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Published: 2015-09-30 21:18:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 17258; Favourites: 330; Downloads: 85
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Edit: Got onto Equestria Daily! Glad people like it so much!
Inspired by a conversation with who suggested that Wind Rider being related to Lightning Dust would have given him much better motivation in Rarity Investigates!.
To be honest, while Lightning Dust struck me as something of a sociopath, I always felt that Spitfire was the one most at fault in Wonderbolts Academy because she was the authority figure who repeatedly encouraged and rewarded Dust's actions.
That whole ep was pretty weird, too. Why was the Captain of the Wonderbolts so easily impressed by reckless behaviour? And how does a team specialising in synchronised sports know so little about teamwork? This is how you got the nickname "Spitefire" from me, Spitfire! 
(The comic's text is messy, I know! Thought it would look better. May fix it to typed stuff tomorrow...
Also, I'm disappointed by the lack of sound effects for crying in English!)"My dear little firefly": Lightning Dust flies fast, has fiery hair, fireflies are also known as "lightning bugs", AND it's a reference to the Wonderbolts' founder (a nod to G1), so I thought it worked as an old ex-Wonderbolts's nickname for Lightning Dust.
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Thank you for commenting, I'm glad you liked it!
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Thanks! 
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My friends had the idea that though disgraced, Wind Rider was the one secretly behind the Washouts which Lightning Dust is currently leading. If it turns out Wind Rider's her grandfather, that would also make a lot of sense.
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OF COURSE Lightning is related to that scam artist...
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If they ever give Lightning Dust a redemption arc, I hope it's something like this
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Thanks, I'm glad you like this idea!
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Yeah, I like this headcanon!
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I think the meanest thing Spitfire does here is rip off her badge, turn around and give it to Rainbow Dash. that was just cruel.
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I've always been a bit hesitant about this topic, because it's never CONFIRMED that Lightning Dust was actually fully kicked out of the Wonderbolts. All it says is that she was stripped of her leadership status. For all we know, she's still in the Wonderbolt's Training Academy, simply demoted for her behavior.
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It doesn't bode well that we've never seen her again even with 2 episodes set in the academy, though. Also, after that level of humiliation, even if it wasn't her being kicked out she might have been pushed to quit. It was harsh, especially as her bad behaviour had previously been encouraged.
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This is so much better than the canon!
you did an outstanding job! keep up the good work!
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I was so surprised to read this o.o because in my fanfic with thunder lane and lightning dust ship the same this kind of happened XD
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Ah! Well, it works.
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You know, if the show suddenly confirmed that this was the case...
I'd totally buy it. It makes way to much sense for it not to be true.
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Thank you, I'd like it too!
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I don't think I've ever accepted a headcanon so fast before.
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Hmm...
I doubt it's actually true, but I do really this head canon.
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A little late commenting on this (saw it a month back but never got around to commenting) but dang, didn't expect you'd make a comic of it XD
Like the dialogue, really works well
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Thanks!
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Oh wow. That makes tons of sense. 
...Waiting for the inevitable fanfics. 
...Maybe you should provide a version of that last panel without the dialogue, to encourage fanfic writers inspired by it to use it for cover-art?
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Thanks!
And would that work?
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Well, sometimes it happens the other way around, and a picture inspires the story!
You know what they say - a picture can tell a thousand words...
Which is the minimum word-count for a story on fimfiction, I believe.
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I like this comment but delayed on replying as I was not sure what to say. I'm still not.
Thanks though, I don't really think the final panel's good enough by itself, but I might do another pic of the two together.
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Also, congrats on having your comic voiced!
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That happens to me too. A lot. 
Nice to hear I may potentially have inspired a related artwork.
And yeah, sometimes inspiration for a story can come straight from a picture.
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Best pony will get her chance to shine. You will see!
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Why do people keep thinking Lightning Dust was kicked out of the Academy for good? I mean the most she got was not being the leader. But they never said she was never allowed to be in the Wonderbolts ever again. Hell, I don't think Spitfire ever banned her from being a Wonderbolt unless I don't remember.
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