Starlight Glimmer... Her future

Just curious to hear what other fans of Starlight think and hope about her future.  
Personally… I would like to see her become the princess of redemption.  
In Generation 1 the show was all about the Redemption of villains through friendship and understanding.  
The current generation of My Little Pony has continued on in that tradition somewhat.  
|| in the season finale Shadow play part 2 Starlight seems to be the only one to focus on Redemption of the pony of Shadows|| this leads me to believe that she would make a most excellent princess of redemption.  
Perhaps she could get her own spin-off series,maybe we could call it Starlight and the Redemption Squad or something like that.  
Anyway… Those are my thoughts what about yours?

@Knightshade  
Really? Another Starlight thread? We already had two of them which were pretty much the same thing.

The only Starlight thread I found that wasn’t more than a few months old was one that discuss people’s opinions on her(whether they hate her or like her) not their hopes for the future… I am rather new to this gelbooru so I am still learning the laws on necromancy within the site… Like how old is a thread supposed to be before I can no longer Post in it.

@Knightshade
 
Actually, necroposting isn’t against the rules at all. People don’t like it when you do it excessively, but there’s nothing wrong with it.

@Jarkes  
That is very good to know, thank you very much for the information.  
I shall bear this in mind in all future posts,thanks again

I would probably phrase it as “Princess of Forgiveness” rather than “Redemption” but yes, that’s what I figured for her eventually too.

I’d honestly prefer it if she did NOT become an alicorn. Partly because of the shitstorm that would result, and partly because as much as I like her, she REALLY does not need that kind of power.

@Jarkes  

 
She’s already more powerful than an alicorn :3

@Jarkes  
i honestly don’t know how they could justify making her one in-universe, considering the entire mane six, spike, and shining armor (if males were allowed to be alicorns) have all done far more acts deserving of the title.

@DanielTepesKraus
 
If karma and/or an actual system that rewards those which deserve it was in place in Equestria, Starlight would’ve been struck down by lightning a long time ago and Twilight would be known as the Princess of Fucking Up… or Inmate #53749.
 
But since neither are there, well…. yeah. “Princess of Friendship” that’s the least friendly of the main cast, and a soon-to-be uber-princess which is going to shit all over everyone else.
 
On the positive side, since being a “Major alicorn” with celestial powers comes with a glowy flowy mane and tail along with some interesting growth in body type, I doubt she’ll be seen as “adorable” or “Glim Glammy” anymore, and people will stop spinning like helicopter blades to defend her no matter what…
 
Oh, who am I kidding, of course that’ll continue… or they’re just gonna change the rules again and make it so she gets to stay the way she looks now, while also being the new God-Empress of Ponykind both literally and figuratively, staying true to her theme of having cake and eating it too. Fuck this is depressing…

@Poison Trail  
Once Upon A Zeppelin and the movie both showed what Twilight is really like, IMO. Only being friendly when she absolutely has to be and being the exact opposite otherwise. If anything she’s the least deserving of being a princess out of the main cast, and only got it (as well as her entire life and friends) because it was destiny.
 
What would be worse than making Starlight an alicorn would be making her something “that’s never happened before”. I can almost see them doing that.

@Jarkes  

 
From what I have seen she already possesses enough power to become an alicorn  
|| she did not need star swirls spell to switch the Cutie Marks of the Luna and Celestia|| you are most likely right about the shitstorm however, Starlight does suffer from the same poor writing and poor implementation that|| Mary Jane Watson suffered in the Spider-Man comics with her relationship to Peter Parker… Which resulted in the biggest shitstorm of them all… One More Day|| let us all hope that it does NOT come to that.  
Shudders at the thought

@Poison Trail  
I always thought of becoming an alicorn as nothing more than a magical achievement… It does not come with powerful Magic it only comes from achieving a certain level of mastery in magic.  
Like, the wings are the first level.  
Second level is the sparkly flowing manes.  
Third level?  
An aura of Shining Light?

@Knightshade  
Sorry, but that was Shadow Play rewriting / ignoring the established lore. Before that it was specifically said that alicorns are much more powerful than any unicorn, particularly in The Crystal Empire and Twilight’s Kingdom.

Honestly, Twilight more than earned her role as Princess of Friendship. Go back and rewatch the show from the beginning to see how it was all set up from the start. I don’t see how that can even be debated at this point.
 
As for Starlight, I doubt she’ll become yet another alicorn or princess. I think she has her own path in life to follow. She’s much more of a socially awkward pony than even Twilight was at one point. She isn’t fit to ever be any form of royalty, though she does show leadership qualities in dire situations as exhibited in “To Where And Back Again” and to a smaller extent in “To Change A Changeling”, with her speech that rallied the Changelings to help Thorax save his brother Pharynx from the Dreadmalworth.
 
I think Starlight is content with pursuing greater understanding of magic spells and improving her skills while maintaining the friendships she has with Sunburst, Trixie, Thorax, and Maud. Beyond that, unless the show ever decides to continue on with relationships, such as how they made Big Mac and Sugar Belle a thing, it would be nice to see something more develop between either Starlight and Sunburst or Starlight and Trixie. Whether Hasbro and DHX are ready to tackle even the implication of a same-sex relationship in MLP is another story. If they manage to incorporate Scootaloo’s recently revealed aunts and their relationship from that book, then I think we may indeed see something develop with Starlight and Trixie.
 
Beyond this, I have no idea where Starlight’s story goes from here.

@Ethereal Divide
 
So that’s why she’s such an amazing example of being a good friend nowadays? Yeah, no. It’s very much open to debate, despite all the “Lol people are still butthurt about that?” bullshit going on. She also wasn’t fit to be any form of royalty, given how she never learned anything about diplomacy, and continues to show that she’s merely meant to be a tool, Celestia’s more accurately. Problem to solve, just throw the Hammer of Friendship Shoved Down Your Throat at it.
 
If anything the title was given to her in order to give her the impression that her work deserves a reward… except that once again, Twilight’s life has been given to her on a silver platter once that cutie mark, the one that proved to Celestia that she was “The Chosen One” appeared. Celestia owns her ass, they’re in no way equals, and then there’s the whole “Major VS Minor alicorns” lore, with Sunbutt and Moonbutt being the only possible ones of the former and the rest not being immortal by any means being what I believe. It’s pretty much the last remaining headcanon I cling to, with the rest having been flushed down the path of “Not everyone can be a princess… oh, wait, yeah they can” established once Hasbro’s marketing department forced it to happen.
 
With that in mind, yes, I do believe Starlight will be ascended due to the title itself being more of a badge of honor than anything. Heck, Cadance was immediately turned into an alicorn as a result of defeating a random witch in a backwater town, talk about an achievement.

@Poison Trail  
What I liked about Magical Mystery Cure, despite the fact that it’s Twilight being rewarded for fixing a problem she caused, is that it was still something she accomplished and there was a huge deal made about it.
 
Then came the next season’s premiere, in which it was revealed that Twilight’s cutie mark was on a thousand year old tree along with Celestia’s and Luna’s, meaning that her grand accomplishment (and by extension, her entire life) was predestined. It’s something that’s always bothered me and I expect them to pull the same thing with Starlight.

@Poison Trail
 
 
I strongly disagree and feel your view hinges on quite an overly negative and cynical lens, but be that as it may, you’re entitled to your opinion. I do wonder why or if you’re still actively following the show by now if you’re so disgruntled by the direction its taken with the arguably main character out of the main cast of this series.
 
And the backstory given to Cadance was written in a book by G.M. Berrow, and to my knowledge, was never actually stated to be show canon by Hasbro and DHX, though I could have missed something somewhere over the years. This show was always designed from the get-go as a glorified toy-line promotion, albeit with good writing, solid characters, and quality animation and music. So any expectations of anything better than what we’ve gotten in light of this is an inevitable descent into disappointment.

@Ethereal Divide  

 
Considering how the show has to repeatedly write her out of stories because she would solve the central problem too easily with either her omnipotent magic or her unlimited authority (unless she conveniently forgets about both), I don’t think it was planned out as well as you claim.
 
I call attention to the comic issue “The Good, The Bad, and The Ponies,” a shining example of my point and how Twilight is too powerful to be interesting.

@Background Pony #CD67  
Twilight’s the only one out of the Mane Cast who could become a Princess. Her family are Canterlot nobility, her foalsitter was a Princess, her brother was Captain of the Guard before, was considered eligible to marry a Princess, and became a Prince in the same episode he was introduced. And considering that Blueblood was also a Prince even before that, the standards for royalty are evidently not very high and largely hereditary.
 
Whether any of the others could also become an alicorn is another matter though.

@G.S.
 
 
I don’t consider anything in the comics to be a worthwhile example of Twilight’s importance, worth, or level of interest since the comics’ storylines have either been non-canon to the show with the exception of the “Legends of Magic” series or have suffered from worse writing than the show itself at times.
 
Going by your logic, wouldn’t Starlight Glimmer also be too powerful to be interesting? Twilight is no Mary Sue and does not possess godly powers. She has been shown to have weak spots and has been defeated several times by villains or tied down by circumstances. A character’s powers and abilities do not by definition or default make them uninteresting.
 
Both Twilight and Starlight are interesting and fun characters in their own rights, albeit due to differing reasons and quirks.

@Poison Trail
 
@Poison Trail  
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@Vivace  
really worth a 3-year necro?

@Latecomer
 
Especially considering I don’t think Poison Trail is even on the site anymore…