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The main characters are far closer to being Mary Sues than Starlight ever was.
Dude, didn’t we talk in unpopular opinions? The only episode where Starlight’s “Mary Sueness” solves the problem is A Royal Problem, in every other episode Starlight’s magic either is the problem or doesn’t fix anything.
And Starlight doesn’t use anything to excuse not being judged, no one likes to be judged, deserving or not. This merely show Starlight’s self-awareness of her actions, the one who punishes Starlight more than anyone else is Starlight herself.
The main characters are far closer to being Mary Sues than Starlight ever was.
Twilight:
*is the unicorn with the most raw ability Princess Celestia had ever seen
*is the personal apprentice of Princess Celestia
*is destined to wield the most powerful magic known to ponydom
*is gift-wrapped five friends from the get-go’
*gets to become an alicorn princess
*the list goes onStarlight is just a gifted unicorn in a setting where gifted unicorns are plentiful enough that there’s a dedicated school for them.
The Mane 6 might have some strengths, but they also have some weaknesses, which make them relatable.
Cutie Map, Cutie Remark, All bottled up, Uncommon bond and A royal problem show that Starlight is more powerful than an alicorn.
-Nobody questions her
-She’s more powerful than the alicorns
-Solves anything with magic
-Her magic is like the cheat codes from a GTA game (such as age regression, time travel spells and swapping cutie marks like nothing, a spell that invalidates the identity and the purpose of having a cutie mark that was stablished in Call of the Cutie)
-Everyone loves her
If by writing MMM you mean the Pinkie Pie detective episode, to be honest it’s one of the few episodes in season 2 that I didn’t like.
In Boast Busters Twilight managed to sleep that giant bear, but she took her time and it was only in the third act of the story. It’s not like it was an important detail in the episode, because the focus was in Trixie and how she glorifies her attitude.
To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Lesson Zero and It’s about time. In the first episode Twilight wanted to manipulate other ponies, but at least it was 2 minutes of a 22 min. episode. It’s not like Every little thing she does, where two thirds of the entire episode was basically Starlight manipulating Twilight’s friends. And the second episode was a bit forgettable.
If you want to defend a character such as Starlight, that’s fine. I have no problem with that. But pointing out the Mane 6 just to say that “they are more mary sues than Starlight” is not convincing, especially compared to what she did in previous seasons and what she can do. If by defending a character we have to point out other characters as if they are responsibles of Starlight’s shenanigans, then it would be a rabbit hole with no end, because eventually everyone is a jerk just by arguing first that “the mane 6 are more mary sues than Starlight”.
If the writers really wanted to touch some redemption themes with Starlight, then they should consider other type of blueprint they actually have.
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