WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:05.840 Starlight: Oh, it is on 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:09.860 Sunset: Sorry, it had to be this way 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:16.350 Starlight and Sunset have been very similar 00:00:16.350 --> 00:00:17.780 characters from early on. 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:21.560 Both were bad guys from the beginning, but due to Twilight pointing out the error of their ways 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:24.180 they started becoming better and then everything is good- 00:00:24.180 --> 00:00:24.900 Look at that! 00:00:25.020 --> 00:00:27.720 Their next appearances focus on them developing their characters 00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:31.360 so they start accepting friendship and becoming bigger assets in the series 00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:33.320 And you can buy toys of them (YAY!) 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.140 They're the ones that changed the most in future appearances because they have the most to grow 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:38.780 I guess besides Discord. 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.160 One of the biggest differences between them is just how much friendship has affected them 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:43.820 before the initial cast finds them. 00:00:43.940 --> 00:00:49.580 Sunset didn't even have any friends until she like, had to have friends to recover socially from like, being a demon. 00:00:49.660 --> 00:00:51.340 Starlight had her own fallout over her friendship 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:52.620 with one of her close friends, 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:55.180 and that was the decision that affected how she saw others 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.440 Friendship played opposite parts in their development. 00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:01.460 In some regards Sunset had both the runtime and more of a reason to drastically change. 00:01:01.660 --> 00:01:03.380 Let's go into the cons a little bit more. 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:07.240 For one early Starlight seems to go to extremes to understand and control friendship, 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:09.100 and has the most time developed in series 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.600 Sunset has some short movie run times to change 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:15.260 Which was more at first but can't compete with like a bunch of seasons. 00:01:15.260 --> 00:01:18.100 After the fact though both seem genuine about their changes 00:01:18.100 --> 00:01:22.060 But Starlight can be a little sarcastic sometimes that it makes you question how deep it goes 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.000 Starlight: Alright, I'll change him back! 00:01:24.300 --> 00:01:28.720 Sunset on the other hand offers more of a blind eye going into friendship because of her setup. 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:30.760 It's implied she never really had a clue about it. 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.700 I guess we can count Princess Celestia as friend or mentor thing, but that relationship 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:36.220 Isn't really explored that much 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:38.760 Outside of the comics and that one thing, that one time. 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:40.760 Starlight on the other hand has the high ground 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.800 Obi Wan Kenobi: I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND! 00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:42.480 No! 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:46.140 Cause being in the Main series she has access to a bigger cast to make friends with 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:49.920 By season 7 everyone that comes to Twilight's party is her friend at some level 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:54.240 Starlight also has ties before introduced to the series and even joins her former slave 00:01:54.720 --> 00:01:57.940 Glorious free ponies and did becoming friends with her themselves 00:01:58.160 --> 00:02:01.060 Starlight is better at friendship because she has both the time to shine, 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:03.300 it's her main goal for a certain amount of time 00:02:03.300 --> 00:02:05.460 And because she has more resources available to her 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:09.500 There's a big hap from Sunset didn't notice another student and she feels hurt by it 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.340 But would Starlight have done the same? 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:12.440 Possibly? 00:02:12.440 --> 00:02:15.960 Another is to compare how each character has faced specific challenges 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.700 Sunset has to win back a whole student body 00:02:17.700 --> 00:02:20.140 who's hated her, and just has five girls to help her 00:02:20.150 --> 00:02:22.940 She only wins the respect back after learning a lot from Twilight 00:02:22.940 --> 00:02:24.380 But she does so on her own 00:02:24.380 --> 00:02:27.580 How they interact because we can study that as well, is something else to consider 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.020 Starlight is more curious when sunset is actually the more level headed one. 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:32.520 What's leadership for something? 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:38.080 Sunset: I know my friends and I have been given special powers for a reason, and I wanna be ready for whatever is gonna be thrown at us. 00:02:38.380 --> 00:02:41.600 So it seems like even though two characters follow similar arcs. 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:43.200 They are very different characters. 00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:46.300 Starlight, I think is the curious one with a smart head on her shoulders 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:48.560 While Sunset seems the more rounded but warm one 00:02:48.660 --> 00:02:51.900 At the surface it seems like these characters though have a similar plot drive 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:53.440 And serve similar roles and their stories 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:56.580 But if we look closer we can see that they have different personalities 00:02:56.580 --> 00:02:58.760 Different advantages and disadvantages 00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:00.620 And overall different time periods develop 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:01.540 In my opinion 00:03:01.540 --> 00:03:04.580 although Starlight has the upper hand with the better understanding of friendship 00:03:04.580 --> 00:03:07.320 Sunset learning from the ground up and slowly winning this to be plotted 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:10.000 Back is a little bit more relatable story to people 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.980 How many of you inslaved a group of horses to go back on that one guy who never texted you. 00:03:13.980 --> 00:03:15.380 My personal choice is Sunset. 00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:21.340 Boo this man! Boooo! *Assorted booing noises* 00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:22.320 But, as always 00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:24.500 it depends a lot on what you see in these characters 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:25.700 And what they symbolize 00:03:25.700 --> 00:03:28.040 Do we want a character who got off on the wrong start and slowly 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:30.640 relearning through the help of some magical Pony princess 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:32.860 Or someone who has to fight a stigma with a group of friends 00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:36.880 I guess by default the high school setting is again a little bit more relatable 00:03:36.880 --> 00:03:39.480 Depending on how your high school experience or 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:42.760 Secondary school or whatever you went 00:03:42.760 --> 00:03:45.820 So if you liked that video, please remember to like it share it subscribe it 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:48.960 Bop it twist it move it shake it. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.980 I appreciate the support cuz you're awesome, and I love you 00:03:53.320 --> 00:03:56.880 That's all folks except. 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