Talk:A New Breed/@comment-4932866-20120703233350/@comment-24.8.121.84-20121112060701

Actually, the Rainbow Dash death is incorrect. Her actual manner of death is discovered by Clockwork Key in one of the final chapters of Book 1. She dies executing a secondary sonic rainboom (read: passing Mach 2 without a protective suit) to reach and detonate an aerial bomb that would have otherwise killed Applejack, Twilight, and Fluttershy. As for the rest, it has been approximately 60 years or so since the start of the imp invasion and the mane six have been fighting for that entire time. Of course they're going to die. This is more of a heroics-oriented coming-of-age than a tragedy. As for the shipping, it's in book 2 and it's a supporting character duo. Not really that jarring.