@Background Pony #4426  
All very true…and honestly, Sour Sweet seems to have some kind of…problems. And even she takes some of the responsibility for causing the problem at the end, while pinning the rest on Cinch is rather justified.
 
I honestly like that they made the Shadowbolts not flat-out evil caricatures, just instead reasonably realistic private high school girls. Makes for a much more convincing turn for the heroic at the end, and it’s a nice break from the usual villains. Sort of funny, I never thought Equestria Girls would be the place to find antagonist depth–but with Sunset and them combined, it’s easily the best in that department.

@Lawful Girly
 
IMO the only one really nasty to SciTwi was Sour Sweet. In the bus and archery scenes, she really is a big meanie, as Fluttershy would say.
 
Lemon is obnoxious but not mean.
 
Indigo acted similarly to Lemon Zest. Not so much being mean to Twi as just overwhelming her with her personality. I’m sure a lot of other Crystal Prep students cringe when Ms. ARE WE GONNA WIIIIIIIN?! gets close to them.
 
Sunny is justifiably annoyed that Twi has tackled her. Her amusement at Sour Sweet’s berating Twi is kind of mean though.
 
Like you said, Sugarcoat is mostly just brutally honest. It WAS a shitty speech and Twi was REALLY bad at archery….

@Sr Pelusa  
To be fair, Sugarcoat was kind of decent to her. She was trying to tell her to stick up for herself at one point, remember, even if she did it in her own way.

that asshole is the only one who wans’t a total jerk to Science Twilight, at last consciously

She don’t give a fuck what you say.

And she somehow managed to point at the one Shadowbolt (not counting Twilight) who isn’t an asshole.

Yeah, stealing everybody’s hearts and all that. Who does she think sh–  
(heart stolen by Lemon Zest)  
Dammit…

@ThisGuyHasNoName  
LOL

I think Dash just kicked an ant hill….