Flash Sentry, a new student at Canterlot High School, must adjust to life in a new town and school, make new friends, battle evil creatures that threaten mankind, and solve the mystery lurking within Canterlot's social media network.
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Well, both Shining and Cadance's S.Links ranked up, as I expected, to be honest. Sounds like quite a meal they had. And only now does Flash tell the others about the concert.
Edit: The reason Shining signed the permission form is because he's her older brother, right?
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Hey, now's better than later, or not at all.
I... don't know if I'm happy with how bad Shining Armor's getting it now. I'm thinking about his relationship with The Emperor... The Emperor Arcana's all about control and, importantly, learning that you should not try to control everything around you and relax about it, and that's their growth. At first the Emperor in him was obvious, he needed to let go of his sister's love life.
Then he needed to let go of his frustration over his wife's cheating, and it's learned he already let go of being able to stop her, and accepted she's not going to stop.
Now there's a terrible situation he can't even be told about, and it's brought up yet again.
It's getting pretty exaggerated. It feels his growth isn't that he needs to accept that he can't control everything, but more about how he's not useful as a person. Especially when contrasted with Flash, who (like Persona protagonists are) is hyper competent. He is basically doing everything Shining wishes he could do, but not having to learn the lesson that he's not able to do those things he wants to.
5702781 Yeah, that's why he signed it. And it just slipped Flash's mind when he was out shopping, is all.
5702855 You're overthinking Shining Armor's social link. Sort of. Really, the lesson he's learning isn't so much about control as it is about trust. He has to trust those close to him to take care of themselves when they're dealing with things he has no control over. The relationship between trust and control is critical to his social link.
Or something. If I'm not making sense, don't mind me. I barely got this chapter out.
5702781 now that's something I would do
Well, you almost done goof'd... almost.
You know what they say, better later than never
And both Shining and Cadance ranked up at the same time?
Called it.
That that is possible, I mean. Not Shining and Cadance especifically
Also, was I the only one who though of Bedknobs and Broomsticks when I read the restaurant's name?
Portobello Road, anyone?
In all, this chapter was worth the wait.
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Oof, still sick, huh? You have my sympathy.
One more part comment, that I had almost edited the last one to be:
I know that most of this is a bad situation. I mean, Shining not controlling his sister's love life is really sane, and the others are extenuating circumstances, one of which they wanted to tell him and is only kept from him by blackmail... but it really doesn't sorta fix the root issue that every avenue where he'd be able to help his wife or sister has been denied to him, and the roles of helping them have been given to someone else instead.
And... maybe the other problem is all we're seeing is every situation where Shining is useless, because we don't see him that often, so any times when he would be competent are simply not shown.
But yeah, looking through it through the lens of trust is at least a bit better.
5702904 Pretty much, yeah. Then again, it pretty much mirrors canon, if you think about it. In the entire series thus far, Shining Armor has only been shown to really do two noteworthy things: cast a shield spell that kept the Changelings at bay, and throw his wife.
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Aaaand he's a coach of the Empire's Athletic Division.
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Yeah... and maybe the fan response to that, with him being played like this at least fairly regularly, is why I'm so acutely aware of this here. I see the reason why he's so "impotent" is that the writers just haven't made room to make him seem amazing, rather than him just being not amazing. Logically, by his role and what's been seen of him in the extenuating circumstances, he is probably a capable leader, a strong warrior, courageous... a laundry list of good things, but he's just not listed as a Protagonist, so he never has a chance to shine. There's less comparative room in a cartoon to put that in (and it's clearly not a priority) than there is in a written story.
But, maybe I should make that allowance for this story anyway.
Good for you!
Anyway, not much to say other than Welcome back, sir!
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"Shiny, this stopped being funny twenty minutes ago!"
"Look, Cadie, you're a powerful alicorn, my SISTER is a powerful alicorn, you have a royal guard, and you run a kingdom all by yourself. I've been useful for TWO things, so by Celestia's beard, I'm gonna DO them!"
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The second dual social link day, and every one is acting like it's weird. You guys need to go back a few months, when it first happened. Think it was Coco and Twilight, but don't quote me on that. Any way, yay for not incredibly awkward double dates! Also, Shining isn't going to get dragged in any time soon. If at all. Calling it now.
5703319 It's not the "two social links ranked up in one day" part. It's the "two social links ranked up from the same event" part.
Two social links at once? Great progress, and it's nice to see Shining Armor actually growing.
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You've got a lot of perseverance and determination to complete a chapter, even though you're sick. You're a very strong-willed guy, even better than I am.
Here's hoping you get well soon!
5703963 I'd already skipped one day longer than I intended to. I wasn't about to continue skipping.
5703460 Ah. Carry on then.
Fun Fact: Cadance's S.Link is the 7th S.Link to reach the 7th Rank.
Also, she's been holding a streak of being the Xth S.Link to reach Xth Rank ever since Rank 5.