PaulloDEC wrote:There's a great little moment in the Reflections comic where it's revealed that Celestia sees Twilight as being like Star Swirl, while Luna sees her as being more like Celestia.
Not sure that's referring to leadership, though. This is one of those little things in that arc that make me think Cook was drawing on the Journal of the Two Sisters (and AKR seemed to love doing the historical echos/parallels thing in that book). Celestia actually was a little Twilight-y there, if I remember rightly.
Anyway, while I'm here, should probably finally give my thoughts on the episode:
I liked Sunburst. The VA and design are probably a big part of that, though. What I didn't like was that Starlight's whole thing still feels forced and like they're writing by the seat of their pants (and considering an M.A. Larson Twitter screencap I saw on derpibooru just the other day... It looks like they are). I think we can all agree her redemption in the S5 finale was more than a little abrupt, and her "motive" was both a little hard to believe and didn't really mesh with the S5 premiere.
Now in the S6 premiere, right off the bat, we're just expected to accept her new role. No smoothing us into it; Now Starlight's a nice pony and everyone's nice to her and Spike gives her a hug and all. It doesn't work for me, to be frank. Now, we've had our fair share of villain redemptions; This is My Little Pony, after all. But I reckon stuff like Discord, and even Sunset Shimmer, felt more natural than this.
Aside from all that, though (and it's pretty hard to ignore), let's see. The threat was a little "mundane" for my tastes (but some might argue that's a good thing, so this isn't necessarily a complaint, mind - Just didn't do it for *me* personally). And as for baby Flurry Heart...
Well. Like I said on EQD... This episode shows why you should never procreate.

Dang foal was the cause of all the trouble. The "derp" faces the animators gave her right after she doomed everyone were great. (Everyone who says alicorn lore is going all over the place has a point, though, imo. Still, doesn't bother me half as much as the Starlight thing).
Maybe we should give Josh Haber a chance, actually. Might need a little time to find his wings and all; The S3 premiere (right after McCarthy took the reins) was a little underwhelming too, after coming off A Canterlot Wedding.