Starlight Glimmer has already been Headmare of the School of Friendship for a few days now ever since Twilight had ascended as Princess of Equestria. There is one more assignment that Twilight wants Starlight to do as a Guidance Counselor; talk to the just freed from stone Cozy Glow, find out more about her, and what led her to become a villain at such a young age. Maybe, just maybe, this could lead to the path to redemption.
Or maybe not.
Events after the final season
Rated T for moments of language
Chapters (1)
Seems to me that poor parenting is largely at fault here. I guess this is a comedy so its not something to be taken seriously, but I wouldn't give up on her. She still has more of a reason to be evil then Discord did.
Are you going to do something similar with Chrysalis and Tirek?
if you see in another way, she too arrogant, got a wrong viewpoint and worst,no one even try to correct her
Well, at least they tried!... kind of.
(If Starlight had actually received any actual counsellor training, she might realise just because somepony doesn't want to tell you how they got messed up doesn't mean there wasn't a cause. But this is the School of Friendship, where qualifications aren't really a thing, so...)
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Chryssie would probably throttle her.
Shortest story ever.
How would Starlight know this?
Somehow I had the feeling that was going to be the case. Good thing it was Starlight though. She had the sense to stone first, leave second. Twilight would have done something utterly boneheaded out of naivety.
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Technically, it is her parents fault since they didn't stop her.
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Kind of true. If anything, they actively encouradged her in this story. Cozy's not completely blameless, but its still more excuse then what certain others had.
Heh… yeah, that’s about it.
One of the challenges with children in media is that they don’t actually behave like children. They usually act like adults with very specific gaps in their knowledge and with blunt motivations, which together make the plot happen. Actual childish behavior (ages 0-15) just doesn’t make good storytelling.
Any sort of examination of Cozy Glow’s motivations is doomed to failure because she isn’t a child that can be examined. Cozy Glow is some sort of Lovecraftian abomination. Her absence of fear next to the council of evil and single-minded determination to stay on her path despite setbacks is simply not possible in the range of human psychology. Any actual child would have given up, ran, cried, screamed, died, or curled into a terrified ball at several points in Cozy Glow’s journey.
Take a deep breath, and exhale while saying ‘suspension of disbelief’. The absurdity of this fic is just about the best anyone can make of the situation. The writers of the show wrote themselves into a hole with this villain.
Not that I’m saying absurd is a bad thing. It was worth a laugh! Good fic.