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A Rarity Headcannon

Ribbonfree

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Rarity Fan Club is probably gonna kill me for this but hey at least Ghostie isn't around anymore.

 

So I was at Everfree Northwest because I'm a fucking dork and I attended this panel where people discussed headcanons and stuff because I was bored. Very last person to share theirs said something that many a Rarity fan would consider blasphemy, and I quote as best I can:

 

'Rarity is actually ugly by pony standards, proven in Green Isn't Your Colour (Fluttershy is a model episode) where Fluttershy completely and utterly eclipses Rarity through sheer looks.'

 

Now by no means do I actually believe this is true, but it did remind me of something I used to think and allow me to ruminate on it a little more (again, because I'm a fucking dork). Rarity and Fluttershy, I believe, are both in a different league of attractiveness than the other Mane Six (of course this is subjective, if anything AJ and Fluttershy are the two girls who have proven capable of attracting attention solely on their looks (note that I'm behind on Season 5 episodes so I dunno is this is still entierly true (lol the parentheses nesting))) but in different manners related to body type. I personally feel a more accurate take on the events of Green Isn't Your Colour is that Fluttershy is a model beauty. Runaway models have a certain body type because it's the easiest to make clothes look good on, they're typically fairly tall, thin, and don't have much curves. I believe that this translates into Fluttershy's pony stature (never mind that they're all more or less exactly the same damn body type thanks to animation, this is going above and beyond what the show directly depicts). For a pony she's willowy, lithe, taller than her friends, and easy on the body curves (sorry Hootershy but you're a shitty headcanon IMO). Rarity, thusly, is for a mare curvy, a bit thick (in a good way mind you), and probably a head shorter than Flutters (in pony terms, again this doesn't mean shit animation wise). They are both beauties, just in different respects.

 

Now of course everyone is going to promptly proceed to tell me how I'm wrong and how I suck eggs, etc. But there, that's my headcanon overly riddled with parenthetical clauses that could have easily been integrated into proper sentences.

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Sunny Fox

The way I see it, Rarity is beautiful because she takes care of her looks, while Fluttershy has a "natural" beauty. Same level of attractiveness, differing level of maintenance. Plus, Flutters has got a lot of moe appeal, as seen in her first photo shoot with Photo Finish... it was when she was sad and vulnerable rather than confident that PF liked what she saw.

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Ribbonfree

The way I see it, Rarity is beautiful because she takes care of her looks, while Fluttershy has a "natural" beauty. Same level of attractiveness, differing level of maintenance. Plus, Flutters has got a lot of moe appeal, as seen in her first photo shoot with Photo Finish... it was when she was sad and vulnerable rather than confident that PF liked what she saw.

 

Probably the wiser way of looking at it (and somewhat more canon dubiously, since Rarity wears slightly more makeup than the rest of the girls by animation design). Not too sold on 'moe' as a concept that goes far in the fashion world but to be fair Photo Finish was obviously eccentric so she may have had her reasons.

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Yamato

I'll get involved in this because I too am a fucking dork.
I posit that Fluttershy isn't beautiful per se, but rather that she's just naturally photogenic. This, of course, would make her ideal fashion model material and bring her total number of useful talents up to zero.
Rarity, on the other hand, is beautiful because she takes care of herself and doesn't live like a dirty fucking hippie.
And as for AJ, there's just something men like about blonde farm girls. It's true in this universe, so I'm assuming it's true in a universe full of magical horses too.
 

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Ribbonfree

I'll get involved in this because I too am a fucking dork.

I posit that Fluttershy isn't beautiful per se, but rather that she's just naturally photogenic. This, of course, would make her ideal fashion model material and bring her total number of useful talents up to zero.

Rarity, on the other hand, is beautiful because she takes care of herself and doesn't live like a dirty fucking hippie.

And as for AJ, there's just something men like about blonde farm girls. It's true in this universe, so I'm assuming it's true in a universe full of magical horses too.

 

 

tru

 

Damn the Shy hate lel. But yeah, point also on the taking care of herself (but remember that Flutters also does spa days with Rarity. And has to do much less, for that matter, which again I think implies a stronger natural beauty.

 

Point on AJ, I too like blonde farm girls.

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