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Obligatory RD/Rarity

I want a sister episode where the fillies spend some time with someone else's sister. Rainbow and Sweetie, AJ and Scoots, Rarity with Apple Bloom sounds like a nice way to do it. Not completely sure how it would go, but it sounds like a good way to get some interactions we haven't seen yet and to shed more light on what these characters think of sisterhood as.

Celestia and anypony. A slice of life Celestia episode would be sweet. Because of personal preference, I'm thinking Rainbow Dash . She could do with some guidance and a good role model, and it'd be interesting to see if Celestia's learned anything from dealing with the last self-centered person she had to mentor.

Not saying that Dash is remotely comparable to Sunset Shimmer, or that the show'd be likely to mention her by name, but it could add some interesting undertones.

I want more Spike in general. Give me Spike and Fluttershy, Spike and Rainbow Dash, Spike and Scootaloo,all of these sound like they have potential.

I had a lot of fun with this movie. Feels like it's been a while since I had a dose of anything Sci-Fi, so it was a nice breath of fresh air. The characters were entertaining (Rocket and Quill in particular) and it was even better to see all those guys get closer together and become something of a family, in spite of some initial differences . Visuals were super too, and I thought the music did just fine in establishing the tone of the movie. I'll throw out the common complaint about the villains not being interesting enough, though I had more of a problem with Gamora's sister than Ronan , but I felt the main cast carried the film just fine. I'd love to see some more of these guys

Adding sweaters to the list of clothes I want to see in the show. Rainbow Dash is a tough horse, but I'm sure her cloud house would get mighty chilly in the winter

Having an alicorn in the Mane 6 would SUCK. He/She would get ALL the attention having magic and flight.

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

The only only only way I'd accept a Mane 7 is if it's a one-off episode where some new pony to Ponyville is a diehard fan of the Mane 6 from hearing about their battles with Nightmare Moon and Discord where this diehard fan tries too hard to add herself to the group and the Mane 6 tries not to be mean and can't reject her. Then one of them goes overboard and tells the fan to get out and stay away, hurting the fan's feelings, they see how it was mean, apologize, then send dat letter to Princess Celestia. But that's the only circumstance and it's only for 1 episode.

They totally did this in Community with Jack Black

Most likely. Or we can have it be Pinkie Pie for the surprise and lolz since everyone will be suspecting Rainbow. Maybe if the fan is trying to take over Pinkie's place as top party host.

whoa Pinkie Pride kinda

To answer the thread's question, I wouldn't object terribly hard to Sunset Shimmer joining the cast, but I'm assuming she'll have that Equestria Academy thing to become more flushed out anyway. If they need new character interactions and somebody else to focus on, I'd sooner they just paid a little more attention to Spike.

1: Rainbow Dash

2: Applejack

3: Pinkie Pie and Spike

4: Rarity and Scootaloo

Four slots, six characters, but still five ponies. Spike, AJ and Scoots all grew on me when I rewatched a few seasons earlier this summer.

Hiya @Blazen Flame, , and , just letting you know that I've merged your threads with a pinned one that we have for talking about our favorite characters and why we like them so much . My favorite's always been Rainbow Dash. I enjoy her feisty and goofy personality, for one, but that's just the beginning. I also love all the conflicts that she has to go through. She's a character who dreams big, but cares about her integrity and doing the right thing even more than any of her fantasies of glory and success. She's an egotistical pony who wants to be the best, but she's also a pony who's very afraid of not being good enough. She's very self-centered, but her element is all about dedication to others and she's more than willing to rise to the occasion.

She's had some damn good character development without losing anything that made her appealing in the first place too, and I'm looking forward to seeing it continue

Ooh, I'm playing through this right now . I've finished three of the routes so far, and am currently partway through Rin's. As for the questions

Who was/are your favourite girl(s) that you could have a path with? (Character-wise.)

Shizune for the time being. She's spirited, funny and a genuinely nice person even if she might have some trouble getting along with people. That said though, I sure do like Rin and it's very possible that she'll take this spot when I'm done with her route.

Who was/are your favourite girl(s) that you could have a path with? (Story-wise.)

Hanako's route was pretty cool, even if she doesn't appeal to me as much as some of the other characters. It had some great character moments from her, Lilly, and even Misha and Shizune. Very pleasant surprise, especially since I was expecting Shizune to come off as a lot more bitchy in other characters' routes. I really liked the message too, though I could say the same for Emi and Shizune's routes.

Should there be a Misha or Kenjo arc?

I put "Maybe, if they handled them right". Misha's an amazing character who I relate to more than most people in this game, but I'm not sure if there'd be much to do that wasn't already covered in Shizune's story . As for Kenji, shrug. He's a terrific and hilarious character. If somebody could make a more serious arc featuring him, I'd be sure to give it a go.

I'm really impressed by most everything, the art, the writing, the characters, the music, it's been a treat to play. All the more impressive considering that it was an independent project. It's pretty incredible, knowing that a bunch of random people took an idea and a few sketches and turned them into such a powerful story (or stories )

It's fake. As I said in your previous two threads, there's no cause for alarm or room for discussion here.

Applejack isn't going anywhere and nothing official's ever suggested otherwise

Applejack's gonna kick trees, take names and grow as a character in Season 5. It'll be pretty sweet. Locking the thread, seeing as how rumors of her demise have been greatly exaggerated.

I think I'd prefer a sad song to a happy song.

I'd like a sad song too, but I'll be happy with most anything at this point.

Still the best gala outfit because you can't beat that edible necklace

My younger siblings are fraternal twins. They really tended to piss one another off when they were younger, but now they seem to appreciate having someone the same age to spend time with. I remember really wanting a brother or a sister, and being surprised to hear both were on the way . House got a lot louder, for sure

Omigosh little Dashie with her soccer ball . I bet the bandage is from having to move the ball with her head and all, since it doesn't look like filly legs would be very helpful for kicking. Come to think, pony legs bend the wrong way anyway

Lightning Dust coming back would make me squee like a filly. She contrasts with Rainbow Dash in too many interesting ways to be benched after only one episode, and the ending of Wonderbolt Academy made her future very open-ended. Does she resent Rainbow Dash and/or the Wonderbolts for getting between her and her dream? Is her goal of being a Wonderbolt really out of reach for her? What does a pony who chases their dreams with such relentless, even cold-blooded, determination do when that dream is suddenly snatched away? I wanna know . I want Rainbow Dash to be disgusted by her, but also help her grow as a person because she sees something of herself in Lightning. I want a lot of things

On a lesser level, Cheese Sandwich, Trixie and Coco Pommel would be pretty sweet too. Also Gilda, but I'd prefer a flashback episode for her.

Video editing would be pretty cool. It's something I've been passively interested in for a long time and I'm only just starting to get into it now. Hopefully I'll stick with it and it'll get easier. Kinda annoying to have a good idea floating around in your head and being unable to get it out, and that'll hopefully happen less often.

Tennis would be nice too, though I'm not in full I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST mode like I used to be. Nowadays I feel like it's one step forward, one step back a lot of the time. I need to get in better shape and learn to serve

Cooking too, I suppose. Hardly do it at all, and rarely get good results when I do (I feel an immense sense of pride when I don't burn scrambled eggs, for example ), but it's something find really relaxing and enjoyable.

Chilly Dashie in a scarf is exactly what the doctor ordered . I like scarves, and I hope Rainbow wears one in a future winter episode.

(When needed, as seen in 'Hurricane FlutterShy

Now, see, I'd call this another example that she's changed for the better since the beginning of Season 2. More times where she's been kind and supportive only seems to back up the fact that she's been growing up a lot recently, and in some very good ways . I get that you want more, and I do too, but Rainbow Dash's attitude is changing for the better even if she's not as sensitive or humble as you might want her to be.

That tells me that RainbowDash's attitude still hadn't changed, and probably never will. Just because RainbowDash is trying to help Scootaloo, that doesn't make her that less arrogant or rude, because she STILL acts the same way.

Scootaloo: But flying's what Pegasus ponies are supposed to do! You flew when you carried the flag in the games!

Rainbow Dash: But that was me! You're you! And it just doesn't matter if you can fly or not. Your routine was amazing 'cause it represented exactly what makes Ponyville special. You do still know what that is, right?

Sweetie Belle: Friendship.

Apple Bloom: Three kinds of ponies livin' together as friends. Just like us. Earth ponies...

Sweetie Belle: ...unicorns...

Scootaloo: ...and Pegasi. But Rainbow Dash... what if... what if my wings never grow? What if I never fly?

Rainbow Dash: Listen, Scootaloo. Maybe you'll fly someday, or maybe you won't. You're all kinds of awesome anyway. Who's the toughest little pony in town?

All that arrogance and rudeness though. Nobody's saying that Rainbow Dash is perfect or that she's going to be an amazingly selfless and humble horse overnight (that'd be boring, after all  -_-), but she's definitely moving in the right direction.

Twilight Sparkle, mostly because I want her to do do less in big time two part episodes/movies and deal with more day-to-day anxious nerd problems. Or managing conflicts between people and having to make difficult princess decisions, and doing it in her dorky Twilight way.  I loved Twilight in Testing Testing 1, 2, 3, but I felt like I hadn't been able to connect with her that way in a long time. I even remember thinking to myself "Twily, you're back :D"

Basically, less Fate of Equestria problems, more Twilight problems. That would make me a happeh boy

Am I the only one who noticed that a lot of Trixie fans find Dash's ego grating? This is at least the 4th person who considers themselves to be a fan of Trixie that I've seen think that way about RD, myself included

Funny enough, I'm kind of the opposite way. @Stellafera made a good post earlier that sums up my thoughts on Dash's ego very well.

 

the tl:dr version of why I disagree with you

 

 

 

Rainbow Dash is certainly talented in athletics. She can very honestly be confident in that. Which is wonderful, because it makes a great cover for her insecurity and general lack of actual self confidence.
 

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It wasn't said outright, but I say that what was in the brackets is pretty heavily implied. But, you know, those bullies didn't get to her nearly as bad as Fluttershy, right?
 

 

 
But that's before her character development. No biggie!

 

Oh.

 

I find Rainbow Dash's brashness interesting because she's faking it nearly as much as Trixie. She does have so much to be proud of, she really does. She's saved her friends' lives, she inspired all of them to find their passions, she achieved a feat of flight many thought impossible! But it's hard for her to see that. She only thinks that she's awesome if others tell her she is, because she doesn't think of herself as an inherently awesome person. 

 

Obligatory Mare Do Well reference. HAHA ARROGANT DASH

 

oh wait she wants to know because she bases her self worth upon your answer

she also bases her self worth on something as superficial as her mane

because that's how shallow her confidence is in Season 2

haha

 

I mean, if she really thought she was all that, why was she so self-effacing at the start of that episode? Why does she spend most of Wonderbolts Academy downplaying her concern about Lightning Dust out of a misplaced sense of humility? Why did the entire third act of Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 happen? Why did the entire episode of Sonic Rainboom happen?

 

Rainbow Dash was a failure academically, and told that she was a failure by her peers. She's desperate not to be, but she's not entirely sold that she isn't. So she's got to be cool. Because cool ponies aren't failures. 

 

Or, in the words of the person who made that picture above on Rainbow Dash:

 

I'm not scared of anything.

I'm too awesome to be scared.

What's there to be scared of, anyway? 

Nothing, except for...failure.

I'm scared of being humiliated.

I don't want to be a failure.

 

 

Overall, I think Dash has a comparable problem with a lack of self-confidence than she does with arrogance and self-centeredness, as strange as it might sound. I get the sense that when she's saying she's awesome/the best/the fastest/(insert Rainbow boast here), she's trying to convince herself as much as anypony else. She's crumbled into a pathetic, nervous, desperate, defeated wreck too many times under pressure for me to say that her problem is as simple as being overconfident. I find the whole dynamic to be really interesting. And to Rainbow's credit, she's been showing a lot more of her caring, mature and kind side in recent seasons as opposed to the arrogant one. Yay growth

Whereas with Trixie, showmareship aside, she seemed to be enjoying what she did to Applejack, Dash and Rarity a little too much, and that rubbed me the wrong way. Which isn't to say that those three were faultless angels in that episode, but Trixie's behavior in that scene reminded me a bit of Dash in Fall Weather Friends. That being one of the times where I found Dash's attitude particularly grating instead of enjoying it for the cute bluster that it is. Dash's had some terrific character development that washed the taste of that episode out of my mouth a long time ago, though, and Trixie hasn't been as lucky.

To clarify, I'm more neutral on Trixie than anything and I'm sure I'd like her more if she got more screentime. Kathleen Barr has an amazing voice and I'm all about ham, which Trixie can produce in spades . I also think it's unfair of me to be hung up on one little thing that happened so long ago, especially since it tends to irritate me when others to that to Rainbow Dash , but I thought I'd throw it out since the subject came up.

Twilight-Spellbooks of course. Helps that they're pretty combo-y and take a bit of thought to pilot.

Applejack-Geargia. Thematically, something with Plants would be far better of course, but this deck is Applejack. Consistent, reliable, strong, and it's still Earth.

Pinkie Pie-Madolche. Though she might switch to something else after she discovers just how much Tiaramasu can piss people off

Rainbow Dash- Elemental Hero. Shiny, colorful, flashy, heroic, fun, seems like something she'd go for.

Fluttershy- Stall/Final Countdown. Disliker of confrontation that she is, Fluttershy doesn't like playing in a way where she has to destroy things or battle. She also doesn't understand that this is one of the meanest and most rage-inducing ways to play the game

Rarity- Crystal Beasts. Cause shiny. Suppose she could come up with some creative OTK that would suit her just as well.

Spike- annihilates everyone with Dragon Rulers . Who'd have thought a child could be good at a children's card game?

Celestia-Lightsworn, duh. She has a card named after her for pony's sake.

Luna-Constellars? I feel like there's something better that I'm not thinking of. All I know is that she throws big royal tantrums when Celly sacks her with Judgment Dragon. Trollestia indeed.

Tirek: definitely skill drain

 

Mare Do Well (even though technically RD's friends): Masked heroes

Ooh, I like these . The Mare Do Well thing in particular too if Dash is playing regular Heroes. Kinda a smack in the face to use the more modern and competitive version of what she plays .

Oh and one lovely sleepy Dash:

Sleepy Dashie is always lovely

I like to imagine her smacking her annoying magic alarm and hiding under a big pile of clouds and sheets

~Chaotic Discord~

This member is a big Pinkie Pie fan from the UK

Still think RD had one of the best Power Ponies costumes

It's definitely grown on me over time. She pulls it off nicely.

Omg why you never show me this hnng

I can give you the guy's Tumblr later . In the meantime, have another human Dashie

The Rebels were struggling enough as is, but when Dash joined the fray, several of their top commanders were quickly corralled up and dropped off for large sums of money. Dash used it to pay back her Wonderbolts Academy student debt, but quickly realized that the freedom of traveling the galaxy hunting down the ultimate prey was much more of a rush for an adrenaline junkie like herself. As the Empire flourished with their new ultimate bounty duo, new contracts came in at an almost constant rate, and Dashie Fett Bounties LLC became a household name with it's own reality TV series and action figures.

And the Millennium Falcon was suddenly stripped of its place as the fastest thing in the universe~

Found a nice picture of what looks like a runner Rainbow Dash on Tumblr

The thread here seems to overlap with this one nicely. If anyone is interested in speculating or sharing their own opinions politely, they can do it there.

Also, @CSlayer1064, please calm down. Blowing up at people over something so little as giving a reason why one might not like a pony is a massive overreaction, and accomplishes nothing. Some people aren't going to like Dash because her flaws are very in-your-face and more apparent than most characters in the show, and many are unwilling to look past them and see her good heart and fantastic character development. It can be frustrating, for sure, but it's only an opinion. You'd be better off calmly explaining why you disagree than being all sarcastic, threatening to leave the fandom, or anything like that.