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Why Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are such important characters.


Sir.Flutter Hooves

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Hello,

 

This blog is not meant to start fights, or cause a flame war. But, this blog is to open your eyes to why Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are so important to the show, and the fandom. Let's begin shall we?

 

Rainbow Dash: Many call her stuck up, some even call her such words I shall never say but I'm gonna have to disagree with them. Rainbow Dash, represents us as human in such a perfect way it's kinda of shocking once you think about it.

 

She want to be the very best at flying, and her one dream is to fly with the Wonderbolts. Haven't we all wanted to be the very best at something? It might have not been racing but it could have been at art, or building, or maybe even cooking. We all at least once in our life wanted to reach the top and be with our heroes (admit it, you've had one at least once in your life) and just prove to yourself you did it.

 

Which brings me to my next point, insecurity. What?! Rainbow Dash insecure? She seems the most confident in the whole series! That she does, but confident people don't gloat like she does. Something happened to her that makes her want to prove to the rest of Equestria she can do something, she matters. She represents us humans perfectly because we've all wanted to be the best and we've all had out own insecurities at one point or another.

 

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If you guys know me, I love Fluttershy. So you're probably thinking I just threw her in here to try to change your mind about her, well you're wrong. I'm actually gonna be kinda bashing her as we go along.

 

Fluttershy: Many call her a scaredy cat, a wimp, and I'm gonna have to agree on those. She is a scaredy cat, and she does seem to have some wimpy moments here and there. But why do so many people, like myself like her? It's simple actually, she's like all of us. I'll make a bet right now that each one of you who is reading this right now has been scared about doing something or of someone at least once in your life.

 

She does seem to be scared of alot of things in her life, her shadow being one of them. But through out the series we see her coming out of her shell. Doing things she's never done before, and exploring new things. She's even done what her friends couldn't do, fight off a killer dragon This small yellow pony represents us as human so well because we've all had our diffucilty, we've all had our worries and doubts, but we got past it! We've concured our fears and gave them the ol Fluttershy stare and killed them. Fluttershy is us, she's our confidence and out insucurities at the same time.

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No everybody is a party animal like Pinkie, or a book work like Twilight, a fashinesta like Rarity, a working girl/guy like Applejack, but we're all trying to prove outselves and we're all scared. This is why Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are so important.

 

 

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I always thought of Fluttershy as being very brave. Where it's no big deal for most of us to stand up for ourselves and others, she has to overcome a whole heap of fear before even getting to the starting gate. That takes a ton of courage.

 

And I agree with you about Dashie. Underneath all that bravado is a pretty insecure little filly.

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excellent analysis man :) your blog talking about 2 of my favorite ponies drew me in, and your observations turned out to be very thought-provoking.

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If it wasn't for Fluttershy I wouldn't have discovered MLP: FiM.  It was her cuteness what paved the way.  I came for the Flutterbutters and stayed for Ms. Sparklepants. :)

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Great job Flutters! These 2 ponies are my favourite but when i first became a brony it was fluttershy who was my best pony and Rainbow Dash was my last! But then i started liking her and now shes best pony :). Great blog!

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Well they may be just like us, but there's one thing they can do that we can't- fly. :P

 

Seriously though, I agree they are important and relatable, but I find that in the other characters as well: we all want to be smart and can be a little OCD about some things like Twilight, try to love our families and sometimes don't know our limits like Applejack, want to be nice and friendly to people but sometimes people just want us to leave them alone like Pinkie Pie, and we all do our best to be ourselves and be generous but we can get carried away with certain situations like Rarity. In other words, I find all the Mane 6 relatable. :)

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Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are the two most relatable characters, certainly; that's why they're the two most favourited characters of the fans. 

 

However, I don't see how them being relatable has anything to do with importance... 

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