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#35976 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:01:26 AM from Singapore from Singapore

She also did some serious kung fu when Discorded.

Rarity kungfu topper :D

edited 5th Nov '11 11:01:54 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#35977 Whatshisgame Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:02:55 AM

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#35978 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:03:21 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

Wait, I'm confused; is her natural talent fashion and dressmaking or finding gems?.......Or both? Like fashion stuff is her actual talent, and her gem finding is a spell that's unique to her also derived from her cutie mark kinda as a bonus?

edited 5th Nov '11 11:04:20 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35979 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:03:41 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

If ponies share traits when they crossbreed. A unicorn+pegasus would create...

great, so now we've got super athlete Rarity as well. Do the creators hate AJ or something?

edited 5th Nov '11 11:05:34 AM by gingerninja666

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#35980 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:04:56 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

Share some traits, maybe, but they only stick to one type in the end. No alicorns running around. Like I said, her athletisism may have nothing to do with the cross breeding and is simply cause her dad is really strong in general, not just because of his species, meaning that a little of that would probably be transmitted.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:05:54 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35981 Calnos Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:06:41 AM from Nowhere from Nowhere

Wait, I'm confused; is her natural talent fashion and dressmaking or finding gems?.......Or both?

I think Cutie Mark Chronicles makes it clear her special talent is gem hunting. Dress making is her job and she incorporates gems into it, but her Cutie Mark is a trio of diamonds...

I personally have always made an assumption that a pony's special talent doesn't have to be the same as their job.

#35982 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:09:04 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

I kinda also figured that was how it worked out; actual talent is gem finding and fashion making is just something she developed naturally.......So many conclusions can be made from this. So it's plausible that Scootaloo could be fit both the fanon intepretations of her; she could be both a good dancer for her talent or extreme sports or whatever, AND she could grow up to be in the wonderbolts if she wanted to! No more having to choose in-between! :D

I'm starting to realize Rarity may be a bit more of a Bad Ass than what we give her credit for.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:12:14 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35983 Cookoo Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:12:28 AM from A cuckoo clock from A cuckoo clock

Just finished the new episode. Nice to see a normal episode every now and again. I don't think that this episode had many memes in it like the last ones did, though I'm sure this community will find some.

Also, Rarity's athletisism is probably due to her tring to keep a slim figure, to keep her looking good.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:27:34 AM by Cookoo

I'm probably supposed to be doing work right now.

Tealove is best pony.

#35984 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:12:35 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

yeah, EVERYONE is turning out to be a badass

... except AJ.

(sorry I'm in a funk again)

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#35985 Sereg Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:14:38 AM from South Africa from South Africa

x4 My interpretation is that talents are usually fairly abstract and that Rarity's is "finding and creating beauty".

EDIT: Ninja'd

AJ is a badass. But when everyone is a badass, you need more than that to stand out.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:15:53 AM by Sereg

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#35986 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:15:02 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

A lot of the voiced characters are turning out to be Bad Ass (......except for the CMC. Forever inferior to their siblings and idol, oh the fun of living under a shadow.~ XD), I mean think about it for a second.

and AJ is too a Bad Ass! >.>

That's also a good interpretation......ah forget about it, I'm going with they are both covered under her talent until further notice.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:18:14 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35987 Sereg Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:18:12 AM from South Africa from South Africa

The CMC are still too young for them to be badass. Let them at least grow up a bit and earn their cutie marks before expecting them to kick monsters in the face.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:18:44 AM by Sereg

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#35988 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:19:03 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

She is, but she doesn't have a talent that helps her stand out.

She's an athlete, fine, so is EVERY other member of the cast as well

Come on AJ episode!

edited 5th Nov '11 11:20:01 AM by gingerninja666

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#35989 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:19:35 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

I actually brought it up to point that out and then ask why they have the trope in their page...... Eh, I guess compared to other kids they count, since I doubt half they people their age could take so much punishment.

Twilight and flutterhsy aren't. They have their moments, but they aren't as good as AJ and RD. Pinkie Pie and Rarity.......are situational cases. X3 I'm sure she'll get the spotlight before the season is out, don't you worry.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:23:27 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35990 flyingdingo 0827 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:19:52 AM

@ Gingerninja

When you think about it, every one of the mane six had a chance to show off their athleticism

Twilight got in 5th place in the falling of the leaves
Rainbow Dash can fly fast enough to reach mach 10 (and triggered a sonic rainboom twice).
Fluttershy beat up a bear and flew fast enough to catch up with Rainbow Dash (even though both were weighed down at the time.
Pinkie Pie ran fast enough to keep up with Rainbow Dash (though that could be her reality warping powers at work).
Rarity (and Sweetie belle) were good enough to almost come in first place.
Applejack bucked half of the trees at sweet apple acres by herself, kicked a bell hard enough to make it fly into the stratosphere, did well enough in the iron horse competition to tie with Rainbow Dash in most of the events (only losing when she cheated).

So I believe that AJ is the best athlete of the mane six followed by Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, a tie between Rarity and Fluttershy, and Twilight Sparkle.

Thoughts?

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#35991 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:22:27 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

But because of the level of juxtoposition it provides: Watching Rarity or Fluttershy suddenly act athletic is arguably more badass than when AJ does it.

Plus, RD can cause Rainukes, TS is a magical prodigy, Fluttershy has a stare that can defeat dragons. Pinkie Pie is a god What can AJ do?

edited 5th Nov '11 11:23:34 AM by gingerninja666

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#35992 Sereg Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:24:29 AM from South Africa from South Africa

Leaving one thing out. Rarity and Twilight are strong enough to lift Tom who has been estimated to weigh multiple tons.

EDIT: Ninja'd with more.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:25:08 AM by Sereg

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#35993 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:24:30 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

She can buck appletrees. Hard.

I think that might have been Rule of Funny at work. Either that, or they're just determinators. X3

edited 5th Nov '11 11:26:02 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35994 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:25:39 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

Evil Glare!!

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#35995 flyingdingo 0827 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:26:02 AM

She has a pretty strong kick which I imagine would seriously injure (or kill) someone if it ever landed.

Edit: Ninja'd

edited 5th Nov '11 11:26:43 AM by flyingdingo0827

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#35996 tvtropesnoob Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:27:24 AM from USA, USA, USA, USA! from USA, USA, USA, USA!

They all do; Rarity managed to knock other ponies out when flailing. I would count that under 'seriously injure.' Side effect of being horses.

edited 5th Nov '11 11:27:49 AM by tvtropesnoob

-Mr. Nomura, are you trolling your fanbase?

Nomura: Maybe. That is a plot point and I want fans to speculate. *laughs.*

#35997 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:28:06 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

AJ needs something big and flashy. RD has the Rainboom.

All the others have done things that ONLY they can do. AJ hasn't. All her achievments can be emulated by others in one way or another

edited 5th Nov '11 11:29:29 AM by gingerninja666

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#35998 Sereg Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:29:14 AM from South Africa from South Africa

I interpret Twilight and Rarity's lifting of Tom to mean that Applejack can lift far, far more than that. And that if you can only lift a few tons, you're a weakling in pony society.

EDIT:

AJ kicks a mountain so hard it vapourises?

edited 5th Nov '11 11:30:26 AM by Sereg

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#35999 flyingdingo 0827 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:30:27 AM

What I meant was that AJ can applebuck trees and send bells into outer space with her kicks.

Then again we never really get a chance to see how much power the average pony has behind their kicks (though RD had to use two legs to ring the bell while AJ sent the bell into space with only one leg).

edited 5th Nov '11 11:30:41 AM by flyingdingo0827

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#36000 gingerninja 666 Sat, 5th Nov '11 11:31:23 AM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

See, that'd be awesome.

Let her be SUCCESSFUL at something!!

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony