Do You Think Sunset Shimmer Counts As a "Mane" Character?

[LuckyLollipop 11]

I think it's half and half when it comes to Sunset being part of the Mane Six. Sure, she's friends with them and has been involved in two villain defeats so far, but does it really count when she's only in the Equestria Girls movies and is friends with only the human counterparts plus Twilight? What do you think?

[Castle Bleck 19,334]

Like you said, it looks half-and-half to me.

[PiratePony 8,475]

I'd say so only in the realm of the Equestria Girls movies. The fan term I've seen in "HuMane 7" (or is it 8 now, with two Twilys?). Since she's never been in Friendship Is Magic, nor do I think she will for any length, if at all, she's not part of the Mane 6 in that world. 

 

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[Drunk Not I Am 1,070]

i'd like to think so. I agree with A.V.

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

She's a main character only in the EQG movies.

[Concerned Bystander 2,902]

She's a character in a spin-off that is only loosely related to FiM, she may inhabit Twilight's space in the 'huMane six' in EQG, but as far as I'm aware, EQG is not considered canon within FiM.

 

She is certainly a main character in the EQG films, but she has no relevance in FiM.

[Dark Qiviut 22,388]

Only in the EQG-'verse. The main series doesn't acknowledge its existence so you won't be forced to watch it to be familiar with the show.

[DeadAccount 4,603]

Not in the FiM universe but in the EG universe, she is.

[Megas 27,588]

In EQG yes, but not in the show. That said, some fans like to include her because she's gotten so popular in EQG

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

I personally tend to look at EqG and FiM as different parts of the same universe. As such, I tend to count Sunset Shimmer on equal footing with the Mane 6 from FiM.

[cmarston1 5,959]

Well she is the main character of the EQG spin off.

But as a member of the mane 6, I don't think so.

She is more of the main leader of an alternate version of the mane 6.

So technically she counts as a mane character.

[Biggybrony 244]

Simply she is in the EG movies but not in the main series which she has nothing to do with.

[----- 477]

I hate the term "mane6" when people talk about the humans SO MUCH. u-u'

 

Equestria Girls has two (or rather three) main characters, which are Sunset and Twilight (both Twilight's).

But Sunset had also the rare case that she was a villian at first, so that she had to make her way to the main character she is now.

With Friendship Games she became the most important main character, after all the movies are mostly her story so far.

 

But only in the movies. So no, as long she is not shown or mentioned in the show itself, she is not a part of it. 

Edited February 5, 2016 by Fluidty

[KillSh0ck4 102]

I mean technically she is a main character but only in the human world but just so everybody can stop taking sides she is just a main character in general.

 

Kinda off topic but to the people saying EQG is non canon or it doesn't say anything about it in FIM go back and watch "three's a crowd" and you can clearly see Flash Sentry is bowing to cadence as she exits the train and he even looks back and blushes.

 

Sorry about that just got tired of seeing that EVERYWHERE!!! on here.

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

Hmmm that's actually kind of a difficult question to answer. She is the main character of the EQG series but that is a spin off series which doesn't really interact with the main series so I guess it really just depends on how you look at it. Overall I'd say she's the main character of the EQG movies but only counts in those films and not the show in general.  So yeah agreeing that it's half-and-half

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[cider float 2,537]

She's more like Twilight Sparkle's substitute than a seventh element. She used magic and friendship like Twilight.

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[cookiequester 32]

I think she's kind of like the Element of Magic for the Equestria Girls world. So, like others, I would say only in their universe.

[cider float 2,537]

I wouldn't since anything you consider her development was rushed and handled in a boring generic way.

[Stormlight 1,371]

I wouldn't consider Sunset Shimmer to be a part of the Mane Six, but I say she counts as a main character in EQG.

[WindShear 532]

I think so, at least in the EQG universe. The last two movies have pretty much been centered around her, and I consider her to be the human element of magic instead of Twilight.

[Crystalline Star MLP 9]

I kind of do Mane 6 for pony world and HuMane 6 or maybe 7 for human world, with Sunset replacing Twilight... It's the most reasonable I could do...

[Starlet Harmony 128]

Unfortunately, i think that she does. I personally REALLY dislike Sunset Shimmer. I loved her as a villain but at the end of the first movie when she went from literally evil and making an army out of kids, and blowing things up to "I wan't to be your friend" in literally 5 minutes... it was a little much and I just think that her character is really weak (especially compared to the mane 6 who have such prominate stereotype characters). But because she is in all of the movies just as much as the mane 6, if not more, I think she would be considered a main character... But because she is not part of the mane 6 in the actual show, (and EG can be considered NOT cannon) I don't think "the mane 7" is a thing... Hopefully that made sense haha!

I think her place is to replace twilight.

[NeonCobalt 256]

For EQG, I'd say she counts as a "mane" character. For general purposes, not really, because she hasn't made an appearance outside the films.

[Sketchy Tail 206]

In MLP:FiM, sadly, no. 

 

In EQG, I would think so.