My headcanon is that she's Snips's sister, just because that might annoy everyone.

Yeah have it be like a casually-mentioned thing and the episode continues on its course, but the fans are still like "WHAT?! WHAT!? WHAT!? WHAT?!?!? GO BACK!!!! GO BACK!! WHAT!?!?"

^I think "Sisterhooves Social" pretty much solidifies Rarity's family's structure, though. Parents and two daughters - both Rarity and Sweetie Belle act like they only have the one sister, after all.

I'm just wondering where Rarity's parents live. It must be in town somewhere, but didn't we see Rarity in Carousel Boutique during her flashback? So did they just move and leave the place to her?

I said it was never going to happen; I just wanted to point out how awesome/hilarious the fan reaction would be if that ever turned out to be true. XD

edited 6th Nov '11 7:58:00 PM by tvtropesnoob

Just what would a member of their family have to be like to be such a black sheep as to have this ignored thus far? O_o

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As I said, it'd probably never happen, as it would cause plot holes by the gazillions.....though they could always be half-sisters...Gah, teh epillictic trees!

Here's somethign that's much more plausible; DJ and Rarity are cousins. That would make an interesting plot device without causing much fridge logic, AND best of all send the fanbase for a massive loop.

Bam! Review is already done. Includes my reasoning for why Rarity's attitude is at least partially justified.

Her attitude made perfect sense to me. It's due to a mystical alignment of stars known as "I have two younger sisters".

I thought Rarity was consistently in character in this episode.

Oh, the whole Vinyl/Rarity thing gets better

Remember "The Show Stoppers"? Remember Sweetie Belle's mane during the performance? Its pretty much a Palette Swap of Vinyl's!

I personally like the idea of Vinyl and Rarity being twins, with Vinyl wearing shades and dying her mane to cover up this fact. Its as likely as Octavia being Pinkie's sister, and I like it for the same reasons... Its hilarious to think about!

edited 6th Nov '11 9:06:09 PM by Calnos

It makes sense to me, as well. There's no real talking about justification when it comes to familial relationships.

For the record, I'm defending her actions as being a reasonable response to Sweetie Belle's shenanigans, as well as being in character for her. I don't have siblings, but I have a comparably aged cousin, so I know exactly what that sort of crap is like.

edited 6th Nov '11 9:13:46 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Trust me, siblings are on a whole new level. Unless your cousin was with you for at least an hour a day, almost every day for fifteen years.

Don't get me wrong, I love my sisters dearly, but when I was younger there were days I could cheerfully have strangled them. The only thing stopping me was that they are tougher than I am and would have pulled my arms and legs off.

Then why is it she acted like she had not clue how to interact with siblings in the newest episode, and had to re-learn what having a sister is like? That's the biggest plot hole i came up with.

edited 6th Nov '11 9:22:40 PM by tvtropesnoob

She doesn't live with her parents and Sweetie Belle, and depending on their ages it's entirely possible that she moves out either while Sweetie is still in infancy or even before that. Either that or no one has called on her for it so she hasn't had any reason to attitude towards Sweetie Belle.

Probably because Rarity likely hasn't lived with her parents or with Sweetie Belle for a few years. She might watch Sweetie on occasion, but its not hard to imagine Rarity being used to her own space and having extended period with her sister, especially during an important work period, was something she got initially overwhelmed by.

Hey, the Friendship Express Train in the opening is different now!

In "Lesson Zero" and "Luna Eclipsed" it's like this:

• Blue, yellow-roofed engine (containing one stallion)
• Brown, pink-roofed car (containing three elderly ponies) with a second level (containing Derpy)
• Brown, yellow-roofed car (containing three mares)
• Brown, blue-roofed car (containing three mares)
• Brown, purple-roofed car (containing one mare and two mustached stallions) with a pink platform (holding a suitcase and a trunk)
• Blue, yellow-roofed caboose (containing two mares)
• Blue, yellow-rimmed cart (containing the Cutie Mark Crusaders)

In "Sisterhooves Social" it's like this (changed colors are in bold, moved segments are in italics):

• Pink, yellow-roofed engine (containing one stallion)
• Brown, pink-roofed car (containing three elderly ponies) with a second level (containing Derpy)
• Purple, pink-roofed car (containing one mare and two mustached stallions) with a blue platform (holding a suitcase and a trunk)
• Brown, yellow-roofed car (containing three mares)
• Brown, blue-roofed car (containing three mares)
• Pink, yellow-roofed caboose (containing two mares)
• Blue, yellow-rimmed cart (containing the Cutie Mark Crusaders)

The engine has the same color as its toy version now (and the caboose's color still matches the engine's), but your guess is as good as mine about the rearranging and the other color changes.

edited 6th Nov '11 9:33:13 PM by Whatshisgame

@Jt I love your reviews. But due to shcool stuff I won't be able to read it for a while:/

nice catch! never noticed that

+Wa—Hu—Hold o—NO! MISUNDERSTANDING! XD I was talking about the guy who was talking about Rarity and Vinyl being twins; I pointed out if they were twins, then Rarity would have been used to having a sibling, or at least have remembered any lessons she learned about siblinghood in the past growing up. In the episode it was like she had never really learned about sisterhood in general.

Which begs the question; what WAS sweetie's and Rarity's relationship like before this episode? Was this the first time in Sweetie's life that Rarity and her had spent any extended time with each other?

edited 6th Nov '11 9:35:45 PM by tvtropesnoob

It was probably the first time Swetie bell was trying to please her that much.

Possibly pretty different from that of Spike/Twilight and AJ/AB. In both relationships the younger ones had lived with their respective older sibling for some time, and worked with them specifically in their chosen fields.

Rarity/SB by contrast don't strike me as immediately close, largely because the latter already had older people to take care of her as opposed to Spike and Applebloom who had the likes of Twilight and Applejack/Big Macintosh to look after them.

edited 6th Nov '11 9:40:14 PM by BorneAgain

I know but it just strikes me odd that this is the first time they've ever really bonded in her entire life. It sure seemed that way. Rarity had no clue how to act around her and only started being actually sibling like in the end, implying she and Sweetie had pretty much never ever ever spent more than an hour in a room with each other, which strikes me as odd since Sweetie is at least a good few years old, and in all that time they never bonded once?

edited 6th Nov '11 9:41:55 PM by tvtropesnoob