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** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as Black, Asian or Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
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** Humanized fanart of her tend tends to depict her as Black, Asian black, Asian, or Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
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* Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
** At the very least, she has shown to have a sense of humor on a few occasions.
** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy that the mane five broke up the boring upper class party (which involved spreading chaos all around).
** For that matter, Celestia and Luna in general: actual [[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?
** At the very least, she has shown to have a sense of humor on a few occasions.
** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy that the mane five broke up the boring upper class party (which involved spreading chaos all around).
** For that matter, Celestia and Luna in general: actual [[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?
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* Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? a tyrant]]? [[JerkassGod A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
** At the very least, she hasshown to have demonstrated on multiple occasions a "trickster" sense of humor on a few occasions.
**humor.
*** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy thatthe mane five Twilight's friends broke up the boring upper class party (which involved spreading chaos and panic all around).
**For There is also "Trollestia," a theory that matter, Celestia is just intentionally screwing with everypony.
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties andLuna in general: dodges actual [[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** At the very least, she has
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*** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy that
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** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and
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** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
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** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Nightmare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
**There is also "Trollestia," a theory For that matter, Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her dutiesand dodges Luna in general: actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
[[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?
**
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties
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* Is Trixie a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
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* Is Trixie [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fairwarning this warning: This fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** A common fanon portrayal of[[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' Trixie depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair
** A common fanon portrayal of
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's spurned former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's spurned former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's Cutie," and was also one of the very first in the class to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's spurned former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutiebreaking]] breaking]], and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's spurned former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie
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** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who can't help that their food source is [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie points.
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
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** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who can't help that their food source is [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen "[[spoiler: their queen]] is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie [[TheWoobie Woobie]] points.
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whethershe survived what happened they managed to her survive their fate at the end of the episode or not.
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether
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* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "Derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well-meaning and perfectly functional klutz (this seems to be the most common interpretation, and the one which most closely matches "The Last Roundup"), a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight, or just a complete idiot (and everything in between). It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well-meaning and perfectly functional klutz (this seems to be the most common interpretation, and the one which most closely matches "The Last Roundup"), a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight, or just a complete idiot (and everything in between). It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The the pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "Derpy" "derpy" as before. This could make causes her wanton destruction of the town hall to be appear completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow slow, or was is she sadistically {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
Dash without any concern for the property damage she's causing and how this could potentially bankrupt the town?
**Fanon {{Fanon}} has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy and misunderstood because of her eyes, an airheaded but well-meaning and perfectly functional klutz (this seems to be the most common interpretation, and the one which most closely matches "The Last Roundup"), a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight, or just a complete idiot (and everything in between). It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
artist/writer/etc.
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* The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
* Ms. Magazine, [[HateDumb infamously]], ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had all the power and oppressed dark-colored ponies, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
* Ms. Magazine, [[HateDumb infamously]], ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had all the power and oppressed dark-colored ponies, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
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* The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling their control over magic and learning.
learning, and the pony population as a whole oppresses and even enslaves the other hoofed races.
** The posters in [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ this discussion thread]] analyze the show and eventually come to the conclusion that Equestria is basically a fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all-powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
-->[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve The play]] was really fucked, I read it like ''"hey, were Sparta, Athens, and the slaves that just wont grow our shit for some reason!"''
*Ms. Magazine, ''Ms.'' magazine, [[HateDumb infamously]], ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had all the power and oppressed dark-colored ponies, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
** The posters in [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ this discussion thread]] analyze the show and eventually come to the conclusion that Equestria is basically a fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all-powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
-->[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve The play]] was really fucked, I read it like ''"hey, were Sparta, Athens, and the slaves that just wont grow our shit for some reason!"''
*
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* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show and coming to the conclusion that Equestria is basically a fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all-powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
-->The play was really fucked, I read it like ''"hey, were Sparta, Athens, and the slaves that just wont grow our shit for some reason!"''
-->The play was really fucked, I read it like ''"hey, were Sparta, Athens, and the slaves that just wont grow our shit for some reason!"''
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** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who just happen to feed by [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie points.
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** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who just happen to feed by can't help that their food source is [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie points.
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* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
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* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a JerkassWoobie, a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?else?
** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who just happen to feed by [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie points.
** The [[spoiler:Changelings]] as a whole are commonly seen as innocent, non-malicious drones who just happen to feed by [[spoiler:draining the life out of ponies]]. Often combined with the "their queen is a CompleteMonster" interpretation for extra Woobie points.
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* Some people don't really buy Mr. Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
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* Some people don't really buy Mr. Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn.unicorn ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar not that the show gives them much reason to]]). They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as"derpy" "Derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as
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** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
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** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight So that really was how Equestria was made.]]
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* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
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* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's spurned former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
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** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
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** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod JerkassGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
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* According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
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* According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
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** According to "Family Appreciation Day", she was fairly sensible as a young mare, though all her weird behavior in preparing for the Zap Apple harvest has a method to her madness. So she's eccentric, but that doesn't make her ''stupid''.
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** According to "Family Appreciation Day", she was fairly sensible as a young mare, though all her weird behavior in preparing for the Zap Apple harvest has a method to her madness. So she's eccentric, but as with Pinkie, that doesn't necessarily make her ''stupid''.
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* The [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
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* The [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] "[[FanNickname Screwball]]" pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A Pinkie: a pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. ]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA9dFZJtQWc Be afraid.]]
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* Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
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* Some people don't really buy Mr. Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
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** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning well-meaning and perfectly functional klutz, klutz (this seems to be the most common interpretation, and the one which most closely matches "The Last Roundup"), a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight hindsight, or just a complete idiot, and idiot (and everything in between.between). It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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* Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
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* Ms. Magazine Magazine, [[HateDumb infamously]], ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, all the power and oppressed dark-colored ponies, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
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* The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show and realizing that Equestria is basically a Fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show and realizing that Equestria is basically a Fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
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* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent The nature of the Dragons dragons as a species is also debated. debated.]] Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es {{Jerkass}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show andrealizing coming to the conclusion that Equestria is basically a Fascist fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all powerful, all-powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show and
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** According to "Family Appreciation Day", she was fairly sensible as a young mare, though all her weird behavior in preparing for the Zap Apple harvest has a method to her madness. So she's eccentric, but that doesn't make her ''stupid''.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
*** At the very least, she has shown to have a sense of humor on a few occasions.
*** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy that the mane five broke up the boring upper class party (which involved spreading chaos all around).
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** Fans also enjoy drawing Twilight [[INeedAFreakingDrink needing a freaking drink.]]
** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as Black, Asian or Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
*** Both interpretations are not mutually exclusive. She was unable to make friends due to her asocial behavior driving them away and her asocial behavior was the result of being unable to make friends. It's a vicious cycle that was broken only recently.
* Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun gem]]''-[[IncrediblyLamePun stoner]]?)
** In "It's About Time" Spike said he likes it when Twilight goes on adventures so he can nap. Is this true or is it just a lie to fool himself?
* Rainbow Dash's tomboyish nature, boyish voice, and rainbow motif have caused some people to come to [[LesbianJock certain conclusions.]]
* Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
* Pinkie Pie [[FourthWallObserver knows you're there]]. And she's happy to see you! And she may be bi-polar. (WordOfGod denies all of these; [[WordOfDante the fans have never listened]])
** Canonically, Pinkie does have MediumAwareness, but it isn't really set all that high. Fanonically, it isn't at all uncommon for fan depictions to blow her self-awareness up to [[{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilsonesque]] levels.
** Some fans, who've noticed her BigEater habits, draw her humanized art [[HollywoodPudgy bigger than she actually is.]] Even [[BigBeautifulWoman cranking it]] UpToEleven.
** There is speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
* Fluttershy's possession of the SmartBall in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" has led to her exhibiting similar behavior, and that level of knowledge about a number of fields (from writing to gaming to politics), in various fanfics.
** Due to an offhand comment in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over A Barrel]]", some people think she's obsessed with becoming a tree. (Her disguise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" probably only added fuel to that particular fire.)
** Is Fluttershy so quiet and timid because she was [[http://porpoiseoflife.org/my-little-dv-survivor-761/ abused as a young filly?]]
*** Similarly, was Fluttershy's actions during "Putting Your Hoof Down" simply her trying to be more assertive, or her letting out her true feelings?
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
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* Apple Bloom's friendship with Twist. Did Apple Bloom abandon Twist for more popular friends? Did Twist abandon Apple Bloom after getting her cutie mark? Or do they just hang out off-screen?
** They hang out offscreen. Twist has shown up a time or two since her first appearance, though the CMC seem to have formed a clique to stand together against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
* When playing the fan game ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
** That's actually a ShoutOut to [[http://gavalanche.deviantart.com/ Gavalanche's]] fancomics where Rarity is really Sweetie Belle's abusive mother who prefers to be called her sister, makes her live in the crawlspace next to the water heater and has tried to drown her on several occasions.
* Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** Some humanized versions of Scootaloo have her with a prosthetic limb-the implication being that Scootaloo ''can't'' fly due to a disability.
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* Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
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** The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
** Twilight Sparkle's difficulty in social situations (most clearly seen at the start of season 1), her love of studying and reading, her knowledge of magic, and her SuperOCD all point to her being an aspie or a high-functioning autistic. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicManeCharacters The WMG page has more spectulation.]]
*** Fans also enjoy drawing Twilight [[INeedAFreakingDrink needing a freaking drink.]]
*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as Black, Asian or Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
** Rainbow Dash's tomboyish nature, boyish voice, and rainbow motif have caused some people to come to [[LesbianJock certain conclusions.]]
** According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
*** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
** Pinkie Pie [[FourthWallObserver knows you're there]]. And she's happy to see you! And she may be bi-polar. (WordOfGod denies all of these; [[WordOfDante the fans have never listened]])
*** Canonically, Pinkie does have MediumAwareness, but it isn't really set all that high. Fanonically, it isn't at all uncommon for fan depictions to blow her self-awareness up to [[{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilsonesque]] levels.
*** Some fans, who've noticed her BigEater habits, draw her humanized art [[HollywoodPudgy bigger than she actually is.]] Even [[BigBeautifulWoman cranking it]] UpToEleven.
** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun gem]]''-[[IncrediblyLamePun stoner]]?)
** Is Trixie a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
*** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** Fluttershy's possession of the SmartBall in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" has led to her exhibiting similar behavior, and that level of knowledge about a number of fields (from writing to gaming to politics), in various fanfics.
*** Due to an offhand comment in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over A Barrel]]", some people think she's obsessed with becoming a tree. (Her disguise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" probably only added fuel to that particular fire.)
** Perhaps Diamond Tiara's bullying is just her lashing out at others because her special talent is merely wearing jewelry, possibly on the issues of TruthInTelevision beauty pageant attendees.
*** To be fair, Rarity's cutie mark is gems, so it is possible Diamond Tiara will find a similar profession.
*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie mark.
*** Despite her rhetoric against Blank Flanks, the only ponies Diamond Tiara is ever seen bullying are Applebloom and those who hang around Applebloom. Maybe she's less a generic bully and hates Applebloom specifically (and by extension, those she's hanging around).
** Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
** Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
*** An extension: is he just hard-wired to want chaos, just as the ponies are hard-wired to want harmony and peace? Is the casting of Discord as a villain a case of WrittenByTheWinners?
*** Another suggestion offered was that Discord, as a being of pure chaos, is not only unwilling but incapable of [[BlueAndOrangeMorality maintaining anything resembling a moral compass]]; even if he ''could'' feel empathy for the beings he torments for his own amusement, he wouldn't be able to maintain it long enough for it to make any difference. By this interpretation, he is TheSociopath because he's hard-wired to be incapable of internalizing emotions that could let him live in harmony with others; by his very nature, Discord must consider himself separate from and in conflict with the rest of existence.
** Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
** When playing the fan game ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
*** That's actually a ShoutOut to [[http://gavalanche.deviantart.com/ Gavalanche's]] fancomics where Rarity is really Sweetie Belle's abusive mother who prefers to be called her sister, makes her live in the crawlspace next to the water heater and has tried to drown her on several occasions.
** Apple Bloom's friendship with Twist. Did Apple Bloom abandon Twist for more popular friends? Did Twist abandon Apple Bloom after getting her cutie mark? Or do they just hang out off-screen?
*** They hang out offscreen. Twist has shown up a time or two since her first appearance, though the CMC seem to have formed a clique to stand together against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
** Were the Windigos evil spirits intentionally causing the ponies suffering and grief or non-sentient beasts who were merely feeding and their natural way of survival made them a dangerous threat?
*** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
** Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
** Is Fluttershy so quiet and timid because she was [[http://porpoiseoflife.org/my-little-dv-survivor-761/ abused as a young filly?]]
*** Similarly, was Fluttershy's actions during "Putting Your Hoof Down" simply her trying to be more assertive, or her letting out her true feelings?
** In "It's About Time" Spike said he likes it when Twilight goes on adventures so he can nap. Is this true or is it just a lie to fool himself?
* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
** Twilight Sparkle's difficulty in social situations (most clearly seen at the start of season 1), her love of studying and reading, her knowledge of magic, and her SuperOCD all point to her being an aspie or a high-functioning autistic. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicManeCharacters The WMG page has more spectulation.]]
*** Fans also enjoy drawing Twilight [[INeedAFreakingDrink needing a freaking drink.]]
*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as Black, Asian or Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
** Rainbow Dash's tomboyish nature, boyish voice, and rainbow motif have caused some people to come to [[LesbianJock certain conclusions.]]
** According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
*** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
** Pinkie Pie [[FourthWallObserver knows you're there]]. And she's happy to see you! And she may be bi-polar. (WordOfGod denies all of these; [[WordOfDante the fans have never listened]])
*** Canonically, Pinkie does have MediumAwareness, but it isn't really set all that high. Fanonically, it isn't at all uncommon for fan depictions to blow her self-awareness up to [[{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilsonesque]] levels.
*** Some fans, who've noticed her BigEater habits, draw her humanized art [[HollywoodPudgy bigger than she actually is.]] Even [[BigBeautifulWoman cranking it]] UpToEleven.
** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun gem]]''-[[IncrediblyLamePun stoner]]?)
** Is Trixie a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
*** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** Fluttershy's possession of the SmartBall in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" has led to her exhibiting similar behavior, and that level of knowledge about a number of fields (from writing to gaming to politics), in various fanfics.
*** Due to an offhand comment in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over A Barrel]]", some people think she's obsessed with becoming a tree. (Her disguise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" probably only added fuel to that particular fire.)
** Perhaps Diamond Tiara's bullying is just her lashing out at others because her special talent is merely wearing jewelry, possibly on the issues of TruthInTelevision beauty pageant attendees.
*** To be fair, Rarity's cutie mark is gems, so it is possible Diamond Tiara will find a similar profession.
*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie mark.
*** Despite her rhetoric against Blank Flanks, the only ponies Diamond Tiara is ever seen bullying are Applebloom and those who hang around Applebloom. Maybe she's less a generic bully and hates Applebloom specifically (and by extension, those she's hanging around).
** Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
** Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
*** An extension: is he just hard-wired to want chaos, just as the ponies are hard-wired to want harmony and peace? Is the casting of Discord as a villain a case of WrittenByTheWinners?
*** Another suggestion offered was that Discord, as a being of pure chaos, is not only unwilling but incapable of [[BlueAndOrangeMorality maintaining anything resembling a moral compass]]; even if he ''could'' feel empathy for the beings he torments for his own amusement, he wouldn't be able to maintain it long enough for it to make any difference. By this interpretation, he is TheSociopath because he's hard-wired to be incapable of internalizing emotions that could let him live in harmony with others; by his very nature, Discord must consider himself separate from and in conflict with the rest of existence.
** Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
** When playing the fan game ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
*** That's actually a ShoutOut to [[http://gavalanche.deviantart.com/ Gavalanche's]] fancomics where Rarity is really Sweetie Belle's abusive mother who prefers to be called her sister, makes her live in the crawlspace next to the water heater and has tried to drown her on several occasions.
** Apple Bloom's friendship with Twist. Did Apple Bloom abandon Twist for more popular friends? Did Twist abandon Apple Bloom after getting her cutie mark? Or do they just hang out off-screen?
*** They hang out offscreen. Twist has shown up a time or two since her first appearance, though the CMC seem to have formed a clique to stand together against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
** Were the Windigos evil spirits intentionally causing the ponies suffering and grief or non-sentient beasts who were merely feeding and their natural way of survival made them a dangerous threat?
*** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
** Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
** Is Fluttershy so quiet and timid because she was [[http://porpoiseoflife.org/my-little-dv-survivor-761/ abused as a young filly?]]
*** Similarly, was Fluttershy's actions during "Putting Your Hoof Down" simply her trying to be more assertive, or her letting out her true feelings?
** In "It's About Time" Spike said he likes it when Twilight goes on adventures so he can nap. Is this true or is it just a lie to fool himself?
* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
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** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
*** Both interpretations are not mutually exclusive. She was unable to make friends due to her asocial behavior driving them away and her asocial behavior was the result of being unable to make friends. It's a vicious cycle that was broken only recently.
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
*** Both interpretations are not mutually exclusive. She was unable to make friends due to her asocial behavior driving them away and her asocial behavior was the result of being unable to make friends. It's a vicious cycle that was broken only recently.
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
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* Is Trixie a
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others.
** Others have
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a
*** Both interpretations are not mutually exclusive. She was unable to make friends due to her asocial behavior driving them away and her asocial behavior was the result of being unable to make friends. It's a vicious cycle
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea
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** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
*** Some humanized versions of Scootaloo have her with a prosthetic limb-the implication being that Scootaloo ''can't'' fly due to a disability.
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
*** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
*** Some humanized versions of Scootaloo have her with a prosthetic limb-the implication being that Scootaloo ''can't'' fly due to a disability.
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
*** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be
*** Some humanized versions of Scootaloo have
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it
** To be fair, Rarity's
** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being
** Despite her rhetoric against Blank Flanks, the only ponies Diamond Tiara is ever seen bullying are Applebloom and those who hang around Applebloom. Maybe she's less a generic bully and hates Applebloom specifically (and by extension, those she's hanging around).
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to
** Blueblood's behaviour
* Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
** An extension: is he just hard-wired to want chaos, just as the ponies are hard-wired to want harmony and peace? Is the casting of Discord as a villain a case of WrittenByTheWinners?
** Another suggestion offered was
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
*** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
* Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
* Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
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* Were the Windigos evil spirits intentionally causing the ponies suffering and grief or non-sentient beasts who were merely feeding and their natural way of survival made them a dangerous threat?
** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
[[AC:Minor Characters]]
* According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
* Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
* Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
* Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
* The [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
* Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
* Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
[[AC:General]]
* The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
* Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
* Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
* In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
* The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how tobehave.
* Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.behave.
** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
* Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
[[AC:Minor Characters]]
* According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
* Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
* Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
* Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
* The [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
* Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
* Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
* In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
[[AC:General]]
* The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
* Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
* Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
* In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
* The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to
* Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
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*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as black or Asian.
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*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as black Black, Asian or Asian.Indian (mostly following the [[AsianAndNerdy various]] [[BlackAndNerdy common]] [[BollywoodNerd stereotypes]]).
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-->The play was really fucked, I read it like ''"hey, were Sparta, Athens, and the slaves that just wont grow our shit for some reason!"''
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** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[AWorldwidePunomenon gem]]''-[[AWorldwidePunomenon stoner]]?)
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** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[AWorldwidePunomenon gem]]''-[[AWorldwidePunomenon ''[[IncrediblyLamePun gem]]''-[[IncrediblyLamePun stoner]]?)
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*** The nature of Discord's origin is also subject to debate. Is he a literal [[AnthropomorphicPersonification embodiment of chaos]] or is he simply [[LastOfHisKind the last known survivor of his race]]. Granted, he does refer to himself as the "Spirit of Disharmony and Chaos" but given his [[SmugSuper ego]] and [[LargeHam flair for the dramatic]], it could very well just a title he coined himself with.
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*** Both interpretations are not mutually exclusive. She was unable to make friends due to her asocial behavior driving them away and her asocial behavior was the result of being unable to make friends. It's a vicious cycle that was broken only recently.
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*** Fanon has four general depictions of Derpy (also known as Ditzy Doo). She can be an ordinary pony with the same kind of problems as everypony else who's just clumsy because of her eyes, an airheaded but well meaning and perfectly functional klutz, a kind pony with genuine mental disabilities who speaks in broken and (seemingly) senseless sentences that may or may not make sense in hindsight or a complete idiot, and everything in between. It really depends on the artist/writer/etc.
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** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
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** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own Are they intended solely to help with Twilight's personal growth? growth as she learns more about friendship? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony Ponyvillers and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
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*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie mark
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*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie markmark.
*** Despite her rhetoric against Blank Flanks, the only ponies Diamond Tiara is ever seen bullying are Applebloom and those who hang around Applebloom. Maybe she's less a generic bully and hates Applebloom specifically (and by extension, those she's hanging around).
*** Despite her rhetoric against Blank Flanks, the only ponies Diamond Tiara is ever seen bullying are Applebloom and those who hang around Applebloom. Maybe she's less a generic bully and hates Applebloom specifically (and by extension, those she's hanging around).
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** To be fair, Rarity's cutie mark is gems, so it is possible Diamond Tiara will find a similar profession.
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** To be fair, Rarity's cutie mark is gems, so it is possible Diamond Tiara will find a similar profession.
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*** And at the Galloping Gala, she expressed great joy that the mane five broke up the boring upper class party (which involved spreading chaos all around).
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*** This Troper, having been similar to Twilight Sparkle in more ways than he is happy to accept, has a counter argument to said counter argument. This Troper, as a young and incredibly awkward boy, would always try and push down, and view himself as superior to, others in an attempt to lessen the pain of not being able to have friends. Instead of accepting that maybe they were happier than he, he would often think them to be stupid and melodramatic. Instead of being depressed over lacking their friendship (which he secretly was), this Troper would jump to say that their friendship was not worth having, as them being with someone as intelligent and mature as he viewed himself as was beneath him. It's entirely possible that Twilight set up a defense mechanism, a blanket, that enabled her to spend all of her time studying, away from other ponies, and not feel depressed about lacking any friends, by saying that not only would having their friendship would be demeaning to her, but that very concept of friendship is silly and childish, far beneath her intellectual loner self. Sad, but not unlikely. So she puts all of her self worth in her intelligence. It's possible that, also like this Troper, Twilight always viewed herself in an incredibly negative manner on nearly all fronts, but her intelligence and maturity was something she could truly appreciate about herself, and she latched onto it as her main characteristic in order to instill self-worth. In other words, her intelligence and skill in magic was the one thing she could pride herself on and truly feel good about herself because of, so she focused herself entirely on it. As soon as she learned how great friendship is, however, she couldn't imagine losing it. Much like this Troper, the thought of being taken away from something that made her truly happy is horrifying to her. She finally is able to communicate with others and enjoy their company, not have to worry about being constantly demeaned and insulted. Thanks to the connections she's made with others, who want to be around her and befriend her, she's finally able to learn to be happy with who she is, not just prideful in what she can do.
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*** This Troper, having been similar to Twilight Sparkle in more ways than he is happy to accept, has a counter argument to said counter argument. This Troper, as a young and incredibly awkward boy, would always try and push down, and view himself as superior to, others in an attempt to lessen the pain of not being able to have friends. Instead of accepting that maybe they were happier than he, he would often think them to be stupid and melodramatic. Instead of being depressed over lacking their friendship, this Troper would jump to say that their friendship was not worth having, as them being with someone as intelligent and mature as he viewed himself as was beneath him. It's entirely possible that Twilight set up a defense mechanism, a blanket, that enabled her to spend all of her time studying, away from other ponies, and not feel depressed about lacking any friends, by saying that not only would having their friendship would be demeaning to her, but that very concept of friendship is silly and childish, far beneath her intellectual loner self. Sad, but not unlikely. So she puts all of her self worth in her intelligence. It's possible that, also like this Troper, Twilight always viewed herself in an incredibly negative manner on nearly all fronts, but her intelligence and maturity was something she could truly appreciate about herself, and she latch onto it as her main trait in order to instill self-worth. In other words, her intelligence and skill in magic was the one thing she could pride herself on and truly feel good about herself because of, so she focused herself on it entirely. As soon as she learned how great friendship is, however, she couldn't imagine losing it. Much like this Troper, the thought of being taken away from something that made her truly happy is horrifying to her. She finally is able to communicate with others and enjoy their company, not have to worry about being constantly demeaned and insulted. Thanks to the connections she's made with others, who want to be around her and befriend her, she's finally able to learn to be happy with who she is, not prideful in what she can do.
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*** This Troper, having been similar to Twilight Sparkle in more ways than he is happy to accept, has a counter argument to said counter argument. This Troper, as a young and incredibly awkward boy, would always try and push down, and view himself as superior to, others in an attempt to lessen the pain of not being able to have friends. Instead of accepting that maybe they were happier than he, he would often think them to be stupid and melodramatic. Instead of being depressed over lacking their friendship, friendship (which he secretly was), this Troper would jump to say that their friendship was not worth having, as them being with someone as intelligent and mature as he viewed himself as was beneath him. It's entirely possible that Twilight set up a defense mechanism, a blanket, that enabled her to spend all of her time studying, away from other ponies, and not feel depressed about lacking any friends, by saying that not only would having their friendship would be demeaning to her, but that very concept of friendship is silly and childish, far beneath her intellectual loner self. Sad, but not unlikely. So she puts all of her self worth in her intelligence. It's possible that, also like this Troper, Twilight always viewed herself in an incredibly negative manner on nearly all fronts, but her intelligence and maturity was something she could truly appreciate about herself, and she latch latched onto it as her main trait characteristic in order to instill self-worth. In other words, her intelligence and skill in magic was the one thing she could pride herself on and truly feel good about herself because of, so she focused herself entirely on it entirely.it. As soon as she learned how great friendship is, however, she couldn't imagine losing it. Much like this Troper, the thought of being taken away from something that made her truly happy is horrifying to her. She finally is able to communicate with others and enjoy their company, not have to worry about being constantly demeaned and insulted. Thanks to the connections she's made with others, who want to be around her and befriend her, she's finally able to learn to be happy with who she is, not just prideful in what she can do.
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*** This Troper, having been similar to Twilight Sparkle in more ways than he is happy to accept, has a counter argument to said counter argument. This Troper, as a young and incredibly awkward boy, would always try and push down, and view himself as superior to, others in an attempt to lessen the pain of not being able to have friends. Instead of accepting that maybe they were happier than he, he would often think them to be stupid and melodramatic. Instead of being depressed over lacking their friendship, this Troper would jump to say that their friendship was not worth having, as them being with someone as intelligent and mature as he viewed himself as was beneath him. It's entirely possible that Twilight set up a defense mechanism, a blanket, that enabled her to spend all of her time studying, away from other ponies, and not feel depressed about lacking any friends, by saying that not only would having their friendship would be demeaning to her, but that very concept of friendship is silly and childish, far beneath her intellectual loner self. Sad, but not unlikely. So she puts all of her self worth in her intelligence. It's possible that, also like this Troper, Twilight always viewed herself in an incredibly negative manner on nearly all fronts, but her intelligence and maturity was something she could truly appreciate about herself, and she latch onto it as her main trait in order to instill self-worth. In other words, her intelligence and skill in magic was the one thing she could pride herself on and truly feel good about herself because of, so she focused herself on it entirely. As soon as she learned how great friendship is, however, she couldn't imagine losing it. Much like this Troper, the thought of being taken away from something that made her truly happy is horrifying to her. She finally is able to communicate with others and enjoy their company, not have to worry about being constantly demeaned and insulted. Thanks to the connections she's made with others, who want to be around her and befriend her, she's finally able to learn to be happy with who she is, not prideful in what she can do.
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* [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19993725/ This discussion thread]] pretty much has posters analyzing the show and realizing that Equestria is basically a Fascist utopia, rife with rigid caste systems, engineered environments, slavery, class imbalance, all controlled at the beck and call of an all powerful, godlike being that somehow manages to keep her subjects ignorant of the underlying problems of their society.
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*** Another suggestion offered was that Discord, as a being of pure chaos, is not only unwilling but incapable of [[BlueAndOrangeMorality maintaining anything resembling a moral compass]]; even if he ''could'' feel empathy for the beings he torments for his own amusement, he wouldn't be able to maintain it long enough for it to make any difference. By this interpretation, he is TheSociopath because he's hard-wired to be incapable of internalizing emotions that could let him live in harmony with others; by his very nature, Discord must consider himself separate from and in conflict with the rest of existence.
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** Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
*** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
** And what about Nightmare Moon? Is she really a GreenEyedMonster MadGod? Or perhaps she was banished for exposing her sister's tyrannical ways, leading the ponies into an ultimately failing civil war?
*** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
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** When playing the fan game ''FanFic/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
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** When playing the fan game ''FanFic/StoryOfTheBlanks'', ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]],
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]],
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]], leading the ponies into an ultimately failing civil war?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
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** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]], leading the ponies into an ultimately failing civil war?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ways]],
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
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** Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
*** At the very least, she has shown to have a sense of humor on a few occasions.
** For that matter, Celestia and Luna in general: actual [[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?
** The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
** Twilight Sparkle's difficulty in social situations (most clearly seen at the start of season 1), her love of studying and reading, her knowledge of magic, and her SuperOCD all point to her being an aspie or a high-functioning autistic. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicManeCharacters The WMG page has more spectulation.]]
*** Fans also enjoy drawing Twilight [[INeedAFreakingDrink needing a freaking drink.]]
*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as black or Asian.
** Rainbow Dash's tomboyish nature, boyish voice, and rainbow motif have caused some people to come to [[LesbianJock certain conclusions.]]
** According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
*** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
** Pinkie Pie [[FourthWallObserver knows you're there]]. And she's happy to see you! And she may be bi-polar. (WordOfGod denies all of these; [[WordOfDante the fans have never listened]])
*** Canonically, Pinkie does have MediumAwareness, but it isn't really set all that high. Fanonically, it isn't at all uncommon for fan depictions to blow her self-awareness up to [[{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilsonesque]] levels.
*** Some fans, who've noticed her BigEater habits, draw her humanized art [[HollywoodPudgy bigger than she actually is.]] Even [[BigBeautifulWoman cranking it]] UpToEleven.
** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[AWorldwidePunomenon gem]]''-[[AWorldwidePunomenon stoner]]?)
** Is Trixie a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
*** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** Fluttershy's possession of the SmartBall in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" has led to her exhibiting similar behavior, and that level of knowledge about a number of fields (from writing to gaming to politics), in various fanfics.
*** Due to an offhand comment in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over A Barrel]]", some people think she's obsessed with becoming a tree. (Her disguise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" probably only added fuel to that particular fire.)
** Perhaps Diamond Tiara's bullying is just her lashing out at others because her special talent is merely wearing jewelry, possibly on the issues of TruthInTelevision beauty pageant attendees.
*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie mark
** Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
** Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
*** An extension: is he just hard-wired to want chaos, just as the ponies are hard-wired to want harmony and peace? Is the casting of Discord as a villain a case of WrittenByTheWinners?
** Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
** When playing the fan game ''FanFic/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
*** That's actually a ShoutOut to [[http://gavalanche.deviantart.com/ Gavalanche's]] fancomics where Rarity is really Sweetie Belle's abusive mother who prefers to be called her sister, makes her live in the crawlspace next to the water heater and has tried to drown her on several occasions.
** Apple Bloom's friendship with Twist. Did Apple Bloom abandon Twist for more popular friends? Did Twist abandon Apple Bloom after getting her cutie mark? Or do they just hang out off-screen?
*** They hang out offscreen. Twist has shown up a time or two since her first appearance, though the CMC seem to have formed a clique to stand together against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
** Were the Windigos evil spirits intentionally causing the ponies suffering and grief or non-sentient beasts who were merely feeding and their natural way of survival made them a dangerous threat?
*** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
** Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
** Is Fluttershy so quiet and timid because she was [[http://porpoiseoflife.org/my-little-dv-survivor-761/ abused as a young filly?]]
*** Similarly, was Fluttershy's actions during "Putting Your Hoof Down" simply her trying to be more assertive, or her letting out her true feelings?
** In "It's About Time" Spike said he likes it when Twilight goes on adventures so he can nap. Is this true or is it just a lie to fool himself?
** Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
*** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
** And what about Nightmare Moon? Is she really a GreenEyedMonster MadGod? Or perhaps she was banished for exposing her si* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]], leading the ponies into an ultimately failing civil war?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
** Is Princess Celestia secretly a [[RonTheDeathEater tyrant? A jerkass troll]]? A MemeticMolester? Numerous fans seem to get a real kick out of taking the show's characterization of Princess Celestia as the very living embodiment of angelic benevolence and [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/685 flip]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/612 it]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/604 completely]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/372 on]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/247 its]] [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/584 head.]]
*** At the very least, she has shown to have a sense of humor on a few occasions.
** For that matter, Celestia and Luna in general: actual [[PhysicalGod physical goddesses]] in the strict sense of the trope or "merely" magical {{royals who actually do something}}?
** The land of Equestria as a whole might be a less-than utopian autocracy where the Unicorns stay in power thanks to controlling magic and learning.
** Twilight Sparkle's difficulty in social situations (most clearly seen at the start of season 1), her love of studying and reading, her knowledge of magic, and her SuperOCD all point to her being an aspie or a high-functioning autistic. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicManeCharacters The WMG page has more spectulation.]]
*** Fans also enjoy drawing Twilight [[INeedAFreakingDrink needing a freaking drink.]]
*** Humanized fanart of her tend to depict her as black or Asian.
** Rainbow Dash's tomboyish nature, boyish voice, and rainbow motif have caused some people to come to [[LesbianJock certain conclusions.]]
** According to some fans, the single most evil entity in all of Equestria is none other than [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Angel the Bunny]]]].
*** Sadly, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown not an unlikely theory]].
** Pinkie Pie [[FourthWallObserver knows you're there]]. And she's happy to see you! And she may be bi-polar. (WordOfGod denies all of these; [[WordOfDante the fans have never listened]])
*** Canonically, Pinkie does have MediumAwareness, but it isn't really set all that high. Fanonically, it isn't at all uncommon for fan depictions to blow her self-awareness up to [[{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilsonesque]] levels.
*** Some fans, who've noticed her BigEater habits, draw her humanized art [[HollywoodPudgy bigger than she actually is.]] Even [[BigBeautifulWoman cranking it]] UpToEleven.
** Spike is clearly a stoner (or maybe a ''[[AWorldwidePunomenon gem]]''-[[AWorldwidePunomenon stoner]]?)
** Is Trixie a {{Jerkass}}, or just [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]]? Was Ponyville just a lousy stop? Did the Mane Cast have the right to interrupt her show and performance with heckling? There's also a very large part of the fanbase that remains adamant that she is just as powerful, if not ''more'' powerful than Twilight, despite "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" showing that her special talent is in stage performance.
*** Others have suggested the exact opposite. One fanfic, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzHgSUpMl2X7jICAuMOiM_ZcQesbXdnBoafDmlLTG6o/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKyjrPAC The Liar]], portrays Trixie as a run-of-the-mill con artist. It suggests that [[spoiler: Trixie has almost NO magical ability, that her powers are all based off of the machines she uses in her act (including powdered poison joke to disrupt attempts to show her up,) and that her special talent is really the ability to tell the perfect lies.)]] (Fair warning this fic reads in reverse chronological order.)
** Fluttershy's possession of the SmartBall in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited For Success]]" has led to her exhibiting similar behavior, and that level of knowledge about a number of fields (from writing to gaming to politics), in various fanfics.
*** Due to an offhand comment in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E21OverABarrel Over A Barrel]]", some people think she's obsessed with becoming a tree. (Her disguise in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E22HurricaneFluttershy Hurricane Fluttershy]]" probably only added fuel to that particular fire.)
** Perhaps Diamond Tiara's bullying is just her lashing out at others because her special talent is merely wearing jewelry, possibly on the issues of TruthInTelevision beauty pageant attendees.
*** Similarly, Silver Spoon may be a [[AlphaBitch stereotypical "queen bee"]] because she's insecure about being rich and useless, hence her cutie mark
** Some fans have grown fond of the idea of Snails being a GeniusDitz with an encyclopedic knowledge of insects, or even a FriendToBugs, rather than just the dimmer of ThoseTwoGuys.
** Discord. Is he the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Spirit Of Chaos]] that's [[ChaoticNeutral merely doing his job and not truly evil]]? Is he [[FoeYay Celestia's former lover]] and another victim of [[RonTheDeathEater her tyrannical habit of banishing/imprisoning people]]? Or is he just a sadistic, [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] CompleteMonster who is giddy over [[MindRape Mind Raping]], [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and generally torturing poor ponies ForTheEvulz who deserved his AndIMustScream fate?
*** An extension: is he just hard-wired to want chaos, just as the ponies are hard-wired to want harmony and peace? Is the casting of Discord as a villain a case of WrittenByTheWinners?
** Ms. Magazine ran an article that interpreted the characters in unflattering ways including: magical white ponies had power, you need the government to tell you what to do, and girls that wear rainbows are butch.
** When playing the fan game ''FanFic/StoryOfTheBlanks'', [[FamiliarFaces CR]] says Sweetie Belle is Rarity's ''daughter'' instead of sister, jokingly.
*** That's actually a ShoutOut to [[http://gavalanche.deviantart.com/ Gavalanche's]] fancomics where Rarity is really Sweetie Belle's abusive mother who prefers to be called her sister, makes her live in the crawlspace next to the water heater and has tried to drown her on several occasions.
** Apple Bloom's friendship with Twist. Did Apple Bloom abandon Twist for more popular friends? Did Twist abandon Apple Bloom after getting her cutie mark? Or do they just hang out off-screen?
*** They hang out offscreen. Twist has shown up a time or two since her first appearance, though the CMC seem to have formed a clique to stand together against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
** Were the Windigos evil spirits intentionally causing the ponies suffering and grief or non-sentient beasts who were merely feeding and their natural way of survival made them a dangerous threat?
*** The same episode got people to claim, as a joke, that Fluttershy was clairvoyant.
** Granny Smith. Is her eccentricities just "old people are funny humor" or waaay back in her youth was she the Pinkie Pie of her social circle?
** Is Fluttershy so quiet and timid because she was [[http://porpoiseoflife.org/my-little-dv-survivor-761/ abused as a young filly?]]
*** Similarly, was Fluttershy's actions during "Putting Your Hoof Down" simply her trying to be more assertive, or her letting out her true feelings?
** In "It's About Time" Spike said he likes it when Twilight goes on adventures so he can nap. Is this true or is it just a lie to fool himself?
** Is [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis]] a JerkassWoobie, [[CompleteMonster pure evil]], a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to feed her people, Shining Armor's ex, or something else?
*** Also, fans are somewhat divided over whether she survived what happened to her or not.
** And what about Nightmare Moon? Is she really a GreenEyedMonster MadGod? Or perhaps she was banished for exposing her si* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.ster's [[RonTheDeathEater tyrannical ways]], leading the ponies into an ultimately failing civil war?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has sparked speculation about the true nature of [[TheHighQueen Princess]] [[GodEmperor Celestia]] and [[SealedEvilInACan Night Mare Moon]]. Could the CreationMyth holding that Celestia defeated her [[GreenEyedMonster jealous sister's]] mad plan to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds be [[WrittenByTheWinners propaganda]] stretching the truth? Is Night Mare Moon a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who [[GoMadFromTheIsolation went mad after]] [[AndIMustScream being sealed away]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for a thousand years]]?
** There is also "Trollestia," a theory that Celestia is intentionally screwing with everybody (or everypony, as the case may be.)
** Then there is the "Molestia" interpretation, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pretty much]] [[MemeticMolester what it sounds like.]] Compounding it are all the sub-categories of this persona; from a shiftless layabout who has grown bored of her duties and dodges actual administration to watch porn, to a [[ReallyGetsAround very open]] but harmless nympho with a [[SafeSaneAndConsensual light BDSM]] fetish, to a serial-rapist and pedophile.
** In a more minor example, Applejack's brother Big Macintosh has been portrayed in fanon as a [[GentleGiant simple, big-brother type]], a [[GeniusBruiser civilized, not-quite-country boy with a lot going on in his head]], and in the case of one particularly moving fanfic based from a short three-panel comic, a [[ShellShockedVeteran veteran shocked or similarly motivated into silence by what he saw.]] Oh, and a ChickMagnet.
** Pinkie Pie also qualifies for this, considering speculation that her past [[BreakTheCutie may have led her to develop]] manic-depressive disorder and a severe phobia of rejection, especially from friends. And, well... Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.
** There's another interpretation out there: Pinkie Pie is immortal. She grew up on a rock farm because that was an actual job during Discord's reign, and he made her as weird as she is to cause strife within her family. The rainbow blast and rainbow she saw afterwards wasn't from a Sonic Rainboom, it was from ''Celestia and Luna using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord.'' So that really was how Equestria was made.
*** On that note, the [[FanNickname Screw Ball]] pony flying around with a propeller hat could be like Pinkie; A pony that would be happy if Discord's reign was permanent ("Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain!"). [[ParanoiaFuel Discord has the ability to create ponies. Be afraid.]]
** Also with all the comments about Pinkie's constant breaking of [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]], a few fanfics and other stuff have hinted she may be more powerful than the princesses...and no one, not even herself, really knows it.
** Because of season one's finale, Fluttershy has been thought of as more than a little unstable due to her rather [[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying outburst]].
** Just who exactly is benefiting from the friendship reports that Twilight sends to the Princess? Is Twilight on the autistic spectrum and the reports are for her own personal growth? Or are they for Princess Celestia as a way to understand the common pony and how to interact with them? Or are they for Luna?
** [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe it's for all those reasons]].
** It could also have something to do with some kind of [[BatmanGambit future plan that will come into play later that may end up saving the world]]. Take for example the fact that Celestia's re-sending them all back to Twilight helped her to defeat Discord.
** "Lesson Zero" seems to give more insight into Twilight's personality, specifically, her deepest fears: She's absolutely terrified of failure and the thought of not meeting the expectations of others. There's also the (unfounded) fear that she'll be sent back to magic kindergarten. Add her general social awkwardness, the fact that she always wanted to throw a slumber party (even though she and her friends are now adults) and even the lyrics of the theme song (I used to wonder what friendship could be...) and you get the idea that Twilight's early childhood was a less then pleasant experience (victim of bullying perhaps?). Her obsession with studying and being a good student [[BeneathTheMask may have been to avoid the pain of being alone and friendless]] and to validate her own self-worth. Now that she has real friends, she's completely terrified of losing them and reverting back to the lonely and scared filly she once was.
*** "A Canterlot Wedding Part 1" seems to contradict this, though, because Twilight herself mentions that as a child she thought friendship was "silly" and her only friend aside from books was her big brother, Shining Armour. So is she simply a magical pony with NoSocialSkills or a smug, InsufferableGenius who was sent to Ponyville to learn to interact with others and to learn some humility as well?
** Rainbow Dash is often implied to be a LazyBum, yet she has also been shown working her rump off when it's important to her (such as constantly practicing her moves) or to Ponyville (she's a team leader in Winter Wrap-Up). Is she lazy, or is she bored by what she sees as trivial duties and consequently slacks off?
*** One Youtube commenter had the idea that Rainbow Dash has Winston Churchill complex- she equates affection with achievement and assumes that if she isn't the best at what she's doing, her friends won't love/respect her, which would possibly explain her fear of failing/losing and her increasingly erratic behaviour in "Sonic Rainboom" and "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well." This could also explain why she idolises the [[TheAce Wonderbolts]] as much as she does.
** A common fanon portrayal of [[LargeHam The Great]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse and Powerful]] '''[[NiceHat TRRRIXIIEEE]]''' depicts her MilesGloriosus streak as a mask over a DarkAndTroubledPast with a side order of [[TheWoobie woobie]]. (It's quite possible you get bonus points for the degree of cruelty with which you kill off the parent who inspired her to start a magic act.)
*** Others have suggested that Trixie suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex; she didn't make it in magic school because she was a bully whose only real talent was using her telekinesis to pick on others compared to other unicorns that can do much more ''useful'' magic. Similar to common fan theories about Applebloom's nemesis Diamond Tiara, this theory holds that Trixie is such a showboating JerkAss because her talent is nothing special and she's desperate to convince herself and everypony else otherwise.
** [[OurGriffonsAreDifferent Gilda]] gets viewed in a couple different ways, ranging from a full-on JerkAss thug who feels [[ClingyJealousGirl overly possessive]] of Dash, a {{Tsundere}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold that got caught on a bad day, or a genuine CoolBigSis character who got tripped up by [[BlueAndOrangeMorality cultural boundaries]] which Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't consider]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution overeacted to.]]
** Scootaloo is the only member of the [[PowerTrio Cutie Mark Crusaders]] who has had no familial connections shown or even hinted at, and is rarely seen apart from her two closest friends. Additionally, she's a pegasus unable to fly for anything but short distances, and is rarely seen without her crude wooden scooter. As such, Scootaloo is often depicted as being stuck in an abusive family, or as a homeless orphan.
** Also it's known that pegasi have to learn to fly. So far Scootaloo has not shown any interest in flying. Does she not want to fly? It would be assumed that Pegasi have to learn from birth or would it be just a case of turning old enough?
** One popular theory is that Fluttershy witnessed her father being eaten by a dragon, traumatizing her. Her mother then pushed and forced her into all the best flight schools and camps, not noticing (or possibly, not caring) that Fluttershy was a weak flyer, causing her to fall behind...
** In ''Sweet And Elite'', Twilight says to Rarity that she understands her going to the other party as being work related. However, they immediately afterwards crash the party and make complete asses out of themselves and proudly declare their association with her. Was it merely all in good fun, or were Rarity's friends being spiteful over Rarity lying to them?
** Blueblood's behaviour at the Gala has been interpreted by some as him recognizing Rarity's dream, and was screwing with her because he's met countless other mares with the same vapid dream and he's not willing to play the part.
** Some people don't really buy Mr.Cake's explanation of why his children are a pegasus and a unicorn. They believe that magical fertility treatments or infidelity may be involved somehow.
** In the iTunes redub of the beginning of "The Last Roundup", The pony formally known as Derpy Hooves was made to sound more "intelligent" and her eyes are no longer as "derpy" as before. This could make her wanton destruction of the town hall to be completely senseless. Is she still genuinely slow or was she {{Troll}}ing Rainbow Dash?
** Is [[RealityWarper Discord]] a [[CompleteMonster truly malevolent being who loves to torment others for his amusement]], a [[ChaoticNeutral crazy but not necessarily evil]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality being who is only doing his job as the God Of Chaos]], or simply a mere JerkAssGod who merely finds the ponies as little more than [[ItAmusedMe entertainment]] but doesn't hold any malevolent feelings towards them? Or, all three?
** The nature of the Dragons as a species is also debated. Common interpretations are that wild dragons tend to be {{JerkAss}}es and Spike's a nice guy because he was raised by ponies, while others suggest that adult dragons are powerful and dangerous when provoked but also intelligent and non-malicious, in which case they are the antagonists because we keep seeing them at their worst; the red dragon was unreasonable because it was exhausted and the Mane Six kept interrupting his nap, the green dragon overreacted because he thought Spike wanted to steal all his food, and the teenage dragons were immature idiots that hadn't learned how to behave.
** Diamond Tiara is usually thought to be a simple AlphaBitch (although see the Trixie example for one way some people interpret her more sympathetically), her friend Silver Spoon is sometimes suggested to be a much nicer filly who is mean to Apple Bloom because she's imitating her best friend. Silver Spoon is noted to genuinely care about Diamond Tiara's feelings, seeing how she tried to cheer her up at the end of "Call of the Cutie", but she's also one of the first to applaud Granny Smith's story about how the Apple Family founded Ponyville despite Diamond Tiara refusing to.
