Is Starlight more Powerful than Twilight?

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Feedback on how I could improve would really help!

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Improving tip: Try to always use high-quality images, a few of the ones you used weren't as good as they could be, mainly the ones showed at 1:39 to 1:45.

Video discussion: Starlight for Alicorn confirmed A few ponies seem to be more inclined to be better at magic than others, perhaps Starlight simply comes from a powerful family. Inb4 she's related to Star Swirl the Bearded.

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39 minutes ago, ImDaMisterL said:

Improving tip: Try to always use high-quality images, a few of the ones you used weren't as good as they could be, mainly the ones showed at 1:39 to 1:45.

Thanks. Didn't really notice that during editing due to everything being lower quietly to allow for smoother editing. I will remember to check the resolution of the images themselves next time.

41 minutes ago, ImDaMisterL said:

Video discussion: Starlight for Alicorn confirmed A few ponies seem to be more inclined to be better at magic than others, perhaps Starlight simply comes from a powerful family. Inb4 she's related to Star Swirl the Bearded.

That's very likely as she is extremely powerful. After all judging by shinning armour twilight also comes from a magically gifted family. But it wouldn't explain how she could be more powerful than the embodiment of the element of magic who also happens to be an alicorn. Unless she is an alicorn that lost her wings? *x-files theme*  

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3 minutes ago, Star Gear said:

Unless she is an alicorn that lost her wings? *x-files theme*  

Knowing Hasbro, they might go down this path to make more merch.

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7 minutes ago, ImDaMisterL said:

Knowing Hasbro, they might go down this path to make more merch.

*insert M.A. Larson joke*

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2 minutes ago, Star Gear said:

*insert M.A. Larson joke*

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Just now, ImDaMisterL said:

Yeah, that works.

[K.Rool Addict 718]

Starlight is about on par with Twilight. I might say Twilight has a teensy-tiny edge over her, but not by much. Considering how much Twilight has stacked on her side (alicorn magic, special training under Celestia's wing for a decade+, embodies the element of magic) it is absolutely mind boggling how a mere run-of-the-mill unicorn like Starlight is able to compete.  

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Wait a minute...

 

Starlight Glimmer?

 

Star Swirl The Bearded?

 

 

Edited June 3, 2017 by A.V.

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7 hours ago, K.Rool Addict said:

Starlight is about on par with Twilight. I might say Twilight has a teensy-tiny edge over her, but not by much. Considering how much Twilight has stacked on her side (alicorn magic, special training under Celestia's wing for a decade+, embodies the element of magic) it is absolutely mind boggling how a mere run-of-the-mill unicorn like Starlight is able to compete.  

Yeah it is pretty impressive.

[a random brony 0]

i think they are about the same

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I would say that in terms of raw power, Twilight has the edge due to the power that being an alicorn grants her.  Otherwise, I think Starlight closes the gap caused by their difference in power by being more creative and improvisational (for example, when she combines spells).  That, plus her talent in magic, is what allowed her to fight Twilight to a standstill in The Cutie Re-mark, despite not having the same level of power as Twilight.

Has anyone else noticed that Twilight seems to learn how to cast a spell just from seeing somepony else cast it once?  Like when Starlight encased her and Spike in that crystal, and then she casts the same spell back at her later.  This seems to happen throughout the series; for instance, she watched Celestia cast a shadow spell once in The Crystal Empire, and then uses it later while searching the castle.  One could even point out that the first time we ever saw her teleport is right after Nightmare Moon teleported her away from the others.  With this in mind, any prolonged fight with Starlight could in fact give her the edge in the long run as she learns all the spells that are used against her (UNLESS she has trouble with the aforementioned combined spells that Starlight improvises).