There’s shorter versions of only what me and Quasar were referencing, but to actually appreciate the joke, I feel like you need to know the context of the joke.
Did…did my caps lock comment actually work? I mean, you guys have randomly started quoting a critic of nostalgic media, but I’m not seeing any more five paragraph statements on The Dazzlings mental psyche and emotions they must have been feeling…
Wow, I never would have guessed it would be so effective! FROM NOW ON I WILL COMMENT ON EVERYTHING IN CAPS LOCK! THEN EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET WILL LISTEN TO ME!
@QuasarNova @Dirty Bit whispers
Do you ever get the feeling that not everyone gets the reference, and that you want to explain it, but by explaining it, you may ruin the integrity of the joke?
@Somber Star
What I’m saying by posting the Majora’s Mask-link (HAH!) is that you’re a conspiracy theorist.
If you watch their interactions carefully…
Seriously, think about it though
You sound crazier than you probably are, or at least I hope that’s the case. Adagio has no purpose in threatening the others for real, because she’s with them.
They could’ve easily separated since the beginning of their stay in the realm of Canterlot High, but they chose not to. The thing is, there’s no reason to assume their ability to drain negative energy works better in groups than on their own; they could easily all go to vastly different areas and drain their own energy, but they never opted to do that, at least not canonically. In hindsight, performing solo would make more sense, as it would allow each, individually, to totally consume a massive amount of negative energy, as opposed to sharing the negative energy that’s produced.
Also, just because they don’t show love for each other, doesn’t mean they have none. They’re at the very least very, very aware of the capabilities of one another, but siblings can still have fear of one another, and conform to a hierarchy with multiple siblings that exist. Adagio can simply be the one of the three that’s the most respected, rather than simply being the most feared. Also, it’s clear that she has the best interests of the group in mind, and the most knowledge of the group, as shown with her opening scene in the movie, where she’s the first to recognize Equestrian Magic, as opposed to the other two, who remained oblivious; it’s worth it to respect the wise ones’ decisions for the benefit of the rest of the group.
The sirens all have massive degrees of paranoia when it comes to close interaction with their pendants. This is shown throughout the movie, and not just by Sonata. Her showing fear because it’s Adagio could just be her being protective of the locket; it’s basically an exposed heart; you wouldn’t trust ANYONE around that, would you? Adagio gets her gem threatened to be touched and grabs Sunset Shimmer’s hand, after all; they could just be overprotective of anything, rather than of specific people.
You’re reading a lot into this, but you hold a basis behind your theory that simply doesn’t have enough of a foundation to be built on, let alone have a structured argument built around it! They’re ALL monsters to various degrees, and each of them show that in the movie (even Sonata has a moment where you can hate her, when she teases Sunset Shimmer in the hallway), but looking at them less like The Dazzlings and more like Trixie w/ Snips & Snails, is, while interesting in theory, unsupported through execution in comparison to who they actually are; they care of themselves, they care for each other, they wouldn’t have gotten through on their own and they know that.
@ShimmeringStallion
I played Majora’s Mask for maybe an hour. I don’t really care about Link’s condition in it, and it’s not relevant to anything I said.
Seriously, think about it though: The Dazzlings have no respect or love for each other. They stick together out of necessity. Aria’s very confrontational, and probably about as smart as Adagio (she did note the simplistic pattern in Adagio’s plans, and also that she had one of her own that was apparently different). So. What keeps her in line? Why does she immediately drop the idea of contesting Adagio’s authority from a simple shirt grab? Why do both backup girls flinch whenever Adagio moves one of her hands in their respective directions (outside of song & dance scenes)? How do you think she gets away with controlling how they express their emotions when it suits her?
It is not outright stated, but it is very heavily implied that Adagio uses threats of physical violence to maintain obedience. Threats which have to have maintained their effectiveness on people who were imprisoned in a strange world and in alien bodies, and desperately hungry for over a thousand years. Empty threats cannot do that. In fact, in order for even fulfilled threats to work, the violence used has to stay ahead of the curve of adaptability. Which means Adagio had to hurt whichever of them contested her authority at the moment (likely Aria the majority of the time, given that Sonata still seems innocent and oblivious) more than her escalating tolerance for torment could compensate for.
If you watch their interactions carefully, you can see that Sonata was also not safe in this relationship, as illustrated in the scene where Adagio stops her in the hallway by reaching out an arm to block her. Sonata reacts to this by stopping immediately and covering her gem with both hands. This means that Adagio has threatened Sonata’s gem enough times for her to remember it subconsciously and worry that the threat might be carried out without warning.
In short, Aria and Sonata are nominally monsters because their livelihoods threaten the well-being of the ponies and humans (who we care about). They share this trait with Changelings, hydras, ursas, timber wolves, and dragons, to name a few. Adagio is a true monster because of what she is implied to have done to her peers.
@ShimmeringStallion
I’m not even going to watch that, because it is explicitly stated in the Hyrule Historia that Link isn’t dead, he’s in another dimension.
@Painfulldarksoul
I’m sure she’d be willing to if she was ever in a situation that warranted it. When we meet her, she’s spent over a thousand years stuck in a teenage body on the edge of starvation as a codependent with a person she sees as an idiot, and as the subordinate of a psychopath who maintains her obedience with enough physical violence (not shown) that even the slightest threats thereof (seen in the movie) bring instant obedience. Considering those factors, I think she turned out rather sweet.
I think the Dazzlings each represent a different facet of evil:
Adagio: Malevolence
Aria: Fear (of authority, typically a catalyst for indoctrination)
Sonata: Ignorance
The Sirens, incidentally, share an interesting trait with the Changelings in that to them, what they do to become enemies of the ponies is not evil. It’s how they get by. They just happen to be higher on the food chain than the ponies. I mean sure, there’s a lot of unnecessary (as far as we know) cruelty involved in the process, but why should they care? There’s no rule anywhere that says you have to be nice to your food.
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