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lets hope his plan to be captured goes better then Bucky's in The Chase, that ended with the forceful removal of a leg...
Stay tuned until next time on National Geographic when Prince Silver Stars ventures into Realm of the Anubians to learn more about their culture!
This show could totally exist in our world.
I know that Silver is looking for a way that wont kill pony's but can he not find a safer way? If he gits killed in this, no mercy for thee pony's. They wood have the wrath of the sun on them.
Dragonfox
Anubis, let's not have Silver die due to misunderstandings about mortality, eh?
Keep going! ;)
hum Silver is on a quest of his own a vary bold move.
I have a feeling Silver will be the first to make head way with the Anubians and may come away baring gifts of trade or piece or maybe more.
There are two spaces between "just" and "grasp."
He freely "visited" his girls.
She was too "well-trained" to moan.
In an "understanding" that needed no words.
6244935 Typos have no room here.
6244973 So Silver's plan for dealing with the Anubians is to figure their out their society from the inside. That idea is clever; he's identified that there simply isn't enough information with regards to dealing with them. Unfortunately, his implementation of that idea leaves a lot to be desired. To put it another way, he's correctly figured out the problem, but his approach to fixing it is stupid.
Why is it stupid? Largely because he's making several assumptions about how he'll be treated - and what he'll have the opportunity to learn - when he's been captured. For instance, he says flat out "they won't kill me." Based on what, exactly, does he make that claim? We've been flat-out told that the last pony who approached them without hostile intent was killed, and there's no reason to assume Silver will do any better just because he's surrendering. He thinks that he'll be ransomed back...have the Anubians ever done that before? They sound like they have a very warrior-oriented, tribal culture. How does he know that surrendering won't mark him as being a coward, or for that matter that they just won't eat him, or who knows what other awful fate?
Even if they do take captives - and I'm very uncertain on this point, simply because a society with so little to go around isn't going to want to expend even minimal resources on keeping prisoners alive - what makes him think that he'll be able to experience any of their culture? How does he know he won't be locked up in a cave the entire time? I seriously doubt that he'll be given freedom to roam as he pleases, or that the locals will open up and start talking to him about their culture, their history, their society, and all of the problems that they have.
Far worse than all of this, however, is that Silver is treading dangerously close to the line between confidence and arrogance, due to one thing: his presumption that he can "fix" whatever's "wrong" with their culture. Silver, it doesn't work like that. A culture isn't some sort of machine that can be cleanly dismantled, examined, and have the malfunctioning components fixed before reassembling it; rather, it's a whole that, to those who subscribe to it, defines their collective sense of self. That means that all aspects of a culture - even the parts that might seem ugly to an outsider - are held to be valuable, intrinsic aspects to their identity. To Silver, the fact that the Anubians live with so little and have to raid just to get by is an obvious problem that is in need of a solution. To the Anubians, however, this is likely to be a key component to what it means to be an Anubian, and any deviation from that is an attack on who they are.
To put it another way, the Anubians likely won't see anything wrong with their culture that needs to be fixed, especially not by a foreigner (and one of their racial enemies, to boot).
Silver is likely under the impression that he can waltz in, figure out that the ground there won't grow anything, and say "using these magic horseshoes, I can transform this region so that it has arable land. Now you won't need to raid to get what you need anymore, isn't that great?" If he does, then I suspect that his surprise and disappointment will be complete when his "solution" is rejected completely by the overwhelming majority of Anubians. Why would they accept that, when their entire way of life - for all its hardships - is one that they're proud of? When it's a tradition that goes back generations, and has its own set of beliefs, principles, and customs that lionize it and tell them that this is uniquely theirs.
The same way you can't tell a person that they're living their life wrong, you can't tell a people that their culture is destructive and needs to change. That kind of change can only come from within, and even then it's usually a long, slow, difficult struggle, filled with revolutions both violent and non-violent. The best that I can see Silver accomplishing here is to gather more information about how the Anubians think, so that he can tell the ponies and the cats how to better relate to them on their own terms. But to change their culture? He should abandon any thought of that right off the bat.
Having said all of that, I would be remiss if I didn't say that it was great to see Silver finally get it on with Fiddah! That really felt like a culmination of her character's being accepted by the group as a whole, and it was good to see Silver give her her due, in more ways than one. That's good, because as Silver noted, Bottom (and likely Shei, as well) are going to need her support in his absence. Having her there to act as a den mother to the others is the responsible way to set things in order before he takes off.
The other noteworthy revelation here was the candid talk Silver had with Celestia about concubinage among the royals. There was a bit of sleight of hoof going on here; Celestia had initially noted that the sort of servitude Silver had Shei bound by was something frowned upon in Equestria, yet here she's saying that she and Luna have concubines of her own. That's because - as she noted - Celestia's booty calls are drawn from among her guards, which very adroitly sidesteps the entire issue of servitude. Those guards aren't her "concubines" per se, after all. They're in service to the state, not Celestia personally. It's a very skilled way of keeping everything legit on paper even while the actuality is not that much different (though there are some differences, mostly in that the guards can (probably) quit whenever they want, and are paid for their services). Luna sounds like she takes lovers more than out-and-out concubines. And of course, Twilight would never do that...especially now.
But then we come to Cadance, and things become a whole new kind of awkward to navigate. Cadance, more than any of the others, holds herself to an ideal. For her, romantic love is the highest of virtues, and while she doesn't judge others, she's quite clearly taken with the fairy tale-style of that, with having one other whom you're meant to share your life with, and no one else. If Silver wants to be with her - and you'll notice that he never said that he did here; rather, Celestia intuited that with regards to her advice - then it's going to be tricky.
Celestia's advice, about going through Shining Armor to get to Cadance, was surprisingly insightful (and again, it's worth noting that Celestia gave unsolicited advice to Silver about how he can bag her niece). That said, it's also the most awkward for Silver, as that'd mean, at best, having sex with Shining Armor and Cadance at once (and won't Twilight be thrilled to hear that her husband is doing her brother)...that's presuming that Shining Armor even swings that way in any capacity. As it is, getting back to his relationship with Tumble might be helpful for Silver in this regard, since it's even money on whether Shining Armor would want to be the active or receptive partner in any such arrangement.
Of course, while that might be the path of least resistance, I still think that there's another route if Silver wants to climb on top of Cadance, that being that he's the only one that can give her children. Since she seems to hew so closely to the storybook idea of what being in love means (though she's not naive in that regard), I can't see her not wanting to be a mother. Or, for that matter, Shining Armor not wanting her to have that. Admittedly, this wouldn't be much, since Silver would effectively be studding again for her...but that's the start of what could be a chance for him to worm his way into her heart.
That said, this presumes that Silver would want to take his relationship with Cadance to such a level at all. For the moment, he seems content to keep his relationships from growing any further, even if he is technically already married to her. Either way, it's something to think about after he gets back.
6247226 It's a rash and bold idea that has a low chance of success. And yet, it is Silver's idea, and the path he has chosen to lead to success or failure, and one he is proud to walk. He is taking charge and decisively marching out to do 'battle' in his way. He does not want to be an instrument of pain, which is what the Saddle Arabians and Anugyptians would likely prefer. Instead he will try to navigate this tricky terrain without upsetting them too badly, while keeping his fingers on escape passages at all times. Will it work? He hopes so, but he will not regret taking his own path. He's finally back in charge, and that, by itself, feels great.
Properly admitting that Fiddah is important to him felt important, and their love making was sincere and wonderful to both parties. She is a treasure, and it's past due that she be informed of that, even if he's lost most desire to collect more, the three he has? All amazing ponies in their own ways, and he doesn't want to set any of them down.
Celestia was full of wisdom! He was surprised at her sudden bout of amazing advice. Good on her for sharing, even if he's not sure he's really up for the idea of going after Cadance. Cadance, who has always been so pure and good to him, even when he was a she, who has a husband. Not a high priority to threaten her stability at this time. So, Anubians! This plan can't fail!
Good Lord, Twilight's gonna have a full house.
6244973 Sleep. Read. TOO MANY CHOICES! WHYHYHY?!
6510268 To quote from the 'Batman & Robin' movie "We're going to need a bigger cave", (batcave that is.)
Some may say he has become too eager to acquiesce to the destiny the Anubians would set for him. I say he chooses to take that offered destiny and run it in his own direction.