
| 441 #520207 9 months ago |
...Why is fluttershy envy? |
| StinkomanFan #520209 9 months ago |
Oh, like in Gilligan's Island! |
| Anonymous #520210 9 months ago |
Then who's the full metal pony? |
| Takino #520213 9 months ago |
Somepony had to be |
| Anonymous #520218 9 months ago |
@520207 She would like to be a tree... |
| Vaum_Digger #520221 9 months ago |
Dante Alighineighri would be pleased. |
| StinkomanFan #520222 9 months ago |
@218 TREE GUSTA |
| Anonymous #520227 9 months ago |
Pretty weak comparisons, Imo. |
| Anonymous #520260 9 months ago |
How is Rainbow Dash sloth? |
| TooOldForThisShow #520267 9 months ago |
Applejack wants money to help her family thrive. That's not greedy in itself. |
| thatguy #520270 9 months ago |
>Applejack greedy
>One of her mains reasons for making money is to help fix Granny Smith's bad hip, a selfless purpose Seems legit |
| d715 #520299 9 months ago |
@#520260
Dash is the lazies of the group |
| gasmaskangel #520320 9 months ago |
Rarity would be a better choice for greed, given her lust for diamonds, and Rainbow dash is definitely the most prideful given her constant showboating. The rest... don't really any of the archetypes for the seven deadly sins all that well.
And even with the two I can spot, Rainbow Dash is the only one it fits really well on. |
| Anonymous #520336 9 months ago |
rarity - fits pride to a T
spike - same pinkie pie - stuffs her face at every turn twilight - a couple of times she's had out-bursts at everypony (including spike for not being able to spell) dash - would rather sleep than help her applejack pick apples applejack - greed is want (not necessarily for yourself) but just the act of want. She wants money, to proove herself and to be hero. she's greedy alright. fluttershy is not strong, fast and a coward; how can she not be envious |
| thatguy #520354 9 months ago |
#520336
No, greed is an excessive desire, of wanting more of something than you need. AJ doesn't fit that. |
| TenchiFreak5 #520366 9 months ago |
And she doesn't even want it for herself. She wants it to help her family out. |
| Anonymous #520513 9 months ago |
Applejack -pride -applebuck season
Rarity - envy - green isn't your colour Fluttershy - greed - best night ever ~ "YOU'RE GOING TO! LOVE! ME!!!" |
| gasmaskangel #520552 9 months ago |
@336
Remember it's the love of money that is the root of all evil, not the money in and of itself. At least for the purposes of this argument. I've seen no indication in the show that Applejack loves money just for the sake of it being money so much as a desire to improve her families lot in life. As for Twilight being wrath, well then thats an extremely mild form of wrath. More like frustration than anything else. Also Fluttershy's interaction with Discord in the season 2 premier pretty much confirms that she's not envious. In the end none of the ponies really have that strong a connection to the seven deadly sins, at least no more than any normal person does. Like I said above you can make some very tenuous connections with them, but that to me smacks more of well written characters than any kind of symbolism. |
| RealityCheck #520553 9 months ago |
Anon: she was so unenvious that it drove Discord to distraction. |
| GreyAcumane #520593 9 months ago |
Spot on about Applejack and Pride, but Rarity and Envy don't work together at all. In green isn't your color, she handled the envious feelings in the absolute best manner possible. It was a trial of envy, but she far surpassed it.
So far RD fits Sloth perfectly,(she may be the fastest, but only for her own purposes) Applejack fits pride perfectly, Pinky fits gluttony perfectly, and Spike works for lust (maybe not perfect, but pretty close) That leaves Wrath, Envy, and Greed. While Twilight's Rage mode may be the most impressive wrath from an artistic standpoint, she actually does not succumb to rage that easily. There really have only been two examples (feeling pinky keen, and the return of harmony 2) Instead, I am going to work from the perspective that everything she does is an attempt to emulate Princess Celestia. In this respect Twilight Sparkle actually best represents envy. Not perfect, but the closest as any really come in the mane cast. With that, we have Greed and Wrath left over. Surprisingly, Fluttershy is possibly the most wrathful character in the show, though not in the physical sense. Even though she is the most passive character on the show, when she is pushed far enough, she'll lay down unholy terror on whoever her target is; Cockatrice, Dragon, Chickens, Animals from the Gala. Particularly in the Return of Harmony 2 episode, it wasn't until she got upset with Discord that she was able to gain speed on Rainbow Dash, and nearly every occasion where fluttershy "steps up to the plate" so to speak has come from being upset. Fluttershy's Strength ultimately comes from her anger, and therefor is actually the best example of Wrath the show has. This leaves Rarity with Greed, and it is true that as the element of generosity, this is a huge conflict, but she does have very obvious points where she has very superficial and material desires. She insists on a Prince as her target suitor, she already has a booming business, she wants gems on everything she designs (to ridiculous levels, though apparently that IS fashion) She's hardly a perfect example of Greed, but she's pretty much the only pony out of the cast that has any particular material desires other than Applejack, and Applejack only wants enough to help out her fellow family members, not herself. Rarity ultimately has the same level of desire, but seems to only be geared towards improving her own social standing. Like I've said, probably the weakest matchup of sins to ponies, but it still works out better than any other options available, and it allows all the other ponies (and spike) to take on the sins that are far better suited to them. |
| Zincy #520681 9 months ago |
In the words of Malcolm Reynolds
"Ah Hell, I'm a fan of all 7" |
| Anonymous #520790 9 months ago |
Actually, the people here are confusing Envy with jealousy. Though often used as synonyms, they are two vastly different things. Jealousy is what you all, for the most part, are talking about...seeing that someone has something and wanting it as well.
Envy is far worse. Instead of raising yourself up to be equal, you drag someone else down. Envy...as a sin...can be summed up by saying "If I don't get to have, you don't get to have it either." By that token, I don't think any of these ponies really fit with Envy. |
| Anonymous #520798 9 months ago |
@520593 twilight also shows a little anger in "the ticket master" at the end, she fights with Zecora in bridle gossip and she yells at rarity and AJ in "look before you sleep". Your right about fluttershy wrath fits her.
so revised: AJ = pride pinkie = gluttony spike = lust Rainbow = sloth rarity = greed twi = envy fluttershy = wrath. Any objections? |
| Neo-Dio #520901 9 months ago |
Princess Celestia = Führer King Bradley |
| WhiteLycan #521271 9 months ago |
Wrathpony is best pony. |
| imnotgivingmynametoamachine #521674 9 months ago |
I agree with Anon 798 |
| GreyAcumane #521707 9 months ago |
I agree with Anon798 too, considering it's the same thing I said, minus all the explanations for it. |
| GreyAcumane #521711 9 months ago |
I also agree that I'm tired and should have taken the time to notice anon798 was replying to me to begin with and was basically just summing up what I said. I usually only see people use numbers in their replies when there isn't a name to the comment. |