Everything Will Be Okay (Patreon)

"Oh my darling little Starlight.....you have yourself a good long cry. Mummy will be here as long as you need......Always."

I already talked about Glory, Starlight Glimmer's deceased mom, back in this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42166446 , but have some bullet points to recap

-Glory was a kind, loving, utterly brilliant unicorn, with the extraordinarily rare ability to grant wishes

-She loved Starlight as much as a mother could ever love her foal. She was treasured by her husband Firelight, and she was a respected teacher in her village.

-Unbeknownst to Glory and her family, the strain of her wish-granting magic was causing damage to the magical pathways within her horn and cerebral cortex. Following a holiday festival where Glory cast magic finale fireworks for Starlight and the neighborhood foals, she collapsed suddenly from a brain bleed. Although Firelight and Starlight remained at her bedside, Glory never regained consciousness, and died a few days later.

-Her abrupt, unexpected death factored heavily into Starlight's unhealthy and obsessive attachment style (*cough*Sunburst*cough*), as well as the surly rebellious anger that plagued her teen years. Firelight has never gotten over losing his wife, and spent much of Starlight's childhood spoiling her and drowning her with love so she wouldn't be too poorly affected by the loss of her mother.....this did not work. As Starlight is the last fragment of his family, Firelight greatly dreads accepting that she's grown up and doesn't need him as much anymore.

Starlight meanwhile acts out her longing for a mother by dutifully, almost desperately, playing the role of a mother herself. First to her cult followers, and later to Midnight Abyss. Much like her father before her, Starlight coddles and controls her daughter because she's terrified of being abandoned. Poor Glory remains a ghost that haunts her small family...... and it is after her that Midnight Abyss (Morning Glory) is named.

-Starlight is deeply guilty over the fact that as the years go by, it's becoming harder and harder to remember much about her mother.....but at least she can remember Glory's voice. Sweet and comforting, like a warm drink on a cold winter night. 

(In my head, Glory sounds like Moominmamma) Like Moominmamma, Glory was could also be savage af