I ended up crying when the parents gave their reasonings. I'm surprise you didn't. Starlight's father wanted her to have a place to always feel safe and loved because he acknowledged that she's had a really hard time since youth forming relationships. Sunburst's mother watched her son fail at the one thing he was praised most for and never wanted him to feel like that again, so she decided to always form a plan for him so he didn't feel that same despair. They really love their children but just didn't know how to help.


It’s insane how much the facial expressions have changed over time and how graphics have improved and it’s really cool to see the change


Firelight is too attached on the past and Stellar Flare is too focused on the future

 I see what you did here, Hasbro!!!

do you think Firelight over the protection of Starlight made her spoiled and made it harder for her to find friends after Sunburst left?

@@ft.jackjimmy7282 Obviously. or at least, until she became a teenager.


I think her influence went a bit lower than that


If Sunburst ignoring all letters from Sire's Hollow is not a new development, that adds a whole new layer to Starlight's backstory. She probably did send letters to her only childhood friend after he went to Celestia's school, but he never replied.

Nice theory, but doesn't hold water. Stellar Flare's stellar idea was to make sure he always had a plan AFTER he flunked out of magic school, so unless he flunked out really quickly, there's an important time gap there, and I doubt Starlight's room looked like that when she was in twin-tails backstory age. More likely, he moved away, and like most kids before email was a thing, she just didn't keep in touch.

Actually,  it does hold water. Most likely Steller has visited him before. And Sunburst couldn't  handle being nagged by her by mail as well. So hasn't read any mail from Sires Hollow since he left.


Stellar Flare trying to create a friendship problem reminded me of Twilight in Lesson Zero (back when she had to send letters to Celestia about what friendship lessons she learned).


12:43 "Who's that hipster?"
An OC they made for one of Hasbro's toy designers.


Another Season 8 favorite alongside Surf and/or Turf.

And Starlight’s old bedroom? Perhaps this explains why in the EQG special “Mirror Magic” she sports similar attire as a human.


I love the enthusiasm of the essence pony and the baker pony


7:45 "Sunburst's mom kinda has it goin' on."
Hard to believe Sunburst is an only child, isn't it?

I like to think that Sunburst and Sunset are brother and sister. More specifically Sunset is Big Sis.

Their similar cutie marks and color schemes <i>do</i> seem a bit much to be coincidence, don't they? (As well as both being unicorns studying magic)

Their similar cutie marks and color schemes _do_ seem a bit much to be coincidence, don't they? (As well as both being unicorns studying magic)

@@unripetheberrby6283 Well, for all we know that might be the <i>only</i> magic school in Equestria.  At the least, it's the most prestigious one.

@@unripetheberrby6283 Well, for all we know that might be the _only_ magic school in Equestria.  At the least, it's the most prestigious one.

@@scootaloofromponyville1708 I said it might be the only magic school in Equestria, not that it definitely was.

As for your examples, Star Swirl taught Celestia and Luna back before he went to limbo, but we don't know what he's done since returning.  Professor Flintheart was a character in a fictional novel set in the past.  The school Mistmane attended existed over a thousand years ago, before the pillars' disappearance.

As for Twilight's school of friendship having a magic curriculum, I do not recall whether that had been established by this early point in season 8.

To summarize, I never said there could not be other magic schools in Equestria.  I just did not know of any others that still existed in modern day Equestria that had been mentioned in the show.

@@scootaloofromponyville1708 I said it _might_ be the only magic school in Equestria, not that it _definitely_ was.

As for your examples, Star Swirl taught Celestia and Luna back before he went to limbo, but we don't know what he's done since returning.  Professor Flintheart was a character in a fictional novel set in the past.  The school Mistmane attended existed over a thousand years ago, before the pillars' disappearance.

As for Twilight's school of friendship having a magic curriculum, I do not recall whether that had been established by this early point in season 8.

To summarize, I never said there could not be other magic schools in Equestria.  I just did not know of any others that still existed in modern day Equestria that had been mentioned in the show.

@@scootaloofromponyville1708 As far as we know.  Of course, Daring Do was supposed to be fiction at first, so we can't be sure...


18:37 those four ponies must be a reference to the fandom because we can see the problem. It is like the song in the. Credits of Equestria Girls The friendship Games.

Starlight and sunburst were standing too close to see the bigger picture but they were also standing too far away to the point it became burly


Starlight (to her father): i did made some mistake...(she stop)
Firelight:like what?
Starlight (think) uh....« I stole the cutie marks and brainwashed a whole village, got defeated by the princess Twilight and her friends, use a spell to travel back in time to get my revenge on Twilight and cause many time paradox ...I brainwashed Twilight friends, switched Luna and Celestia's cutie marks...»
...And i will made others in the future..

That's kinda gonna be in the future if they find out Starlight became a villain because of it xDD

I do wish that she mentioned her villain arc to him, it would've been awesome to see his reaction


1:50 As a little note, there are areas that do tip mail carriers in America. Where I live, (my father's a mail carrier) he gets tips all the time! Just not money. At least in our area, mail carriers can't accept money, so they get tipped things like cookies, candy, even cans of soda. I even saw him get a giant rubber spider once as an inside joke.
It just depends on where you live.


13:46 "You're like Twilight when it comes to planning."
And Sunburst when it comes to socks.  :)

Agreed they both should be called "Librarian Duo" or something since both of them are into books and also be glad that Sunburst doesn't freak out like Twilight too lmao


Technically I would say Twilight is Spike's Mama

I think the same thing.  She did hatch him.


I relate to Starlight and Sunburst when parents get annoying.


This is such a nice episode. Its essentially Parental Glideance but better. That episode was amazing, but I had one issue with it. Rainbow's parents didn't learn a lesson. They didn't listen or have a proper talk with rainbow about the whole supportive thing, and rainbow didn't tell them after apologizing the issues that came with them being over supportive. The Parent Map however did just that. Both Starlight, Sunburst, and their parents learned the errors of their ways. And hearing Stellar Flare say the reason he is the way he is because he wants her to feel safe after what happened is just. Gets you teary eyed. Great down to earth episode.


Sire's Hollow, Star's Hollow......ring any bells? lol I just NOW got that lol


12:11 Starlight used to be a goth that explains so much and yet so little


This is a fantastic episode. Starlight and Sunburst are fantastic. It's great to see their parents. So Starlight had an edge phase.


You like Stellar Flare, I like Stellar Flare. You and I must be great minds, because we think alike. SHE is the big reason I keep coming back to this episode. Well, that, and just how hilarious the interactions with Starlight and her dad are.

I kinda like the part where Sunburst annoys his mom with the gate, and the Essence Pony chasing the others with her spray

I learned about this and just can't not talk about it now when I see it:

"Great minds think alike" is only half of the saying, and by cutting it in half it completely flips the meaning of it. Similar to how "one rotten apple" is supposed to be a relief, something that can be rooted out, when "one rotten apple *spoils the bunch*".
The full saying is "great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ". Thinking the same thing as somebody else isn't to either of your merit or demerit, it just means you agree and may be similar.

Not to detract from your comment though, it's just that these half-sayings get used a lot and have kinda lost their meaning.


You keep thinking every episode is going to be an Applejack episode XD

And keeps hoping for a Bloomberg cameo.  :)


(11:45) Angry horse noise.

I agree on that statement, PonyBro.


It’s was cool to see Starlight’s dad and Sunburst’s mom in this episode. Though I often wonder where their (Starlight’s) mother and (Sunburst’s) father are?

Sunburst's dad was shown in the flashback in season 5 finale

Greis 195 I understand that. The question is where they are now?

@@SpacialRend7 maybe they divorced, who knows.

Greis 195 Hmm...maybe. I wonder if this was cleared up by one of the writers or Jim Miller?🤔

Starlights mother could be dead. Would really explain her attachment to Sunburst.

My theory is that Firelight grew distant as a result of her death when Starlight was little , leaving her with nobody to be there for her, until Sunburst made friends with her and became  something like a security blanket for her.

And explains why Firelights treats her like a foal when shes older. Trying to make up for not being there when she needed him most.

@@titanhades4331 What an underrated reply.

Based on the mom and dad's problems and attachments, I'd like to think that Stellar Flare and Sunburst's dad are divorced and Starlight's mom passed away. (she could also be divorced, and he dead etc. but still.)

Like, Firelight clinging to the past not because of the disagreement but of something he really cannot control.
And Stellar Flare clinging to the future because maybe if she knew that it would've happened it could've been mended and fixed beforehand, but right now can't be...

@@titanhades4331 Ey We got the same theory! :)

Also You know that Starlight comic about her origins and childhood?
Dunno if the two could be put together into one Cohesive theory... but from it: he couldn't actually been abusive or neglectful towards her as a child, then, and wants to make up for it now. And her mom dieing could've pushed him more into this mindset, him trying to make up for BOTH of their absences in her life.
All of it still clinging to things he can't just keep or change from the past

@@titanhades4331 Ey We got the same theory! :)

Also You know that Starlight comic about her origins and childhood?
Dunno if the two could be put together into one Cohesive theory... but from it: he couldn't actually been abusive or neglectful towards her as a child, then, and wants to make up for it now. And her mom dieing could've pushed him *more* into this mindset, him trying to make up for BOTH of their absences in her life.
All of it still clinging to things he can't just keep or change from the past

@@unripetheberrby6283 That's...that's something to think about.


In my opinion is one of the weakest map episodes but still is a good episode.


Sunburst mother is like a Dutch from Read Dead Redemption 2.


No you see starlights mom is dead and sunbursts dad left to get milk and never came back


Metal Starlight

I can relate so hard right now!

And perhaps explains why Starlight's EQG self sports an outfit that suits that room of hers.


Twilights a weeb too not in a mean way 2:14


Ponybro my Sister have a question she said who do u like more Starlight Glimmer or Fluttershy??

@@ponybroiguess384 hi ponybro thanks for replying. What Nationality r u and when will you start reacting to Friendship is Musical?


“She’s sexy”
Dude that’s his mother
Do it


7:45   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYaHvDiTr4&list=WL&index=49

If you know you know


3:26 - Stick to bein' a butt-monkey, Spike.


21:29 "Mom, stop exposing my dick!"
Stellar Flare wants some grandfoals, and she's not getting any younger.