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This one conflicts me and everyone.  I'm not sure the idea translated well from idea to final product.  It doesn't help that panel four, Twilight's expression can be puzzling. 

Initially the comic was purely going to be based on what Twilight hears in the first panel and it would end with Rarity pointing out all the good things Twilight has in her life.  While we did that, it somehow comes off as if Rarity isn't completing Twilight so much as she is schooling her on reality.  Then Twilight's expression in panel four seems to show that she doesn't like being "told" reality by Rarity.  

Twilight's expression is actually as such because Rarity says to "(not) compare yourself to others" which she than compares Twilight to others in panel four.  Twilight's expression is more towards Rarity's hypocrisy than Twilight being upset with Rarity for pointing out all these good things in her life.

That's on us.  We didn't translate it well and it actually makes Twilight seem a bit snotty, or elitist.... which is fine if people see it that way too.  You can't have a Mary Jane character who is perfect.  So if people can see traits in Twilight they aren't fond of as well, that's fine.

Hopefully all that made some sense.  It is what it is, and we can't change what we published.  By the way the two background characters in panel one are Marie and Apple Cobbler.  Marie has appeared often in the background in our series, often as a friend of Serena's and working at Hay Burger.  She was actually one of the first characters to appear in the series that wasn't Twilight.