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Good... bad... I'm the unicorn with a rape bomb...
I have to channel Ash just a little tiny bit to effectively write Bucky's character at times.
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It was corrected. It got lost somehow in the copy and paste.
Harsh but necessary punishment
You know, in some places Bucky´s behaviour would render him legal issues, or even the loss of the paternity. Here, in Brasil, a new law forbid the parents to use fisical punishiment, in ANY level, to correct the childern.
They all can handle their hands together and go to hell, in my opinion ! That´s, right there, you have a good loving and caring father doing what´s nedeed to make his foals worth !
Ah... Reminds me of my childhood.... Good old discipline. Not too harsh but enough to drill the message in.
Well.. shit. I wasn't expecting him to do that! But, I can see why he did. Also, the part about losing a day to find ways to combat the wolves... that's gonna come back and bite them in the ass.
This. This was an important chapter, at least for me. Before, Bucky had only truly been talking about cruelty and wrought cold fury on forces of pure evil but here we see that he is capable of a kinder type of harsh justice and punishment. On his own foal no less. I can't really express my words properly since it don't really know why I find this so important but I stand by my opinion.
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This is an important marker on the long journey of becoming a worthy headmaster. When he heads the school, his teaching style is going to be unorthodox and his methods are going to be heavily questioned, but these are the moments where he begins discover what he is capable of as a father and a potential educator.
We also see why a lot of unicorns in Canterlot never use deep magic or delve too deeply into the magical arts. They're soft.
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When I was living on the Indian reservation, we had to draw water from a well. There was no running water inside of the crappy little cabin we called home. It was a fair walk to the well, and you had to spend several minutes pumping a long heavy handle before just a little bit of water would come out. It would take about 10 to 15 minutes of pumping to fill a 5 gallon bucket.
Us kids, if we screwed up, we had to fetch water. Fill up a big old bucket full of water and then haul it back to the cabin. My cousins and I were always hauling water.
The water stunk like eggs. Good times, good times.
The mention about his parents and pain is really sticking in my craw... that feels important...
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It is, really.
We only advance through adversity. We need pain to motivate us. We see Bucky's pain time and time again. Like when he replaced his horn. Smashing his head into a wall repeatedly to draw himself into focus to keep Dinky safe. If we never experience pain, we never have a motivator to make progress. Bucky's strength is in the fact that he just endures and continues to stumble forwards. Pain forces him to keep going.
Canterlot, the city of unicorns. While type threes are rare, there are a fair collection of them there in Canterlot. They're afraid of pain. They isolate themselves in their towers and shut themselves away from the world. There is nothing motivating them to make change. To grow. They've gone stagnant and quite mad.
More than pain though. Berry brought up the other side of the coin. They avoid pleasure as well.
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. Those too eager to grow up may not realize what they're abandoning, or what lies in store for them. Not until they're given a practical demonstration.
Still, I can't imagine that Derpy will be thrilled with what's been done to her baby girl.
In any case, looking forward to more.
good chapter, he didn't go easy on her but it got his message deeper then it would have been in any other way
Hmmm... I guess I'm a bit of a softie, after working her half to death I would have given her the "you did bad, do you understand?" Talk. Then i would have got her some Ice cream. Maybe I'm spoiling my kids
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I think saying They're Soft is an understatement. They are fucking pussies who'd likely think they are dying from nothing more than a splinter.
4844256 yes, what you said.
I really loved this chapter, seeing Bucky be a strong disciplinarian was epic.
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The histrionics over a chipped hoof or a mane blown out of place by a wayward wind.
Or even worse, lunch was served and something wasn't just so.
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"Oh sweet Celestia! The salad fork is on the wrong side! Quickly, dear, send the butler for the messenger for our Lawyer! There shall be no restaurant this terribly uneducated standing when we're done!"
or
"Oh dear heavens, I think I've chipped my hoof polish! Quickly, butler, carry me home! I can't survive a trip with such a hideous injury under my own power."
4844805 Rarity, is that you !?
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Awwww, but she's too cute for neuroses!
Angry Bucky.
YOU SHOULD BE SCARED!
Ok, after looking over this chapter and the previous twice, I have got to say, Bucky is insufferable and cruel in this chapter. Making Dinky do hard work to exhaustion with her magic after she throws a tantrum about wanting to do magic is a perfect punishment. Lecturing her about having lost time to work after lazing about, bossing her around, and taunting her while she does the actual work, on the other hand, makes him a hypocritical jackass. And under no circumstances is denying anyone a basic need like water EVER an appropriate punishment, especially if they're a child who's just been sick. That's outright torture.
4845733 It's called tough love...though it may be too tough...or not. In the end, she ended up sore, and tired. Honestly? I'm going to compare it to a classic punishment from my family. I had the bright idea to piss in a container so I could play games more, and my punishment was I had to use a bedpan for one month(#2 excluded). Those things are horrid...
Something really important is missing here. There has to be something other than yelling ones frustrations and banging on a table that can prompt a parent to make his foal throw up, make her work and not give her water.
I can understand that there was something Dinky did that made Pinna upset, but I really don't see what it was. As for the water part, that was just messed up.
No loyal knight would put aside a half-day's work and a half-day's ponies being murdered by wolves and zombies for the sake of punishing a child.
No loving father risks a child to heat stroke for the sake of discipline and mocks her about it by lounging around and delaying a mission to save others' lives. This isn't Bataan.
While I agree that this punishment might seem extreme, and should probably NEVER be placed upon a human child for such a small crime, we have to remember that little Dinky is NOT human; she is a Unicorn, and a type 3 at that. After all the horror stories we've read about in this saga showing the horrors that a type three drunk on power is capable of, Bucky's actions suddenly seem a lot more reasonable. Remember, in another universe, Bucky HIMSELF, who we all know to be a good pony, became so obsessed with power that he became a monster far greater than Sombra (yet another case of a good unicorn gone bad). Unicorns in this universe are by default mentally unstable, especially the ones with a lot of power like little Dinky. All it would take would be a few little nudges in the wrong direction for her to lose sight of what really matters, her family and friends, and to go down a dark path. Dinky having a tantrum and going just a little unhinged........images of swarms of insects descending upon the land, devouring crops, attacking ponies left and right........Dinky has both the power AND the skills to cause mass destruction and loss of life on a scale that could DEVASTATE Equestria, if not the world. Bucky is simply trying to nip this in the bud BEFORE things go out of control, reminding Dinky that her actions of consequences, and showing her that even SPEAKING without thought of others can hurt both them AND her. Everything has consequences, and this punishment has helped her to understand that much more clearly than any mere scolding could hope to. I think that after this, she'll feel a great deal more appreciation for the love and respect of her family, and that causing them pain or disappointment would hurt far more than any mere physical pain.
Eh...honestly, I reckon that was a bit extreme. Physical discipline I can understand, but for goodness sake don't screw with a kid's head at the same time. I hope Bucky feels some measure of remorse at least.
A touch harsh on not letting Dinky have any water, but otherwise it reminded me of how my father used to punish me when I was acting poorly. Of note, there is a DISTINCT psychological difference between ACTING bratty and BEING a brat. As parents we have to be certain that we emphasize it is the BEHAVIOR that was bad, not the child. I would personally re - word that tiny section where Bucky called Dinky an 'insufferable brat'. The message, beautiful and SORELY needed in the world today, but I've seen emotionally fragile children misunderstand their parents and develop serious psychological issues because of being told they, as an individual, were bad, as opposed to being told their behavior was bad. Case in point, me. Strict discipline, wonderful for adolescent growth, there is nothing better, just watch the wording. Other than that one issue, FANTASTIC chapter.
That went way to far, the you don't get water unless you make it yourself or earn it is torture. This chapter was basically just torture to a child and did not help progress the story in anyway.
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Sure. In a city, you'd be right. This is survival. This is protecting Dinky from foes without and within. She learned too much when she was in his mind, started growing faster than she should have. She desires the responsibility of an adult before being mentally, emotionally, and physically ready for it. Really, it's no different than what his wives and Luna did to Bucky. You have to break someone down to make them strong. People don't just go from weak to strong on their own. Something has to give. When it doesn't want to give, you have to MAKE it give.
Throughout our history as human beings, it was much like the Isles. Children around Dinky's relative age were training to kill by having actual combat, or being married off for future breeding. Or doing both. This was completely normal and expected in even the societies that spawned our own - people didn't feel this was strange or unusually oppressive, because it was necessary at the time and all they knew as a people.
Survival and safety are not things one can afford to be lax about. How would you feel if gentle pops on a hand, or calm and pleasant talks didn't harden your kid enough to do what was necessary to survive, and you had to watch them die? Then, you'd know it was your fault. You failed by being too soft when life was not a given, when it wasn't secure and taken for granted.
Dinky can accidentally kill herself and her family. She needs restraint, and she was brought up pegasus-style who don't understand restraint as well. Without proper conditioning she can technically present one of the greatest security risks to the entire herd. This was a good thing. It was not cruel, cruelty implies maliciousness. None of that was present. Only sharp, tough lessons that Dinky has been needing to learn. You could disagree, but you'd be wrong. We see similar actions in herd animals, humans have done this and far worse for centuries beyond measure or else we /would not be here today/, no doubt we would have died out as a species. Survival matters beyond all other concerns. ALL of them. If you die, you lose everything. If you live, there's always tomorrow. Being a risk to survival is unacceptable. A liability. Bucky has helped make Dinky stronger, no doubt.
A good punishment is one that will never have to be repeated. The body is stronger than most of you seem to realize. It is a biological machine meant to handle treatment like this and far worse. That's why we can heal. That's why, after we heal, we are stronger. The more punishment we take, the stronger we get. With a strong mind, the same thing happens mentally and emotionally. With a weak mind... well.
That was damn harsh, but effective, and kinda cruel.
Ahhhhh, poor Dinky, that was harsh Bucky... effective, but harsh man.
Awesome chapter well done.
4845733 I think it was after your post and before mine.
But a grandmother forced her granddaughter to run without water for "talking back". It wasn't that long either. A few hours.
The kid was still single digits. She died of a heat stroke. Never deny water. Ever.
Bucky cross a line for me.
I would say that Bucky went a little TOO far. That part about making her feel guilty with the wolves was TOO MUCH. Already she was a blubbering mess who felt terrible, but he pushed her too far.
The other parts I can understand considering how dangerous it can be for a Type 3 to have that kind of uncontrolled outbursts.
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Not sure if either of you grew up in a rural community, but Dinky's punishment wasn't that different from what I have to do when I decided to be a little brat. I was often told that the soul flourishes through hard work. Now that said my parents never denied me water, but then again I could simply magic it to myself either. While his punishment might seem severe we have to keep in mind that there places where similar punishments are acceptable. And most of the time they're seen as more humane.
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My father was very much like this, he spoke soft yet firmly, and only used the rod when absolutely necessary. Looking at today's youngest generation, I thank him for raising me the way he did.