I would say that the fact that in Hurricane Fluttershy, RD did not know that Fluttershy was still being bullied would suggest that the whole "defend her honor" thing was a one off sort occurrence and that nothing really happened between them afterwards. I don't get the impression that they were anymore then distant acquaintances in school.

RD got kicked out of flight school, didn't she? So it's likely that the bullying we saw in Hurricane happened after RD was gone. They could have been friendly up until that point, then lost contact, and reconnected after both wound up in Ponyville.

You could probably subdivide Ponyville into sub-territories like, say:

• Northwest Rail Station
• Market Square
• East Residential
• West Residential
• Southeast Rail Station
• Sweet Apple Acres
• Apple Orchard (North)
• Apple Orchard (South)

That's actually a smart idea.

Rainbow dropped out of flight school, actually, she wasn't forced out.

Either she couldn't stand being told what to do all the time or she was already flying at a higher level than what they were teaching her so she felt like she was wasting time there. Probably a little of both.

I just thought of a potential Aesop where Rainbow Dash is used to explain why dropping out of school is bad. I can't decide whether that'd be awful or... yeah, it'd be awful.

RD was actually present in Fluttershy's flashback so it did happen while she was still there.

I get the impression in Sonic Rainboom that she was probably pretty close to being thrown out anyway for anyone of a number of reasons.

I think we actually have speculated on the idea of Dash getting the Flight School equivalent of a GED. I think it could work.

edited 30th Jul '12 11:12:51 PM by Mio

It's actually Flight Camp not flight school. I don't think it was an official thing you had to go to, just an extracurricular thing that parents send their kids to during summer or something. I really doubt pegasi need flying licenses.

Do Pegasi get speeding tickets?

Random Clock Tower gif

edited 30th Jul '12 11:30:34 PM by edvedd

Filly Twilight is the best thing ever colon three.

Well, going too fast could disrupt birds, and you certainly don't want pegasi crashing into each other.

Well, RD would have been thrown in jail by now if they had a policing system.

Oh, they definitely have a policing system. They have the epic prison TARTARUS to throw ponies in, after all.

Anyway, I'd better go to sleep. So goodnight thread:

http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/art/Advanced-Pony-Escape-Suits-254453598

Space Ponies.

This is the quietest I've ever seen the thread...

^That's a cute picture. Is 'escape suits' referencing something?

Google says (well confirm) it's real life astronaut thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Crew_Escape_Suit

Here prequel to Dash vs Starscream battle.

http://www.derpibooru.org/62528

edited 31st Jul '12 1:55:09 AM by DeathCloud

Berry Punch and Pinchy: Pony Commandos.

It's!...Fluttershy seen from above.

edited 31st Jul '12 2:09:11 AM by Blissey1

I realise that this is going to seem overly pedantic, but I think that it's the other way around. Ponies don't get a cutie mark that they then interpret, they interpret their talent which is then written on their flank in the language of cutie marks.

Twilight and Photo Finish both saw the thing that they're best at as "magic" so hey got a cutie mark that means "magic". They apply their talent differently, but their cutie mark still means the same thing.

I see nothing wrong with Cheerilee's cutie mark definition. It just means that they can be abstract with arbitrary boundries.

wouldn't that mean that cutie marks are then a language unto themselves? Like Hieroglyphics or something?

well, at any rate, it's bedtime for me. Night all!

edited 31st Jul '12 2:21:58 AM by Blissey1

I saw this on a Cracked.com article and the first thing I thought of was Ponyville. Sad me.

More like, Rad you.

That is exactly what I mean. It would pretty much be one of the most difficult languages ever to learn though as every concept has its own symbol.

I think the analogy fails in that cutie marks are very interpretative. Two ponies can have the same symbol, but still have different meanings.

I think?

Good Morning, Rarity (Human)

^^I could easily see Cheerilee's mark being a gardener's.

edited 31st Jul '12 3:15:39 AM by RedSavant

That doesn't look like a very good morning to me.