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Description This is not the first time I talk about the ending of season 5 , but after reading several comments from my last comic , I think I could do that again, because this comic is something I wanted to do for a long time.

The user said that even Starlight did bad things, no one cared about it. She brainwashed a whole town, she captured the mane 6 and take their cutie marks (although it doesn't make sense that a unicorn is more powerful than an alicorn) she time traveled to change the past and the ending of the last episode was Twilight forgiving her and suddenly she's good.

My problem with that, personally, is how both characters takes surprisingly well these decisions, specially with the backstory of Starlight, which is lazily explained in less than one minute. If you want to do this story, that's cool. But do it right. I think the ending should have been great if the part 1 was one what-if and the part 2 was a backstory of Starlight so we can relate with her better. Besides, if you want to conclude the episode with forgiveness, I think I want to see a more engaging story than a 1 minute backstory for a villain becoming good. I understood that characters like Luna and Babs Seed were forgiven, but that's because we can relate with them. There's a movie called Gran Torino which said we have to believe in justice. And there's a game called Undertale which give us a good story that talks about friendship, hate, peace, war...

I still think the reason why they made a seventh main character is because people loved Rainbow Rocks and Sunset Shimmer as the seventh main character. Both characters are the same. Both characters regret about their pasts, one friend usually makes a joke about their pasts and they tried to make a serious character.

But I'm not too negative with Cutie Re-mark. I'm glad that I saw it, I like the what-if of Equestria conquered by king Sombra and all these different versions of my favourite characters (by the time they repeated the same thing with Chrysalis, Nightmare Moon and Tirek, I thought that it was fanservice in the same low level as anime. Chrysalis deserved a better episode) and it's one of the few episodes where Pinkie Pie is actually really charming. I just think the episode is inconsistent and not very good. And it's kinda funny the way they conclude the final song, like "yes, this season has everything you loved and it was wonderful", like the final shot of Tom & Jerry the movie.

I'm glad that users like said exactly what I wanted to hear about the TV show, although I'm not as agressive. I think season 5 is better than seasons 4 and 6, but not because of this episode and The Cutie Map.

EDIT: I haven't read all your comments, but I'm going to say that I'm pretty busy right now. Not only I have to study english, but I have to do three commissions for a person (he's not from DeviantArt). Because of that, you won't see a new drawing made for me. I want to do a little surprise, specially for those who thinks that I'm really negative with the show. All that I'm to say about the next drawing is... October 10th.  

Stay tuned.  
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Comments: 85

alexwarlorn [2021-03-18 01:48:10 +0000 UTC]

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Tragicwarrior12 [2021-02-27 04:12:25 +0000 UTC]

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alexwarlorn In reply to Tragicwarrior12 [2025-12-21 20:38:50 +0000 UTC]

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Marches45 [2020-03-06 09:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Says the pony formerly known as Nightmare Moon to the pony who'd seek out said student to reform the trickster who'd go on to commit arguably 2 counts of high treason.

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Kira8242 [2019-04-07 22:05:51 +0000 UTC]

Being an admirer of Trixie, I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment.  Why, again, did they pick Glimmy over Trixie?

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LucySketches [2019-03-14 01:18:32 +0000 UTC]

When she brainwashed the town she believed she was making them happier because she had wrong beliefs, and she didn't try to destroy the world, she didn't even know she was doing that, she was trying to take away from Twilight what she took away from her.

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Hmmmman124 In reply to LucySketches [2025-10-23 20:20:14 +0000 UTC]

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ColorPowder [2018-09-27 16:30:26 +0000 UTC]

LOL XD

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Konsker [2018-08-16 18:56:56 +0000 UTC]

lol

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NikkiHar18 [2018-06-05 02:57:25 +0000 UTC]

When will the writers stop making villains-turn-good because the plot says so; it's getting formulaic and tiresome. If you keep doing it often, it's gonna get boring and predicable.


There are plenty of kids cartoons that sometimes take risks about something. They don't always play it safe or by the book. I guess the writers are worried if they do try to take any risk, it'll turn away the viewers. 

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bruiser128 [2018-03-25 16:23:27 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it seems writers these days are afraid of showing kids that actions can have REAL consequences

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HareTrinity [2018-03-23 20:20:37 +0000 UTC]

Luna = 1000 years punishment and her getting magicked back to her right mind, PLUS another ep about her learning to adjust to mingling with commoners in the modern age

Trixie = Humiliation in 1 episode, plus another episode where she goes over the top, explains her continued humiliation in other villages, and gets over her rage when she learns that she doesn't need to be all powerful to be accepted

Sunset = A mix of the latter 2 clumsily thrown together at the end of a film ("I'MMA TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" to "sorry, I didn't realise brainwashing was wrong!" the moment she lost a battle), followed by continuous guilt in following films/eps

^^^ And thus Hasbro learnt that villain-turned-good (+complaining about guilt) = instant fanbase love.

And apparently they're right, given how Starlight kept using brainwashing magic to get her way in later eps and most people laugh this off as her being a funny and well-balanced character. Apparently this formula just works for people?

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tigreanpony [2018-03-23 12:39:38 +0000 UTC]

That was funny.

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alexwarlorn [2018-03-23 02:13:20 +0000 UTC]

Hypocrite Lulu.

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DucoNdona [2018-03-23 01:26:38 +0000 UTC]

Smart actually. Having a skilled brainwasher and powerfull mage around is pretty usefull. 
Especially if you are attacked by some sort of thousand year old evil that needs to be restrained and converted on a yearly basis.

Also, werent you the one that wanted to doom Equestria to a thousand year reighn of darkness becouse you didnt feel you were threated equally Luna? 

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samykhadre [2018-03-22 23:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Can we forgive Hitler too ?

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momo-malt-gern In reply to samykhadre [2019-03-10 19:59:44 +0000 UTC]

no

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samykhadre In reply to momo-malt-gern [2019-03-10 20:42:10 +0000 UTC]

But Friendship is Magic !

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momo-malt-gern In reply to samykhadre [2019-03-12 11:36:58 +0000 UTC]

Do it yourself, if you want.

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samykhadre In reply to momo-malt-gern [2019-03-12 11:50:37 +0000 UTC]

Na I will fallow the princess's exemple and write a letter to twilight ! XD

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momo-malt-gern In reply to samykhadre [2019-03-13 19:58:42 +0000 UTC]

Okay, do that. ^^

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TripletArpeggio [2018-03-22 23:11:24 +0000 UTC]

truth

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RuneSoldierDan [2018-03-22 22:24:32 +0000 UTC]

Glass houses, Luna...

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ZanarNaryon [2018-03-22 20:22:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, you did a bit worse, Luna

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GreatTeacherDiCenso [2018-03-22 18:58:50 +0000 UTC]

File under "How It Should Have Ended!"

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beariot [2018-03-22 18:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Angery Luna

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foxred1988 [2018-03-22 17:42:52 +0000 UTC]

XDDDDDD

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EqDBot [2018-03-22 17:20:10 +0000 UTC]

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jasonanimation4 [2017-11-20 02:18:14 +0000 UTC]

And don't you dare say "Children show they can get lost " There are children below 18 watch this show

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jasonanimation4 [2017-11-20 02:14:18 +0000 UTC]

Do you want to children to see or learn Violence from this show or to be scarred in other words childhood ruin

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jasonanimation4 [2017-11-20 02:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Why do you think the title is Friendship Is Magic for a reason

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BronyVideoGamer [2017-06-11 03:56:56 +0000 UTC]

I honestly still think this to tday. I mean, they handled it very well with Discord, so what happened with Starlight? I mean, Sunset's not even in Equestria, and yet she was reformed MUCH better!

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seal77972 [2017-05-05 02:41:32 +0000 UTC]

omg i love Luna's face

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Omi-New-Account [2017-02-06 21:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Same thing many of us were thinking!

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TheTruePsychopath [2017-01-17 00:14:39 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking the same thing.

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rainboWARc [2016-11-13 14:56:39 +0000 UTC]

Of course its alright friendship is magic its says so in mah books

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Seiya-Meteorite [2016-10-14 19:19:27 +0000 UTC]

Agreed with this entirely...

I managed to find out about season 6's finale, and it's far, far, far worse than this one even, it unfortunately puts stupid Starlight as a perfect Mary Sue character once again and makes her the main focus in a bad way...

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BronyVideoGamer In reply to Seiya-Meteorite [2017-06-11 03:47:00 +0000 UTC]

Actually, Starlight is far from Mary Sue status, as she's made a LOT of mistakes using magic to solve problems.

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Seiya-Meteorite In reply to BronyVideoGamer [2017-06-11 15:54:43 +0000 UTC]

True (this was an old comment when I still hated Starlight, I'm neutral over it).

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BronyVideoGamer In reply to Seiya-Meteorite [2017-06-11 15:56:44 +0000 UTC]

(Noticed too late. Sorry.)

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Seiya-Meteorite In reply to BronyVideoGamer [2017-06-12 01:07:48 +0000 UTC]

It's OK.

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Harvord [2016-10-08 15:22:01 +0000 UTC]

You can have some more fun by comparing Starlight's actions to King Sombra's. Also, don't forget to factor in that Sombra was corrupted by dark magic at the time and Starlight wasn't. Look at who they were, what they did, and what they strive to do... also compare their fate and punishments.

As for Chrysalis I want exactly what you want and agree that the finale was lacking in that regard. I am a HUGE fan of their species and to see them rendered to the level of a stupid one-dimensional villains for the sake of being evil... It was honestly disappointing. Their first appearance was portrayed in a realistic way, they had to feed and some even sympathized them. But then we get Thorax, and the writers decide that it is worth sacrificing the entire image of Changeling species just to establish the ONLY good changeling out there (or at least from the entire hive). And you wanted a good Chrysalis episode? Well, then I have to disappoint you, there will be none. The S6 finale with Starlight as the main OP hero ruined their species and Chrysalis even further.

In the end, it is okay to have a diverging opinion. If you really feel this way, then you should stand by it and don't let the mob change what you think. I certainly know that I won't allow that to happen until my views change on their own, and seeing where the show is going, I doubt it is going to happen at all.

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adamlhumphreys [2016-10-06 18:42:19 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Deadpone [2016-10-05 13:57:14 +0000 UTC]

Luna's right you know. They should've just killed Starlight. She's slowly draining the life out of the show. -_-

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Seiya-Meteorite In reply to Deadpone [2016-10-14 19:18:03 +0000 UTC]

Agreed, once she came onto the show, it began its downfall...

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Deadpone In reply to Seiya-Meteorite [2016-10-14 19:21:42 +0000 UTC]

I mean, what the fuck? She started a Cutie Marxist cult, where she essentially ruined many Ponies' lives, then she returns to cause multiple apocalypses, each one worse than the last, all over some petty as fuck childhood trauma, and she expects forgiveness?!

No!! NO TO THIS!! I've taken some pretty dumb as fuck idiocy on this show before, but this is where I draw the fucking line!!

It's no wonder Season 6 has been so mediocre. Ever since Stalin Glimmher came into the picture we've gotten poverty-stricken winged shitheads (The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone), yaks who are violent retards (Party Pooped), shitty pop music managed by Andy Dick (The Mane Attraction), Abacus Cinch (Friendship Games), Pinkie's cousin who's a hotheaded Amish bitch (Hearthbreakers), Princess Uncanny Valley (The Crystaling Parts 1 and 2), and the Wonderbolts turning out to be cunts (Newbie Dash)!!

Thanks for nothing Starlight, you're slowly ruining an otherwise great cartoon. -_-

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Seiya-Meteorite In reply to Deadpone [2016-10-14 19:55:46 +0000 UTC]

Agreed!

It isn't just Starlight, though the whole writing quality has gone downhill, I think MLP has gone all too modern with its whole "pop"/Manehattan thingy, and the whole "Exploring Equestria" theme, which they said was the new theme of Season 6, has been false advertising. I've heard however the Wonderbolts act like real military soldiers or something, but I'm not in the military (I can't due to a disability) and the only real military thing I'm kinda familiar with is Gundam...

Did you find out what the finale was like? I'm gonna warn you, it's even worse, much, much worse, this season and its finale easily is MLP: FiM at its worse, and we're getting a season 7 still with Shitlick Gutter (that's what I'll call her, does that suit her?)...Once I found out about that, I stopped watching the show entirely. I may check out to see what the 2017 movie, but I'm already gonna conclude that the original 1986 movie (which I think is good but that's just me) is most likely gonna be better (it's the one with the purple Smooze, whom they butchered and bastardized in Episode 7 of Season 5, this is what the Smooze originally was: s.mlpforums.com/uploads/post_i… )...

Lauren I believe would hate the show now. I'd probably suggest to stop watching the show also, I think that's the only thing I can say...

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Deadpone In reply to Seiya-Meteorite [2016-10-14 20:06:54 +0000 UTC]

I know about the season 6 finale. Fuck you Starlight. -_-

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Seiya-Meteorite In reply to Deadpone [2016-10-14 20:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Agreed...and it sucks about the Changelings...WHY did they have to redeem them too? I'm getting fucking sick of all of these reformations!! It's also sad to see how little the other Mane Five and Celestia matter to Hasbro now.

I can't even read The Return of Chrysalis anymore...I wish I could contact Hasbro, I want to tell them to kick Starlight off of the show. But I can't, so I'm just gonna move on...at least in G1 MLP there's no stupid bitch like Starlight.

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Deadpone In reply to Seiya-Meteorite [2016-10-14 20:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Maybe there's hope that we'll get lucky and Starlight will be killed by a new villain.

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