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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:30 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:That list putting Rarity that low should be a crime.


Such a crime against fabulousity cannot go uncorrected. :gonkity:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:40 pm

I'd imagine that the Rarity Roughnecks would make them see the error of their ways. I was also surprised as Pinkie's placement on that list.
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Postby The Outlander (?) » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:43 pm

Who wouldn't want to be Rarity? Travel, self-employed (i.e. no boss, i.e. work when you want to), hang with celebrities, be rich, and have an overbearing personality that always gets you want you want, while still being heralded as the most generous pony in the entire world!

AND you're fabulously beautiful all the time. :vogue:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Mon Aug 11, 2014 3:12 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:I'd imagine that the Rarity Roughnecks would make them see the error of their ways. I was also surprised as Pinkie's placement on that list.


Pinkie Pie is one pony whom I'd imagine that her life is a lot more busy than it would appear, and it's not just "Oh, fun!" but I imagine that she devotes a ton of time and energy to her party-planning ability, to a point where she needs to be energetic or else it would be near impossible to do. There's that, and considering she works as a party planner, works at the bakery, and is on a know-name basis with everyone in the town.
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Postby Stargazer (?) » Mon Aug 11, 2014 3:31 pm

I'd imagine both Pinkie and Rarity have super busy lives. Their work is pretty much just supply and demand. If customers stop demanding, or if they demand way too much, it gets hella stressful hella quick. We've seen all the times Rarara is in the midst of meeting an insane deadline... or the Cakes freaking out over, well, cake. I think Rarity's would get even more difficult, as she is designer and maker of her own lines as well as being commissioned to design/make for others 24/7. She is self-employed and can travel to amazing places, but she must have to work pretty constantly to get that influx of money to be able to do those things. Yes she gets to be fabulous, on about 2 hours of sleep and Opal clawing her awake in the morning. Then she has to deal with Sweetie B. nearly burning the house down on a weekly basis.

That being said, how did they not pick Rarara!!! :rant:

I don't know. If I'm taking this way too seriously (as it's apparent I am), I have no idea whose life I would want. Unthinkingly I'd say Twilight, but that's pretty much false. I'm probably most like Applejack, but... yeah, 4-5am is when I go to sleep most days. (Donald Duck voice) These ponies have perilous positions, it's positively pointless to pick!
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Postby Frosthawk (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:47 am

How would I not want to be Rainbow Dash over Rarity is how I would answer all of this. She flies super awesome, has her own fanclub, lives in an extravagant cloud castle and works maybe 10 minutes a day.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:42 pm

I wonder if Fluttershy even works at all. Taking care of all those animals just seems to be something she does because she loves them, and even when she does animal-related stuff for others (like in Stare Master, when she returned Opalescence from having groomed her) it's as a favor for one of her friends.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:44 pm

I think that Fluttershy does it as a community thing and also out of love.
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Postby Venusy (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:54 pm

In Fluttershy's case, it really is debatable about if it's a job or not. I'd say that most of her day to day work probably is a labour of love rather than a job, but there are things like the bunny census in Applebuck Season that she's clearly been tasked with, along with helping out the Breezies - if it's such an important task to everyone, they wouldn't leave it up to a matter of love. She probably gets paid to do things like that, as well as to be on call if there's an animal-related disaster threatening the town or the citizens. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Seven Seas (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:10 pm

I don't know, I could see Fluttershy conducting a rogue, unsanctioned bunny census just for the chance to snuggle bunnies. :lol:
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Postby RainbowDoubleDash (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:22 pm

Venusy wrote:In Fluttershy's case, it really is debatable about if it's a job or not. I'd say that most of her day to day work probably is a labour of love rather than a job, but there are things like the bunny census in Applebuck Season that she's clearly been tasked with, along with helping out the Breezies - if it's such an important task to everyone, they wouldn't leave it up to a matter of love. She probably gets paid to do things like that, as well as to be on call if there's an animal-related disaster threatening the town or the citizens. :pinkieshrug:


In the Lunaverse I made her independently wealthy.

Mostly because ONE Of the Mane-6 needs to own a beach house for the (hopefully) inevitable beach episode, and Fluttershy being secretly loaded just seems like it fits her character. But then, I used to watch a lot of Japanese anime.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:24 pm

Eh...if there's any member of the Main Six that would be wealthy, I'd say it would be Rarity.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:23 pm

I can see Rainbow Dash being wealthy. She doesn't seem to have anything she needs to buy, and probably has years of pay under her mattress.

And of course the Pie family is super wealthy.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:30 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Eh...if there's any member of the Main Six that would be wealthy, I'd say it would be Rarity.

Rarity has too much of a complex about high society to be rich, even if she can literally dig up sacks full of money in an afternoon.

Twilight's family is pretty obviously well-connected; she could easily be rich and just not make a big deal about it.

And yeah, anything Egophiliac proposes should be canon.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:36 pm

:starity: Poor Applejack...she'll never be rich.

:twasnothin: Ah've got mah family...and that makes me richer than Queen Maredas.

:anticipation: Don't forget that big ol' briefcase out in the--

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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:41 pm

Seven Seas wrote:I don't know, I could see Fluttershy conducting a rogue, unsanctioned bunny census just for the chance to snuggle bunnies. :lol:

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:rant: "No backtalk! Princess Twilight's gonna have my rump for this -- don't you know it's an election year? That's why next winter, you wrap things up strictly by the numbers. One more 'off-the-books' bunny census, and I'll have you busting pollenheads in Breezytown by the end of the week!"
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:46 pm

That reminds me of the awesome picture of Pinkie and Fluttershy posing in front of a motorbike.
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:46 pm

PonyHag714 wrote::starity: Poor Applejack...she'll never be rich.

:twasnothin: Ah've got mah family...and that makes me richer than Queen Maredas.

:anticipation: Don't forget that big ol' briefcase out in the--

:liarjack: Briefcase? Whut briefcase?


yeah, considering how big the Apple family is, I think it's easy to see who really runs Equestria. :flirt:

Although money wise I figure it all goes to mainitning their various farms, settlements & businesses across Equestria. Only ones that really seem openly wealthy are Aunt & Uncle Orange.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:48 pm

RainbowDoubleDash wrote:In the Lunaverse I made her independently wealthy.

Mostly because ONE Of the Mane-6 needs to own a beach house for the (hopefully) inevitable beach episode, and Fluttershy being secretly loaded just seems like it fits her character. But then, I used to watch a lot of Japanese anime.

Fluttershy being rich is an idea I've kind of had for a while, too. Maybe her parents were the wealthy, business-y types who are focused on their careers and not their family. With that sort of emotional distance, that could explain why Fluttershy grew up like she did, and if they set her up with a cushy trust fund once she was old and responsible enough to look out for herself then that'd explain how she got her house. I don't think Fluttershy herself would own a beach house, though, as she's never felt like a particularly extravagant person.


And speaking of such an episode, I just recently commented on that possibility...
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I guess I just don't see the point or appeal of them. In other shows that I've seen do that, it always seems like they're just an excuse to make their characters do shallow, goofy stuff in a new-but-relatable setting, and to draw/film them wearing swimsuits (which wouldn't even apply to ponies :bluh:).
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:52 pm

I'd be more worried about a beach scene/episode in an Equestria Girls movie or an Equestria Academy ep....

You know Hasbro is just dying to make a line of Beach Babe EQG Dolls. :v: :gotcha:
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:57 pm

:amazing: Mareami Beach! Mareami Beach at last! *starts galloping*

:bluh: I ain't got the heart to tell her we're in Saddle Arabia.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:58 pm

I can't see Fluttershy being rich just because I think she spends all her money on the animals. Just look what she was willing to spend on Angel for his favorite meal.
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Postby Octavia (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:30 pm

I can't see Fluttershy being rich because she's basically a hippie. :modesty:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:37 pm

Yeah, I don't see her as being rich either. Really, I haven't put that much thought into the wealth of the characters...
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:47 pm

Octavia wrote:I can't see Fluttershy being rich because she's basically a hippie. :modesty:



:applejargh: get a job yea dang hippie.

:whatsup: I do have a job, caring for innocent forest critters!

:eyebrow: ah meant a real job.

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Postby Bremen (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:07 pm

Yeah, if it comes to it honestly Twilight strikes me as most likely to be rich, at least in terms of wealthy families. They've all but outright stated she's from Canterlot nobility/upper class. Rarity works hard and runs a successful business, but doesn't seem to be in it for the money and her family certainly don't look like old money types. Applejack and Pinkie (Awesome Slice of Life fanon nonwithstanding) work traditionally low paying jobs, Fluttershy probably donates any spare bits to animal shelters, and Rainbow Dash might be reasonably well off but doesn't seem like the saving/investing type.
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:28 pm

Yea, pony world is pretty Utopian but I really doubt that the literal godqueen's personal tutelage is offered to the proles often. Twilight is probably loaded. Rarity's family was super suburban middle class seeming so she's probably the first in her family with the whole 'I'm gonna bag me a noble' stuff going on. The earth ponies and fluts all live pretty basic lifestyle and either come from farmers or live a life that probably requires spending a lot on animals and their care.

Maybe Dash has money, but I gotta agree with Bremen that she seems the type who blows through her paycheck as soon as she gets it.

Wait, her house is just her using her cloud shaping abilities isn't it? And she's obsessed with getting 'cider'...

Rainbow Dash is a fuckin hobo.
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Postby Bremen (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:47 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:Yea, pony world is pretty Utopian but I really doubt that the literal godqueen's personal tutelage is offered to the proles often. Twilight is probably loaded. Rarity's family was super suburban middle class seeming so she's probably the first in her family with the whole 'I'm gonna bag me a noble' stuff going on. The earth ponies and fluts all live pretty basic lifestyle and either come from farmers or live a life that probably requires spending a lot on animals and their care.

Maybe Dash has money, but I gotta agree with Bremen that she seems the type who blows through her paycheck as soon as she gets it.

Wait, her house is just her using her cloud shaping abilities isn't it? And she's obsessed with getting 'cider'...

Rainbow Dash is a fuckin hobo.


If Rainbow Dash built a house for herself, it would probably be missing one or more walls after she decided it was "good enough" and took a nap, let alone be the fancy semi-mansion she lives in. I suspect she either bought it or hired a crew to build it (alternately, possibly her family gave it to her as a gift), so she may well earn a nice paycheck from her job. It's just that yeah, she probably spends it on whatever takes her fancy and probably leaves the rest piled up in a closet or something instead of investing.

Then again, checking the wiki it seems at some point her house got bigger between episodes, so maybe she does add onto it and have a flare for architecture. If so that seems like an aspect of her character the show hasn't touched on yet.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:51 pm

Rainbow Dash is the coolest hobo in the universe, in that case. :v:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:52 pm

I figure she wants to look cool and flashy, even when she's in her house. "Borrow" a bunch of rainbows from the weather factory in Cloudsdale? Siphon off some excess clouds? Sure, why not?
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Postby Doctor Wheeze (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:56 pm

The Doctor wrote:I can see Rainbow Dash being wealthy. She doesn't seem to have anything she needs to buy, and probably has years of pay under her mattress.

Read this as "years of hay under her mattress".

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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:39 pm

Doctor Wheeze wrote:Read this as "years of hay under her mattress".

:nnngh: Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.



Stupid question, but does Equestria even have ants...now that I think about it, I can't remember ever seeing ants in the show... Bees, Butterflys, Catterpillers, Ladybugs & spiders, but never ants.... Hmm.
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Postby Doctor Wheeze (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:50 pm

SoundMonkey44 wrote:

Stupid question, but does Equestria even have ants...now that I think about it, I can't remember ever seeing ants in the show... Bees, Butterflys, Catterpillers, Ladybugs & spiders, but never ants.... Hmm.

:amazing: I used to have an ant farm, but I had to get rid of it 'cause I couldn't find tractors that small!
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:50 pm

I could have sworn we saw ants sometime in the show... :psygum:
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Postby SoundMonkey44 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:55 pm

New Headcannon: Pinkie Pie is responsible for Equestria's ant shortage.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:05 pm

No, Gummy is. It's his main diet. :v:
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Postby Stargazer (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:13 pm

This Gummy talk got me thinking about some future ep wherein Gummy turns into a full-size gator to protect Pinkie from something. (Maybe a giant ant.) Now that would be cool.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:15 pm

Hmm...I like the idea but it seems a little out there. Maybe for the comics?
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Postby Stargazer (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:22 pm

Yeah... it was more of a pipe dream, anyway.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:24 pm

shotgunbadger wrote:Wait, her house is just her using her cloud shaping abilities isn't it? And she's obsessed with getting 'cider'...


Dash has some pretty sweet Greco-Roman decor in her house, but clouds are probably cheap. I wonder if pegasi get to dodge property taxes.
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