Random thought if Starlight Glimmer had foals

3 min read

Deviation Actions

alexwarlorn's avatar
By
Published:
1.4K Views
If Starlight Glimmer had kids, I imagine they'd end up equal halves zealots to her anti-cutie-marks/anti-exceptionalism/anti-individuality mentality, and half grinning robots, having been told all their lives:

"You're selfish for not liking the food I gave you, there are starving ponies somewhere who'd love it."

"How dare you be sad your best friend just moved away when there's a foal who lost their entire family somewhere?"

"How dare you complain I only got you an ice-cream flavors you hate for your birthday party when there are plenty of foals who'd love just to have ice-cream?" 

"How dare you complain about your favorite restaurant being closed when there's a pony somewhere who lost their house?"

"How dare you be crying yourself to sleep the mare you loved dumped you to marry a rich stallion, when there are ponies out there who had to see the loved ones pass away?"

"How dare you complain no has ever so much as given you a thank you for your job, or even acknowledged you exist, given one billionth of the love they give your sister, or even once given your work one compliment, treated you like you're an after-thought, when you have a roof, bed, hot showers, and hot meals, and live in luxury?"

"How dare you complain you got mugged when there's a pony somewhere whose house burned down?"

"How dare you cry so much over skipping your knees when there's a pony on life support somewhere?"

Resulting in foals who don't complain about ANYTHING, keeping the exact same grin on their faces, no matter how miserable it makes them since "there is somepony somewhere hurting worse than me, so what right do I have to complain about anything?"

There's a fanfic called 'Crying on the Inside' where AJ internally admits she ISN'T crying on the inside that time where RD has to say goodbye to her tortoise for three months, and maybe a little angry at RD turning on the waterworks over it after the loss AJ has suffered. But readers and Doc Wolf himself point out that AJ DOESN'T bash RD over it, BECAUSE AJ can SEE that regardless of everything else, the emotion pain RD is suffering over this is real to HER, and bashing her over it WOULDN'T help her.
© 2015 - 2024 alexwarlorn
Comments53
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
ThatUnknownPony's avatar
Well... Doesn't exactly sounds like she could be THE worst mother... Maybe she does it so they don't grow spoiled or useless and crybabies, who cannot stand up for themselves.