I just thought of something: How is Opaline supposed to be evil in G5 when her relationship to Misty is identical to Twilight’s relationship with Spike? The only difference is the music and line reading is changed so that the abuse scenes come off as funny rather than scary. But it’s the same! In fact, Twilight is probably MORE abusive when you stop to think about it.

Does Opaline exist to make the viewers rethink Twilight and realize that they’re the same?