Just imagine if Rainbow Dash was the main villain or antagonist.
>>42727967Loyalty can mesh very well with evil, maybe the most out of any other element besides magic. She'd play the dumb brute lackey for a more charismatic or cunning villain, pretty much like her bat self in the Nightmare Moon alt timeline or the Shadowbolts. It'd be a better high stakes setup for Applejack and Rainbow Dash to go at each other without restraint. True bitter rivals, air vs ground strength superiority, tons of sexual tension. What I like the most with this idea is the humor in her having a little misguided filly simping after her "hero". So many heartwarming redemptions or innocence corrupting paths to take with Scootaloo. Would Rainbow's parents still be obnoxiously proud of her accomplishments, no matter if she's a little evil? Imagine an episode where her bumbling parents volunteer to be evil henchponies just to be closer to their darling daughter.
>>42727967She's too stupid to be taken seriously.
>>42727967What if OP was the main villain or antagonist? How many stallions would have their cocks violated by his evil deeds of sucking them dry?
>>42727967>An Evil Dash kidnaps and replaces Rainbow Dash>By the time Rainbow breaks out of her prison and confronts Evil Dash in front of all of her friends, everyone is not only wrapped around her hoof, but they all think SHE'S the evil one.>Even Twilight goes on about how only a faker would mistake complacency for loyalty.
>>42727967The villains would totally win then.
>>42727967I mean, she's basically already Diamond Tiara or Lightning Dust with plot armor in personality. The only thing stopping her from being an antagonist now is the rest of the mane 6 being unreasonably lenient with her behavior.
>>42728639WDYM? Dashie is a good pony.
RD's loyalty and brash confidence get twisted into something grim. She's not Twilight's opposite just 'cause she's dumb (not that dumb, just impulsive).Instead, her rivalry with Twilight comes from a deep, festering resentment. Maybe Twilight's rise as Her Royal Majesty The Princess of Friendship stings RD's pride, she's the Element of Loyalty, but why's Twilight always in the spotlight, solving every crisis with her nerdy magic. Maybe in the end she's the real hero; and Twilight's the evil one. The villain don't know he's the villain.It's a rare case; usually the hero has plenty of abilities and force where the villain is a recluse genius, a master of evil. So....Imagine RD's ego spiraling after one too many times being sidelined. She starts questioning why Twilight gets to call the shots. Her loyalty shifts, not to some generic evil force but to herself. She's convinced she's the only one who can protect Equestria "the right way". no books, no hesitation or questioning but just action. RD forms her own crew, certainly Scootaloo as her sidekick, and they start pulling reckless stunts to save Equestria, but it's chaos. Think sonic rainbooms leveling towns, "for their own good." Her speed becomes a weapon, not a showoff trick. villages can't even see her coming before she's gone, leaving destruction.Twilight's trying to reason with her, but RD's too far gone, throwing barbs like,>think you're better than me 'cause you read dusty books and Celestia's student? I'm out here doing something!" The Mane 6 are split, Fluttershy's heartbroken, Pinkie's trying to joke RD back to normal, but AJ and Rarity are torn cause RD's got a point: Twilight's plans don't always work fast enough. The rivalry's peak is a showdown where RD's raw speed and chaos clash with Twilight's calculated magi. think a storm-charged aerial duel over Canterlot, RD's loyalty to her twisted ideals making her unstoppable.What makes it tragic? RD's not evil for power. she genuinely thinks she's the hero. And maybe she is the real hero... Her flaw's always been her pride, and now it's eating her alive. Redemption? Maybe, but only if Twilight can outsmart her without breaking their friendship. Or not. Afterall if RD is like this; that's because she works, impulsive, instinctively acting and doing good, saving lives for some broken windows as she flies mach 1.2 in the streets. Both would be in balance like Vegeta and Goku. >>42728639Depends of the point of view; many simp for DT knowing her. We can also invert the tables thinking maybe she's the real hero and Twilight has been slowing her down for too long. RD should be the leader of the mane six.
>>42728752>RD should be the leader of the mane sixRD makes a terrible leader lol. Remember Hurricane Fluttershy? Like half the pegasi under her command got laid out by sickness. She's way too impulsive and short sighted to be a good leader.
>>42728118Came here to say this. She is VERY stupid regardless of which episodes you consider canon.She can't possibly represent any danger beyond the immediate and physical aspect. As a #1 henchpony she could excel. You don't necessarily need a unicorn to make a good villain, but they have to be able to plan ahead.
>>42728814>>42728118>RD is too stupid to be a good villain>But that means she has the prime makings of being a top tier goonAll we need to do is give her a bad New York accent and we'd be golden.
>>42727967Don't have to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJU_bJTcvE (Never watched The Boys in my life)
>>42728752>Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity form the Wonderbolt Confederacy in a military coup to take down Creaturequestria's princess tyranny.This is the good timeline.
>>42729001>>42728752IDK, AJ is kinda marked for her patience, and she butts heads with RD in multiple episodes over doing things slowly and carefully as opposed to rushing them. I feel like AJ would be one of the most opposed in this scenario and on Twilight's side. She's one of the ponies most concerned with doing things carefully and cautiously.
>>42728814That's why you upgrade her to be smart you dumb fucks, god you're so stupid and mean and never believe in change. Haven't you ever heard of a reboot? No, I forgot you have the memory of a goldfish.https://youtu.be/1IxmhnVXes8?t=205
>>42729033https://tenor.com/view/meme-computer-drake-gif-15256762025045119183
Jokes aside, I'm not sure how you would make her be the main villain while also making her loyal. Rainbow Dash would make an excellent underling who follows people rather than causes, and would risk everything to maintain that loyalty. Rainbow Dash already has a very black and white view of the world where there is only friend and foe, nothing in between, and doesn’t exactly follow reason, nor personal incentive if it requires a betrayal. She follows orders, and doesn’t think for herself. She is an ideological sponge, and by that I mean she has conviction, but lacks her own individual intellectual and ideological stances.That’s not to say she is incapable of having goals, dreams, or long term ideas, but she lacks the foresight on how to achieve those goals. She is the brawn and bravado of her group, while the brains are handled by others. But let's say she was the main villain anyway with these traits in mind.Let’s assume that Rainbow Dash is angered by some sort of injustice that is happening in Equestria. With her confidence and bravado, would light a fire in the bellies of many. Rainbow Dash tends to fix her problems through physical means, and would encourage her followers to do just that. Violence would be the tool of the day to gain control in order to bring about a new age for Equestria. But what would this new age bring? Well Rainbow Dash only has a very crude idea of what that might entail, but she is no philosopher, political theorist, or intellectual of any kind. She just knows there is a bad guy to be stopped, and she can worry about specifics later. This procrastination would bite her, as her focus on destroying evil rather than trying to create something good. Institutions, food security, stuff like that. With the people no better off, or maybe even worse off than before, RD would become very unpopular and that lack of popularity would result in a change of leadership, one way or another.If RD was a main villain, she would be a destructive one, even self-destructive. She has a lot of brawn and heart, but her lack of foresight and vision, nuance, and restraint will be her undoing.
>>42728116>>42728752Nice ChatGPT pasta faggot
>>42729022If we're going by most impulsive to most methodical, then the line up would look more like Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, vs Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, and Fluttershy.I still think Applejack would side with Rainbow. She's thoughtful enough to do things right and form plans, yet still action oriented overall. She can get aggressive tunnel vision over disputes she's passionate about.>>42729117Thank you! Here's a generated summary of both separately sourced generated texts you replied to: If Rainbow Dash was evil, she would be Applejack's rival. According to mylittlewiki.org, Scootaloo is a minor pegasus and cannot be in a relationship with Rainbow Dash. Vegeta and Goku are characters from the popular manga, Dragonball Z, and not related to My Little Pony Friendship Is Witchcraft.
>>42729298>She can get aggressive tunnel vision over disputes she's passionate aboutTo be fair, that applies to literally all of them. Twilight in Lesson Zero, Rarity in Rarity Takes Manehattan or Simple Ways, all of them get tunnel vision when it's something they're passionate about. Hell, if we compare AJ and Rarity in LBYS, the argument could easily be made that AJ is actually less prone to aggressive tunnel vision, as she was ultimately the first to apologize and try to find a middle ground of cooperation.Really the only pony who isn't usually action oriented in any circumstances is Fluttershy.
>>42729349One might argue that Applejack was the one that brought the tree down without thinking in the first place, while Rarity's tunnel vision is a result of her meticulous overthinking, but what you say is true and we can cherry pick episodes where most of the m6 flip flop between using their brains and going nuts. Personally, as far as Rarity goes, I see her leaning closer to team Twilight because she's socially manipulative and extremely detail oriented.>the only pony who isn't usually action oriented in any circumstances is Fluttershy.Totally. I half expected somebody to challenge my putting the feelsy treehugger behind nerd incarnate.
>>42730065>One might argue that Applejack was the one that brought the tree down without thinking in the first placeEh, the tree was going to come down regardless of what they did or didn't do, all AJ's actions did was effect who's house was hit.Frankly, I don't see ANY of them leaning to Rainbow's side in this scenario(except maybe for Pinkie) because basically all of them are much better at seeing consequences and having patience in achieving a goal, see Rarity Investigates and Non-Compete Clause. I think all of them would be able to see the issues in RD's act first think never approach here, hell, they all took issue with her approach in MMDW.This is a hill Rainbow would just end up alone on.
I still think if Meanlight would have roasted the bug and become a new recurring villain, it would have been neat.
>>42728814Why are the villains always smart, it's true we rarely have an antagonist that's dumb, makes no plan, at this point Twi could be the villain, but I keep this one in a corner, Dashie can't be evil.or is she?
I think i'd love her even more if she was an antagonist, maybe teaming up with Trixie, Pinkie or even some goofy one.That would be a fun team, vs a boring smartass team.
>>42727967She's too lazy to be evil, she really needs some outside motivation to commit even just morally ambiguous acts
>>42727967Anyone got any good fics about a member of the mane 6 turning bad? I like the sound of that.
>>42728118Spbp
Darth Rainbow
>>42733064Hoo per
>>42731457https://www.fimfiction.net/story/534573/eyes-so-darkhttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/544802/graveyard
>>42731457desu this, now I'm thinking about it Dashie could become the rogue superhero becoming a brute, kind of like omni man or that other psycho. >there's no morale, only force.>Yes, yes I killed him, spare me your high morale.>>42730385Twi would be more solid as a villain in the mane sox but Dashie, it would need a peak writing.Writing a hero is easy, writing a villain is hard.>Twilight? You're slowing me down.
I can see Dashie becoming a Homelander-type character, though she doesn't have a substitute mommy fetish, her upbringing gives her an incredible ego
>>42736304>>42736415Thanks anons
>>42727967She has no goal beyond being praised and not enough IQ to want anything more than that. She would just be a typical bully at most. Twilight has a more fitting personality for the making of a great villain than dashie did.
>>42738954She has no goal beyond being praised and not enough IQ to want anything more than that.
