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> I don't see that in someone like Starlight.[/bq]



 
Just because you have great magical power doesn't mean you're _*not_* emotionally vulnerable, as gingerninja said. Discord is probably another example of this, in more than one case, even if he's noticeably more abrasive than Starlight is.

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At the best of times, Starlight's magic is _*secondary_* to solving a given friendship problem (||A Royal Problem, where the ponies in question still had to reflect on the matter, which wasn't forced along per se||), when it's not causing it outright, not helping, and/or making it worse. S7 has multiple examples of this. Someone can fixate on "Starlight's a pretty powerful pony" all they like, and be within their rights to do so, but the show never distanced itself from that line of thinking with Starlight, from S5 to S9, pre-reform or post, and I feel it's missing the point to not see it that way.


 
You said it pretty well, all-in-all.

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[bq]I don't see that in someone like Starlight.[/bq]

Just because you have great magical power doesn't mean you're _not_ emotionally vulnerable, as gingerninja said. Discord is probably another example of this, in more than one case, even if he's noticeably more abrasive than Starlight is.

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At the best of times, Starlight's magic is _secondary_ to solving a given friendship problem, when it's not causing it outright, not helping, and/or making it worse. S7 has multiple examples of this. Someone can fixate on "Starlight's a pretty powerful pony" all they like, and be within their rights to do so, but the show never distanced itself from that line of thinking with Starlight, from S5 to S9, pre-reform or post, and I feel it's missing the point to not see it that way.

You said it pretty well, all-in-all.

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[bq]I don't see that in someone like Starlight.[/bq]

Just because you have great magical power doesn't mean you're _not_ emotionally vulnerable, as gingerninja said. Discord is probably another example of this, in more than one case, even if he's noticeably more abrasive than Starlight is.

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At best, Starlight's magic is _secondary_ to solving a given friendship problem, when it's not causing it outright, not helping, and/or making it worse. S7 has multiple examples of this. Someone can fixate on "Starlight's a pretty powerful pony" all they like, and be within their rights to do so, but the show never distanced itself from that line of thinking with Starlight, from S5 to S9, pre-reform or post, and I feel it's missing the point to not see it that way.

You said it pretty well, all-in-all.