Chapter 8
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After that bit of chaos, Rainbow Dash had a weather patrol shift to go to. Cloud Kicker was adjusting some cirrus when she saw Rainbow flying up. “About time boss. You’re—why are you flying like that?” She cocked her head when she noticed her gait. Dash was flapping more slowly than usual, holding her hindquarters in an odd position. “What, did Ditzy finally turn you over her knee and—”
If looks could kill, Cloud Kicker would’ve been cremated and scattered to the winds. She flinched. “Shuddup.” Rainbow Dash grunted.
Undeterred for long, Cloud Kicker continued to press her. “So was it rough banging or did you just up the power on a toy too high?” Rainbow had a look of disgust as she shook her head, grumbling under her breath about Rarity and her stupid clothes, still flying gingerly. Shrugging, CK let it drop.
“So, everything going alright? No major screw ups?” Rainbow asked, shifting the conversation to work.
Kicker nodded. “Yeah, everything’s fine.” They worked in silence for a few minutes before Cloud Kicker coughed. “So, how’re things working out with you and the ‘Great and Powerful’ one?”
“Everything’s FINE, CK.” Rainbow emphasized as she started pushing a cloud into position.
“Good to hear.” The lavender pegasus replied, her frosty tone indicating that it was anything but. She sighed as she decided to drop any semblance of subtlety on Rainbow Dash. “Dash, seriously how can you let her back into your life again?”
Rainbow stopped and looked at Cloud Kicker. “You’re still upset over that? Kicker, that was ages ago!”
“I was on KP for two months!” Cloud Kicker shot back. “Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to peel potatoes?”
“I thought you were given three months.”
“They kicked me off KP after they caught me shaping cucumbers into…well, that’s not important!” Kicker crossed her hooves. “Trixie is trouble Dash. I know you don’t want to admit it, but it's the truth.”
Snorting, Rainbow shook her head. “You’re letting those rumors get to you. Hay, if I believed all the rumors about you, I’d think you were some skeezy, spouse-stealing whorse.” She smiled, reassuring Cloud Kicker that she didn’t believe anything of the sort. “You have your, um, eccentricities, I guess they’re called. But so does Trixie. It’s the same thing.”
Cloud Kicker shook her head. “No. It isn’t.” She sighed. “As much as I like banging and having a good time, I have rules to prevent somepony from getting hurt. Do you really think Trixie has any?” She flew off, not waiting for an answer.
Rainbow Dash plunged her hoof through a cloud, breaking it apart and dissipating it. She grumbled. Clouds made poor targets for releasing anger. Why was this so difficult? It was like trying to put together a puzzle but with pieces from three different puzzles!
“Rainbow Dash!”
Speak of the smooze…she looked down to see Trixie looking impatiently back up at her. “What is it Trixie?”
“Trixie wanted to see you in action at your new…job.” Her face twitched. “I think that when you told Trixie that it was good for practicing your flight routines, you were being overly generous.”
Rainbow snorted. “What’re you talking about? This job is great for practice! I’ve gotten tons of experience by flying through unfriendly weather or getting a feel for wind currents by positioning clouds.”
Trixie yawned. “Sounds frightfully dull. The Rainbow Dash *I* knew would’ve settled for nothing less than flying through blizzards and dodging lightning bolts. Trixie is merely afraid that you’ve gotten…soft.”
“Hey! I am just as good as I ever was! Better even!” Rainbow boasted.
“Oh yeah?” Trixie grinned. “Prove it.”
“Anywhere, anytime!”
Looking around, Trixie’s eyes landed on one of the clouds Rainbow was supposed to push around. “Okay, how about this: I use my magic on those clouds. If you don’t get them into their proper position in say, ten seconds, they go off.”
“Go off? What’s that mean?” Rainbow Dash looked suspicious.
“What does it matter?” Trixie posed innocently. “If you’re so good, then it won’t matter. Unless of course…you don’t think you can do it.”
Drawing herself up, Rainbow shot her best cocky smile at Trixie. “Please. Anything you can dish out, I can take. And I’ll bet you I can do it in FIVE seconds!”
Trixie smiled, lifting her hat off her head and revealing her flashing horn. “Very well then—get to it!”
Without another word, Rainbow launched into action. She grabbed a cloud and shoved it into position. She appeared as little more than a blue streak as she sped by. Soon clouds littered the sky. Unfortunately, her attention was suddenly called away but a sudden shout. “Rainbow Dash!”
Pausing for just a second, Rainbow missed the deadline and the cloud she had been pulling suddenly combusted into a loud cacophony of firecrackers, streamers, a shot of lightning that struck Rainbow Dash in the rump. “EEYOWCH!” She shrieked, rubbing her sore behind. “Trixie!”
The powder blue unicorn tugged down her hat to hide her laughter, but the shaking of her shoulders gave it away. Angrily, Rainbow Dash glared at the source of her distraction and saw Raindrops. So not only had she interrupted her, she saw her backside getting fried. Marvelous.
A ghost of a smile crossed Raindrops’ face as she flew over. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing.” Rainbow grumbled, crossing her hooves. “Just a little training that SOMEpony interrupted! So why don’t you go back to doing—whatever it was you were doing, someplace else?”
Raindrops looked at her boss then down at Trixie and put it together. “I hate to sound like a broken record Rainbow Dash, but you really shouldn’t have somepony tamper with the clouds. I mean, we’re responsible for them. What if something went wrong?”
Trixie stamped her hoof. “Are you questioning the abilities of the Great and Powerful Trixie? Trixie has everything under control!”
The jasmine pegasus looked down at Trixie as if she was contemplating calling the asylum to see if they had any recent escapes. “…A huh.”
“Look Raindrops, it’s FINE. I got this.” Rainbow Dash insisted.
Raindrops groaned. She didn’t really want to get into a fight with her boss, not after Cloud Kicker had sat her down after the last one. “Look, Rainbow I—IEEEEK!” She yelped as the cloud behind her chose that very instant to go off, blowing some very cold wind and rain into a VERY personal spot. Rainbow Dash snerked as Trixie started coughing. Raindrops shivered from withers to hoof but tried to move past it. “That’s what I was talking about! I mean, what if that ha—OW!” She winced as a lightning bolt smacked her hindquarters. Rainbow Dash fell backwards onto a cloud and started laughing as Raindrops grasped her backside. The weatherpony seethed. “Trixie!” She looked down at the smirking unicorn who didn’t appear to be doing anything. “If you don’t cut that out right now I am going to—WHOA!!”
Raindrops started spinning in place as a cloud quickly spun around her, turning the pegasus into a yellow colored tornado as she went zipping all over the place before impacting down on the ground. “Uuurgh….” Her eyes spun like Ditzy’s. She seethed as her wits returned to her. “THAT’S IT!”
Snorting angrily, she climbed to her feet and charged at Trixie, bellowing like a stampeding buffalo. Rainbow Dash, zipped down to interpose herself between them. “Waitaminute Raindrops, it was just the clouds! Trixie didn’t—” The enraged pegasus knocked Rainbow over like a ninepin as she charged at her real target. Trixie, seeing the fire in Raindrops’ eyes, tried to use her magic to help her. She conjured up a piece of rope and attempted to hogtie the rampaging pony. The rope snapped, unable to hold Raindrops back or even slow her down.
Eyes widening with panic, Trixie back-peddled furiously, stammering out apologies but the jasmine pony was too far gone to hear them. A yellow hoof stretched out to knock out Trixie’s teeth when it was blocked by a lavender one. “That’s enough Raindrops.” Cloud Kicker said evenly. “Simmer down or else we’re going to have to throw down.”
Rainbow Dash rubbed her sore noggin as she sat up to watch what could have been the match of the century: Raindrops—strong as an earth pony and about as stubborn, prone to violence and with anger management issues that made Rainbow look like a cool daytime breeze. And Cloud Kicker—athletic, trim (as her many companions could attest), with great reach and a graduate of West Hoof and trained for guard duty since she was a foal. This could get ugly. Dash held her breath.
Fortunately, the moment passed. While Raindrops was still clearly furious, her impulse to maim seemed to have abated. She snorted and turned her head before stomping off. Her hooffalls were so heavy that she literally left mini-craters in the ground as she went. Cloud Kicker sagged in relief. “I’m really glad I didn’t have to fight her.” She commented. “I’ve seen that pony break harder things than clouds with those hooves.”
Rainbow Dash dusted herself off as she got up. “Yeah, thanks CK.”
Trixie made a face as she sought to recover her elegant poise, wiping the sweat from her face. “That pony is crazy! Shouldn’t you fire her or something?” She demanded of Rainbow Dash.
“Now wait just a minute!” Cloud Kicker protested, stepping between the two of them. “Raindrops might have been out of line but—”
“Out of line?! She tried to kill me!” Trixie shrieked.
That prompted an eye roll from Cloud Kicker. “She wasn’t going to kill you.” She said flatly.
“Then what do you call that?” Trixie demanded.
“Free dental work.” CK deadpanned. “Rainbow, it’s not like she wasn’t provoked. Those clouds Trixie enchanted…”
“Were meant to go off on me.” Rainbow Dash gave her a look. “She just…got in the way.”
“So it’s just a coincidence that three of them went off on her? In a row?” Cloud Kicker made as if to smack herself in the head. “I know you’re kinda oblivious sometimes boss, but that’s really pushing it.”
Trixie nudged her aside with her hip. “She attacked me! And she hit you! You’re her boss! She should be fired!”
Cloud Kicker nudged her back, none too gently. “Dash if you fire her everypony is going to think it’s just because she got on your case about taking the job more seriously. It won’t look good to the higher ups in Cloudsdale or the folks around here.”
“You are the boss.” Trixie reminded Rainbow. “If you allow yourself to be bullied by your subordinates,” she cast a sharp look at Cloud Kicker. “Then what’s the point? Nopony respects a doormat.”
Rainbow Dash groaned, massaging her head with both hooves. “I’m not a doormat…and I’ll make my own decisions, thanks!”
The lavender pegasus snorted. “Fine.” She flapped her wings to gain altitude. “We all know everything works out just fine when you do THAT. See ya later boss.”
“CK…” Dash held out a hoof as Cloud Kicker flew off. She lowered it and sighed, dipping her head. “Great. That’s all I need. What else can—”
“THERE Y’ARE YA SCHEMING VARMINT!”
Rainbow Dash looked disgusted with herself, this day, and the universe in general. “They come to me. They always come to me. How do they find me?”
Applejack stormed down the street making a beeline for Trixie and Rainbow Dash. Following in her wake was the more elegant but no less furious trot of Rarity.
“How dare you?!” Rarity hissed, narrowing her eyes and lashing her coiled tail in a way that made her look a lot like Opalescence. Dash had heard that over times pets come to resemble their owners. She guessed it made sense that it could work both ways.
Rainbow groaned. “What is it now?”
Applejack pushed her hat forward in determination. “We got a bone ta pick with this smooth talking, snake-oil salespony what calls herself Trixie!”
“Quite so!” Rarity pointed her hoof at Trixie. “J’accuse! You’re the one who filled my poor Sweetie’s head with libelous slander and slanderous libel!”
“With what now?” Rainbow Dash scratched her head.
Trixie drew herself up and sniffed. “The honest and innocent Trixie did nothing of the sort.”
“Like hay you didn’t!” Applejack snapped. She looked at Dash. “Yer friend here,” she jerked her head. “Up and tol’ mah li’l sister that Sweet Apple Acres was nothing but a little old dirt farm and that she’d be better off leavin!’ Don’t try to deny it!”
“I’m sure this is all just a big…” Rainbow started, but Trixie cut her off.
She sniffed, examining her hoof with indifference to her accusers. “Trixie would never deny helping a poor filly with some much needed advice.”
“Advice?!” Rarity practically shrieked. “You made Sweetie Belle think that I hated her designs!”
“Don’t you?” Trixie asked with false innocence.
“That’s hardly the issue! Thanks to you she’s thinks I care more about dresses than I do about my own sister!”
“Again, don’t you?” Trixie repeated, her eyebrow quirked upwards.
“Certainly not!” Rarity drew herself up. “Fashion may be my passion, but Sweetie Belle is my dear sister!”
The showmare yawned. “It is hardly Trixie’s fault if she pointed out that dressmaking is not her forte and that it might be better for her to find a different hobby.”
Rarity’s nostrils flared in a distinctly un-ladylike way. “You mean like being more like YOU? The tackiness of your outfit is matched only by the tackiness of your whole self!”
Rainbow Dash interposed herself between the two huffy unicorns before they started horn fencing. “Whoa…okay, just chill out!”
“I most certainly will NOT chill out!” Rarity stamped her hoof. “She made Sweetie Belle hate meeee!” She wailed.
Trixie shrugged. “If your sister likes Trixie more than she likes you, well…” She shrugged as she pulled the brim of her hat down. She shot Rarity an infuriatingly smug grin. It was that grin that pushed the fashionista over the edge. Trixie found herself tackled to the ground by Rarity, who could take no more. The two of them proceeded to wrestle there in the street, kicking up and cloud of dust punctuated by the odd shriek, biting of legs or the tugging of manes.
Rainbow Dash facehooved. “Oh come on!” She reached into the dust up and started fishing around for somepony to grab. “Applejack, help me.”
AJ snorted. “Ah, let’em duke it out. ‘Sides, what about Apple Bloom? This arrogant polecat practically told her to run off to the big city and leave her family behind!
“Um, didn’t YOU do that when you were her age?” Rainbow Dash asked, as she tried to grab somepony with her hoof only to come up empty.
“And it was a big mistake!” Applejack retorted with heat, her face flushed. “It was selfish an’ irresponsible and jest plain dumb!”
Dash stood up and crossed her hooves at her. “If I remember, that’s how we met—you saw my Sonic Rainboom in Manehattan and got your cutie mark for coming home?”
“Rainbow, you aren't listening to me.” Applejack urged.
“I’m listening just fine! Sounds to me like all Trixie did was offer your little sisters advice and you guys are blowing it all out of proportion!”
“You weren’t there! Apple Bloom had a suitcase half-packed and was bawling her little eyes out, thinking the only way to grow up and get her cutie mark was to run off and leave ‘er family behind!”
That made the pegasus wince. “Well, I’m sure—she didn’t mean it like that. She was just trying to help…”
“Yeah, right Rainbow.” Applejack rolled her eyes. "An' maybe pigs'll be learning to fly and take your job." She sighed, trying to soften her demeanor. "Look sugarcube we're the ones trying to help you with this here Trixie problem.”
“‘Trixie problem?’ What’s that supposed to mean?” Rainbow demanded, shoving her face up close to Applejack, forcing her to take a step back. “Trixie is my friend. You remember what friendship means, don’t you Applejack?”
“Rainbow I’m jest trying to—”
“To what? Try to get between me and one of my oldest friends?” Dash was getting really steamed and worked up, her nostrils flaring and her tail lashing angrily behind her. Her voice was sharp, accusing and it practically seemed to cut through the air. Even Trixie and Rarity paused their grappling to listen. “Ever since Trixie came into town I’ve been trying to work things out so we could all be friends! But NO! You—” she jabbed a hoof at Rarity. “hijacked me into being your model and stuck me in those weird frilly things of yours, which—by the way—rode up so high that I needed a crowbar to unwedge those things from my haunches! And you—” She whirled on Applejack. “The first thing you do is try to humiliate me in front of her by bringing up Shining Armor and tease me about your brother? And now you’re telling me that TRIXIE is the problem? Why? Because she talked to your sisters, now you’re ready to beat her up and throw her out of town? What the hay you guys, no seriously--what. The. Hay?”
Applejack bit her lip. “Rainbow I—”
Apparently Rainbow wasn't really looking for an answer because she kept going. “This is unbelievable!” Dash stomped her hooves. “Everypony wants a piece of my flank today! Cloud Kicker! Raindrops! You two—I’m sick of it! If Trixie is too much of a problem for you, then maybe I’m too much of a problem too!”
“Rainbow Dash…” Rarity bit her lip.
“Leave me alone! Everypony, just leave me ALONE!” Her wings snapped open and she streaked upwards, leaving the ground—and her problems—behind her.
Trixie dusted herself off and made herself scarce as Rarity and Applejack hung their heads, feeling utterly dejected. She had no sooner turned the corner than she started sniggering. "These small town rubes are SO easy to play..." She trotted off, her head and tail high in the air. For a change, somepony was watching her.
Twilight Sparkle frowned. "This has gone on for long enough..."
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Well, somepony needs to get spanked............and she's wearing a pointy hat to go with a pointy head.
Oh shittake mushrooms...This ain't good.
Oh Trixie once again you remind me why I really don't like you... Great Epona Trinary once again you've done a good job at making her an even bigger bitch than she is in canon.
Time for the Element of Magic to kick some showpony ass.
Twilight's about to go World of Cardboard again.
Get her Twilight! Thanks for the update Trinary, wonderful as always. It was really satisfying to see Raindrops finally blow off some well needed steam. Hope she and Dash can reconcile soon. Speaking of which, Dash is having a very bad day.
1557599 Nah. Twilight's smarter than that. Magic might be involved, but the real point is by the end the truth will come out and she will be revealed as the selfish and manipulative Trixie. Dash will of course be anything but happy.
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You're right, but this version of Trixie would so deserve it. She needs to be taken down a few pegs.
I find it interesting how this character can be interpreted. Getting Back On Her Hooves is one of my favorite stories, and she's really sympathetic there. But she's horrible here. Weird.
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I'm not quite sure what World of Cardboard is but seeing you comment I can hazard a guess. Yeah you're right, Twi is being smart about this, even from her single line I see a calm, collected, and dangerous Twilight Sparkle. And that's scarier than her in Lesson Zero
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Previously (I think it was in the first story) Twilight mentioned that she was so powerful that she felt like she lived in a world of cardboard. This is a reference to Superman saying the same thing to Darkseid in Justice League Unlimited. It's basically saying that they are so powerful that they actually hold back in every single fight they are in. That is until they face an opponent who can truly "take it."
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Ah... ok then I really need to look up these sayings then. I see, I see, much like say Celestia. Enough raw power to render all of Equestria to glass and ash but enough control to know that is not a good thing, and enough fear to know what would happen if their control slips.
Um -- What did
really do to deserve free dental work or a pummeling by rarity overseen by AJ?
Was the advice she gave the CMC really all that bad? I mean seriously, which set of actions do you think would lead to them getting their cutie marks sooner? The actions that Trixie advised or what they would have done otherwise?
1558264 To Raindrops, nothing too serious aside from the weather-based abuse that would actually hurt her if they didn't live in a cartoon. Raindrops is just having a rough day... or month, and finally vented a shit-ton of anger.
As for Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom, she advised that their hometown and respective families were holding them back, and in Sweetie's case actually convinced her that her sister didn't care much for her, and told them to run away from home. Do you seriously not see why Applejack and Rarity are so angry?
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You are not familiar with the website TVTropes, are you?
That's both a good and a bad thing
(see this link)
*walks away*
1558482 Canon is coming into AU? I don't think anyone actually attacked Trixie in Boast Busters. All that happened was that Twilight upstaged her by getting rid of the Ursa Minor (It wore her out, which suggests that she's become more powerful in Season 2, but I digress). Then Trixie ran out of town in a failed smoke bomb escape gag.
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I am, and I spent far too many hours exploring the site.
Rainbow snorted. “What’re you talking about? This job is great for practice! I’ve gotten tones of experience by flying through unfriendly weather or getting a feel for wind currents by positioning clouds.”
Should be tons.
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Nothing that would more than inconvenience a pegasus and to go straight to assault is a little outside the way Ponyville and Equestria usually is.
As for Rarity coming to blows with Trixie -- again that seems outside her character. As for Trixie's advice, I actually thought the advice was well-reasoned. Sure AJ and Rarity would disagree with said advice but coming to mob Trixie over it is a more extreme response that I would take for either character.
I say again -- would they get their cutie marks sooner following the advice or not following the advice?
1558683 You really need to see this from Rarity and Applejack's point of view. They're not concerned about how long it takes for their sisters' cutie marks to appear, and I'm pretty sure that they both feel that they will take as long as they need to to appear (Applejack was last in her class to get hers, if I recall). What Applejack and Rarity are more concerned about is those two little fillies, their kid sisters, running away from home and going out into the world entirely on their own. Not to mention that Trixie got Sweetie Belle to hate Rarity.
1558683
For Applebloom, you could make the argument RD did, that she would pretty much be doing exactly what AJ did, though at least AJ moved in with family to take care of her.
However, convincing Sweetie Belle her sister doesn't care for her as much as she does fashion and clothes, when that isn't true? That is cruel and evil.
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Agreed. Ahh, I remember back during Rainbooms and Royalty when I had posted the YT video for that...good times, good times.
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Where in it did she get sweetie belle to hate rarity... I mean the whole segment was:
After a moment of silent prayer for the poor pegasus, Trixie looked down. Sweetie Belle looking up at her. “Hi!” She said with a voice that radiated innocence. “I saw your show, it was really good! Would you like me to make a dress for you too?” She beamed.
“Yes, Trixie is amazing...and her outfit already reflects this.” She flicked her cape.
“So….you don’t want me to make you something?” Sweetie drooped. “Darn! Now I’ll never get my Cutie Mark or be like my big sister…”
Trixie made a face. “Just what is it with fillies in this town desiring to emulate their older sisters? Has nopony ever heard of originality? Of course, not everypony can be like the Great and Powerful Trixie after all…” She looked at the Sweetie. “Listen filly, nopony ever became famous for doing exactly what another pony did—ESPECIALLY if they’re imitating an older sister.”
Sweetie Belle bit her lower lip to prevent it from trembling. “But I wanna be a great fashion designer like Rarity!” She ran over to the downed ponyquin. “See? She likes it and if Rarity likes it, that means it’s good! That’s why she…she…left it in the dust.” The poor filly lowered her head and sniffled as she regarded the fallen model and the dress, still attached to it. “It’s terrible, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” Trixie said bluntly. “As Trixie said, you shouldn’t be trying to be like her anyway. It seems to me that any pony who doesn’t appreciate her sister’s efforts to help cares more about her outfits than she does about her family.”
The sound of sniffling filled the air as Sweetie Belle’s eyes filled with unshed tears. “B-but I just wanted to help!” She bawled before she turned and ran down the street. Sweetie didn’t get too far before Trixie easily outpaced her and blocked her path.
“You didn’t let Trixie finish.” She said bluntly. “Instead of attempting to imitate your sister, you should be looking to discover your own path—like Trixie!”
The filly sniffled. “S-so I should try to find my cutie mark for doing something else?”
“Precisely!” Trixie flicked her cape, letting the wind catch it and make it billow around her. “The Great and Powerful Trixie is unique! One of a kind! She set out to make her own mark on the world—and did! Nopony needs a copycat. Why go for the knock-off when the original is around? Be an original—like me!”
Sweetie Belle’s eyes widened. “Oooh—I get it!”
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The main thing that Trixie pointed out about Rarity was that she was lying to Sweetie Belle to protect her feelings. This was the truth. While that could shake some of her thoughts of her sister, if it actually made Sweetie Belle hate Rarity then it was not just that one simple truth that accomplished that.
I actually missed part of the one line but still -- that shouldn't have been enough either. It also merges with the other line IE...
Your dressmaking kind of stinks kid -- but yeah your sister probably should be trying to encourage you anyway. Actually when read together it sounds more confusing than disparaging.
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No where in that did Trixie say that Rarity was trying to protect Sweetie Belle's feelings. In fact, Trixie explicitly tells Sweetie Belle that Rarity doesn't care about her, at least not as much as she cares about her fashion career. And all of what you referenced is just the "onscreen" events. Behind the scenes, it's entirely possible that everything Sweetie was told festered in her, and despondence eventually gave way to anger.
and
In both quotes it should be "just" not "jest"
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1559024 With all do respect, it is almost in character for Rarity to value her fashion career over her sister up to the Sisterhood Social
Also I think in the end that the advice she gave was what she honestly thought. She should probably not have said that one part, it is true, but since it is what she thinks to be true, I will not fault her for trying to give honest advice. She is a flawed character, and one who left home young so her views on life is different, with family not being on the same scale. Her views on family is lessened by that, making it in-character while still trying to help them.
Yes what Sweetie was told festered in her, and went into a way that lead to anger but Trixie does not know Sweetie Belle well enough to know that is what would happen. She seems the type to be "say the truth no matter how much it hurts the person who hears it." That is a double edged sword by nature, but is much better than knowingly lying when giving advice.
I don't like Trixie, she is my least favourite pony, but I did find I liked her interactions with the three fillies (Dinky, Bloom, and Sweetie), as it boils down to her actually trying to help- albeit from her somewhat twisted view point
1559040 Huh, well maybe from that perspective, Rarity's reaction seems a bit inconsistent. I mean, how long did it take her to remember that she actually cared about Sweetie Belle, a whole afternoon?
As for Trixie, I too thought that she was just giving honest advice, but I'm not so sure now...
Manipulative bitch, perhaps?
1558519 I just meant by the fact Twilight will woop Trixie's ass.
1559273 And I'm pointing out that that didn't happen in canon. But I'm looking forward to that happening. Something tells me that it will start with a verbal confrontation, then become physical with Trixie firing the first shot.
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Aye, that line does give the possibility of her doing what it took to get them upset, though I hope it isn't the case.
Now that I think about it, perhaps it is that both are true. The advice she gave is what she honestly thinks that they should do, but she only gave it because she knew that it would make the older sisters upset. Seems a bit in character that she would only bother to give advice if she can find a way to gain an advantage from it.
If that is the case she is both honestly trying to help the fillies and trying to break their sisters friendship with Rainbow Dash. After all it seems to be Trixie's goal to break Dash's bonds with Ponyville so she could move on to "greatness". However, it is also in character for her, the Great and Powerful Trixie, to not give knowingly bad advice. After all, she might lie to satisfy her own ego (ursa Major) but I think the same ego would get in the way of lying to fillies when she thinks that the right advice is the one which gets others to be more like her. She might not normally give out that advice though, since has a "superior-than-thou" attitude. The opportunity the fillies gave to her however was one she could not resist, since she knew that her advice would bring tension to Rainbow's relationships with her friends.
Even if that was the case with Bloom and Sweetie, I don't think it was the case with Dinky. Dinky I think was also a chance to show her talents by teaching a filly as I believe she was willing to teach before she found out Twilight was going to be teaching Dinky. She took the opportunity however to also make fun and belittle Twilight as well, more as a bonus for being able to teach Dinky, than as the ulterior motive .
Well that escalated quickly...
1557498 I second this. Dash is letting her loyalty cloud her judgement.
Oh wow. What a fucking bitch. Honestly, it's kinda easy to understand Dashies situation considering
a; She hasn't exactly witnessed Trixies... well, nothing short of evil far as I'm concerned,
b; Has her own problems to deal with such as a psycotic workaholic pegasus who wants to take her place,
c; Has a point with both Rarity and Applejack. Both those actions were just plain low.
Well, when she finally learns what a douche her old 'friend' is, I hold on to the hope that Dashie will
STAB HER IN THE THROAToh not again. I mean gives her a solid punch across the face at minumum, it's the least she deserves.1558750 I admit that I actually cheered when Trixie advised those two. The essence of her advice to both of them was: you're not clones of your sister so even though you love and adore her, you have to consider that her special talent might not be your special talents, so go out there, let go of this notion that you'll be just like your sister, and try to find out what you're really and truly good at doing. For example, there was a canon episode in which the CMC are putting on a play for the school talent show and they approached it by trying to be what their older sisters were and ignoring their obvious gifts. If that episode was replayed, but with Trixie's advice bouncing around their heads, might not the CMC put on a much better play because Trixie provoked them into introspection, and it helped them acknowledge their obvious gifts? Trixie might be selfish and manipulative and a bitch but none of that changes the fact that her advice was very sound, whatever her intentions actually were.
1559987 Yeah, but that's something they'd figure out sooner or later, though I'd like to point out that Dashverse Sweetie Belle figured out how to use a ponyquin way before canon Sweetie. Wait, only Sweetie Belle tried to emulate her sister in The Show Stoppers. She took stage and costume design, Scootaloo, the only child (we think), chose singing and writing lyrics instead of trying to emulate her idol (whom she might regard as a surrogate sister?), and Apple Bloom went for dancing and choreography, which isn't all that comparable to applebucker and award-winning rodeo pony.
My thoughts when I saw a new chapter been hoping for lately:
Heck yeah!
Dash, you idiot...
My thoughts when I read it and got to the end:
Well, this certainly jumped fast after the last chapter. Now how long is it going to be before Dash verbally attacks one of her OTHER oldest friends, like Ditzy or even Fluttershy?
Is that what it's going to take for Dash to realize what the hell Trixie is doing to her? I mean, she lost her temper for a couple of jokes (at least, on AJ's end, and Rarity was just trying to get Rainbow in touch with her feminine side again), when she's forgetting all about the good times they had when she had first came to town and the bonds they made, getting to Nightmare Moon. I mean, what the heck? 
Granted, maybe others are right in that Trixie was trying to help, but it was still bad advice considering how impressionable young kids (or colts/fillies, in this case) are and that AB's and Sweetie's families may indeed love them very much, compared to how Trixie's MAY have been. And Rainbow's siding with the wrong pony in this case, cause of her so-called Element of Loyalty. 
Come on Twilight Sparkle, jump to the rescue! Hopefully... if she can get Dash alone and tell her that Trixie's been teasing her about her bed-wetting habit from when she was possibly younger (if still doesn't do it), if not calmly explaining as well about what Dash did to her newer friends, making them nearly cry. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Vinyl_sad.png I swear to God, if have even THAT not work (if that's route you're going to go): Dash needs to get an outsider third-party here, like her teacher Celestia or her brother Shining Armor, to tell her what an idiot she's being.
I honestly hope all future installments based off episodes are not as chaotic as this one, when in contrast with the actual episodes events. Just cause, did enjoy the last one and would like to continue to see them, as they come out. Well, hoping for the next chapter sooner, so it can eventually get to a maybe bittersweet but happy ending.
Few unrelated notes and errors about some things in the chapter
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Lol @ RD calling CK a whorse, horse and whore combo.
But should be "by".
Think there should be an "and" in that section, if not replacing the second "a" with "and".
And should be "a".
Think the "up" is unnecessary here, or if should be left in, should be replaced with "down" and at the beginning of highlighted section, instead of the end.
1559382 Yeah, that all certainly seems to be the case.
Oh, I almost forget. The jests in Applejack dialogue are probably just part of Trinary's effort to nail down her accent and pronunciation, not typos.
Just you wait till Discord breaks out...At this rate it'll be sooner rather than later.
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I stand by my philosophy: OP Twilight is best Twilight.
Welp, Time for Trixie to get bucked in the AJ vs Tree way and not the CK vs random stallion/mare way...
*finishes chapter*
... Not now. Let them handle this on their own.
Seriously, though, this was that one time where I wanted to grab my bat, jump through the screen and get right into the scene and beat the daylights out of Trixie. While there are some stories where I greatly sympathize for her, stories like this can make her a total bitch, and it's very believable. The advice can go either way, but from the perspective of Rarity and Applejack, I see that they have every right to be furious, what with Trixie nearly ruining their relationship with their sisters. I really hope Trixie gets a good ol' spanking somewhere. If not *glances back at baseball bat* I haven't used this in months, so it'd be nice to give it a swing once more before tryouts for school softball come around.
I kinda like what you're doing with Trixie's character.
I see her as a "well intentioned extremist" and her actions as more of "the ends justifying the means" ; stopping at nothing to get dear Dashie to see the error of her ways and choice in friends, even to the point of manipulating ponies and events to support her cause. In her mind, Dash will thank her for her intervention and in time come to agree with her that she had only been wasting her time and talents letting herself get attached to some hick town.
Is she a sympathetic pony? From her point of view, yes.
Is she a good friend? Hay no.
Poor Dash, I just can't hold back a visible wince as she's chewing out Applejack and Rarity, just the sheer amount of trust she's giving to Trixie and knowing how crushed she'll be once she gets the truth shoved in her face.
This can only end in tears when all things are said and done. Let's just hope that Trixie makes it out of this alive by the end of this arc, Rainbow will be absolutely furious with her when she finds out.
Trixie is best Iago.
Reads comments. Sees shitstorm. Opens new tab to look at porn.
Am I the only one to see the "Producers" reference?
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Love the Chapter ending...time to take care of things...Twilight Sparkle Style!
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Le me join you I've got a new nine-iron I need to test.
Trixie's a freaking asshole.
... People were going to eat those you know!
I think they smell the protagonist.
Yeah, show 'er what for!
All the way up until that last bit I was on Trixie's side. Now...
needs end " marks.
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AJ's dialog bits: I >> Ah
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And now we get to the good part where Twilight rips Trixie a new one. On one hoof, I like how this Trixie isn't all talk, but a pony who had nothing and clawed her way to success. Having to prove herself and do everything by herself to get where she is.
On the other hoof. Trixie here is a manipulative snot, who uses others to get what she wants. Without thinking of others feelings.