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That’s where waifus come to play.
we need a fic with this, somehow
Why did I say that?
Makes me forget that I’m single.
Wait, you didn’t already think that the Royal guard were a police force? They were the ones knocking on doors to ask about missing animals and escorting officials. I doubt Equestria really has (nor needs) an actual standing army, though probably many Royal Guards would be inducted into a reformed one should the need for one arise.
Which is kind of my point: that makes the “Royal Guard”, with all its fancy armor and elite pretensions, seem like a glorified police force. Militaries are exactly the institutions you usually rely on for “special problems”.
Granted, that would undermine the show’s premise. So I suppose Shining’s career is a casualty of narrative directives.
Shining Armor keeps the grunts that handle the mundane problems, like policing an entire city or posting guards to buildings and stuff that would be impractical for 6 ponies to handle on their own. When a special problem arises, and you have the
moneymagic, maybe you can replace your soldiers with: The Hay Team.Considering how often Equestria’s defense seems to be “delegated” to his little sister, a rural librarian, his ability as a military leader is definitely suspect.
NO WINGS FOR YOU!
He himself showed impressive magic ability, like a shield spell able to cover an entire city. It only failed because he couldn’t make any magical calibrations due to being brainwashed as thousands of Changelings simultaneously attacked it. Besides, the important parts of being in charge, stuff like delegation and management capabilities, could hardly be shown in the short slices we see of Shining’s life.
Probably nepotism.
Being the older brother of Celestia’s student/troubleshooter and fiancé to a Princess, it would strange if he DIDN’T have an inflated rank.
He needs to show us just how he earned his status of Captain of the Royal Guard. I really hope he gets to kick some flank in the season 4 finale…