>>95168220This. Star is a focus of events, rather than an innocent bystander.
She is bumb and proactive enough to cause her own messes, but also empathetic and smart enough to learn from mistakes.
Marco as her Mabel-equivalent in that he is a close second for screentime and always in it with Star, doesn't have any of Mabel's disqualifying mistakes. He is having his own interests that actually have comparative weight, and he acts to advance them, instead of asking for Star to step back so he gets his shit for free.
Marco is by himself interesting enough to have his own episodes and compliments Star with his traits, rather than being a roadblock.
Another thing Marco and Star have over Dipper and Mabel is that they readily embrace their road to adulthood as an adventure to be had, and don't lament the passage of time condemning things to constant change.
