Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-34724302-20180408113750/@comment-4010415-20180418154640

Raijin is right. The "reasons you suck" speech is actually "let me get through to you and show you where you're wrong so that you can start working to improve yourself. It's hard to hear all of this, but you really need to." That's what it is on both RWBY and Equestria Girls.

Sunset had looked down upon Celestia's teachings and sought a shortcut, a faster way to the powerful magic she wanted, and she thought aggression and theft was the right way to do it. Twilight, who followed Celestia's teachings, explained to Sunset why she and her friends were able to defeat her - because friendship, Celestia's teachings, was the right way.

Raven deluded herself into thinking that she was being some sort of great survivor, denying the fact that she was afraid to face Salem. She was in this daydream that Yang totally wouldn't be hurting and upset with her for leaving and never showing her face in 17 years, that Yang would totally be ready to have any semblance of a mother daughter relationship with her. She blinded herself to her own flaws and hypocrisy. When you're in that state of mind, it's impossible to improve yourself because you literally don't see what you need to improve. Yang forcefully exposed to her what she needs to improve. It hurt, it was a tough pill to swallow, but it was necessary. The fact that Raven cried and apologized shows that it may have worked. She may be able to start down the path to becoming a better person.