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Rainbow Dash's "NO POWERS EVAR" rants does come off as annoying both ICly and OOCly. The first time I could understand due to Hayate seemingly offering free powers to ponies but the last one made me side-eye a little. I get Rainbow Dash can be stubborn and may take a little to learn a lesson but it felt like she didn't learn a thing from that huge IC backlash when she made that post talking down on ponies with powers (especially those gained from the dungeon) and in a way coming off as, well, a bitch. I don't know if that was your intention but that's what it felt like to me at least.
Honestly, it just made her more stubborn about it, and that has obscured the message she has been trying to convey a great deal. She is failing to be articulate about the point she truly intends, which is that power shouldn't be given out freely, but that you should work hard to acquire it. I said below that there's a certain amount of entitlement to her position, and that she's screwing up her message bad.
Rainbow Dash is, in many ways, more of a jerk than her canon counterpart when it comes to arguing. That's because she spent a year being friends with Ed Elric, and the arguments they had made her interactions here look like hugfests. It is definitely not a positive quality but it is definitely my intention that her much greater stubbornness and obstinacy come across in her arguments. It is something that can (and probably should) be addressed ICly, but when it comes to 'learning a lesson' from the arguments she's had, that won't work. She just digs in more, believing she is right and everyone else just wants Big Powers For Free, even when it bites them it the butt. LyrTwi did manage to talk her down by appealing to friendship and trust, in the most recent one.
It does seem like a problem she does have. I suggest that perhaps it would be a good idea to try to work on that. To have her realize that she's been entitled and jerkish about powers. I'm not entirely sure how you could get her to realize this ICly other than suggesting her getting her powers taken away or get her butt kicked when she used her powers. And even then I'm not sure that would work.
The funny thing is, Rainbow Dash has barely used her powers since Nightmare Night way back when. She's also very strongly opinionated on the idea that powers won't solve the problem, that they need to rely on true pony strengths like friendship and compassion instead of strength. So... she has actually learned a very good lesson and is using it to support some bad behavior.
I am honestly not certain how to address her problems given all of that, but OOCly I am downplaying her attitude a lot and keeping her from going down that path as much as possible to avoid the 'not again!' reactions, until I can figure out a way to handle it.
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Rainbow Dash is, in many ways, more of a jerk than her canon counterpart when it comes to arguing. That's because she spent a year being friends with Ed Elric, and the arguments they had made her interactions here look like hugfests. It is definitely not a positive quality but it is definitely my intention that her much greater stubbornness and obstinacy come across in her arguments. It is something that can (and probably should) be addressed ICly, but when it comes to 'learning a lesson' from the arguments she's had, that won't work. She just digs in more, believing she is right and everyone else just wants Big Powers For Free, even when it bites them it the butt. LyrTwi did manage to talk her down by appealing to friendship and trust, in the most recent one.
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I am honestly not certain how to address her problems given all of that, but OOCly I am downplaying her attitude a lot and keeping her from going down that path as much as possible to avoid the 'not again!' reactions, until I can figure out a way to handle it.