They are, to a Kirin, very convinced of their rightness, and they didn’t want interference. One explained to me the importance of tending their ponies, directing their fierceness and aggression in helpful ways. He used, as an example, those little tiny trees they grow: bound with stiff wires, to take on forms of beauty, in which they can grow throughout long and pampered lives without further direction. He seemed so certain that I wouldn’t understand the Neighponnese unicorn. I’m not sure the Kirin would have fought me had I insisted upon meddling. We never tested that, for I did nothing. I studied, and the Kirin continued to be Kirin. -- Celestia, Alicorn of Order the Sun, Princess of Equestria
Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs. -- General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB
6757757 Why exactly must Celestia be the boss of ALL the world? She's not even the only alicorn in existence. And the Kirin were grooming the warlike, murderous unicorns towards honorable sport rather than dominating hapless towns and attacking the helpless.
The Kirin would've been doing this 'hanging the murderous', not ignoring it. They told Celestia to back off, they were doing it their way. I'm not sure if you had the impression the Kirin did nothing and allowed aggressive unicorns to use deadly force on each other by way of competition.
Commence read.
Welp.
Got to do it for Trixie.
...Alicorn of Order my ass.
6757757 Why exactly must Celestia be the boss of ALL the world? She's not even the only alicorn in existence. And the Kirin were grooming the warlike, murderous unicorns towards honorable sport rather than dominating hapless towns and attacking the helpless.
The Kirin would've been doing this 'hanging the murderous', not ignoring it. They told Celestia to back off, they were doing it their way. I'm not sure if you had the impression the Kirin did nothing and allowed aggressive unicorns to use deadly force on each other by way of competition.
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Oh, do calm down. I forgot the . I thought it was a funny comparison of human and Equestrian history.
This is one of the funnier chapters of this series.