#Stygian ember series

Evil Counterpart: To her old flight school friend Rainbow Dash, who has her arrogance and brashness without being a jackass all the time.

Deadpan Snarker: In 'The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone' she's evolved into this, with a dash of Silent Snarker.

Clingy Jealous Girl: Sees Pinkie Pie as a third wheel in her relationship with Rainbow Dash and tries driving her off.

She also appears during Gallus's flashback in 'The Hearth's Warming Club', taking part in the griffons' Blue Moon Festival.

She is briefly seen in a Flashback during 'The Fault in Our Cutie Marks', giving Gabby a letter to deliver to Rainbow Dash.

The Bus Came Back: She reappears in 'The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone' in Season 5.

The Bully: Shunning Pinkie Pie and driving Fluttershy to tears.

The pedestal is rebuilt after she (Gilda) helps save her and Pinkie's lives. She shouldn't have bullied Rainbow's other friends behind her back in the first place.

Break the Haughty: Pinkie Pie's party eventually does this to her, thanks to her coincidentally triggering all of Rainbow Dash's pranks.

She legitimately was one before she Took a Level in Jerkass, but they patched up that relationship.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Rainbow Dash thought Gilda was like her brash and cocky but overall a Nice Girl.

Berserk Button: Becomes visibly incensed whenever anypony laughs at her, even in good fun.

Badbutt: She's portrayed as being rougher than Rainbow Dash, but with an even heavier dose of Totally Radical and some copiously kid-friendly insults to go with it.

#Stygian ember series

Back for the Finale: She returns in the series finale as one of the members of The Cavalry.Alpha Bitch: She has elements of this trope, such as the bitchiness, though she's more tomboyish than most.From what we hear in 'The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone', this appears to be true with all griffons, whose names all start with a 'G'.

This would have been even more true of her originally planned name 'Grizelda'.

Alliterative Name: Although she's never referred to as 'Gilda the Griffon' in-universe.

Aerith and Bob: Gilda is friends with Rainbow Dash and trying to avoid Pinkie Pie.Adaptation Name Change: The Hub's synopsis of ' Griffon the Brush Off' refers to her as Grizelda Lauren Faust says ' her original name was Grizelda, but it didn't pass legal.'.She returns in Season 5's ' The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone' when Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie visit the griffon kingdom. Rainbow Dash sees her as a Cool Big Sis, but Gilda thinks she's vastly superior to all the ponies save Rainbow and enjoys picking on them. Voiced by: Maryke Hendrikse note according to these two tweets by Kelly MetzgerĪ griffon and an old friend of Rainbow Dash's from flight camp. Rousseau Was Right: Their reformations have set a high bar for how much cruelty one can redeem themselves of.As Spike puts it, 'he (Discord) may be reformed but he's not that reformed'. Discord still likes his trickery, Trixie is still a braggart, Sunset is still a hothead, etc. Reformed, but Not Tamed: Just because they're no longer evil doesn't mean that they are goody-goodies.A Lighter Shade of Black: In a series with shockingly heinous villains, they had something that made them less so then others, leaving their redemptions on the table.It is what defines this category, after all. Heel≯ace Turn: The degree of their being heels vary, but all eventually wind up on the side of good.Downplayed with Sunset Shimmer, whose primary character arc revolves around feeling unworthy of the forgiveness she received from her new friends and still needing to earn the trust of those outside the group. In cases such as Discord, it is even lampshaded they did very little to deserve redemption. Easily Forgiven: Several of them commit pretty atrocious deeds in their villainous run, but get accepted with maybe a small bit of lingering distrust at worst.Being Evil Sucks: To one extent or another they all find that staying evil/bad only results in their own misery or loneliness and the 'benefits' are just not worth that, motivating them to change.