BastementSparkle

The two examples given are acceptable due to the fact she's the main character and our real eyes in the world. Couplednwirh the fact she and her friends are the avatars for the elements of friendship, this seems reasonable. If the world's problems could be solved by everybody and not just the name six, we would have no reason for the elements xD Starlight and the other's victory made sense though, it shows us in the episode how they do it. Starlight's a capable leader, Trixie's illusions turn out to be useful for more than just her stage show, Discord is distracting with or without magic, and Thorax's ability to shapeshift and navigate through the hive. All of these things come in handy, take even one of them off the team and I doubt they would have made it. Obviously the big threats can't just be solved by everypony, but on the other side if we make it so the world's threats can ONLY be solved by the Mane Six...that's a little boring and predictable. What? No, I couldn't disagree more with you here. The majority opinion is not "Right", just because it's a majority. An opinion can't be right or wrong, unless said opinion is something going against concrete fact, and fact isn't decided by how many people believe something. I'll argue with you all day on why Starlight is not a Mary Sue, but you aren't wrong for disliking her. If someone tries to tell you there's something wrong with you because you disagree with them on a cartoon, ignore them.

I wouldn't say her flaws are "Convenient", they pop up in basically every episode she's in. Her abuse of magic shows up in "No Second Prances" when she forces Big Mac to talk, is one of the main focuses of "Every little thing she does" where she tries to use magic to mind control her friends just to do simple Friendship problems. Which also shows her manipulating others without even realizing the consequences until Twilight and Spike point them out to her, and her self-doubt in that she doesn't even think she can spend time with friends properly without them thinking she's "Bad at it". "To Where and Back again" kind of touches on her self-doubt too, she doesn't even think she can help set up a festival, fearing she'll take control and hurt ponies again. Season 10 has more self-doubt in her feeling she's not ready to leave Twilight yet, and her nightmare about the Evil Princesses that she feels might happen because of her mistakes. Plus, "All Bottled Up" shows her suppressing some pretty clear anger issues that she's not effectively communicating, and again using her magic to solve a problem that she could just talk out with Trixie. She's been working through her issues a bit more each episode she's in. Her biggest enemy is herself, her self-doubt and her tendency to fall back on her old ways. As for her various victories and accomplishments, I don't think any of them are too bad. The first two, her village and her Time-Travel plan were both done when she was a villain, and both times she ended up ultimately "Losing" to Twilight and friends. Well, the second time she stood down. Both plans fit with her talents, she is clearly shown to be both a good leader and good at magic when not doubting herself. As for "To Where and Back again". How's it any different than say, Twilight and her friends going on a dangerous adventure to stop Nightmare Moon or Discord? Starlight uses her wits and leadership skills to help her and the others get through the Changeling Hive, but she never would have made it to the end without the others helping her on her way. She didn't do everything herself, Discord still distracted the guards, Trixie and Thorax lured Changeling's away with their Showtricks and Shapeshifting, etc. Starlight wouldn't have made it to the end on her own, and even at the end she fails to reform Chrysalis, doesn't she? Chrissy smacks that hoof of Friendship away and spits in her face.

Can't comment on your thoughts for the EQG special, sorry. Only read a bit of that but I'd rather not get spoiled. As for the rest of your argument...Sorry, I can't see how Starlight could possibly be a Mary Sue. Yes, she's powerful. Yes, she's talented. She's also one of the most flawed characters in the show. Even after her reformation she struggles with herself regularly, she constantly slips into her old habits of abusing her magic and manipulating others around her, she's impulsive and doesn't fully think through the consequences of her actions, she's had issues controlling her anger, etc. She didn't learn how to fix these things quickly either, she's still struggling with them this season too as Episode 10 "A Royal Problem" shows, and while that episode ended well and her impulsive decision turned out to be the right one, it was still an impulsive decision that could have gone awfully wrong. She later in the episode has an awful nightmare about it too, literally beginning to believe she's going to cause the sisters to turn into their Nightmare selves. She's her own harshest critic. Starlight's got a lot of good things going for her, but she's got too many flaws and imperfections for me to consider her a Mary Sue. It's those very flaws that have made me adore her.

I can't drive and have absolutely no desire to. All it'd take is a single little mistake or slip-up and it could cost me my life, or the life of someone else. Those things are death traps and I'd never want to be put in control of one.

Because I have zero interest in a relationship. Don't see the point in it, what do I have to gain? Doubt I have much to offer to a relationship either. Especially since I already have a best friend who's probably better than any Girlfriend could be.

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415759 I loved both Jak and Ratchet as a kid, the Sly Cooper games too. I've still got my old PS2 and a Super Nintendo as well. I've heard a little bit about Hollow Knight, but haven't looked into it much yet. Guess I should get on that.

415757 Lot's of nostalgic games recently, PS2/Gamecube stuff. Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, old Sonic games, etc. Some indie games I never got around to trying out like Shovel Knight and Freedom Planet, which were both pretty cool. A run of Isaac every now and then too, of course.

415754 What games have you been playing recently? Also, thanks. No meds for me so far, but I'm going to doctor visits and all that. Greetings and Salutations Filly. Indeed, it seems my name does have a double meaning in this case.

415749 Watching Ponies, playing video games, dealing with awful chronic health issues...Not much really. How about you, Retro?