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It seems to me that if it can be read, then it is already clarified.
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Oh. Wow. Even if that were true, said "army" would doubtlessly be comprised of the least intimidating group of individuals in martial history.
Cute story, but I'm not sure where you're getting all this "brutishness" from as it pertains to Pegasi. Earth ponies, yeah. That makes sense. But Pegasi? Weird.
4900917
Adaptive evolutionary biology.
Think of the places where pegasi would rear their young and the predators to be found there.
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Still doesn't make much sense. How are Pegasi considered that strong? They'd have to have hollow bones to support themselves during flight, and Earth ponies are by far the strongest of the three. Unicorns being snobs sort of fits, and Pegasi being loud, crass, and uncouth also sort of fits. But brutes? That simply doesn't seem to fit their delicate physiologies. Being militaristic is immensely different from being brutish.
Blech! Sour!
Oh Piña, never grow up.
Missing quotation mark.
Bucky won't become like Sombra's shadow... not with all those mares to kick his flank back into line!
4900944
You haven't paid attention to the story then.
It has been explained quite well, including pegasi and their natural armor when their adrenaline gets triggered.
4900953
I've only read the first two chapters thus far. But an adrenal response doesn't justify that amount of strength. It simply doesn't fit. You can't just use reductionist statements like "adaptive biology" as a vague justification. Adaptive biology would actually contradict your assessment. Pegasi would naturally be more frail and lean than their earthbound counterparts in order to better be able to support themselves in flight. Look at birds and whatnot. Look at the physiology of bats. There's no real, substantial justification for this sort of thing beyond a noncanonical novelty.
You know, before, I said have Bucky Nuke the Hydra's Teeth. However, I have a new plan: start a fire on them and the teleport Ripples farts to it. It would have the same effect without the fallout.
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Magically charged adrenaline glands.
There are a few rules for reading The Chase. The first, keep going.
Everything gets explained in time.
4900953 natural armor.......... that does not make sense really. why would they evolve something like like if they are a flight bound breed?
4901009
To survive g-force acceleration and aerial combat.
How do you think Rainbow Dash breaks the sound barrier?
I offer an explanation.
4901019 by manipulating wind to reduce friction? they are capable of manipulating wind.
it could also be that they are naturally enduring against harsh environmental factors. to work with weahter they would have to be very resistant to heat, extreme cold, and even electricity. besides their bodies suddenly becoming more durable would not allow greater muscle strength.
would make more sense if that feature existed in earth ponies. cause........ well super strength.
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It doesn't matter what you've written, dude. I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, but "magically charged adrenaline glands" would not be an adequate justification for a race of ponies with that lean a muscle mass and frail a physiology. Super magic kaplowey laser-power force go or not. A hysterical strength induced in an animal with less than half the mean muscle mass of a much larger and/or bulkier animal wouldn't provide enough skeletal muscle hyper reflexive capacity to overpower said bulkier animal. It's pretty much the only thing I've got stuck in my craw with the story thus far. It simply isn't justifiable with a mere "magical hand wave." It's just...weird. And completely out of the blue. Like making all the Unicorns have heavy Slavic accents or making all the Minotaurs transvestites. It's weird.
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I haven't revealed everything about earth ponies just yet.
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Exactly. You see the problem? It's weird.
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....................what?
4901048
Hitting the sound barrier would peel their skin away. Well, long before that point actually. I've adapted their magical physiology to adapt.
And pegasi are brutes because of their militaristic culture, at least partially, in the sense of the story being told.
rotflol
"rises"
...oh, I'm sure it does...
4901053
No, what is weird is making the griffons part triceratops, part dinosaur, to make them plant eaters.
Which I didn't do.
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You'd have to read the entire story to understand.
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That still doesn't fit, man. And only a tiny fraction of all Pegasi have been shown to have been able to break the sound barrier. That wouldn't justify a magical adaption to counteract such a thing, considering that even were they to be capable of such of a thing, they likely wouldn't do it very often. Why would they constantly break the sound barrier, were it harmful to their physiology? It wouldn't be enough to constitute a physiological adaption in their later evolution. Thicker, fuzzier coats to combat colder temperatures at high altitudes is perfectly justifiable. I agree. But altering their physiologies for sake of combating the shock of breaking the sound barrier? It doesn't make sense. Also, a militaristic culture is by no means equitable to a "brutish" culture. Being militaristic doesn't make one brutish. Being brutish makes one brutish. Take me for example...I was a brute long before I ever enlisted.
It's a shame Bucky has done so much to make Equestria a better place, including accidentally being a key to starting a war, only to be so changed by it that he has no place in it.
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You wouldn't need to break the sound barrier, just the g-forces alone with be lethal with the way most pegasi have been shown to fly.
And yes, in The Chase, the pegasi were quite brutal way back in the day.
Hence the term "brutes." All pegasi are brutes.
Which isn't true at all, but some ponies still believe it.
4901042
Even then, the show never really shows the Pegasi as being any more durable than any other race. They don't need special, evolutionary adaptations to alter weather. They just hop on a cloud, and it kicks up a little lightning bolt. And that's only for brief periods. It wouldn't constitute such a profound evolutionary adaptation, seeing as it wouldn't be at all necessary. It's not like the Pegasi are constantly being assailed by the extremes of weather. Clearly, they're not.
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That's the tragedy.
4901156 there is no such thing as victory without sacrifice, a lesson Bucky exemplifies. Perhaps the mares and foals will level him out, but even as he is now, he's only marginally better off than others who've fallen into the karmic black hole of House Avarice.
This is beautiful
Beautiful
Wow
I have a few theories about Pegasi and how they could be considered 'brutes' when compared to Earth Ponies.
1. A unique endocrine system with a greatly enhanced adrenal response.
2. A musculoskeletal system designed around short bursts of intense activity.
2A. Their skeleton could contain various lightweight materials that greatly increase strength without really impacting weight.
2B. Their bone structure might be more complex than other ponies (certain molecular patterns have a much, much higher strength-to-weight ratio than what their component elements would normally suggest; in other words even weak materials can be incredibly strong if you build them to be that way from the ground up).
2C. The whole system could be supported by magic/designed to channel magic in certain situations to increase it's effectiveness.
2D. Abnormally large amounts of high-density 'white' and/or 'pink' muscle instead of the more endurance focused 'red.' Pretty unlikely since at least some slow-twitch muscle is necessary, especially for organs, and if the muscles on Pegasi were that different they wouldn't really be pony-shaped anymore.
2E. Significantly advanced musculoskeletal structure/grouping, optimized for strength; pretty unlikely since they wouldn't be shaped like regular ponies in this case.
3. Living things are, for the most part, made of various liquids, the most prevalent of these being water. It's certainly possible that in Pegasi that many pure liquid components are swapped out for a shear-thickening liquid substitute, also known as a semisolid. When placed under significant pressure a semisolid 'hardens,' becoming a uniquely flexible pseudo-solid that is sometimes referred to as 'liquid' armor.
And that's just what I can come up with off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more than a few possibilities I neglected to mention.
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And there are examples of stuff like this actually found in nature.
Well, not the magical stuff.
[youtube=mW28NOCJSsM] sorry have to listen to this while reading the beginning pari.
4901125 Sorry to interrupt but, first, this is an alternate universe. If the author wants carnivore unicorn martial artists, it would viable, ´cause, well, it´s his universe. And second, even in the cartoon, pegasi and earth ponies have likely strenght. Remember Raibow Dash and Applejack fighting for ANYthing to prove who is the strongest ? And, usually, it´s a tie between then (AJ slightly stronger, RD faster and more agile but, again, slightly).
Hmm... is that Berry buttercream frosting on that cake?
haul
soothe
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She made the frosting.
From scratch.
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It's the same universe but with altered logic that doesn't work. If you're going to keep the same physiological attributes for your Pegasi as the ones with the show and go to all the effort to come up with "scientific" explanations for their inherent abilities, then you have to be both consistent and reasonable. It doesn't matter if it's his universe or not. What matters is that his explanations for his Pegasi physiology is immensely flawed and somewhat random as hell. Don't get me wrong...I actually like the story. But every time I read something like "Derpy/Ditzy Doo crushed his ribs with her inherent super strength despite the sexual dimorphism of the ponies and obvious disparities in physiological factors that would make this all very absurd", I kind of get taken out of it.
Why didn't he just come up with a "magical cone of air" explanation or something for the Pegasi aerodynamics bit? They could break the wind with their hooves and make a pocket of air in front of them or some such. That would've made more sense.
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Bucky is scrawny. I mean, he is scrawny. He isn't much bigger than the common mare. He isn't that solid.
So what you're seeing is perspective. Derpy's affections might be mostly harmless against other bigger stronger males, but Bucky is, well, susceptible to pegasus affection. And earth pony affection. And even foal affection.
Everypony is pretty much stronger than Bucky is, physically speaking. Seeing the world through Bucky's perceptions doesn't mean that is how the world is exactly. It is just how Bucky sees it. Just because Bucky perceives it this way, doesn't mean that this is exactly how the world is.
The Chase is all about perspective shifts.
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That doesn't fit either, man. Going about the speed of sound wouldn't produce enough G's to tear your skin off...but it would be enough to cause fleshy trauma to your eyes and other soft tissues. But that's it. This is based off humans, and I think our physiologies are a good bit more robust than tiny, candy-colored ponies mind you. Why else would the few Pegasi capable of breaking such a speed barrier wear goggles? An aerodynamic displacement with an "air pocket" would've been a much better explanation. And the Pegasi seem to be loosely based off the militarism of the Roman Empire (mostly the armor and whatnot), who were undoubtedly militaristic. But they weren't by any means "brutes." As a contrast, the Germanic peoples were very much so brutes.
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Okay. That makes a lot more sense, then, dude. But that guy must be pretty weenie in terms of physique for a tiny slip of a Pegasus to ragdoll him like that. I'm sure that most other Unicorns wouldn't be that frail. Most other stallions would just be like "Awww...how cute." Not "Oh, fuck...my ribs..." This dude made of glass? Lift a goddamn weight now and then, Bucky! What's going to happen if someone tries to mug you, bruh?
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Read The Chase until you discover what Hurricane did. Get back to me about "brutes."
All unicorns are snobs, all earth ponies are numbskulls, all pegasi are brutes. We learn this in the Hearth's Warming Eve episode. So here we have show cannon.
In The Chase, we learn that some unicorns are brutes, some pegasi are numbskulls, and some earth ponies are snobs. Then we have grass eaters and flesh eaters. Males vs females. And nothing is ever quite as it seems. The entire social order is picked apart and turned on its ear.
And I intentionally use misdirection and forced perspective to challenge the readers, only to make a reveal later.
So take nothing for granted.
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Also, Rainbow Dash makes rainbooms all the time sans goggles.
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Bucky doesn't need to lift weights. Wait until you read about unicorn bravery.
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Also, Bucky is far more durable than he first appears. But that becomes pretty apparent early on if you pay attention. Derpy's affection toughens him up a bit, prepares him for what comes later...
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Does it shoot "canonical" balls at us? *smartass joke* Nah, dude. That Hearth's Warming Eve episode just showed an overdramatized, comical representation of the three races interacting. I would take that with just a grain of salt, albeit I can see what you're laying down about the racial stereotypes.
That's Rainbow, dude. She and the Wonderbolts seem to be the only Pegasi who can do anything remotely like that. Also, I used the whole "magical air pocket" theory a ways back. The Pegasus physiology just doesn't mesh with some of what you're laying down is all.
Ah, so happy....
Which means shit will hit the fan pretty hard when the not so happy parts come.
Anyway, yeah! Lost chapter!
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Ok why do you assume, Pegasi are frail? Because they are like birds? Birds are not magical flying horses. During the hearts warming eve episode the Pegasi were portrayed as a warrior race, I don't care how sugar coated your history is that sort of thing has to be based on something. Also just be a is something is lean does not mean it isn't strong. My 130 lbs wife is a lot stronger than she looks and could give a crushing bear hug if she wanted. Nothing in the show indicates that Pegasi are built anything like birds if anything we've seen they are far more durable then would be expected. I suggest you suspend your expectations of what is and see if the stories logic can hold up to itself.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that when describing something as a 'Brute', you're describing their nature and actions, not their physical body.
Pegasi are naturally far more aggressive than earth ponies or unicorns. Thus, 'Brutes'.
You wouldn't refer to Andre the Giant as a brute. But you could refer to a small, but violent gangster as a brute.
*staggers in*
Ok, it's not often that a story can reach out, grab me, and drag me in like this one did. I originally started reading 'The Catch' before this one and the whole setting had me intrigued.
I'm now fully freaking hooked on this and I'm gonna be sitting here, patiently waiting for more of this epic story. You've created a world that's bleak, unforgiving, almost painfully medieval, but somehow fitting.
And man, if this herd ever makes it back to the mainland, the culture shock is gonna be awesome in my book. Well done.
4901093 triceratops are dinosaurs, and they do eat plants...
not sure if serious or trolling