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** Starlight Glimmer was hit with this badly in the Season 5 finale. Her FreudianExcuse was poor at best (losing a ''single'' friend in her childhood, and not even shown trying to keep in touch with him) while her actions were downright abominable in comparison. In the season 5 premiere, she created a brutal dictatorship/cult where her followers are enslaved, brainwashed, and have their talents forcibly suppressed, and she used force to make the Mane 6 join them. In the season finale, [[DisproportionateRetribution she travels through time in order to get revenge against]] ''[[DisproportionateRetribution one]]'' [[DisproportionateRetribution single pony]], causing [[BadFuture several apocalyptic scenarios]] in the process. Not helping her case was her abrupt HeelFaceTurn at the end (even fans who ''like'' her reformation admit this), which only happened because [[ItsAllAboutMe Starlight was given a chance to make]] ''[[ItsAllAboutMe her]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe life better (rather than because she might have destroyed Equestria)]]. Additionally, her backstory is almost identical to Moondancer, who was a ''far'' more likable and well-received character whose reconciliation with Twilight is considered one of, if not ''the'', finest moments of Season 5. Starlight was meant to be a BrokenBird who had been DrivenToVillainy and ultimately saw the light, but was seen and reviled by the majority of fans as a spoiled-rotten and childish KarmaHoudini who was [[EasilyForgiven forgiven]] ''[[EasilyForgiven way]]'' [[EasilyForgiven too easily]] for all the terrible things she did. What made it worse is that it ''seems'' to be implied that Starlight is now a SixthRanger to the Mane 6. While other villains have been EasilyForgiven, fans weren't expected to let them ''join the main cast.''
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** Starlight Glimmer was hit with this badly in the Season 5 finale. Her FreudianExcuse was poor at best (losing a \'\'single\'\' friend in her childhood, and not even shown trying to keep in touch with him) while her actions were downright abominable in comparison. In the season 5 premiere, she created a brutal dictatorship/cult where her followers are enslaved, brainwashed, and have their talents forcibly suppressed, and she used force to make the Mane 6 join them. In the season finale, [[DisproportionateRetribution she travels through time in order to get revenge against]] \'\'[[DisproportionateRetribution one]]\'\' [[DisproportionateRetribution single pony]], causing [[BadFuture several apocalyptic scenarios]] in the process. Not helping her case was her abrupt HeelFaceTurn at the end (even fans who \'\'like\'\' her reformation admit this), which only happened because [[ItsAllAboutMe Starlight was given a chance to make]] \'\'[[ItsAllAboutMe her]]\'\' [[ItsAllAboutMe life better (rather than because she might have destroyed Equestria)]]. Additionally, her backstory is almost identical to Moondancer, who was a \'\'far\'\' more likable and well-received character whose reconciliation with Twilight is considered one of, if not \'\'the\'\', finest moments of Season 5. Starlight was meant to be a BrokenBird who had been DrivenToVillainy and ultimately saw the light, but was seen and reviled by the majority of fans as a spoiled-rotten and childish KarmaHoudini who was [[EasilyForgiven forgiven]] \'\'[[EasilyForgiven way]]\'\' [[EasilyForgiven too easily]] for all the terrible things she did. What made it worse is that it \'\'seems\'\' to be implied that Starlight is now a SixthRanger to the Mane 6. While other villains have been EasilyForgiven, fans weren\'t expected to let them \'\'join the main cast.\'\'
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I cut most of this entry down because, as I said, it goes far beyond the point of the trope (explaining why Starlight's motivations for being DrivenToVillainy weren't as sympathetic as the writers intended) and into Complaining About A Redemption You Don't Like. Starlights actions are grossly exaggerated in order to make her out to be a CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon yet got off easy for it (Her cult town was far from
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I cut most of this entry down because, as I said, it goes far beyond the point of the trope (explaining why Starlight\'s motivations for being DrivenToVillainy weren\'t as sympathetic as the writers intended) and into Complaining About A Redemption You Don\'t Like. Starlights actions are grossly exaggerated in order to make her out to be a CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon yet got off easy for it (Her cult town was far from \"a brutal dictatorship\": aside from the removal of cutie marks and individuality in order to make ponies better harmonize as a friendly community, it was all about a \'\'lack\'\' of brutality, and none of the apocalyptic scenarios of alternate timelines she indirectly caused were intended by her, so I don\'t see why this is something she supposedly can\'t come back from), the entry indicates that she showed no remorse for her crimes and only made a HeelFaceTurn out of selfishness and convenience for her (which, if you watch the episode, is clearly not true), compared her unfavorably to another character with a similar story and stated opinion on that character\'s story as though they were fact (I personally found Moondancer a good contender for this trope myself), and went on to complain about her promotion to SixthRanger, which was happening whether fans liked it or not.
