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Were dangerous unicorns too dangerous to live?
Heh, Ripple's Raptors. Good name.
Can't wait to see what state the farmhouse is in when Bucky gets back. The floorboards will need replacing from all the fluids spilt!
I am both scared and in awe of Ripple right now.
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Bucky is going to need plenty of meat and Coconut Milk to survive. PLENTY of protein and fluids.
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Why is that?
...I just thought of something Derpy could do to TRULY Punish Bucky. Forbid any sex with him for an extended period of time.
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His contract forbids that. Plus, Derpy isn't that cruel.
kills those who do not pass..........
there is only one thing worse than a unicorn of the 'comsic decay' causing trouble.
a unicorn driven by the cold, soulless murder of their loved one simply because they did not pass a test and seek to destroy everything that lead to their death. a dark lord whose magic is fueled by a righteous rage, the most fiery and destructive of all dark emotions.
they have created a system that will lead to their destruction one day, fates or not. a day will come where someone will rent the entirety of the tradwinds to pieces, fueled by that rage........
sorry for that response but this one kinda strikes a few nerves. unicorns with 'something off' being killed off is like what the Nazis did....... and I am a guy who is a bit 'off; to begin with.
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Different culture, different ideology, different leadership.
It's awful, but they don't have a problem with unicorns. Most unicorns get their shit together, get help, and keep their head straight, they don't want a type three having a melt down and hurting society at large.
Only those who have been proven responsible enough to use magic are allowed to use it. The rest are snuffed out. It keeps the world a safer place.
So it comes down to a question of the greater good.
And it is not intended to have an easy answer. This isn't the Fates doing, this is the Academy of High Sorcery. The Three Alicorn sisters vanished one day and left the city to rule itself.
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Just give her this hat, and the ponification of my flashback will be complete...
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Makes sense that is how Fluttershy is.
Were they?
... Aside from the typo, it's a tough call. Can't allow people with powerful deadly abilities to simply... run around destroying shit, and because of the nature of magic you might never be able to control it (unless you were like... Luna and brainwashed them. Emotional control, in this case, might be better than physical control, just like with the Lunar Pegasi). But... then it's also where you are destroying creatures who are already victims of a world being ruined by no fault of their own. They are victims of the screwed-up-world, and as a result they need to be destroyed, and it's awful.
5269952 question will always be how many murdered were those who are NOT dangerous.
like I said. the fall of the tradewinds could come from someone who passed the test yet has a black malice growing inside of them because their silbing or child was killed by this practice. and it seems unlikely that the fates would protect the tradewinds from a end that they created for themselves.
wherever violence is used, hatred will come forth eventually.
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Look at it this way. If Equestria was run like that, think of how little damage House Avarice would have been able to do if any at all compared to what they have done.
5270011 their damage took a long time to set in. a being driven by that hatred could destroy things very quickly. this practice would generate fear. fear of the student who would die if they failed. fear of the parent whose child could be taken from them.
a new evil would take its place, and one even more dangerous; one with motivation.
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Not everything has been revealed yet. It would be wise to hold off judgment.
There are a lot of unicorns in Tradewinds with no magical power. They had no interest in magic, drank a potion, and their thaumaturgical system went dead.
Those who willingly go to school know the risks. You graduate or you die. School is a choice. It isn't forced on anypony. There will be more about this later.
You sort of jumped the gun, which is exactly what I hoped people would do, before you understood what was going on.
5270061 and then they struggle for the rest of their lives because no one wants the help of a unicorn without magic. unicorns have no strength or durability, so larger species and of course earth ponies would dominate that field. unicorns with magic and zebra would cover the intellectual fields. and they would have no place in Pegasus work.
the only other answer is if the potion somehow allowed them to keep telekinesis. yet that seems unlike.y thus they would be helpless and without their species' natural attributes and truly useless to their society.
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And you know this how? Because YOU are writing The Chase?
5270098 because it is analysis of the situation. all the other fields of work would be overtaken by the other species. not to mention that they still have no choice in the matter. either they go to school and risk death, or take a potion and be left without any abilities anymore. if the potion kills their magic it kills their telekinesis too.
put simply it seems that this system is one of fear regardless. either you go to school or you lose what makes you a unicorn and struggle to find work.
least that is my analysis. it is not a system that can last.
I don´t remeber when Bucky became aware of Twilie´s Father Eye Brown Raised problem. AFAIK, that was always an internal issue for her, never told to anyone, at least not clearly. Am I wrong uppon that ?
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There is still purpose and function for them in society. They still have intelligence, can still make art, write music, write books, follow intellectual pursuits, teach school, teach history, pilot airships (manually) and so many other tasks.
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Things happen in the background you know... lives continue even when the metaphorical camera is not watching them.
Bucky and Twilight have spent a fair bit of time talking... not all of it on screen.
5270118 something zebra would probably be better at. the zebra are clearly very intelligent and, more so, are creaatures adapted to using their hooves. a unicorn would come second to a zebra in those fields of work.
and even if they are better for that field for some reason, they are still robbed of what makes them unicorns. and I highly dobut they are given a 'choice'. either they go through a trial that could ultimately end in their murder, or they are robbed of their magic. the only other option would be to run.
and there will always be the possibility of someone becoming victimized by this system, and wanting vengeance for it.
5270126 *slaps myself with a metaphorical glove*
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I'll make no claims that it is perfect, it was simply how the Sea of Grass deals with unicorns. It offers a contrast to how Equestria deals with their unicorns.
The Old World Ponies have their own means as well. Trottingham, Fancy, Liverypool, Germaney, The unicorns there exist under a guild system. More will be explained later, but magic is heavily restricted and magic inhibitors are common.
Witching Hour left Trottingham for a reason.
5270195 sounds like dragon age, where they try to keep the magic users under lock and key.
it more often than not CREATES the very things they are trying to prevent.
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In the Old World, magic is too valuable for unicorns to be individuals. They are owned by public trusts and controlled by guilds.
Construction, public works, magical manufacture and creation, airship construction, arcano-tech development, etc.
Later, in The Chase, Bucky and Twilight will be discussing the merits of these systems... as they try to deal with their own unicorn problems.
5270195 equestrian is the only one to not treat a third of its population as either a resource of a major threat.
I dare you to have Ripple bark "Come on you birds, you wanna live forever!?" or something along that line at some point.
I think its supposed to be can't
Also i feel Harper is going to show her new word just in the worst possible time at home (can't wait)
Also also, Ripple’s Raptors are part of the Lunar army or they are some sort of militia?
5270341 That´s because, ´till recently, the aformentioned one third of the population was responsible for all the laws and most of the dialy decisions of the society. In such, they granted to have the majority of the rights direct to their own benefit.
See the problem ? See why something as harsh as the system Tradewinds use may be a viable solution ? The alternative was devastating to all Equestria.
The alicorn of war will be a mare.
Five alicorn sisters.
Celestia
Luna
Cadence
Twilight
????
5270416 and who is to say that if it were earth ponies it would be no different? or pergasi?
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... No. Can is correct. "If you can't sleep, no one else can either." Can being attached to "sleep".
5270424 Maybe you´re right. I already posted that all the three races need each other to keep balance, since pegasis have violent tendencies, and earth ponies are too territorial. But, again, those two later races DID NOT caused all the awfull things in Equestria. Unicorns did. There is no "maybe" nor "if". They are responsible for a impossible ammount of suffering and pain during centuries ! you may say that only Canterlot Nobles Unicorns were responsible for that but, even so, they were unicorns.
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No, it's can. No one else can. Saying "no one else can't either" is a double negative, and would mean that everyone else could.
5270419 I was thinking ´bout that too...but I think that Cadence and Twilie are not alicorns, in that questions. I Think that they were talking ´bout Celestia, Luna and The fates, the three sisters. "Sisters" is the word here. There are other alicorns, like Thanatos, but those are the sisters.
Cadence and Twilie are minor alicorns, in such they have their part on the plan too, but not as the major powers.
5270436 and if you gave eaerth ponies with similar tendencies their amount of power and influence, they would no different. it is not the race, it is the individuals. putting the wrong individuals in charge will lead to dark things.
5270442 Well...unless Harper's insistence of calling Bucky 'mama' sticks and manages to spread...
5270453 Yes, you´re right but, again, that did not happen so far. There wasn´t a "Earth Pony Tiranny" nor a "Pegasus Tyranny". Only "Unicorn Tiranny". And that´s what Bucky want to prevent, in this universe, in this canon, magic is almighty (the only thing that could counter magic was banned...or is ´bout to be). So those with acess to such power must be excepcionally looked for not doing wrong...again, as they already did.
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Looks like i was wrong, thank you guys for correcting me
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Celestia
Luna
Clotho
Atropos
Lachesis
Five immortal sisters. This is the CORRECT list.
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They are an experimental guard unit for the new griffon empire.
They are Bucky's. For good or for ill, they are loyal to Bucky.
And of vital importance for later.
5270472 gun could not possibly counter magic.
and what I don't understand is that unicorns are not the only ones with magic to begin with. it may manifest differently but each race has magic and has access to things that can produce spells. potions are a form of magic, and they physically HAVE magic they are just not the type that can actively channel their power into spells. with their ingenuity it seems plausible they could have figured out a work around.
also pegasi can throw storms at people pretty much and use clouds are directed energy weapons.
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Actually, it was Twilight who created the Bureau of Thaumaturgy.
Bucky just wants to help Twilight regulate magic, he is not the architect.
Twilight refuses to allow the abuses of the past to happen again.
5270502 Guns could level the game against magic users, yes !!! How they cannot ? Bucky is one of the most powerfull magic beings in Equestria and he had difficults to fight against guns. Heck, he was almost killed by one !!! Only high level, combat-trained unicorns can handle guns and, even so, only for a while. And such powerfull unicorns does not born everyday, and their training need years to be complete, while guns can be used by anyone with hands, can be produced by the thousands every day. How can you say they are not better then magic ?
Remember that magic, in this universe, have different forms. Musical magic for the gryphoons, water bending for Kelpies. So, yes, there are other forms of magic, but only unicorns have it so powerfull, and being able to perform so many different tasks. Magical non-unicorns beings either have a magic too low, or they can´t do lot´s of things, only one or two.
5270516 Thank you for the correction. Btw, we have an overall idea ´bout what Twilie saw in Manehattan, at the beginning of the story, that made her start everything she did. Will you show us, in details, what hapenned there, eventually ? Maybe when The Chase catchs The Chance timeline, and we have a chance to see what Bucky found at the orphanage ?
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Fillydelphia. She saw a system that abuses foals.
5270523 I ultimately view that all as too narrow minded to function. if only a handful of unicorns are that strong, then they are not numerous enough to make an impact.
also why would their powers be lesser than the unicorns? earth ponies are constantly transferring energy into others and the environment and can shatter buildings. and pegasi can mold cloud as if it was clay, defying what physics should dictate. also manipulate the wind.
just because a power seems simple does not mean it is weak. it well could indicate that the other species in fact have more magic on average than unicorns to sustain their abilities, and simply cannot channel spells as actively...........
and that would make sense considering what tirek did. he had to work up to earth ponies and pegasi. unicorns were easy for him.