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>>36794595 >This phrasing explicitly attributes their equality to the cutie mark Actually, this seemed to be quite explicitly shown in other parts of the episode as well. See Pinkie whenever she's about to get too Pinkie or Rarity not being able to tell how the curtains were, and how the cutie mark had that dark glow about it. It DID somehow affect their behaviour to bring them closer to some standard in every way. It also brought their physical abilities down to a really low level, as evidenced by how everypony else outran them at the end.
I hadn't caught that from the song. I had noticed how she was the only one who actually sung, though. Everypony else only joined in on the more spoken parts of the song. What initially caught my attention was her "it's like a holidaaaay" while everyone else was way more subdued.
>menacing part at the beginning And later on when one of them dances out of sync, Starlight lowers her horn as if to threaten her. Of note is how the cutie mark didn't flash here as it maybe could have. It does seem like the whole song and dance was something she had planned and trained the town to do.
>Of course at the end as well, everypony is symmetrically opposed - except her, the literal center of it. Even near the end, she is not part of the equal sign. Exactly like her house is separate at the and of the road, instead of with all the other ones.
Her relationship with the rest of the town seemed very much like you explain the song showed it. Her house was separate, she sang separately, she was the only one not to smile so broadly, she held a position of power even though everypony was supposed to be equal there. The last one really confuses me as to why the townsponies or Mane 6 didn't comment on it. She might have been the founder of the town but as said, everypony was meant to be equal there. We know she elevated herself, maybe because she was the only one who could make everyone equal, but Sugar Belle's "either all of us are equal, or none of us are" implies the others thought they were Starlight's equals all along. ...how?
>her gathering the cm of the mane six via not-her-magic and non-magic ponies being able to move the cutie marks with magic is a pretty annoying plot hole What are you referring to here? It was her magic she used to remove their cutie marks, no? The second part refers to Double Diamond being able to get the cutie marks from the vault somehow, though, and that is a very, very good point to make. Also, what are these external forces you are referring to?
>>36794602 >>36794605 That sinister sound cue when she was talking to herself (and at other times, too) seemed to be there only to establish her as the "bad guy". It was certainly succesful, but I do feel it took a lot away from her character, making it seem she wasn't being genuine. 2deep4kids or not, I feel that was a tonal misstep.
>>36794618 I don't know what specific part you are talking about, but the removal of cutie marks is the only one I could think of. It, or at least a similar thing, has been established canon since Magical Mystery Cure where Twilight switched around her friends' cutie marks (and mindraped seemingly all of Ponyville, as well). I don't agree with it in the least, but it's been established.
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