@Background Pony #B252  
No, but I would say they were in a comatose state, and an eternal coma isn’t much different from being dead.

@ArcaneEmperor  

 
Would you say that Discord, Mudbriar and Twilight came back from the dead?

@ArcaneEmperor  

Oops, I’m a dummy lol

@ArcaneEmperor  
This guy gets it.

@Respectful Batpone  

No, no one said anything close to that. A good character is going to have actual reasons and motivations for doing the things they do, a character with a mental illness won’t solely be defined by their mental illness, unless they’re poorly written. Additionally, we have an extremely limited amount of information about Cozy Glow, so even though it’s fairly clear something is wrong in her head, it’s presumptive to what or why, or to dismiss the entirety of her motivation as being predicated on that alone.  

Not always, but we should have some understanding of what makes them operate if we’re going to view them as characters, and not forces of nature or automatons. We should understand both what their goal is, and too some extent, why. With the Joker, to use your own example, we not only understand that he wishes to spread chaos, but that this is because of his desire to make them share in his nihilism. Granted, we never learn exactly why he is the nihilistic terrorist we see, but Batman universes are generally err more to the grim side, so it doesn’t really need explanation.  
What do we know about Cozy Glow’s motivations? Well, she wants to be powerful, and she views friendship as a tool for power, and…that’s it. Why is such a young filly so driven towards power? Why does she view friendship so cynically in such an optimistic world? Hell if we know. It seems kind of lazy to dismiss at as “she’s just crazy.” But, assuming for a moment that’s true, where does that leave us? With the “heroes” imprisoning a crazy child for being crazy, their friend enabling and encouraging her to be crazy some more, and then her being, in essence, publicly executed while said friend walks free?

@Respectful Batpone  
That’s just your opinion and comparing Cozy Glow to the Joker is stupid.

@red45671  
Because in the comics he has had at least 3 separate backstories that have all been labeled as non Canon. every backstory for him gets officially labeled as non canon.

@Respectful Batpone  
Not the right ‘canon’ I guess?

@Respectful Batpone  
Clearly you haven’t seen the 2019 movie.
 
Where does it say it’s not canon?

@WyrmSpawN  
That is not his official backstory. Just an FYI.

@Respectful Batpone  
You might need a better example, given more recent media.

@TheAmazingPeanuts  
So what, someone is supposed to have an explanation for their mental illness? Am I supposed to have some tragic backstory that explains why I have ADHD? Sometimes- No. A MAJORITY of the time, mental illnesses just kinda happen. They’re there when ya come into this world, and they don’t go away til ya leave it.  
And villains don’t even need backstories. Look at the Joker for proof of that.

@ArcaneEmperor  
Her motivation is power but it was never fully explained why she thinks that way.
 
 
@Respectful Batpone  
That’s not excuse for not giving exact reason why she did what she did. Even the writers has reveal that they never given her a backstory.

@TheAmazingPeanuts  
The disorder she seems to have doesn’t exactly need one. Just like Chryssi’s narcissism, it just kinda happens. They can be genetic, but often metal illnesses just sorta… happen. Genetic deviation is a bitch sometimes.

@ArcaneEmperor  
Cozy Glow is a villian has a motivation like Thanos

@AzriBoss  
Which is…?

She has a motivation

I don’t mind Cozy Glow being a villain, but my issue with her is how she become evil. It was never explained in the show.

Aww

@Respectful Batpone  
I just like Cozy Glow fam

@ArcaneEmperor  
hey, WAIT.
 
Are you stalking me or do we just have similar interests? XD

@ArcaneEmperor  
That’s the one. Thank you. Couldn’t find it in a quick google.

The word “guy” confuses me!

@Respectful Batpone  
Conduct disorder. Children can’t be diagnosed with ASPD.

I mean, I’m pretty sure she was chosen specifically for the sociopathy angle.  
Well, antisocial personality disorder, technically, since she’s still a child.