Pony Megathread

[Kreekakon]

You know I suddenly feel like venting out one of the aspects of why I love the show's characters so much.

Pay attention to the way the CMC interacts with the Mane 6. The CMC will treat the Mane 6 as elders viewing them as being very skilled in whatever they do, and at life in general. The Mane 6 will in turn also give them advice like any proper elder would. In short the CMC will treat the Mane 6 like they are epic ponies who know very, very much with a lot of respect. You can feel this whenever they are on-screen together.

In reality though, the Mane 6's character traits can very well just be as fragile as the CMC which shows that even though they are more senior, experienced ponies, they very much still have frustrations, problems, and flaws of their own. The CMC will most of the time however be oblivious to these flaws except perhaps when they are disagreeing, or arguing. However, whenever you remove the CMC, and leave the Mane 6 up on screen by themselves, you can clearly see that they aren't as perfect as their interactions with the CMC makes you feel they are.

The reason I love this particular aspects of characterization so much is because it's a realistic, and relateable one. Speaking from personal experience as a senior member of my community service club, when I first entered as an in-experienced novice, I would view my more experienced elder club members as near gods who had answers on how to solve every problem I ever ran across. They frequently denied it claiming that they weren't as epic as we novices made them out to be. I always thought they were just being humble. Now after a few years when I myself am a senior club member do I realize that while I have loads of experience, I have my flaws, and am in no means perfect. This reminds me very much of the feeling I get from interactions between the CMC, and Mane 6.