The Doctor wrote:The Rainbow Dash to spent a lot of time with Applebloom trying to help her get her cutie mark.
And set the CMC on the wrong path in the process.
The one who runs the weather of the entire town, the one who trains constantly to be the best flyer she can.
As for the harvest, I didn't see anypony else rushing to help her, except for Twilight.
Who knows, Twilight Sparkle could have been the second pony, she asked (and just to be clear, I'm talking
Ticket Master here).
Even in Castlemania she drug along Fluttershy for all the heavy lifting.
She brought Fluttershy along for company, and for hard to reach places for somepony earthbound—not to mention that Fluttershy has shown interest in art before. Compare to Rainbow Dash, who browbeat the notoriously soft-spoken Fluttershy into
cheering for her (an act that lends credence to the two being acquaintances prior to S01E01), and then had the tenacity to critique said cheering in front of their friends (the “feeble” performance being Fluttershy’s rather than her own).
I really do think that Rainbow Dash has gotten and unfair reputation as a lazy pony because we've occasionally seen her taking naps. We also see her working hard most the time.
Sure, she trains hard. She has also found herself a job, which she seemingly can take care of in a jiffy, giving her a lot of free time. (Then there’s the question of whether she actually
needs her job in the first place—her palatial accommodations (and her extravagant celebration of her birthiversary) suggests otherwise. I regard her having a job as the elegant minimum of effort on her part, while living off the trust fund, so she can concentrate on the things, she’s interested in). She is by far the character we have seen lay about on clouds and trees the most.
No doubt, she has improved as a person over the seasons, though she still manages to grind my gears every so often.
Of course, since
Read It and Weep, precious nap time is probably being consumed by time spent rereading Daring Don’t for the umpteenth time (and I can hardly fault a pony for reading with
that signature).
