Talk:The Last Problem/@comment-26423071-20191027135608/@comment-5837525-20191027192517

The Young Six made a connection with the tree in What Lies Beneath. That was no indication that they'd be "the new Elements of Harmony" or anything.

They had multiple episodes dedicated to them because the writers wanted to make a new cast of side characters consisting of multiple species.

And the season 8 premiere already explains the purpose of the school: to spread the Magic of Friendship to ponies and non-ponies who are unfamiliar with it. And it's thanks to the Young Six's school lessons that they were able to bring the races together again, so how is that "relatively minor"?

Lastly, in what way was Luster Dawn "so much more important" than the Young Six? She was meant to serve as a parallel to how Twilight was at the beginning of the series.