The first season of Twilight dealt with the former Rogue AI’s expanded involvement in the Cybernetic Wars raging throughout America at the time. It set a darker tone than Dixie, and visited many of the cities and States where central government had fallen beneath the threats of depression and terrorism. And then of course there was Twilight. She was not the bubbly and giggly cheerleader that Dixie played. Twilight dressed up in Goth gear and listened to grind metal. Everything about her and the show was just darker than Dixie. The tone worked.