The Wonderbolts Handbook is out on iTunes and Kindle.
Here's the synopsis for it:
>By Brandon T. Snider (Also wrote the Elements of Harmony guidebook)
>Attention cadets! This Wonderbolts Academy Handbook once belonged to Rainbow Dash! Along with valuable information on how to become a Wonderbolt, our stellar Pegasus pony added her own notes to help you along. The lessons in here have been passed down for generations, with each generation refining these lessons to better serve you and the institution. You will have much to learn and all staff and senior members of the Wonderbolts are more than willing to guide you.
>Good luck, have fun, and stay focused!
Other books can be found here:
https://yp1.yayponies.no/book.php
The more recent ones that aren't there I have here in this archive:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/l43u24xfk736yx3/Books.rar
It'll take about 3.5ish hours to dump all 192 pages, so I'll make a part 2 if necessary.
>>27814343
>It'll take about 3.5ish hours to dump all 192 pages
They really need to reduce to 30 sec for storytimes
>>27814360
Taking a closer look, there may be some pages I can skip that are just chapter dividers. If you see any jump in number then it's just me trying to reduce this down a bit for this thread.
>>27814369
Shame /co/'s the only one who has that.
I think /a/ too but I don't think they have story times
>>27814383
A bunch of the chapter dividers I'll take out look like this...
>>27814379
Cool
That is a lot of filler pages.
I await the content.
>>27814383
NOT ANY MORE IT DOESNT
>>27814438
>>27814389
...or this.
>>27814383
>>27814409
Now if only they'd release more diaries/journals. They did one for the sisters.
>inb4 oh soarin~
>>27814470
allahu ackbar from above
>>27814483
I was able to cut out around 20 pages worth of chapter dividers, so that should help on time.
>>27814470
>his
>>27814460
shitposting aside, we could learn about Soarin's actual age if they mention he's a veteran or shit like that
>>27814503
>sometimes an Earth pony power
>sometimes
LITERALLY SECOND CLASS
>>27814515
Do we even know what the ponies have for age? Like do they follow human aging or equine aging in terms of life spans equating up to 30 years?
>>27814531
They live hella long
Granny Smith is like 200 years old or something
>>27814516
>earth ponies:basically nothing
>>27814561
>horsing around
hee
>>27814567
>no lingering
Lingering tends to attract the ire of the legendary rape ghost, which is said to even now dwell within the locker room, waiting for a foolish colt to linger there alone
>>27814585
>general Flash
ayyyy
>>27814590
what if the colt was into raping the ghosts?
>>27814585
this is why he should hang out with Dash instead.
>>27814597
The rape ghost isn't into it if the colt is willing since that's not her kink, and murders them instead.
Only being unwilling to have sex will see you spared.
>>27814626
Can't she just kill them with sex
>>27814626
what if the colt is eager to die
>>27814626she might as well be a futa ghost
>>27814642
after she tried that with long dick McCloudburst and they found him the next morning, still alive after a full night of rape despite the ghost's best efforts, she's decided its not the best manner of killing someone.
>>27814674
oh boy here we go
>>27814683
>>27814677
Looking at the thumbnails it seems those profiles for the instructors are spread out in this part of the book instead of one after another.
appreciate your time, OP, but 2bh this is boring af
>>27814750
>>27814748
It's no problem, and don't worry about it. I didn't think we'd get much more then names and perhaps some other small tidbits out of this. I just want to make sure it's all seen.
>>27814762
pheww, good to know it wasn't you-know-who
>>27814748
Rainbow dash pls
>>27814755
>>27814762
>>27814772
>>27814781
you know, for a matriarchal society, I'm surprised there's only one female here
>>27814703
how the hell did some fuckin rookie get in the handbook
>>27814790
I'm surprised they think General Firefly was a guy
>all males
>glorious wonderbolt era
>spit fire is the boss now
>a total mess and a waste of resources
Poor spitfire
>>27814795
>>27814793
It's taped into the book. Remember who "owns" it.
>>27814790
Except it's not a matriarchal society, and there's no evidence it's ever been one. Equestria is quite clearly gender-egalitarian. There's no evidence whatsoever that either gender is dominant or advantaged, and there are no real gender roles.
Don't be a moron.
Also, there are two mares there, I believe. Easyglider sure doesn't look it, but she too is a mare.
>>27814800
Ah, didn't see the tape
carry on
>>27814785
Heh
>>27814808
Unless of course it was a typo, but I doubt it. I guess they used the male snout model to make her look more masculine. Still, if it's accurate, out of the ones listed, two mares?
>>27814807
the whole squad seems to use this page as toilet paper by the look of it
>>27814748
I'm enjoying it. Its much more entertaining than teh chapter books IMO.
>>27814793
its worse than that: this is a handbook OWNED BY RAINBOW DASH when she BECAME a wonderbolt.
its recursive insanity of her getting a book of HERSELF when she first joined up
This almost reads like an actual sort of self-help/etiquette book for children with an MLP theme. It's weird.
>>27814858
no no, look again
she just taped a picture of herself in
>>27814847
In short: Despite being completely inferior as a species, don't forget that mud ponies exist too.
>>27814755
what the hell
that's not what Firefly looks like
>>27814906
>>27814911
wowitsfuckingnothing.jpeg
>>27814889
>>27814898
>YOU ARE WRONG
>its not like I openly endorsed a pony behaving recklessly and then threw her under the bus to save my own skin
>and its not like I backstabbed my team members and tried to poach rival team's flyers
>>27814920
alright, that actually made me chuckle a little
>>27814905sexchange
>>27814807
>>27814812
>Put yourself in another pony's hooves
>When you see a cadet struggling and in need, help them.
So whoever wrote this never watched the show and has no fucking idea about how the Wonderbolts act.
>>27814343
Great, now I can forge Rainbow Dash's signature
>>27814920
Terence Fletcher disagrees
>>27814920
Reminds me of driver's ed.
>>27814932
Well it's not like they'd advertise their jerkiness in a cadet handbook. They gotta get more recruits suckered in.
>>27814932
>Organization that acts nothing like what they tell their recruits they act like
Pretty common. Spitfire is pretty shit as >>27814921 said.
>>27814932
Or this handbook is just a bait that give you hopes and ruin your heart when you enter in the reality
>>27814984
total slut
>inb4 no Surprise
>>27814997
>>27814990
Taking a quick look through the pages I know she doesn't have a profile in this like the others did.
>>27814932
>>27814967
Its an idealized version of the organization, not the reality of it. It seems perfectly in keeping with most groups or armed forces in life.
The handbooks preach the idealized perfect world version of their organization which, at its core, the organization was founded to be like.
The higher ups are always going to be shitty, but that doesn't mean they don't try and train their new recruits to be what the organization SHOULD be like.
For example, look at the marines various tenents, and then look at all the scumbag generals and all the various scandals about high ranking military officers that have surfaced in history.
>>27814984
Season 1: Sonic rainboom is a legendary feat that nopony can do to the point that no one believes dash about it.
Now: Sonic rainbooms are treated as an everday thing that any of the wonderbolts can do no problem.
Did... Did we just get a "so last season" power escalation thing going on here? Its like everyone and their mother suddenly being able to go super saiyan in DBZ.
>>27815040
About halfway through now.
>>27815048
>>27815034
Maybe their arguing about others and not themselves.
>>27815014
>If you sense tension with a teammate, open up a dialogue about what might be troubling them
Someone should give a copy of this book to Spitfire. Or maybe hit Spitfire in the head with a copy of this book.
>>27814905
Different fireflys for different continuities.
>>27815034
When some newbie like rainbow dash(in S1) make a sonic rainbow that will incentive the professional to copy that technique.
When they actually tried that trick correctly wasn't a big deal for the professional that actually care about the technique and not only go fast or look cool
>>27815034
Nah, Fleetfoot's just talking out of her blue ass.
>>27814790
Military parts of pony society tend to have a fair number of males. Royal Guard, anyone?
>>27815086
jesus christ rainbow dash
>>27815079
Still doesn't explain why Firefly is suddenly a guy when the show already said she was a girl
>>27814772
>4th Celestial Era
TES in Equestria when
>>27814369
I seem to remember this board having a shorter cooldown time a long time ago.
>>27815074
Why is Stormfeather such an unlikeable dick?
>>27815056
>Maybe their arguing about others and not themselves.
This desu. Twilight did something similar to a Sonic Rainboom, maybe no other pony has done it, so arguing about who (whether Dash or Twilight) does it better doesn't mean every pony can do it.
>>27815086
well, nobody ever accused dash of being the smart one...
>>27815089
Pony society clearly has gender equality, both de-jure and de-facto. We've seen ponies both male and female in all sorts of different walks of life and all, and in pretty even numbers. So it's not just military parts.
And frankly, there's no real reason to believe that females can't join the royal guard. We've certainly seen that they are capable of fighting too, both from displays in normal situations and in stuff like the alternate timelines we saw. Male and female ponies seem pretty even in physical strength potential too.
DHX has only recently started creating art assets for royal guards that don't look identical, and even the new stuff has been very minimal, so it's not a stretch at all to assume they simply haven't created female guard art assets. It's the only logical explanation, because there's no reason whatsoever for discrimination.
>>27815108
>TES lore
I don't think you want to delve into that.
>>27815121
I think Dash's Vietnam flashbacks are acting up again.
>>27815121
>dash's answer is literally "too long didn't read"
Hah, she just moved up in my ranking
>>27815153Cute!
>>27815153
Classic "artist's emote sheet" turned into a chart. Nice touch.
>>27815179
Someone need to edit the bad example with dash
Who drew the illustrations?
>>27814920
Someone put 100% mad on this
>>27815136
She's not a super genius like Twilight, but she's most definitely not dumb either. I think the data drills in this book are suggesting that she didn't want to take the time to answer all those questions, not really that she couldn't.
But anyway, I don't really consider the books like this to be canon.
>>27815190
They really don't, Dash is not a mean pony and she'd be happy to help a friend.
>>27815208
>>27815229
>>27815196
Franco Spagnolo is the only artist I can find named in there, and he only did some of the illustrations.
>>27815206
dash is the pony who feels like its an accomplishment when she can tell that a booth is not made of clothes.
dash is honestly the dumbest of the group, even including pinkie pie (who's smart but zany at least)
>>27815241
So... a commonly known flight maneuver that's in the manual itself is "legendary"
>>27815106
They never specified Firefly's gender in the show.
You can check the transcript for yourself.
http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Testing_Testing_1,_2,_3
>>27815245
>scootaloo would love it
you kind of have to be able to fly to attend that dash.
>>27815252
>A general named Firefly, amazing and so...
>Bold!
>She brought them all together, spreading unity...
>>27815206
>But anyway, I don't really consider the books like this to be canon.
Well, maybe for this one. I dunno, depends. I'll put some more thought into it later.
>>27815243
>when she can tell that a booth is not made of clothes
Pretty sure that wasn't exactly a serious statement. I don't see how you could take it so seriously as to use it to argue for something like that, because it was obviously something of a joke.
Whatever though, I strongly disagree either way. No point in dragging the thread in that direction.
>>27815269
Well fuck, it's time for bed.
>>27815273
Poaching flyers off your competitors teams is TOTALLY cool though!
>>27815290
aeiou
>all this authority & being kind shit when the bolts are assholes
>soarin bland as fuck still
>ugly designs for previous bolts
>sonic rainboom not exclusive to dash
>scootaloo would enjoy flight camp
The only enjoyable part of part of this book is Dash's answers.
>>27815315
I like it; its a nice handbook with some good morals for the younger crowd.
Plus its a decent look at what the wonderbolts aspire to be, even if they no longer live up to it.
>>27815080
I actually can confirm this.
Brother of mine is a semi-professional parkour athlete, and he recently pulled a trick that no one had done yet. One of the highest tier professionals found out about it, so the very next day the professional posted a video of himself doing that exact same trick.
Competitive sportsmanship can push the bar pretty freakin quickly.
>>27815274
>I dunno, depends.
Eh. Probably not, putting some more thought into it. Not necessarily canon, but some of the stuff in it at least is interesting/nice and definitely worth taking into consideration.why am I saying all this out loud, time for me to fuck off for now
>>27815307
Didn't expect to see him in here.
>>27815336
>Useless "be yourself" shit
>>27815290
JOHN MADDEN FLIGHT SCHOOL
>>27815336
>DON'T wear the same thing all the time. Chances are you'll get bored.
what
>>27815249
Columbus Egg: Once an "impossible" feat is finally done right, it stops being a legend and suddendly feels easier
>"No way, no one can do it!"
>it happens
>"Pff, I could do that"
>>27815345
>Don't spend time with negative ponies with bad attitudes
Got it, stay as far away from the wonderbolts as possible.
>>27815336
>don't wear the same thing all the time
about that...
>>27815386
>>27815382
I wonder how they shooped Tank into that season 1 shot there.
>>27815328
>that you become exactly like them
Pure nonsense. Most of those other do/don't things are okay enough, with possibly an exception or two, but that one is total BS. There's nothing wrong with spending lots of time with someone you love to spend time with, and it's not going to magically alter you or some shit.
>>27815382
eh?
>>27815393
with....photoshop?
>>27815389
>fuck, forgot the image
>>27815397
tank is a timelord
>>27815420
>MY ROLL IS BUTTERED!
Dash...
>>27815420
>>27815415
Dash probably just drew her in, with scary accuracy.
>>27815420
>Dash is this retarded
>>27815420
>That answer
Seriously dash... just... seriously.
/headdesk
>>27815396
Though really some of the others are questionable and/or subjective too. I guess it's a mixed bag? Oh well, not about to sit here and mull over these things any longer.
>>27815420
>MY ROLL IS BUTTERED!
>>27815428
Spitfire doesn't seem to be too bright either considering that isn't what E.U.P. stands for...
>>27815434
>dash used a stencil
100% top cunt
>>27815441
ooooh boy
>>27815445
>when you realize that Dash passed her test because the person grading it didn't know the correct answers Either
Our educational system is fucked, thank's celestia.
