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Is Rarity really the prettiest of the Mane 6?

Well, yes she is in my opinion. Taking a break from what I planned and doing a fluffier piece after seeing an argument on /mlp/ about this. While I planned on this just being a fluff piece I think it is the longest blog I have done.   In support of this are the following: Faust made her character with that in mind (and since departing nothing has gone against that), official material supports this, and various in show elements exist to further support it. But it is not weird to see the contra
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Manehattan, a prelude

I have been meaning to do a blog on Manehattan for a while. This won't be the proper analysis although I will touch on it, this is more my general thoughts on the episode. The reason for doing this prelude is that I believe it makes the actual analysis easier by clearing up some issues and potential baggage. Some analysis and hints of analysis is present so if you like analysis you will get your fix.   The first is that while I like this episode and think it is pretty good, it does suffer from
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Why Rarity having insecurity from NMR matters

Don't worry. Nothing about EVA in here, in fact it exists as a good example of what this will NOT be about. I just saw it scrolling for an image and it gave me the idea to do this followup to my Nightmare Rarity blog post, as it occurred to me that saying Rarity has the kind of insecurity I argued she has can be a double edged sword for different people. Link: http://mlpforums.com/blog/1599/entry-12974-nightmare-rarity-and-how-it-affects-raritys-character-on-the-whole/   After all, people like
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Nightmare Rarity, and how it affects Rarity's character on the whole.

IDW's second arc in its MLP:FIM series features Rarity being abducted by Nightmare Forces who then turn her into Nightmare Rarity, like Nightmare Moon with Luna.   What is interesting is why they pick Rarity. The Nightmare Leader is clear that Rarity was picked for two connected reasons: she had self esteem issues, and with those they could manipulate her Generosity. And fortunately the comic provides insight into what those self esteem issues are. Rarity fears (or maybe feared if she got ove
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An addendum to the Freudian thing

I neglected to mention an important dynamic to Rarity's character that revolves around two of her songs in my earlier analysis. Link for posterity: http://mlpforums.com/blog/1599/entry-12196-freudian-psych-and-rarity-pretentiousness-intensifies/   In that analysis I used her songs as the primary source of my analysis. Here I will do the same but between two of the songs like I had meant to do in the earlier post. Becoming Popular, the "I Want" song, and Generosity, the "I Am" song. These song
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Hiatus plans so there's no confusion. Requesting advice.

No way around this. Every blog has been about Rarity. Why? Truthfully I did not plan this but it's what I have the most thoughts about. The thing with Rarity is, imo, she's simply Best Pony. Even though there are many things I think could improve the character if they were changed she still scores high on the main 3 areas I think most people judge characters on: depth, development and likability. She's not the highest on all 3, except depth as I think she sinks everyone else (huehue), but she d
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Freudian Psych and Rarity. Pretentiousness Intensifies.

Saw this old copypasta I made a long while ago posted on /mlp/ recently. It got me thinking.   I suppose the first thing to do is talk about what I would change.   Mainly I would develop the three sides to her personality better. Using Freudian psychology is fun even if it is not accepted in modern psychology. It's simply a good way of ordering her personality. And as I mentioned in the above copy image, they all correspond with a particular area of interest or facet to her identity. Natur
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Dithering on Simple Ways: unnoticed aspects, kinda sorta review on how Rarity is portrayed

This is an episode I go back and forth on. Be warned, this is off the cuff. But, as always leave any thoughts below.   Getting right into the episode, on the one hand I disliked the way Rarity is portrayed. She was largely just a fangirl chasing a Trend...erhoof. This being a slight problem as Faust said in her rebuttal to Ms. Magazine,Rarity was always meant to be someone who makes her own way with fashion rather than aping trends. And in many ways this is in the same spirit as that. To me t
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Digibrony's Pinkie Analysis

So I've watched Digibrony's analyses on Pinkie and something sticks out to me.   The crux of this argument is that Pinkie has a fractured psyche and reverts to a depressed state whenever what she believes to be true about herself is shattered. But she is also the one to bring herself out (usually, as with all of the episodes this part fluctuates).   Slight issue. Is this not true of all the Mane 6? Whenever their calling in life (represented by their CM) is challenged they fall back and beh
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Rarity's flaws, an issue with miscommunication

At the risk of prematurely establishing a pattern I'd like to devote my next blog post to an issue that has bugged me for a long while. I disagree that Rarity's flaw is "selfishness". A desire to make a blog post on this resurfaced after watching Digi's analyses of Rarity's episodes as he seems to have taken this idea much further. In Manehattan he asserts that the desire to be generous is in a certain way also a selfish desire. I understand it was a theme in Manehattan, emphasized when she e
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Only one real Rarity episode

I've been haphazardly working on other blog entries but this occurred to me and is not worth a forum thread.   Rarity has really only had 1 episode. Yes, there have been three episodes where she stars (not counting Sweetie Toils for this) but neither Simple Ways nor Inspiration Manifestation actually focused on her as a character.   Simple Ways simply flanderized her personality for its sitcom plot and IM had her bewitched.   Meanwhile AJ had 5 episodes I believe. Yea, they weren't always
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Inaugural post, a review of For Whom The Sweetie Belle Toils

Hey. I've decided to make one of these blogs just to get my perspective out there and see if people like it. Being the first entry any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. I have not written anything like this in a long while and sadly I waited too long to do it so many of the ways I wanted to present these ideas were forgotten so any advice would be welcome.   At this point I don't think reviewing the episode traditionally is at all necessary. Many other people have done that
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