This story is a sequel to Rise of the Shadow Knight
Book Knight learned about the great comic book hero known as Batman and decided to follow in his footsteps to become the hero that fights in the shadows, handling the underground criminals that the royal guard and the princesses can't handle on their own. He is smart and skilled at hoof to hoof combat. He also uses throwing stars and shadow magic to gain the edge on his enemies. He is the Shadow Knight, the dark hero of Equestria.
Twilight doesn't see him as a hero. She sees him as a nutcase who she regrets handing the comic to in the first place. He's extreme and needs to find a friendlier way to handle stuff like this. So she does the one thing she can think of to sort this out. She brings Book and complains to Celestia and Luna about it.
The argument is pure and simple. Twilight wants a more rational solution to handling high-level crimes without a lot of fighting. Book claims that she is a crybaby who doesn't understand criminals or how to handle them.
After that Twilight only has one response. Picking a fight with him.
This story was written for a writing contest hosted by
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It won fourth place.
Ooh, i really like the looks of this one!
I did not know that was another guy here known as the Shadow Knight.
hope to work with you on a crossover as I finish my superhero story
Errrrrm.
Not a fan of this. Not at all. Really, really not. Twilight Sparkle is bent out of shape horribly to prop up the OC. Sorry, but having her attack first was a dealbreaker. I expected him to win, to be honest, because let's face it, she was set up to lose regardless of her power, because the writing takes care of Book. But that was so ooc, I can't accept it. All to make her into a hypocrite and Book look good.
It wasn't enough to actively give a dislike, but frankly, this feels like a massive disservice to Twilight Sparkle's character. It does nothing to endear Book to me either, because it feels completely manipulative and artificial.
It's not like Book doesn't have a point, even. He does. However, the story turns Twilight into a literally backstabbing hypocrite, all to railroad the audience into agreeing with Book, instead of letting his point speak for itself. It's a cheap trick and it didn't help.
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Admittedly this was for a competition, so I understand why there is a lack of background of why Twilight did this. I will elaborate on it later on, but this story had a word limit, so I couldn't do all that I wanted. Thank you for your analysis.
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Thank you for taking it so calmly.
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A foolish man is one who thinks he's always right. I may be dumb, but I can always listen to criticism.
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