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** In addition to that, it also seems that the rodeo probably wasn't quite as big a deal as the Best Young Fliers competition was. The latter is apparently a big enough deal that the uber-popular Wonderbolts and ''Celestia herself'' are in attendance, whereas it's never implied that the rodeo is such a big event. As far as we know, the rodeo is just one of several similar competitions (and given that AJ has ''won'' in previous rodeos, this would seem to be the case), and as such there's less reason for everyone to come along. To put it in modern perspective, the BYF competition is analogous to a huge, nationally televised championship game in a popular sport, whereas the rodeo is something more along the lines of a regional championship, or a championship in a less popular sport (like billiards or something) that might have a decent sized amount of prize money, but isn't nearly as popular as the BYF. And as noted, Rainbow Dash needs the moral support a lot more than Applejack does.
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** I don't really see that as racist for two reasons: First of all, the question doesn't really imply any dislike for zebras on Applejack's part, and second, it's a totally legitimate question: we know for a fact that different pony races have different abilities so it really isn't odd that she might think zebras have similar abilities. Not to mention that Zecora is always portrayed as a bit of a mystic whenever she shows up, having access to information that none of the rest of the cast does. As for her reaction to Zecora in "Bridle Gossip", she doesn't even realize that Zecora isn't a pony, so her suspicions can't be racially motivated. If anything she's freaked out because Zecora acts weird, dresses weird, and lives in an area that the ponies in general tend to be wary of. Not to mention that her reaction to Zecora wasn't really that much worse than everyone else's. She's just more outspoken about it because she's worried that her sister might be endangered.
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*** On the other hand, it kinda makes sense for him to break their strengths; it makes them even less of a threat to him. If he attacks their weaknesses, it means their strengths are still intact and they could still sync with the elements. Appealing to Rarity's vanity wouldn't help much because what he needs to do is remove her generosity; appealing to Pinkie's gluttony isn't as useful to him as ruining her ability to make other ponies laugh; etc. By taking out their strengths, he basically ruins their connections to the elements, which effectively neutralizes his only weakness. In regard to Rainbow Dash specifically, he did attack her loyalty by forcing her to choose between her hometown and her friends, so either way she'd be betraying somepony. If anything you could argue that she made the wrong choice because she knows that leaving the maze causes her and her friends to "lose" the game, and she does so anyway. Granted, it's under Discord's influence, but even so she effectively sold out her friends for the chance to save Cloudsdale.
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* Following up on this, why do so many people assume that the CMC's argument is what caused Discord to break free? Celestia explicitly says that the spell broke due to the elements changing hooves, and Discord is always shown as creating chaos, not feeding off of it. If anything, the CMC fought because the seal on Discord was weakening and the proximity affected them, not vice versa.
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*** Yep. He destroyed all that already and was only ''getting started''. Now imagine how bad things might have gotten if ''he'' had had an entire season to work with...
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*** Hah. Wonder what that says about Celestia. [[NeverLiveItDown Lived in Equestria for 1,000 years, don't even know that there's an underground mine]]. Actually, she said that ''most'' ponies forgot about it.
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**Add in that according to Chrysalis nopony knew about those caverns, even if they had gone looking for Twilight, they wouldn't have know where to look.
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*** Also, [[FalseCause correlation does not imply causation]]. They got into a squabble next to Discord's "statue" and a short while later he broke free, but it's never stated (assuming for convenience's sake and on grounds of the LawOfConservationOfDetail that it wasn't simply pure coincidence) ''which'' of the two was cause and which effect.
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**** Two points: First, Twilight would know her ''own'' (and thus her future self's) idea of what constitutes "morning" better than we do, and it may not actually ''be'' "any time before noon" as far as she's concerned. And second, after all she's been through trying to prevent the disaster she's worried about it's no surprise that by the time the sun comes up she'd be just plain exhausted and ready to call it quits.
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** Let's also not forget that after Chrysalis sent Twilight into the caves, naturally ''nobody else knew where she was''. Even if her friends had gone looking for her and quizzed "Cadence" whether ''she'd'' seen Twilight, Chrysalis could always have feigned ignorance herself (optionally even delivering an excuse along the lines of "I tried to talk to her, but she ran away and I don't know where she went") with nopony any wiser...
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*** And this being Fluttershy, I'd be surprised if she could anything more to Rainbow Dash than [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor that vase]].
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to [[AlphaBitch Diamond]] [[TheSociopath Tiara]] and [[AlphaBitch Silver]] [[Jerkwithaheartofgold Spoon]], who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to Twilight during Winter Wrap Up then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to [[AlphaBitch Diamond]] [[TheSociopath Tiara]] and [[AlphaBitch Silver]] [[Jerkwithaheartofgold [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Spoon]], who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to Twilight during Winter Wrap Up then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to Twilight during Winter Wrap Up then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to Diamond Tiara [[AlphaBitch Diamond]] [[TheSociopath Tiara]] and Silver Spoon, [[AlphaBitch Silver]] [[Jerkwithaheartofgold Spoon]], who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to Twilight during Winter Wrap Up then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to[[My Little PonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Twilight]] then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to[[My Little PonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Twilight]] to Twilight during Winter Wrap Up then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I think the main points everyone is missing here are attitude and motive. When Trixie brags, she talks down to an entire town full of ponies she's never even met before, declaring she's superior to all of them. She then, after Rainbow confronts her, proceeds to target Twilight, humiliates Applejack for standing up for Twilight, and goads Rarity into a fight when Rarity refused to get involved. She then challenges Twilight AGAIN and treats her actual fans rather rudely. Applebloom ONLY talked down to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who by the way, bullied Applebloom and made her feel inferior in various episodes. Applebloom getting back at them might not have been entirely appropriate, but it's understandable, and a FAR cry from what Trixie does. Plus, Applebloom never actually challenged them, they tried to outdue Applebloom on their own. Finally, Applebloom's motivation for getting a Cutie Mark is because she feels like an outcast without one, and finally getting one and receiving attention for it seemed to make her feel accepted as part of the community. This would make her far more comparable to[[My Little PonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Twilight]] then to Trixie. Finally, Applebloom never brags, only demonstrates for those who want to watch.
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** I am almost positive that they were planning to talk things over with her once she calmed down, but it seems as though not a whole lot of time had passed between her outburst and the wedding.
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* So... were Twilight's friends, mentor, and brother seriously going to leave Twilight for dead in those caves? I mean, I know she was acting like a total bitch, but I wouldn't doubt that ''no one'' would find her after the wedding was said and done. Unless all her friends' middle names happen to be Judas, then that would be understandable.
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** That's... actually a very good point, it implies that Nightmare Moon's likeliness was effectively forgotten before the events of the first episodes. Since the statue is in the Everfree Forest, it wouldn't be a wild guess to assume only Zecora knew of it's existence (though it's origins are still unknown). Another possibility might be that Nightmare Night changed over time to exclude Nightmare Moon, and that the whole 'Nightmare Moon boogeyman' stories were effectively invented by Zecora.
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** That's... actually a very good point, it implies that Nightmare Moon's likeliness likeness was effectively forgotten before the events of the first episodes. Since the statue is in the Everfree Forest, it wouldn't be a wild guess to assume only Zecora knew of it's its existence (though it's its origins are still unknown). Another possibility might be that Nightmare Night changed over time to exclude Nightmare Moon, and that the whole 'Nightmare Moon boogeyman' stories were effectively invented by Zecora.
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** Well... for some reason, Rainbow Dash went way out of her way to make sure Fluttershy also got some cider. From the beginning she could have easily gone to the farm to get it first, but instead made a detour to wake up Fluttershy, and not only that, but she made sure that both of them got there at the same AND gave Fluttershy dibs. It would have been weird to see Rainbow Dash demanding cider from Fluttershy after that.
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* A minor one, but: when queuing for cider the first time, Fluttershy buys the last mug of cider and Rainbow doesn't get any. Fluttershy is the world's biggest doormat; Rainbow is the poster-pony for being inconsiderate of others' needs if they get in the way of her own, and she ''really'' wanted that cider. ''How did Fluttershy stay ahead of her in the queue for all that time?'' She was so desperate for cider she ate the dirt it fell on, but at no point did she think to go "Hey, Fluttershy, let me go ahead of you in the queue, I'm dying here!"
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*** After what couldn't have been more than a few days of training against woodland animals in cut-out pony masks. Fluttershy made remarkable progress in overcoming her insecurities, but it's unfair to expect her to defeat them completely in such a short time, especially if her moment of truth is in front of real pegasi who have done nothing but train their flying strength in the meanwhile.
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** If I ever have children, and they suddenly express a desire to hang out with delinquents known for breaking people's windows or hassling people smaller than themselves, I would ''at the very least'' keep tabs on what my kids are picking up from their new friends. Is it ''that'' surprising that when Spike expresses a desire to hang out with nasty dragons, his friends follow him to make sure the dragons won't turn him into a monster?
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** Also, this show takes a dim view of loners and introverts ''anyway''. Which makes perfect sense, given how important friendship is to the entire fabric of how Equestria works. Twilight Sparkle's loner tendencies almost got in the way of beating Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna's years out-of-action caused her to make a fool of herself in Luna Eclipsed, Trixie's lack of consideration for others made it necessary for her to be served a slice of humble pie, Gilda didn't care about anypony except Rainbow Dash which eventually contributed to her downfall at the party, etc. So it could be said that Pinkie Pie is easily forgiven for annoying a loner because according to "the magic of friendship" that allows Equestria to be a paradise in the first place, being an introvert is ''itself'' a personality problem to ''begin'' with.
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** There's also another explanation: Cheerilee is often simply ''not within earshot'' when Diamond Tiara's ''really'' laying on the nastiness. Which unfortunately is true to real life. Teachers can't be everywhere at once, so bullies often choose targets that are travelling in zones that the teachers are not watching or listening to (the hallways, more isolated parts of the playground, the back corner of the class, etc.). Think of that Eddie Haskell character from the Leave it to Beaver series: Eddie was a jerk to his peers, ''but not when adults were around'', then he acted sugary-sweet and polite. And as for the adults, they genuinely have no choice but to operate under the "innocent until proven guilty" principle or they'd be acting even worse. So if they're told bullying is going on, and there's no evidence of that, they have no choice but to discard the claim, because if they ''don't'' operate on that principle, they start getting fascistic and that leads to horror stories on the news about little girls being handcuffed for doodling on the desk or teenage boys beaten within an inch of their lives for saying rude words to security.
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** Also, keep in mind there's a very, very subtle distinction between bragging about how superior one's SKILLS are, and how superior YOU are. The first is acceptable, ''if'' you can actually back up your claim (for example, it's acceptable to say, "I got the best grades in my class" ''if'' you actually did get the best grades). The second is not acceptable, since it's unethical to separate humans into inferior and superior beings (for example, it's not acceptable to say that other people are worthless, and you are a god among men). Apple Bloom did the first, bragging about skills she ''was'' actually displaying. Trixie did the second, boasting that she was a superior pony to everyone she was putting on the show for (and she couldn't back herself up, either).
