Words can destroy. What we call each other

ultimately becomes what we think of each

other, and it matters.

—Jeane Kirkpatrick

I’m absolutely sick of all the hate Celestia is getting. I’ve never seen a character so mistreated in any other fandom.

I just felt like I needed to draw this.

When we slap untrue labels on people and ponies alike, others begin to see only the label, and not the true being underneath.

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Made in Photoshop CS2

Approximate time spent on it: 10 hours