This story is a sequel to Rainbow is Magic Season 2: Disharmony, Disruption, Discord
Rarity has long dreamed of joining the Wonderbolts. It seems like her dream is coming true after she got an acceptance letter giving her a position as a trainee for the team. But she'll find it won't be easy, between having to prove herself through training, having to deal with disapproving pegasi and those who see her as a joke, and of course the upcoming contest between the trainees of the Wonderbolts against their bitter rivals, The shadowbolts.
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This version of Rarity not knowing wonderbolts history seems odd. Like isn't she a flight fanatic despite being a unicorn? How come she doesn't know who was on the previous roster.
Also Rainbow and Derpy siblings hello curve ball.
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she can be a fanatic and not know some things, we don't know the details of how she got to know about the wonderbolts after she first saw them as a child, and who can say how soon the roster changed between her getitng into them? Initially i did have her know about Soarin but felt that would just be confusing given how i already had her not really know about Spitfire and Fleetfoot. I'll likely bring it up in the future XP
and yeah had the idea of Dash and Derpy being sisters in this AU for a loooonnng while. Just never had a chance to have it come up.
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Gotcha so she's familiar with the roster involving Flash. Makes sense generations and team changes.
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precisely :3
Well, I finally got around to reading this, and I must admit I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, the plot with Rainbow and Derpy is looking very interesting, even if there are questions about how Rainbow never heard about this before which could undermine it, but on the other, I have serious issues with the Rarity storyline. Setting aside the roster/history knowledge issues (although they're really hard to justify for someone who wants to join), the only plausible outcome of this whole thing is a massive trainwreck. Even if Rarity's gadget works (unlike every other attempt she's made to fly), she clearly has no experience with it so there's no way she'll be any good in the air. That means she's guaranteed to crash and burn, and it's hard to see how that can be satisfying, especially since you appear to have set up a conflict where she needs to not just fly, but fly exceptionally well for her to get a win. Unless you have a rock solid plan for how she can win while utterly failing at her dream, I think you would have been better off building up to this over the course of many stories, starting with one dedicated to her getting airborne since that would allow any flight to be a win even if she only goes a few dozen feet before crashing.