Happy Starlight Glimmer Day!!!





Today's a magical spring when it's all about

everypony's

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Beautiful, charming, intelligent, preeminent in magic, empathetic, understanding and a true friend, Starlight Glimmer is one of my most favorite ponies, right next to Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. She has even become one of the most important ponies throughout the show.



The story of Starlight Glimmer is one of transformation. A long time ago,

her best friend, Sunburst, got his cutie mark before she did, and left her.

Feeling betrayed and abandoned, the bitter Starlight became convinced that cutie marks cause disharmony and that everyone having different degrees of ability makes ponies unable to be proper friends. So, she founded a small village on the outskirts of Equestria where not cutie marks were frowned upon, as well as forbidden, but she and the villagers had the same marks: a boring equal sign. The town's ideology would also match her belief that nopony is more special than anypony else, and that everypony is equal. She was, from a political standpoint, an egalitarian extremist. However, after the Mane 6 arrived, they exposed her as a fraud.





Wanting revenge, the troubled Unicorn used Star Swirl’s time travel spell to change history in order to destroy the bond of the six friends, unaware of the horrible consequences her meddling left behind. Twilight Sparkle, who she and Spike were sucked back in time, learned how important their friendship of the Mane 6 was to peace in Equestria. Twilight showed her this, and after Starlight told her of her tragic history, Twilight offered her hoof in friendship and taught her the importance of uniqueness and individual talents. Starlight finally accepted friendship, and then, Twilight took on the reformed Unicorn as her student to learn the Magic of Friendship. Since then, Starlight has done so much: she reconnected with Sunburst; befriended Trixie and Maud; brought Sunburst to restore the Crystal Heart after it was shattered by the newly-born Princess Flurry Heart; defeated Queen Chrysalis and reformed the Changelings; helped the Mane 6 and the Pillars of Olde Equestria free Stygian from his own hate; rescued the Equestria Girls from Juniper Montage; became the guidance counselor for Twilight's new School of Friendship; restored Twilight's confidence after Chancellor Neighsay shutdown her school; and continued to offer help to her students (even to an excessive point once). And despite her own shortcomings and magical mishaps, she has really come a long way.

Now that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has ended, it's time for me to talk about Starly. I didn’t like Starlight at first. Judging by her controlling personality and her unnatural method of establishing equality, I thought she was like a mix between Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter and Amon from Legend of Korra. Of course, after she revealed her sad history, I felt horrible for her and I even imagined being there and offering my friendship to her as I watched that scene.

Though, I wasn't happy to hear that she would be a new main character. However, after watching the first half of season six, I came to welcome her, and it even inspired me to create my popular Mane 8 pic.

And just like with Twilight and Sunset, Starlight would become one of my most favorite ponies. And, at the start of season six, I was smitten by her new hairstyle; not only does it truly represent her, but it makes her look so beautiful.

I also love her voice, it is so lovely; Kelly Sheridan was the perfect voice actress for the role.

In time, the more she expressed herself through out the next two seasons, the more I would find myself loving her.

She has especially come to be very relatable. I can’t explain every detail but I will say this, like her I can be impatient, be hesitant over a matter due to either overthinking or missing the point in something, be temperamental, and usually make the same mistakes and neglect to learn from them constantly.

Throughout the the series, Starlight has become one of the best characters to love in the show.

But that wasn't always the case. Just as there were Bronies who came to embrace her, there were, and still are, who express profound hatred of her.

They would say that she has a weak backstory when even her very best friend abandoned her once; she is treated as a Mary Sue while always making mistakes now and again, even though some of us have probably done worst and never learned at all, and they didn't want her to be the new Twilight Sparkle.

Starlight may not be perfect, but neither are we. It's okay to mess up even a couple of times. Besides I forgive her for her constant mistakes, and she did come to learn that magic isn't the answer to everything.

No matter what people think of her, as one of the most hated or loved character in MLP:FiM, Starlight Glimmer will always be one of the most beautiful stars in my sky.

I will always love and support her as her friend. She deserved a second chance, and me and all Bronies and Pegasisters who agree will always let her know that along with her very best friends.





Once again, this year would be about Starlight Glimmer in the future. The background was easy (the school hallway was made by somebody else), the texture no problem, and the texture for the greeting was a welcoming challenge. But Future Starlight, therein lies the rub. Not only were there only a tiny few scenes of her, but she was zoomed out. So forgive me if the outlines are out of place. The brooch might not be accurate, but it was the best I could do.



School of Friendship Hallway by



And she will definitely the best headmare ever!Once again, this year would be about Starlight Glimmer in the future. The background was easy (the school hallway was made by somebody else), the texture no problem, and the texture for the greeting was a welcoming challenge. But Future Starlight, therein lies the rub. Not only were there only a tiny few scenes of her, but she was zoomed out. So forgive me if the outlines are out of place. The brooch might not be accurate, but it was the best I could do.School of Friendship Hallway by

I sort of love how this turned out, but I hope you love this anyway. And I also hope there are some who've come to love Starlight Glimmer throughout the series, for how she turned out as a character and how she played a huge contribution for Equestria and beyond.

Thank you, Starlight Glimmer. Thank you for being the best example of how anypony can change for the better, and being the best friend ever. She deserves it. As for me, I will always love her. She is one of the best reformed characters.Thank you, Starlight Glimmer. Thank you for being the best example of how anypony can change for the better, and being the best friend ever.

Then, when Princess Celestia and Princess Luna announced their retirement and chose Twilight Sparkle and her friends to rule in their stead, Twilight gave Starlight the position of Headmare of the School of Friendship to her. She knew she would be the best pony for the job. Starlight, of course, couldn't handle the job on her own, so she hired Sunburst as the vice principal, and Trixie as the new guidance counselor. Before Starlight would take the job, however, Equestria's remaining villains attacked the principality. Starlight and the vindictive Chrysalis had a battle as nearly as epic as the battle between Twilight and Tirek, but Chrysalis' new magic defeated Starlight. After the Mane Six (sans Twilight), the princesses, the Pillars of Equestria, Discord and Starlight were captured, Discord managed to help her and the others escape. While the Mane Six went in search for Twilight Sparkle, Starlight and the others stayed behind to fend off the villains. At the end of the day, the Mane Six and all their friends defeated the villains and restored Equestria. On Twilight's coronation, Starlight gave her a memory book, filled with memories of Twilight's adventures since the start of the series. Starlight Glimmer continues to run the School of Friendship, spreading the magic of friendship to all creatures, for many moons to come.