Are we at war? No, it is a slaughter. Maybe at one point it was war, but anymore we are just ponies (mostly foals) trying to survive. Each time harmony fails to imprison Discord more soldiers become disheartened ponies just trying to get through another day. Regardless of whether or not the elements really stopped him before, it is foolish that the royal council refuses to try anything else. Then again they rarely do anything these days.

But I refuse to let Discord slaughter myself or these foals. Maybe my measures are extreme, but the phrase "the ends justify the means" was coined for times like these.

Mature rating not for violence being particular graphic or sexual content, but because the overall story-line is not exactly for a younger audience.