Applejack is the one true pony and everyone else is just a copy.

No that would be Minty

Excuse me but this is actually precisely how relationships work :|

Ideally they shouldn't but you are right Real Life tends to be hard and some lovers tend to be jerks.

edited 9th Dec '11 6:41:43 PM by FallenLegend

Concerning the whole romance thing: I think the show theoretically could do it well, but honestly I'd rather it not, if only because romance plots simply don't interest me. While what Fallen Legend said about friendship and romance not being mutually exclusive is certainly true, I also think that the show quite obviously places an emphasis on the friendship side of the equation, and introducing romance as a constant element in the show would distract from that. The show is primarily about Friendship; it's right there in the title, and if there is romance it's almost certainly going to either be a temporary thing, or something involving a secondary character. I could see a recurring romantic subplot involving, say, Big Mac, but a romantic subplot in the mane cast would unbalance the dynamics in the cast. The only way it wouldn't is if the romance is half-assed, which is obviously a bad thing.

Ok, maybe the mane 6 don't get romance (though I feel that it could be done)...what about the other characters?

Trixie or Gilda etc.

Chirst...something tells me Rarity and Blueblood isn't finished yet...

This is not about whether one is a jerk or not. This is about whether one would be perfectly okay with being literally at the very bottom of the list of priorities.

edited 9th Dec '11 6:47:11 PM by thefran

Gilda is Dash-sexual and you know it

Trixie gets married to a hammy pony. They have 500000000000 hammy pony children. The end.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind a subplot with say, Big Mac hooking up with Sparkler or something. It would actually be an interesting sibling jealousy thing. I'm sure some of the target audience could sympathize with not getting as much time with their older sibling because they're off with their bf or whatever.

Also, the only realistic Trixie pairing is Trixie / Magical Clone Trixie.

edited 9th Dec '11 6:49:38 PM by JapaneseTeeth

CUTIE MARK CRUSADER MATCHMAKERS!

Actually, I have an idea...

...Trixie gets herself a coltfriend...and rubs it in the mane 6's faces...they start to debate what we're talking about now.

Okay, that would just be awesome. I can just see them going and trying to hook Big Mac up with Rainbow Dash or Rarity, and the two of them just sitting there awkwardly knowing it isn't going anywhere but not wanting to depress the CMC.

edited 9th Dec '11 6:50:46 PM by JapaneseTeeth

That would be hilarious, I am already picturing Apple Bloom as being a shipper on deck

edited 9th Dec '11 6:53:50 PM by FallenLegend

They could serenade them with a crappy song, played on a homemade guitar.

lol What about the CMC crusaders cooking a romantic food and it backfiring.

Oh god Crusaders Matchmakers.

"Ah just know y'all are perfect fer each oth'r!"
"Psst! Tell her you really like her mane."
"Ew, what is wrong with you two? Why are we doing this?!"

Okay, boob, this is a post of the year.

Mkae it haeppn.

edited 9th Dec '11 6:59:23 PM by thefran

Yeah, I can see Scootaloo hating it. Then trying to go along without vomiting because she does want a cutie mark. Rarity/Mac makes sense since they're siblings with some of the crusaders.

Who's the unlucky couple.

Please be Fluttermac.

Aren't the CMC at the point now where they're only trying out things that they think are fun, and are using the "finding our cutie marks" rationale as an excuse?

because if that's so then there's NO reason for Scoots to go along with this

edited 9th Dec '11 7:03:05 PM by gingerninja666

^Well, they are after "The Cutie Pox". There's no telling when a matchmaking episode would be set, though.

Also, yes, Fluttermac for maximum awkwardness.

edited 9th Dec '11 7:04:04 PM by RedSavant

Maybe they can try to convince her it would be fun. Then Scootaloo can have a homemade elastic-on-a-shoebox guitar solo singing "Love is Dumb".

I'd say that they'd go with Mac and Rarity, seeing as they have direct connections there (Sweetie Belle would totally offer up her sister).

Or Mac and Rainbow Dash; it would sure get Scootaloo on board.

edited 9th Dec '11 7:19:42 PM by JapaneseTeeth

> Fluttershy > romance

I am fairly sure that, when Fluttershy got the birds/bees talk she've hidden in a cardboard box for two weeks.