Rarity is the most compatible with that same flaw, and the easiest to manipulate because of it. She wanted people to appreciate her work.
When it comes down to it, what trait did the Nightmares exploit in Luna? Vanity. Doesn't Luna/Twilight team have any other way to contact Celestia? I find it hard to believe. The problem with this is, pony they had greatest need to contact, expert on nightmares, Luna, was right there with them.While I don't know about Rarity (it could just be a target of opportunity), but Spike has the ability to send messages and objects between himself and Celestia.Why Celestia and Luna didn't call Mane 5 on this?
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Also, why exactly Mane 5 + Luna took Spike with themselves? Yes, out-of-story answer is probably extra-clichéy repetition of ending of Secret of My Excess, but how characters justify that in-story? They never take him to fight villains in animated series precisely because he is a load and would just be 'dragon in distress' next to any serious villain, which these undoubtedly are. So, why exactly is Rarity, not Twilight taken by the horrors? Rarity seems to be much stronger willed and harder to snap, after all, not to mention much less combat capable.You'd think Twilight at least (the one who first caught Chrysalis' bullshit last time) would have suspected something was off.
It seems pretty clear the changelings "infected" the ponies like Chrysalis did to Shining Armor and her bridemaids, then brought them all to the town hall and started cocooning them so they could take their place.They don't really need to since the whole thing is just a first step in Chrysalis' plan to lure the Six to her. just not really putting any effort into the charade of taking over Ponyville. From a Line to God: They aren't really zombies.However, the changelings impersonating Derpy and Pinkie had neither permanent glowing eyes nor a zombie-like behavior. What are "infected" ponies and how does Twilight know about them? I first assumed that they were ponies under a spell, like Cadance's bridemaids and Shining Armor in A Canterlot Wedding, but the dialogue and all the captured ponies suggest they are changelings in disguise.