#but if Cinch was in the picture for Twilight she would NOT approve of her actions

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Cinch had three charges in her care once, Celestia entrusted her with the day-to-day care of Prince Blueblood, the new Princess Cadence and her student Sunset Shimmer - running a kingdom is difficult enough alone without three young ponies to look after - so when Celestia is absent (often) that means Cinch was in charge of these three ponies. And while the matron of the castle was always rigid about rules and wanted her three charges to uphold her reputation and to build their own budding reputations high, she cared about them very much. You'd have to, spending your time with the same three young ponies for so long, guiding and teaching them to be their best...

By the time Ditzy came into the picture, Cinch was down to two charges. She refused to fail them the way she failed...

Well, with one down, there were two left and she cared so much she wouldn't let anyone ruin them, especially not themselves. Surely they would come to realize Cinch was only helping.

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# (Doubt anyone will read the tags but if you do some bonus lore:

# Sunset leaving meant Celestia decided to take over caring for her new student completely to try and fix her mistakes

# so that's why Twilight isn't Cinch's responsibility and why she doesn't care for that one and whatever happens to her

# but if Cinch was in the picture for Twilight she would NOT approve of her actions

# not morally speaking Cinch is pretty firmly amoral

# but Twilight would probably be a humiliating blight on her already tenuous reputation

# so y'know - that's why Cinch is bothered with Blueblood and Cadence but not Twily)

# Cinch is not a good person and she will not be receiving a redemption once things fall apart - she definitely screwed up with these kids

# but she does legitimately care about them it's just she's such a damaged old mare that her help hurts them more often - her redemption

# if she gets one - will definitely be therapy or sumn...

Cinch had three charges in her care once, Celestia entrusted her with the day-to-day care of Prince Blueblood, the new Princess Cadence and her student Sunset Shimmer - running a kingdom is difficult enough alone without three young ponies to look after - so when Celestia is absent (often) that means Cinch was in charge of these three ponies. And while the matron of the castle was always rigid about rules and wanted her three charges to uphold her reputation and to build their own budding reputations high, she cared about them very much. You'd have to, spending your time with the same three young ponies for so long, guiding and teaching them to be their best...

By the time Ditzy came into the picture, Cinch was down to two charges. She refused to fail them the way she failed...

Well, with one down, there were two left and she cared so much she wouldn't let anyone ruin them, especially not themselves. Surely they would come to realize Cinch was only helping.