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@Chuy-kun  
Because poor writing.
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Twilight has always cared too much about pleasing Celestia.
 
I would like to think Starlight is going to these lengths just to please Twilight with the friendship lessons.
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goddammit… why starlight is always taking a step back?
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It doesn’t matter if it was a “last resort”  
Twilight had no reason to believe that there would be any penalty from Celestia and she is fully aware that playing with magic is a risky business. She put others in danger because she worked herself into a frenzy based on pure fantasy. It was careless recklessness.
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Not to be that guy, but those comparing this to the “Want It, Need It” incident, Twilight casted that spell after snapping to pressure and fear, so she wasn’t thinking clearly and it was intended to be easily solved… and then it went out of control and affected the whole town, thing she regretted and knew was going to kick her in the butt.
 
Meanwhile, Glimmer is doing it on purpose and with all the intentions of them doing her work, and it seems like this is her first solution to the problem instead of being a “last resort” thing like Twilight.
 
tl;dr Twilight did it because she snapped and was her last resource, Starlight resorted to this as her first solution. Just… think about it.
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You are right. Merriam Webster does.
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You don’t get to decide that.
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Me too bro.
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Starlight does not possess the ability to relate or care about others. She doesn’t seem to understand other ponies feeling and thoughts. Therefore Starlight is unempathic.
 
I think the closest I’ve seen Starlight be willingly empathetic was in Secret Suite, where she wanted to help Twilight work on a spell. And even then, that a) was in a book that is most likely not canon to the show and b) there was still some bit of selfishness on Starlight’s part.
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Starlight does not possess the ability to relate or care about others. She doesn’t seem to understand other ponies feeling and thoughts. Therefore Starlight is unempathic.
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She really didn’t seem like she was the kind of person interested in self preservation considering the heartbroken frame of mind she was in.
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There’s self-preservation, and then there’s her eyes almost crying when she looks at the wasteland. You can’t say that was just for Twi’s benefit since she specifically hides it and becomes angry before she turns around to face Twi.
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I’m not sure what brainwashing has to do with the synopsis given…  
But it sounds like it might be interesting?
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Yeah, it’s not like she has a personal interest in not making the world a wasteland.
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Which explains her nearly having a mental breakdown in the season 5 finale after realizing she nearly destroyed Equestria.
 
That’s what I call “self-preservation.”
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Kaze ni Nare
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I think they’ve at least hinted at this story in No Second Prances. The whole beginning of the episode is Starlight failing to make friends, often through overusing her magic, and in Mac’s case controlling him with a spell. THat was never wrapped up by the end. She never got over that and it was never adressed again.
 
I think this will be where they comes to a head. If at all.
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Those are legit concerns. I don’t think there’s many Starlight fans who think that what she’s doing here is right.
But you know what? I don’t Twilight did the right thing by mind controlling the CMC to fight over a doll. I don’t think Pinkie did the right thing by literally going insane because her friends didn’t let her in on everything. I don’t think Rarity did the right thing treating her friends like garbage and slave driving them while they’re on holiday just to win a fashion competition.
That’s what I’m trying to get at when I ‘defend’ Starlight. I’m defending that they might be telling a story here.
 
And this is what gets me, assuming this episode is going to be as big a failure as some fear: if this is direction they wanted to take with Starlight, then it should have been done in the first quarter or so of the season, back when Starlight was starting her lessons, not near the end.
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Okay so to all the Starlight Glimmer Fans out there, I’ll admit Starlight does have undue hate cast towards her. However there is a difference between being a “hater” and having reasoned concerns and issues with Starlight, especially when those concerns deal with Starlight’s complete and utter disregard for universal ideals concerning morality and ethics, nevermind her apparent lack of empathy.
 
Yeah, her lack of empathy. Which explains her nearly having a mental breakdown in the season 5 finale after realizing she nearly destroyed Equestria.
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Those are legit concerns. I don’t think there’s many Starlight fans who think that what she’s doing here is right.
 
But you know what? I don’t Twilight did the right thing by mind controlling the CMC to fight over a doll. I don’t think Pinkie did the right thing by literally going insane because her friends didn’t let her in on everything. I don’t think Rarity did the right thing treating her friends like garbage and slave driving them while they’re on holiday just to win a fashion competition.
 
That’s what I’m trying to get at when I ‘defend’ Starlight. I’m defending that they might be telling a story here.
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Where is this lack of empathy thing coming from? If she lacked empathy she wouldn’t have had a reason to give in to Twilight when shown the results of her actions, she would’ve carried on with her plan for revenge.
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Okay so to all the Starlight Glimmer Fans out there, I’ll admit Starlight does have undue hate cast towards her. However there is a difference between being a “hater” and having reasoned concerns and issues with Starlight, especially when those concerns deal with Starlight’s complete and utter disregard for universal ideals concerning morality and ethics, nevermind her apparent lack of empathy.
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That would be pretty darn silly of them.
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Did Starlight just did the mind control on them?
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It’d make for a good possible twist or premise we’ve no knowledge about.
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What if, WHAT IF, they asked her to use this spell so they could get something done quickly and efficiently?
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