#347502EnlongTue, 12th Mar '13 7:00:14 PMfrom The Underground Facility
Yeah, Rainbow's most likely heterosexual.
I have a message from another time...
#347503marstonTue, 12th Mar '13 7:05:28 PMfrom America
I kinda see RD as either lesbian or Bi, and honestly I don't know why either. And that was before I became a shipper. Nowadays I like to think of her as either one of those sexualitys, since otherwise none of my RD pairings would work out at all.
edited 12th Mar '13 7:06:11 PM by marston
#347504Applelight LimitedTue, 12th Mar '13 7:08:03 PMfrom Manehattan to Canterlot
For me, it's asexual until proven otherwise. And so far, only Rarity has settled on a side.
#347505EnlongTue, 12th Mar '13 7:09:26 PMfrom The Underground Facility
I have a message from another time...
#347506TurtlebutterTue, 12th Mar '13 7:12:02 PMfrom A Marshy Pond
Since its a kids show we can probably assume they are canonically asexual save for maybe Rarity.
Now Fanon wise... I think they could go either way as long as a compelling argument is made in a story. If you say Rarity X Rainbow Dash ... CUZ! Then Im not going to buy it. If you write a heartbreaking story of staggering genius about how they ended up together... then I can dig it.
#347507marstonTue, 12th Mar '13 7:14:40 PMfrom America
You mean kinda like what JT is doing with his fanfic {Minus the Heartbreaking part}? Cause that's probably what I would do with a pairing if A: I had writing talent, B: A good way to start the romance off and have it develop over time, and C: Could actually think of any sort of logical plot progression whatsoever.
#347508Japanese TeethTue, 12th Mar '13 7:15:45 PMfrom Meinong's jungle
@Enlong: Yup, it's part of a chapter for my ongoing fic. Also thanks.
Re: RD: I don't really have any set sexualities for any of the cast aside for Rarity being attracted to stallions. Outside of that, they all change depending on what I find amusing. Which usually ends up being lesbian due to the lack of male characters.
#347509TurtlebutterTue, 12th Mar '13 7:17:39 PMfrom A Marshy Pond
I have only read maybe the first part of JT's story but I liked where it was going. And yeah it doesn't need to be heartbreaking (I was just stealing the title of a novel to be silly).
I guess I can just say I like well written shipping stories that actually explore how the two got together and how they interact.
#347516Orion AuroraTue, 12th Mar '13 7:25:10 PMfrom Andromeda Galaxy
@Enlong: Oh, you were referring to Apple. I thought that "Yeah" Was a blunt way of answering my question.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
#347517SeraphemTue, 12th Mar '13 7:25:41 PMfrom Delamare
Meh, I default to ponies simply don't care about gender that much. No hang ups about liking mares or colts, just, like who you like. basically everypony is Pansexual.
#347518Orion AuroraTue, 12th Mar '13 7:26:41 PMfrom Andromeda Galaxy
Oh, are we talking about relation ships? Well, as you all know, I do prefer my mares.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
#347519TurtlebutterTue, 12th Mar '13 7:26:45 PMfrom A Marshy Pond
I kinda like that theory. Could explain why we see BG ponies paired up with different partners from time to time(even though the art directors just say its cuz their colors look good together)
Not equating ponies with swingers now... just saying that I think Caramel has been seen paired with Stallions and mares
#347520Japanese TeethTue, 12th Mar '13 7:28:15 PMfrom Meinong's jungle
I will say that I generally view the ponies as being drawn to each other romantically more through emotional connection rather than physical attraction. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that they're pansexual, but I do agree that they probably don't have nearly as many hangups about homosexuality. Like it might not be as common as heterosexuality, but it wouldn't really raise eyebrows either.
I've never thought of RD as gay or bisexual, just as a tomboy. She's such a tomboy that, every once in a while, I have to remind myself that she's female.
"First you get incinerated, then you go to space and watch YouTube clips of yourself. Then you become a princess."
~ edvedd
#347522Applelight LimitedTue, 12th Mar '13 7:33:27 PMfrom Manehattan to Canterlot
@ Syd
Ope, that might get me started on pony human body types again!
#347523TurtlebutterTue, 12th Mar '13 7:36:00 PMfrom A Marshy Pond
I was mistaken for a boy a lot before I um... developed into a woman.
I wore my hair cut short and ran around and played in the dirt... would go out in the woods and play in the creek looking for crawdads and salamanders til dark....
I dunno what it means to be a girl (I do like hooficures when I can afford them though... )
#347524the LibrarianTue, 12th Mar '13 7:36:28 PMfrom his own little world
Yeah, I think of her as a tomboy too.
That is the face of a man who just ate a kitten. Raw.
#347525RainbowTue, 12th Mar '13 7:38:48 PM
@storyyeller: It's less the shippers that bug me (because shippers tend to focus on romantic/sexual moments, so far as I know) and more the idea that Rainbow Dash is the designated lesbian of the group because of stereotypes (although I don't mind the idea of her being a lesbian in itself).
I think it's more that stupid Ms. article because of who wrote it, and the fact that the writer was preaching against homophobia while stereotyping lesbians herself.