A Totally Objective Analysis of Starlight Glimmer | Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
  • A weird man attempts to analyze everything about a lilac coated pony in a small children's show. Also Glimmy is best pony.
    Part 2 will be coming when it is accomplished, I need a small break after this cause this was incredibly daunting. This is my first time doing such an editing style like this, and honestly I am absolutely digging it. Only problem is that it takes a very, very good while to create, leading to me being stuck in an eternal void dimension. But I'm still a fan of it, so I don't really mind doing more of it.
    Edit: Yooo I got hit by the Equestria Daily gods, pretty cool: www.equestriadaily.com/2022/0...
    0:00 - Warning
    0:08 - The Intro
    1:09 - The Glimmy Is Pretty
    4:11 - GlimGlam Is Sassy with Anxiety
    6:22 - Starlight the Pest Control Enthusiast
    7:41 - Glammer's Character Arc
    8:11 - The Marxism Era
    11:59 - Starlight Stalker
    12:31 - The Glim Glam Menace Returns
    15:17 - Battle Between Waifus
    17:36 - The Cutie Re-jection
    21:48 - The StarShank Redemption
    22:51 - Outro
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  • @bettyglimmer9831
    @bettyglimmer9831 Год назад +1466

    You know, one of the basic premises behind this show is that you'll never know how dumb you're acting in many situations, unless somepony tells you. In which case, considering Starlight was alone for all that time, I think her backstory makes far more sense...

    • @jcj268
      @jcj268 Год назад +106

      Also considering how her father acted

    • @icedemon8419
      @icedemon8419 Год назад +44

      @@jcj268 Fr

    • @karak962
      @karak962 4 месяца назад +22

      it's true!!!!!!

    • @smspacelover
      @smspacelover 27 дней назад +4

      As someone who has been left lonely for a variety of reasons, I honestly understand the motive and think that it is very fair

    • @Catalyst9564
      @Catalyst9564 25 дней назад +2

      A fellow starlight fan😊

  • @theroyalcourt8225
    @theroyalcourt8225 2 года назад +872

    Finally, someone else who has 24+ minutes of rambling about this pony

    • @theroyalcourt8225
      @theroyalcourt8225 2 года назад +18

      Also, Equestria At War player spotted

    • @thekietnguyen2673
      @thekietnguyen2673 Год назад +6

      ​@Hero Star nah m8 spike is best pony

    • @thekietnguyen2673
      @thekietnguyen2673 Год назад +6

      @Hero Star :/

    • @mozareklla
      @mozareklla 2 месяца назад

      ​@@theroyalcourt8225 Best mod in Hoi4.

    • @loadeddice4696
      @loadeddice4696 14 часов назад

      @@thekietnguyen2673 Spike can't be Best Pony because in the first Discord storyline Twilight says "Spike, you're the new Rainbow Dash" and as we all know Rainbow Dash is NOT Best Pony.

  • @brandonwilliams6221
    @brandonwilliams6221 9 месяцев назад +752

    In regards to Starlight’s backstory, I completely get it because I can almost directly relate to it. As a very young kid, about 7 or 8. My *BEST FRIEND* moved away. We did everything together. I cannot over emphasize how much of a best friend to me he was at the time. And leading up to the move, all he cared about was playing with the bubble wrap and packing stuff.(as I literally helped him pack) All conversation around the move was about how excited he was to get a different room and backyard, etc. Not a *single* time was any sentiment that he might miss me or be sad that he was moving away uttered. And he never even said goodbye either. Just gone one day. No phone number given for contact, no new address given to meet up, nothing. My best friend was gone with not even as much as a wave goodbye and as far as I know he went smiling ear to ear. It made me pretty sad and made me feel like we were never really friends.
    If he was so excited to move on that he couldn’t even be bothered to give a goodbye or show that he might miss me then how little esteem did he actually hold for me? Did he really care more about moving away than me? And other similar thoughts occupied my mind for months. (In a much more fuzzy and childish way, as I didn’t have the mental faculties to truly reflect and realize these thoughts at the time 😃)
    I’m not sure if one of the writers experienced something like this themselves or if it’s just coincidence. But the scenario is not wholly unrealistic. As a child, my experience that rings very close to Starlight’s hurt for months. It may have even had deeper, further reaching mental effects. So it makes sense, to me at least, that an incident where your best friend just up and leaves in the blink of an eye with seemingly no care for you, would eat Starlight up from the inside. And that’s not even to take into account the importance of cutie marks in Equestria. The CMC are perfect evidence that cutie marks are extremely important to at least a decent chunk of foals and hold a lot of mental weight. That in combination with the immediate abandonment is what I see as a mine’s worth of salt to rub into the wound that is Starlight’s worst day of her fillyhood.
    Others say that it’s not a substantial enough reason for Starlight to go on and do “X Y Z.” But there’s a couple important points to be aware of.
    1.) The severity of events on someone’s psyche is not determined by outside observers. It is determined by the one who experienced them. It is not how hard an experience was objectively that matters, it is how hard THEY took it. And Starlight clearly took it hard. *I* took my experience hard, despite it appearing from the outside to simply be someone moving away.
    I understand that fiction is fiction and writing is not meant to be perfectly realistic. So I can see how some would find it just lazy writing not to give a villain a good backstory that matches their actions. But I’d also remind them that starlight was written TO BE reformed.
    2.) Starlight’s actions and their consequences were not envisioned by her to be as bad as they were. Yes to US they are massive and put her on level with the other antagonists out to rule the world. Whereas Starlight felt she was completely in the right and didn’t even set out to forcibly conquer the world.(forcibly as in with physical violence or combat) Twilight and friends showed up at her village unrequested and it’s implied everyone there found their way to her village of their own accord. Starlight was not foal-napping anypony or walking into other villages to recruit. She merely acted opportunistically when a literal princess came to her village. Starlight never set out to directly attack Equestria or one of it’s leaders, it seems her plan was simply to slowly let ponies “learn” about her “enlightened” lifestyle of their own accord as they traveled to her village.
    Unlike every other main villain, Starlight did not set out to attack Equestria and take it over by force. At least not in a way she herself considered “force.”
    We as the audience are aware of the immense dangers of the “lifestyle” she wanted to spread. But Starlight was a genuine believer and in some weird way her wounded mind thought that she was helping. All the other villains held no such delusions. They were fully aware that their goal was taking Equestria by force so that they could live better at the *expense* of others.
    Actions taken after Twilight liberated the village were wholly reactionary. And Starlight herself proved she set out ONLY to get back at Twilight. She didn’t think her actions would doom the world. Her responses when challenged by Twilight and her denial show that she believed only twilight and her friends would be effected.
    Once again, while the results of Starlight’s actions were massive and far reaching, the impetus for said actions was not nearly as malicious as any other villain of the series. From Starlight’s perspective, delusional as it might be, she believed that she was just getting back at somepony who wronged her; somepony who showed up at her village unsolicited and ruined everything she built. Not destroying Equestria.
    3.) Due to the nature of our brains, we all want some really important reason for bad things to happen. If a dictator burns down a country, we want to be told they did it because they were beaten as a child or tortured for years straight. When in reality, Starlight did what she did because of what effected HER badly. Not what a jury of the masses would come to a unanimous decision was objectively “bad enough” to warrant the damage she wrought. Starlight’s backstory is realistic in the way that, bad things happen for what we would say are bogus reasons all the time. Not every villain in the real world have some dastardly backstory, and almost nobody *thinks* THEY’RE the bad guy. Very few people wake up and purposefully choose cruelty and acridity for the pure sake of being cruel and acrid.
    I like to believe Twilight understood all this. At least a little. And that’s why she was willing to redeem Starlight instead of punish her severely. Even after the threat to the world was removed. Starlight’s initial actions do not hold a candle to the other villains in terms of pure villainy. Everyone else wanted to rule Equestria for their own sake just because they wanted to rule. Starlight wanted to do what she thought would *help* Equestrians in the long run. At no point after she’s found out did she ever “drop the charade” and declare that she was just using her village to gain power for the sake of it. Even while facing Twilight later on Starlight is convinced that her village was a good thing.
    And that’s why I understand and like Starlight’s backstory. It makes sense *to me* due to personal experience. It’s also why Starlight is the best pony. Her character has a lot of depth and she is the most unique villain in terms of motivation. She was delusional and anguished, not evil.
    Tl;dr: Just read the last bit.

    • @FluoFall
      @FluoFall 9 месяцев назад +73

      You really sound like a person who wants to write a book about it

    • @protagon1st962
      @protagon1st962 8 месяцев назад +75

      I glad u shared ur perspective. I enjoyed the read and majorly agree. Also hope u good now.

    • @DraBlm3335
      @DraBlm3335 7 месяцев назад +72

      Interesting thinking. I admit for me, Starlight backstory feel weak but when you mention one doesn't need a big concrete backstory just to oppose another person/pony ideal is accurate as well.

    • @friedegg7077
      @friedegg7077 5 месяцев назад +23

      i hope u found a friend that cherishes u genuinely

    • @dianapl6432
      @dianapl6432 3 месяца назад +40

      You write so beautifully. I had a blast reading every single paragraph. Never lose that, it's a skill. Thank you for sharing! I already liked Starlight, but this was a very nice reflection/analysis of her character, and I'm tired of getting hate just for liking a fictional character :"] So it's really reassuring to read.
      PD: To add a bit of my own experience. I was one to move pretty often from my friends instead of the other way around. I remember moving 7-8 times by the time I was 17. And reflecting back on it, with a more developed mind, I can clearly see some long-lasting consequences of having experienced that lifestyle in my youth. And I can tie some of the personal anguish I experienced to a butterfly effect very likely generated by this.
      From the outside, I was just a kid moving away, but you'll never know what goes through the mind of someone or what impact this can cause beneath their skin.

  • @thenagito
    @thenagito Год назад +343

    I didn't even know Starlight was generally hated, because the only opinion I've been exposed to about her is my own, and she's also my favorite character. Glad to see someone shares my opinion!

    • @cozyglow100
      @cozyglow100 Год назад +13

      I love starlight glimmer

    • @cozyglow100
      @cozyglow100 Год назад

      Please answer

    • @thenagito
      @thenagito Год назад +6

      @@cozyglow100 Bro how do you expect me to respond to that? You made a statement that I didn't see how to respond to. I agree with you but I'm not going to respond just because you said something in my reply section

    • @cozyglow100
      @cozyglow100 Год назад +2

      What do you think about starlight glimmer

    • @thenagito
      @thenagito Год назад +5

      @@cozyglow100 It's... in my comment

  • @PatriotMapper
    @PatriotMapper 3 месяца назад +329

    Starlight Glimmer is the best character in the show: a villain with a realistic motivation and vision who finds redemption, dedicates herself to learning righteousness, and ultimately saves the heroes while providing a bunch of fun dialogue and interactions with other characters.

    • @N30NF43
      @N30NF43 3 месяца назад +7

      Her friend moved away and thus she started a cult, realistic

    • @PatriotMapper
      @PatriotMapper 3 месяца назад +38

      @@N30NF43 She was a child, which caused her to develop childish motivations and her father was too obsessed with treating her like a child that she never matured past her childhood hatred of cutie marks. It’s realistic when you consider the kind of impact events in your childhood and the way your parents treat you can have on your entire life.

    • @N30NF43
      @N30NF43 3 месяца назад +4

      @@PatriotMapper She started a cult, trauma doesn’t make people start cults

    • @PatriotMapper
      @PatriotMapper 3 месяца назад +20

      @@N30NF43 Cults are started for all kinds of reasons. Joseph Smith and David Koresh both suffered from traumatic experiences as children.

    • @fbidumbbee
      @fbidumbbee 3 месяца назад +7

      ​@@N30NF43strawman

  • @changelingkingcocoon5029
    @changelingkingcocoon5029 Год назад +255

    Technically, we don't know that Starlight never tried to contact Sunburst. But because of how Sunburst's mother tries to control his life, he probably threw out any letters Starlight wrote to him assuming they were from his mother. After all, it's revealed that he throws out letters from Sires Hollow. So yeah, Starlight doing what she did may be because of Sunburst's mother.
    Wow... I'm actually kinda surprised that I'm not the only one to see that detail about Sunburst's mother. Then again, I was also surprised that nobody considered that possibility either. It just seems so obvious to a rational thinker.

    • @rejisha
      @rejisha Год назад +33

      we do know though that sunburst is still a contributing factor without his mom. His shame of flunking magic school and achieving greatness fall, pretty much made isolate all that time and avoid contacting her himself all that time. It was Starlight who had to go to him. So it could be said the initial reason reason Starlight changed was wack but the wackness should fall somewhat after the new information of a later time learned that gives more reason.

    • @changelingkingcocoon5029
      @changelingkingcocoon5029 Год назад +37

      @@rejisha I'd argue that it's a chain of events that sent her into a downward spiral. It began with when Sunburst first got his cutie mark, specifically the even tthat caused it. He saved her from a pile of falling books. Granted, it likely wouldn't be much more than just a few bumps and brruises, but to a child her age, it still would've been at least a little traumatizing. At the time, she was also likely in awe at Sunburst. So when he was sent to Magic School, it meant that her savior was gone. And that's when you can get to Sunburst's mother sending letters and wanting to control his life. So whenever Starlight tried to contact him, he would just ignore them like he did his mother's letters. And with Starlight's mindset, him ignoring her affecter her that much more.
      So yeah, this may all stem from childish reasoning. But what happens to you as a child influences how you grow up. So even if you grow out of that childish reasoning, there's still that part of your mind that has been molded because of it.

    • @rejisha
      @rejisha Год назад +11

      @@changelingkingcocoon5029 Yeah I get that. I'm just saying he could have reached out by sending a letter directly to starlight (Celestia or something else can probably send it to her with magic). Like he could ignore letters received but he could send letters back. it would let her know how he was doing at the time.
      but yeah I agree with all that. they were kids and miscommunication could really affect a person terribly.
      And feeling controlled, useless, busy or ashamed for so long could make a person ignore or avoid or isolate.
      Either way, things like that can make one feel (or in their cases feel like) there is no way to end it or only one way they found to end it.

  • @Doomzdeh
    @Doomzdeh 2 месяца назад +35

    Starlight’s expressions and reactions to things in this show are top tier tbh. Reminds me a lot of earlier-series Twilight, who was a bit more snarky and awkward.

    • @beingweirdisnormal1404
      @beingweirdisnormal1404 26 дней назад

      Yes, I'm 100% with MV's video on Starlight being the best pony, and her expressions are just one part of it, they're the best.

  • @lydian7982
    @lydian7982 Год назад +268

    I agree with you about Starlight's backstory being completely realistic. A lot of things we believe subconsciously look utterly stupid when brought out to the light and questioned. But the point is, we don't question them. They become a false bedrock of things we just assume are true because we've never thought to question them. And yes, most if not all of them we picked up as children, when we were too naive to know any better.

    • @cozyglow100
      @cozyglow100 Год назад +4

      I love starlight glimmer

    • @yummydragon8533
      @yummydragon8533 3 месяца назад +11

      ik it's not the same thing, but it's similar to how some people become incels because they got rejected a lot and use that as a reason to declare that all women are awful. your rational arguments will never convince them otherwise, what will be most likely to is empathizing with the core of their argument: being rejected isnt fun. does that make their stance okay? no. but repressing people for making poorly founded decisions will never get them to change

  • @SmokeTheHorsehog
    @SmokeTheHorsehog Год назад +107

    Let us not forget that, if it weren't for Starlight, we wouldn't have Sugar Belle, aka the wife of my favorite pony, Big McIntosh.

    • @cid76
      @cid76 3 месяца назад +21

      also Daybreaker, Reformed Changelings (buy our toys by Hasbro), improved Maud Pie episodes, Waifu Stealer Sunburst, jerkadorable Trixie

    • @SmokeTheHorsehog
      @SmokeTheHorsehog 3 месяца назад +11

      @@cid76 All of these character changes or additions were because of her. And for better or worse, I'm glad for that.

    • @cid76
      @cid76 3 месяца назад +8

      @@SmokeTheHorsehog They are for the better indeed, That's why Glim Glam is my favourite pony alongside Princess Luna

  • @banquo0
    @banquo0 Год назад +238

    This video literally has it all. Godlike editing, jokes in every single frame, thoughtful analysis, and MEMES. This was a fantastic watch. Loved it.

  • @glimglamisdabest9049
    @glimglamisdabest9049 Год назад +80

    I'm a simple man:
    I see glim glam, I click.

    • @ME0WMERE
      @ME0WMERE 11 дней назад +1

      name checks out

  • @TheMagicCuber
    @TheMagicCuber 2 года назад +151

    This video is one of the reasons why I still love MLP and the Brony Fandom. We can make fun of ourselves, laugh at cringe, and be cringy ourselves, but we can also have deep insight into characters and lore from a show that on the surface may not seem that deep. We can take these ponies and give new ways to think about and discuss them, and we can showcase just how cool they are and how smart the writers of the show were.
    Props to you MV! Thank you for the entertaining video, and I can’t wait for part 2!
    Fluttershy is still best pony though don’t @ me

    • @northproductions6104
      @northproductions6104 8 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah like comparing what Apple Bloom went through in the episode Bloom and Gloom. And how her nightmares and fears were something that Starlight shared

  • @hannahhester8376
    @hannahhester8376 2 года назад +124

    I would've loved for Starlight to become a princess at the end. She absolutely deserved it, that's for sure.

    • @catraaaaaa
      @catraaaaaa Год назад +10

      IFKR??

    • @M0ONCommander
      @M0ONCommander 3 месяца назад

      nah, she's more the type to abolish the monarchy and establish democratically elected representatives. anti-establishment queen

    • @Probably_JENOVA
      @Probably_JENOVA Месяц назад +6

      It’s kinda scary to think just how OP she would especially be as an alicorn.

    • @user-sb3xj4fd1s
      @user-sb3xj4fd1s Месяц назад +3

      Then she would become stronger then every pony in equestrian history this includes celestia Luna fused

  • @swirldip4358
    @swirldip4358 2 года назад +99

    I just want to say for your first time commentary, this looks and feels you’ve been doing this for years on RUclips and that’s amazing. Also, I’ve always wanted to make a video like this about why starlight is the best starlight but I gave up on it a while back. Even if I went through with it, it would not come close in quality to this man, keep up the good work.

  • @EteamProductions
    @EteamProductions Год назад +51

    God I cannot imagine how much time and effort all this editing could've taken you
    And FINALLY SOMEONE FINALLY SAYING IT
    STARLIGHT IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN BEST PONE

  • @scaperist
    @scaperist Год назад +54

    Haven't seen such a well-edited, high-effort video about colorful horses in a long-long while. I am thoroughly impressed.

  • @JackSilver1410
    @JackSilver1410 Год назад +65

    I never had an issue with Starlight's backstory. I carry more than a few things from deep in my past that I would gladly take a whole planet off the census for, but I also understand that I do not have that power and the damage I can reasonably cause just wouldn't be enough to sate my ego, let alone my id.
    Starlight's goal wasn't to cause war and slavery and genocide and all that. Her goal was to make Twilight miserable. Twilight's joy came from her friends, Starlight's joy came from the reverence of her town. That town was taken so Starlight just wanted to return the favor. On top of the fact that we keep getting sent back to a certain point in time so all of these disastrous futures are more hypothetical than anything. Solid, but not permanent. Now imagine if someone actually brought down atrocities, did damage that couldn't just be rewound and taken back, and all for some small, petty reason like.. I dunno, they couldn't get into art school or something.
    Damage done for a petty reason is still damage, and believe you me, it can feel so very good to indulge in those small, petty hatreds that you've been carrying around for years if not decades. And watching someone else wildly succeed and bask in something that you never even got a real chance at can cut deep and fester hard until you find yourself thinking that it's only a matter of time before your self control cracks.

  • @StudioCinemagic
    @StudioCinemagic 2 года назад +37

    Holy shit. This is now the standard for all videos talking about the show.
    A+
    10/10
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    100% Certified Fresh

  • @bowserops2799
    @bowserops2799 Год назад +29

    I agree completely with this, Starlight is absolutely Best Pony. Others may disagree with me, but they can not and will never change my mind.
    The only thing that I say would’ve made her even better for me would be if we got to see a bit more of her as a villain. But still happy with what we got.

    • @noin9509
      @noin9509 Год назад

      Fluttershy is best pony.

  • @unknownunicorn567
    @unknownunicorn567 Год назад +89

    Oh mah gosh, I just realized that Starlight is stronger than Celestia, or just smarter than her, why? Because she lasted way long than Celestia in that battle against Queen Chrysalis.

    • @unknownunicorn567
      @unknownunicorn567 Год назад +17

      Starlight #bestpone

    • @pancakes8670
      @pancakes8670 2 месяца назад +6

      I never thought about that. Chrysalis was even stronger than she was when she fought Celestia.
      Imma say Starlights just smarter, because its weird thinking Starlight has the power to move the sun.

    • @unknownunicorn567
      @unknownunicorn567 2 месяца назад +1

      @@pancakes8670 yeah lol

    • @user-sb3xj4fd1s
      @user-sb3xj4fd1s Месяц назад +2

      @@pancakes8670she probably is almost as strong cuz she literally made celestia and Luna switch cutie marks to take anyone’s cutie mark is one thing but taking a strong pony’s cutie mark is another and switching from two different princess cutie marks make you stronger then at least one princess and I think she is stronger then twilight cuz twilight said it starlight glimmer is more skilled then her

  • @northproductions6104
    @northproductions6104 8 месяцев назад +26

    I’ll be the first one to say that I feel like Starlight’s backstory is Apple Bloom and the rest of the Crusader’s nightmares come to life. It’s just that unlike Starlight, they actually had good family and friends to support them with their fears and worries. Especially about cutie marks and how it’d change their relationships with each other

  • @Place-Holder
    @Place-Holder 2 года назад +46

    This video will provide plenty more than just 24 minutes of entertainment and information. I'm going to rewatch it at 0.5x speed just to catch everything.
    Good to see Glimmy get more love over the years. Can't wait for Part 2!

  • @AxtonAponte
    @AxtonAponte 2 года назад +32

    Woah, this is really damn good video. The editing is beyond solid, and your voicework works great for what you're doing.
    Great work bro, keep it up

  • @woomod2445
    @woomod2445 Год назад +24

    I kinda wonder what people wanted from that backstory?
    The cutie mark moment where she is sitting there crying after sunburst has gone off and has the 'if people weren't different this wouldn't have happened'?
    Like is that what people wanted?
    Like god, her cutie mark is the symbol of magic/individuality/the soul **turning to dust**, fucking with what makes people unique is what makes her unique, it's as she puts it HER magic.
    With her ass tat basically she was a ticking timebomb in equestria.

    • @rejisha
      @rejisha Год назад +8

      some or certain people, more or less, thirst being spoon fed things in excruciating details/frames. It's likely they get upset when their criteria for likability or potential or relate-ability is not up to their feeble standards. It's also possible they will forget not everyone reacts the same And that she was a kid driven to that path due to lack of resources or being pushed to such path by resources.
      Bet if she made a deal with a villain that claims they will keep their promise, people will likely bash her cause they know the obvious or watched it already, acting like she should know. Also a person who experiences the same crap repeating may become numb and feel there is no real way out and if there is there is only one possibility they found.

    • @DefineObsessed
      @DefineObsessed Год назад +6

      The fandom wanted something a TV-Y show couldn't provide (Intense Bullying,Self harm etc) and thats on them for expecting that

  • @SingleHoof
    @SingleHoof 2 года назад +22

    holy crap this vid went above and beyond! You have convinced me. Starlight truly is best horse

  • @jnxx8516
    @jnxx8516 2 года назад +28

    Everything here in this video is basically facts entirely

  • @no-bu9df
    @no-bu9df Месяц назад +2

    15:24 bro dropped the coldest edit and gave us no blanket

  • @Jamming17
    @Jamming17 Год назад +14

    Ridiculously good video, I could watch this ten times without getting bored. Although Trixie is still my favourite pony, Starlight is a close second and this video absolutely reinforces that.

  • @pvtread5207
    @pvtread5207 Год назад +6

    Still finding new pony youtubers!!! And I've been a brony since October 2011 lol. Congrats on making the list in top 10 pony videos of July 2022

  • @SnowheadBlitz
    @SnowheadBlitz 2 дня назад +1

    Thanks for the Max0r edited Starlight vs Chrysalis fight, that was fucking dope. Hell yeah, man, fucking get this lycansubscribe

  • @magic_pink_horse
    @magic_pink_horse Год назад +8

    I didn't really need affirmation of something I thought was fact (Starlight being the best pony, that is), but holy hell, great video, thanks for putting so much effort into it! 💜

  • @ashersussex8533
    @ashersussex8533 9 месяцев назад +5

    OMG it took me this long to find somepony who is a yter and actually appreciates Starlight enough to talk about her for ages 🥺💞

  • @rue3706
    @rue3706 2 года назад +8

    Great video, and insane editing. Had me dying in some parts.

  • @ZizzlyWizard
    @ZizzlyWizard 9 месяцев назад +4

    We needed her longer she was such a comfort chadacter

  • @prismaticstetsons6601
    @prismaticstetsons6601 Год назад +4

    I can feel the max0r energy flowing full force in the editing style, great job!
    Also, W MAS reference

  • @SL2797
    @SL2797 Год назад +2

    This video was wonderfully edited, and I laughed out loud in many parts. Peak meme usage, and very good analysis overall. Congratulations, and I look forward to watching the next part.

  • @StareachValcin
    @StareachValcin 9 месяцев назад +9

    I honestly like Starlight Glimmer and her redemption arc. Also, Kelly Sheridan was also famous for voicing anime characters such as Leena from Zoids new century, Ukyo from Ranma 1/2, and most importantly, Sango from Inuyasha.

  • @void5902
    @void5902 Год назад +2

    you just earned a sub man! the edit was insanely insane!

  • @RagsinatorMusic
    @RagsinatorMusic 7 месяцев назад +4

    I re-watch these so frequently. Works of art

  • @Garrett0451
    @Garrett0451 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this video!
    Looking forward to Part 2! 👍

  • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
    @SomeYouTubeTraveler Год назад +17

    As a dude who was in high school when this show began, had friends who were bronies who the rest of us considered weirdos, grew up and discovered great old shows I'd missed like Avatar, got married and had daughters, and then watched the entirety of MLP:FIM with them as a family, I've gotta say...
    Starlight's story is perfectly fine, and her whole arc is my favorite. Including the "petty" motivation for her turning evil. MLP:FIM's a great show and they did her arc justice.
    Being abandoned by your childhood best friend can be just as devastating to a little girl as being beat up by your own father can be for a little boy (a la Zuko). If you don't get it, then your being a dude is showing. What most bronies don't understand, most of them never having married a woman or raised daughters before, is that emotional damage runs deep, and the most illogical and destructive outlooks and coping mechanisms can get cemented even deeper. Yeah, it's illogical. It's petty. It's overwhelmingly vindictive and oppressive, overcompensating for the trauma tenfold and not caring who you take down with you. But it's real to them and they manifest it into reality by embracing their _perception_ of the trauma into their very identity. Don't believe me? Just look at what cancel culture has become today, led completely by the exact same illogical coping mechanisms for things that make zero sense on the surface. And the only way to fight that and get through to these traumatized people is with empathy.
    Starlight's motivation for her dark deeds is pretty much the definition of Toxic Femininity. It's the form of vindictive, selfish violence and aggression that women take, as opposed to men, born from the same place of self-righteous narcissism and victimhood mentality that Toxic Masculinity comes from. They're both just overly-political words for the universal concept of "being an asshole," and whether they "exist" or not, the reality of people given into overwhelming douchebaggery is real, and it starts with childhood trauma. For girls, being abandoned by your friends over _anything_ can very easily make that thing, whatever you interpreted it as or latched onto, become the sole object of your existence, with you determined to escape or destroy it til the day you die. And it takes a massive amount of patience, empathy, challenges, and forgiveness to overcome, all of which Starlight goes through over the course of many seasons. She's not instantly "cured" of her assholery, and that's what makes it realistic and awesome.
    Starlight makes sense, at least to a guy who understands women as much as any loving husband or father can. I put her redemption arc right up there with Zuko's, even though they're vastly different, because it was given time to flesh out and she had many steps backward along the way. If it ended right after she showed Twilight her backstory, and she was just perfect after that? It would've sucked. But as it is, the following seasons did a powerful commentary on forgiveness and being willing to challenge and change yourself for the better.

    • @northproductions6104
      @northproductions6104 3 месяца назад +1

      Best comment in this section. Completely agree on everything here.

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler 3 месяца назад

      @@northproductions6104 Thank you. Oof, I forgot how long and rambling it was... but I still stand by it

  • @DarkSamus288
    @DarkSamus288 Год назад

    This is so masterfully edited. Great job!
    Also holy shit those added factors you mentioned help her backstory make so much more sense.

  • @grimmreaper1594
    @grimmreaper1594 Год назад +32

    I feel like she’s not a Mary sue because she kind of works with her magic smarter rather than harder

  • @pascolied
    @pascolied 5 месяцев назад +2

    The editing in this video is so good and managed to make me understand her character arc

  • @PepiWrestler
    @PepiWrestler Год назад +1

    God that was scuh an amazing video. Really appreciate the edit. I couldnt get my eyes off the screen.

  • @selfawaresnow
    @selfawaresnow Год назад +2

    For your first time with this type of vid you did very well! So much editing and memes condensed I had to keep rewinding to catch up 😂
    Glim Glam is the best!

  • @Nora-id5hu
    @Nora-id5hu 8 месяцев назад +2

    BRO THIS IS SO TRUE AND THE EDITING IS AMAZING
    AND WHY ARE U SO UNDERRATED

  • @Cantersoft
    @Cantersoft 2 года назад +17

    I had to watch this MASTERPIECE at 0.75x speed to take everything in. 🤯
    Well, your argument is very compelling, so I guess I can't argue otherwise about best pony. This video is _insane_ by the way. It's great to see some people are still putting extreme efforts into pony videos! /)

  • @QuantumHippologist
    @QuantumHippologist 2 года назад +13

    This is the dopest character analysis I’ve ever seen.
    Sunset’s still better though.

    • @Nightharmony69
      @Nightharmony69 Год назад +2

      Opinion valid. 👍

    • @woomod2445
      @woomod2445 Год назад +2

      Yes but you can't compete with sunset, that isn't fair to glimglam.
      Being #2 when #1 is the glorious and perfect Sunset Shimmer is nothing against a character.

  • @err2900
    @err2900 2 года назад +2

    I'm exceptionally grateful for this video

  • @garmadonthesensei59
    @garmadonthesensei59 3 месяца назад +5

    I’m sorry Starlight is my second favorite after Twilight I’M A FRAUD 😭😭 but seriously this video is absolutely epic. It’s hilarious, well constructed, and the editing is off the charts !! Well done!!!

  • @KanaTheFoxxo
    @KanaTheFoxxo Год назад +2

    Honestly the Camilla transition for the Starlight Twilight fight was incredible and you have nothing but my pure respect.

  • @milesd0texe385
    @milesd0texe385 Год назад +10

    Wow, I feel like this video was made for me personally. Can't agree more with the stated opinions and the sound design and fast past humor is just fantastic. Starlight is definitely best pony (I plan to get my starlight tattoo early next year and best part is if anyone asks what it is I can just say it's a kite) and I can't help but feel hanging out and talking about ponies with you would be like hanging out with an absolute homie counterpart of myself.

    • @noin9509
      @noin9509 Год назад

      Fluttershy is better than Starlight.

  • @BillErak
    @BillErak Год назад +4

    Absolutely fantastic.
    Starlight is indeed best pony and I thank you for your service with this video.

    • @noin9509
      @noin9509 Год назад

      Wrong. Fluttershy is objectively best pony.

  • @KotkaMaj
    @KotkaMaj Месяц назад +1

    The editing is awesome

  • @autumn7
    @autumn7 Год назад

    your editing style is so satisfying to watch theres never a dull moment
    fucking perfect video 10/10

  • @wearethesisters
    @wearethesisters Месяц назад +1

    This is the first ever video. I have ever watched from you.☺️

  • @reversed1251
    @reversed1251 2 года назад +9

    Goddamn if I were to search up the definition of a masterpiece in google right now i bet yo ass this video is gonna be the first result. This was like if Max0r did a pony video. There are so many good edits paired with fantastic commentary that just makes me want to be starlight's submissive pet. Great vid cant wait for part 2 👍

  • @RobrotoPlays
    @RobrotoPlays 8 месяцев назад +1

    Imma share this cuz this was really well done you just got a new subscriber.

  • @zippyzoom8786
    @zippyzoom8786 Год назад

    God this was really fun to watch. The Sonic transitions were really cool and even though it was super fast I really understood what you were saying (for the most part)

  • @FlowerGriffon
    @FlowerGriffon Год назад

    The editing is gorgeous

  • @ConjureKarp
    @ConjureKarp Год назад +4

    My brother in Celestia, this editing is Alicorn Tier!
    When I heard that you editing was in the adhd inducing hypnosis that is Max0r, I came here at the speed of an Emergency Meeting and hitted that subsrible button because I Love That Hay-Shiz!

  • @bronyhub
    @bronyhub Год назад +1

    The new Totally Legit Recap series seems different than I remember... XD
    I really hope you keep this analysis series up, I have a DWK shaped hole in my... heart. Your fast editing and funny quips are on point either way. Subscribed!

  • @truckerbrony2571
    @truckerbrony2571 Год назад +3

    The rebirth of DWK?!? Doesn’t have to be. This is absolutely fantastic, brudda 🤙🥳 all the best to ya. Your editing skills are top notch. 🫢

  • @jessicu511
    @jessicu511 3 месяца назад +1

    Your editing is amazing! I love all the stuff you add in to your videos. I know it must take a while to do all that, so I hope you know that at least someone appreciates the time you spent working on it

  • @y5fireflyschannel384
    @y5fireflyschannel384 Год назад +1

    Can't believe I am watching this before going to bed.
    Totally worth listening to you about your opinion!

  • @theblazingpegasus9151
    @theblazingpegasus9151 Год назад +1

    My god, ever since we lost dwk I thought that would be it for the hilarious rambling about how amazing starlight is..but yet here you are, a champion coming save us all in our time of need. I salute you good sir. Can't wait for Pt 2

  • @Mic.vencer
    @Mic.vencer Год назад +2

    Bro I love this cheat code for views, I watch the first time normally, then you get a second view when I have to rewatch it at .25 to see all the little edits, I love this

  • @wichoramirez9673
    @wichoramirez9673 Год назад

    This video is amazing, how did i not discovered you before haha i love the editing and the commentary, it reminds me of DWK, i thought i'll never be seeing this type of video again in the fandom, im subbing rn

  • @silentrobot4592
    @silentrobot4592 Год назад

    This is definitely one of my fav videos now!

  • @doctordd-ey
    @doctordd-ey 2 месяца назад

    I love your yt style.

  • @JustAMonty
    @JustAMonty Год назад +1

    Just came back to rewatch this masterpiece of a video and realised I never commented, so here is my thoughts. I completely agree and this video and it’s hilarious deconstruction of starlight, the editing is fun and bouncy and hits the perfect niece of comedy for me. This video really got me laughing the whole time I watched it, I’m so incredibly envious of your editing style bro please make a preset pack i will buy that shit. Well written, well edited and 100% factual video, great job MV.

  • @tammiiyammii
    @tammiiyammii Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for talking about the obvious best pony in this show, WITH memes. I laughed so hard that I woke up my family- 😅💜

  • @parrypt8851
    @parrypt8851 2 года назад +7

    Amazing video! Might have been your first full-on commentary, but you did really great! Editing was fast as hell, but it’s a testament to how much effort you put into this and was really funny to watch.
    Also nice how you addressed some complicated stuff with Starlight. Her backstory was definitely something that I saw argued about a lot back when I was really into MLP. I honestly just found it fine because of the child perspective, but you did a good job addressing both sides of the argument.
    Looking forward to Part 2! (And hopefully doesn’t break your hands again lmao)
    _Glim Glam is best pony_…objectively

  • @hazy_reply
    @hazy_reply 2 года назад

    it was amazing, thank you so much!

  • @cipkasvay
    @cipkasvay Год назад +1

    Finally, some good fucking character analysis!
    I fucking love it, MOAR PLS

  • @KhakiCap
    @KhakiCap 2 месяца назад +1

    Dayum. Glim Glam caused a lot of time traveling war crimes.

  • @-Spartanoblivion1515
    @-Spartanoblivion1515 2 месяца назад

    This dude possesses Maxor levels of editing, I love it.

  • @destinydynamites
    @destinydynamites 6 месяцев назад +1

    thank god for this video . glimglam is absolute peak

  • @guardduck987
    @guardduck987 Год назад

    I totally agree! Starlight is really the only and only one best pony! And you are really the best for making this Video! You Humour is also right on point.

  • @mochastar3362
    @mochastar3362 Год назад +1

    This was great.

  • @kris_user7744
    @kris_user7744 Год назад

    Seriously, for a first time commentary this video is amazing. I was laughing and dying in the process, I was invested and the edits were fantastic. Also Starlight had an emo phase.

  • @modus_ponens
    @modus_ponens Год назад +1

    FuckYES keep up dat pace man!! Fricking loved every second of it! YEeeees! Content per second rate my adhd brains finally approves!

    • @modus_ponens
      @modus_ponens Год назад

      Also dat background music choise is wicked ass best!

  • @AbilityToBeAwesome
    @AbilityToBeAwesome Год назад

    This is awesome!

  • @Vanillie261
    @Vanillie261 2 месяца назад +3

    Finaly, someone who also love Starlight 😂
    Along with Twilight, Starlight is one of my fave. I like her design, her personality and her magic

  • @Sofewfriends
    @Sofewfriends 2 года назад +2

    Here we go, finally after all this time.
    We have a true *good* post.

  • @Andrewtate516
    @Andrewtate516 Год назад +3

    This video made me even love starlight then I already are

  • @user-vq8fo3qo8o
    @user-vq8fo3qo8o 9 дней назад +1

    FINALLY SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS ME AND GETS THAT STARLIGHT IS THE BEST PONY

  • @bunnybug7668
    @bunnybug7668 3 месяца назад

    Im late but the editting is great!! Funny video 😂😂

  • @lordvader1993ger
    @lordvader1993ger Год назад +7

    Starlight is the best. Badass, intelligent, thicc, powerful.

  • @DaisyAzuras
    @DaisyAzuras Год назад +1

    Get out of my BRAIN!!!! Seriously, you are speaking my thoughts and feels about Glimmy Glam out loud.

  • @kimikohatsumi3147
    @kimikohatsumi3147 2 месяца назад

    Finally a good quality, funny, in depth Mlp channel i can watch!!!

  • @ReawakenedCH.
    @ReawakenedCH. Год назад +1

    this level of editing so reminds me of maxor who i also love.
    nice.

  • @minkyway86
    @minkyway86 Год назад +2

    Glimmy is as complex character as complex is your vid. As other said, a 0.5 speed watch will be needed, that means your vid is actually 50% longer. I cant have enought glimglam. Kudos to you! Hope to see more vids! Subscribed already!

  • @noahwashington6710
    @noahwashington6710 2 месяца назад

    never really been into my little pony but i have had this vid popping up in my reccomended for a while now XD

  • @TheWaffleLord6787
    @TheWaffleLord6787 Год назад

    My 3rd time watching this and it still leaves me wheezing

  • @carengine-ig4bj
    @carengine-ig4bj 2 месяца назад +1

    how the hell does maxor style editing go so damn well with mlp? good job man.

  • @laurii0512
    @laurii0512 6 месяцев назад

    yes yes and YES I'm 2 minutes into this video and I can already tell Imma love it and agre with EVERY SINGLE THING IN IT. Glim Glam is the main reason I kept watching the show after season 6, I'm not even kidding!

  • @landoniver
    @landoniver Месяц назад

    Editing goes crazy

    • @Jorgejose-dm1zn
      @Jorgejose-dm1zn Месяц назад

      He playing Camelia songs in the background

  • @sarahtelles1957
    @sarahtelles1957 Год назад +3

    Yay I'm not the only one who has liked Starlight Glimmer.

    • @2Navalie
      @2Navalie 3 месяца назад +1

      Honestly the fandom has to stop picking on characters to hate, examples are Rarity, Spike, Trixie, and Starlight.