[SPOILERS] Star's choice was wrong.
Seeing the majority of people agree that her choice was justified does not sit right with me. The necessity to dismantle the hierarchy does not justify the potential destruction of trillions of lives. Sorry, but reddit's seemingly merciless hatred towards monarchial structural authority just doesn't give star any right to destroy magic. Keep in mind, I'll be considering the realism (which includes logical deductions) of the situation and not what the writers want you to think. This post will value reality over the narrative convenience of the writers.
Entire Cultures were Destroyed
Magic is a core part of people's cultures and traditions across the multiverse. It comes in all kinds of forms, like ponyheads' horns, the demons' powers, Brunzetta and her civilizations' use of magic, and potentially millions of other cultures across other dimensions that had ties to the realm of magic in some way. All of those cultures are destroyed since their most sacred foundation, magic, was destroyed.
Indirect Causation of Mass Death
I'm not a "Star committed genocide," person, but she absolutely caused extreme levels of death. Cultures which relied on magic, for example Brunzetta's civilization, are no longer capable of defending against the larger, bloodthirsty, monsters which are not sentient enough to be reasoned with. The entire civilization was put in peril. Even if Brunzetta's culture was not put in peril, there are certainly dimensions where cultures were.
Lack of Consideration
She didn't at all consider what her actions would lead to other than marco, which was extremely selfish in of itself. Considering that level of ridiculousness of the fusion of the two worlds, we know that ANYTHING could've happened. Although, it didn't cause the direct genocide of trillions of beings, star didn't take any point to realize that it could've. She knew the MHC relied on magic to stay alive, and she knew that the whispering spell kills beings of magic. (Season 1 finale guys, we watched that millhorse die LIVE.) She had no idea if ponyheads would stay alive, what would happen to her spells, the dragoncycles, she didn't even consider herself: What if magic was so tied to her nature that getting rid of it would eventually kill her, like a disease?
Imposition of Personal Morality
She has no right to assert her choice of destroying magic upon others. It's almost oppressive in of itself to make the choice for everyone else--which is exactly why she destroyed magic in the first place, seems a little hypocritical to me.
"The source of oppression is the magic."
Mmm... No? No..?? I'm sorry, but did hitler use magic to oppress and commit genocide against the Jewish people? Last time I checked, big corp don't use magic to assert their ideals on our politicians. While it makes sense that this was part of star's reasoning in her perspective, the reasoning itself is objectively flawed. I understand that this sort of reasoning is symbolic, but reminder this post is reality > narrative convenience. Distribute the magic instead. And if we want to argue in favor for narrative convenience: If the fusion of the two worlds was sourced from star's power, or the recreation of magic itself was also from star, then she's more than capable of splitting up magic and distributing it evenly. Evil will always be evil, magic or not.
"It was her only option."
No it wasn't, next. Anyone who argues this is not worth arguing to. Sorry, not sorry.
She didn't consult anyone but two people.
Maybe, just maybe, if we want to dismantle the oppressive hierarchy, we should probably start with more democratic approach? Idk, like maybe asking more than just her close friends? This option wasn't really possible to do, so maybe just not destroy magic assuming everyone was cool with having their cultures destroyed, having the choice made for them, potentially be the subject of genocide considering they won't be able to defend themselves.
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