Glimmer and Glory (Patreon)

quickie family treeee

We never see Starlight Glimmer's mother, so I'm headcanoning that it's none other than Glory, of G1 MLP fame. Glory possessed the extraordinarily rare power to grant wishes! Warmhearted, selfless, clever, and kind, Glory was greatly beloved by her family and community. 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.