Talk:Starlight Glimmer/@comment-3410511-20160224030002/@comment-5837525-20160224045701

Unless somepony else came up with it and Starlight learned it from another source. Don't forget she's also "studied [spells] for years" before meeting Twi and co.

In fact, if we're to assign scientific descriptive terms to these characters, wouldn't Twilight be closer to "Application" than "Research"? To date, she has: ...among others.
 * duplicated a spell that Princess Celestia performed (without any prior research)
 * completed an unfinished spell (also without any prior research)
 * performed a reputedly obscure/hard-to-do method for studying