Espelancer

No! Green hair! Not green hair! Such an awful, awful color!

Well, Scootaloo is a filly, so I would have to say no. My ideal match in a girlfriend is not a child, after all.

Considering the premiere episodes of both season one and two involved the Elements of Harmony, I think that the third season will begin on the same premise. Perhaps some villain tries to steal the power of the Elements themselves, and the Mane 6 by themselves cannot stop said villain. However, they soon discover that by living out their element in their daily lives, they pass their element off to everypony around them. Collectively, many ponies are able to band together, amplifying the power of each Element exponentially and overcoming energy stolen from the original Elements. Or maybe it will just be another CMC episode. Who knows?

Old enough to have actually met Starsquirrel the Bearded.

I find it highly difficult to believe Applejack would foster any ill feelings towards either one of her parents, or really anyone for that matter. Applejack isn't really the type to hold grudges for very long. She may have had her differences with Rarity during the sleepover episode, and she was extremely upset with Apple Bloom in Ponyville Confidential, but she was able to accept her differences with Rarity and was eventually forgiving for her little sister. It seems that one of her parents comes from the Orange family, so would have been born into a significant amount of wealth; it is quite possible that the Orange family is in the upper echelons of a large corporation. These executive types tend to live for their work, and also travel frequently on business trips. Perhaps the Orange spouse met the Apple spouse on a business trip to Ponyville, they became involved romantically, and eventually eloped and had 3 foals. I would further speculate that given traditional familial roles, Applejack's father was the Orange, so Applejack's mother would possibly move in with her new husband and travel with him whenever possible, perhaps even working together as partners. (Of course, in a world where males are outnumbered by females 10 to 1, perhaps this should be reversed.) Realizing that life on the road is not a conducive environment to raise children in, Applejack's mother sent Big Macintosh, Applejack, and later Apple Bloom to live on the farm with Granny Smith, and they would later help in running the Apple side of the business on the farm. I think that Applejack and her siblings love their parents very much, and at the very least their mother loves them back, however it is clear that their parents have other priorities that come before their children, such as expanding their business. This happens in the real world as well -- some parents believe that being a good parent means advancing their careers in order to be a better caretaker, and somewhere along the way their career becomes the number one priority. If this is the case, the Apple siblings are actually quite fortunate that they were able to live with someone who can give them the time and dedication they needed in order to grow up and lead healthy lives, rather than being forced to move from place to place with parents that could not make the time for them.

I think that Fluttershy is afraid to express how she truly feels, mostly out of fear of being judged by others. The result is that she is constantly repressing her own emotions. However, Fluttershy often reaches a breaking point and we see her built up emotions completely burst out, whether positively or negatively. This is especially true in things that she is most passionate about. When she does finally snap, she becomes completely fixated on one thing, and when she is showing negative emotion, tends to take things entirely too far. Some examples: In the first episode, Fluttershy is afraid to introduce herself to Twilight, however she becomes extremely excited when she has the opportunity to meet a talking baby dragon. She becomes so excited, in fact, that she completely forgets that Twilight is somepony she does not know and it allows them to become friends.In Sonic Rainboom, when Fluttershy tries to meet Rainbow Dash's expectations to cheer her on, her performance is rather meek. It's not that she doesn't want to support Rainbow Dash; I think she is afraid of what her friends (or even worse, bystanders) would think if she stood out as being too excited. However, when Rainbow Dash finally does succeed in performing her Sonic Rainboom, the joy she feels for her friend's accomplishment overcomes her shyness, and Fluttershy's cheers resonate throughout Cloudsdale Coliseum. She becomes so excited for RD, in fact, that she completely forgets that Rarity is falling to her death.At the gala, we see Fluttershy's frustration build up to a breaking point, as you mentioned. Obviously, caring for animals is her purpose in life, and the one thing that she is the most passionate about, so failing that would probably be the hardest thing for Fluttershy to deal with. I think Fluttershy has come to accept her shortcomings in her early life over time, as it takes an incredible amount of inner strength to maintain a kind and considerate attitude towards others (most of the time), even when she is being given a hard time, so it is no wonder that when she fails to woo the animals in the garden -- something that she is supposed to be good at -- her frustration builds and she becomes, well, a monster. I think her tough childhood caused her to repress her emotions whenever possible, but I think her snapping is the result of pent up feelings from the last instance that she expressed herself moreso than a life of pent up emotion -- she operates on a cycle so to speak.Obviously we have the assertiveness training given by Iron Will in season 2, where we see Fluttershy at her worst. We know from Sonic Rainboom that she has always wanted to be more assertive, and I think that is one of the reasons why she looks up to Rainbow Dash as one of her closest friends. In this instance, we see Fluttershy seeking outside help to deal with problems in her personal life, and as always, she takes things much too far. At first, she is excited that she is able to stand up to the gardener when he is overwatering her flowers. This excitement translates into confidence, and since she is so completely fixated on her assertive training, she thinks of nothing else. Her assertiveness soon turns into downright aggressiveness, and finally culminates in Fluttershy sending Rarity and Pinkie Pie crying. I don't think that she really meant what she said at all, but I think there is more to it than just a life of pent up anger. I think that it has been a long time since Fluttershy's emotions truly came out, and with the help of Iron Will, they came out in the most negative way possible.In Hurricane Fluttershy, we again see how fixated Fluttershy becomes when she finally does let loose. The entire episode, she was afraid of being judged by other ponies, but since Rainbow Dash is her best friend, she tries her hardest anyways. Once again, we see Fluttershy trying to tackle a personal problem head-on, and once again there are no other ponies involved in helping her face her fears. Although she comes up short in her training, she finds the inner courage to help out on the day that matters. Even though she is terrified of what the other ponies might think of her flying ability, she completely forgets about all of that and becomes completely fixated on trying her best, whether it is for Rainbow Dash who believes in her or for herself. She becomes so fixated, in fact, that she forgets to stop when the hurricane is all over.

I just hope it doesn't end like this:

It will end by flashing forward to the future, where Granny Pinkie Pie is telling a story to all of her grandchildren. "And that is how Equestria was made." I just want to point out that The Powerpuff Girls ran strong for 7 years across 6 seasons.

Definitely Rarity, although I've always thought that Applejack's element should have been Loyalty and that Rainbow Dash should have been Honesty. Rainbow Dash is honest to the point of being completely tactless at times. Applejack's only disloyal moment was in The Last Roundup, and even then she wanted to return. In fact, that entire episode was about her trying to cover up the truth about her performance at the rodeo.