She’s not evil, she’s just doing bad deeds. She has an abusive parent figure and fears for her own safety if she doesn’t do what she is told. Opaline is the villian because she wants everything for herself and does not care if she causes harm to random Ponies. Misty actually cares about people. She’d like to have friends even though she can’t, and thought sparky was pretty cute and kept him away from Opaline to protect him. A child with an abusive mother who tells her kid to shoplift for her is not a villian, they are just a victim being used. So yes, she is an antagonist but is too kind and innocent to be a villian.

@Tacky3663
villian would imply shes evil, which she is not

@LoreJuniper
I’d probably call her a villain for now. But let’s see where this ends up

Let’s see how this will go with her, but yeah those means similar, but different things.

@Jaredking779
No they dont??? Maybe to a 10 year old they do. Antagonist is any character that opposes the protagonist. You can have villian antagonists and hero antagonists, like L from death note.
Villian is an antagonist thats evil and is the main opposing force

@LoreJuniper
Villain and Antagonist mean the same thing.

@Jaredking779
shes not a villian, shes an antagonist.

@Background Pony #B6AE
Agreeing with you on this one.

@Spiral 晃晃
@Background Pony #547B
BP #B6AE is clearly correct. Misty is a villain, and that Sunny and her friends are Misty’s enemies. Misty has no friends except Opaline. See the G5 MLP Wiki for more information. It’ll tell you the whole story.

@Background Pony #547B
She is

@Jaredking779
Misty isn’t a villain. Opaline is a villain.

@Jaredking779
Nah, Misty just being used by Opaline, she’s too kind and shy to against anypony, especially Opaline (´･ω･|

So much with this claiming Misty is Izzy’s first official unicorn friend, the actual truth is, Misty is Izzy’s first official unicorn enemy, since Misty is a villain and Izzy is the complete opposite, being a heroine.