A Satisfactory Surplus Of Sense

by Starlight Fan

The Mean Six

Things were not going well for Twilight and her friends(plus Starlight Glimmer, I was counting her), all they were supposed to do was have a Friendship Retreat but they each kept splitting up in the Everfree Forest, and running into the evil clones of themselves that the unreformed ex-Queen Chrysalis had made with dark magic and creepily stealing hairs from their manes. Goodness, why do people think she’s cute?

Anyway, now Starlight and Rarity have come across Twilight and Pinkie who were arguing next to a crying Fluttershy.

“Of course I care about Fluttershy!” Twilight yelled at Pinkie Pie.

“Then you've got a super weird way of showing it!” Pinkie Pie yelled back, yeah Pinkie, I have a list of super weird ways that show YOU care so you shouldn’t be talking.

“Get out of my head!” Pinkie Pie suddenly yelled much to the other ponies’ confusion, giving Starlight the opportunity to ask what’s going on.

“What is going on with you two?” Starlight asked in concern.

“Twilight is so into her retreat that she doesn't even care if her friends are upset! She just wants us to ‘stay on schedule’!” Pinkie Pie began mocking the alicorn, which made Twilight begin to tear up.

“Well, I'm sorry, Pinkie! If I knew you thought this was a ‘boring, lame, no-fun retreat’, I wouldn't have invited you in the first place!” Twilight began arguing.

“I NEVER SAID THAT! WHEN DID I DO THAT?!”Pinkie Pie shouted, which made Twilight’s eyes widen.

“Wait what…” Twilight raised an eyebrow.

“Sorry, y'all. We would've been here sooner, but we had to take the long way after Rarity ran off with all my stuff.” Applejack said as she and Rainbow Dash showed up with the former glaring at the fashionista.

“What?! I did not!” Rarity spoke incredulously.

“She’s not lying, I was with her the whole time!” Starlight glared furiously at the farmer, “YOU were the one who traveled with US and laughed at me relentlessly about how ridiculous I looked carrying the gear!”

“What?! I never did that.” Applejack said angrily, while also looking confused.

“It’s true. I was with her.” Rainbow Dash added.

“Well I was with Starlight and that’s exactly what happened, are you calling her a liar?!” Rarity glared at the two tomboys.

“Wait, this doesn’t make any sense.“ Twilight interrupted the conversation, “I highly doubt Applejack OR Rarity did the things you’re all accusing each other of and Rainbow Dash and Starlight both have alibis to prove it. Which means you, me, and Pinkie might have been tricked.”

“Uh… Rainbow Dash apparently left me alone in the woods, but… I don’t think that was what happened either.” Fluttershy said meekly.

“Something is clearly messing with us, we better get to the Tree Of Harmony and FAST.” Twilight said quickly before she and her friends began running and/or flying as fast as they could.

“I just don’t get it, who would be able to trick us like that?” Rainbow Dash asked skeptically.

Starlight’s eyes immediately widened before they narrowed, “Oh I think I know EXACTLY who.”

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Chrysalis was livid, first her new servants betray her and now she can’t even use the Tree Of Harmony because they basically got destroyed.

“Servants always fail you in the end!” Chrysalis spoke venomously, “Just wait, Starlight. I will have my revenge!”

Suddenly, she felt a blast of magic hit her on the back of the head and soon fell unconscious.

It was revealed that behind her, Starlight had shot a blast of magic directly at her to make her fall while the Mane Six stood behind.

“Phew, glad my hunch was right.” Starlight smirked before asking, “She’s not dead is she?”

Fluttershy went to check her pulse and said, “Nope.”

“We should probably take her to Canterlot.” Twilight grumbled before sighing, “Why do my plans always get interrupted by villains?!”

“I have no idea but this was the worst day ever.” Pinkie Pie laughed hysterically.

“And that makes you happy?” Starlight questioned.

“Sorry, it’s just so absurd.” Pinkie Pie shrugged.

Indeed Pinkie Pie, this episode was a big mess to fix.

I know right.

Author's Note:

So this episode wasn’t too hard to fix, I needed to change the ending though because my goodness this ending was contrived. People say that the Mane Six had to be derailed for Starlight to look competent but I disagree, THIS is making the Mane Six AND Starlight look incompetent for Chrysalis to look competent. I was over Chrysalis by this point.

Comments

[Catpaw616]

What's infuriating is that no one even knows about the Mane 6's "mean" counterparts in the canon episode. Like, y'all cannot tell me that you believe for a second that the other would act so differently towards each other in a matter of minutes. You've known each other for years.

[Starlight Fan]

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Starlight’s the only one who has an excuse, no one else does.

[Catpaw616]

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I think so too. Mostly because we see don't see her with the Mane 5 too much, so I would assume she's not as close to them as she is to Twilight. So, Starlight being angry towards Applejack is justified. But no one KNOWS that it was Mean Applejack who did it, so now she'll think Normal Applejack did and it's just... ugh. Unsatisfying.

[Theresa]

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Plus they already know about listening to each other. This was the first episode of Equestria girls for goodness sake. The girls on that side are fighting because sunset sent messages that they believe came from the others but twilight teaches them to talk with each other and they get back together. Ignoring the fight in order not to solve it seemed lame and how did nobody notice how sickly looking the fakes were.

[Catpaw616]

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Another reason why I think not knowing it was the Mean Six is a dumb conclusion.

[nightshroud96]

Another issue I see with Mean Six is with how Spike was left out of the trip.
But also the fact that Chrysalis is acting like Starlight and ONLY Starlight is responsible for losing her hive, despite that Spike befriending Thorax is what ultimately led to Chrysalis's downfall.

[Bluecatcinema]

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Except that it was Starlight's idea for Thorax to release the love he had absorbed, triggering his transformation and encouraging the other changelings to do the same. That was what caused Chrysalis to lose everything.

Chrysalis didn't know about Spike's role in Thorax's recent history, so of course she wouldn't think that he had anything to do with it.

[nightshroud96]

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Its Spike befriending Thorax is why Thorax was accepting in, forming friendships with others and also ended up helping Starlight&co and eventually becoming king.

Chrysalis was aware of Thorax prior to TWAB iirc, she would have known Spike befriended Thorax.
And/or her constant spying would picked up about Spike's friendship with Thorax

[Bluecatcinema]

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Even if she did know about Spike's connection to Thorax, he was only indirectly responsible for her fall. Starlight was the direct cause, and thus, the target of Chrysalis' hate.

[Hoofprintz]

Lol Chrys wasn't the problem with this episode imo. The girls have been together at this point for what about 7 or 8 years? Yeah, they're not doing what they did in this episode. My friends I only knew for 3 years could tell when I was acting strange and vice-versa.

Oh and Chrys was absolutely incompetent in this episode. She literally was about to get defeated by her own creation. This episode made EVERYONE look bad. How do you fix it?

Throw it out.

[Starlight Fan]

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Only Starlight is allowed to have the excuse that she doesn’t really know Applejack, if it were Twilight we were talking about, I’d be facepalming but it’s not. It’s Applejack.

[Hoofprintz]

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Oh no Starlight looked bad because if I remember correctly she didn't tell any of the others off. It's not like she's not stronger than all of them..

[Starlight Fan]

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How is that a problem that she didn’t tell them off?

[Hoofprintz]

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I hate seeing the girls cry. If she would've blasted fake Aj nothing would've happened anyway. (Not like she hasn't lost it before *cough cough Discord*)

Great now I went back and watched a part of this atrocity. Thanks.

[Starlight Fan]

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Hey, I hate watching her cry too. You think it’s fun watching my favorites suffer?

So any episode you want next?

[Hoofprintz]

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That crappy one where aj and Dash are competing to be teacher of the month or whatever.

[nightshroud96]

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Spike befriending Thorax is ultimately what done it in the end.
Without that, Starlight wouldn't even be anywhere close.

Its ridiculous the writers had Chrysalis just completely ignore that its ultimately Spike that screwed her over.(jusst like how Sombra ignored that Spike is what screwed him over.)
It was bad enough the show had Starlight get FULL credit on the changelings despite Spike befriending Thorax is what made their reforming possible.

[Bluecatcinema]

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Chrysalis had Spike captured with all the others, meaning he didn't do a thing in that situation. It was Starlight who set the overthrow into full motion, not Spike.

[nightshroud96]

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Spike befriending Thorax is what ultimately led to the situation where the changelings reforming.

No Thorax means Starlight won't even reach far nor there be a new leader for the changelings

[Bluecatcinema]

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There has never been any indication that Chrysalis knew or even cared about Spike's part in Thorax's development. As far as she was convinced, Starlight and Starlight alone was the cause of her subjects turning against her. End of story.

Now can we please drop this avenue of discussion? It's getting us nowhere.

[nightshroud96]

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She was aware about whats going on with Starlight and knows about Thorax
So she should know that Spike befriended Thorax too.

[Starlight Fan]

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Do I have to break up another fight between you two?!

[Bluecatcinema]

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My apologies. I'm all for ending this debate, but Nightshroud seems to think otherwise.

[nightshroud96]

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Sorry..

But I just don't want my point to be all shot down..