History Narm / MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic

* Kitty Snip's description leaves much to be desired. She's basically a humanoid with cat ears, teeth, a tail, and fur. Apart from the massive UncannyValley it invokes, it also brings to mind the characters of ''Film/{{Cats}}''.

* Ladybird is mentioned to have a humanoid face. It's supposed to indicate that she's beautiful, but a human face on a goddamn insect is UncannyValley of the highest order.

* At one point, Lady Fair worries about Lil's increasingly erratic behavior, especially after [[AbusiveParents Sole wants Lil' kicked out of the house]]. The narrative then [[ShowDontTell tells the reader that this is strange for Lady Fair because she likes shopping more, and she even says out loud that it's weird of her to care about Lil']]. [[SarcasmMode Subtle.]]
** Lady then finds Lil', possessed by Little Jewel, in the foyer, and when Lady demands to know what's going on, Jewel tells her that she's going to use her for her EvilPlan. It's so [[BrutallyHonest comically frank and simple]] that it ''really'' takes one out of the moment.

* Mykan states that he despises Twilight Sparkle for ''[[YouKeepUsingThatWord forcing]]'' [[FelonyMisdemeanor everyone to be friends with each other.]] However, Starfleet is [[BlatantLies perfectly sane and rational]] by forcing everyone to change their species, their way of speech, worship their new god-dictator without question, and submit to their new government with every single naysayer being either locked in an asylum, or [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed into agreeing.]] MoralMyopia doesn't even begin to cover this, and it makes [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/690404/im-true-to-myself-3-rant-why-i-hate-twilight-sparkle his paragraphs long rant]] about how she's such a demonic soulless witch for ''wanting people to be nice to each other'' look [[InsaneTrollLogic utterly melodramatic.]]

** Nightmare Moon introduces herself as "Super Nightmare Moon" in the rewrite. It's likely meant to make her seem more threatening, but instead ends up sounding incredibly ridiculous. It doesn't get any better later on: after taking over Equestria, she renames it "Nightmarica," and her fused OneWingedAngel mode with Titan's minions is "Nightmaricus." [[GiverOfLameNames Nightmare Moon]] must've taken naming lessons from [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore]] or something.

** In order to break the Demonites' control over everyone, Starpops sing a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3x72g-s_bk the song from the]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' special featuring the Music/BackstreetBoys. We are meant to take this seriously, but what makes it even more Narmful is that the lyrics are basically just Lightning singing a love song to Starla. The end result is just completely awkward rather than the powerful moment that was intended.

** Mykan's obsession with the word "heavenly"; "Celesto", "Leilani", and "[[CriticalResearchFailure Castor]]" all mean "heavenly", and that's apparently why he chose them. Not helping matters is the fact that the first of those three greatly resembles "Celestia".

* [[OverlyLongGag Also,]] the [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation phrases]] and {{Transformation Name Announcement}}s because of how unoriginal and ridiculous sounding they are. The worst of these are Buddy Rose's "Power of Fauna" [[CriticalResearchFailure which should be "Flora"]], and Rhymey's "I summon from within, the Power of Wind" for being so blatantly different from the others that it barely even fits with the rest. That, and it's easy to misinterpret it as [[{{Gasshole}} another type of wind from within]].

** The Demonites' second VillainSong is a cover of a parody of Music/LadyGaga's ''Poker Face'' (with said parody [[CriticalResearchFailure being incorrectly attributed to Lady Gaga]]) which includes lyrics such as "have a ball" and [[TotallyRadical "bodacious"]]. No, the fic is ''not'' a StealthParody, but it certainly could pass for one at this point.

* The pre-battle conversation between Human Lightning Dawn and a gang's leader is silly-sounding, even though it's likely meant to be dramatic.
-->'''The Leader:''' ''[to Human Lightning Dawn]'' So you wanna be a hero too, junior?\\
'''Human Lightning Dawn:''' You're nothing but a filthy bucket of scum!\\
'''The Leader:''' Wow, you're not very polite are you? Well, I am, that's why I'm gonna let you take it back.

* The pre-battle conversation between Human Lightning Dawn and a gang's leader is silly-sounding, although it's likely meant to be dramatic.
-->'''The Leader:''' ''[To Lightning Dawn]'' So you wanna be a hero too, junior?
-->'''Human Lightning Dawn:''' You're nothing but a filthy bucket of scum!
-->'''The Leader:''' Wow, you're not very polite are you? Well, I am, that's why I'm gonna let you take it back.

** The Space Ponies hail from a planet called "Unicornicopia". Not only is it an ''awful'' pun, it doesn't exactly sound like the kind of place that gives birth to a society as supposedly militaristic as the Space Ponies.

** The Space Ponies hail from a planet called "Unicornicopia". It's one of those names that's both an awful pun and [[TastesLikeDiabetes gives you cavities just thinking about it]], and doesn't exactly sound like the kind of place that gives birth to a society as supposedly militaristic as the Space Ponies.

* In "Trial of Misdjudgement", Starla discusses with Lightning that she has some issues with her figure, saying that her legs are "skinny as pancakes" (which is a really bizarre way of describing a person's legs) and makes Lightning promise that he won't tell anyone else what she told him, which he does. So, ''of course'', Starla [[OutOfContextEavesdropping overhears]] Lightning use the simile "skinny as pancakes" in a conversation with the other ponies, making her believe Lightning broke her trust. In turn, Lightning is confused on why Starla is suddenly upset with him. [[PoorCommunicationKills Starla]] then spends the rest of the episode [[YouKnowWhatYouDid refusing to tell Lightning what's wrong]], all so we can have the [[ClicheStorm clich&eacute]]; [[IdiotPlot "character hears another character say something out of context, leading to an argument"]] plot.

** Nightmare Moon introduces herself as "Super Nightmare Moon" in the rewrite. It's likely meant to make her seem more threatening, but instead ends up sounding incredibly ridiculous. It doesn't get any better later on: after taking over Equestria, she renames it "Nightmarica," and her fused OneWingedAngel mode with Titan's minions is "Nightmaricus." [[GiverOfLameNames Nightmare Moon must've taken naming lessons from]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore]] or something.

** The Cardinals' names are hilariously unimpressive, sometimes bordering on FluffyTheTerrible. [[TomTheDarkLord Buster Beak?]] [[HehhehYouSaidX Boar Bottoms?]] [[ShapedLikeItself Big]] [[ToiletHumor Bull?]] Apparently, like Nightmare Moon, these baddies took lessons from [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore.]] For specific examples:

** In "Faith of the Blind", Starfleet meets the very on-the-nose Blisstonians, just in case it wasn't already obvious from the blurbs [[BlindObedience what kind]] [[BeliefMakesYouStupid of]] [[PlanetOfHats Hat]] they wear.

** There's also the fact that the '''three-'''horned Grand Ruler's unique power is called the '''Uni'''force. Setting aside the IronicName (assuming it wasn't ripping off the name of the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]]), [[SerialNumbersFiledOff you couldn't make the plagiarism]] [[VideoGame/{{Medabots}} more blatant if you tried.]]

* For some reason, [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan the fic tends to give an awful lot of characters dead parents as a backstory]]. Celesto, Lightning Dawn, Starla Shine, Buddy Rose, Daphne Dil, Distraught, Spike, Jetar, human!Lightning Dawn, Tree Hugger, pony!Mykan, Sienna and Mako, En Shi, human!Sunset Shimmer, and Apple Spice have all lost their parents, often quite violently. By the ninth season, [[RecurringElement this trope has been used so often]] [[BlackComedy that it unintentionally loops back to being darkly hilarious]]. Highlights include:

** Buddy Rose losing his parents (and sister). That alone isn't {{Narm}}... [[ContrivedCoincidence until we find that his cousin Daphne ''also'' lost her parents as well]]. [[SerialEscalation The sheer coincidence of the two cousins losing their parents]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice can come off as particularly darkly funny]].
** [[UndignifiedDeath Vistulans levitate and explode upon death, as]] [[KilledOffForReal Calista]] [[UndignifiedDeath kindly showed us]]. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Readers will have a field day imagining Dearka's parents' deaths]]!

* In "Trial of Misdjudgement", Starla discusses with Lightning that she has some issues with her figure, saying that her legs are "skinny as pancakes" (which is a really bizarre way of describing a person's legs) and makes Lightning promise that he won't tell anyone else what she told him, which he does. So, ''of course'', Starla [[OutOfContextEavesdropping overhears]] Lightning use the simile "skinny as pancakes" in a conversation with the other ponies, making her believe Lightning broke her trust. In turn, Lightning is confused on why Starla is suddenly upset with him. [[PoorCommunicationKills Starla then spends the rest of the episode]] [[YouKnowWhatYouDid refusing to tell Lightning what's wrong]], all so we can have the [[ClicheStorm cliché]] [[IdiotPlot "character hears another character say something out of context, leading to an argument"]] plot.

* Lightning Dawn has to get a MacGuffin that will hurt a being if there is evil in them. Lightning starts to grab the orb and then... [[AntiClimax nothing happens, he gets it with no ill consequences.]] This scene was clearly a reference to when [[HeelFaceTurn Tommy]] [[TheSixthRanger Oliver]] had to get the Zeo Crystal in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''; the thing is that when Tommy did it, he was actually hurt by the crystal because it detected his evil past as the Green Ranger, but then it allowed him to hold it because it sensed him redeeming himself and the entire point of the scene was to show just how far Tommy has come.

* Dyno and Myte's home planet is called El Mundo. [[BlindIdiotTranslation Problem is, El Mundo is Spanish for "the planet", meaning that whenever the narrative says "the planet El Mundo",]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment they're also saying "the planet the planet"]]. [[EthnicScrappy What a way to admit that being "Spanish" is their only]] [[PlanetOfHats Hat]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation with Google Translate.]]

** The villains of the story ([[AdaptationalWimp Sirens who?]]) are the Demonites. They have a cover band with the name ''[[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain D-Man]] [[LouisCypher Knights]]''. Their VillainSong is a cover of Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' with '''THIS''' as the chorus (and yes, they're meant to be taken 100% seriously, [[NightmareRetardant because nothing screams "terrifying villain" like a boy band that sings Michael Jackson covers]]):

* The Dark King may be a pitch-black giant made of evil, but it's pretty diminished [[StupidEvil by the utter lack of intelligence he demonstrates]]. In particular, going by the logic the series sets in TimeTravel, the DK invading past!Starfleet from the BadFuture [[SelfDisposingVillain would cause his future to cease to exist]] with Starfleet, meaning that everyone loses. And with little indication that it's supposed to be [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum intentional]], and the likelihood that he had time to think this through, that leaves behind an antagonist not just TooDumbToLive, [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds but too]] [[LethallyStupid dumb to let]] ''[[StupidEvil anyone else]]'' [[EpicFail live]], all while gripping the VillainBall like it's going out of style. The sheer idiocy of his EvilPlan [[IdiotPlot goes a long way to deflate what little drama there is of IV's plot]], and makes the villains come off as pathetically, amusingly stupid at their best. [[AlmightyIdiot If only great power came with basic critical thinking skills...]]

* When discussing Spike's crush on Rarity, both Spike and the others focus on the fact that he's a different species than Rarity. The stigma of an InterspeciesRomance [[FauxHorrific is treated as a major obstacle preventing Spike from confessing his feelings to Rarity,]] [[SkewedPriorities while glossing over the fact that]] ''[[PaedoHunt Spike is a minor and either]] [[SeriesContinuityError 5 or 7 years]] [[NoYay younger than the fully grown Rarity.]]'' This implies that United Equestria has issues with romances with non-pony species, but not romances with minors. [[SarcasmMode Glad to know that at least our heroes]] [[AuthorAvatar (and by extension Mykan)]] [[SkewedPriorities have their priorities straight.]]
** Not helping their case is that in canon, no one bats an eye at either the existence of mules or the many ShipTease moments between members of different species, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E7ShesAllYak like Yona and Sandbar,]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem or Fluttershy and Discord,]] and since Starfleet radically altered their whole world, pushes their worldviews on anything they conquer, has a history of being... [[FantasticRacism less than generous to other species]], and any interspecies relationships being with the very closely related Equestrians,[[note]]Space ponies are derived from Equestrians, through Celestia and Celesto[[/note]] [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic this implies that the unintentional dissonance is specific to Starfleet's society.]] [[DesignatedHero Our heroes, everyone.]]

* The fic gives this gem at the very beginning of the first chapter, where the titular human drops that he's an astronaut. [[ImprobableAge At age 18. After training for less than two years.]] [[AuthorAvatar And his name is Mykan Stevens.]]

* The chapter "Princess Avyanna" takes the time to mention that Kallan, Avyanna, and Mayne all mean some variation of "powerful". [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment With no prompting or reason other than filling up space.]] [[CaptainObvious We get it, they're]] {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s.
** It's also blatantly obvious that Avyanna is a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute copy-and-paste of Amandiva from IV, in appearance, personality, and role in the plot.]] [[RecycledScript Truly a fitting demonstration of the fic's creativity.]]
* "Stranger and Strangers" also adds the "proper" pronunciation of Celesto's name next to it,]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment once again with zero prompting.]] It's jarring enough that it loops over to amusing, and [[SeriousBusiness the idea that the author takes "Che-les-tow's ' pronunciation seriously]] doesn't make it better.

* When Grand Ruler first brings up Starlight Braveheart, he mentions how Braveheart worshiped him to the point where Braveheart thanked GR for every good day and preached to his wife and children about how grateful he is to GR and told them to be thankful to GR. The way he words this makes Braveheart look like an extremely devoted cult follower, and when combined with the HoYay in their relationship, this [[CultofPersonality unintentionally makes their relationship look much]] [[NoYay creepier than it should be]].

* In "Pinkie and the Brain Bug", Penny mentions developing a technology so that if current treatments don't get rid of an infection in time, ''[[FantasticVoyagePlot they can shrink a squad of soldiers]]'' '''''[[FantasticVoyagePlot to fight the infection themselves]]'''''. [[SincerityMode You read that correctly.]] They are seriously considering fighting infections with their soldiers. Aside from ripping off ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' and the massive ArtisticLicenseBiology this entails, it's our most hilarious indicator yet [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic of just how militaristic our]] [[DesignatedHero "heroes"]] [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic are, pretty much confirming that Starfleet would rather shoot the problem until it goes away than consider far more practical solutions.]]

* Spike recognizing the Black Dragon Knight's sex by smelling her pheromones is retroactively either [[BlackComedy this]] or {{Squick}}, depending on how you look at it. Later, she turns out to be his sister Scaley, which brings up some... [[IncestSubtext interesting]] [[BrotherSisterIncest issues]] [[ThatCameOutWrong with the phrasing]].

--> Celestia and Lightning could hardly believe this, but eventually, Grand Ruler missed a shit, and Pinsar slashed him hard in the arm!

* It's pretty hilarious that Stammadon, TheSocialDarwinist, has a much more diverse army than our 'heroes'. Like, Starfleet's military is mostly space ponies, with some Equestrians, fairies, and a single dragon sprinkled in, and the Herbolites, who appeared exactly twice in the entire fic, and both appearances were limited to III. [[FantasticRacism This is without even getting into the "space ponies are better than everyone else"]] [[CantArgueWithElves and "we know better than anyone else and deserve to conquer other planets because we know best" beliefs they get into.]] Meanwhile, no two members of Stammadon's army appear to be the same species, ''and one of his best generals has dwarfism''. [[BrokenAesop Ironic isn't it?]]
** It also doesn't help Starfleet's case that [[GenericDoomsdayVillain Stammadon's goals are incredibly vague and never gets more specific than rooting out the weak, and anything he does that could be remotely construed as Social Darwinism has been done by every other Big Bad in the series, both before and after him,]] [[NotHelpingYourCase further weakening the Aesop.]] This has the side effect of making VIII's failed attempts at an Aesop amusingly pretentious.
* When GR sends Starfleet off to evacuate Ainzul, Grand Ruler says, and I quote, "Good luck, My Brave Ponies". Yes, he really did capitalize those words [[SelfDemonstratingArticle In Case]] [[ViewersAreMorons The Viewers Couldn't Tell It Was A]] TitleDrop.

--> Scootaloo looked, and saw her '''come''' was sparking softly, having been slightly damaged when she fell and smashed it against the ground. “Uh, oh…” this can’t be good.

* [[IdiotPlot Starfleet getting Calista killed through sheer stupidity, endangering the rest of Vistula in the process.]] Together with what happened with [[EpicFail Ainzul,]] [[TooDumbToLive Conva,]] [[BystanderSyndrome Twilight's death,]] [[LawfulStupid Starla's kidnapping,]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero and IV's future,]] one has to wonder how the hell are they still running an empire when [[TheDitz their best forces have the intelligence of a vacuum.]] Or better yet, why anyone still trusts them to keep ''themselves'' safe, let alone anyone else.

* At one point, Lady Fair worries about Lil's increasingly erratic behavior, especially after [[AbusiveParents Sole wants Lil' kicked out of the house]]. [[ShowDontTell The narrative then tells the reader that this is strange for Lady Fair because she likes shopping more, and she even says out loud that it's weird of her to care about Lil'.]] [[SarcasmMode Subtle.]]

** In the same episode, Starfleet gets separated into groups of three, and Krysta, Lightning, and Buddy get accosted by an army of shadows. [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Not once does Krysta use her portals to get them away from the clones.]] What makes this funny for all the wrong reasons is ''[[TooDumbToLive when she uses said portals to fight the monsters, and by the time she realizes she can teleport, it's too late]]''. This did little to convince readers that she's not a DumbBlonde and should be running an entire planet.

* Lightning Dawn can't bring himself to tell Sunset Shimmer and the rest of human cast that Twilight Sparkle is dead and lies to them by saying... [[BlatantLies she has a cold]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And they believe him]]. Also, when the truth comes out, [[AngstWhatAngst everyone just kinda gets over it]]. Completely brushing off that Twilight is '''dead''' and Lightning lied to their faces about it.

* Upon learning the Black Dragon Knight's true identity, Rhymey exclaims: “But how can this be? A family member be an enemy!” [[UsefulNotes/{{Tenses}} Crappy grammar aside,]] [[WhatAnIdiot this unintentionally suggests that Rhymey somehow didn't realize or understand that blood relatives can be enemies.]] The idea that Rhymey would be stupid enough to not know that relatives can hate each other is [[TakeThatScrappy hilarious enough on its own,]] [[SeriesContinuityError but that would also mean he forgot about Artie and his parents in IV.]]

* In "Strength of Evil: Part 2", Stammadon describes the Ainzulians as wimpy and Starfleet as a strong force that he and his forces should focus on. Although the former had beaten him and kept him sealed for ten thousand years while the latter had just beaten one of his monsters and freed him through incompetence after two minutes.

* While Rarity is in the ER, the others discuss replacing missing and damaged parts of her body. Spike suggests that she should get dragon parts, and one of the reasons he cites is that their baby will be more comfortable if her parents looked more like each other. Although Spike and Rarity's relationship was cited as a milestone in {{Interspecies Romance}}s in IV and V, and if he wanted Rarity to look more like a dragon, [[BrokenAesop he'd be defeating the point of their romance.]]

** Just the fact that a character is named ''Rhymey'', as if the story is basically conceding that said character is nothing more than a walking VerbalTic.

* In "Strength of Evil: Part 2", Stammadon describes the Ainzulians as wimpy and Starfleet as a strong force that he and his forces should focus on. Keep in mind that the former had beaten him and kept him sealed for ten thousand years while the latter had just beaten one of his monsters and freed him through incompetence after two minutes.

* While Rarity is in the ER, the others discuss replacing missing and damaged parts of her body. Spike suggests that she should get dragon parts, and one of the reasons he cites is that their baby will be more comfortable if her parents looked more like each other. Keep in mind that Spike and Rarity's relationship was cited as a milestone in {{Interspecies Romance}}s in IV and V, and if he wanted Rarity to look more like a dragon, [[BrokenAesop he'd be defeating the point of their romance.]]

** The Grand Ruler's three horns are positioned in a way that just makes them look weird and out-of-place, not to mention that the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs "Triceratops"]] jokes basically write themselves. Additionally, his body design is based heavily on Princess Celestia, meaning that he has a ''female'' face. He's also drawn with white skin/fur and a white spandex suit with armor over it. It kinda looks like the suit is his skin/fur and his armor only covers as low as his crotch.

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* A lot of the character designs due to how poorly edited they are. For a few specific examples:

** The Grand Ruler's three horns are positioned in a way that just makes them look weird and out-of-place, not to mention that the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs "Triceratops"]] jokes basically write themselves. Additionally, his body design is based heavily on Princess Celestia, meaning that he has a ''female'' face.
*** He's also drawn with white skin/fur and a white spandex suit with armor over it. It kind of looks like the suit is his skin/fur and his armor only covers as low as his crotch.

** [[https://dakari-king-mykan.deviantart.com/art/MBPSFM-An-Enticorn-472407579 Lightning Dawn's Enticorn form]]. Anyone familiar with ''Franchise/Ben10'' (especially its ''Alien Force'' incarnation) is going to recognize [[{{Expy}} what he based it on]] (not to mention the strong evidence that he [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/2/2e/Ben_Tennyson_AF_Full_Image.png/revision/latest?cb=20171016210533 traced a picture of Ben himself]] when he created a picture of it), and the golden horn and [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan hair]] just look out of place.

* Twilight's death is presumably supposed to be a TearJerker moment, and is built up to be tragic. Too bad it loses all meaning when you realize that Mykan went through with this because he hates Twilight (the fact that the characters proceed to [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame Twilight for her own death]] should give that away). Also not helping matters is how Lightning responds to the horrendous act that had just occurred:

* Lightning Dawn can't bring himself to tell Sunset Shimmer and the rest of human cast that Twilight Sparkle is dead and lies to them by saying... [[BadLiar that she]] [[BlatantLies has a cold]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And they believe him.]]
** When the truth comes out, [[AngstWhatAngst everyone just kind of gets over it]]. Completely brushing off that Twilight is '''dead''' and Lightning lied to their faces about it.

!!''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''

** Music/BrianWilson fans may also be reminded of "Roll Plymouth Rock" from Music/SMiLE. Now try [[OverlyLongGag reading "Rollin' Rocks" while listening to "Roll Plymouth Rock" and drinking Rolling Rock on the Roll 'n Rocker]].

* "Stranger and Strangers" also adds the [[SarcasmMode "proper"]] [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY pronunciation of Celesto's name next to it,]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment once again with zero prompting.]] It's jarring enough that it loops over to amusing, and [[SeriousBusiness the idea that the author takes "Che-les-tow's ' pronunciation seriously]] doesn't make it better.

*** Let's go over Celesto's name one more time, shall we? It is true that "celestial" can, in fact, mean "belonging or relating to heaven". However, [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the pronunciation being "CHE-les-tow"]] doesn't make a lick of sense; the common pronunciation for the word is "səˈlesCHəl" like Celestia's name. Adding a "ch" sound not only sounds pretentious, but also makes it come across as though Mykan thinks he's more clever than he actually is.

** Grand Ruler getting bullied as a colt. It's the classic Mary Sue "hero gets bullied for a quirk despite that quirk being very desirable" cliché, but Celesto takes this to new heights with his golden wings ''and'' horns. Supposedly, the other colts would've labelled him a freak... except that alicorns like Celesto are usually royalty, if not borderline ''divinity'', who run very important functions like controlling the day-night cycle. [[FridgeLogic If anything, Celesto would've been treated with awe by other ponies.]] As a result, the attempt to make Celesto sympathetic only made his sheer Sueness ''much'' more obvious.