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“I’m really sorry miss!” Pipsqueak apologized for the fourth time.
And for the fourth time, Trixie grumbled something that might’ve been an acceptance or nothing at all as she scrubbed her hooves in the river.
Big Mac put his hoof on Pip’s shoulder…though in reality it covered most of the little pony’s body. “S’allright Pip, she knows you didn’t mean no harm. It was just an accident. Right Trixie?” He raised his voice.
The showmare stopped washing her hooves and shot him a stiff nod. “Of course it was! The Great and Powerful Trixie has been in show business long enough not to be bothered by such…unpleasantness.”
The small colt blushed as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeah…um, okay?” Dinky gave him a fond nuzzle, but still made a point to hold her breath until they got Pip something to wash his mouth out with.
Macintosh gave the two foals a nudge. “Why don’t you two just give us a second here?” Pip and Dinky nodded and sat on some flat stones as he headed down to the riverbank just in time to see Trixie finish her ablutions.
“You ready to travel?”
“Certainly.” Trixie held up a blue hoof, so clean it almost sparkled. Big Macintosh nodded.
“Alright then…now, just remember these two are just young’ns. They’re tired, small and they can’t go as fast as we can. So just keep your patience with them, a’right?”
“Of course! Trixie can do anything…including take care of foals!” She declared, flaring her cape dramatically. Mac chewed on his ever-present wheat stalk for a moment, giving her a half-lid stare. Feeling the silence bear down on her, she cleared her throat and added. “It is true! The Great and Powerful Trixie can do anything.” She tossed her mane and shot the red stallion a winning smile…only to see him raise his right eyebrow a fraction of an inch higher. “…and no! I am not just saying that to show you that Trixie is better than your precious Rainbow Dash! Where do you even get that sort of idea?”
Macintosh rolled his eyes and turned to walk away.
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Rainbow Dash stirred gently. It was about noon. Feeling several warm bodies pressed against her, she lifted her head to take a look around. Sweetie Belle was sleeping on her back, her belly rising and falling as she gently snored. Archer was curled up in a tight ball, wedged against Dash’s side. Silver Spoon was still cuddled up against Rainbow’s foreleg, hugging it in her sleep and using it as a pillow…Rainbow winced as she felt Silver Spoon drooling on her but didn’t want to disturb her. Snails somehow managed to sleep on his back, next to Rainbow Dash, but still have his long neck to flop over Silver Spoon’s back so that his cheek was rubbing against Silver’s.
Smiling gently, Rainbow stretched her limbs as much as she could without disturbing her charges. Even so, Sweetie Belle stirred slightly, causing her legs to stretch out in all directions as she yawned. She idly scratched her belly and smacked her lips in a way that was adorable but still would’ve thrown Rarity into a conniption fit.
“Rainbow Dash?” Sweetie mewled sleepily. “Is Big Macintosh back yet?”
Rainbow squirmed, trying to turn her head as much as she could. “Afraid not.”
Sweetie Belle sighed, rolling over on her belly. “I’m kinda hungry.”
At that moment Rainbow Dash’s own stomach chimed in, rumbling in agreement. She sighed. “Yeah, me too. I don’t know about you though, but cooking isn’t really my thing.”
“I can cook!” Sweetie said as she got to her hooves, stretching her legs out. “Rarity lets me cook for her all the time!”
Had Rainbow Dash been more awake and thinking more properly she would’ve caught on that Sweetie Belle had stretched the truth beyond the breaking point and back again, but as it was she just yawned and nodded. “Sure. I’ll be out in a minute. Go look around to see if the ‘Great and Powerful’ Dixie has any food lying around. No fires until I’m outside though.”
“Got it!” Sweetie saluted, rifling around Trixie’s bags. Rainbow settled in for a few more minutes of sleep. She had only just closed her eyes when she heard Sweetie Belle calling her. “Um, Rainbow Dash?”
Groaning slightly, the pegasus in question sat up. “Yeah?”
“I wanted to say thank you.” Sweetie walked over. “This trip was so much fun!” She jumped up, wiggling her hooves in midair.
“Heh, that’s Rainbow Dash Adventures: fun guaranteed or else.” She grinned. “This has been pretty cool for me too.”
“You mean because of you and Big Macintosh?” Sweetie’s eyes grew large as her mouth formed a silent ‘aww.’
To her annoyance, Rainbow Dash actually felt herself blush. “W-well, yeah, but not just that! Spending time with you fillies and colts has actually been awesome.”
“It has?” Sweetie tipped her head.
“Sure! I guess it’s cool to have fans and the Rainbow Dash Fan Club and stuff…but I don’t think I ever really took the time to know you guys. You’re really amazing ponies.”
“We are?”
“Hay, yeah! I just said so didn’t I? All that stuff you guys have done: camping, pranks, singing, surviving out in the forest on your own in the night…that was pretty darn cool.”
Sweetie beamed. “Oh wow, Archer was right!”
“I’ll say she was!” Rainbow blinked. “Uh, about what?”
“Archer said that you don’t need a cutie mark to be special or cool and that you can do a lot of great things even if you don’t have one!” Sweetie bounced up and down. “Dinky and Pip don’t have their cutie marks either but they’re great!”
Dash nodded. “Smart filly.”
“Yeah! I found out that maybe Rarity’s books aren’t always the best when it comes to finding your special somepony,” Rainbow settled for an eye roll in answer to that. “…and that even mean ponies can be really nice if you give them a chance!” Sweetie hugged Dash’s side. “This has been the best time ever!”
“Glad to hear it.” Rainbow rested her head atop of Sweetie Belle’s. “You’re gonna have a lot of stories to tell Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, aren’t ya?”
“Uh huh! Like meeting that sea serpent, telling ghost stories, the truth or dare, making you drink so much cider that you really, really, REALLY had to go…”
“OKAY, I think that’s enough.” Rainbow Dash gave her a noogie.
Sweetie bit her lip. “Do you think…Apple Bloom and Scootaloo will be mad that I made new friends? Without them?”
“Of course not! Making new friends doesn’t mean forgetting about your best friends. When I went to Appleloosa I met this buffalo, Little Strongheart. Actually, I didn’t exactly *like* her that much when we first met, but we ended up friends. Kind of like you and Silver Spoon.”
Sweetie Belle looked nervous. “You don’t think…that the Crusaders will be mad at me for being friends with her?”
“Oh.” Rainbow gently shuffled her wings, taking care not to disturb the remaining sleeping ponies. “That’s…okay, well.” She cleared her throat. “Look, if ponies can forgive Luna after the whole ‘plunge Equestria into eternal darkness’ thing, I think your friends can give Silver Spoon another chance. Cheerilee told me when she came up with this idea how worried she was that you would all form your own little groups and never make friends outside of them. I bet she’d be really proud of you and Silver Spoon.” Sweetie’s look brightened. Dash gave an encouraging smile. “What happens next is up to you two. If you don’t want to end up the way you were when this trip started, then you’re both going to have to deal with the fact that your best friends don’t like each other. Maybe you two can fix that. Maybe not. Still, it’d be a shame if things went back to the way they were. It’d make this whole trip kind of a waste, don’t you think?”
“I guess so.” Sweetie mumbled. “I’m kinda worried about Scootaloo though. I mean, what if she gets jealous because I got to go on this really cool trip with you and she thinks you're the most awesome pony ever and now I come back with new friends that she doesn’t like and—” Open mouth, insert hoof.
Once she had Sweetie’s attention, Rainbow Dash removed her hoof from the little unicorn’s mouth. “Relax. I’m sure Scootaloo will be okay with it. And if she’s not, just tell me and I’ll talk some sense into Scootaloo, okay?” She scratched her mane. “I should probably do that anyway—spend more time with my number one fan and all…and Silver Spoon, you’re not fooling anypony. I know you’re awake.”
The silver pony in question slowly opened one eye. “How’d you know?”
Rainbow shrugged her wings. “I know a thing or two about sleeping and not sleeping. You held your breath when there was something you really wanted to hear.”
“…Oh.” Silver winced. “Sorry. I just—”
“Wanted to hear what I was going to tell Sweetie Belle? I figured. Everything I said to her applies to you too.”
The filly nodded. “I know.” She looked at the filly in question and gave an awkward kind of nod, one that said that she felt the same way. Rainbow Dash stood, stretching languidly. Archer stirred slightly and Snails remained flopped across Silver Spoon. “Um, a little help?” She asked the pegasus.
Rainbow smirked. “Eeeenah. You can wait while I help Sweetie get breakfast started.” She gave a half-wave and walked out of the tent, Sweetie following shortly behind her, giggling.
Silver Spoon groaned as Snails let out a snore. Great.
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Big Macintosh strode along, listening with half an ear as Trixie performed minor slight of hoof magic for Pip and Dinky to make the time go by faster. From the gentle ‘oohs’ and ‘awws’ from the foals, he guessed that she wasn’t doing a half bad job at it.
“Thank you, thank you! The Great and Powerful Trixie appreciates your appreciation!” She paused, mentally wishing she’d thought that through a bit better. Covering it up with a flourished bow, she trotted ahead to Big Macintosh.
Big Mac gave her a polite smile. “Do you also do Cutie Markvitzvahs, Cute-Ceañeras, weddings, and birthdays?”
“Hmph! Trixie is not a clown or a simple magician! I have strode the stage from Hoofington to Trottingham and shall one day stride forth in front of crowds from Las Pegasus to Canterlot itself!”
“All right, all right.” Big Mac held up a hoof. “Ah didn’t mean nothing by it. Ah’m sure you're a real show stopper.” Much in the same way that his little sister and her friends stopped the show at the school talent show, but he didn’t feel the need to voice that thought aloud.
Nodding primly, Trixie flared her cape dramatically. “And what of you? Will you and your…charming pegasus friend be continuing your little camp out?”
Macintosh shook his head. “Ah reckon I’ll talk it over with Dash first…but ah think we’ll be heading for home. We can send somepony later to get our gear from the campsite…what’s left of it anyways.”
“A shame. Still, Trixie supposes that you and the foals will need some time to rest and recover before journeying back? When was the last time you slept?”
Mac grunted. He hadn’t slept since the night before last so he’d been up a solid twenty-four hours. “Ah can wait till we get Pip and Dinky back.” He paused. “Thanks for yer hospitality.”
Trixie waved her hoof as if it were of no consequence…and as if she had been presented with much a choice. “The Great and Powerful Trixie can also be great and generous…think what you will of me, but I would never turn away a foal in need…no matter how annoying and career ruining they might be.” She added, grumbling under her breath. Fortunately, Big Mac didn’t seem to hear that last part.
“Ah never said otherwise. You might be a mite…” he considered the words pretentious and arrogant before disregarding them as too inflammatory, “prickly, but that don’t make you a bad pony.”
Trixie smirked. It was working. She knew no stallion could resist her charms! “Hmph, just wait until we get back to my tent. Trixie will prepare for you and your charges the most exquisite of traveler’s fare, learned from the very best chefs of Neigh Orleans!”
“Do you got apples?” Mac asked.
“My dear Macintosh, there is more to cooking than just apples!” Trixie threw her hooves open wide. “There are gumbos, jambalaya—the best of centuries of traditional Neigh Orleans cooking tradition!”
Macintosh blinked slowly. “So, no apples?” He asked in incomprehension. “Fraid ah don’t follow you.”
Trixie grimaced but strode ahead so he wouldn’t see her annoyance. “Never fear! Soon you shall see the light of my…FIRE!” Her voice rose into a shriek.
Big Macintosh charged forward after giving a brief shout of “Stay here!” to Pip and Dinky. He burst through the underbrush in time to see a roaring fire quickly extinguished by a cyan pegasus with a now empty bucket. “Rainbow Dash?”
Rainbow cast the bucket aside and flew over to give Macintosh a hug. “Hey big guy! Did you find them?”
“Auntie Rainbow!” “Rainbow Dash!” Dash’s answer came in the form of two small foals tackle-hugging her to the ground. Mac smiled.
Trixie however looked at the singed ground and tent with something approaching terror. “W-what…how…?”
“Aww, and I almost had it too!” The white filly protested. “The water was almost hot enough to make soup!”
Trixie’s eyebrow twitched. “Y-you…caused all this…and you were just boiling the water?!”
From her position on the ground, Rainbow Dash let out a sigh. “Never let Sweetie Belle cook.”
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Heh excellent chapter
Ohhh. sweetie belle!
Sweetie Belle, oh you.
Awesome chapter though, can't wait for more d'awws
"I didn't know it was possible to burn juice."
Ooh, I hope horrible cooking never becomes Sweetie Belle's special talent.
May the Grace of the Valar Protect You
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lol sweetie belle broke the logic barrier in boiling soupdl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Sweetie_Belle_lolface.png
Do'h, Sweetie Belle cant cook at all
And yay Update, very good work, and poor Trixie
New Chapter! Love the story and love the attitude change in everybody, from Silver Spoon to Trixie! "Never Let Sweetie Belle Cook" Understatement of the century
Oh Sweetie Belle. You so crazy.
Well done!
Oh, Sweetie Belle... stretching the truth "beyond the breaking point and back again" never works, no matter how great of a quote it is.
Sweetie... Did you just burn water?
.....yes?
We didn't start the fire!
It was always burning,
Since the worlds been turning!
We didn't start the fire!
We tried to fight it but,
We just ignite it! (?)
Einstein, James dean,
Brooklyn's got a winning team!
Davy crocket, Peter pan,
Elvis Presley, disneighland!
It's a song about fire!
I originally started reading this on fanfiction.net but I'm really glad it's on this site. This story has it all: Lessons to learn, friendships being made, comedy, drama, action and my favorite couple. You are a great author. Big Mac tastes like cookies!!!
Nine thumbs down? That's nine people who disapprove of great storytelling. I've followed your story on fanfiction, it's great to see it here, too. I keep watching for more chapters :D
Sweetie Belle failing at cooking...
Anyone else think of this?
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Yep and if sweetie wanted to hone that gift of her's into an art... may I suggest using this image search?
Sweetie Belle's special talent is kneecapping love triangles early!
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We didn't start the fire;
it was always burning
since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire;
no we didn't light it
but we tried to fight it.
the fire tells her things, dark things.
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I had to learn that song in a class. It was really stupid, but funny because everyone was singing it.
Thanks for clarifying!
I'm full of the derps. teehee
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Where does you get those cool emotes?!?!?!
Burn water - seems legit.
Original text:
"Concerned about the confidence of some of her students, Cheerilee enlists Rainbow Dash to take six children: Sweetie Belle, Silver Spoon, Snails, Dinky Doo, Pipsqueak and Archer on a week-long camping trip to Whitetail Woods. Rainbow enlists the aid of Big Macintosh as her co-chaperone as she tries to teach the young fillies and colts about camping, teamwork, confidence and how to get along and fend for themselves. They are so doomed. "
...35 translations later, Bing gives us:
"Son Huaitetaiersenlin Sin know who Sir Archer Carol Cheerile community, killed for the sun loungers spoon curve and cryin. We will camp, six students for each Macintosh. What is the cause of the distortion in the study the Ltchont luxury small group to increase trust."
Sweetie Belle. D'aaawww.
: Hey, guys, I'm cooking!
Run. Just RUN.
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Something like this should help you out with that.
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All i can say is... Suuuuuhweeeet
Keep'em comming
how best to create a good fire? just let sweetie do the work for ya!
Rarity: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY SISTER!?
Chrysalis: Don't worry, I've taken care of her... I'm sure she's "cool" with it... Hahaha!!
Sweetiebelle runs in the room with her mane on fire: AAAAHHHHH!!! FIRE BAD FIRE BAD!!!!
Chrysalis and Rarity look at each other confusingly
Chysalis: I don't understand... I locked her in the freezer...
909062 WHATEVER!
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It was intentional. I was listening to the song one day and realized that you could replace Speed Racer with Dash Rainbow (putting it the other way around would interfere with the flow) and it would fit almost perfectly.
Sweetie belle= physics free zone.
Embarassingly enough, I can truly sympathize with Sweetie Belle on this one.
I too have set water on fire. Yes - really.
Where I grew up -we had well water with a REALLY high mineral content. A really, really high mineral content. As in "so much assorted calcium and other minerals in the water that us children never broke any bones, even when we did stupid things like jump from second and third story heights" levels of mineral content.
Anyhow - one day, after a LONG hard day of farm work - I set up a pot of water to boil to make myself some ramen noodles to eat before going to bed. Well - apparently I was so tired I fell asleep sitting upright in the kitchen waiting the couple of minutes for the water to boil. Next thing I know - the fire alarm is squealing.
The pot of water had boiled off - leaving only a layer of minerals from the very very hard water at the bottom. Which had then heated to the point that something in the mineral deposits had caught fire...
Luckily - it being a pot on a stove - the fire couldn't really spread. Sure trashed the heck out of the pot though...
So yeah - I'm such a bad cook I've burned WATER.
Countdown.
1.) Ruin Trixie's act and heckled
2.) Saw her stuff get destroyed and give no sympathy
3.) Been a general dick, even though you brag as well
4.) Accused her of something she was innocent of
5.) Tried to BEAT HER UP WHILE SHE RAN AWAY!!
And now
6.) Let a filly burn down her tent.
At this point, hearing the words "Rainbow Dash" probably makes my waifu have a mental breakdown!!e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png
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Well, look at it this way: compared to what Rainbow Dash's own friends did her in the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" episode, Dash's behavior to Trixie is downright saintly.
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6 offenses. I count six.
There is NO excuse for this behavior. At least Rainbow Dash was just getting too big for her britches. Trixie was DOING HER JOB!!
I also don't see the Mane 6 watching a mare run away from a town after all of her earthly possessions destroyed and the response being "Why you-" with her hooves up LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO PUNCH HER!!
Again, no excuse. Mast disappoint, Mane 6.dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Mr_Cake.png All I have is sympathy for that mare. It's why she's my waifu.
And she'll return in season 3.
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My mom did that, although it was tap water and she put a pinch of salt in it.
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Yes, Trixie's job involves bragging and -stretching- the truth.
However, stretching the truth til it snaps isn't in the job description. She could have said that she chased off a -normal- bear rather than an Ursa. But she didn't. In fact, she couldn't chase off an Ursa Minor, much less the Major she claimed.
So in my book, getting her stuff destroyed after bragging that she could chase off a Major, when she obviously has no idea what she's talking about, (and indirectly causes Snips and Snails to draw the Ursa into town) is a fair trade. Honestly, she could have gotten worse.
I'm not saying Snips and Snails aren't idiots - they really, truly are. But they wouldn't have gotten THAT foolhardy idea if she hadn't been bragging, or if she'd been at least partly responsible and warned them how dangerous Ursas are. As anyone in show business knows, (or public service for that matter) you assume that at least one of your audience members is a complete idiot. Hence the need for obvious legal disclaimers. (Which Trixie didn't show at all... kinda makes you wonder how long she's been in the 'biz.)
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Did you honestly think that she could just waltz into town unannounced and perform without a permit?
All legal matters were solved before she came and performed, otherwise she couldn't have in the first place.
RD's claims of "Fastest flier in Equestria" is also strecthing the truth 'till it snaps since she can't prove she is, just like how Trixie couldn't prove she beat an Ursa Major. The Rainboom was a result of mass accleration towards the earth using gravity, not speed. If it was speed, then Rainbow Dash could Sonic Rainboom upside down.
You still have not answered to why RD acted the way she did. 1-6 are still viable, even if Trixie blantantly lied through her teeth.
That's the simple facts.
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Ah, Ah, Ah...
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In the season 2 Finale, Rainbow does a Rainboom while going up. Against gravity. She then arcs down, in a rainbow.
And yes, legal permits to perform are probably dealt with beforehand, however that doesn't absolve her of responsibility in giving Snips and Snails the idea to drag an Ursa into town.
As for six, the filly accidentally set fire to the tent, and it's not stated whether or not they attempted to put it out. She may not have just -let- it burn.
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May you show me the clip, or the point of the episode that it was there.
She is protected by legal jargon, stating that she is not responsible for what her fans do.
Do you have any proof that she didn't? Remember, RD REALLY doesn't like Trixie.
And finally, even if she didn't let her tent burn, 1-5 is still here.
What now, Edgeworth?
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Okay fellows. Let's not go overboard with the giant graphics. I'm not going to ask you to not offer different opinions of my portrayal of Rainbow Dash and Trixie since you're both taking the time and trouble to A) read my story and B) give a rat's rear about it. All I ask is that you keep cool and civil and not descend into a flame war. I'm just being preventative here, I'm not accusing either of you of going over the line.
I don't want to really step into this, but since I'm the author I guess I should state where I stand. Let me just say for the record that I DON'T hate Trixie. I don't even dislike her. I'll admit that I don't quite get the mass love she has from the fanbase, unless its for fanworks and the like. But just going from the show itself...yeah, I don't see the attraction.
Now there are episodes where due to time constraints there are issues that aren't explained well enough and leave you feeling some sympathy for the pseudo-antagonist (Trixie, Gilda, the CMC as "Gabby Gums") or what not. That doesn't mean the lesson the episode was trying to convey was wrong or that these characters were innocent. For instance the stuff Gilda said/did at Pinkie's party wasn't really worth kicking her out over...the stuff she did in town where Dash wasn't around WAS. And the lesson that some friendships aren't real or cause more harm than good is actually a pretty good and even deep lesson. There are such things as false friends and people who you just really shouldn't be friends with.
With "Ponyville Confidential" I think the CMC got a partially raw deal considering that they felt guilty about the gossip before anypony else had any issues with it and continued because they thought that's what the readers wanted. That doesn't mean the lesson about the harmfulness of gossip was wrong or that they shouldn't have gotten into trouble for it (also it was confusing that some of the stuff was full blown lies versus other stuff that was exaggerations and some stuff that was actually true. I don't think that was really needed) but the message could've been stronger, especially if the others admitted that it takes two to gossip: one to write/talk and one to listen.
With "Boast Busted" the lesson about defending your friends and standing up to liars or braggarts isn't a bad one, nor is the lesson about not hiding your talents for fear that you're afraid of being a braggart. The fact that they made Trixie a performer (I guess, we never actually see her charge anypony for admission) kinda undercut it a bit, but the fact that she was full of hot air remains.
With the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" I maintained from day one and continue to maintain that the "lesson" they were trying to teach was utter dreck. I don't believe you can (or should) "teach someone" a lesson. Lessons have to be learned by the person, er, pony themselves. Not necessarily on their own, but certainly not be trying to one-up or show up someone. What they did to Dash was just plain cruel, unnecessary and really out of character. In other episodes when a pony does something bad (like Rarity trying to put on airs and put her social connections in Canterlot ahead of her friends in "Sweet and Elite") they don't go out of their way to demonize or villify the pony in question. It's a character flaw or a bad decision. The show doesn't go out of their way to make the pony a totally unlikeable jerk like they tried to do to Dash. Likewise, they give the character a chance to make their decision on their own about what to do (again, like Rarity when she stood by her friends). So I really do hate the Mysterious Mare Do Well episode. While the other episodes I mentioned above had okay lessons albeit with some plotholes, this one had a horrible lesson with a horrible storyline.
So when it comes to Rainbow Dash vs. Trixie...really if you've made up your mind there's not a whole lot that can be said to change it. For me it comes down to two things: 1) while they both have a bit of an ego, in Dash's case we've seen reason for it: she performed a sonic rainboom as a filly! She has done remarkable things, what with helping save the world a couple times over, and is very impressive. While that might not make her bragging any less annoying to someone who doesn't like it, it does at least provide a basis for it. In Trixie's case--from what little we've seen of her--we haven't seen any justification for it. In the case of the Ursa, it was a full blown lie, not even close to the truth. You can argue that bragging is even more annoying when there's something to the bragger's claims, but the fact is that unfounded brags aren't any less annoying for it. 2) while Dash likes to show off, first and foremost she's always there for her friends. With Trixie we've never seen any indication that she cares about anypony other than herself. Again, not that we've seen much on which to judge her. Maybe I'll revise this opinion if/when we see more of her. But as it stands now, that's how I see it and that's what Big Macintosh was trying to convey to Trixie. That doesn't mean I think Trixie is an bad pony, anymore than the chewing out given earlier in this story to Silver Spoon over her snobbiness, Sweetie Belle over her cutie mark obsession, or the mutual chewing out between Big Mac and Rainbow Dash did. It's an attempt to point out a flaw and having realized it, use that as the basis to try and grow and develop.
And having written a chapter's worth of a response here I'm gonna step back and just leave it here. I'm gonna ask that if anyone wants to write a response agreeing or disagreeing with what I wrote, that's fine. Just try to keep it much, MUCH shorter than I did. That might not be fair, but since I'm the author I feel kinda justified in explaining the basis upon which I explain the character's actions. In any case, keep it civil, no pro- or anti-Trixie or Rainbow Dash flame wars and keep your responses of a reasonable length...in this case, do as I say, not as I do.
And SuperChaosKG I just wanted to end by saying thank you. You've been reading and reviewing this story since the start and I really, truly appreciate that. I do. Even more so that you raised what you consider to be reasonable issues with the story and didn't just quit reading, hit dislike and leave. While I may not agree with your characterizations of Rainbow Dash as opposed to Trixie, the fact that you cared enough to speak up in a mature, well thought out way is appreciated. All I can say is thank you and I hope that if you keep reading, you'll find that Trixie will definitely have her moment to shine and, in my view at least, truly be "Great and Powerful."
Thanks.
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Alright, you want evidence Phoenix...? Here! (39:09 - 39:16)
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As for your claim that she's protected from what her fans do... where's your evidence...? There isn't any.
As for five, how many people have you been mad at, shaken a fist (even mentally) at, but not gotten physical with? Rainbow flying could have caught up with Trixie running, but she didn't. About the only pony we've ever seen keeping pace with Rainbow is Pinkie, during a chase scene.
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I hope you don't think we're starting a flame war... actually, I hope Bronze doesn't think that's what i'm trying to do either. I'm just here for an intriguing, friendly debate in a phoenix wright- (he started it) -esque manner.
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No, I don't. I even made sure to mention that neither have you have crossed any lines or done anything wrong. I just want to make sure it stays that way. Call it being proactive, if you will. My apologies if it came across otherwise. I also just didn't want four pages of reviews with giant "OBJECTION!" "HOLD IT!" and "TAKE THAT!" occupying most of the space. I don't mind graphics in the reviews but within reason.
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Worry not, worry not, I don't intend to take this beyond one page. After all, it's difficult to prove anything when there isn't any actual evidence.
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Okay, let's wrap this up. I heard the author's wishes and decided to do something quick.
Dash's Rainboom went up, but only after an accleration toward the ground, after an angle of which was vertical. I already knew you were gonna say that and prepared in advance.
Anyway, it's been fun sir.
I'm Super Soni-Chaos Kinesis Gaia and I remember it so YOU don't have to. Peace.
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I-I can't believe it. Someone actually said thank you for sticking around. I thought good stories have people sticking around because they're good.
You are also very nice and told us to knock it off in a polite and awesome manner.
You wrote a fanfic that I always look forward to.
You praised me and my writing skills, calling them mature and well-thought out.
...
Sir.
Hello I'm Super Soni-Chaos Kinesis Gaia, Spirit of disharmony, resident of Brimstone, Hell, lover of The Great and Powerful Trixie, a friend of yours,
and your brand new watcher.
Thank you. That comment alone brightened my day, shown me you sheer awesomeness, and proved that YOU are amazing.
Again, thank you.
Now, don't slack off! You got a guy who's gonna watch you grow into someone awesome!!
I'M Super Soni-Chaos Kinesis Gaia, and I remember it so YOU don't have to. Peace.
-SuperChaosKG
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Just went through it frame-by-frame, didn't see any downward movement. Then again, it IS hard to tell with all that darned confetti mucking everything up. Which is to say, I can't see Dash anywhere before she suddenly appears near the bottom of the screen going up.
Yes, yes it has been fun. Here's hoping for future debates!
-Kage no Brony
... Yeah, you need to create fire to boil water, so... Yeah... Sweetie Belle was totally right and stuff!