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Sunrise, Sunset
🕑 Added 2020-09-29 02:56:27 +0000 UTCit's getting late and i work tomorrow so i'll write a longer description later
the gist of this is that Sunset Shimmer's mom, Stellar Flare, was so incredibly overbearing about her daughter becoming a big success that Sunset developed major self-esteem issues from all the pressure and created her cruel bully facade as a means of masking her constant fear of failing herself, Celestia, and her mother. Her rebellious streak came from pushing back at Stellar, who tried so hard to push her toward a glorious destiny, and Celestia, who tried to teach Sunset humility and keep her away from her rightful future as a princess. Sunset had a lot of anger inside, directed both at her mother figures and herself, and it was that which fueled her transformation into a monstrous demon. She gets better, but her relationship with Stellar Flare has only gotten worse with time.
later on, Sunset vows not to repeat her mother's mistake with her own precious daughter, Morning Glory. Sunset then proceeds to repeat her mother's mistake. But this is different, Sunset would insist. Stellar pushed Sunset to succeed for fame and glory. Sunset is pushing her daughter to succeed so Morning Glory can be a good and kind paragon, like Twilight Sparkle, and by proxy prove that Sunset herself is not a miserable bitter failure.
Totally different scenarios. Sunset insists.
Comments
Dragon Turtle
With both of these, Lop managed to pull off expression of maximum contempt with minimal teeth.
Lex
You gave this magic cartoon horse the most Karen hairstyle possible and I love it
MusicallyArtisticJen
Oh I do adore the way you do sparkles :)
Lopoddity
Thank you. :) You never need to credit me about headcanons for show characters :)
Vio_dacreator
This is a very awesome headcannon and honestly really helps explain Sunsets character as well as Sunburst fleeing at the first sign of trouble. I was wondering if I could this headcannon in my univers as well I'll be sure to credit you ofcourse 😊
Lopoddity
Yep, they're siblings. Sunset is a year or two older, and went away to study under Celestia shortly before her family and young Sunburst moved to Starlight's home village.
feathermaws
I can’t remember if you said anything about this but are Sunset and Sunburst related in some way in your HC?
