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Interesting I accept this headcanon.
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That makes a scary amount of sense.
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@Starswirl  
Now there’s a story idea.
 
Blueblood was to be part of Celestia’s hoof-picked Elements of Harmony as Laughter, together with Sunset Shimmer (Magic) and Cadance (Kindness). Unfortunately, Sunset ran away, so she had to be replaced with Twilight Sparkle. Twilight never clicked with Blueblood and Cadance got distracted by her crush on Twilight’s brother, Shining Armor, so that plan fell apart as well.
 
As a last resort, Twilight got sent to Ponyville to make friends there…
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@MadVillan  
You might be on to something.
 
Both managed to make the Yaks happy. Admittedly, Blueblood’s way was a bit more douchy since it involved laughing at someone else together…
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That’s true. Though to be fair Blueblood at first glance wouldn’t exactly convey the image of someone capable of handling the yaks(though I doubt his rep is as bad as his detractors make it out to be).
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Possibly because as the fandom is concerned with the comics they’re absolutely enamoured that we got a decent comic for once instead of well you know.
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Yea, in that way it’s kinda mix between that episode and swarm of the century, with BB playing Pinkies part in both. Interesting… BB confirmed for Alternate Element of Laughter?
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Also, we’re down to Shiny now, are we?
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Me too. So happy he was given a chance on the comics!
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@MLPFan2012  
Not quite. Twilight never tried to shut Pinkie out of the proceedings. In fact, Twilight’s hopes rested on Pinkie finding a way to please the Yaks, while Pinkie lost confidence in her own abilities until she came back and heard her friends praise her. It’s the opposite here, with Shining Armor not trusting Blueblood’s abilities.
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Well. Shining did get some “coaching” from his sister before he came and like already stated. He’s naturally a soldier not a diplomat.
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Ok. Am I first in saying that this is WAY too similar to Party Pooped? A lot shorter too in many ways. Characters are different but thats mostly it. It’s like the writer took the script from Party Pooped, changed location and characters and said “that’ll do”.
 
That’s the vibe I got, Shining kept making the same errors as his sister till Blueblood saved his bacon with his “mad diplomacy” skills.
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@Starswirl  
Yupper, and as I said I think it’s a good comic and I’m glad that people that wanted BB to be back not solely as a jerk got what they want. I do wished Shining got more so that I could also join in on the character celebration party, but hey win some lose some and with the S6 opener I may just get that anyways.
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Kind of a different lesson, isn’t it?
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Ok. Am I first in saying that this is WAY too similar to Party Pooped? A lot shorter too in many ways. Characters are different but thats mostly it. It’s like the writer took the script from Party Pooped, changed location and characters and said “that’ll do”.
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@ColdhardSilver  
I’m with you, actually. The part about Blueblood might have been a little too without conflict, and I wish they’d come to a more mutual understanding than this, but it’s what a friend of mine calls “high-class whining”. The comic was good. Not perfect, but still very good.
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Holy crap, they didn’t mess this up. This is an honest to God good comic. And it handled Blueblood with respect. If I didn’t know about everything else related to IDW, I would think this was canon.
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@Pagan  
I’m glad to see we’ve all arrived at an understanding and make no mistake (I may rarely read these comics) I do genuinely think it’s good, but I also think it could have better. And further that point think of the possible boon of art and other media that could have sprouted if BB and Shining had more a dynamic like that cart scene set up plus the new-found respect SA has in BB. Since many of you hold a disdain for the BB as a punching bag shtick, think about how good it would be for you all who want BB to return and have a better place in the fandom and someone like me who loves Shining Armor and just wants more. Sounds good, right?
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@ColdhardSilver  
Ah okay I see now and yeah I agree.
 
This really was a good comic though despite it’s flaws to see an actually good comic again is refreshing so I can take the good with the bad no problem when compared to some of the other comics.
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“Yes really. A lot of us have wanted to see BB again and he was done well.”
I agree with the latter.
“Redeem? There was never a need to redeem him, the hate he gets is ridiculous and out of proportion he’s a pompous pretty boy that’s his character it doesn’t make him bad or wrong.”
I never said that he should have nor expected him to be. I just said that I think that the characterization expressed serves more the purpose of making him an enjoyable character instead as a redemption tool as some expected or currently see it as.
“Shining isn’t a diplomat he’s a defender and nobody needed defending so of course he wasn’t going to Shine in some super role.”
I didn’t mean that either. I said that Shining isn’t really played to his character traits; his laid back attitude, his corniness, etc minus this monologue and the cart trip to Yakistan. To give an example, take Fluttershy out of a pet or shyness related story and her interactions with others will still be different from the other manes due to the traits she posses. I see shining armor, other characters are calling him shining armor, but he isn’t really acting or speaking like him for the most part. You know what I mean?
 
Yeah, I think I get it. This is good feedback; I see where you’re coming from. I liked the issue a lot just because of Blueblood, but you’ve got a good point there.
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Yes really. A lot of us have wanted to see BB again and he was done well.
Redeem? There was never a need to redeem him, the hate he gets is ridiculous and out of proportion he’s a pompous pretty boy that’s his character it doesn’t make him bad or wrong.
Shining isn’t a diplomat he’s a defender and nobody needed defending so of course he wasn’t going to Shine in some super role.
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“Yes really. A lot of us have wanted to see BB again and he was done well.”  
I agree with the latter.
 
“Redeem? There was never a need to redeem him, the hate he gets is ridiculous and out of proportion he’s a pompous pretty boy that’s his character it doesn’t make him bad or wrong.”  
I never said that he should have nor expected him to be. I just said that I think that the characterization expressed serves more the purpose of making him an enjoyable character instead as a redemption tool as some expected or as some currently see it as.
 
“Shining isn’t a diplomat he’s a defender and nobody needed defending so of course he wasn’t going to Shine in some super role.”  
I didn’t mean that either. I said that Shining isn’t really played to his character traits; his laid back attitude, his corniness, etc minus this monologue and the cart trip to Yakistan. To give an example, take Fluttershy out of a pet or shyness related story and her interactions with others will still be different from the other manes due to the traits she posses. I see shining armor, other characters are calling him shining armor, but he isn’t really acting or speaking like him for the most part. You know what I mean?
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On the one hand, it was nice to see Blueblood be useful and show that though he may still be a jerk he’s a jerk with diplomatic skills.
 
On the other hand Shining didn’t really do anything noteworthy, just made the same mistakes as Twilight and the others(sans Pinkie) in “Party Pooped”.
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Yeah, there was really nothing for BB to learn, just SA. It was odd.