Oh yeah, lots. A lot of my friends I associate with Fluttershy, and I have a few others I associate with Twilight, like my sister, or some combination of the 2. I suppose the only 2 friends I have I associate with characters commonly are 2 of my closest, since we talk about ponies a lot, so it’s on my mind more and I commonly associate them with the one I think they’re most like, which is Fluttershy and Twilight for the 2 of them.
That’s uh, sort of a way I tell which people I think I could and should try to be great friends with, and which I shouldn’t, I sort of search for ways to tell which FiM character they’re most like. Like generally, the more someone seems like Fluttershy, the more likely I think we’ll get along great and I should pursue things with them. The more someone seems the opposite, like Rainbow Dash, the more likely I think we won’t get along and I should just give them the cold shoulder and move to someone else, and yeah. Ponies has become a real big part of my life, for better or worse.
Can I give a little bit of perspective on Rainbow Dash? I already know your personal opinions on her. But I thought’d I’d explain a bit why she’s become my 2nd favorite. I think the seeds were planted in Read It and Weep where I really liked how Rainbow was used in a meta sort of way in terms of fans of the show when they were first getting into it. Just replace the book with the first Friendship is Magic episode we watched and Rainbow’s friends with that of family our own friends who might think they’ll laugh that Rainbow/we said we wouldn’t think was so good. Skipped ahead to Season 4, we have Daring Don’t where she’s a bit of a fangirl. And with the conversations she has with Twilight in that episode, she’s like two notable types of fans. Twilight is the longtime fan that even though she’s just about as excited to find out Daring Do is real. She’s still grounded mentally as to not let her excitement overwhelm here. While Rainbow’s the vice-versa. She’s new to Daring Do, but is such a fanatic she does all she can to show her admiration for Daring Do when she finds out she’s real. Sometimes I feel like I can feel a little both towards things like waiting for the next huge episode of Friendship is Magic, or the next Smash Bros. game. While most of the time I can be like Twilight where I can be excited but have it overwhelm me. Sometimes when a really exciting thing comes up, I can’t help but feel like Rainbow in that instance.
I also felt Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 was a bit of a relatable moment. Because I once had trouble figuring out Math. Especially in my middle school years. But my math teacher in my Freshmen year managed to make Math a little more fun and more memorable. To the point that where I once got an average of C’s on most of my assignments. To B+ or even A range. Sometimes a different way of teaching can really help. And while I don’t learn the exact same way Rainbow does by non-consciously picking up details. It’s still relatable in terms it’s a different way then the normal way of studying.
Add that the fact she still has the things that I love about a character like say Sonic the Hedgehog (Fast speed, heroic, always seeks to save/help a friend, etc.) and it’s still believable that she’d do the things that I referenced before. I think makes her, regardless of her flaws of being a tad egotistic at times or abrasive, which I’m definitely not. Just makes her much more of a multi-dimensional character. She can be a fast-flying hero that would brave great danger to save her friends, but she can also be an overexcitable fangirl. And I think that’s really cool to see.
(Oh and it probably helps that unlike most Bronies it seems, I like watching Sports on occasion. xP Especially the Playoffs for like Hockey and Football)