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No, I'm using something called common sense. Have you never gotten jealous when a friend spent more time with someone else than they did with you without being romantically interested in them? You're making extreme assumptions based on the lack of total indifference. I mean the episode in which Discord was jealous even made a point of Fluttershy explaining to Discord that they can both have other friends, which he seemed totally lost upon until she pointed out he could find other friends to talk about chaos magic with.

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It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached, and now we got distressed shippers drawing sad Cheerilee art all over the place.


 
I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in, I'm just saying it's not really implied quite as much as fans of the ship think it is.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
No, I'm using something called common sense. Have you never gotten jealous when a friend spent more time with someone else than they did with you without being romantically interested in them? You're making extreme assumptions based on the lack of total indifference. I mean the episode in which Discord was jealous even made a point of Fluttershy explaining to Discord that they can both have other friends, which he seemed totally lost upon until she pointed out he could find other friends to talk about chaos magic with.

"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached, and now we got distressed shippers drawing sad Cheerilee art all over the place.

I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in, I'm just saying it's not really implied.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
No, I'm using something called common sense. Have you never gotten jealous when a friend spent more time with someone else than they did with you without being romantically interested in them? You're making extreme assumptions based on the lack of total indifference. I mean the episode in which Discord was jealous even made a point of Fluttershy explaining to Discord that they can both have other friends, which he seemed totally lost upon until she pointed out he could find other friends to talk about chaos magic with.

"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached, and now we got distressed shippers drawing sad Cheerilee art all over the place.

I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
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"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached.

I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
No, I'm using something called common sense. The point of the episode was to show us that Starlight and Sunburst had been apart so long they didn't really know each other or have much in common anymore. Most of the episode was Starlight failing to realize how much Sunburst had grown while she desperately clinged to their childhood friendship. Starlight was jealous because he was spending more time with her friends than her, and then became so frantic she took it to unsettling levels of creepy. How much creepier would her turning them both back into foals to play games be if she was driven by a childhood crush?

"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached.

I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
No, I'm using something called common sense. The point of the episode was to show us that Starlight and Sunburst had been apart so long they didn't really know each other or have much in common anymore. Starlight was jealous because he was spending more time with her friends than her, and then became so frantic she took it to unsettling levels of creepy. How much creepier would her turning them both back into foals to play games be if she was driven by a childhood crush?

"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached.

I'm not outright dissing the StarBurst ship, mind you - it's just as believable as any other ship you can put those particular characters in.

"@Background Pony #4E4A":/1463804#comment_6880269
No, I'm using something called common sense. The point of the episode was to show us that Starlight and Sunburst had been apart so long they didn't really know each other or have much in common anymore. Starlight was jealous because he was spending more time with her friends than her, and then became so frantic she took it to unsettling levels of creepy. How much creepier would her turning them both back into foals to play games be if she was driven by a childhood crush?

"@Rubs":/1463804#comment_6880173
It can be interpreted as romantic interest in the same way Twilight's relationship with Celestia can be interpreted as romantic (indeed many fans do interpret it that way) -- the problem is that's a case of people taking these things and assuming they are stone-solid proof of romance. I mean for years everyone swore up and down Big Mac and Cheerilee had a crush on each other, then Big Mac went and started dating the mare from that other town. Thing is, everyone assumes any two characters who are not indifferent to each other are romantically attached.