Riverleaf Breeze 47 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Why doesn't Fluttershy ever fly around Ponyville like Rainbow Dash,or any of the other Pegasi? She is a pegases,but the most flying I've seen her do is hover a few inches off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramel Shower 7 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Isn't she afraid of heights? Season one Ep 25. Spike: Oh? Okay. Let’s see, there’s Twilight Sparkle. She’s a unicorn. Good with magic. A real brainiac. And then you got Rarity. Total knock-out! Twi seems to think I don’t even have a chance with her, but eh… what does she know? Let’s see. There’s… there’s Fluttershy, a Pegasus who’s afraid of heights. Hmph! What’s up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luuuuuuna! 6 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Yeah, she's basically just afraid. Also she can't fly very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robojot 152 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 i guess she aint a strong flyer and dont like heigths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
---------------------- 1,645 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Yeah, she's basically just afraid. Also she can't fly very well. i guess she aint a strong flyer and dont like heigths Also she enjoys the ground and being close with with all her animal friends, I believe though that her flying has improved allot and she can fly as good as a normal pegasus, but she is still afraid of heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 127 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Afraid of heights. Which is a bit like a Panda being allergic to bambo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robojot 152 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Afraid of heights. Which is a bit like a Panda being allergic to bambo. or pony being alergic to grass and apples 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkazoid 3,493 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 or pony being alergic to grass and apples Or Pinkie pie being allergic to cupcakes... But I think the reason Fluttershy isn't a big flyer is because she doesn't have a house in the sky like most pegasi and she, well is afraid of heights, also that she wasn't a good flyer since she was a filly, like Rainbow and the other pegasi they could fly, Fluttershy seemed like she was the only one at camp that still standing on the clouds :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twi Rubix 726 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 I think this was said in Cutie Mark Chronicals or something. After Fluttershy fell to the ground, she was saved by butterflies, and noticed she had the ability to talk to animals. I guess she stayed down because she cared for them and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezynell 2,037 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 GAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5guysburgersnfries 216 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 She's claimed to be afraid of heights on multiple occasions if I'm correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Rarity Pony 4,892 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 Maybe it's because she loves the ground (as you can tell by her song =P) LRP's opinions are subject to change without notice. Fees and penalties still apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 January 1, 2012 Share January 1, 2012 I see her kind of like Scootaloo. Her wings are not strong enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discordian 6,015 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 Fluttershy is afraid of heights. It's been demonstrated and told multiple times. In Dragonshy she couldn't fly up because of how menacing the mountain looked but she also showed expressions of fear when she actually looked down too. Plus, she was never a good flyer when she was actually at Cloudsdale and then she fell to earth in Cutie Mark Chronicles which probably further enforced her fear of heights, or at least sparked it. Plus there's the fact that most of her animal friends don't fly anyway so she doesn't need to fly most of the time so it's partially a matter of necessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Jones 2,655 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 But how do most of you explain why during The Return of Harmony she pulled Twilight's balloon. I'm with the people who says she prefers to stay on the ground. Eve so that might be slightly scared. But certainly not incapable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discordian 6,015 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 Well no one said she was incapable. She generally stays around 20 feet from the ground at all times when she is flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83awsm 234 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 She just seems to fit in better on the ground, overall the storyline was designed for her to accompany her animal friends there. Plus, most of the ponies in Cloudsdale seem to be sort of show off’s with high levels of confidence and Fluttershy’s timid personality clashes with that demographic as shown in the CMChronicles. Awesomeness = at least 20% Cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallow 1,137 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 She CAN fly. In fact, we've seen her fly in many episodes and as seen in TRoH pt. 2, she's able to fly fast (not as fast as RD, but still fast) I think she just chooses not to because most of her animals live on the ground and she'd rather stay with them. Also, she lives in Ponyville (or at least close to it, on the ground) whereas Rainbow Dash lives in Cloudsdale, so RD kind of has to fly around if she wants to come see her friends in Ponyville! "There was me, that is Pinkie, and my three droogs, that is Rarity, Rainbow, and Fluttershy, and we sat in the Ponyville Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening." A Clockwork Pony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arylett Charnoa 4,919 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 She was originally designed as an earth pony, hence why there doesn't seem to be much focus on flying for her. Plus, I just think she has a stronger connection to the earth than most pegasi. She's probably a very unique individual amongst pegasi and not really like the typical ones who manipulate the weather. Personally, I find this makes her more interesting and doesn't limit pegasi to just... well, being the flyers who make clouds go away. I don't really think she fears heights so much, I just think that whenever she's afraid... she loses the ability to fly. Because her wings lock up from fear. Aether Velvet is the name of the OC in my avatar. Drawn by me. Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I used to be a stranger 7,993 January 2, 2012 Share January 2, 2012 (edited) In the fan-fiction Macintosh, it's theorized that she has a deformity of abnormally large wings, which she hides by folding them inwards using trace amounts of unicorn magic which she inherited from one of her parents. Alongside that, it's said she hides them because the common thing for young school-pegusi to compare wing sizes, and hers were fully-adult sized by the time she met Rainbow Dash- and fitting with her shy nature, she continues to hide them and avoid situations which might reveal them out of habit since childhood. Edited January 2, 2012 by Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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