Really? Trixie is the coolest character in TWABA. She gets the most development, her moments are the most emotionally resonant, she’s far more useful than anyone not named Thorax (and she rivals him) and she pretty much gets the final lines of the episode. Her motivation was both revelant to the themes of the show and really pertinent to her development, she was being loyal to her friend.The fact that it wasn’t all about a single character was why I liked it.Thorax on the other hand I do have a issue with. He should have been the hero of the episode, but it was obvious that he really needed another episode beforehand to set up his conflict.Honestly though Starlight is the main character but she’s a very soft main character. She doesn’t do much, doesn’t defeat the villain, and though her motivation is focused on there are other motivations as well that all get screentime.Hell, compare it to Twilight’s Kingdom or Princess Twilight, where everything is about Twilight and the others simply act like sounding boards for her issues. Especially Princess Twilight, where not only are the characters worfed, they’re generally made to look like bloody imbeciles beforehand.
- The Starlight Twilight Starswirl thing should have been more Twilight focused. Compared to other roles, Starlight is downplayed but because Twilight just kind of goes along with Starswirl with no real conflict until the see Sytien, it makes Starlight feel like the only one with common scene. What there should have been was a conflict in Twilight over whether her mentor, who had experience fighting the monster, or her student, who had experience being a monster, were in the right and how to approach that.
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