What if a pony from Starlight's village wants her to go back to her old way?

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

This is something that came up in my head.  Perhaps there was a friendship mission that required both Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer, all at Starlight's old village.  The problem turned out to be a villager who wants Starlight to go back to her old ways, to replace all unique cutie marks with equal signs, even though what she did was hypocritical.  And no matter how much both Starlight and Twilight try to convince this pony, said pony doesn't seem to care.

What do you guys think of this idea?  Starlight being shocked that one pony wants her to go back to her old ways?

[Princess Book Horse 350]

Sort of interesting, but I think it's more likely that said pony would practice magic and brainwash the village like Starlight used to. Maybe Twilight and Starlight would then get called by the map to stop him/her.

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

2 hours ago, Princess Book Horse said:

Sort of interesting, but I think it's more likely that said pony would practice magic and brainwash the village like Starlight used to. Maybe Twilight and Starlight would then get called by the map to stop him/her.

Not exactly my idea.  Instead, they notice the pony with the equal sign on his/her flank, and said pony calls out Starlight for abandoning her mission of equality.  And when Starlight counters, even by calling herself a hypocrite in her belief, said pony continues to chew Starlight out, even going as far as to make her cry.

 

Edit: Also, if I was in charge of casting, I would cast Vic Mignogna as the voice of this pony, maybe have him flip out over being called small as a nod to Edward Elric on Fullmetal Alchemist.

Edited August 13, 2017 by SaburoDaimando

[CypherHoof 26,479]

There is nothing wrong with one (or even a group) of ponies wanting to "escape" their cutie marks, as such. However, if the cutie marks really DO reflect their true selves, why would they want to?... and odds are good that the ponies wouldn't actually want that, they would want to force other ponies to be no better than they are, which isn't acceptable.

[Hierok 11,829]

It is a good idea, but what is the motive of that pony then. Trying to make everypony weak so Chrysalis can take over? 

[cmarston1 5,951]

I mean it could be an interesting topic to tackle, but I am not sure how the show would go about doing so.

[Princess Book Horse 350]

On 8/13/2017 at 3:04 AM, SaburoDaimando said:

Not exactly my idea.  Instead, they notice the pony with the equal sign on his/her flank, and said pony calls out Starlight for abandoning her mission of equality.  And when Starlight counters, even by calling herself a hypocrite in her belief, said pony continues to chew Starlight out, even going as far as to make her cry.

 

Edit: Also, if I was in charge of casting, I would cast Vic Mignogna as the voice of this pony, maybe have him flip out over being called small as a nod to Edward Elric on Fullmetal Alchemist.

That could work too.

 

[Will Guide 21,325]

There's already two uncoming episodes that have a similar problem: "To Change a Changeling" and "Marks and Recreation", I believe. A Changeling that doesn't want to change and a foal that doesn't want a Cutie Mark, respectively.

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

On 8/13/2017 at 2:57 AM, Hierok said:

It is a good idea, but what is the motive of that pony then. Trying to make everypony weak so Chrysalis can take over? 

No.  A Pony who simply preferred Starlight's Old Way because he felt a level of comfort.

[Hierok 11,829]

6 hours ago, SaburoDaimando said:

No.  A Pony who simply preferred Starlight's Old Way because he felt a level of comfort.

Could be, but I think not that anypony would want that. 

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

39 minutes ago, Hierok said:

Could be, but I think not that anypony would want that. 

There's a thing called a Comfort Zone.  PErhaps this pony wanted to be apart of Starlight's crew because of an assumption that he/she has nothing outside of this cult.  And the moment this cult breaks up, the pony in question keeps the equal sign cutie mark because of a means of clinging onto that comfort zone. Hence why the episode is all about helping that pony leave the comfort zone of Starlight's old cult, even if it's Starlight who has to help do the job.

[BoopMan 2,404]

Could be interesting for a future episode but the outcome is predictable.

[Brainstorm 4,092]

I think Starlight would never go back to the pony she use to be.

[SaburoDaimando 1,196]

4 hours ago, Glimmerlicious said:

Could be interesting for a future episode but the outcome is predictable.

I know.  But it's more the execution to getting to the outcome.

[Singe 2,109]

I would suggest the pony continues to believe in the ideals of equality but disagrees with Starlight Glimmer's approach and handling. An adult blank flank would work.

[Guest]

Can happen and it seems pretty interesting. Though it's sorta unlikely to happen atm.

[Ganondox 899]

Why though? They like their new life much better. And if they didn't, would it even be a problem? 

Edited August 23, 2017 by Ganondox