Twilight: Oh Night Light! Good morning sweetheart.
Night Light: What are you looking for?
Twilight: I’m looking for your sister. I was hoping I could spend some time with her today!
Night Light: Oh, she just left.
Twilight: She did? Why?
Night Light: To work out or something. Iunno.
Twilight: Thank you Night Light. I’ll see you later today okay? You should go spend time with your father. Maybe you could go with him to Canterlot and help him out with training the guard.
Night Light: Ehhhh…
Twilight: And then after you can go the the Starswirl wing in the library
Night Light: Really??? Alright! I’ll go get him now. See you later, mom!
Twilight: giggles Bye sunshine
Twilight: Starbuuuurst? Starburst where are you? spots Starburst heading out of the castle Ah! There you are!
Starburst: Oh, morning mom. You’re up earlier than usual.
Twilight: Mmhm! I was trying to get up at the same time as you. I thought I’d missed you when I saw you weren’t in your room this morning.
Starburst: Cool………….. Well, I’ll see you later then? spreads wings to fly off
Twilight: W-wait! Actually I was hoping I coooould hang out with you today?
Starburst: Why?
Twilight: Oh, well, I mean… we don’t really see each other too much anymore. Y’know? You’re always with your friends and I’m always working and–
Starburst: Don’t you have to work today?
Twilight: Nope! It should be fine. I made sure to let Princess Celestia and Princess Luna know that I was taking the day off.
Starburst: Since when could princesses take days off?
Twilight: Since forever. Everypony needs a break every once in a while. Plus, I don’t think it’d be too much trouble if one out of four princesses decided to take one day off.
Starburst: Ah. Well. I’m actually kinda working out all day today. Sooooo… maybe another time?
Twilight: Another time? But I took today off…
Starburst: Uhhh, you can hang out with Nighty then right? He likes books and stuff like you.
Twilight: R-right but me and Night Light spend a lot of time together already. I wanted to spend the day with you specifically. I want to spend time with my daughter.
Starburst: Go hang out with Anthea then. She might as well be your daughter
Twilight: Huh?
Starburst: Nothing. I’m gonna be doing a lot of cardio today. So loooots and loooooots of flying.
Twilight: I can fly! It’s been a while, but I think I can handle it
Starburst: Mom, I know you’re not a super strong flier. It’s probably better if I go alone.
Twilight: B-but Star–
Starburst: Next time, mom. I really need to focus today.
Twilight: Can I at least–
Starburst: I’ve got to go. I’m already off schedule. You’re into schedules right? You understand.
Twilight: Well–
Starburst: Bye mom, I’ll see you later tonight. Have fun with Nighty and dad quickly flies off
@Xaxu-Slyph
To be fair, Star isn’t the only one to blame considering Twilight was somewhat (unintentionally) neglectful to her, mainly because she spent more time tutoring Fluttershy’s daughter Annie (hence the “She might as well be your daughter” quip) or Night Light Jr. to the point where Star felt like she could only really connect with her father.
And usually when she DID try to spend time with her the response was usually “Next time.”…
I’m actually pretty sure the naming convention was intentional from the get go. These characters are not THAT old, they were designed post season 3, at the earliest. We already had the fandom name for Night Light by then.
@Xaxu-Slyph
I think what originally happened was that Kilala wanted to name Twi’s younger son “Night Light”, only to find out later that Twi’s father’s fanon name was also Night Light, so she tacked a “Jr.” at the end, so it would look like he’s named after his grandfather.
Of course, most people–and ponies, in-universe–just call the colt “Nighty.”
@Background Pony #DD5E
The worst part is when the child just finds the parents annoying. Not by any fault of the parents usually! There is a time when children want to go out and explore the world. They don’t know about how much just a day spent with their parent can mean to said parent. They usually end up regretting it later on in life.
https://youtu.be/KUwjNBjqR-c
Ahhh, yes…
@Xaxu-Slyph
To be fair, Star isn’t the only one to blame considering Twilight was somewhat (unintentionally) neglectful to her, mainly because she spent more time tutoring Fluttershy’s daughter Annie (hence the “She might as well be your daughter” quip) or Night Light Jr. to the point where Star felt like she could only really connect with her father.
And usually when she DID try to spend time with her the response was usually “Next time.”…
See where I’m coming from?
I’m actually pretty sure the naming convention was intentional from the get go. These characters are not THAT old, they were designed post season 3, at the earliest. We already had the fandom name for Night Light by then.
-Lumino
Thank You! That was clear and informative. I am not aware of the story at all.
I think what originally happened was that Kilala wanted to name Twi’s younger son “Night Light”, only to find out later that Twi’s father’s fanon name was also Night Light, so she tacked a “Jr.” at the end, so it would look like he’s named after his grandfather.
Of course, most people–and ponies, in-universe–just call the colt “Nighty.”
The worst part is when the child just finds the parents annoying. Not by any fault of the parents usually! There is a time when children want to go out and explore the world. They don’t know about how much just a day spent with their parent can mean to said parent. They usually end up regretting it later on in life.
This. ):