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@genervt  
soarin deserved it
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It’s disgraceful what jerks the Wonderbolts were to Rainbow Dash in that episode, and in several others. I mean, they could have just told her that everyone has their nicknames, and that it wasn’t anything personal, but they didn’t, and instead just made it seem like they were bullying her, which frankly, they were. And seriously, she’s the best flyer they’ve ever had, and they’re so happy she’s finally joining them, and they just treat her like crap! This is why I hate the Wonderbolts in several episodes. That and the way they treated Soarin in Rainbow Falls, Lightning Dust in Wonderbolts Academy and Rainbow Dash in Rarity Investigates.
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4xblack

Ah yes, what a phenomenally shitty episode.
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After “The Washouts” this makes even more sense.
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Brass Melody
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On the plus side, you’ll be the envy of every fanboy and fangirl because not only will you get to wear skintight clothing and show your prowess, but you’ll also fly alongside and shower alongside others who wear the same skintight clothing as you do and love showing off as much as you do.
 
I hear Soarin’s quite the eye full when he strips down and hits the showers.
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DUSTY IS BEST CAPTAIN
What she did to Lightning Dust is unforgivable.  
Also Soarin.  
Shame on her.
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Background Pony #8646
Most accurate ad I’ve ever seen
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Ping_chan
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Pretty soft for a Sony.
@Pagan  
I’ll only let a cuddly adorable Thing Pone borrow my face! But you have to be adorable! Or else I’ll scream! And call the SCP Foundation that a creepy thingy needs to be contained!
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@Ping_chan  
Oh gods it’s spreading!
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Pretty soft for a Sony.
@MorphinBrony  
My face?! You aren’t one of those critters steals people’s bodies using crab legs and tentacles, are you??
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Background Pony #48CF
@MorphinBrony  
Aaaand for someone’s face, according to your profile pic. ._.
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Don’t mind me, just here for the cute Spitfire.
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Huh. Sounds like the military.
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Master Fox

@Background Pony #3E9C  
No they can’t but they did show the wonderbolts are able to actually cut a dragon by flying past them. Remember they sliced off spike zilla’s spikes and that couldn’t be easy to do.
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Background Pony #0857
@Background Pony #9684  
Well they can’t show them killing, now can they?
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Master Fox

@Tragiclady  
With how Fandechimie reacted I think it’s a war. No one gets PTSD from a debate. :p I’m just joking.
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@fandechimie  
I personally enjoyed this drawing more than the episode it was about, but that’s just my opinion.
 
And while I’m too lazy to read all the comments, I’d hardly call that a “war”.
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@TricksterWolf  
You do realize you potentially restarted a war ?
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Background Pony #B4E3
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This guy gets it.
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I don’t think “ribbing can be good natured” is that negative of a message. I thought the episode was good and had a good moral point, and illustrated the Wonderbolts as real ponies with an insular and protective structure. Dash was learning to fit in by realizing she didn’t need to be coddled by her heroes anymore: she fits in because her talent and effort mean she belongs in the uniform.
 
I’d even go so far as to say it was a necessary transition. Dash had been idolizing the Wonderbolts so much that she didn’t see them as real ponies, even when she became a member. She was showing off out of insecurity because she didn’t realize she already belonged.
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Background Pony #9480
@Darth Sonic  
Exactly! This is the reason Wonderbolts seemed abusive and evil while being much tamer than real military.
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@Background Pony #526B  
It may not be the truth but there’s certainly a lot of truthiness in it.
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Background Pony #1E32
@Nightweaver20xx  
Odd that TJ Pones didn’t really see this image as “telling the truth”:  
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@IceKitsune
I agree. The episode seemingly portrays the Wonderbolts as childish bullies and abusive to Dash but once you step back objectively you can see that it’s Dash’s past emotional baggage that is projecting that onto them.
If the Wonderbolts had accommodated her then they’d be doing a disservice and she’d go on feeling inadequate and never accepting her flaws.
The subject of people allowing their past to colour others is one that doesn’t get dealt with much even in adult media. My favourite example of this is the Stephen King short story “Sometimes They Come Back” which is about a Highschool Teacher who finds his delinquent students are being replaced by the teen greasers who murdered his little brother 30 years ago.
This is too long.
Cartoon Ponies are srs
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Master Fox

@Darth Sonic  
Well that and most of the time the Military is able to swear regularly. This is a pony show.
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@BK_Leonidas  
This episode both exaggerates and undersells it. Exaggerates how much they rub it in the newbies’ faces, undersells in that the nicknames tend to be far more brutal.
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