The Artist - https://www.youtube.com/@BlitsAzalisDash

First image - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uI90pFV_nlU

Second image - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQLvimWZYhM

Third image - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-CzV6s-_8Q

What I mean by 'Rivals'

When I say rivals I mean 2 ponies that compete against eachother in a similar, or same field. Rivals don't have to hate eachother although some do but rivals can also be friends that try to one up the other. Some pairs can be old rivals that no longer compete but have in the past.

Applejack v. Flim & Flam

This is probably the most iconic rivalry and running gag. The Flam brothers and AJ have been at eachothers throats throughout the series. Flim & Flam are business ponies, they are deceptive and work smarter not harder. AJ is an honest and hard working apple farmer that prefers to work traditionally. Flim and Flam are a bit more modern in their ways.

Twilight Sparkle v. Sunset Shimmer

Honorable mention to Trixie and Starlight Glimmer, I can definitely see them being THE Twilight rivals instead of Sunset. I chose Sunset of the 3 since she was at point Celestias student just like Twilight. Sunset Shimmer is like a Twilight that ignored the concept of friendship and went straight for magic. Of course, Sunset is reformed so she's no rival to Sparkle anymore.

Rainbow Dash v. Lightning Dust

Both Rainbow and Lightning tried out for the wonderbolts and were both top of their game. Lightning Dust was however 2 steps ahead at the time, she wanted to test her limits to the max and basically never holds back. Rainbow Dash in contrast knows shes hit her limit if she starts endangering her friends, or any innocent pony for that matter. While Rainbow Dash is loyal to her friends, Lightning dust is loyal to no one.

Pinkie Pie v. Cheese Sandwich

Cheese Sandwich was at a party one day and that party was so good he decided to become the best party planner ever. When Cheese met Pinkie Pie he wanted to 'show off' his talent and impress Pinkie as the ultimate party pony. Pinkie Pie took some offense to that and thought Cheese was trying to replace her. As it turns out, the very first party Cheese went to was hosted by Pinkie Pie, he never wanted to replace her and actually looked up to her. This rivalry actually has a very sweet ending.

Rarity v. Suri Polomare

Rarity is a generous pony that works in a competitive field. In her time in Manehatten for a fashion show she sees Suri, who actually met eachother in Ponyville years ago. Suri 'sweet talks' Rarity to try to take a look at her set, Rarity doesn't mind and shows Suri what shes cooking. Suri asks if she could have some of the fabric, Rarity gives her a generous amount and Suri leaves. Turns out, Suri is greedy and basically took what Rarity made, made a few tweaks and called it her own, and since Rarity has no way to prove her set of cloths was the original she had to start new but she doesn't let that stop her from being generous in the long run, although considered it.

Rarity's Lack of a 'Foil'

This one is a bit disappointing since Suri only appears in ONE episode in the whole series. Fashion can be very competitive and would've been interesting seeing Rarity's foil, somepony with their own sense of fashion twisted by greed. In Equestria Girls, Rarity kinda repeats that thing she did with Suri and overshares in a dance video competition against Crystal prep students when they sweet talked Rarity and steal her idea, again. Rarity still lacks her foil in my opinion. It would've been satisfactory if Suri had one more episode competing against Rarity.

Fluttershy and her Lack of Rivalry

Fluttershy doesn't really have a rival to the best of my knowledge and it makes sense. Fluttershy is already not competitive in her nature but also the field she works in doesn't really allow it. Fluttershy takes care of the animals, if she were to meet another pony thats good at taking care of animals, they may as well work together since that's more efficient and logical. It doesn't make sense to compete against somepony for better sanctuary or better animal carer when both sides can take care of the animals together for best results. If Fluttershy did have a rival, I have no idea what that could look like.

Sunburst is a pretty relatable character for me. When Stellar Flare (Sunbursts mom) tried to cut his beard it brought back memories.

My mom HATED my beard, I was growing one in highschool and it was ugly af but I was proud of it. I never wanted to cut my beard at the time.

My 'first' beard was very asymmetrical when it was growing too. One side was visibly hairier than the other. My mom isn't against me having a beard entirely but just not THAT beard and she was frustrated to say the least when I kept refusing to cut it. I finally cut my beard in my cousins wedding cause mom wouldn't let me go if I didn't.

This was such a minor scene in MLP but I never seen a piece of media where a mother wanted to cut her sons beard before so it was nice seeing it here.

I specified which pony, realistically Spike should've comforted Twilight. It was rather out of character for Spike to run off, he's the last character to abandon Twilight.

I think we can cross out 'Cadence' and Shining Armor, but after that which pony would've tried to understand or comfort Twilight Sparkle?

The real Rainbow Dash is questionably loyal to her friends, she can work hard but she also knows how to relax. Rainbow is probably the least stressful of the main 6 and is quite chill. Rainbow has dreams of being a Wonderbolt and is willing to put in the effort.

In Return of Harmony and The Mean 6, the evil Rainbow Dash is ironically loyal to Cloudsdale (or her version of it) but not loyal to her friends. Evil RD in a way just as chill as the real Rainbow Dash? Of course, Rainbow Dash does give it her all when it counts, she can be a harder worker. The evil Rainbow Dash just doesn't work at all but I feel that doesn't make her different enough.

Both Rainbow and evil Rainbow are cool, relaxed and love their home Cloudsdale to different levels. Their main differences is that real Rainbow knows how to lock in, has dreams to follow, and friends she would try not to abandon.

I feel as though the rest of the main 6 compared to their evil/mean counterparts have more differences. The evil Rainbow is Rainbow thats just more careless than she already is. Rainbows opposite form isn't quite an opposite form.

Evil Rainbow Dash could be more stressful, on edge and fearful like Twilight or Fluttershy if she were to differ more from the regular Rainbow Dash.

These are technically 2 different characters but I didn't think they would be so different in parallel universes. Cranky has a subtle but existent passion for teaching match in EQ. But in the pony world Cranky didn't even try when Discord hired him.

First image was from Matter Of Principles; S8 E14

Second image was from 'Happily Ever Afterparty' Rainbow Dash Ending

Even with the context, all I thought was "Wtf how is this in the show?!"

I watched the whole series but this threw me off the most.

Either Trixie is a freak or I am dirty minded.

Its not like Celestia posses magic in this dimension (I think?) but shes not even fazed when Cranky breaks his legs.

Oh incase anyones wondering, this was THE ROAD LESS SCHEDULE - CELESTIA ENDING

This was from 'Sunset Shimmer's Fine Line' short. There are times when Fluttershy can be mean but I didn't expect her to have a thirst for revenge.

Martin Kratt from the Wild Kratts

I haven't watched the Wild Kratts in ages and I stumbled upon a random image in a meme subreddit and I was just "Is that one of the Kratt brothers?!" when I saw it.

Also, my favorite singers are Flim and Flam. Idk why but their songs are so catchy.

Iron Will is good at one thing, turning ponies confident but overdoing it to the point where they become overly mean, as seen with Fluttershy and also the Yak student.

Could Iron Will become a teacher with a few lessons from Twilight? Would Iron Will be a bootleg element of confidence?

By the end of the Honest apple episode, this Earth pony Funnel Web, performs/models for the emo fashion designer, Inky Rose

Whats odd is that this pony has a spider cutie mark but he doesn't demonstrate any spider abilities of the sort, maybe they have spider sense or something?

In season 1 we saw Apple Bloom try to fake her cutie mark, and in season 5 Starlight lied to her village about her cutie mark for a substantial amount of time. Do certain ponies 'change' their cutie marks for aesthetics?

Edit: Just looked it up, the models name is Funnel Web and the designer is Inky Rose.

Last year in the August monthly finals of North America, Secondbest and his randoms were paired against Tribe in the quarter finals and they were 3-0'd since Secondbest didn't have very good teammates.

Now Secondbest has new randoms but Tribe has actually made significant improvements since they have Diegogamer but no Zeus. Can Secondbest win his game against Tribe in the July monthly finals of North America this year?

They're Gigantosaurus. Sorry the picture/ss is kinda off, I don't know how to take a SS on play station and upload it to Reddit.

The second image is just a close up. Here's the link to the original video of the tier list... https://youtu.be/627Qcz8crJU?is=qt--g7fF9AekCcke

Hank has historically been very hard to balance. He was broken on his release and was soon killed for a period. When Hank got the tank trait, he was unofficially reworked. Hank became viable in the meta without being overpowered. Hank has had a consistent run but the global HP buff and the buffie waves have plummeted his viability in the meta.

Next was Ash. Iirc Ash at least got a nice amount of HP in the global HP buff but when buffies arrived he too fell off like any other tank. Nita, Emz, Frank and even Edgar hard counter Ash. Other anti tanks like Colette are overtuned despite Ash having some counterplay in the past. Now that Ash has the tank trait, its far easier to build up that super making Ash a lot stronger against a lot of non piercing brawlers including anti tanks, hes one of the few viable tanks in the meta that aren't broken.

Previously tank traits were given to tanks whose super was primarily an approach tool. At the time I wasn't in agreement with giving the tank trait to Ash since he already has the rage bar and his super doesn't technically help Ash as an approach tool, not in the same way as a standard tank. Alternatively, tanks whose super is meant to be a survival tool are still open to receiving the tank trait.

Pam had a short taste of the meta when she got her hypercharge but then she got a HCR nerf and now buffies have really killed off any viability especially this wave where Brock and 8-bit destroy Pam and a lot of throwers were buffed. Pam unlike Ash or Hank isn't an official tank but a support brawler with tank properties. That doesn't mean she can't get the tank trait at all. Pam has quite a few features similar to Hank specifically.

• Hard countered by throwers
• Long range?
• Super that heals them
• Good into assassins
• Super farms

I'm still not sure if Pam would have any viability as the current meta fundamentally counters Pam quite badly. But Hank was able to go under the radar almost completely when he got the tank trait, it was only when he got his hypercharge did everyone recognized how underrated he was. Perhaps Pam could follow a similar path with the tank trait.

8-bits Plugged In star power is meant to be the 'greedy' variant of his unlockable. The speed boost from his star power gives him counterplay against his counters while being weaker as a support damage dealer. The current buffie effect betrays that design.

Now 8-bit provides movement speed to his teammates like Stus speedzone gadget except it doesn't decay. It powercreeps Max and Jae Yong while also going against Plugged Ins design as the 'greedy' star power.

Plugged Ins buffie should give 8-bit something extra for himself just like the base star power. Since 8-bit is kind of a tank, a nice shield for himself will help 8-bit and give him a small layer of counterplay against his counters. It would be less overwhelming in a 3v3 setting but it would make 8-bit harder to kill just like his base star power plugged in.