What do you like most about Rainbow Dash?

[Splashee 28,537]

She has a somewhat rainbowy mane and tail that looks outstanding!

[Concerned Bystander 2,901]

What do I like most about Rainbow Dash?  So many choices, and such riches aplenty.

Rainbow Dash more than any other character got me into MLP in the first place.  Back in the days when entire FiM episodes were available on youtube (circa 2012-13 or so) we used to put them on for my young daughter, and every time I searched for them for her I kept coming across the same video (linked below) titled "My Little Pony - Rainbow Dash - You're Gonna Go Far Kid [Explicit]" (I wasn't really familiar with The Offspring at this point and hadn't heard the song).

I found this very curious, I had no idea that the Brony fandom existed at this point, and I couldn't figure out why a MLP video would have a warning for explicit lyrics.  I didn't click on the video at the time because my daughter was there, and you know... explicit lyrics.

Anyway, fast forward to the summer of 2013, and I'm in Afghanistan of all places, I find myself alone in an internet cabin one evening with no pressing need to be anywhere else and I have a sudden inclination to finally watch this video and find out what it's all about.  She is an endearing character and I was pretty much immediately captivated, she is such a bold and colourful design, and equally bold and colourful in personality.  I pretty much discovered the fandom in the comment section of that video and the recommendations in the side bar (Incidentally, this was around about the time I started listening to The Offspring as well).

On my return home I started looking for any fan forums to try and find out a bit more, and the first place I stumbled on was a site called BronySquare.  If the video was the window through which I first saw the fandom, then Bronysquare was the door through which I entered it.

There came a time when we having a bit of a clear-out of the house, and my ex had decided that some of my daughters MLP toys (these were the little blind-bag style figures) had passed their time and were going to be thrown out, one of the figures on the chopping block was Rainbow Dash.  I felt it was a bit of a loss for her to end up in a landfill somewhere so I rescued her and in the act of doing so acquired the first item of MLP merchandise I would ever own.  The second being one of the larger Funko Vinyl figures, also Rainbow Dash.

A little further down the line my ex and I split up, and even though it was a relief by that point I was nevertheless a bit down and really needed something positive in my life, and the Brony fandom certainly provided that for me and helped to buoy my spirits at a time when I needed it.

In summary, Rainbow Dash may not be my favourite character from the series, but she will always have a very special place in my heart because she, more than any other character, opened the way for me to experience this fandom and all of the people, music, art, conventions and everything else contained therein.

 

 

Fun fact - in relation to The Offspring's original song, the version used in this video is about 20% faster.  I'm not even kidding. 

[dead account 2,703]

She has funny moments that I really like.

 

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

5 hours ago, Sven Glimmer said:

She has funny moments that I really like.

 

The Saddle Row Review’s restaurant moments always have me in stitches! 

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

Her design. I love imagining her straight rainbow hair blowing in the wind with her wings outstretched as she's gliding. She's very aesthetically pleasing.