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    She inspires them to get better. though, and likely intends to keep doing so all the way to captain. Yes, characters won't generally take the sensible action that would abort the episode early, partly for obvious reasons but also hopefully for ones which fit their character as well. In this case, I would say that Rainbow Dash would quite reasonablly be uncomfortable rocking the boat with her dream on the line. And I felt she expressed her problems fine in Rainbow Falls, too. Showing that celebrity athletes aren't necessarily nice people is good. RD holding them to their ideal rather than rejecting them is more debatable, but in line with the show's general idealism. I feel that's supposed to be the concept - it could have been shown better, though.
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    Don't forget the written test and year or two in the reserves. Show seemed to go for them being military, but I was never that into that - they're basically a stunt team. And RD is good at stunts, so once she had learned to be a team player it was just a matter of waiting for a spot to open up.
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    It was dragged out for six seasons already - only so slow they could go without it seeming like she was stalled.
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    Er, I don't recall her stopping idolising Rainbow. They had a bit of a falling out in The Washouts, but it was fine by the end.
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    I more or less liked it, or at least didn't dislike it. Definitely flawed in places though. Breaking it down... We start in Season 1 with her just idolising them from a distance - but then receiving opportunities to get closer to them. (And the first glitch in the plot comes here, with the Gala meeting acknowledging parts of Sonic Rainboom but glossing over others.) They seem like nice, cool ponies. Season 2 we probably get the least of them, but the bits we get are OK. Wonderbolts Academy was solid for the most part - Dash got to both learn a lesson and give the complacent system a jolt, and contrasting her with the similar-but-immoral Lightning Dust helped clarify her own more noble nature. Rainbow Falls is, in my eyes, one of the most unfairly maligned episodes in the whole show. Here RD really got to see her heroes off their pedestal, and she made the right choice and inspired them to do the same. You get the feeling that no, the Wonderbolts might not be quite as awesome as they sell themselves - and why should exellence of physical skill cocur with moral excellence? - but with Rainbow Dash's help, maybe they could be. Testing 123 isn't so big with the moral growth, but it is a big tangible step in the arc at least - and the Reserves a good way of giving us progress while stretching things out a bit more. Rarity Investigates lets us actually see her work as a Reserve, and invites us to compare her the other ambitious Mane whose career is also progressing. Unfortunately, it does involve more questionable Wonderbolt behaviour, so one can see why fans might start to wonder if her joining was worthwhile. The arc culminated in Newbie Dash, which was understandably controversial. Not that the promotion came in the teaser and the rest of the episode was about dealing with it - I loved that. But rather, thaty said "dealing with" centered around the contentious topic of hazing, ensuring that some people were not going to like it. Still, I thought it turned out OK in the end. That was pretty much it as far as the arc went. Despite long-time fan speculation that Rainbow could never become a Wonderbolt because it would mean leaving Ponyville, it turned out to be a surprisngly part-time job, serving as an occasional backdrop to Rainbow-focused scenes and even entire episodes like Top Bolt. We never quite see her make captain or even vice-captain, but then those probably are full-time jobs so it's understandable she waits until post-show.
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    Looking at this thread, and particualry this page. it seems that L fronts the acronym for a reason. *cough*malegazeappeal*cough* *cough*nonthreateningtomasculinity*cough* But it is nice to see the growing number of such couples in modern media.
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    Looks like some people are going for the heavily subtexted, but I'll stick to the clear. Perhaps it shows my age, but I like Willow and Tara from Buffy and Haruka and Michiru from Sailor Moon (Yeah, they're both girls.Although Haruka might be almost accidentally written as genderfluid or something.) For other parts of the acronym, we have some more obscure characters. The first gay representative is Oren Pierre Alfonso/Kamen Rider Bravo. Sure, he's totally flaming and never in an actual relationship, but he's also badass (even besides in-show action, he was in the French Foreign Legion) and one of the more reponsible and competent adults in the show (Kamen Rider Gaim). On the flip side, for someone so un-camp his closet didn't open till well into the sequel series (him being kind of young for relationships did help), we have from the Percy Jackson series. As for actual gay couples, they're rarer, at least in stuff I follow... I think there was one in the Tamora Pierce book Bloodhound, but then one of them might have been a trans girl...besides that, nothing off the top of my head, although I don't know if that says something about gay represention in media or just my tastes. Oh wait! - there's possibly Yukito and Touya in Cardcaptor Sakura? At least Yukito definitely loves Touya that way, and Touya loves Yukito enough but I don't know if they ever actually got together per se. Still, it's worth checking out. Bi-wise, several of the above characters have had opposite-sex partners at various points. But for an iconic example, Captain Jack Harkness from the rather queer Doctor Who revival. (Seen here in his recent surprise return, which I only just found out about.) And as for trans characters... also a bit rare. Fish Eye from Sailor Moon SuperS might be an example, but I don't quite understand the way the Japanese twine gay, trans and crossdressing tropes around each other to tell for sure. (And in any case, a soul-raping villain might not be the best example.) I do also have some fond memories of Alexis Meade (formerly Alex) from Ugly Betty. (She was kind of a terrible person, but so were half the rest of them and we still loved them for it.) In any case, thanks for asking - just racking my brain for these has been informative. I'm sure I'm probably forgetting some, but what can you do? Here's to more amazing characters from outside the cishet boundary in the future!
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    She became a reserve late in Season 4, actually.
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    No, keeping it simple is best. After all, the audince is young - for many of them this will be their first real exposure to a lot of classical mythical beasts. And even those of us who know the more common sorts probablly discovered a few new ones through the show.
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    And if there were adult wingless dragons in the show, it would seem more likely.
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    We may not know, but we can weigh up the evidence. If all other dragons have wings, and we don't see any other dragons as young as him, then it seems rather obvious that he'll grow into them, like a pony and their cutie mark. The only thing that confuses that is that we see him artificially grown a couple of times without them.
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    That's only because we mostly look up at it from Ponyville.
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    Did we see any other wingless dragons in the whole show?
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    I agree that it was delaued a bit far, but not that it shouldn't have come after he matured. He was quite mature to begin with, after all, and most o his issues related to his draconic nature. Once he had established a better relationship with dragonkind seems like a good time for him to reach a new stage. But theu couldn't change his design with the movie coming. Still, given how long dragon's live it won't hurt him to wait a bit - and show-wise he still got a season and a half out of them.
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    I disagree - just like it was arguablu too earlu for Twilightt to become an alicorn, and how Rainbow shouldn't have become a Wonderbolt in Season 3. Winged Spike feels more like an upgrade after seeing wingless Spike for several seasons.
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    I don't know about favourite, but one place I probably like more than other people is Stratusburg, just because it leaves so much to the imgination.
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    Honestlu, every time the place was brought up it was less impressive than the last - likelu because less was left to the imagination.
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    She can be fun to watch if you don't have vo actuallu live with her. Of those who do, only Starlight can really put up with her and she's done worse. But being friends has been good for both of them as well as producing some of mi favourite episodes - a duo so much more screwed up then the Mane 6 are allowed to be.
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    I think she still acts like herself a lot of the time, but her nerdy side is less emphasised compared to her OCD . Might be intrestig to see an analisis..
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    It's true, though,that she never quite became a frienship natural - it's a learned art for her, which is probablu where she got the idea it could be taught.
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    Even so, that still leaves the whole cast he can talk too, as well as nonspeaking interaions. Plus, he had his own unboxing channel. He's main, but not as main as, say, Pinkie. And being a dog doesn't stop the writers including him if they want too. I'm not saying a human Spike would have been entirlu unintersting - but I prefer the dog. Almost anihing the human could do would work as well of better in FIM. Really, the issue isn't his species so much as the writers not being interested in using him.
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    Except that no-one in Canterlot seems to care much, just like they don't about girls sprouting pony ears and wings. And he can interact in other ways than talking. Becasue Dragon Spike was never randomlu present/absent according to writer whim. He's not as core cast as the rest of them - deal with it. He'd make a boring human. All of them can do human things - all he'd have is boy things, and for that I'd rather bring Flash into the group.But what's a group of magical girls without their talking animal mascot?
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    I din't know any such thing. Heck, Smoulder might be an adult bi dragon standards - that seems to corellate with the molt, and she's clearly had hers. Given dragon ages, she could be in her 40s or 50s and still effectivlu be a teenager. If anithig, rather than stunting him, I'd say that being raised bi ponies has made Spike grow up faster - he can't be more than eleven or so at the start of the show, but there's no discussion of him going to school, and that's with Twilight "i'd live there if I could" Sparkle as a guardian.
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    On a temp basis - like how Cilan was sort of a male Grass Gim Leader until we got a real one. We can worry about filling them out "properly" when all combinations have been had.
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    I don't think Spike ever reallu saw himself as a crippled dragon - just a social outcast. We have one flightless kid already - another would be redundant. And I'm confused bi uour confusion - can you please clarify how you know Smoulder's age? Whi then? You say restricted - I say cool. In fact, it gives him acess to much more unique stories than vhe other chacters.
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