mega thread Your favourite pony and why?

[Mothra 632]

Rainbow dash was my favorite all the way through season 1, but since season 2, Fluttershy was and still is the most appealing to me, and other ones that I didn't like all that much like Rarity grew on me a little too

[Jeric 46,851]

Twilight. Here is the proof from my Welcome Plaza post

 

 

 

 

 

I usually gravitate to the 'book nerd' archetype. Twilight was my default starting point. Eventually I can to appreciate another character. Rares <3

 

 

 

 

Sorry Twilight!

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

My first and only favorite has always been Rainbow Dash

[JonasDarkmane 19,785]

King Sombra all the way. I do also love Flim and Flam, but Sombra, always Sombra <3. 

[superdogz1999 551]

When I first joined the fandom in December 2014, my favourite pony was Applejack because of her accent.

[Kiri 7,288]

Twilight was my first favorite pony because I could relate with her. She was in the process of learning about strengthening her friendships and dealing with anxiety, which I was (and am still to a degree) going through now. Lesson Zero was especially relatable because as a student, I obsess over deadlines, which stress me out to no end. I'm still a student, so I began to relate less with her once she became a princess and graduated from Celestia's tutelage. That's when my favorite pony became Sunset Shimmer. I love how she wasn't always aligned with good, which gives her a certain dimension I didn't see in Twilight. Yes, I believe Twilight's character has gone through a development as well, but Sunsets just felt so much deeper to me since she had to deal with making a huge mistake and then earning people's trust while also learning about the magic of friendship. 

[----------------------- 171]

I think it was common among the fandom to like Rainbow Dash or Twilight the best when they first watched the show because they defy the girly stereotype and have plenty of screentime that seem to be likeable. I was no exception. I liked RD because she was my favorite in the previous generation, and since I liked the animation as well, her colors stuck out to me the most. Now it's Applejack with Pinkie and Twi tied for a close second, but Rainbow is still on the list. It's something how things change so quickly. ^o^

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

At the very beginning, I considered Rainbow Dash as the best pony, albeit for really shallow reasons. When I first started watching the show, it was back in the days of season 1, and I was still getting used to what seemed like a really "girly" series with a ton of cute characters. I usually gravitate towards characters that are slightly more on the tomboyish side, so it was easy to like Rainbow at first. But after I watched about half of the season and my first impressions had changed, I noticed all of the characters were really great in their own way, and that this wasn't a just another sappy, shallow little girl's show, and the more I got used to the show and grew to love it, the more I realized that it was Applejack, what with her country charms, willingness to get down and dirty, and her all-around strong and dependable nature that struck a chord with me whereas Rainbow's ego and immaturity quickly rendered her less relatable for me, so it wasn't long before AJ dethroned Dashie as best pony and never looked back. Although I've become rather enamored with Sunset Shimmer as of late, it's unlikely she'll ever edge out my dear AJ either. Apple pony is just too special to me. <3

[Sidral Mundet 1,666]

Rainbow Dash was my first favorite mostly due to the comedy with her and her facial expression.  

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

I'd say Pinkie Pie was my first favorite, just because she had a strong presence as a character in Season 2, which was where I was introduced. Possibly the most on point her character's ever been, though of course that may be nostalgia kicking in. It was the Season 3 relative gutting of Pinkie's character that brought Rarity into the position she holds up to today, along with a slight maturing of my tastes in humor and characterization.

[Celtore 2,770]

Flutters was my favorite before I even considered myself a brony or watched the show. I'm a big softie for the adorable and well, I don't think I need to justify further. I was also able to identify with her while I was watching the first season.

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

When I first watched the show, I had no preference because I was in the room where my cousins were watching MLP, but I had no will to leave the couch, and the screen was all I could look at. When my cousins told me what pony I was most like, they said I was most like Twi, so I developed a preference for Twi as best pony. I was a noob, so I said that I wanted to be a pony and not a unicorn. Yes, this was when Twi was a unicorn. I wasn't stuck with Twi as best pony though, I then developed a preference for Fluttershy and then Twilight again.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

Rainbow dash.

I first got into the show from watching Sonic rainboom, and dash was my favorite in Season one; brash, but still caring about others, and with a really cool asthetic and feel to her.
Since then, I've continued to love her, with little to no changes. In fact, I've actually GROWN to like her more due to episodes like Hurricane fluttershy, as I feel she really starts to shine when they give her a chance to be a leader, as she works very well in that role.

 

 

I used to like twilight BIGTIME in s1 and S2, but have since grown to dislike her due to shifts in focus in the show and characterization for her, with her only being good on VERY rare occasions now, such as in Testing testing, 123.

 

Rarity I started out disliking, but she's grown to be one of my favorites as well, only below dash.

[speedyblupi 76]

If by changing opinions you mean fandom opinion shifts, it could be handy to ask us when we started on the show too (and so when we started viewing them as best pony). For me it was July last year. Picked RD for reasons relating to my ideals. RD's still best mane 6 as far as I'm concerned (but Daring Do beats her).

 

But I guess if what you mean is how people's opinions might change over the course of the episodes/seasons, that doesn't matter.

It's more about the latter than the former.

 

The time you became a brony (and also your age) would be interesting to know, and might show some interesting trends, but the point of this poll is to see whether individual fans' opinions change as they progress through the seasons of MLP rather than to see if the fandom as a whole is changing.

[Odyssey 5,716]

The first time I discovered MLP:FiM, Fluttershy and Daring Do were my favourite ponies. I loved the former for her relatable personality, while I loved the latter for being a badass.

 

Who would've thought that Rainbow Dash would eventually become my favourite pony? Who seemingly enough is the most popular choice in the poll.

[Pastel 7,630]

It was Rainbow Dash, the first MLP video I've ever watched (You're Gonna Go Far Kid) must have influenced me.

[S.F. 1,560]

Considering that it was a clip of Pinkie Pie (when she lost it during Party of One) that got me curious to watch an episode originally, I think that she was my favourite pony for a fair while (her randomness and light hearted attitude to life, besides the afore mentioned episode ) were always appealing character traits

[Minos 40]

Dashie, of course. She's cute, she's awesome. She is very similar to me. And from the picture of cute rainbow pony began my love to whole franchise. 

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

Hmmm. I have to say, I kind of think it would have been nice to have had a second Poll on this thread that asked "Who's your favorite pony NOW?"

[speedyblupi 76]

Hmmm. I have to say, I kind of think it would have been nice to have had a second Poll on this thread that asked "Who's your favorite pony NOW?"

Possibly. I decided not to because we've already got a load of "best pony" poll results which have got more data than my poll would be likely to, so I wouldn't need to ask the question myself.

[Unlikeable Pony 2,698]

Possibly. I decided not to because we've already got a load of "best pony" poll results which have got more data than my poll would be likely to, so I wouldn't need to ask the question myself.

 

 

well, its just the Big best pony poll that's stickied isn't really a good source of information.

 

Specifically, it has lots and lots of "Garbage" data. It has lots of votes from the early days of the fandom, and when people get a new favorite pony, they generally don't bother to come and change it or take it out of that poll, yeah? Similiarly, there's lots of people who voted in that poll who aren't still a part of the brony fandom.

 

So the poll on the front page, while having a vast amount of data, is actually FAR less useful as a tool than if you were to make a poll asking "who's your favorite pony" right now, since your poll would only reflect the current state of views, while the stickied poll is muddled with the past state of things. (which is probably why Dash is number 1 on the Stickied poll; While dash is my favorite pony by far, and she's popular, she was only definitively number one in polls during the early days of the fandom)

[Poptropica Player:) 15]

I couldn't choose between Pinkie Pie and Rainbow dash, but I voted Pinkie PIe.

She is so funny.

[Radiobolt 186]

Mane: AJ cause she's so hardworking an honest, I aspire to be like her

Secondary: Applebloom because she's so adorable, makes a lot of mistakes that can help her in life, and I love the episode where she's scared of what her CM is going to be.

Tertiary: Vinyl cause dubstep! She's the most relate able out of the rest too, the rest are odd.

[Zhortac 1,474]

Trixie. She fits her role well, being a magician and an entertainer, and has confidence in her own abilities. Also, there's alot more to her, than the entertainer act she puts on. While that's never seen in the show (yet...hopefully), the comics nail that fantastically, especially in her two part arc in Manehattan and how she forms a bond with Babs.

 

Hard to say which mane 6 I'd pick, aside from that it won't be Rainbow Dash...can't stand her.

 

I also love Maud, and Moondancer. Maud is funny, and she owned Rainbow Dash and Discord bad. Moondancer, because I happen to have a thing for that type of female...

[Kelaria 80]

My favorite pony is Fluttershy. The reason? She's just like me.    I see so much of myself in her, so I feel like I understand her the most out of all the ponies and can really relate to her. <3

 

My second favorite? Princess Luna. She reminds me of my best friend ZeldaSage, simple as that. <3

 

ETA: I chose Octavia as my third favorite, also because she reminds me of my best friend. I hadn't really noticed background characters before I met ZeldaSage. She and Vinyl were the first two background characters he introduced me to. Out of the two of them, I relate to Octavia more. She's elegant and classy (and plays the cello, which rocks).

Edited August 2, 2015 by Kelaria