The Most Attractive Pony Tournament 2015! - Rarity is our Magic Bowl champion!

[Intenzifier 1,103]

Keep the spirit of generosity alive and give your votes to Rarity, I'm still behind you 100% Rarity.

[Po-Nonimous 583]

Ahead by 6 votes? Don't count on it.

 

It's only six votes. That could change in the blink of an eye. Besides, it's still early. All of the older Luna fans haven't gotten home from work yet. Let's see what happens when they weigh in on this. (You might have good reason to worry.)

[Lisa 5,553]

Rarity is a fashionista, she deserves to win this tournament simply for her devotion to fabulosity.  :grin2:

 

Anyway, here's a Powerpuff Girls-style Rarity.

 

[Po-Nonimous 583]

Rarity is a fashionista, she deserves to win this tournament simply for her devotion to fabulosity.  :grin2:

 

Anyway, here's a Powerpuff Girls-style Rarity.

 

 

Being a fashionista and being fabulous isn't the same as being truly attractive and beautiful. It's whats inside a person, their character, that makes them attractive or not. Sure! Rarity has an absolutely wonderful personality, being kind and generous the way she is but saying she should win just because she's fabulous and a fashionista just isn't enough. If you'd met some of the designers I have you'd change your mind pretty quick. Some are brilliant designers but their personalities are so bad and ugly they're not worth even a second thought.

[Lisa 5,553]

Being a fashionista and being fabulous isn't the same as being truly attractive and beautiful. It's whats inside a person, their character, that makes them attractive or not. Sure! Rarity has an absolutely wonderful personality, being kind and generous the way she is but saying she should win just because she's fabulous and a fashionista just isn't enough. If you'd met some of the designers I have you'd change your mind pretty quick. Some are brilliant designers but their personalities are so bad and ugly they're not worth even a second thought.

 

K.

What I mean is, she surrounds herself around fashion and beauty, in the show she's seen as the epitome of generosity and fabulosity. I find it fitting if she'd win this tournament.

Edited February 7, 2015 by Flitter

[Po-Nonimous 583]

K.

What I mean is, she surrounds herself around fashion and beauty, in the show she's seen as the epitome of generosity and fabulosity. I find it fitting if she'd win this tournament.

 

Those are all fair and excellent points but in comparison Luna's certainly come a lot further in terms of personalitity transformation. Like I said, earlier, she's gong from being a socially awkward, incapable being (not to mention terrifying to most) to a graceful, charming, socially well skilled and adept individual who truly does love her subjects and displays openly so, on that basis, she more than deserves to win.

Ahead by 6 votes? Don't count on it.

 

Starts sweating. Luna's moved up by one vote. The margin is narrowing.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Being a fashionista and being fabulous isn't the same as being truly attractive and beautiful. It's whats inside a person, their character, that makes them attractive or not. Sure! Rarity has an absolutely wonderful personality, being kind and generous the way she is but saying she should win just because she's fabulous and a fashionista just isn't enough. If you'd met some of the designers I have you'd change your mind pretty quick. Some are brilliant designers but their personalities are so bad and ugly they're not worth even a second thought.

Of course, Rarity has displayed numerous times that she's a subversion of the trope that most fashionistas get stereotyped as, so there is really no comparison there whatsoever

 

She was even created as such - a subversion of that stereotype. Rarity has an incredibly interesting creation back story.

 

Hasbro wanted Faust to make a pony who was obsessed with beauty and fashion and whatnot - something typical and expected of a little girls show. Of course, one of the things Lauren had in mind when conceiving these characters was that she wanted them to be strong characters and not the sissy little tea time characters seen in previous iterations. Thus, Faust created Rarity - a fashion pony who wasn't a consumer, but was a producer who was meant to defy every stereotype associated with her career and general character type. A pony who was giving instead of greedy, a pony who was girly but strong and able to take care of herself and run her own business, and a pony who was outstandingly beautiful yet kind and sweet to all those around her

 

Speaking of outstanding physical beauty, that's the inital reason they had Spike become infatuated with Rarity - to prove that she was exceptionally beautiful, even in comparison to her friends, only to show that she wasn't shallow and not like what people expected her to be at all

 

You can vote for whoever you want to and root for whoever you want to, but I must say that my vote is going to go to the pony with outstanding physical beauty as well as outstanding inner beauty 

[Brock Obama 298]

Go Luna! Everyone will know how good she looks in armor!

[Plato's Pony 455]

Is anyone else getting this weird glitch?

 

 

 

[Dolphanatic 298]

Come on, everypony! A vote for Rarity is a vote to preserve the unicorn race from the corporate overlords! We already lost the best one (you know what I'm talking about)! We will not lose any more! Having a horn and no wings should not be something that makes a anypony inferior! I know I'm proudly showing my unicorn appreciation!

 

Also, more pics.

 

 

but that Rarity though...

 

Yeah... very persuasive.

Or should I say cliché?

Friend, do you really call that a plot?

*ahem*

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I certainly do.

 

 

 

 

 

Even in a deadly battle, nothing can stop Rarity from being fabulous!

 

[Guest]

@The JLmle, 

 

Your presence made my day. :grin2: 

 

@Pinkamena-Pills

 

Both of you in a poll ... this feels like Summer 2014. The nostalgia flows through me. Thanks P-P ...

 

I know right? Feels like the World Cup all over again

 

And I'm delighted to see Rarity has taken the lead again! Go Wawity

[Bird Mom 900]

EEP! Everything is so suspenseful... I might have a heart attack.. 

 

But I'll keep cheering Rarity on, even if she doesn't win, she will always be the most generous, fabulous, and most definitely most attractive, at least in my mind. GO RARITY!

 

Edited February 7, 2015 by QueenRarity

[Intenzifier 1,103]

Glad to see Rarity still out front with no internet last night I wasn't able to be hear to cheer her on but I am now, most attractive pony is a title made for you so lets give her a helping hoof and help her win!

 

 

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Maybe I should add Adagio and those girls to the contest next time

[Po-Nonimous 583]

Of course, Rarity has displayed numerous times that she's a subversion of the trope that most fashionistas get stereotyped as, so there is really no comparison there whatsoever

 

She was even created as such - a subversion of that stereotype. Rarity has an incredibly interesting creation back story.

 

Hasbro wanted Faust to make a pony who was obsessed with beauty and fashion and whatnot - something typical and expected of a little girls show. Of course, one of the things Lauren had in mind when conceiving these characters was that she wanted them to be strong characters and not the sissy little tea time characters seen in previous iterations. Thus, Faust created Rarity - a fashion pony who wasn't a consumer, but was a producer who was meant to defy every stereotype associated with her career and general character type. A pony who was giving instead of greedy, a pony who was girly but strong and able to take care of herself and run her own business, and a pony who was outstandingly beautiful yet kind and sweet to all those around her

 

Speaking of outstanding physical beauty, that's the inital reason they had Spike become infatuated with Rarity - to prove that she was exceptionally beautiful, even in comparison to her friends, only to show that she wasn't shallow and not like what people expected her to be at all

 

You can vote for whoever you want to and root for whoever you want to, but I must say that my vote is going to go to the pony with outstanding physical beauty as well as outstanding inner beauty 

 

Those are all excellent points and, ironically, I couldn't agree with you more about Faust's reasons behind Rarity's creation and the final manifestation and presentation of that character. That's why I am a casual Rarity fan. Not for her being a fashionista or because she's exceptionally beautiful but because she's the kind of pony that, even if she were to lose to Luna, would be honestly happy for Luna's success and hug her with pleasure.

 

Still, I maintain my position that Luna is a drastically underrated character and does deserve to be shown more in episodes which feature and point out her own personal growth as both a person and as a potential leader of Equestria. After all, if anything ever did happen to Celestia then Luna would be the next logical choice as ruler. I mean, as well meaning as Twilight is would you really want her ruling Equestria? As much as I like Twi I wouldn't want to see that happen. Besides, I think Luna winning would be a nice way for the fandom to show some real love for this character.

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

Voted for Rarity just because she's got it going on, nothing to do with Jeric's promise.

 

 

But it's still pretty close. This one is pretty suspenseful... mostly because of what it'll mean for Jeric if Rarity wins. I'll buy you a drink at BABSCon. Not much consolation, I know, but you deserve something. xD

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Those are all excellent points and, ironically, I couldn't agree with you more about Faust's reasons behind Rarity's creation and the final manifestation and presentation of that character. That's why I am a casual Rarity fan. Not for her being a fashionista or because she's exceptionally beautiful but because she's the kind of pony that, even if she were to lose to Luna, would be honestly happy for Luna's success and hug her with pleasure.

 

Still, I maintain my position that Luna is a drastically underrated character and does deserve to be shown more in episodes which feature and point out her own personal growth as both a person and as a potential leader of Equestria. After all, if anything ever did happen to Celestia then Luna would be the next logical choice as ruler. I mean, as well meaning as Twilight is would you really want her ruling Equestria? As much as I like Twi I wouldn't want to see that happen. Besides, I think Luna winning would be a nice way for the fandom to show some real love for this character.

Drastically underrated...? ._.

 

On many sites, Luna is more popular than some of the mane 6 members. Toss the slew of artwork and fancreations surrounding her, I don't think Luna can qualify as underrated

 

On side, I'm not calling her overrated, but Luna makes a case for being in the top 5 most popular ponies in the show, and I have trouble saying that'd underrated

[Lisa 5,553]

Those are all excellent points and, ironically, I couldn't agree with you more about Faust's reasons behind Rarity's creation and the final manifestation and presentation of that character. That's why I am a casual Rarity fan. Not for her being a fashionista or because she's exceptionally beautiful but because she's the kind of pony that, even if she were to lose to Luna, would be honestly happy for Luna's success and hug her with pleasure.

 

Still, I maintain my position that Luna is a drastically underrated character and does deserve to be shown more in episodes which feature and point out her own personal growth as both a person and as a potential leader of Equestria. After all, if anything ever did happen to Celestia then Luna would be the next logical choice as ruler. I mean, as well meaning as Twilight is would you really want her ruling Equestria? As much as I like Twi I wouldn't want to see that happen. Besides, I think Luna winning would be a nice way for the fandom to show some real love for this character.

 

lolwat

 

Luna is far from underrated. She's loved by a lot of people. Just go on deviantArt and look at the tonnes of fanart featuring her.

[Po-Nonimous 583]

K.

What I mean is, she surrounds herself around fashion and beauty, in the show she's seen as the epitome of generosity and fabulosity. I find it fitting if she'd win this tournament.

 

Of course! Excellent points. Still, unlike Luna, she can't enter into a person's dreams to rescue them from a particularly horrible nightmare. That ability has to count for something.

lolwat

 

Luna is far from underrated. She's loved by a lot of people. Just go on deviantArt and look at the tonnes of fanart featuring her.

 

Just to clarify, I was speaking of the show's producers estimation of her, not the estimation of the fandom.

[Lisa 5,553]

Just to clarify, I was speaking of the show's producers estimation of her, not the estimation of the fandom.

 

But how does Luna's 'producer underrated-ness' make her more eligible for 1st place in this tournament?

[Po-Nonimous 583]

On a side note: I wonder if we could talk Lauren Faust into talking Hasbro Studios into producing a strictly fan-created episode? Just getting them to respond should be challenge enough to make it interesting, don't you think?

But how does Luna's 'producer underrated-ness' make her more eligible for 1st place in this tournament?

 

Because look at all the episodes that Rarity's in! Being part of the Mane Six she does have an inordinate advantage in terms of episode exposure compared to Luna or even Celestia so that disproportionate exposure ratio is going to have some bearing on the fandom and who they tend to like more: Rarity or Luna. I think if Luna got a lot more episodes that showed her character and personality to the extent that Rarity has enjoyed then I think you'd see the Luna fandom explode! That being the case she'd likely have a much greater chance of winning in a competition like this.

 

But, the show's producers will do what they want according to their whims and what they think will sell the most toys and merch. Unfortunately, that last part is always the deciding factor in any franchise, including this one.

[Lisa 5,553]

Because look at all the episodes that Rarity's in! Being part of the Mane Six she does have an inordinate advantage in terms of episode exposure compared to Luna or even Celestia so that disproportionate exposure ratio is going to have some bearing on the fandom and who they tend to like more: Rarity or Luna. I think if Luna got a lot more episodes that showed her character and personality to the extent that Rarity has enjoyed then I think you'd see the Luna fandom explode! That being the case she'd likely have a much greater chance of winning in a competition like this.

 

But, the show's producers will do what they want according to their whims and what they think will sell the most toys and merch. Unfortunately, that last part is always the deciding factor in any franchise, including this one.

 

Fair point I guess. But unfortunately Luna fans will just have to deal with that. ;p

[Po-Nonimous 583]

Fair point I guess. But unfortunately Luna fans will just have to deal with that. ;p

 

Hey, now, the contest isn't over, yet!

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

 

Just to clarify, I was speaking of the show's producers estimation of her, not the estimation of the fandom.

To be *entirely* fair, Luna has had a bit of a personal arc going over the past couple of seasons

 

First she showed up in Scootaloo's dreams to help her with a personal problem in "Sleepless in Ponyville." Then, in "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils," she showed up in Sweetie Belle's dreams to help her with a personal problem. She'll likely do the same for Apple Bloom in S5, but only time will tell on that one - the point is, both the story of "Sleepless in Ponyville" and "For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils" would've completely fallen apart without Luna in the episode to play her role. Those two episodes were written with a Luna appearance in mind, as they bank on her far too much to be otherwise

 

So I don't know about that one either, because when has Celestia had an arc in the canon show dedicated to her? Point is, the writers give Luna lotsa attention, likely because they're aware of her popularity within the fandom. Perhaps it's not on a grand scale as you're saying, but I personally feel doing so would detract away from the attention of the main storyline and maybe it's for the better that way, but that's just personal opinion. In any case, Luna has gotten episodes that were written with her in mind, as she was the glue that held the entire story together or what pushed a major plot point in motion, etc Just can't say the staff undervalues her either.

 

[_Kurtis 636]

I'm very glad to see Rarity is taking the lead. Gooo, Rarity!