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>Celestial Advice
Learned she wanted to stay with her friends like Twilight did, very wholesome and a neat parallel to FiM's premiere.
>All Bottled Up
Learned not to bottle up her feelings. The bottle breaking was not her fault by the way.
>Rock Solid Friendship
Made a second friend with another pony that others have trouble getting along with like Trixie.
>A Royal Problem
Learned to trust her instincts and saved the sister's relationship and possibly Equestria if one of them turned.
>To Change a Changeling
Her instincts was right and helped the hive man up and get Pharynx accepted.
>Uncommon Bond
Learned that you don't exactly need to have shared interests to be friends.
>Shadow Play
She was in the right and helped remind Twilight about the lessons she taught her.
>School Daze
Helped Twilight as a counselor and supported her ideals.
>The Parent Map
Reconnected with her obnoxious father.
>A Matter of Principals
Did a good job as a temp headmare despite Discord being Discord and figuring out his problem.
>Road to Friendship
Learned how friends makes everything better and more fun. She happened to pulled a mini-Dashie but never does it again.
>Student Counsel
Learned to set boundaries in her endless quest to help others in need.
>A Horse Shoe-In
Learned nepotism maybe isn't the best in every case, just kidding, friends makes everything better and more fun.
>The Ending of the End
Sacrifices herself twice to protect the students and Equestria. I really would've liked her to stand up for the trio though, especially Chryssy. But I don't blame her for that, that's kind of on the writers.
>The Last Problem
From cult leader to headmare of the school of friendship, she had a wonderful set of arcs showing just how much she has grown. She evolved more than most of the m6 did with less than half the screentime.
There's a few episodes I skipped, but she's been helpful in those too as a supporting character.

So yeah, the average Starlight hater simply doesn't watch or pay attention to the show. They focus on the two naughty things she did, brainwashing her friends and trading Trixie's wagon then completely ignore everything else, ignoring all the good things she did and lessons she learned. They don't have the mental hardware to keep track of anything or even comprehend a simple children's cartoon show. And at least Starlight gets reprimanded for her mistakes while giving a heart-felt apology, where the hay were Twilight and Dash's apologies, they get away with everything consequence-free thanks to main character privilege. This is why Trixie and Starlight are more compelling characters to me.

2/2