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This is a panel from a silly comic I've made a couple of days ago. I usually don't put my comics on Derpibooru, but I edited this panel (although it doesn't have a good resolution, sorry) so we have a chance to talk about Starlight Glimmer.

One of my complaints about season 6 is that Starlight, after episodes such as The Crystalling, No second prances and A hearth's warming tail, where she said she wants to redeem herself, she did the complete opposite thing in Every little thing she does. And it's not like she was crazy like Twilight in Lesson Zero. She was doing it like she didn't even care, at least that was my impression.

For me, personally, It's even worse when the ending was pretty quick. The apologies were very quick. And Twilight's friends accepted these apologies so well that they didn't even mention it after that episode, as if they shouldn't cuestion the decisions of Starlight. In fact, nopony has ever talked about that. It kinda reminds me of Man of Steel, where Superman kills some innocent people and destroys Metropolis.

I know it sounds very nitpicking for many (I'm going to be in the minority here), but, if you want to create a character who wants to redeem herself, why wouldn't you do something similar to Diamond Tiara in Crusaders of the lost mark for example? At least they made a reason why she was mean to the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the five seasons, and you even feel sorry for her. And it worked because of the dialogue, the story, the music, the presentation of her mother and her final redemption. Or something like Gilda from that episode in season 5.

I'm aware that many people really like Starlight, and that's completely understandable (episodes like A hearth's warming tale has good intentions). And I accepted that the season 7 (and that upcoming movie) will be even more focused on her than season 6. I just think this episode doesn't hold up (and I confess I didn't enjoy watching it).

So what do you think about Starlight in Every little thing she does? Do you think it's a great episode? Do you think the episode is not necessary after all the previous build-up? Or do you have a different and interesting idea?

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Posted previously at: 2017-04-05T11:24:10 | Posted previously by: Ring Team