Talk:Flash Sentry/@comment-10390252-20140720152040

I really have a sense that Flash's cameos in season 4 had a purpose. What could that be? At a guess, he's going to be foisted on the Mane Six as the head of the Personal Guard to the Princess of Friendship.

Cue a cameo of him trying to teach hoof-to-hoof combat to the M6, having his flank handed to him by Rarity and Pinkie tying him in knots due to her reality-warping power. The only one who takes it remotely seriously is Applejack (Earth pony strength + decent training = smashed practice dummies launched clear across town); even attempting to teach unarmed combat to Fluttershy is rather like trying to teach a jellyfish to run marathons.

I could see Flash becoming a character driver for Rainbow: She resents an 'outsider' being selected to protect her friends and this pushes her to take her own pseudo-military position (as a Wonderbolt Reserve) a lot more seriously.