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Part of my issue with Starlight is her design involves what is basically a text-book focus-group tested-by-corporations "this-will-generically-appeal-to-all-little-girls-everywhere" color-scheme; That is to say, Pink, Purple, and Cyan. It's a un-creative choice that is symptomatic of corporations making design decisions instead of artists, and smacks of a generalization that says "Let's make a character specifically for selling more toys". Frustratingly, it seems to be working, as Starlight is incredibly popular with the little girl demographic, to the point of supplanting other characters.


 
This is made worse by what I would interpret as poor writing for her; her character arc is basically the same as Sunset's but inferior and rushed. I guess I worry that she's gonna eventually replace Twilight and/or Sunset as group leaders, when she herself is not nearly as well developed. This is why I occasionally refer to her as "Diet-Soda Sunset Shimmer" when I'm feeling more bittacerbic.


 
But, I know she has her genuine fans--and I try not to be bitter or negative about her publicly for that reason; it's not very productive either. So I try to be generally positive, and keep my criticism relatively private and mild.


 
However, I drew this picture because I genuinely do like aspects of her human design (if not the colors), and I'm sure the Starlight fans would appreciate it. I really hope the writers will make better use of her, but regardless she's obviously her to stay, so it's better to reconcile with that than starting unnecessary drama.

"@Ciaran":/1414458#comment_6033867

Part of my issue with Starlight is her design involves what is basically a text-book focus-group tested-by-corporations "this-will-generically-appeal-to-all-little-girls-everywhere" color-scheme; That is to say, Pink, Purple, and Cyan. It's a un-creative choice that is symptomatic of corporations makeing design decisions in placstead of artists, and smacks of a generalization that says "Let's make a character specifically for selling more toys". Frustratingly, it seems to be working, as Starlight is incredibly popular with the little girl demographic, to the point of supplanting other characters.

This is made worse by what I would interpret as poor writing for her; her character arc is basically the same as Sunset's but inferior and rushed. I guess I worry that she's gonna eventually replace Twilight and/or Sunset as group leaders, when she herself is not nearly as well developed. This is why I occasionally refer to her as "Diet-Soda Sunset Shimmer" when I'm feeling more bitter.

But, I know she has her genuine fans--and I try not to be bitter or negative about her publicly for that reason; it's not very productive either. So I try to be generally positive, and keep my criticism relatively private and mild.

However, I drew this picture because I genuinely do like aspects of her human design (if not the colors), and I'm sure the Starlight fans would appreciate it. I really hope the writers will make better use of her, but regardless she's obviously her to stay, so it's better to reconcile with that than starting unnecessary drama.

"@Ciaran":/1414458#comment_6033867

Part of my issue with Starlight is her design involves what is basically a text-book focus-group tested-by-corporations "this-will-generically-appeal-to-all-little-girls-everywhere" color-scheme; That is to say, Pink, Purple, and Cyan. It's a un-creative choice that symptomatic of corporations make design decisions in place of artists, and smacks of a generalization that says "Let's make a character specifically for selling more toys". Frustratingly, it seems to be working, as Starlight is incredibly popular with the little girl demographic, to the point of supplanting other characters.

This is made worse by what I would interpret as poor writing for her; her character arc is basically the same as Sunset's but inferior and rushed. I guess I worry that she's gonna eventually replace Twilight and/or Sunset as group leaders, when she herself is not nearly as well developed. This is why I occasionally refer to her as "Diet-Soda Sunset Shimmer" when I'm feeling more bitter.

But, I know she has her genuine fans--and I try not to be bitter or negative about her publicly for that reason; it's not very productive either. So I try to be generally positive, and keep my criticism relatively private and mild.

However, I drew this picture because I genuinely do like aspects of her human design (if not the colors), and I'm sure the Starlight fans would appreciate it. I really hope the writers will make better use of her, but regardless she's obviously her to stay, so it's better to reconcile with that than starting unnecessary drama.

"@Ciaran":/1414458#comment_6033867

Part of my issue with Starlight is her design involves what is basically a text-book focus-group tested-by-corporations this-will-generically-appeal-to-all-little-girls-everywhere; That is to say, Pink, Purple, and Cyan. It's a un-creative choice that symptomatic of corporations make design decisions in place of artists, and smacks of a generalization that says "Let's make a character specifically for selling more toys". Frustratingly, it seems to be working, as Starlight is incredibly popular with the little girl demographic, to the point of supplanting other characters.

This is made worse by what I would interpret as poor writing for her; her character arc is basically the same as Sunset's but inferior and rushed. I guess I worry that she's gonna eventually replace Twilight and/or Sunset as group leaders, when she herself is not nearly as well developed. This is why I occasionally refer to her as "Diet-Soda Sunset Shimmer" when I'm feeling more bitter.

But, I know she has her genuine fans--and I try not to be bitter or negative about her publicly for that reason; it's not very productive either. So I try to be generally positive, and keep my criticism relatively private and mild.

However, I drew this picture because I genuinely do like aspects of her human design (if not the colors), and I'm sure the Starlight fans would appreciate it. I really hope the writers will make better use of her, but regardless she's obviously her to stay, so it's better to reconcile with that than starting unnecessary drama.