In Season 3, Twilight becomes an alicorn, then later after the defeat of Tirek,
a castle replaces her old library. But even though her friends
helped in both cases, they don't seem to earn anything themselves. It makes them feel like
filler characters in my opinion, the only ones that appear important to the story are Starlight Glimmer and Twilight. I think it would have felt better if some of her friends
lived in Twilights castle too, or if a couple of them were important to saving
equestria on their own, like what Glimmer went through. I don't think making all of them an alicorn is a good solution though. What do you think?