Philweasel 
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Rather tragically she did understand the need for friendship, and often tried, but her friends all tended to die on her. Normally because she both emphasised with and attracted equally damaged souls, half of who became villains. (in fact Littlepip dropped a boxcar on one of her friends)
Funnily enough Celestia ended up becoming one of her oldest and closest friends, simply for how long they knew each other. Since they could actually talk to each other (and as pointed out, were both incredibly old, incredibly damaged individuals who had both given up hope but were too stubborn/afraid to die) they actually forged quite a bond over their decades together.
Friendship is magic is one of the major themes of my fic actually. Wouldn't be MLP without it!
Ultimately, no one is strong, skilled and badass enough to save the world. The only thing that can, is to inspire others to join you in making it better, day by day, and by inspiring heroes after you to continue that work. Quite a few characters protest that they're just as skilled as strong as one of the original heroes, completely missing the fact that they're terrible people with a moral core of jelly, and therefore inspire no one to anything.
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Rather tragically she did understand the need for friendship, and often tried, but her friends all tended to die on her. Normally because she both emphasised with and attracted equally damaged souls, half of who became villains. (in fact Littlepip dropped a boxcar on one of her friends)
Funnily enough Celestia ended up becoming one of her oldest and closest friends, simply for how long they knew each other. Since they could actually talk to each other (and as pointed out, were both incredibly old, incredibly damaged individuals who had both given up hope but were too stubborn/afraid to die) they actually forged quite a bond over their decades together.
Friendship is magic is one of the major themes of my fic actually. Wouldn't be MLP without it!
Ultimately, no one is strong, skilled and badass enough to save the world. The only thing that can, is to inspire others to join you in making it better, day by day, and by inspiring heroes after you to continue that work. Quite a few characters protest that they're just as skilled as strong as one of the original heroes, completely missing the fact that they're terrible people with a moral core of jelly, and therefore inspire no one to anything.