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  1. Here was my experience watching the Vegeta story-arc in DBZ:

     

    "Those six Z-Warriors all share the same superpowers as Goku, and yet they're 'weaker' than Vegeta and Nappa?  Why can't they save the world in Goku's stead?"

     

    Since then, it had nothing more than become a frequent-as-hell problem.  The show is nothing but supporting characters getting brutally murdered over and over and over again because their "power levels" are "weaker" than Goku's.

     

    Hell, if anything, there's even a trope that describes this kind of crap.  It's called "Woman in Refrigerator", and despite the name, it can also be applied to men as well, like Vegeta and Krillin during the Frieza arc.  Technically, characters have to be disempowered and brutally murdered to motivate the main-hero to fight back.

     

    Thank God and Celestia alike for the Rainbow Power scene, because at least it empowered Twilight's friends through the magic of friendship.  DBZ didn't promote friendship at all, because too many of Goku's friends became disposable and killed violently over and over again, like they might as well be stuffed in the refrigerator like the women that they are.  And even if it did, the long, draggy, repetitive, and retarded fights would've gotten in the way.

    I don't see how that has to do with anything. Twilight's friends were powerless before the Rainbow Power scene. Remember that scene? Yeah? Where Discord trapped the ponies so that Tirek could drain their power too? Discord included? That's why they couldn't help before. They were never irrelevant. Not even for a second. As I said, you're instigating drama over nothing.

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  2. It's because it made Twilight a Mary Sue, while her friends were so disposable, that they might as well just die in the most violent fashion in the world, just like her library.

     

    That's what DBZ is like, in-general.  It's nothing but supporting characters getting murdered over and over and over again, while Goku, Vegeta, and their sons become the Mary Sue saviors of the universe.

    Please provide proof that Twilight sees her friends as disposable without bringing up the fandom. Oh wait, you can't.

     

    She never "abandoned" her friends (who were powerless before the Rainbow Box thing was opened, remember that?), she freed them while risking Equestria to Tirek so that they could all defeat Tirek together since, even with the power of three other alicorns in her, Twilight could not defeat Tirek alone. Basically, you're instigating drama over nothing.

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