I do like them. They're just pretty squarely in Rainbow Dash's shadow. Does a Sonic Rainboom while tranquillised, becomes fluent in a new language in days, wanders around casually in a place that is all but killing others to be at, completes an obstacle course that is impossible for everyone else and that's with the difficulty ramped up beyond what anyone else does. And that's not even everything I'd honestly prefer the fic if it was ocs only. And this is from someone who's favourite pony is Rainbow Dash.
I
get that, but there
is a good reason for RD to be there. Once you've caught up, you should be able to see that and your problems miight be mitigated bit.
Also, RD hasn't Rainboomed
once since she woke up (she's gone over mach 4 twice, but hasn't
quite crossed Rainboom speeds yet. Umbra doesn't think she
can anymore.), she was tapping her Talent when she learned Solar and one of the rules of the setting is "talents always win", so that's not exclusive to her (it's also why she doesn't stand a chance in a one-on-one with Charisma), she wasn't
wondering casually in the Everstorm. She was suffering from magic overdose and was in danger of insanity and overhealing same as the others. Remember that overhealing is very dangerous in this setting. And the only change to The Maul was
using bigger missiles for the final shot, which she defeted via sonic boom, something which some other pegasi are also capable of.
And yeah, the idea is that Rainbow is basically as if we suddenly dug up Heracles or Gilgamesh or Samson or Achiles or someone like that and they were just as powerful as their legends said they were.
And yeah I'm fond of the Fallen World stuff. I'm about to read The Heart Thief actually.
Warning, beautiful, but
DARK.