A lowly servant, a simple pawn, a means to an end, a reluctant daughter, but above all else... a capable student. When it comes to magic, Twilight Sparkle is always ready to learn, and Grogar is more than happy to teach the filly everything he knows.
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Reasonable Nightmare Moon is dangerous Nightmare Moon. She's got her head on straight and can reason, unlike the crazy-eyed berserker that usually shows up.
I just love the expressions on their faces
Celestia: Uh... Captain? Why...
Shining Armor: I'm a lonely stallion with needs, and when I think about that, those two show up.
Celestia: Uhh....
Shining: MY LIFE IS HELL AND I WANNA BE ALONE!
Oh this should be good.
Nightmare Moon. Goodie.
Good on you for being able to focus.
Oh, well that's ominous.
Oh really?
Clever colt.
So besides amusement, there's the potential chance to drive a wedge between him and Celestia.
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What about a scenario where you use something with an evil will to a good end? Forcibly bending it to your own will instead?
Is it good due to you using it for good?
Is it bad due to you forcing it against it's will?
¨"Stagnation," the ram continued, "the leader's unwillingness to allow their nation to grow and innovate. A lack of conflict can be just as costly as a nation rife with it—if not more so... given enough time, that is."
"But... what does that have to do with—"
"Harmony and Order, without Disharmony and Chaos to balance them, breed stagnation, Twilight Sparkle," he said, cutting the filly off once more, "and that my child, gives way to the decay and eventual death of a nation far more often than any great war."¨
I kinda disagree with Grogar's wording here, stagnation is not bad, why would you change something that works? TRUE stagnation is the best thing that can happen to a high quality of life nation.
The right words Grogar should use would be contaplency, degragation or degeneracy. When the people of a nation starts taking everything for granted and become lazy, when peace makes everyone weak of body, mind and will. That is not stagnation, as stagnation means unmoving, moving to the bottom is not stagnation.
One of the ways to correct those problems is by militarising society to a degree, military training instill discipline and respect within people, You don't need to go to war, just keep the people in shape.
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I would disagree with both points. Stagnation isn’t just stillness, but any utter lack of any development or advancement. Both of those are vital and inevitable and not equal to a nation just being at peace. There is a reason we use the word to describe halted creativity and negative living/environmental conditions instead of times of calm.
Mandatory military service also only works if you have a large population that is fit for such service and a military that doesn’t discriminate against its citizens unjustly. Plus, it’d have to be a very transparent force in what happens to those who serve in it. Equestria and other nations on their planet may have that, but we as humans have many nations where that isn’t the case.