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I am loving the Lunar Court.
The Police along with teachers have "shitty" jobs when you think about it. Teacher don't get paid enough or the respect they deserve and the police? The problems you run into being a police officer I wouldn't know where to begin.
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THe teachers problems are, as we saw a while back, quite possibly a bureaucratic problem. Censoring what should and shouldn't be taught with information that is either false or outright lies as Sentinel pointed out. And as for the Police? If the mare was originally from Ponyville she is a blind idiot because she has not noticed all the new ponies and all the problems that have happened in Equestria the last few months along with any others following her thinking. And the ones not originally from Ponyville? They are the ones committing the crimes in the first place so of course they would hate a lawful presence interfering with what they are doing.
Am I a bad pony for laughing my bowels out for Harper´s scene ?
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A very wealthy resident of Ponyville might not notice any crime at all, living behind a fenced and gated mansion with plenty of hired help. The city might appear to be absolutely perfect. Why assume anything else? If life is perfect for you, then it must be perfect for those poor saps living in the gourd houses as well, right?
I mean, common sense!
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Yes. She was dying. Dying. A slow terrible death by starvation.
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Bah. Rich people/ponies, need to be forced out of their houses and forced to live among everyone else for a while, outside of their little slices of paradise. But then that might kill them should they even go a day without their luxuries.
5378689 And the theme for this chapter is: DRAMA !!!!
WE have Drama Trixie, Drama Harper and Drama Kudzu.
Rarity cannot take part on this today. Too much drama, even for her standards.
Well. Didn't expect Trixie to be on the other side of that door. Pleasant surprise
Bucky is back with his "evil" making flash afraid... It is good to be bad
Also, I know just HOW to fix things in the Ponyville Political situation. The Stable of Representatives or whatever are getting a Geass of Office as well as no pay or anything, yadda yadda yadda. Make all forms of government, politics, ect, in Equestria have to follow that. Problem with the Bureaucrats solved... hopefully. and if not, the Everfree Forest is a perfect place to hide bodies.
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**Nods**
The Stable of Representatives is just a test.
wwere there even lunar pegasi in this alternate world?
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They were all killed. Nightmare Moon used them as shock troops.
front yard of his friend's house/home, Bucky
Well, I was not expecting Trixie to turn up. Hmm... this stallions is a pegasus, right? I wonder what method he has for fighting shadow creatures.
Dunno if Berry is really doing the right thing with Harper. Young kids really do use their own crying as a means of blackmail because it gives results. Then again, Harper might still be too young for this.
Raising kids is hard, I dread my turn.
5378719 ........... after all you've done with them, the idea of them getting killed off in active combat makes no damn sense to be honest. they are tougher and stronger than even a being like maud, can teleport at will, and can fly as well, along with being brought into existence to wipe out ponies.
i would doubt even the demons could handle them.
5378719 are lunicorns entirely artificial or can they occur naturally?
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They are artificial.
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Did I ever once say they are the same as the lunar pegasi in this world?
There you go... making assumptions.
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For example... in their universe, all lunar pegasi were vampires created by Nightmare Moon. Undead pegasi spawned by necromancy. But they were called lunar pegasi.
5378822 why wouldn't i be making presumptions about that? parallels often have, well, similarities. if the worlds are similar enough to have similar events occur then it likely has other similarities if not direct parallels.
why would i think that the lunar pegasi are anything other than something similar to what was given in this universe?
and why is it in every dimension earth ponies are treated like crap despite their capacity? it makes about as much sense as most of the worlds the mriror guys encountered being dead or the grpyhons possibly conquering the world when they have no magic and shot immune systems.
5378810 suspended as much. They are made with shadow magic after all. Question now is can lunicorns birth lunicorns or will the shadow magic not be inherited.
oh, what answers the future holds.
I don't feel sorry for Harper. Even though they are still amazing they can be right shits at that age
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We've knowledge of two dimensions. Two out of infinity dimensions is "every dimension"? Earth ponies are, naturally, the 'working class' of the pony species. It's what they're best at. It's what they are naturally designed for. You get the ones who can fly and never spend time on the ground, and they start thinking of everyone else as inferior. You get the ones who can weave the world together or take it apart, and they think of everyone else as inferior.
The only ones being humble are the earth ponies, doing what they do best. Meaning you have two races in the species that are (understandably) thinking themselves superior to the earth ponies, and each other - and only those two able to compete with each other, thus leaving earth ponies to be the 'inferior ones'. It's the same in human society, we always have to have a denomination of people who are "outsiders" or "not as good as the rest of us". That exclusivity which is the cancer of society.
But in one of those dimensions, earth ponies are the ones on top for whatever reason, and they are extremely racist and hateful of pegasi and unicorns, and regularly hunt them down to rip off their wings and cut off their horns - essentially leaving them as earth ponies without the strength and hardiness, making the other two races automatically inferior.
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The problem is not necessarily solved: even if you get no pay for your service, you still have influence over the outcome of whatever issues get discussed, you gain notoriety, people may do things to gain favors above others and you may end up with many of the same issues in the end, albeit in a different and likely less overt form. Since reps here have to live off charity from their community, I suspect there will be some generous donations.
Pony Democracy v1.0 will probably be a monumental failure due to all the unforeseen ramifications of what may have originally seemed like reasonable ideas. It may take a while for the political parasprites to figure out how to work the new system - at least a meeting or two before they can start picking which reps seem the most malleable for their purposes.
5378980 the dimensions are differing in many ways, yet the whole social status of the earth ponies is the same or parallels. when the chaos came they became mindless drones rather than aggressive and unstable like the other ponies. it just doesn't add up to me. why would the earth ponies degrade in a way like that rather than becoming unstable in another way? why did the break in a way that made them mindless rather than in a way that made them dangerous as it did to the other ponies?
guess my issue is that in the ones we have seen, it is the same story. earth ponies are nothing, yet at the same time have far too many attributes to be nothing.
Wow. That... wow. And that's just my reaction to the bureaucratic stupidity. How did those ponies survive this long? On that note...
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I remain amazed that that gated community still exists. I figured Twilight would've torn the walls down in the early days of the upheaval and fill all those rooms with refugees. Or, if not her, then somepony. Seems like it would've been the perfect opportunity, especially when the banks went under, currency ceased to have meaning, and any hired guards no longer had any impetus to stick around.
Granted, I may have overdramatized the situation in my head. I guess I'm Trixie's new TA.
Still, even if Bucky isn't permitted to put the fear of himself into them, I do think Twilight could do something about them. Lock them in a room with a lecturing princess and several dozen visual aids for a few hours, and they'll agree to anything if it will let them leave.
As for Filthy Rich... No comment. I don't feel there's anything I can say on the matter.
Looking forward to more.
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Flash hold no authority by himself. Each citizen has a right to go before a governing body and speak, this is what Flash is doing. He is Lobbying for the police. By threatening to speak out against the council if his demands are not met is a form of coercion. It would be the same as if the First lady did the same to Congress. "If you don't pass my Bill to make soda a controlled substance I wI'll make it my personal mission to tell the people that all you are making people die from diebities." This is what he is doing. He has no more authority to do so than anyone, but his position as royal consort and Police day shift captain are carried here. It puts both Twilight and the police in a negitive light with the council.
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Banks collapsing is not the same thing as a currency collapsing, although both events are usually linked to some extent.
If you were a smart and rich pony, you would have converted most of your bits to some other currency or alternate form with nearly universal worth such as gold before the banks and/or national currency collapsed to avoid losing much of your wealth. That converted wealth still has meaning in a collapsed economy since it enables you to import whatever you cannot source locally and paying locals using it enables them to do the same.
Rich ponies would not become powerless overnight since they have the wealth to sustain their own micro-economy.
Don't worry, Sentinel. Ripple will handle the bone breaking.
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When you lobby the government, you address the representatives and their staff. Here, Flash is making his demands directly to the executive branch and also demands that there be no hearing nor delay on the issue, completely bypassing elected officials and normal processes.
He may not have explicit authority over them but considering the nature of his demands, how many heartbeats would it take for Twilight, Bucky or Luna to grant it to him if he asked for it outright? That's why I said his words effectively have force of law. If his reasonable demands get denied, he has direct access to authorities that are willing and able to override them.
And now, it looks like Flash is moving directly under Luna and Bucky's authority, which I presume does make him a higher authority than local bureaucrats - Bucky's solution to spare Flash from getting tied up in bureaucratic red tape and need to get bailed out by Bucky or Twilight every time he needs something done.
I think I figured out who the foalnapper is. The biggest clue is that he has scared his cutie mark so as not to be identified. More specifically, it didn't matter to him if he is identified as the foalnapper, but he CANNOT afford to be identified for his primary purpose -- the pony that opens the mirrors. I remember that there is only one, and now that the mirror travelers know that Bucky knows about them, their leader has gone incognito.
5379541 scarred, not scared.
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If Flash did what you say he was even more wrong, and by going over their heads he has declared open war on the council. What Bucky is doing is creating a federal police force for a province. This is highly unethical and wrong. From the public view this will do more harm than good, the council will oppose it and the criminal element will back them. The inoccent will be caught in the middle of open warfare. Local government is independent from National government for a reason, for the crown to step in is basically saying they will do as the please and the locals are powerless to do anything. They may face open revolt if it gets bad. Twilight will almost asuradly have to step in now. This will not end well.
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Not exactly true. What is happening here is the creation of a police department and the means to get them established. Once the community understands what they can do, the services they can provide, and why the community needs them, eventually Crown funding will be slowly eased off and the community can (hopefully) vote better elected officials in to serve their needs.
5379582 You are also assuming that the local populace trust the state less than their local politicians.
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Unleash the WUBS!
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AFAIK, most of the population still has nearly absolute trust in the princesses so if one of them decides that something is serious enough to butt in, she is unlikely to have much resistance as long as her concerns are reasonable. The Stable of Reps is merely an experimental concept at this point and nopony quite knows what to expect out of that - they have not even had their first meeting yet. After Ponyville's accounting department got named, shamed and fired by Bucky, I doubt many Ponyvillians would be upset if more branches of their local administration got a thorough audit and weeding. I know I would love to have a benevolent overlord come down on all levels of government and remove all the dead wood encrusted in there so only people who actually want to work and do the right thing remain.
Here's a thought to help Flash, Twilight, Bucky and friends sleep at night: what if some of the missing unicorns were being weaponized like the one from Griffonholm? There were also traps crafted from unicorn remains in the Shetlands caves, so ways to weaponize unicorns in one state or another are clearly not new. How long would you be comfortable letting missing unicorns go unaccounted for?
*cough* Q&A *cough*
I just realized that despite all of the things Bucky has done, his wives are still with him and loving him at full force, and then I ask myself, "what could Bucky do that would make them turn away from him?". Kudz, could Bucky ever cause his family to turn away from him? What could he do that is worse than mass murder(Albeit in self defense and the premature ending of a war)? I'm a bit curious.
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Like you most populace don't understand the finer points of local politics. Mr. Rich until recently ran a large business that employed many residents. If not directly then indirectly by buying local produce. When the economy collapsed he supported the local farmers. Mr. Rich was a part of the council. They were doing what they could to keep people employed. When Bucky slashed the budget many government contractors and employees lost their jobs. If not for Mr. Rich the council could have spun it negitively. Claim that Bucky is anti jobs. Pinching pennies during this troubled time. Spin it that he did it to increase public education just as he's building a school. Looks like a corrupt noble siphoning money twords his own agendas. Bucky acting without word from the Princess directly has instituted this police force which happens to be run by his daughter. The corruption goes deeper. A savvy politician could hurt Bucky politically. He is after all suppose to be a slave. He has far to much power for someone who should have been exiled.
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I'm sure there are a few things where they would draw the line, but Bucky would never realistically do those things.
Bon Bon only gets upset if he is dishonest. That's a slappin'.
Lyra appreciates his dark nature.
Derpy is pretty much okay with anything he does so long as foals and innocents do not get harmed. She takes up the position that everypony is happier simply not knowing what Bucky does in the dark.
Berry Punch actively encourages his pragmatism.
Thistle understands the fine fine line has to walk and would probably the first to say something if she saw him going in a direction she was truly unhappy with.
And Belisama would probably blindly follow him into Tartarus if it came to that. She might politely ask for a loaded gun or something, or some means to protect herself.
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Which makes Derpy, his owner, the most terrifying mare in Ponyville.
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quite the opposite in fact, the local council is the elders and community leaders. These are your long time friends and neibors as well as employers. The Princess was locked away for a thousand years for trying to userp power. Then during this troubled time she leveled part of the city of Canterlot. While the council is a friendly face the crown is a scary unknown. Everyone trusts Twilight as their leader and monarch because she has been there with the people protecting them from Canterlot. But Bucky doesn't answer to Twilight. Bucky is Luna's agent. And all it would take is for the council to start making these points known.
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Bucky is also Twilight's underling, and subject to her authority as a Black Cloak.
Just stating the facts.
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Also, Celestia and Cadance both had a hoof in leveling parts of Canterlot. Bad things happen when alicorns let go of a bit too much magic.
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Both these factes can be turned against Twilight. Shell be forced to either step in at the risk of her reputation, or separate her self from The situation since it is her husband, trying to swing political clout before the ink is even dry on the marriage licence.
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Speaking in a purely devious sense, Luna can quietly make the council forget why they had a problem in the first place, should they become a serious threat to stability. So can Celestia, Twilight, and even Bucky.
Problem? What problem. Stability and peace are the greater goal. If anything threatens that, there are measures to restore it. Never again will things be allowed to spiral out of control like they once did.
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a cold chill ran down my spine, and it was then that I realized. . . This is a world that has a spell that can force a pony to be good. Orsen Wells 'Big Brother' can't hold a candle to the levels of wrong this is. You sir are a Evil Genius. The levels of your depravity knows no bounds.