The difference between Darkseid and a statue is that one is Darkseid and the other is an inanimate, unresisting object.
Yes, that was the wall they test-fire spells at. There isn't anything much behind it for obvious safety reasons.… so was there anything but sheer luck keeping Sunset and that guard from becoming murderers?
it's a two part joke/reference
Flawed argument. The Equestrians had no more reason to think Discord would get better from being blasted with the EoH than Grayven had to think Klarion would get better from being stabbed with the Sword.
By the text the beam went through three walls before exiting the city. So either Equestria already had weapons that need multiple walls and empty sky as their backstop or some poor pony just had new windows added to their building. Hopefully not while they or anything they value was in it.
Thank you, corrected.
Possible. However, Discord's statue started cracking as a result of the Cutie Mark Crusaders arguing near to it. An indeterminate amount of time passed and then he was free. Celestia knows from Nightmare Moon's example that the Elements don't necessarily kill what they hit. She also knew that the Elements could release him. Though it's impossible to say exactly when she learned that, she knew for at least a thousand years that he might not be dead, and took no visible precautions.
Yes. They should. Obviously, not everyone can, and perhaps focusing on developing their economy might be the way to go, but that's a very sensible thing to do in a universe where being like that exist.
Yes, but that song wouldn't be a rebuttal. The message of The Sun Is Also A Warrior is that sometimes violence is the only way to solve a problem, though it should never be treated trivially. Avoiding villain songs, I'm... Struggling to think of a song with the message of 'I want what's best for you, listen to me and do what I say or bad things will happen to you'.
No it doesn't. The old man didn't want his people to keep paying the cost and was shown to be very much in the wrong.
Isn't that Trixie?
Trixie is a con artist whose talent is in magic tricks. She's useless in most combat situations.
Point of order the one time we see her fight in the changling hive she proves herself a skilled combat illutionist, which will always be useful in any combat situation.
Assuming that Equestria's population is roughly what Europe's was at that level of technological development, then even allowing for a thousand year lifespan there's a good chance that Grayven's sojourn to the Vega Systems resulted in him seeing more death in war than she has.
There's a difference between seeing people die in war and seeing people you know and care about die in war. Grayven has the former experience while Celestia likely has the latter. The royal guard is likely there to protect Celestia from crazy ponies and wild animals. After all, what if a bear wanders in to the royal palace and starts doing his buiseness all over the place.
Putting aside the large "visible precautions" issue you are missing some rather important logic.
Shit, that explains a lot if all of her best ponies were off in Saddle Arabia fighting a war in the Middle East. Or if there's an email going border war with the changelings and the best soldiers are patrolling the border.
Do you think it would be nicer to leave them completely unprepared for the next crisis so that they and all the ponies they're charged with protecting are killed?
Weary or wary?
Lucky escape, and... is derisorily a word?
Thank you, corrected.