Given that when she's actaully on the job she knows her shit and is a pretty damn good team leader, i'd say she actually is an offcial employee of the Weather Factory and wa sent to ponyville either to head up the squad or just as a member who quickly worked her way up.
Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.
My random thoughts
She seems like the type to take on the leadership role, as seen in Hurricane Fluttershy.
I definitely think that RD is just as good if not a better leader than Twilight. Twilight's backup plans tend to either be non-existent or backfire horribly. Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, responds as needed on the fly and spurs other ponies into action. Notable examples being in Secret of My Excess, The Last Roundup, and her coaching (which she is also really good at) in Call of the Cutie and Hurricane Fluttershy.
Problem is, she also tends to be stupid. Like, kicking a dragon in the face stupid.
Twilight is a good manager, but an awful leader.
The obvious solution is for them to work in tandem. Twilight as the planner, and Rainbow Dash as the execution-manager-person-thing.
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edited 1st Oct '12 10:22:14 PM by KylerThatch
You had your chance at the cotillion, you!
Surprise don't you have windows?
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
You had your chance at the cotillion, you!
It certainly makes more sense than any other pony genetics WMG I've read.
The portable Venus of occupied space. Grace is a maze of amazing taste.
The exact details of the genetics aren't exactly anything that really needs headcanon for me. I know the possibilities in terms of end results, and that's all I really need.
Might still have an impact? Yes. Likely to have an impact? Not really.
True, true. The funny thing is that Narrativium tends to mess with the odds, so if it makes for an interesting story, yeah, your kid's gonna take after great-great-grandma.
Pony Genetics: Hard to crack.
It bugs me when people try to label Fluttershy's Stare and Pinkie's...weirdness as official in-universe magic.
The Stare isn't magic anyways. Pinkie Sense might be a legitimate enhanced ability though.
Just got the thing for Series 3.
Alright, it'll take me, by my estimate, 16 days, assuming that I get through one a day.
I can get to 11 tomorrow, and that'll mean I'll be done before the end of October.
"Steve is like Pyro, in reverse. Watches My Little Pony, but sees Texas Chainsaw Massacre." -Sydxelia
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