FlutterDashYay

As an addendum to my previous status, my friend has FlutterDash in her next gen so to help her write the ship I’ve been doing some deep dives into Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash’s dynamic! (All of this is as of Hurricane Fluttershy in my rewatch marathon, with Tanks for the Memories included because I remember it vividly enough) As I said, I was really impressed by Hurricane Fluttershy. RD was competitive and rude at times like she is, but with Fluttershy you could tell she was really making an an effort to be gentle. At one point she started yelling at Fluttershy to suck it up, but then consciously pulled herself back. By the end of that episode, she was more concerned about Shy’s well being than breaking records—putting her friends before competition is something she doesn’t normally do unless they’re actively in danger imo. In turn, Fluttershy seemed really scared of disappointing RD in particular, which really strengthens her anxiety as a character flaw and the complexity of their