spoiler Why has season 7 been referring to her as Countess Coloratura?

[ggg-2 3,553]

Season 7 has namedropped Countess Coloratura a few times, but WHY are they referring to her as Countess Coloratura? The Mane Event basically said that the stage name was all Svengallop's idea, and the ending implying that, this stage name notwithstanding, Rara hasn't gone by her full name since childhood.

[CypherHoof 26,483]

Can see plenty of possible explanations, but you don't know what happened after the Mane Event so it's hard to judge which, if any, might pop up in future.

First, it's possible she kept it as a stage name - after all, its the name she is already known under - but moved more to a rara style of performance

Second, the glitz and glam show might well still be in demand after tME, so she may have recruited another unicorn (and either new dancers, or re-employed the previous ones) to do the lighting and SFX, That doesn't mean she couldn't also be doing rara style balads as well - either as a separate set, or under a different stage name

Third, its possible svengallop recruited another impressionable young pony and set them up as the "new" Countess. After all, almost everything about a CC performance, even the mane colour, was a "svengallop production", so it's entirely possible a lot of ponies wouldn't notice the difference.

We can only hope AJ gets a letter or something from her that clarifies what has happened since tME

[FlareGun45 2,221]

My question is actually, who's her manager now?

[CypherHoof 26,483]

29 minutes ago, MegaSean45 said:

My question is actually, who's her manager now?

Does she need a separate manager? The Ponytones seem to get along well enough without one, although I can see how a full on sfx show with dancers and backing players would need more than the acapella harmony the Ponytones perform...

[cmarston1 5,959]

Maybe she kept the stage name or something, all I really care about is whether or not she is actually going to show up this season, given how many times she has been mentioned so far.

[CypherHoof 26,483]

12 minutes ago, cmarston1 said:

Maybe she kept the stage name or something, all I really care about is whether or not she is actually going to show up this season, given how many times she has been mentioned so far.

I agree - its a good character I would like to see more of (and hear more from, of course) - plus it would seem unlikely we wouldn't see at least some onshow time of the album launch party, given the foreshadowing in the Maud Pie episode.

[Jeric 46,861]

I'm going with the notion she just decided to keep her 'Countess' stage name since that is what her fans know her by. It doesn't invalidate the Mane Event or the lesson that she learned, especially since Rara is a nickname AJ gave her that she adopted for some time but obviously not permanently. Her real name is Coloratura after all, and has significance considering her profession. I doubt the staff wants to drop her proper name since it was relatively creative.