Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-24471175-20160925020246/@comment-4589864-20160927012739

Both of them came from Equestria, so I doubt that one is meant to be a counterpart to the other. I'm sure you're speaking in the meta sense, but I'm sure it's just a coincidence, too.

They're similar characters, but they also have their own differences. Look at the DC Comics villains, Deadshot and Deathstroke. Both are basically the same character: A masked, highly-trained assassin with estranged children and an enemy of Batman. However, they have different backstories, personality quirks, and motivations that set them apart from one another.

Starlight and Sunset are similar to each other, but that doesn't mean they're counterparts, or that they're interchangable. Or if they are, that doesn't mean they will be for long. Stan and Kyle from South Park were pretty interchangable in the early seasons, before their personalities were fleshed out later on. Good thing FiM is a TV show, so that the writers would have more time to develop characters. Unlike EQG, which only releases one hour-long movie a year.