Odium Ansel Sui or just Odium is a fan character from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise. He's the central antagonist of the fanfiction, The Day of Reckoning. Originally just an altruistic wolf who was psychologically manipulated for years in thinking that the Mane Six were evil by a seer named Calypso. After her traumatizing death, he traveled by himself to Equestria to make the heroes pay for their perceived misdeeds.
What makes him sympathetic?[]
- Used to have a sweet, gentle, shy, and curious personality as a young pup.
- Has good intentions and genuinely wants to help other people and stop injustice.
- Was manipulated by Calypso for 27 years into thinking that the Mane Six were evil and that his actions are justified.
- Cares about his mother-figure/mentor, Calypso, and was completely unaware of her manipulation as well as horrified by her death right in front of him.
- He has a sense of honor, shows mercy, and is considerate towards the loved ones of his enemies.
- He suffers from PTSD from his time with Calypso, despite not initially knowing why.
- He does get brutally beaten up and put through a lot more physical and verbal abuse and punishment than he deserves, to the point where he even starts bleeding.
- He can be genuinely affable.
- After realizing for himself how horrible, idiotic, violent, and monstrous he's become, even after learning the truth, when he’s supposed to be helping others and stopping injustice, he genuinely sees himself as completely irredeemable, rejects the Mane Six's friendship, and wants to be punished for all the pain he tried to put them through, even if it meant death or imprisonment for eternity and accepts it with fortitude, regardless of his intentions or past circumstances.
- Even after being punished, he still refuses their friendship and decides to leave to fix the rest of his mistakes by himself and go back to helping others and stopping injustice.