>>2820 >I thought of the pony as a mid level intellectual who was somewhat involved in the darker planing but also in coordinating the grunt work. Since he mentions stuff that should be secret to the average trooper or millita fighter yet he still fought in it. He believes in the cuase fully and is relatively honorable. that sounds like an equivalent of working as an official:leading the ponies with your plans and having in your own mind the plans you want to apply. No wonder he writes the descriptions as facts. By the way, one reason I have rated this fic so high is because despite being about getting involved in a revolution, is that the protagonist sounds like what he is describing feels factually correct yet he doesn´t hide his favorable position for the revolution. In this day and age with social media, that´s an achievement.
>turned into a thought experiment of what a revolution mounted with a bit of plausibility and with pre existing elements already present in the show be like (Celesta does keep secrets,Princesses are often ineffective, there is a foundation in show for the hostile press, etc). But that actually isn't a bad take away at all, if you referencing the Princess' secrets. Celestia and Luna are flawed even for doing both evil and good things. A lot of times ineffective at what they do like you say. Especially if you consider an episode like Twilight´s Kingdom or pre season 6 episodes in which Twilight had to be the salvation for their problems. Anti princess mindset feels like a cheap way to go and a overused one in MLPfiction when it comes to Celestia (ehem Lunar Republic ehem). It´s almost like you feel pity for having the positions yet the bad press can actually come at them so easily. That pic sums up everything.
>>2821 >I had no character in mind as him I was thinking of him believe it or not when writting this. Particularly the more radical left wing forces. mostly because he criticizes that politics is a topic in which everyone should be involved and not ignore. He criticizes scientists as well for being so out of the world and saying nothing about is around us. Probably your protagonist or the two authors of those two books gave up on avoiding reality and put their vision to the world....and that caused an impact for the following events.
>especially envisoned BLM. There being already discontent and then a poorly handled crisis with Twilight to blame setting them over the edge and pushing the most radical to the forefront. Twilight doesn´t know how to improvise and those mistakes cost a lot politically speaking. Good pick for representing a leader messing up so badly.
