Here's a hint at what I'm working on to relax and recharge

Cute fluffy thing.

Cute fluffy thing not in original timeline.

Timeline A is the past

Timeline B is future

Timeline A happens in current timeline, Smallight does not have similar reactions to the future.

Timeline B is stable through time mess

Timeline C happens= B+A

For example, take out small Starlight from the past, small Starlight is not evil, just super lonely and sad. Starlight Glimmer who started it all exists as well because the Starlight who is time displaced is now different enough to exist in the same temporal bubble that is the current reality. But that means that the two Starlights can exist simultaneously so that the young Starlight can have lots more friends and yet have a mentor in her future self.

I call Future Starlight, Starlight, and young, future displaced Starlight, Glimmer. Seen a similar idea be used in a Twilight Sparkle clone type story.

Used today to flesh out a year old lark.