NicoThePinkUnicorn 
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First off, there are lots of characters in this series that could be removed and are still considered great characters by the fandom. MLP is a slice of life show. It doesn't need to have every character tie into a narrative.
And either way, the student six DO have a point. They are meant to show how Twilight wants to expand friendship across lands that don't really know enough about it. Which comes full circle when they end up helping to save Equestria twice.
Second, I don't think they're copy pasted from the mane 6. Gallus and Yona are their own characters, I don't know how can you think they're a copy paste of any of the mane 6. They have similarities, but are not identical. Sandbar, Silverstream, Smolder and Ocellus are more similar to characters of the Mane 6, that's true, but I still think they're very likable in their own right, with their unique backstories and likable quirks. And I absolutely love the Student Six friendship more than the Mane 6 friendship tbh, even if the Mane 6 obviously have the better written characters. My reasons are all very subjective, and I don't think I can convince you to appreciate them just because I do. But to say that Gallus, Sandbar, and Silverstream should've been voted off in the first round to random characters that aren't in the show, that to me is such an unjustified thing to say.
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First off, there are lots of characters in this series that could be removed and are still considered great characters by the fandom. MLP is a slice of life show. It doesn't need to have every character tie into a narrative.
And either way, the student six DO have a point. They are meant to show how Twilight wants to expand friendship across lands that don't really know enough about it. Which comes full circle when they end up helping to save Equestria twice.
Second, I don't think they're copy pasted from the mane 6. Gallus and Yona are their own characters, I don't know how can you think they're a copy paste of any of the mane 6. They have similarities, but are not identical. Sandbar, Silverstream, Smolder and Ocellus are more similar to characters of the Mane 6, that's true, but I still think they're very likable in their own right, with their unique backstories and likable quirks. And I absolutely love the Student Six friendship more than the Mane 6 friendship tbh, even if the Mane 6 obviously have the better written characters. My reasons are all very subjective, and I don't think I can convince you to appreciate them just because I do. But to say that Gallus, Sandbar, and Silverstream should've been voted off in the first round to random characters that aren't in the show, that to me is such an unjustified thing to say.