her along with the butler. Cozy is legit, an orphan, who has no parents or any legal guardians at all. I know this because in an interview someone asked the writers about Cozy’s parents, and the writers responded by saying “What parents?” meaning she never had parents at all. And really, this just makes everything worse is that it’s clear that Cozy never really had any real parental figures to look up to at least until she SOMEHOW enrolled into the School of Friendship, and then, when she had a parental figure that could teach her some good morals in Twilight, once Twilight immediately learns that Cozy was evil, and try to take away the world’s most abundant resource, Twilight just gives her a brief speech, and then immediately just gives and abandons her. For a show that tries to paint everyone as redeemable even if they themselves don’t feel like they should be redeemed, this isn’t really that good of a message that certain people including ADULTS can be redeemed while a small CHILD cannot. It feels like it’s almost breaking the brand identity. Honestly, there was never really anything wrong with Cozy. She just needed to be guided in a way that allowed her to be a good person, just the world around her denied that privilege to her, basically telling her “You’re a villain and that’s all you will ever be.” It’s not exactly a good message to be sending to anyone really. It’s like that iconic line from Nick in Zootopia, “If the world is going to view a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, then what’s the point in trying to be anything else at all?” This line, I feel best describes Cozy because it’s clear that she doesn’t have the best childhood and was greatly affected by it for her to be this way, but for everyone to just abandon her without even trying to give her a chance is just sad. This might be a bit of a big call but it sort of feels like it’s emotional child abuse. This small child who clearly is mentally disturbed and has no clear parental figures in her life just gets abandoned by any and all potentially morally good parental figures and is deemed a lost cause simply because of the fact that she didn’t accept friendship immediately. I get that not everyone will be forgiven for their actions, but people should at least try to offer forgiveness to others. Even if said person who is receiving forgiveness doesn’t accept it. I mean let’s look at Starlight in the Season 6 finale. She tried to relate to Chrysalis and tell her she still has a place in the Changeling hive, and then extended her hoof an act of kindness, and forgiveness, as a reflection of what Twilight did to her in the Season 5 finale, but Chrysalis rejects this before flying away. While Starlight’s attempt to forgive Chrysalis were unsuccessful at least, Starlight tried to do something rather than what Twilight did, just giving a brief speech about why you’re wrong and then just immediately give up. Cozy coming back more evil than she was before is practically Twilight’s fault, along with the rest of the Mane 7 + the Princesses, and any other authority figures. Circling back to Starlight for a minute, does anybody else remember during the Season 7 finale where Starswirl in the other Pillars came back, and Starswirl tried to banish the Pony of Shadows, but Starlight had this bad feeling that this probably wasn’t the right solution and then we eventually learn that she was right all along? Because of this situation sort of feels a lot like that, where a child is causing some kind of chaos or destruction, and must be stopped by the Mane 7. While Stigian might possibly be a few years older than Cozy, the idea is still the same and I’m surprised Starlight didn’t have any “This feels wrong, and I don’t think this is the right solution” moments in the entire finale. She just stood idly by and basically agreed with sending the small child to prison. On the idea of the Legion of Doom, possibly being able to come back after being turned to stone I did see a theory that all three villains could be redeemed if they encounter a certain situation, or meet a specific character and I really like that theory because while everyone else was saying that these three are irredeemable, that theorist was saying “Here’s an idea of how they can be redeemed and be better people” and it very strongly hits home with the shows very strong message of trying to forgive others. The theorist suggested that Cozy’s key to redemption was through Diamond Tiara. I think that’s a very interesting theory as both of them had a desire for power and to be admired. I think it’s best if you look up the full theory, but it’s a very interesting thought. I think that’s all I wanted to say, thanks for reading. 💀
Here a way on how we could bypass the “Cozy Glow is literally a child, so forgiveness” not happening. Since this is a magical world maybe Cozy isn’t actually a Pegasus and is some kind of a creature that does illusions. I think Kitsune are ones that I can think of but, if they wanted to made up a creature who could do a glamour effect that no matter what people will see her as that one thing. She seems super smart and manipulative at her age, so maybe this creature lives forever, but takes the form of a young child because everyone will be like “she’s just a child, don’t punish her too harshly”. Maybe the princesses are the only ones to really sense the creature’s evilness, but still can’t see through the glamour effect. Maybe if the show had continued or did a episode with her it could have explained the creature and we would only get a glimpse of its true form since it’s just too scary that not even mere mortals eh creatures can see it! (Like a biblically accurate Angel) That’s how I would solve it lol
That’s actually a really cool and interesting concept. It would’ve made Cozy Glow super interesting. I would’ve loved to see the show do something like that.
Yes, the problem with Cozy Glow is we can't sympathize with her for her lack of developpement, the writers didn't even bothered to make her interesting by giving her a backstory so we feels like more could have been done for her character, we feels like she's too empty a wasted potential.
Cozy Glow was one of my favourite villains from mlp. I really wanted to know why she is that way! What happened to her?? I even speculated on her cutie mark. But there was no answer. What a shame 😥
Its implied that they break out of their stone prison at the end of the season 10 comic But unfortunately we never saw the outcome of that. Unless they bring back g4 again in some form. Maybe in some future comic issues
For Tirek and Cozy communicating, I theorized it had to be a while, at least about or when she met the CMC. Just because of the mail service.. lol like it's so protected and far away.. Though Cozy WAS the one to give Twilight the universal key for Tartarus' door 🤔🤔🤔🤔 ed: i luuuv the lighting of this piece btw! You picked such great colors & settings 🥰🥰
Everytime there is a little girl psycho villain it always has this curly hairstyle Cozy Glow, Darla Dimple from Cats don't Dance, Gertrude from I Hate Fairyland, Baby Doll from The Batman series.
About the racism, I think that was a manipulative move. She may have recognized the Student 6 as a threat, so she tried to undermine their friendship by turning them against each other. It didn't work, but I think that was her plan.
@@PeacePetal a valid thought! That idea did occur to me. My only issue with that is that we never had an instance where she admitted this or where it was made clear that this was the case. One can only assume as it came out of nowhere and was never really addressed again.
I'm wondering if she was performing then just in case someone was listening in or watching. She wasn't alone, she was in a school full of people who could walk in at any time. Unlike Hans.
@@incineroar9933 I suppose that's true. But from the way it was framed, it looked like she was alone in the hallway there. But you have a valid point ✨
Maybe the reason she hated those specific species is because those species are the same species as the ones that killed her family it’s a stretch but it’s better than nothing also I think she is a part of the mafia in the my little pony universe idk just some weird ideas that are probably wrong
25:00. I might have an answer for the speciesism. Though, it is a bunch of speculation. In the Season 8 finale, it's implied that Cozy was Chancelor Neighsay's inside pony. She's been working with Neighsay. Likely giving intel on Twilight's school. When they interact in School Daze, they don't introduce herself. Implying that they must know each other. Later, Cozy tries to sweet-talk Neighsay into letting her run the school. But it doesn't work. I think she tried to be on Neighsay's good side so she can run the school herself. It's also possible that Cozy Glow gave Flim and Flam a copy of Twilight's journal. Cozy did mention she's been keeping track of Twilight's mail and the library in the episode Friendship University. Maybe Cozy gave them the journal and sweet talked Flim and Flam into opening a school. Neighsay was willing to approve Friendship University in a flash. And many ponies wanted to go to that school instead of the School of Friendship. Maybe Cozy Glow wanted to have Flim and Flam start the school to get Twilight's school potentially shut down. Cozy could tell Neighsay she helped start Friendship University, which could make Neighsay trust Cozy a lot more. This is a stretch, and the plan may not work, but it would just be a side plan for her main plan (draining magic in Equestria). And having extra plans is smart. Bottom Line: what does Neighsay have to do with Cozy's speciesism? Cozy might have been trying to tear the student six apart to prove that other creatures can't get along. Which would undermine the point of the School of Friendship. It even worked at first. The student six initially didn't believe friendship was in their nature all because of Cozy Glow. It wasn't until their trials later in the episode (What Lies Beneath) that they changed their minds. I admit, this is a ton of speculation. Cozy's connection to Neighsay should have been more clear in the episode. There's a chance that none of my speculation is true. I just wanted to try and get to the bottom of Cozy's speciesism. I would love to know what you guys think.
It's a very good theory! I was implied that Cozy was the one who sent Flim and Flam a copy of the journal, so I believe you're spot-on there. In the long term of her plan, it doesn't make much sense, though to close down the School of Friendship since she wanted to take over it as a stepping stone to ruling Equestria. Get Twilight and her friends out of the way? Yes, absolutely. But shut it down? I don't think so. So maybe at best she was trying to discredit Twi and pals so she could take over but was unable to do so. We really didn't get enough info on Cozy X'D
I don't know how I forgot that Cozy needed the school open to gain power. The school being closed means there'd be no pony going there. No friendship, no magic. Maybe she wanted to get Twilight caught sneaking into Flim and Flam's office. Or, at the very least, saying bad things about Flim and Flam and not giving them a chance. That way she would be seen as a bad role model. Then, Cozy would step up and promise to be a much better role model than Twilight (a fake promise, obviously). And Flim and Flam ended up threatening Twilight with no pony wanting to go to the school at all. Which Cozy Glow did now intend as part of her plan. Again, it's a stretch. But Friendship University may have just been a backup plan.
you could say cozy glow wasn't racist to tirek and chrysalis due to them seeing through her facade and neither would hesitate to put her in her place. you can also see it as her getting attached to them afterwards.
She wasn't really "racist" to anyone per se. Those passive-aggressive insults about the Young Six were done to induce doubtfulness in thier confidence, not because she despises non-ponies in specific. At the ending, she just so happened to uncover them, and utilized them to stir the blame away from herself. She hates ponies as well.
16:49 This scenario kinda reminds me how Mr. Negative became a part of Sinister Six in Marvel's Spiderman. Like, we just dealt with him and put him in jail.
Starlight is absolutely BEST PONY! OMG So glad I found someone else in the Starlight fan club! Also, could you make a video on why Starlight is best ponyy? Great video btw!!!!
💀Ah yes, everybody's favorite Batman villain... CARL!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (I legit lost it at that part, LOL) You know, come to think of it, what even was the point of making Cozy such a young filly? There were plenty of students in the School of Friendship that looked to be AT LEAST young adult age. What if they had made a super adorable and inconspicuous Fluttershy-esque character that acted legitimately sweet and nice all the time (save for some hints of it being fake as to not make the twist too pulled out of nowhere)? That would've made the ultimate punishment, while still harsh, feel a bit less overkill if it was at least an adult you were imprisoning. I'll be honest, I was never a huge fan of Cozy as a villain because of how little sense everything about her made, especially within MLP. And yes, I know a lot of iconic Disney villains don't have huge backstories either, but their villainy at least still made sense within their stories' contexts IMO. 😵💫 Probably my least favorite main villain in all of MLP, and like you said, a weird character overall. BUT it's still fun to hear you discuss her, and I can totally see why you and other fans enjoyed her, plus, I won't deny that her interactions with Chrysalis and Tirek were highly entertaining. So yeah, in the end, can't be too mad about her. P.S: Awesome artwork for this! I especially love how you drew and shaded the ringlets. 🤩✨
I'm glad you guys enjoy the Carl joke XD I'm sure the point of making her a filly was shock value and funny contrast from the other villains. They just didn't think the implications of her and what happens to her all the way through and how it would be received. I completely respect your view on Cozy. She doesn't make sense as a character, but I have to respect competent villains haha And thank you! I enjoyed how the art came out as well. I thank God because I initially had NO idea how I was going to tackle her hair XD
I see her as a complete sociopath, also, kid villains can be creepy, very creepy, just watch Pet Cemetery, no, not the new one, the new one is a disgrace and misses the point, but i digress, I see Cozy as a sociopath, she sees friendship as power and wants to seize it because she likes the idea of having power, and, if someone gets in the way, she gets rid of them, or, as Sundowner would say: "Children are cruel, Jack, and i am very in touch with my childhood"
CozyGlow felt heavily inspired by Darla Dimple from Cats Don't Dance to me. Unfortunately, in a universe that has heavily established redemption as an important and frequent path for villains it doesn't work very well. I think Cozy is a great villain in the wrong show 💀
I do like Cozy. She's interesting as she is probably the weakest villain from a physical standpoint We have: a corrupt alicorn, the embodiment of chaos, a changeling queen, magic absorbing minotaur, master wizard unicorn and then a freaking tween pegasus who can't do much else than fly. But what she lacks in brute power, she makes up for in brains. And even when she loses her cool and shows her true colors, I still think she's a funny little gremlin of a villain That said, I do think she needed an actual backstory or even an actual motivation. Why do all this, why? But hey, she's threatning and she's funny, she may lack character depth but I'd say she's fine thanks to the other 2
Thank you so much for pointing out my exact problems with Cozy Glow! She has a similar problem to King Magnifico in which it feels like we're watching a completely different character Season 8 Finale and onwards than her previous appearances. I am incredibly curious as to what seriously traumatic event happened in Cozy's life that led her to become the pony she is now. It's frustrating that the show gives us nothing. The writers are just like "look, a literal child is an evil psychopath! Aren't we so edgy!" Don't get me wrong, she's entertaining and steals every scene she's in, but like you said, her character is incomplete. If you want an example of a good twist-ish villain, let's look at Scar. We as the audience know he's up to no good, but the characters don't. They just see him as a grumpy sourpuss jealous of Mufasa. It's only when we see Scar alone with the hyenas that he reveals his plan to actually go through with murdering his brother. You can see the feeling of ultimate betrayal in Mufasa's eyes right before he's pushed into the stampede. He is a very smart villain, but sometimes his strong ego gets in the way. This happens when he assumes the hyenas succeeded in killing Simba and when he gloats to Simba about killing Mufasa too early. His ultimate downfall comes when he desperately tries to blame everything on the hyenas. This shows that deep down, he's a big coward. But unlike most Disney twist villains, his actions here are believable. We see his cowardice nature early on in the movie when he says "as far as brains go, I got the lion's share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool."
I'm actually perfectly okay with her not having a traumatic backstory. If they want a selfish and hostile psychopath child who wants power, then fine. My issue is that she poofed into existence and we have no idea where she came from. If she was an adult, I wouldn't have as big of an issue, but the society of MLP shows us that kids are taken care of by SOMEONE, so to not explain anyone in her life or how she was even capable of getting as far into her plan as possible without any caretakers is off for typical MLP writing standards. MLP doesn't usually go the "just because" route. They tend to take the time to explain why and how when it comes to important characters. So to give Cozy absolutely nothing throws me off X'D It also throws me off that the Princess of Friendship didn't try harder to reform a literal child. Even if the reformation was unsuccessful, she could have tried X''''D Though I wouldn't say that Cozy as a villain was handled as badly as Magnifico. Besides her first appearance where she literally did come off as just a cute innocent character, every appearance after that where she had a speaking line was very suspicious and many of us caught on to that. We knew something was off about her; we just didn't know what it was. It's just her first appearance that trips me up because of that guilty look on her face. Who knows what the intent was there XD You could make the argument that Cozy was always bad. It's difficult to make the argument that Magnifico was (despite the movie telling us how irredeemable he is and never actually proving why). We're told that he's the worst when he's really not and was really done dirty. I definitely see where you're coming from, though! Both Magnifico and Cozy definitely suffered from some not great writing decisions.
@TheArtisticAloubell I definitely agree that Cozy Glow appearing out of nowhere without any evidence of parents or guardians makes no sense. The thing is, no one is simply just born evil. I just want to know how she ended up like this. Plus, every villain we've seen prior has had some kindof motivation for their actions. Cozy has none other than just wanting power. That can work sometimes, but I expect more from a literal child. The biggest problem with Magnifico is that if Disney wanted to create a classic villain who is evil for the sake of being evil, why did they make him so sympathetic? In the beginning, Magnifico is 100% in the right. Not all wishes are good and some people will use them for selfish or dangerous reasons. But as the movie progresses, his motivation becomes more and more confusing. But yeah, Cozy is definitely handled better than him and is more consistent in her behaviors.
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Hm, I see, yeah, fair points and opinions, i can fully understand what you’re saying and agree with you as well, Honestly, out of all of the Ones who ended up being the Final Antagonists of the Entire Show, I have always thought of Cozy Glow as being a sort of Odd One Out of The Three, i mean why were she included at all? I don’t just mean that in a Out-of-Universe Sense, but in a In-Universe Sense too, especially when considering everyone else that was included in this little Legion of Doom, honestly it really feels like she was included just because they ran out of Non-Redeemed Villains or something like that, That being said, Cozy Glow is a Character that I have grown very interested in and would’ve really liked to learn more about her and her Story could’ve been, i wonder if a 10th Season could’ve helped with that?
I can see your point however since she worked together with villains. And after she literally saw the windago she didn't stop. I think her story is that she lacks emphy . And that she manipulated her parents so much so they meekly does what she says. Or she has one those parents who give whatever she wants.
The time she got the ponys in trouble with twilight, she could used to her advantage, wiped their memories,used a time spell and bascially made the three live as sisters somewhere far off. Then while twilight and then were searching, she could grow powerful, and use a memory wiping spell that would wip everyone memory. As she could play the role of sweetness like she was doing. But,secretly pull the strings, and not be an obvious red herring,
I think Cozy being speciest against the student six was just her planting the seeds for chaos early on. By doing it subtly and apologizing for it afterwards she was trying to get them to think “You don’t need to feel bad, maybe certain species really don’t belong”. If people just throw her in normal juvenile detention, she could still lie about being reformed, so if people do want to actually rehabilitate her they’re going to need to have a lot of truth magic on hand to make sure she’s being honest about changing.
@@MaizeSnallygaster I can see the argument that she's trying to cause chaos and/or ruin their friendship....but why? If she wants as many people on her side as possible to manipulate and rule over, why do something that can make you less than favorable to them? It seems like befriending the other species would have benefitted her more in the long run. We never got any indication that she felt threatened by them in any way, so her speaking to them like that came out of nowhere.
It has cooled down a little since I wrote this script. But the weather kind of yo-yos between chilly-ish days and warmer days. So...maybe some water stuff on the warmer days?
Man, idk, i agree with everything except acting like Cozy deserves forgiveness and her actions to be taken less seriously because of her age. She tried to take over the world two times, only being stopped by pure luck and friendship. She showed no remorse which is what seperated her from other villains that'd been redeemed the same day as their big fights, Sunset and Starlight both were given their chance and took it and CozyGlow (im seeing a pattern here with the names-) didn't even entertain the idea of trying. Its what makes her fun. Though yeah she really is half baked in story here as we know nothing of her other than shes evil. Sunset nearly destroyed a whole dimension and bullied people relentlessly beforehand out of pure selfishness/spite, so she had to earn that forgiveness in her world without twilight's constant support. Starlight had made a cult out of misplaced hurt & care and nearly destroyed the universe out of denial, but was given more direct opportunities from Twilight to reform herself after she willingly relented because a broken world isnt what she wanted. (Albeit, her redemption wasnt as smoothly handled as Sunset's-) Cozyglow tried to destroy equestria itself twice out of pure spite and malice UNDER twilight's care and support, so she was sent to prison/cast into stone because unlike the other two- there was nothing that'd made Cozy choose to stop, she was forced to. She didnt have that moment of clarity past villains had to make them redeemed during their big bad display of unadulterated power. Sunset is the setting sun's gentle light, starlight is star light lmao, and cozyglow is a fire's light. The first two are celestial bodies that could hurt yet theyre either at their softest selves or keeping a safe distance to be comforting. Fire on the other hand does as it pleases, hungry for whatever will burn. Man i just wish Cozy could've lasted longer 😔 to really delve into why she became such a power hungry lil goober. Like, i even wish maybe she was more than just a pony, even. Something greater in disguise or some ancient evil that'd reawakened due to the shadow pony being released from his prison. Maybe Cozy could've been a specific evil species of pony from outside of equestria even! Like, cmonnn, theres so much potentialll! What motivated her into deciding the world should be hers? Were her parents stingy? Did they spoil her rotten? Is she what diamond tiara couldve been if she embraced a higher standing life? Did she & her parents lose it all and she no longer could enjoy her pampered lifestyle & grew bitter over how fast the current world will take things from people? Was she bullied? Was she lonely? Idk. I very much like the idea that she was a rich girl who only had friends due to her status & her parents suddenly going broke because of some schemes, robbery, or scams afflicted on them. Imagining her losing those "friends" and watching no one help her or her parents bc they didnt have Connects™ being what teaches her that frendship is power.... so she enrolls into the SCHOOL for it and gets stuck watching all these kids have something genuine when she cant do that. That or maybe we would've gotten some reveal like- Tirek making Cozyglow out of the fires of tartarus itself during his entrapment and sending her out!? Or maybe she was possessed by something too evil to contain or free her from safely, thus ending on a somber note as twilight tries to find a way to save the real girl under this spell! Aaaaa Even Crystalis had her reasons, she lost everything- her children/hive and home- and wasnt appreciated for how hard she worked to make sure they all were fed and safe. I wouldnt blame her for going insane. Her hive just switched on her after years of care so fast after years of doing something to survive 😔
(I would actually argue that Starlight's journey was better handled than Sunset's). But yeah! Cozy, while entertaining, is just one big question mark that we'll never get an answer to...and that's frustrating XD It's just shocking that they didn't try harder to reform her. If she ends up staying evil and not wanting to change after all the effort, then fine. But I wanted to see more effort X'D Welp. Fanfic authors have come up with fun stories for her for sure!
I feel like she doesn't need to be changed that much, I like the idea of her character, it's just that we don't get enough context for her to be completely irredeemable... Not to mention she IS a kid She doesn't have to be not a pony, or become redeemable, not even age up at all. I feel like those would make her a different character. What we really needed was context, backstory, etc. We don't need a sob story, but we do need to know more about her. One great example would be Jack Horner from Puss in Boots 2. He is irredeemable, entertaining, and has no sob story. We could have known why Cozy would want certain things, we could have known her motivation. Tho I do still like her character, but I do agree she was missing something.
💀I’m proud to be a channel member! You make amazing content, and I pray that you can keep giving us amazing content! God bless! 12:26 I recently found out that there was a book by Disney Legends Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas called “The Disney Villain.” In it, they say that the Disney Villain feels that he was denied something that should have been his or that he was wronged in some way. So, he feels that he is justified in what he is doing. This actually made me look at the classic Disney villains in a new light. The Evil Queen thought that she deserved to be the fairest in the land; Maleficent thought that she was wronged for not being invited to the christening of Princess Aurora; Ursula, Jafar, and Scar thought that they deserved power. True, we still don’t know their backstories, and they are still villains through and through (there is nothing sympathetic about them). But I no longer see them as being evil just for the sake of being evil. 22:47 That was one of the first videos, if not the first video that I watched of yours. Can confirm that it is a good one.
💀I definitely think cozy was a VERY weird decision as a whole 🤔 no parents /"parental glidence" lol😉 evil for extra credit essentially (P&F reference lol) which is fine, but again weird that a child is just poof! evil now.... At the end of the day I think I'm just going to put this on the the writers. Whether negligence or purposeful, the way they wrote cozy was as you said; Weird and Incomplete. And dare I say.. Bluntly put.. Kinda bad. 😅 Imo Hope you had a lovely October-mas. 🎃 And absolutely awesome on the cozy art! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Great job as always! 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪 #WatchedTheWholeThing 💪😎
Of course! 👍 Also side tangent /headcanon theory. Imagine if cozy's parents weren't revealed due to some idea of chrysalis and tirek *POSSIBLY* becoming her parents after being reformed 🤔 not like they weren't already getting "infected by friendship" as they put it lol 😂
I would say it was a just punishment. Considering all the damage she caused during the attack, literally attempting to not just take over the school of friendship, but THEN going on to work with the most threatening villains known to pony kind in a coup that nearly succeeded. A lot argue in her defense because she’s a child, but she’s also a child with psychopathic / sociopathic tendencies, and if her cutie mark is anything - it clearly symbolizes her talent for manipulation. Some people are just born that way and bo amount of rehabilitation could change that. TLDR: If she wants to be a villain, Let her have handle the repercussions of her actions.
I'd say the casual speciesism was trying to cause division and self doubt among the student six, and it was working until the Tree of Harmony stepped in and tested them. It was more manipulation, not stupidity or a miscalculation.
@@TiMoThY211991 But why cause doubt between them? It seems it would have been more beneficial for her to be on their good side like she was with everyone else to gain the power she wanted. I think we missed a scene where she felt threatened or even jealous of their friendship if that's the case.
@@TheArtisticAloubell You have to remember, Cozy Glow thinks of Friendship as Power, and she seems to treat it like a zero sum game. People being friends with her/following her leadership equals more power. People making friends with people other than her, in her mind, equals less power for her. It's similar to why Sunset Shimmer undermined the friendship of the Mane 5 at Canterlot High her freshman year.
@timgilbert9572 if that were the case, wouldn't she be sabotaging other friendships in the school as well? She seemed to very specifically target the non ponies in the student 6.
3:34 No, everypony around her was just so stupid. LOL Also, I really blame Discord more for Cozy's actions after he sprung her from Tartarus, so why doesn't he get punished?
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I don't like her because of lack of sence to her existence. Also Sombra is one of my favourite characters and I feel like they get rid of him so quickly in favor of this not finished, strange character: Cozy Glow. I will never forgive them this.
Despite the controversy I love her as a villain She is my 3rd fav With the age Well as you said We dont know but she acts like a kid soo yea Her lack of backstory is really pissing me off but oh well Nothing we can do Someone already said this but the racism seems like it was just towards student six Cause in season 9 she isnt really racist(unless im missing something) With the whole redemption Im one of those who thinks she can be redeemed but if she tries Like what would I do in season 8 is her not being in tartarus but I would put her in special treatment in hospital and there we can conclude if she can change or not Cause twilight not giving her a chance is out of character imo But now lets go to season 9 Tbh Your idea is actually what I would do so i wont repeat your point But if she wasnt reformed i would THEN put her in tartarus and not turn her into stone cause it seems like a lighter punishment(idk if this is the right move tho) Now about her being 100% irredeemable villain Well your example is good but I woulld also throw the instance where cozy said "When we helped each other it felt better somehow" indicating that there was a tiny bit good in her If she was 100% irredeemable then why that line exist? With tirek as well but he isnt the topic of this vid. They could have at least said what happened to them in the last problem but ofc they didnt for some reason Love the video btw Keep it up Do you have ideas for mlp videos?
I get that Cozy wasn't really sorry for what she did and that's why they didn't forgive her, but the fact that the show was so kind to Starlight Glimmer in particular and cold to Cozy rubs me the wrong way. If they had treated Starlight more like Sunset where she had to earn her redemption a little more, then I'd understand. Outside of that, Cozy Glow's punishment doesn't really bother me. The saying isn't "Do the crime, do the time if you're old enough" after all. If you're capable of doing heinous things, there needs to be heinous consequences. That's sometimes the only way to get the message across. This doesn't mean Cozy doesn't get forgiveness: this means forgiveness needs to be given in a different form. Forgiveness doesn't always mean redemption. Forgiveness can lead to redemption, but only if that forgiveness is appreciated. That being said, I still think Starlight should've earned hers a little more instead of being a constant victim who had a pity party every other episode. Also, I disagree with Cozy needing more of a backstory. Some characters don't need a lot of information. Again, the age doesn't matter. What matters is importance to the story. Gavin is an important character. He's the next generation of element bearers. Cozy was a surprise villain, and the latest of the three baddies at that. Sure, he was important, but not as important as Gavin. She was only going to be shown in three episodes per season tops in any meaningful way, two of those being the premier and the finale. The writers wanted to make her a dangerous villain, not a sympathetic one, so it really doesn't matter. There have been plenty of kid villains in the past and no one batted an eye. Heck, Jimmy Neutron had a little baby as a villain, and I don't see anyone screaming "redemption" for him. Is he still not developing? Why is Cozy Glow different?
Starlight was remorseful for what she did and was no longer a threat; whereas Cozy had every intention of hurting others if she had the chance. I do agree that they should have tried harder with Cozy, but since she was still hostile, she needed to be dealt with even if momentarily. Starlight had all the power and chose to stop fighting, so she wasn't a threat anymore. And if the ponies want to automatically forgive her, then that's their right to do so. We can't tell people to be mad at someone or to not forgive them yet. If they want to forgive immediately (which is ideal) then it's cool! In Starlight's case, there were no hard feelings. In Sunset's case, she was tormenting her peers for years, so it took a while for them to warm up to her. For Starlight, the ponies in Our Town always thought of her as a friend until it was revealed that she lied to them. The fact that they forgave her easily must have meant that they still wanted to be friends with her and were glad that she changed. In the end, once again, if someone wants to forgive easily, I see no problems with that. Story wise, I can see how that is not satisfying, but as a Christian, I like how they handled Starlight. But yes, they should have DEFINITELY tried to harder to reach Cozy as they literally didn't try at all XD Jimmy Neutron and MLP are VERY different shows that can't really be compared. Things can be more absurd in JN and not need an explanation (like how things can be absurd in Spongebob). MLP has logic and interpersonal drama that usually leads to explanations for why characters do things. In the world of MLP, children have caretakers and the fact that Cozy doesn't makes us question why because it doesn't match what we've come to understand of the world. At least that's how I see it.
I get why you think that cozy glow is incomplete as a character because why is she evil why does she want to control people I want to know why because we never got a reason in the actual show people speculate on why she wants to control magic and wants to do all this terrible stuff but we never got an answer like people speculating the Cozy glow felt useless and insignificant because she's an earth pony but we never got an answer in the show if that's actually why she's like that insignificant for being a earth pony like her freaking cutie mark is a rook and what is that chess piece do it uses all the other chess pieces to its advantage My Little Pony but I wonder why is she like that she does but I still want to know what are motivations are because motivations are amazing and I wish we knew hers don't have a really good motivation for her because we never get to know what it is and if we do I'm sorry for kicking her out of the Friendship school because of what she was doing but like what was her original motivation the original reason why she wanted to steal all magic I guess you wanted to control magic and control friendship but why does she want that what are her reasons remind me of this character from a show that I don't really like I do like it but I also just don't like how it's kind of gone out in the the later Seasons after the third one if you don't know what I'm talking about I'm talking about RWBY kind of reminds me of Cinder only cozy glow is a more fun villain then Cinder she actually does have scenes where she kind of breaks like that one scene where she gets really mad at this old person for not letting her do what she wants compared to Cinder just pretend that she's perfect all the time and it's annoying because she feels so much in the show that you just want her to just fall off that dumb cliff and die already I do feel like cozy glow did not deserve to get sent to us because after all she is 12 years old whatever reasons for why she didn't open people and why she wants power are probably because of a bad home life or neglect for all of those a correctional facility for children so that she could you know get therapy to actually talk out her problems so she can hopefully develop to be a better person who doesn't try to end the world because she wants control and power at least indirectly has a reason for why she wants control and power because well Ginger Thriller life has not had a lot of power when it comes to our life and has been used a lot so it makes sense why she want control and power is just that in the show she's just kind of used wrong so like you just don't like her at all cozy goes better I just wish we got to know her actual reasonings for doing things and if I'm wrong I'm sorry
💀**if you don't want to read all of this make sure to read the last paragraph that I spaced on the bottom of all of this text.** As someone who thinks Cozy is the best big bad of FIM. I agreed with some of your claims about cozy glow, one being the fact she got little to no extra content after Season 9 being disappointing, but since she did get a LOT of screen time for being a villain introduced in season 8 and even returning in Season 9; I'm still content by her just being a mysterious character in the show, since I think it really fits her character. I re-watched every cozy glow episode at least 3 times, and for me I don't think Cozy Glow's racist behavior really had anything to do with herself neither necessarily sabotaging her. Since she was very smart, she likely knew about how powerful friendship can become if the species united together; basically attempting to sabotage Twilight for an extra benefit point. She pointed out all The Young Six's insecurities to attempt to break a potential bigger bond between them that could've stopped her way earlier. Even though this move from Cozy Glow was debatably a jeopardy to her own plans, I think Cozy Glow knew what she was doing, since she wouldn't think the Young Six could really go far enough to call her evil right at the spot, especially when her plan was to make everyone like her enough to the point that when the Young Six did actually point out Cozy Glow's weird manipulative behavior in School Raze; It wouldn't have made much of a difference. Me personally I really liked that decision on how they wrote Cozy Glow, because It proves how menacingly brutal Cozy Glow's manipulative villiany can go and Its one of the things that seals her as my favorite FIM villain. But if anyone finds it weird or unsettling that there's a chance Cozy Glow could be racist I'd 100% understand. Another thing I would disagree with is that Cozy Glow's addition to the Legion of Doom was a weird decision, this might just be my hot take, but I think Cozy Glow, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis is the best villain combination the show could've ever brought together. Cozy Glow was meant to be a staple to the Legion of Doom, meant to teach the team why they should all bond together because it is what Twilight and her friends ultimately have done throughout the show to continuously defeat the villains, over and over again. as an addition, The 2 main Legion Of Doom episodes Frenemies, and Summer Sun Setback were both really amazing episodes In my opinion. Which both wouldn't have happened, or not as well if It weren't for Cozy Glow. Your point about Cozy Glow's empathetic behavior in one of the scenes in Marks For Effort is about neutral for me, because I always thought Cozy Glow was trying to make the CMC love her more than ever by getting them into the school, which made her feel like she messed up and made things worse, but the way the cinematography is, makes it feel like she was being empathetic for some reason. other than that, I think the events that happened afterwards in the episode, like how Cozy Glow made it known to Starlight that she had good intentions, so people couldn't suspect there was anything she was doing that was wrong. pretty much proved to me that Cozy Glow most likely had bad intentions throughout the entire episode. Your biggest point of this video that I agree with the most, even though if I'm okay with it, is Cozy Glows punishment being too cruel, I'm not all up for cruel punishment like Cozy Glow's was, but I also feel like It would've been a bit of a trouble trying to unravel what to do with her without it feeling forced, especially because the episode comes before the grand finale, but In the end, I think Cozy Glow couldn't have changed considering all she did with no remorse at all, and besides, It would be risky for anyone to show empathy to Cozy Glow specifically after she has used other people's empathy multiple times in the show, even Twilight herself could be in danger, because Cozy straight up came back to her after the last time they were with eachother, with a beam blast to Twilight. I just think It was best to put Cozy Glow's soul to rest in my opinion. So although I agree Cozy Glow had little to no information about her, I did like how it contributed to her being mysterious which I earlier mentioned that I liked about her, even though It is a probably lazy decision she realistically would have the least relevance to anything else due to her just being a regular filly. In conclusion of my thoughts on your video, I really loved hearing your opinions on all the decisions of Cozy Glow's character; and how you thought she wasn't enough of a character because of other factors you consider, which is okay with me of course. I personally think Cozy Glow was a well developed, and amazingly fun and unique villain which I really can't ask anymore for her to become.
@@Angels-vq7rz I actually didn't consider that Cozy was trying to ruin the friendship of the Young 6! That's a valid interpretation. To me, it still seems odd that she didn't try to get them on her good side, but your explanation is better than her being casually speciesist for no beneficial reason towards her otherwise brilliant plan. Also, I like that Cozy is part of the Legion of Doom! She just didn't have the legacy of Tirek, Sombra, or Chrysalis which made it weird to me for her to be with the legacy villains. But I still like her presence there! She's a fun character! Thanks for the passionate and thoughtful comment 😁✨
What app do you use to draw, and do you draw with a stylus? Anyway, i love your art style and videos. You are so underrated, and people like you deserve more views and attention❤
I mean...if she were THE ONE AND ONLY big bad to end the entire show, yeah, I'd probably be a bit disappointed too. Fortunately she had Tirek and Chrysalis to bounce off of!
In my honest opinion Cozy Glow was a surprise twist villain for S8 of MLP:Friendship is Magic. The character design is a bit of a nod to the character Darla Dimple from the animated movie 🎥🍿”Cats Don’t Dance”. Her introduction was a bit odd to say the least by having her be sympathetic and roughly close in age to the CMC and attending Twilight’s Friendship School. Nothing personal was ever mentioned regarding her past( ie parents or other family relationships). She’s very manipulative and can switch roles easily to blend in yet have her own voice heard. Did she deserve the punishments she got. The answer is absolutely not only did she almost destroyed all of Equestria and the surrounding kingdoms of the entire world. Definitely deserved going to jail/ Tartarus in isolation. Unfortunately she was close cell mates with Lord Tirek who provided helpful advice and information in order to almost succeed in S8. After that in S9 she teamed up with all the other villains to effectively create a “Legion of Doom” thanks in part to Grogar (spoilers; is really Discord in disguise) and tried taking over everything to rule with an iron fist, however the entire world United as one and fought valiantly to stopping the big Three baddies “Teirk, Chrysalis, and CozyGlow” and turned them to Stone as a permanent lifetime imprisonment. Yet it’s the same kind of punishment Discord received thousands of years ago yet managed to get in the Royal Sisters ( Celestia and Luna’s) good graces. Despite having set things up for Twilight to gain confidence in her own leadership abilities in order to take over after the Royal Sisters pass the mantle of rulership onto her. Great job with this video despite coming out in November so kinda late for Halloween. Really enjoyed the artwork you made of Cozy Glow it really captures the spirit of the character perfectly. 💀 Keep up the good work 👏👍😁👍❤️🎥🍿🍍🥥🍻🇺🇸🎉🍵🍰✅🙏.
The Tree of Harmony coming in clutch wasn't a TOTAL Deus ex machina the more I think about it...and it took me YEARS to realize it, but it still didn't feel like a legitimate loss for Cozy. Idk...she planned everything pretty perfectly and then the tree had other plans--almost like the writers couldn't think of a good way for her to lose, so they had the tree do its thing because there weren't any flaws in her plan.
...but then again, she didn't account for the ✨MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP✨ between the Student 6...i guess...haha
You could say her species-ism blinded her from thinking of that as a possibility?????? I suppose...
The show should've ended with season four. Cozy was pathetic,gimicky,idiotic villain, nothing could've fix her, even brilliant idea from yours truly hatched recently!
Remember, too, she used artifacts DIRECTLY TAINTED BY FRIENDSHIP because of the Spell-venver hunt from the episode A Matter of Principals.
Discord may or may not be involved in affiliating the Student Six with those ancient artifacts! He's the one who cast an illusion on the Mane Six's cutie marks to make them think The Map had summoned them, and then went and haunted the school to send the Student Six through a series of trials.
Take it as you will- maybe he did something genuine on complete accident, even. But IMO that episode bonded the Students to each other AND the ancient artifacts in a way that allowed them just enough magic synchronicity they needed in order to accomplish the rather...
whelming task at hand.
Looking back, they didn't do much magic, which, like, kinda makes sense, but lol
Personally, I think all of the controversy centered around Cozy's age would've been avoided if the writers just made her a full grown pony pretending to be a child (either by magic disguise, or her just looking like that naturally). That way, her being irredeemable and getting turned to stone wouldn't have been such a bad thing.
dwarfism amirite?
also they could've made her an adult because like 90% of the background ponies at the school are adults!! shes the only filly
or keep her age the same but just change the way she is defeated
If I could change just one single thing about the show, I would make so, instead of Grogar being revealed to be a disguise to you-know-who, that Cozy Glow was revealed to be a disguise to Grogar.
That would've been sooooo much better, and would've raised higher stakes.
thats peak
That would be sick, but i would have wanted it to be original Grogar
"you-know-who" Pharynx?
@@PK_HH same
I made up this headcannon in my mind pre-season nine that Cozy was from some kind of cultist village that craved power and manipulation. Think Feats of Friendship and the Thrace Ponies from the MLP comics. And they sent Cozy to spy on Twilight through the school and get intel on the best way to take down Equestria and replace the princess’s rule with theirs and Cozy would simply be a wrongly raised child that was exploited for her skills and taught psychopathic behavior is okay (I say simply but that sounds completely messed up 😂)
This didn’t make a whole lot a sense after season nine given her team up with Tirek and Chrysalis, but it makes a fun AU idea (maybe I should write it one day)
Before the season finale, I honestly thought Cozy was going to be a red herring because the hints about her being a villain were way too obvious.
My little pony has a common theme of redemption with their villians and i think having a villian to show that not everyone can be redeemed is good. Tho Cozy was probably the wrong character to show that tbh.
I was one of the folks who thought she was Chrysalis in disguise, but I assumed she would eventually warm up to the increasingly expanding and developed child cast, turning the arc into a Kids vs. Adult riot.
She'd help the Student Six on their path as cultural leaders of their respective peoples, (obstensively to make them her pawns) in what would actually become legitimate support, because the friendship lessons were getting to her, against her will.
She'd still get busted, but she'd probably leave off with her being unable to express the wrath she held towards Starlight and the Mane Six proper. I doubt she'd get a whole reform, but maybe a chance?
As for actual Cozy Glow?
Chuck her in the human world and keep her away from cell phones. The human characters are magically endowed to handle her- Sunset in particular.
Chrysalis being Cozy Glow would’ve been so much better than Discord being Grogar.
Honestly when I first saw Cozy Glow, I was expecting her to actually be a fake identity made by Chrysalis to infiltrate Twlight's school, and end up fully embracing friendship thanks to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, possibly with the later saving her life when her plan backfires.
Cause THAT would have been so much better, what we got was more akin to Princess Morbucks from Powerpuff Girls.
I see where you're coming from, that would have been a really cool direction to take Cozy!
There’s only one explanation for Cozy Glow: She’s actually a demon that took the form of a child. BOOM.
💀Ah, man I love the idea of Cozy glow as a villain! Someone using friendship as a weapon was such a brilliant idea that left me shocked that it hadn't been done before. I suspected her during the song she had with the CMC in her intro duction episode because of the evil look she had when the elements of harmony were being shown. Her speech about how friendship is power left me with a goofy grin on my face. A child talking about friendship as a weapon, like how a general would talk about a super weapon is hilarious to me. Her getting sent to super jail was simultaneously funny and messed up when I first saw it happen. It felt like they were saying that she was kind of right about how friendship could be used to take over the world. I mean, The fact that she was able to manipulate the school, and did a tone of damage to the ecosystem, along with almost stealing all of the magic in the world. Kind of leaves me with a bit of fear. I think @Ro994 has a good point about how they could have aged her up to make the Tartarus thing less sketchy. As for her look of remorse... I have no idea of what that was about. Overall a great villain that I had a tone of fun watching.
Yes, her as a villain in concept is really good! And I love a competent villain! Unfortunately, they didn't think her through all the way and how she makes sense in the context of their world.
But still fun overall X3
Thanks for watching!✨
@@TheArtisticAloubell Thanks for making a great video for a good villain. 🙂
I think it's possible that she originally had a different plan regarding the CMCs and maybe she was worried that things were going off track from what she wanted and developed a new plan after talking to Starlight. I'm not an expert on psychopathy, but I'm pretty sure it's a spectrum so that may have had something to do with her potential guilt. Also, I think it's possible to have sympathy for someone who you hurt without feeling remorse for the action that hurt them so it could possibly be something like that
I do actually like Cosy Glow. She was an interesting character but I do wish her backstory got revealed. It would've been so interesting!
18:08 Urgh, don't even get me STARTED on how they just completely butchered Sombra... 😤 Dude went from a quiet, conniving, borderline feral, bone-chilling monster to an annoying chatterbox about as threatening as a sweetroll.
You know what would've been kind of interesting?
If they had used the concept of Removing One's Cutiemark and Replacing it with the = mark as a punishment for criminals, who used their talents for evil.
Sure, people with the = can still commit evil but... In case of Cozy Glow, her talent is literally manipulation and influence. That's everything she has, and getting that taken away would make her absolutely harmless.
It would also be easier to see if she did actually grow and chance, because the = would make her average at best with it.
@@MillyKKitty that's actually a really interesting concept!
[In-universe] The actual reason both Tirek & Cozy must be kept isolated from any sapient creature:
. They have the knowledge on how to create a ritual to (remotely) extract the powers of Luna & Celestia.
-> It ALSO takes away the magic of all other unicorns, potions & artifacts; but that is almost irrelevant to the immortal rulers of Equestria.
. Because the Memory Stone was destroyed by Sunset Shimmer (and her human friends) & also the "mind reforming spell" was literally eaten by Discord; it is currently impossible to FORCE that knowledge "out" of Cozy [at least not without severe brain damage].
-> Since a "jail" like Tartarus was not reliable enough (Tirek escaped twice); turning them into stone was a roundabout way to "prevent them from talking" without the need to kill them.
[Any "banishment" has the risk of them finfing a way back; or worse: Send even more terrible villains WITH the knowledge to steal pony magic (ex: Opaline Arcana)].
Except Discord is the cause of them escaping for a second time. Were he not present, they wouldn't have been able to break out of prison.
I honestly cannot imagine how a powerful individual, such as Starlight, couldn't peruse a mind-washing spell on Cozy without these artefacts. It doesn't appear as though it's such a complex thing that merely those relics were capable of unleashing it.
Ummm.... The immortal rulers of Equestria are just as doomed without magic as anyone else. They're not immortal, they will die sooner or later. They're merely long-lived.
I agree with the comparison of Cozy Glow being similar to Chloe from Miraculous, as both of them are basically children who have been abandoned by their adult guardians and deemed a lost cause. Granted, Cozy, is far worse than Chloe ever was in all five seasons, but the idea is still the same. I mean, the main reason the writers never gave Cozy a redemption arc was that they didn’t want to write one so close to the finale of the show, and to that I say “Would it really have changed anything anyway?” I mean pretty much every single villain that has gotten a redemption arc has completed said redemption arc in like one episode max. Hell, Sunset Shimmer’s redemption arc takes only a few seconds to complete! She starts out as the school bully who just wants to make people miserable, and then, one rainbow laser later, she’s immediately regretting her actions and trying to be a better person. This is probably a problem with Equestria Girls as a whole, and the fact that everything has rushed conclusions, but still. And on top of that, a lot of the villains, who have gotten redemption arcs just dip from the show after they’ve completed said redemption arc, such as Diamond Tiara. And to be honest, Cozy’s life is definitely far worse than Chloe‘s ever was. While Chloe was a brat, she at least had her father to look after her, even if he wasn’t the best caretaker, she still at least had someone to look after her along with the butler. Cozy is legit, an orphan, who has no parents or any legal guardians at all. I know this because in an interview someone asked the writers about Cozy’s parents, and the writers responded by saying “What parents?” meaning she never had parents at all. And really, this just makes everything worse is that it’s clear that Cozy never really had any real parental figures to look up to at least until she SOMEHOW enrolled into the School of Friendship, and then, when she had a parental figure that could teach her some good morals in Twilight, once Twilight immediately learns that Cozy was evil, and try to take away the world’s most abundant resource, Twilight just gives her a brief speech, and then immediately just gives and abandons her. For a show that tries to paint everyone as redeemable even if they themselves don’t feel like they should be redeemed, this isn’t really that good of a message that certain people including ADULTS can be redeemed while a small CHILD cannot. It feels like it’s almost breaking the brand identity. Honestly, there was never really anything wrong with Cozy. She just needed to be guided in a way that allowed her to be a good person, just the world around her denied that privilege to her, basically telling her “You’re a villain and that’s all you will ever be.” It’s not exactly a good message to be sending to anyone really. It’s like that iconic line from Nick in Zootopia, “If the world is going to view a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, then what’s the point in trying to be anything else at all?” This line, I feel best describes Cozy because it’s clear that she doesn’t have the best childhood and was greatly affected by it for her to be this way, but for everyone to just abandon her without even trying to give her a chance is just sad. This might be a bit of a big call but it sort of feels like it’s emotional child abuse. This small child who clearly is mentally disturbed and has no clear parental figures in her life just gets abandoned by any and all potentially morally good parental figures and is deemed a lost cause simply because of the fact that she didn’t accept friendship immediately. I get that not everyone will be forgiven for their actions, but people should at least try to offer forgiveness to others. Even if said person who is receiving forgiveness doesn’t accept it. I mean let’s look at Starlight in the Season 6 finale. She tried to relate to Chrysalis and tell her she still has a place in the Changeling hive, and then extended her hoof an act of kindness, and forgiveness, as a reflection of what Twilight did to her in the Season 5 finale, but Chrysalis rejects this before flying away. While Starlight’s attempt to forgive Chrysalis were unsuccessful at least, Starlight tried to do something rather than what Twilight did, just giving a brief speech about why you’re wrong and then just immediately give up. Cozy coming back more evil than she was before is practically Twilight’s fault, along with the rest of the Mane 7 + the Princesses, and any other authority figures. Circling back to Starlight for a minute, does anybody else remember during the Season 7 finale where Starswirl in the other Pillars came back, and Starswirl tried to banish the Pony of Shadows, but Starlight had this bad feeling that this probably wasn’t the right solution and then we eventually learn that she was right all along? Because of this situation sort of feels a lot like that, where a child is causing some kind of chaos or destruction, and must be stopped by the Mane 7. While Stigian might possibly be a few years older than Cozy, the idea is still the same and I’m surprised Starlight didn’t have any “This feels wrong, and I don’t think this is the right solution” moments in the entire finale. She just stood idly by and basically agreed with sending the small child to prison. On the idea of the Legion of Doom, possibly being able to come back after being turned to stone I did see a theory that all three villains could be redeemed if they encounter a certain situation, or meet a specific character and I really like that theory because while everyone else was saying that these three are irredeemable, that theorist was saying “Here’s an idea of how they can be redeemed and be better people” and it very strongly hits home with the shows very strong message of trying to forgive others. The theorist suggested that Cozy’s key to redemption was through Diamond Tiara. I think that’s a very interesting theory as both of them had a desire for power and to be admired. I think it’s best if you look up the full theory, but it’s a very interesting thought. I think that’s all I wanted to say, thanks for reading. 💀
Here a way on how we could bypass the “Cozy Glow is literally a child, so forgiveness” not happening. Since this is a magical world maybe Cozy isn’t actually a Pegasus and is some kind of a creature that does illusions. I think Kitsune are ones that I can think of but, if they wanted to made up a creature who could do a glamour effect that no matter what people will see her as that one thing. She seems super smart and manipulative at her age, so maybe this creature lives forever, but takes the form of a young child because everyone will be like “she’s just a child, don’t punish her too harshly”.
Maybe the princesses are the only ones to really sense the creature’s evilness, but still can’t see through the glamour effect. Maybe if the show had continued or did a episode with her it could have explained the creature and we would only get a glimpse of its true form since it’s just too scary that not even mere mortals eh creatures can see it! (Like a biblically accurate Angel)
That’s how I would solve it lol
That’s actually a really cool and interesting concept. It would’ve made Cozy Glow super interesting. I would’ve loved to see the show do something like that.
Yes, the problem with Cozy Glow is we can't sympathize with her for her lack of developpement, the writers didn't even bothered to make her interesting by giving her a backstory so we feels like more could have been done for her character, we feels like she's too empty a wasted potential.
Cozy Glow was one of my favourite villains from mlp. I really wanted to know why she is that way! What happened to her?? I even speculated on her cutie mark.
But there was no answer.
What a shame 😥
Its implied that they break out of their stone prison at the end of the season 10 comic
But unfortunately we never saw the outcome of that. Unless they bring back g4 again in some form. Maybe in some future comic issues
For Tirek and Cozy communicating, I theorized it had to be a while, at least about or when she met the CMC. Just because of the mail service.. lol like it's so protected and far away.. Though Cozy WAS the one to give Twilight the universal key for Tartarus' door 🤔🤔🤔🤔
ed: i luuuv the lighting of this piece btw! You picked such great colors & settings 🥰🥰
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Everytime there is a little girl psycho villain it always has this curly hairstyle Cozy Glow, Darla Dimple from Cats don't Dance, Gertrude from I Hate Fairyland, Baby Doll from The Batman series.
I think I saw someone say that that hairstyle seems to be inspired by Shirley Temple!
About the racism, I think that was a manipulative move. She may have recognized the Student 6 as a threat, so she tried to undermine their friendship by turning them against each other. It didn't work, but I think that was her plan.
@@PeacePetal a valid thought! That idea did occur to me. My only issue with that is that we never had an instance where she admitted this or where it was made clear that this was the case. One can only assume as it came out of nowhere and was never really addressed again.
💀 Cozy Glow does feel ripe for expanding upon, in my opinion, but either way, she is nowhere near as evil as Carl. XD
I love that ya'll are vibing with the Carl joke XD
@@TheArtisticAloubellcalendar man
I'm wondering if she was performing then just in case someone was listening in or watching. She wasn't alone, she was in a school full of people who could walk in at any time. Unlike Hans.
@@incineroar9933 I suppose that's true. But from the way it was framed, it looked like she was alone in the hallway there.
But you have a valid point ✨
Maybe the reason she hated those specific species is because those species are the same species as the ones that killed her family it’s a stretch but it’s better than nothing also I think she is a part of the mafia in the my little pony universe idk just some weird ideas that are probably wrong
Wow thanks for hearting my comment
Those aren't werid ideas. Curiosity is never a bad option.
25:00. I might have an answer for the speciesism. Though, it is a bunch of speculation.
In the Season 8 finale, it's implied that Cozy was Chancelor Neighsay's inside pony. She's been working with Neighsay. Likely giving intel on Twilight's school. When they interact in School Daze, they don't introduce herself. Implying that they must know each other. Later, Cozy tries to sweet-talk Neighsay into letting her run the school. But it doesn't work. I think she tried to be on Neighsay's good side so she can run the school herself.
It's also possible that Cozy Glow gave Flim and Flam a copy of Twilight's journal. Cozy did mention she's been keeping track of Twilight's mail and the library in the episode Friendship University. Maybe Cozy gave them the journal and sweet talked Flim and Flam into opening a school. Neighsay was willing to approve Friendship University in a flash. And many ponies wanted to go to that school instead of the School of Friendship. Maybe Cozy Glow wanted to have Flim and Flam start the school to get Twilight's school potentially shut down. Cozy could tell Neighsay she helped start Friendship University, which could make Neighsay trust Cozy a lot more. This is a stretch, and the plan may not work, but it would just be a side plan for her main plan (draining magic in Equestria). And having extra plans is smart.
Bottom Line: what does Neighsay have to do with Cozy's speciesism? Cozy might have been trying to tear the student six apart to prove that other creatures can't get along. Which would undermine the point of the School of Friendship. It even worked at first. The student six initially didn't believe friendship was in their nature all because of Cozy Glow. It wasn't until their trials later in the episode (What Lies Beneath) that they changed their minds.
I admit, this is a ton of speculation. Cozy's connection to Neighsay should have been more clear in the episode. There's a chance that none of my speculation is true. I just wanted to try and get to the bottom of Cozy's speciesism. I would love to know what you guys think.
It's a very good theory!
I was implied that Cozy was the one who sent Flim and Flam a copy of the journal, so I believe you're spot-on there.
In the long term of her plan, it doesn't make much sense, though to close down the School of Friendship since she wanted to take over it as a stepping stone to ruling Equestria. Get Twilight and her friends out of the way? Yes, absolutely. But shut it down? I don't think so. So maybe at best she was trying to discredit Twi and pals so she could take over but was unable to do so.
We really didn't get enough info on Cozy X'D
I don't know how I forgot that Cozy needed the school open to gain power. The school being closed means there'd be no pony going there. No friendship, no magic. Maybe she wanted to get Twilight caught sneaking into Flim and Flam's office. Or, at the very least, saying bad things about Flim and Flam and not giving them a chance. That way she would be seen as a bad role model. Then, Cozy would step up and promise to be a much better role model than Twilight (a fake promise, obviously). And Flim and Flam ended up threatening Twilight with no pony wanting to go to the school at all. Which Cozy Glow did now intend as part of her plan. Again, it's a stretch. But Friendship University may have just been a backup plan.
I read the title as “Incompetent” 😂
LOL
I MEAN.. that wouldn’t be completely wrong lol
you could say cozy glow wasn't racist to tirek and chrysalis due to them seeing through her facade and neither would hesitate to put her in her place. you can also see it as her getting attached to them afterwards.
She wasn't really "racist" to anyone per se. Those passive-aggressive insults about the Young Six were done to induce doubtfulness in thier confidence, not because she despises non-ponies in specific. At the ending, she just so happened to uncover them, and utilized them to stir the blame away from herself.
She hates ponies as well.
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This scenario kinda reminds me how Mr. Negative became a part of Sinister Six in Marvel's Spiderman. Like, we just dealt with him and put him in jail.
Starlight is absolutely BEST PONY! OMG So glad I found someone else in the Starlight fan club! Also, could you make a video on why Starlight is best ponyy? Great video btw!!!!
@@sanjumitra1 I actually already did! It was one of my first MLP videos. The link for the playlist is in the description of this video! 😁✨
💀Ah yes, everybody's favorite Batman villain... CARL!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (I legit lost it at that part, LOL)
You know, come to think of it, what even was the point of making Cozy such a young filly? There were plenty of students in the School of Friendship that looked to be AT LEAST young adult age. What if they had made a super adorable and inconspicuous Fluttershy-esque character that acted legitimately sweet and nice all the time (save for some hints of it being fake as to not make the twist too pulled out of nowhere)? That would've made the ultimate punishment, while still harsh, feel a bit less overkill if it was at least an adult you were imprisoning.
I'll be honest, I was never a huge fan of Cozy as a villain because of how little sense everything about her made, especially within MLP. And yes, I know a lot of iconic Disney villains don't have huge backstories either, but their villainy at least still made sense within their stories' contexts IMO. 😵💫 Probably my least favorite main villain in all of MLP, and like you said, a weird character overall. BUT it's still fun to hear you discuss her, and I can totally see why you and other fans enjoyed her, plus, I won't deny that her interactions with Chrysalis and Tirek were highly entertaining. So yeah, in the end, can't be too mad about her.
P.S: Awesome artwork for this! I especially love how you drew and shaded the ringlets. 🤩✨
I'm glad you guys enjoy the Carl joke XD
I'm sure the point of making her a filly was shock value and funny contrast from the other villains. They just didn't think the implications of her and what happens to her all the way through and how it would be received.
I completely respect your view on Cozy. She doesn't make sense as a character, but I have to respect competent villains haha
And thank you! I enjoyed how the art came out as well. I thank God because I initially had NO idea how I was going to tackle her hair XD
I see her as a complete sociopath, also, kid villains can be creepy, very creepy, just watch Pet Cemetery, no, not the new one, the new one is a disgrace and misses the point, but i digress, I see Cozy as a sociopath, she sees friendship as power and wants to seize it because she likes the idea of having power, and, if someone gets in the way, she gets rid of them, or, as Sundowner would say: "Children are cruel, Jack, and i am very in touch with my childhood"
I think she should have secretly been Grogar all along. (or a conduit for him)
CozyGlow felt heavily inspired by Darla Dimple from Cats Don't Dance to me. Unfortunately, in a universe that has heavily established redemption as an important and frequent path for villains it doesn't work very well. I think Cozy is a great villain in the wrong show
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I do like Cozy. She's interesting as she is probably the weakest villain from a physical standpoint
We have: a corrupt alicorn, the embodiment of chaos, a changeling queen, magic absorbing minotaur, master wizard unicorn and then a freaking tween pegasus who can't do much else than fly. But what she lacks in brute power, she makes up for in brains. And even when she loses her cool and shows her true colors, I still think she's a funny little gremlin of a villain
That said, I do think she needed an actual backstory or even an actual motivation. Why do all this, why? But hey, she's threatning and she's funny, she may lack character depth but I'd say she's fine thanks to the other 2
Thank you so much for pointing out my exact problems with Cozy Glow! She has a similar problem to King Magnifico in which it feels like we're watching a completely different character Season 8 Finale and onwards than her previous appearances. I am incredibly curious as to what seriously traumatic event happened in Cozy's life that led her to become the pony she is now. It's frustrating that the show gives us nothing. The writers are just like "look, a literal child is an evil psychopath! Aren't we so edgy!" Don't get me wrong, she's entertaining and steals every scene she's in, but like you said, her character is incomplete.
If you want an example of a good twist-ish villain, let's look at Scar. We as the audience know he's up to no good, but the characters don't. They just see him as a grumpy sourpuss jealous of Mufasa. It's only when we see Scar alone with the hyenas that he reveals his plan to actually go through with murdering his brother. You can see the feeling of ultimate betrayal in Mufasa's eyes right before he's pushed into the stampede. He is a very smart villain, but sometimes his strong ego gets in the way. This happens when he assumes the hyenas succeeded in killing Simba and when he gloats to Simba about killing Mufasa too early. His ultimate downfall comes when he desperately tries to blame everything on the hyenas. This shows that deep down, he's a big coward. But unlike most Disney twist villains, his actions here are believable. We see his cowardice nature early on in the movie when he says "as far as brains go, I got the lion's share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool."
I'm actually perfectly okay with her not having a traumatic backstory. If they want a selfish and hostile psychopath child who wants power, then fine. My issue is that she poofed into existence and we have no idea where she came from. If she was an adult, I wouldn't have as big of an issue, but the society of MLP shows us that kids are taken care of by SOMEONE, so to not explain anyone in her life or how she was even capable of getting as far into her plan as possible without any caretakers is off for typical MLP writing standards. MLP doesn't usually go the "just because" route. They tend to take the time to explain why and how when it comes to important characters. So to give Cozy absolutely nothing throws me off X'D
It also throws me off that the Princess of Friendship didn't try harder to reform a literal child. Even if the reformation was unsuccessful, she could have tried X''''D
Though I wouldn't say that Cozy as a villain was handled as badly as Magnifico. Besides her first appearance where she literally did come off as just a cute innocent character, every appearance after that where she had a speaking line was very suspicious and many of us caught on to that. We knew something was off about her; we just didn't know what it was. It's just her first appearance that trips me up because of that guilty look on her face. Who knows what the intent was there XD
You could make the argument that Cozy was always bad. It's difficult to make the argument that Magnifico was (despite the movie telling us how irredeemable he is and never actually proving why). We're told that he's the worst when he's really not and was really done dirty.
I definitely see where you're coming from, though! Both Magnifico and Cozy definitely suffered from some not great writing decisions.
@TheArtisticAloubell I definitely agree that Cozy Glow appearing out of nowhere without any evidence of parents or guardians makes no sense. The thing is, no one is simply just born evil. I just want to know how she ended up like this. Plus, every villain we've seen prior has had some kindof motivation for their actions. Cozy has none other than just wanting power. That can work sometimes, but I expect more from a literal child.
The biggest problem with Magnifico is that if Disney wanted to create a classic villain who is evil for the sake of being evil, why did they make him so sympathetic? In the beginning, Magnifico is 100% in the right. Not all wishes are good and some people will use them for selfish or dangerous reasons. But as the movie progresses, his motivation becomes more and more confusing. But yeah, Cozy is definitely handled better than him and is more consistent in her behaviors.
💀21:20 Maybe she was just concerned for her initial plan? I don´t know...
6:56 her punishment needed to be severe, BUT NOT SENT TO BASICALLY HELL!
7:47 fair enough, carry on
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Nice MLP video, i knew it'll be worth the wait, it was an interesting story. Thanks, Alou, and a happy saturday to you as well. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well
Thanks! Happy Saturday to you too! 😄✨
Hm, I see, yeah, fair points and opinions, i can fully understand what you’re saying and agree with you as well,
Honestly, out of all of the Ones who ended up being the Final Antagonists of the Entire Show, I have always thought of Cozy Glow as being a sort of Odd One Out of The Three, i mean why were she included at all? I don’t just mean that in a Out-of-Universe Sense, but in a In-Universe Sense too, especially when considering everyone else that was included in this little Legion of Doom, honestly it really feels like she was included just because they ran out of Non-Redeemed Villains or something like that,
That being said, Cozy Glow is a Character that I have grown very interested in and would’ve really liked to learn more about her and her Story could’ve been, i wonder if a 10th Season could’ve helped with that?
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I can see your point however since she worked together with villains. And after she literally saw the windago she didn't stop.
I think her story is that she lacks emphy .
And that she manipulated her parents so much so they meekly does what she says.
Or she has one those parents who give whatever she wants.
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I wish Cozy glow could have time to age up a little. Let a little time pass, before being turned to stone.
The time she got the ponys in trouble with twilight, she could used to her advantage, wiped their memories,used a time spell and bascially made the three live as sisters somewhere far off. Then while twilight and then were searching, she could grow powerful, and use a memory wiping spell that would wip everyone memory. As she could play the role of sweetness like she was doing. But,secretly pull the strings, and not be an obvious red herring,
I think Cozy being speciest against the student six was just her planting the seeds for chaos early on. By doing it subtly and apologizing for it afterwards she was trying to get them to think “You don’t need to feel bad, maybe certain species really don’t belong”. If people just throw her in normal juvenile detention, she could still lie about being reformed, so if people do want to actually rehabilitate her they’re going to need to have a lot of truth magic on hand to make sure she’s being honest about changing.
@@MaizeSnallygaster I can see the argument that she's trying to cause chaos and/or ruin their friendship....but why? If she wants as many people on her side as possible to manipulate and rule over, why do something that can make you less than favorable to them? It seems like befriending the other species would have benefitted her more in the long run.
We never got any indication that she felt threatened by them in any way, so her speaking to them like that came out of nowhere.
Is California still warm enough to do water related activities? Or is it a little chilly?
It has cooled down a little since I wrote this script. But the weather kind of yo-yos between chilly-ish days and warmer days.
So...maybe some water stuff on the warmer days?
Man, idk, i agree with everything except acting like Cozy deserves forgiveness and her actions to be taken less seriously because of her age. She tried to take over the world two times, only being stopped by pure luck and friendship. She showed no remorse which is what seperated her from other villains that'd been redeemed the same day as their big fights, Sunset and Starlight both were given their chance and took it and CozyGlow (im seeing a pattern here with the names-) didn't even entertain the idea of trying. Its what makes her fun. Though yeah she really is half baked in story here as we know nothing of her other than shes evil.
Sunset nearly destroyed a whole dimension and bullied people relentlessly beforehand out of pure selfishness/spite, so she had to earn that forgiveness in her world without twilight's constant support.
Starlight had made a cult out of misplaced hurt & care and nearly destroyed the universe out of denial, but was given more direct opportunities from Twilight to reform herself after she willingly relented because a broken world isnt what she wanted. (Albeit, her redemption wasnt as smoothly handled as Sunset's-)
Cozyglow tried to destroy equestria itself twice out of pure spite and malice UNDER twilight's care and support, so she was sent to prison/cast into stone because unlike the other two- there was nothing that'd made Cozy choose to stop, she was forced to. She didnt have that moment of clarity past villains had to make them redeemed during their big bad display of unadulterated power.
Sunset is the setting sun's gentle light, starlight is star light lmao, and cozyglow is a fire's light. The first two are celestial bodies that could hurt yet theyre either at their softest selves or keeping a safe distance to be comforting. Fire on the other hand does as it pleases, hungry for whatever will burn.
Man i just wish Cozy could've lasted longer 😔 to really delve into why she became such a power hungry lil goober. Like, i even wish maybe she was more than just a pony, even. Something greater in disguise or some ancient evil that'd reawakened due to the shadow pony being released from his prison. Maybe Cozy could've been a specific evil species of pony from outside of equestria even! Like, cmonnn, theres so much potentialll! What motivated her into deciding the world should be hers? Were her parents stingy? Did they spoil her rotten? Is she what diamond tiara couldve been if she embraced a higher standing life? Did she & her parents lose it all and she no longer could enjoy her pampered lifestyle & grew bitter over how fast the current world will take things from people? Was she bullied? Was she lonely?
Idk. I very much like the idea that she was a rich girl who only had friends due to her status & her parents suddenly going broke because of some schemes, robbery, or scams afflicted on them. Imagining her losing those "friends" and watching no one help her or her parents bc they didnt have Connects™ being what teaches her that frendship is power.... so she enrolls into the SCHOOL for it and gets stuck watching all these kids have something genuine when she cant do that.
That or maybe we would've gotten some reveal like- Tirek making Cozyglow out of the fires of tartarus itself during his entrapment and sending her out!? Or maybe she was possessed by something too evil to contain or free her from safely, thus ending on a somber note as twilight tries to find a way to save the real girl under this spell! Aaaaa
Even Crystalis had her reasons, she lost everything- her children/hive and home- and wasnt appreciated for how hard she worked to make sure they all were fed and safe. I wouldnt blame her for going insane. Her hive just switched on her after years of care so fast after years of doing something to survive 😔
(I would actually argue that Starlight's journey was better handled than Sunset's).
But yeah! Cozy, while entertaining, is just one big question mark that we'll never get an answer to...and that's frustrating XD It's just shocking that they didn't try harder to reform her. If she ends up staying evil and not wanting to change after all the effort, then fine. But I wanted to see more effort X'D
Welp. Fanfic authors have come up with fun stories for her for sure!
I feel like she doesn't need to be changed that much, I like the idea of her character, it's just that we don't get enough context for her to be completely irredeemable... Not to mention she IS a kid
She doesn't have to be not a pony, or become redeemable, not even age up at all. I feel like those would make her a different character.
What we really needed was context, backstory, etc. We don't need a sob story, but we do need to know more about her.
One great example would be Jack Horner from Puss in Boots 2. He is irredeemable, entertaining, and has no sob story. We could have known why Cozy would want certain things, we could have known her motivation.
Tho I do still like her character, but I do agree she was missing something.
Cozy Glow deserved the fate she got
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12:26 I recently found out that there was a book by Disney Legends Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas called “The Disney Villain.” In it, they say that the Disney Villain feels that he was denied something that should have been his or that he was wronged in some way. So, he feels that he is justified in what he is doing. This actually made me look at the classic Disney villains in a new light. The Evil Queen thought that she deserved to be the fairest in the land; Maleficent thought that she was wronged for not being invited to the christening of Princess Aurora; Ursula, Jafar, and Scar thought that they deserved power. True, we still don’t know their backstories, and they are still villains through and through (there is nothing sympathetic about them). But I no longer see them as being evil just for the sake of being evil.
22:47 That was one of the first videos, if not the first video that I watched of yours. Can confirm that it is a good one.
Watching this while I eat five guys
Also you sound a bit like sunset shimmer !
💀I definitely think cozy was a VERY weird decision as a whole 🤔
no parents /"parental glidence" lol😉
evil for extra credit essentially (P&F reference lol) which is fine, but again weird that a child is just poof! evil now....
At the end of the day I think I'm just going to put this on the the writers.
Whether negligence or purposeful, the way they wrote cozy was as you said; Weird and Incomplete.
And dare I say.. Bluntly put.. Kinda bad. 😅 Imo
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Of course! 👍 Also side tangent /headcanon theory. Imagine if cozy's parents weren't revealed due to some idea of chrysalis and tirek *POSSIBLY* becoming her parents after being reformed 🤔 not like they weren't already getting "infected by friendship" as they put it lol 😂
I would say it was a just punishment. Considering all the damage she caused during the attack, literally attempting to not just take over the school of friendship, but THEN going on to work with the most threatening villains known to pony kind in a coup that nearly succeeded. A lot argue in her defense because she’s a child, but she’s also a child with psychopathic / sociopathic tendencies, and if her cutie mark is anything - it clearly symbolizes her talent for manipulation. Some people are just born that way and bo amount of rehabilitation could change that.
TLDR: If she wants to be a villain, Let her have handle the repercussions of her actions.
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Where does she go on holiday's ? Does she like stay at the school if so why didn't we see her there like in the background or something?
We did see her in an episode involving Christmas (I forgot the pony-equivalent) where she was decorating a tree.
I'd say the casual speciesism was trying to cause division and self doubt among the student six, and it was working until the Tree of Harmony stepped in and tested them. It was more manipulation, not stupidity or a miscalculation.
@@TiMoThY211991 But why cause doubt between them? It seems it would have been more beneficial for her to be on their good side like she was with everyone else to gain the power she wanted.
I think we missed a scene where she felt threatened or even jealous of their friendship if that's the case.
@@TheArtisticAloubell You have to remember, Cozy Glow thinks of Friendship as Power, and she seems to treat it like a zero sum game. People being friends with her/following her leadership equals more power. People making friends with people other than her, in her mind, equals less power for her. It's similar to why Sunset Shimmer undermined the friendship of the Mane 5 at Canterlot High her freshman year.
@timgilbert9572 if that were the case, wouldn't she be sabotaging other friendships in the school as well? She seemed to very specifically target the non ponies in the student 6.
3:34 No, everypony around her was just so stupid. LOL Also, I really blame Discord more for Cozy's actions after he sprung her from Tartarus, so why doesn't he get punished?
First, have you watched zion kraze? Because the music used for this opening, reminded about his work! Second, funny you mentioned her because?
haven't seen it before!
@@TheArtisticAloubell. Highly recommend then, his reviews are the primary reason behind not only knowing about, but championing mutch generation one.
Especially spock pony;"Wind Whistler"!
I don't like her because of lack of sence to her existence. Also Sombra is one of my favourite characters and I feel like they get rid of him so quickly in favor of this not finished, strange character: Cozy Glow. I will never forgive them this.
Overall she’s just wasted potential…
Despite the controversy I love her as a villain
She is my 3rd fav
With the age
Well as you said
We dont know but she acts like a kid soo yea
Her lack of backstory is really pissing me off but oh well
Nothing we can do
Someone already said this but the racism seems like it was just towards student six
Cause in season 9 she isnt really racist(unless im missing something)
With the whole redemption
Im one of those who thinks she can be redeemed but if she tries
Like what would I do in season 8 is her not being in tartarus but I would put her in special treatment in hospital and there we can conclude if she can change or not
Cause twilight not giving her a chance is out of character imo
But now lets go to season 9
Tbh Your idea is actually what I would do so i wont repeat your point
But if she wasnt reformed i would THEN put her in tartarus and not turn her into stone cause it seems like a lighter punishment(idk if this is the right move tho)
Now about her being 100% irredeemable villain
Well your example is good but I woulld also throw the instance where cozy said
"When we helped each other it felt better somehow" indicating that there was a tiny bit good in her
If she was 100% irredeemable then why that line exist?
With tirek as well but he isnt the topic of this vid.
They could have at least said what happened to them in the last problem but ofc they didnt for some reason
Love the video btw
Keep it up
Do you have ideas for mlp videos?
I get that Cozy wasn't really sorry for what she did and that's why they didn't forgive her, but the fact that the show was so kind to Starlight Glimmer in particular and cold to Cozy rubs me the wrong way. If they had treated Starlight more like Sunset where she had to earn her redemption a little more, then I'd understand. Outside of that, Cozy Glow's punishment doesn't really bother me. The saying isn't "Do the crime, do the time if you're old enough" after all. If you're capable of doing heinous things, there needs to be heinous consequences. That's sometimes the only way to get the message across. This doesn't mean Cozy doesn't get forgiveness: this means forgiveness needs to be given in a different form. Forgiveness doesn't always mean redemption. Forgiveness can lead to redemption, but only if that forgiveness is appreciated.
That being said, I still think Starlight should've earned hers a little more instead of being a constant victim who had a pity party every other episode.
Also, I disagree with Cozy needing more of a backstory. Some characters don't need a lot of information. Again, the age doesn't matter. What matters is importance to the story. Gavin is an important character. He's the next generation of element bearers. Cozy was a surprise villain, and the latest of the three baddies at that. Sure, he was important, but not as important as Gavin. She was only going to be shown in three episodes per season tops in any meaningful way, two of those being the premier and the finale. The writers wanted to make her a dangerous villain, not a sympathetic one, so it really doesn't matter. There have been plenty of kid villains in the past and no one batted an eye. Heck, Jimmy Neutron had a little baby as a villain, and I don't see anyone screaming "redemption" for him. Is he still not developing? Why is Cozy Glow different?
Starlight was remorseful for what she did and was no longer a threat; whereas Cozy had every intention of hurting others if she had the chance. I do agree that they should have tried harder with Cozy, but since she was still hostile, she needed to be dealt with even if momentarily.
Starlight had all the power and chose to stop fighting, so she wasn't a threat anymore. And if the ponies want to automatically forgive her, then that's their right to do so. We can't tell people to be mad at someone or to not forgive them yet. If they want to forgive immediately (which is ideal) then it's cool! In Starlight's case, there were no hard feelings. In Sunset's case, she was tormenting her peers for years, so it took a while for them to warm up to her. For Starlight, the ponies in Our Town always thought of her as a friend until it was revealed that she lied to them. The fact that they forgave her easily must have meant that they still wanted to be friends with her and were glad that she changed.
In the end, once again, if someone wants to forgive easily, I see no problems with that. Story wise, I can see how that is not satisfying, but as a Christian, I like how they handled Starlight.
But yes, they should have DEFINITELY tried to harder to reach Cozy as they literally didn't try at all XD
Jimmy Neutron and MLP are VERY different shows that can't really be compared. Things can be more absurd in JN and not need an explanation (like how things can be absurd in Spongebob). MLP has logic and interpersonal drama that usually leads to explanations for why characters do things. In the world of MLP, children have caretakers and the fact that Cozy doesn't makes us question why because it doesn't match what we've come to understand of the world.
At least that's how I see it.
I get why you think that cozy glow is incomplete as a character because why is she evil why does she want to control people I want to know why because we never got a reason in the actual show people speculate on why she wants to control magic and wants to do all this terrible stuff but we never got an answer like people speculating the Cozy glow felt useless and insignificant because she's an earth pony but we never got an answer in the show if that's actually why she's like that insignificant for being a earth pony like her freaking cutie mark is a rook and what is that chess piece do it uses all the other chess pieces to its advantage My Little Pony but I wonder why is she like that she does but I still want to know what are motivations are because motivations are amazing and I wish we knew hers don't have a really good motivation for her because we never get to know what it is and if we do I'm sorry for kicking her out of the Friendship school because of what she was doing but like what was her original motivation the original reason why she wanted to steal all magic I guess you wanted to control magic and control friendship but why does she want that what are her reasons remind me of this character from a show that I don't really like I do like it but I also just don't like how it's kind of gone out in the the later Seasons after the third one if you don't know what I'm talking about I'm talking about RWBY kind of reminds me of Cinder only cozy glow is a more fun villain then Cinder she actually does have scenes where she kind of breaks like that one scene where she gets really mad at this old person for not letting her do what she wants compared to Cinder just pretend that she's perfect all the time and it's annoying because she feels so much in the show that you just want her to just fall off that dumb cliff and die already I do feel like cozy glow did not deserve to get sent to us because after all she is 12 years old whatever reasons for why she didn't open people and why she wants power are probably because of a bad home life or neglect for all of those a correctional facility for children so that she could you know get therapy to actually talk out her problems so she can hopefully develop to be a better person who doesn't try to end the world because she wants control and power at least indirectly has a reason for why she wants control and power because well Ginger Thriller life has not had a lot of power when it comes to our life and has been used a lot so it makes sense why she want control and power is just that in the show she's just kind of used wrong so like you just don't like her at all cozy goes better I just wish we got to know her actual reasonings for doing things and if I'm wrong I'm sorry
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As someone who thinks Cozy is the best big bad of FIM. I agreed with some of your claims about cozy glow, one being the fact she got little to no extra content after Season 9 being disappointing, but since she did get a LOT of screen time for being a villain introduced in season 8 and even returning in Season 9; I'm still content by her just being a mysterious character in the show, since I think it really fits her character. I re-watched every cozy glow episode at least 3 times, and for me I don't think Cozy Glow's racist behavior really had anything to do with herself neither necessarily sabotaging her. Since she was very smart, she likely knew about how powerful friendship can become if the species united together; basically attempting to sabotage Twilight for an extra benefit point. She pointed out all The Young Six's insecurities to attempt to break a potential bigger bond between them that could've stopped her way earlier. Even though this move from Cozy Glow was debatably a jeopardy to her own plans, I think Cozy Glow knew what she was doing, since she wouldn't think the Young Six could really go far enough to call her evil right at the spot, especially when her plan was to make everyone like her enough to the point that when the Young Six did actually point out Cozy Glow's weird manipulative behavior in School Raze; It wouldn't have made much of a difference. Me personally I really liked that decision on how they wrote Cozy Glow, because It proves how menacingly brutal Cozy Glow's manipulative villiany can go and Its one of the things that seals her as my favorite FIM villain. But if anyone finds it weird or unsettling that there's a chance Cozy Glow could be racist I'd 100% understand. Another thing I would disagree with is that Cozy Glow's addition to the Legion of Doom was a weird decision, this might just be my hot take, but I think Cozy Glow, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis is the best villain combination the show could've ever brought together. Cozy Glow was meant to be a staple to the Legion of Doom, meant to teach the team why they should all bond together because it is what Twilight and her friends ultimately have done throughout the show to continuously defeat the villains, over and over again. as an addition, The 2 main Legion Of Doom episodes Frenemies, and Summer Sun Setback were both really amazing episodes In my opinion. Which both wouldn't have happened, or not as well if It weren't for Cozy Glow. Your point about Cozy Glow's empathetic behavior in one of the scenes in Marks For Effort is about neutral for me, because I always thought Cozy Glow was trying to make the CMC love her more than ever by getting them into the school, which made her feel like she messed up and made things worse, but the way the cinematography is, makes it feel like she was being empathetic for some reason. other than that, I think the events that happened afterwards in the episode, like how Cozy Glow made it known to Starlight that she had good intentions, so people couldn't suspect there was anything she was doing that was wrong. pretty much proved to me that Cozy Glow most likely had bad intentions throughout the entire episode. Your biggest point of this video that I agree with the most, even though if I'm okay with it, is Cozy Glows punishment being too cruel, I'm not all up for cruel punishment like Cozy Glow's was, but I also feel like It would've been a bit of a trouble trying to unravel what to do with her without it feeling forced, especially because the episode comes before the grand finale, but In the end, I think Cozy Glow couldn't have changed considering all she did with no remorse at all, and besides, It would be risky for anyone to show empathy to Cozy Glow specifically after she has used other people's empathy multiple times in the show, even Twilight herself could be in danger, because Cozy straight up came back to her after the last time they were with eachother, with a beam blast to Twilight. I just think It was best to put Cozy Glow's soul to rest in my opinion. So although I agree Cozy Glow had little to no information about her, I did like how it contributed to her being mysterious which I earlier mentioned that I liked about her, even though It is a probably lazy decision she realistically would have the least relevance to anything else due to her just being a regular filly.
In conclusion of my thoughts on your video, I really loved hearing your opinions on all the decisions of Cozy Glow's character; and how you thought she wasn't enough of a character because of other factors you consider, which is okay with me of course. I personally think Cozy Glow was a well developed, and amazingly fun and unique villain which I really can't ask anymore for her to become.
@@Angels-vq7rz I actually didn't consider that Cozy was trying to ruin the friendship of the Young 6! That's a valid interpretation.
To me, it still seems odd that she didn't try to get them on her good side, but your explanation is better than her being casually speciesist for no beneficial reason towards her otherwise brilliant plan.
Also, I like that Cozy is part of the Legion of Doom! She just didn't have the legacy of Tirek, Sombra, or Chrysalis which made it weird to me for her to be with the legacy villains. But I still like her presence there! She's a fun character!
Thanks for the passionate and thoughtful comment 😁✨
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It really makes me mad after 9 years of watching the big bad of mlp was a "Cute little gorl is actually satan" joke villain
I mean...if she were THE ONE AND ONLY big bad to end the entire show, yeah, I'd probably be a bit disappointed too. Fortunately she had Tirek and Chrysalis to bounce off of!
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In my honest opinion Cozy Glow was a surprise twist villain for S8 of MLP:Friendship is Magic. The character design is a bit of a nod to the character Darla Dimple from the animated movie 🎥🍿”Cats Don’t Dance”. Her introduction was a bit odd to say the least by having her be sympathetic and roughly close in age to the CMC and attending Twilight’s Friendship School. Nothing personal was ever mentioned regarding her past( ie parents or other family relationships). She’s very manipulative and can switch roles easily to blend in yet have her own voice heard. Did she deserve the punishments she got. The answer is absolutely not only did she almost destroyed all of Equestria and the surrounding kingdoms of the entire world. Definitely deserved going to jail/ Tartarus in isolation. Unfortunately she was close cell mates with Lord Tirek who provided helpful advice and information in order to almost succeed in S8. After that in S9 she teamed up with all the other villains to effectively create a “Legion of Doom” thanks in part to Grogar (spoilers; is really Discord in disguise) and tried taking over everything to rule with an iron fist, however the entire world United as one and fought valiantly to stopping the big Three baddies “Teirk, Chrysalis, and CozyGlow” and turned them to Stone as a permanent lifetime imprisonment. Yet it’s the same kind of punishment Discord received thousands of years ago yet managed to get in the Royal Sisters ( Celestia and Luna’s) good graces. Despite having set things up for Twilight to gain confidence in her own leadership abilities in order to take over after the Royal Sisters pass the mantle of rulership onto her.
Great job with this video despite coming out in November so kinda late for Halloween. Really enjoyed the artwork you made of Cozy Glow it really captures the spirit of the character perfectly. 💀
Keep up the good work 👏👍😁👍❤️🎥🍿🍍🥥🍻🇺🇸🎉🍵🍰✅🙏.
Thank you
loved the scripture, perfect timing, praise God!
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wtf is with the description and random scriptures on screen
I like to share bits of my faith when I'm able ^^
IM 12 TOO SO IM TECHNICALLY A FILLY
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