@KarinaPopcorn  
That’s more or less what I don’t like about her. She’s now like the same character we’ve seen three other times already, and we had to lose a really cool villain to get her.
 
Alright, I don’t normally go all out and analyze the show and such, but here goes nothing. Let me say right here and now this is only my personal opinion and nothing more. There are 3 major reasons I honestly think she’s the absolute worst character on the show.
 

I really like Starlight, for all the same reasons I like Twi.

@Badumsquish
 
@Joey
 
bois
 
she’s the nerdiest nerd we’ve had since season 3 twilight

@Badumsquish  
Exactly! They picked the least sexiest nerd pony possible. Sunset or Moondancer would’ve been a much nicer choice!

@DragonWraith  
Guess I can’t fault them for that. I’ll take the occasional extremely dislikable new character as long as it means the show keeps making new episodes.
 
_{Still why couldn’t the friendship pupil have been Moondancer, or Sunset Shimmer, or Trixie…}

@Badumsquish  
It boils down to: they’re already selling toys of those other characters, so to expand their line, they have to introduce new characters, and to make them sell well, they have to push these new characters to the front.

@Background Pony #2B9B  
True that. Y’know, that reminds me of one of the most genuine complaints about Starlight Glimmer I ever did hear:  

@Badumsquish  
You have to give them character somehow otherwise they wouldn’t be memorable! Designated flexible pony is best pone.

@Badumsquish  
So true

@That guy CottonCloudy  
@DragonWraith  
Lol, and that’s all it takes sometimes. Says “muffins”? Now she loves ’em. Sits like a human? Now she loves ’em! And so on.

@That guy CottonCloudy  
Hurricane Fluttershy. She was stretching during warmups for the wingpower trials. (See the image @Badumsquish linked.)

Ok I don’t get it. Why does everyone make art of her bring super flexible like was there a episode of her bein flexible

@Badumsquish  
She may not have intended to get stuck like that, but she did do it under her own power.

@Napsack  
I can believe that.
 
@PonyPon  
Neither was Fleximare :D  

@Badumsquish  
Yeah, but that wasn’t voluntary.

@Badumsquish  
I’m just going to headcanon that when ponies get scared, things get a little… odd. Latent magical potential + panic = ridiculousness.

@Background Pony #D9F7  
@PonyPon  
@Joey  
@Background Pony #D9F7  
And yet these two literally twined around one another passed completely without comment, fan art, or headcanons:  
I seriously need to do something about that.

@PonyPon  
@Joey  
Ah.

@Background Pony #D9F7  
The “Hurricane Fluttershy” episode in Season 2. Rainbow Dash actually commented on her flexibility: >>982265

@Background Pony #D9F7  
In Hurricane Fluttershy, where she first appeared, she contorted herself into knots, and everyone just ran with it that she was really flexible.

So whats the origin of flexible blossomforth anyway?

Them contortions, though…Unf
 
@DanielTepesKraus  

 
Sounds about right.

@Background Pony #2B9B  
Not too convoluted at all, and I appreciate it. It’s good advice! Though one thing in my defense is that I didn’t intentionally cover most of her anatomy with hair. I sketched up a gravity defying mane and didn’t even think about it; it ended up covering much more than I intended. I was already pretty much done the picture when I realized it and didn’t want to redraw it from scratch.
 
But yeah, it was a weird darned pose. It was one of those times where I knew I was going to mess the anatomy up no matter what so I went the “take a shotgun to anatomy / refuge in audacity” route opposed to any semblance of realism. Also too I was looking to outdo the flexible-ness of this specific pic.
 
I definitely should try doing another contortion pic with your advice in mind though, except for the size of the head thing. As weird as it is, the ponies really do have huge bobble heads in the show.
 
@DragonWraith  
In Blossomforth’s case, a slinky.

What even are spines?

@Badumsquish  
Well, you don’t have to take a shotgun to anatomy to make the picture work because this kind of thing is possible in real life. All it takes to accomplish is a lot of dedication.
 
Now I begin my critique-ing. Usually when doing a very deep backbend the legs are kicked backwards and the arms/forelegs on the shoulders are stretched/reaching “up” as far as possible usually for the purpose of balancing the center of gravity or in this case reaching for the ankles/hooves. From what I can see, her hind legs seem to be kicking backwards which is good but that foreleg really bothers me, I’m not sure if she is reaching “up” with her foreleg or “down”.
 
You seem to have strategically covered most of her anatomy with conveniently placed hair, an awkwardly placed foreleg, and bobblehead anatomy (which is probably show accurate but still looks awkward). This is a little disappointing because showing off the rest of her anatomy can give a feeling that this is an actual physical pony and not just a conglomeration of randomly placed limbs.
 
Take a look at a real world example of this pose (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xs0lxw8VvHA/hqdefault.jpg). The contortionist grabs her ankles in order to hold the stretch and keep her spine from uncurling. With enough practice, this kind of pose is possible to do without ankle grabbing but it requires developing something called active flexibility and strength where the muscles in the torso, butt and legs engage to maintain this position without having to grab the ankles. Blossomoforth seems to be using the tree as a prop to help her keep the stretch. In the real example the contortionist is not using her butt as a pillow but is grabbing her ankles to bring her head closer to her knees and ankles. If she wanted to use her head as a pillow she would have to deepen the backbend in her torso and spine and grab her calves or knees to force her head towards her butt. She could even grab her own butt/thigh like in your picture, bending her elbows, if she had the active flexibility/strength to maintain the pose without much support from her arms or a prop like the tree.
 
Now, in your picture Blossomforth’s head seems to be resting on her thigh/butt which is the whole point of the picture. Blossomforth’s right hind leg seems to be sticking out at us and seems to look a little short, but this is fine. Because of the perspective, it could be much longer than it seems. However, her left leg seems to be really short, too short. In order for Blossomforth’s head to be resting on her plot, we should be able to see much more of her left leg and her left leg should definitely be sticking out much more.
 
Right now it kind of seems like her head is too big which would be fine if it were closer to us and not resting on her thigh. If her head were closer to us her pose would be kind of like the picture of the real contortionist. In this case her head would not be resting on her plot but it would be closer to us and we would be able to easily see both of her shoulders. Her head would also be closer to her hooves like in the real world example.
 
In order for her head to be resting on her plot we should be able to see more of Blossomforth’s legs and in my opinion her face should be a bit smaller in comparison to her plot but that just might be the wonky “show accurate” proportions of her head. The head to butt position really gives the spine a deeper, extreme curl and we should be able to see her torso/ribcage jutting out behind her kind of like a furry white peach.
 
To summarize: If you want her head to be touching her butt her hind legs need to be sticking out further towards us in front of her head and the extreme backbend would cause her torso to jut out behind her, especially at the angle she is laying at. Her head should probably be a bit smaller indicating that it is further away from us near her plot. Her forelegs can be reaching “down” (think of hands on hips) if she has support from the tree to keep her position or if she just has some incredible active stretching ability. Or they can even reach “up” like in the real world picture to grab her legs or even touch her butt if her elbow is bent assuming tree support or incredible active stretching ability.
 
I hope this was helpful and not too convoluted. I can clarify on request.