@toonbat
Well, he does have a nice beard. Very silky. You can run your hoof through it an everything.
N-not that I ever would. That’s just blatantly untrue! That’s as ridiculous as the notion that “beard” as a term for somepony you spend time with in order to distract from your sexual orientation came up because of us!
@Background Pony #A89A
the comics show he did have friends, like celestia, but he likely did not understand friendship entirely. likely he was mostly caught up in his studies too.
I’m sure Star Swirl had acquaintances and allies, but he was probably so absorbed with his studies that he never truly embraced the concept of friendship. Basically, he’s what Twilight Sparkle could have become if she never went to Ponyville.