where her father is killed during the Changeling attack on Canterlot. Or even sadder, ends up dying slowly of disease. And Diamond Tiara can't really cope with it and tries to cheer Silver Spoon up, which leads to the two of them breaking up. Any ideas to make it work?

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-Have father be the loving parent of Silver Spoon and make him die.
-Have the mother be the shitty parent towards Silver Spoon since her father paid more attention to his daughter rather than his shitty wife.
-Silver Spoon gets depressed over the death of her father and how badly her mother treats her.
-The stress and depression from Silver Spoon causes her to be angry towards other ponies including Diamond Tiara.
-Silver Spoons depression lead her to a path of an angsty teen.
-Feel free to add drug abuse into the story.

(came up within the span of 5 minutes from someone who doesn't really write fanfics)

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Ooh, ooh, make the climax a tearful reuinion between Silver and Diamond, and make it take place in the rain!

See? I can play the cliche game too!

but seriously, you get one, maybe two hopelessly cliche'd tropes per story. What you're describing here is, at best, trash designed to grab as many viewers as possible in the shortest amount of time. Popular, yes. Good no.

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Yeah, I basically followed the Disney formula. Minus the drug abuse.