What if Starlight Glimmer returned differently?

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Lets go back to when Starlight Glimmer ran into the gave. What if she returned later on in the show with a different plan, and if so, what would it be? 

[Evil Pink One 12,986]

Still go to the past.... But...

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@Kujamih

This is how I would have changed Starlight Glimmer.

In Starlight's youth, she was a lousy blank flank that struggled with everything when she was younger. She was bullied for having a blank flank and was deeply hurt by this. Her grief turned into rage that she directed to those bullies, and so she turned introverted. There was one pony however, that saw Starlight as an equal. That was Sunburst, who was also a blank flank. Starlight was initially extremely closed off and had a hard time opening up to because of her grief. Eventually the 2 became friends after she opened up.

Starlight came up with the idea of a society where everyone was equal and nobody treated anyone else differently. She blamed cutie marks for this and wanted to find a way to destroy them from everyone. When Starlight learned of this talent and improved her magic, that is when she got her cutie mark first before others. After FINALLY receiving her cutie mark she became extremely self centered and egotistical. Sunburst hadn't gotten his cutie mark yet. Starlight stole the cutie marks of the bullies and locked the cutie marks away in jars, and stole the cutie mark of the mayor of the town and gave it to Sunburst, despite him not wanting anything to do with her any longer. She had thought about what she would replace ponies' cutie marks with, that would be an equal sign.

Sunburst gathered a mob of ponies to chase Starlight out of the town, this deeply hurt and made Starlight feel extremely betrayed. She however, blamed herself for this. In her grief, she tried to remove her own cutie mark but no matter what she did - it would always come back. She also blamed Sunburst for this as well. She ran away from the town.

Eventually, Starlight would build her own town in the desert and convince ponies she met that would stay behind. She would have made them accept 'equality'...which in all reality would make them her slaves and brainwash them into her loyal servants. Starlight then she found a scripture that said, “If anyone where to claim the Mark of a Princess for one self, then he or she will become an Alicorn and be worshiped”. Starlight then came up with a new scheme that she would hunt down a Princess and claim her cutie mark for herself an alicorn get revenge on those who have wronged her and purge the world of Cutie Marks. She also planned to make herself the only pony with a Cutie Mark and special talents so that she can be better and far more superior than others, because by now, her grief turned into pure ego.

All would be well for Starlight Glimmer until Twilight Sparkle arrived in her town. Everything would end up being the same, Starlight would run away into the cave that she knew very well. Later on, Starlight would sneak into Twilight's castle in an attempt to steal Twilight's cutie mark. She makes a fatal flaw in this plan, Twilight's friends ended up finding her out but Starlight would overpower them, and capture them. Starlight Glimmer forced Twilight to give up her cutie mark, but Starlight also stole the cutie marks of the mane 6 and became an all powerful alicorn Princess.

The mane 6 tried to use the elements of harmony against Starlight but that fails. Discord, Celestia, and Luna among others eventually overpower and defeat Starlight. Forced to return the cutie marks she stole, she would revert back to her normal form. They also took Starlight's ability to take cutie marks. She would agree to reform...a few days later...she ran away and escaped capture. She planned to destroy the mane 6 and reclaim her powered up form once and for all.

When Grogar returned to Equestria, she was teleported there along with the new villains. Grogar gave her a new cutie mark that gave her access to all dark magic, cutie mark magic, among many other things. It was the 'mark' of Grogar shown here. 



In all reality, this just confined her to Grogar's will. She was given all the power she had wanted, however was forced to obey Grogar. She even became his second in command. Deep down however, the seeds of her...awakening to what she had done grew in her mind. She became all powerful, and upon the final battle with Grogar and the villains, she would snap and turn on Grogar and the others.

After the battle, the villains lay defeated, and Starlight...accepted friendship once and for all and gave up her power to return to her old self once again. Upon realizing what friendship was, she convinced the villains to reform as she did...all but Grogar, who was returned to his prison in the stars.
 

[Evil Pink One 12,986]

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 You practically changed everything.... Why not make a new story/character instead

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9 hours ago, Kujamih said:

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 You practically changed everything.... Why not make a new story/character instead

Thats entirely doable although I'd ruin canon by doing so.