So, I was lying in bed tonight, and I realized something about Honkai: Star Rail, the latest gambling simulator video game from the makers of Genshin Impact.
This isn't the first time.
Years ago, someone told me that there was a show called The Good Place, and it was about someone who went to Heaven (i.e. the Good Place) by accident.
I got a strange message from someone this morning "from" someone on FIMFiction inviting me to a Discord server. Said server requested that I scan a QR code to join it using my mobile Discord app.
I'm 99.9% certain that it is just a way to hijack people's accounts, doubly so as I was unable to reply to the person in question.
It's a military organization. Who's your best friend? The dude who SIR YES SIR all day or the dude you call a cocksucker or have a derogatory nickname for?
Wonderbolts are indeed a military organisation. An ineffectual (see "Sonic Rainboom," "Secret of My Excess," "Twilight's Kingdom" to name but a few) one, which appears to fail in any practical role it is called upon for.
You're kind of less inclined to forgive things like that when they don't even seem to work. :)
3929293 I think we can safely forgive them in "Secret of My Excess" and "Twilight's Kingdom," considering the nature of their opponents. One involved fighting a dragon, which is something that even the Mane Six have a pretty terrible record at. Heck, the Wonderbolts actually have a better one, given that they actually managed to do a bit of damage instead of just getting tossed around or running. The other involved Tirek and Discord - two of the strongest entities in the series. Sure, they were technically ineffective, but when you're facing someone or something that renders even some of the strongest characters in the series ineffective it's not exactly great evidence that you're useless in more normal circumstances.
...I've got nothing for "Sonic Rainboom" though. In that one they done goofed, plain and simple.
"Even Mane Six" is hardly a great excuse when they're military, though. If they couldn't fight Tirek head on, they could, for example, set up an evacuation and hide from him, thus achieving some measure of applicability. Instead, they just went ahead and got themselves taken out...
There's no canonical evidence I could find that any actual nobility exists, but, well, don't tell me you wouldn't troll those pompous asses yourself in her place. :)
"Even Mane Six" is hardly a great excuse when they're military, though. If they couldn't fight Tirek head on, they could, for example, set up an evacuation and hide from him, thus achieving some measure of applicability. Instead, they just went ahead and got themselves taken out...
Oh, yeah, that makes perfect sense. I just completely forgot about that super secret location in Equestria where you can hide from Discord, the obscenely powerful spirit of chaos who can basically warp the fabric of reality to his whim. And I also forgot how the Wonderbolts had the ability to instantly teleport large groups of ponies to this location without magic, thus preventing the duo from tracking them as they performed these evacuations to this never-before-seen sanctuary. How silly of me.
3930170 Couldn't have said it better myself. 3929293 Worf effect. They had to fuck up for the plot. Sonic Rainboom: Okay so while moving at approximately 3-400 miles per fucking hour you can avoid some silly mare flailing her fucking hooves? Secret of My Excess: SUDDENLY FUCKING DRAGON. I doubt "dragons" are within their normal purview. But they did get a couple hits in before SUDDEN OBSTACLE WHILE CLOSING IN ON 600MPH. Twilight's Kingdom: ... Are you fucking retarded?
It's a military organization.
Who's your best friend? The dude who SIR YES SIR all day or the dude you call a cocksucker or have a derogatory nickname for?
You forgot this one:
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Wonderbolts are indeed a military organisation. An ineffectual (see "Sonic Rainboom," "Secret of My Excess," "Twilight's Kingdom" to name but a few) one, which appears to fail in any practical role it is called upon for.
You're kind of less inclined to forgive things like that when they don't even seem to work. :)
3929293 I think we can safely forgive them in "Secret of My Excess" and "Twilight's Kingdom," considering the nature of their opponents. One involved fighting a dragon, which is something that even the Mane Six have a pretty terrible record at. Heck, the Wonderbolts actually have a better one, given that they actually managed to do a bit of damage instead of just getting tossed around or running. The other involved Tirek and Discord - two of the strongest entities in the series. Sure, they were technically ineffective, but when you're facing someone or something that renders even some of the strongest characters in the series ineffective it's not exactly great evidence that you're useless in more normal circumstances.
...I've got nothing for "Sonic Rainboom" though. In that one they done goofed, plain and simple.
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"Even Mane Six" is hardly a great excuse when they're military, though. If they couldn't fight Tirek head on, they could, for example, set up an evacuation and hide from him, thus achieving some measure of applicability. Instead, they just went ahead and got themselves taken out...
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They've got the same lnarrative track record as Celestia for the exact same reasons.
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Indeed, but Celestia is at least nice to a fault for it, don't you think? :)
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Well, she's more pleasant, at least.
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...Except for the part where she keeps trolling the shit out of the upper class and nobility with the Gala, just because she gets bored there.
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There's no canonical evidence I could find that any actual nobility exists, but, well, don't tell me you wouldn't troll those pompous asses yourself in her place. :)
3929968 Oh, sure I would, but I don't pretend it's nice.
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Ok, let's sic Celestia on the Wonderbolts and get at least one jerk unit out of the picture! :)
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I enjoy that "Celestia deliberately invites people to the Gala every year in the hopes of them ruining it" is actually canon.
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Oh, yeah, that makes perfect sense. I just completely forgot about that super secret location in Equestria where you can hide from Discord, the obscenely powerful spirit of chaos who can basically warp the fabric of reality to his whim. And I also forgot how the Wonderbolts had the ability to instantly teleport large groups of ponies to this location without magic, thus preventing the duo from tracking them as they performed these evacuations to this never-before-seen sanctuary. How silly of me.
3930170 Couldn't have said it better myself.
3929293 Worf effect. They had to fuck up for the plot.
Sonic Rainboom: Okay so while moving at approximately 3-400 miles per fucking hour you can avoid some silly mare flailing her fucking hooves?
Secret of My Excess: SUDDENLY FUCKING DRAGON. I doubt "dragons" are within their normal purview. But they did get a couple hits in before SUDDEN OBSTACLE WHILE CLOSING IN ON 600MPH.
Twilight's Kingdom: ... Are you fucking retarded?