Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (comics)/@comment-36752332-20190915135931/@comment-36400447-20190916004442

As for Starlight, it's probably just difficult to scooch her into "Mane 6" stories because they don't know what to do with her. The good news is that she appeared in a few of the capter books, but it is a little sad that she is frequently left out of the comics.

For Shining, i'm not sure. The sad truth is that Cadance herself is the alicorn that appears the least, and since Shining is just her husband then, it's hard to find a place for him to.

For being Twilight's Student in Starlight's case and litterally having either a blood, mariage, or step mom/aunt relationship with the main four alicorns in Equestria in Shining's case, it is kinda mysterious to leave them out.