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I'm making this stamp out before it's far too late to stop the avalanche of shipping that has already started and will continue to ensue. I think that this is a bad pairing. A very bad, cliche, obvious but also nonsensical pairing. I do not hate people who ship it. I just think that it's a very shallow pairing that only makes sense if you don't think about it. I want to break it down for the two reasons that it is a bad pairing, in my opinion.
From a Narrative Standpoint:
I think it's defeating the point, cliche and obvious. And it makes not really that much sense.
It's just... she doesn't NEED to be with Sunburst. Sunburst moved on with his life; that was the point. The point is that he's not important, in a way, that he was a friend, and she gave up on him. He didn't give up on her, he moved on, like you should. I feel like giving her that is defeating the idea of moving on from your past. I mean, think about it; the whole point is about how the past is important, but you can't dwell on it. Dragging a colt who likely has forgotten about her because she chose to close herself off from him is like saying that moving on is bad.I mean, really, I felt like the point was that she was a petty child who never grew up, throwing away any friendships because of him. Sunburst is somewhere else and that's good, because he has his own life now. Who's to say he is anything close to what he was as a foal? He could be a librarian or an astrologist or anything, and their connection was severed when Starlight was a petty jerk. It's not fair to Sunburst to drag him back to make up/make out with a girl he knew when he was like 9 who suddenly started hating him and everyone. He probably was hurt by her abandoning him, but he moved on. It's really, really important to me that Sunburst is not a part of her adult story, because it's missing the point.
Also it's just kind of like, so cliche that it's painful. I mean, wonderful, you've learned your lesson, have a hot guy from your past. I mean, I'm sorry, but I feel like it's just such a cliche choice. It's the cheesy movie ending with no explanation as to why they should get back together and it's every rom-com ever and we don't know anything about him because he's supposed to represent Starlight's warped mindset and not a romantic option.
In short; Sunburst's point in the story was that he moved on and she didn't. She outright stated it: "I never saw him again.. Because of his Cutie Mark! He got his and I didn't! He moved on, and I didn't!". His role in the story is meant to be that he was a part of her life that she gave up on and he didn't. He went on with his life, and she didn't.
From an In-Universe Perspective:
And with that line, it reveals another issue; Starlight was a terrible and petty friend. Think about what she takes away from him getting his Cutie Mark. Think about how she phrases it. It's all about her. Everything is about how she feels. How she felt abandoned, when she was the pony who did the abandoning. She was the one who stopped talking to him. She is the one who gave up on him, and that should tell you just how selfish she is, and how terrible a friend she was.
As much as she said they were best friends, that they were never apart, it's clear that Starlight didn't hold their friendship very close to her heart. She says they did everything together, and that's great... but what matters is how she treats their friendship. And considering that the second he got any amount of attention from his parents and family, who normally tend to, you know, love their son and want them to feel loved, she dumped him like hot coals, she didn't care that much. It was all about her. It wasn't ever about him.
And really, think about how selfish she was about him; he gets a Cutie Mark, something that is important in society and personally is one of the defining moments of his life, one that's supposed to be a happy experience, and she never once considers his feelings about it. She doesn't look happy for her friend getting his Cutie Mark, which is something everypony knows is special; she knows it's special too. That's why she's upset with him. But she doesn't care about how he feels. She never shows that she cared about him at all, considering that she just gave up on him seconds after he got his cutie mark and never looked back.
Heck, he got his cutie mark saving her from potentially getting crushed by an avalanche of books, and is she grateful? No. She doesn't even think about that, the first thing she sees about him after getting his cutie mark is that he wants to show his family that he got it and that she's no longer the center of attention.
She doesn't talk to him, doesn't follow him, doesn't make any effort to follow him. She is not happy for her friend, she is more obsessed with the fact that she's not the one that he's paying attention to. She makes no effort to talk to him, attend his Cute-ceañera, interact with him, congratulate him, make any effort at all to be friends with him. She gave up because she couldn't handle the idea of her friend getting loved by his parents for saving her from getting crushed and revealing his magical potential. All she took away from her entire experience with him, all the years of friendship they apparently had, was that Cutie Marks end friendships, and not, I don't know, her being a really shitty friend.

This has nothing to do with whoever I ship Starlight with, what matters is that Starlight was a terrible friend to him, and they never had anything real to begin with.

BE RESPECTFUL WITH COMMENTS, PLEASE. Making a case in favor of this is different than "OMG YOU SUCK FOR BEING AGAINST THIS".

Description
I'm making this stamp out before it's far too late to stop the avalanche of shipping that has already started and will continue to ensue. I think that this is a bad pairing. A very bad, cliche, obvious but also nonsensical pairing. I do not hate people who ship it. I just think that it's a very shallow pairing that only makes sense if you don't think about it. I want to break it down for the two reasons that it is a bad pairing, in my opinion.
From a Narrative Standpoint:
I think it's defeating the point, cliche and obvious. And it makes not really that much sense.
It's just... she doesn't NEED to be with Sunburst. Sunburst moved on with his life; that was the point. The point is that he's not important, in a way, that he was a friend, and she gave up on him. He didn't give up on her, he moved on, like you should. I feel like giving her that is defeating the idea of moving on from your past. I mean, think about it; the whole point is about how the past is important, but you can't dwell on it. Dragging a colt who likely has forgotten about her because she chose to close herself off from him is like saying that moving on is bad.I mean, really, I felt like the point was that she was a petty child who never grew up, throwing away any friendships because of him. Sunburst is somewhere else and that's good, because he has his own life now. Who's to say he is anything close to what he was as a foal? He could be a librarian or an astrologist or anything, and their connection was severed when Starlight was a petty jerk. It's not fair to Sunburst to drag him back to make up/make out with a girl he knew when he was like 9 who suddenly started hating him and everyone. He probably was hurt by her abandoning him, but he moved on. It's really, really important to me that Sunburst is not a part of her adult story, because it's missing the point.
Also it's just kind of like, so cliche that it's painful. I mean, wonderful, you've learned your lesson, have a hot guy from your past. I mean, I'm sorry, but I feel like it's just such a cliche choice. It's the cheesy movie ending with no explanation as to why they should get back together and it's every rom-com ever and we don't know anything about him because he's supposed to represent Starlight's warped mindset and not a romantic option.
In short; Sunburst's point in the story was that he moved on and she didn't. She outright stated it: "I never saw him again.. Because of his Cutie Mark! He got his and I didn't! He moved on, and I didn't!". His role in the story is meant to be that he was a part of her life that she gave up on and he didn't. He went on with his life, and she didn't.
From an In-Universe Perspective:
And with that line, it reveals another issue; Starlight was a terrible and petty friend. Think about what she takes away from him getting his Cutie Mark. Think about how she phrases it. It's all about her. Everything is about how she feels. How she felt abandoned, when she was the pony who did the abandoning. She was the one who stopped talking to him. She is the one who gave up on him, and that should tell you just how selfish she is, and how terrible a friend she was.
As much as she said they were best friends, that they were never apart, it's clear that Starlight didn't hold their friendship very close to her heart. She says they did everything together, and that's great... but what matters is how she treats their friendship. And considering that the second he got any amount of attention from his parents and family, who normally tend to, you know, love their son and want them to feel loved, she dumped him like hot coals, she didn't care that much. It was all about her. It wasn't ever about him.
And really, think about how selfish she was about him; he gets a Cutie Mark, something that is important in society and personally is one of the defining moments of his life, one that's supposed to be a happy experience, and she never once considers his feelings about it. She doesn't look happy for her friend getting his Cutie Mark, which is something everypony knows is special; she knows it's special too. That's why she's upset with him. But she doesn't care about how he feels. She never shows that she cared about him at all, considering that she just gave up on him seconds after he got his cutie mark and never looked back.
Heck, he got his cutie mark saving her from potentially getting crushed by an avalanche of books, and is she grateful? No. She doesn't even think about that, the first thing she sees about him after getting his cutie mark is that he wants to show his family that he got it and that she's no longer the center of attention.
She doesn't talk to him, doesn't follow him, doesn't make any effort to follow him. She is not happy for her friend, she is more obsessed with the fact that she's not the one that he's paying attention to. She makes no effort to talk to him, attend his Cute-ceañera, interact with him, congratulate him, make any effort at all to be friends with him. She gave up because she couldn't handle the idea of her friend getting loved by his parents for saving her from getting crushed and revealing his magical potential. All she took away from her entire experience with him, all the years of friendship they apparently had, was that Cutie Marks end friendships, and not, I don't know, her being a really shitty friend.

This has nothing to do with whoever I ship Starlight with, what matters is that Starlight was a terrible friend to him, and they never had anything real to begin with.

BE RESPECTFUL WITH COMMENTS, PLEASE. Making a case in favor of this is different than "OMG YOU SUCK FOR BEING AGAINST THIS".