S06E21: Every Little Thing She Does

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S06E21: Every Little Thing She Does

Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:23 pm

Though Starlight Glimmer is excelling at her magical studies with Twilight Sparkle, she feels pressure to impress her teacher and takes on too many friendship problems at once.


This thread is for discussion of the episode. This episode airs at 11:30 AM Eastern / 8:30 AM Pacific on Saturday, September 24!

Official preview clips and images are okay to post, as is speculation about the episode.

Writer: Mike Vogel

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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:31 pm

I'm sooooo excited about this one. The title alone has me pumped.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:37 pm

Somehow I get the feeling that this is a lesson that Pinkie Pie could better teach about, considering her exploits with the mirror pool and all. :cheese:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:57 pm

It seems like kind of a warmup for the season finale, with Starlight playing a leading role. Image
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:48 pm

How this differs from Lesson Zero is going to teach us a lot about Starlight's character. I like Starlight and I'm looking forward to this a lot.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:04 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:How this differs from Lesson Zero is going to teach us a lot about Starlight's character. I like Starlight and I'm looking forward to this a lot.

Please, please, please be about her struggling with how she's actually still reactionarily evil.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:47 pm

Aramek wrote:Please, please, please be about her struggling with how she's actually still reactionarily evil.

There are two qualities about Starlight that have been pretty well established to this point, and which will likely come into play: she's controlling (even when there's no malicious intent), and she doesn't seem aware that her magic is OP compared to everyone else. Two traits that lead to problems when she's dealing with insecurity.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:26 pm

Looking forward to another Starlight episode. Something big might happen with Starlight in the S6 finale.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:43 pm

I've liked all the Starlight episodes so far, so I've got high hopes. :allears:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:58 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:There are two qualities about Starlight that have been pretty well established to this point, and which will likely come into play: she's controlling (even when there's no malicious intent), and she doesn't seem aware that her magic is OP compared to everyone else. Two traits that lead to problems when she's dealing with insecurity.

And that's why I love her character so much. :ponydrugs:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:50 am

Octavia wrote:I've liked all the Starlight episodes so far, so I've got high hopes. :allears:


This. She's great :allears:

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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:41 am

:applejargh: That ain't how you wrap winter up!
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:48 pm

"Why does life have to be so IRONIC?" :milkshake:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:53 pm

Intriguing. Pony mind control is always fun. :allears:

Starlight does a good royal voice too. :speakest:
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:04 pm

I'm going to wait until the episode comes out to make a decision on whether this is okay or awful since it's going to be a retread of Lesson Zero there needs to be a repeat of the mistakes Twilight made but with Starlight. My question is how does Twilight handle it this time from the mentor perspective.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:07 pm

Looks like we're getting our wish, Aramek. :hishovel:
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:31 pm

wtf starlight no
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:23 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Looks like we're getting our wish, Aramek. :hishovel:

:ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs: :ponydrugs:

And she said CHILLAX!

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:25 pm

:-/ yeah. Starlight hasn't learned a single thing and is still evil. She needs to be banished.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:32 pm

Hey now that's not fair she learned....... the true meaning of Christma-I mean, Hearths Warming.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:35 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Hey now that's not fair she learned....... the true meaning of Christma-I mean, Hearths Warming.


That she hates other ponies but has to pretend to like them or Wendigos will destroy the world?
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:36 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:There are two qualities about Starlight that have been pretty well established to this point, and which will likely come into play: she's controlling (even when there's no malicious intent), and she doesn't seem aware that her magic is OP compared to everyone else. Two traits that lead to problems when she's dealing with insecurity.


:flattered: She reminds me of me! Smart, willing to go way over board to please a princess ...

:sheepish: No will-she-or-won't-she undertones of evil, though.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:40 pm

I don't see any evil. I see her using her magic and smarts to help her friends be the best they can be to accomplish the task she wants to do.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:40 pm

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That she hates other ponies but has to pretend to like them or Wendigos will destroy the world?


Exactly, for is not Christmas about pretending to not hate people for a day?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:04 pm

Aramek wrote:I don't see any evil. I see her using her magic and smarts to help her friends be the best they can be to accomplish the task she wants to do.


:unenthused: there is no friendly brainwashing. Does she think so little of her supposed friends that she thinks they have nothing to contribute to the task?
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:11 pm

The (or a) difference between Twilight and Starlight is that in Lesson Zero, Twilight reached the "I'll make a problem!" stage after an episode's worth of increasing derangement. It had to be that way because that approach isn't default for her. But for Starlight, it kind of is. Like, the clip we saw could be from the cold open for all we know.

It's pretty much Starlight's whole deal: something needs to get done, and everypony else has to fall in line. Like, literally has to. It's a bad thing to do, even with the best of intentions, because it's not cool to treat others as warm-bodied tools in your personal universe where your own goals are all that matter. (Also because Starlight's intentions are rarely pure, because she has a habit of confusing "what's best for everyone" with her own personal issues.)

Basically she has a Discord-ish tendency of forgetting that anyone besides herself matters, but whereas Discord is pretty open about being this way, Starlight fools herself into thinking that it's for everyone's good and projects her own issues on everybody else.

That's a lot more nuanced than simply saying "she's evil", even though from the POV of ponies caught in her orbit, there's not much practical difference.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:15 pm

Look at the positive side, she hasn't used her evil mind control powers for so long she had to remind herself how to use them. This is a definite improvement.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:19 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:It's pretty much Starlight's whole deal: something needs to get done, and everypony else has to fall in line. Like, literally has to. It's a bad thing to do, even with the best of intentions, because it's not cool to treat others as warm-bodied tools in your personal universe where your own goals are all that matter. (Also because Starlight's intentions are rarely pure, because she has a habit of confusing "what's best for everyone" with her own personal issues.)

Basically she has a Discord-ish tendency of forgetting that anyone besides herself matters, but whereas Discord is pretty open about being this way, Starlight fools herself into thinking that it's for everyone's good and projects her own issues on everybody else.

That's a lot more nuanced than simply saying "she's evil", even though from the POV of ponies caught in her orbit, there's not much practical difference.

This is why I love her so much. This is a fantastic character and I love seeing how she has to interact with ponies that don't have her power.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:21 pm

Highbrow Dash wrote:wtf starlight no

.... Yeah, I wasn't exactly expecting this.

This will be an interesting watch.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:24 pm

I can't wait to see everyone's reaction when it's revealed Twilight was Palpatine all along and has been long-gaming her takeover of Equestria since the beginning. And Starlight gets to be Anakin Vader.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:25 pm

I mean, I love Starlight too, she's a great character with really interesting flaws. But it should be acknowledged that they are flaws and we should want her to overcome them. (Except on the meta-sense that flawed characters are entertaining to us the viewers, but if Starlight were a real person we'd want for her not to be this way.)
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:57 pm

Image Starlight...you can't do this! These ponies forgave and accepted you...just like they did for me...

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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:35 pm

I figured it out...

Starlight is Sheldon. She has absolutely no social skills, no desire to learn social skills, and regards everyone around her as beings that must entertain her and/or do her bidding...
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:21 pm

The Doctor wrote:I figured it out...

Starlight is Sheldon. She has absolutely no social skills, no desire to learn social skills, and regards everyone around her as beings that must entertain her and/or do her bidding...

She hasn't once said "bazinga," though.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:58 pm

Looking forward to this "Starlight gets banished to the moon" episode. :excite:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:00 pm

Also, it looks like it already got stealth-edited into the OP, but:

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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:32 pm

Welp of all the writers this season, Mike might be the best one we have to tackle this.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:01 am

:pcstare: Starlight, I think we'd better talk about...

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:46 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Also, it looks like it already got stealth-edited into the OP, but:

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But she's not even part of the show staff anymore. I wonder how she contributed.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:52 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:But she's not even part of the show staff anymore. I wonder how she contributed.

She announced that she was leaving the show last October, which was at the tail end of the airing of season 5, so her actual work continued into season 6. She was the board artist for "The Crystalling Part 2" and "A Hearth's Warming Tail."
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