Okay, is it just me or do you think that Sunburst was meant to be a counterpart to Twilight? They're both studious, but in Sunburst's case he lacks the magical ability to back up all that he knows about. What are your thoughts on this matter?

I feel like Sunburst is more a male Moondancer than anything. They both are shut-ins who just read 24/7 until they are "rescued." And we never see Moondancer do any powerful magic, so she could have weak mana output like Sunburst.

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To me, he sort of feels like Twilight done better. Twilight's presented to us as an awkward nerd, but she makes five fast friends in the space of hours, becomes a princess, and has a macguffin spell for most occasions. Somewhere along the way she became a lot less interesting to me - in her, the show really shows its roots as a childish fantasy for little girls.

Sunburst doesn't have all those nice things. He solves his big problem not by being the all-powerful pretty princess, but by books, books, books. And he's an awkward shut-in without being cartoonishly bitter about it like Moondancer.

He's a very neat, relateable, well-rounded character. There's a reason I'm here.