WARNING! There are spoilers for the season 6 finale ahead so if you haven't seen it, don't read this blog!

Starlight Glimmer is a character that I initially hated, I have made that clear on the forums. I originally viewed her as being insanely overpowered for no reason, having a terrible backstory and just being a character that didn't deserve what she was getting, the Twilight pupil thing.

I will go ahead and say that I do still think that her backstory is meh and not detailed enough AND I do think she is still overpowered for no reason. Those for me hold true. However, after seeing the season 6 finale, I can say now that I don't have a negative view overall on her as a character. In fact, I am actually starting to like her! Crazy.

In the season 6 finale, I saw her character in such a good way that the rest of the season didn't do as well. While I have liked a couple of the episodes with her in it, she never fulled clicked for me. Now, the finale has given me something awesome to see her as! See, in the finale, we see her continuing to interact with Trixie, which I friggin' love that! Her interacting with a former antagonist like that and connect with her is so cool and it is pretty cute too. Showing that Starlight really wants to be a friend with her and have a real connection is awesome to see. Then when she went to her old village, she became overwhelmed and became terrified. Seeing her shaking like that actually made me feel sorry for her and it was a moment of weakness that I really wanted to see from her, as weird as it might sound. Seeing her struggle like that makes me see that her character is definitely not perfect despite her immense magical abilities.

Then we see her interacting with Discord too in a funny way, and when they go to the changeling kingdom, that is one of the best parts of the episode. Why? Because Starlight could not use her magic there! That alone made her interact in such a better way because she had to work with others and cooperate with them fully to succeed. Like I said, I think Starlight is still just too overpowered with magic but here, we got to see that she can succeed without using her magic, meaning that she can get stuff done without being overpowered! Solves a problem she was having in season 6.

Not only this, but she had a wonderful message at the end of it, trying to befriend Chrysalis in a way that she could relate, which of course Chrysalis and Starlight did not become a princess like I fear. I found this to be a lot better for her character, because I still think she needs more time to simmer. Glimmer Simmer. With such great moments with her in this finale, it is great setup for her to go further and then, if she does become a princess. I might be completely fine with it later on and it will reflect on all that Twilight was able to help her with too.

So in conclusion, I have to say well done to the writers for making me actually like Starlight now. I was hoping I could at least be neutral to her, but it is better than that. I didn't want to dislike her before but I could not get into the idea. Boy how things have quickly changed. It makes me happy to see her character improve so much. ^-^ I am looking forward to see what they do with her in season 7.