Starlight Glimmer- What is the opinion of her still?

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I’d argue that her “Daydream Shimmer” form in Friendship Games indicates that she has indeed ascended, and if she returned to Equestria now she would be an alicorn now.
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Oh and another thing. What would Starlight be the princess of anyway? We already have Twilight as the Princess Of Friendship.. Pretty sure every princess is the ruler of something or in charge of something, or have some kind of purpose. Sun, Moon, Crystal Empire, Princess of Love Cadence, Heck, even Flurry Heart had kind of a purpose, What on Earth will Glimmer be in charge of?
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You know, it’s funny. If you really think about it, Sunset is basically the Equestria Girls equivalent of Twilight. First she is taken under Twilight’s wing just like Celestia did with Twilight, then Sunset starts writing letters to Twilight just like Twilight did with Celestia, then after a while and some hard work Sunset becomes an alicorn and then she takes Sci-twi under her wing much like how Twilight took Starlight under her wing. It’s actually a brilliant parallel. And on top of that, the last Equestria Girls movie focused a lot on Sci-twi, just like how the last season of MLP focused a lot on Starlight.
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Considering how bland she was in Legend of Everfree, maybe she already is one!
 
Snark aside, I think that would be received more positively, if only because it’d likely be separate from the show proper, and because she spent her entire reformation going above and beyond what was necessary, whereas the one time Starlight did so without screwing it up, she had to be convinced it was safe.
 
And as far as Twilight’s concerned, there’s more of a feeling that Sunset has “earned” something after how far she’s come, whereas Twilight’s growth was not only a bit more subtle and less dramatic but also existed alongside similar growth from other characters who weren’t rewarded in the same way. Sunset takes a lot more of the focus in Equestria Girls, so as long as her coronation doesn’t happen or get referenced in the show proper, it doesn’t feel like she’s wrongly being placed on a pedestal when others deserve it just as much. Plus, Twilight never asked to become an alicorn, whereas with Sunset there’d at least be some irony considering her former lust for power. That’s my 2¢, at least.
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Heh, i wonder why the Mane 6 aren’t Alicorns at this point XD. Then again, 5 alicorns more than enough. Any more Alicorns and it’ll lose it’s specialty. And then again people through a shit fit over Alicorn Twilight so, i guess we can’t be satisfied when it comes to alicorns in the show period.
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I still want them to ask that question. There is so much freaking potential if someone whether it be a friend or foe just goes up and says “Well if you’re such a good friend, why is only Twilight an Alicorn/Princess of Friendship and not you?” or something along those lines.
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Not a clue, which is another reason why I’m not convinced they’ll really make her an alicorn. That patent thing mentioned earlier could just be Hasbro covering their bases; Starlight premiered two seasons ago, I don’t think anyone involved in the show plans that far ahead, and if Hasbro really wanted another princess toy to sell, they’d be selling it already.
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The writers have specifically said that Sunset’s Daydream Shimmer form is not ascension. But then they turned around and made the human version of Twilight into one for no good reason, so I really don’t know what to think.
 
Personally I think that Sunset has become something different, but not an alicorn. But she’s definitely “achieved harmony” or something to that effect, and I really doubt she’d just be a regular unicorn if she ever visited Equestria again (even if she’d look the same).
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I wonder what the fandom reaction to Sunset Shimmer becoming an Alicorn.
 
I’m surprised you have to ask. Outside of perhaps a few people who simply don’t like the concept of yet another alicorn, I would daresay this would be one of the most overwhelmingly praised things that could happen at this point.
 
But would it really matter overall? Honestly, it’s almost funny how little it would matter. She’s already displayed how unquestionably pure and incorruptible she is via Daydream Shimmer. She’s entirely perfect and most everything revolves around her. What the hell does she possibly stand to gain from being an alicorn on top of that?
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I wouldn’t mind Starlight and Sunset becoming alicorns.
 
I would prefer though, Twilight being the only ascended alicorn (disregarding Cadance) with Starlight and Sunset being the eventual dual heirs of the Element of Magic. All part of a more complex headcanon.
 
But hey that’s just me.
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I’d rather prefer no more alicorns at all. The more of something there is, the less merit it has.
 
Celestia and Luna being alicorns had genuine meaning since they were the sovereign rulers of Equestria. Cadance was random, but worked out since she likely ascensed afterwards. Twilight was…mixed, to say the least. I do like the idea of her being able to gain such incredible responsibility, but at the same time, she rarely ever feels like her promotion has any merit. Still, she deserves it more than Starlight or Sunset.
 
Sunset wouldn’t really accomplish anything if she were an alicorn, seeing as how she’d be human, so her promotion would be meaningless.
 
For Starlight though, I frankly couldn’t trust her with that kind of power. You can’t trust what she’s capable of doing right now, so why would making her a goddess make her any more trustworthy?
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Was indifferent to her after Season 5, still am. I don’t hate her, but I think she could have used better development in season 5. Also she’s not Twilight
 
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Please, no, 5 alicorns is already too many.
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As a huge Sunset fan, I don’t agree with alicorn Sunset. I don’t think she would even want that at this point. (I still fave nice images of her though, even if it involves alicorn Sunset :p)
 
As for Starlight, fuck no. She absolutely doesn’t deserve it. Honestly at this point I don’t think the writers can make me like her again. Yes, at one point I thought she was okay. Then Every Little Thing She Does happened and I’ve been soured on the character ever since. If the writers stopped making her constantly screw everything up (which I doubt they will) maybe that would alleviate some of the hate she gets, but as it stands it’s really not helping. Hell, I don’t think Twilight screwed up this much before.
 
I personally think they’re giving this character a lot more than she deserves. And before anyone says anything, the reason I like Sunset so much is because even though she wasn’t a good villian, her actions didn’t carry any real weight. There was no fucking way her plan would have worked anyway and she was defeated promptly. Since then they’ve really turned the chatacter around and I love it. Then we got a similar situation with Starlight, whose actions were a lot more consequential imo. Hell she fucked up the timeline MULTIPLE TIMES, tried to brainwash the Mane Six and stole their cutie marks, as well as many others. But no, she was very easily forgiven. In EqG a lot of the students showed geniune distrust and dislike after what Sunset did, I don’t recall that with Starlight (correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t remember every detail from the show). She was the one to mostly bring up her past actions. Now she has a room in the castle and is getting friendship lessons from Twilight. Formerly anyway, I think her “gradution” came way too quickly. And she’s still fucking up. Jesus she lost the fucking map. I know I bring that up a lot in my posts when talking about her but for real. Of course SHE does that. The map didn’t fucking budge until she came along. She’s such a screw up and it’s frustrating seeing her be just as important as the Mane Six and being rewarded like this.
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