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@Philweasel
Wait, they released a shipping chart? Was this, like, canon ships (Cakes, etc.) with Applejack added on, or…
 
I think he was referring to this:
 

 
 
@Officer Hot-Pants  
You’d think the part about Blueblood would have made it obvious.
 
…And on a more serious note, I’m pretty sure Shining wouldn’t dare sneak around behind Cadance’s back while there’s still Changelings out there. Tough luck, Pinkie.
Background Pony #643D
@Background Pony #04B7
I have the book. What it says is:
|| Rarity = refuses to answer
Rainbow Dash = unnamed guy on the baseball team
Pinkie Pie = Shining Armor
Fluttershy = Sandalwood (not named, but his picture is shown)
Applejack = her childhood friend Johnathan from another apple farm
Sunset Shimmer = Has no crush ||
 
Interesting, thanks. Would you mind maybe quoting it exactly?
Background Pony #A17F
@Background Pony #04B7  
I have the book. What it says is:  
|| Rarity = refuses to answer  
Rainbow Dash = unnamed guy on the baseball team  
Pinkie Pie = Shining Armor  
Fluttershy = Sandalwood (not named, but his picture is shown)  
Applejack = her childhood friend Johnathan from another apple farm  
Sunset Shimmer = Has no crush ||
Background Pony #643D
They seem to have made it very clear that Applejack is asexual, or at the very least only sexually interested in… apples.
I remember when they released a shipping chart on the offical facebook page, and Applejack apparently was in a committed relationship with them.
 
Wait, they released a shipping chart? Was this, like, canon ships (Cakes, etc.) with Applejack added on, or…
 
That Canterlot High Tell-All book that came out not too long ago and got like zero attention apparently has a part that talks about their “secret crushes”… I kind of want to see what the book has to say there.
Philweasel
Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.

Right About Everything
They seem to have made it very clear that Applejack is asexual, or at the very least only sexually interested in… apples.
 
I remember when they released a shipping chart on the offical facebook page, and Applejack apparently was in a committed relationship with them.
Background Pony #21B0
They wouldn’t literally do this with Shining and Cadance though, right? That’d be awful. I understand if he wants more same-sex and such couplings, I’d actually support it, but breaking up an existing couple who’ve several times on screen wielded the power of their love as a weapon seems mean spirited.
Background Pony #4F7A
It could be a throwaway reference! Act as if the girls already knew about this, but there were a lot of other concerns, so it never came up. Have a couple of instances where Dash actively hits on a good-looking mare or have one of her friends joke about one being “up her alley”. Be subtle, be natural. It’s gotta look like an everyday thing, because that’s what it is.
I couldn’t agree more. MLP could easily work something like same sex relationships in if they wanted to, but I would want to see it done with some subtlety. Present it as a totally normal thing that does not differ in any way from any other relationship.
 
@TheOtakuX  
@Background Pony #E623
Basically nobody would complain if he were to use, say, Lyra and Bon Bon, because other than most of the fandom already thinking they were gay for years, the 100th episode was clearly playing it up. At SDCC last year the VAs had Lyra getting jealous about AJ talking to Bon Bon in an improved skit, and the recent chapter book really made them seem more like a couple than just friends, despite the constant use of the phrase ‘best friends’.
I remember that panel. I liked that little improvised skit. And yeah, Lyra and Bon Bon have been a fandom couple for so long they light as well be official at this point.
TheOtakuX
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@Background Pony #E623  
Basically nobody would complain if he were to use, say, Lyra and Bon Bon, because other than most of the fandom already thinking they were gay for years, the 100th episode was clearly playing it up. At SDCC last year the VAs had Lyra getting jealous about AJ talking to Bon Bon in an improved skit, and the recent chapter book really made them seem more like a couple than just friends, despite the constant use of the phrase ‘best friends’.
TiberiusPonificus

See, I wouldn’t have a problem if one of the Mane6 (possibly Dash or AJ) turned out to be gay. I would just prefer it be done in a way that doesn’t look preachy or make the episode an after-school special. It could be a throwaway reference! Act as if the girls already knew about this, but there were a lot of other concerns, so it never came up. Have a couple of instances where Dash actively hits on a good-looking mare or have one of her friends joke about one being “up her alley”. Be subtle, be natural. It’s gotta look like an everyday thing, because that’s what it is.
Background Pony #4F7A
He said that he used Fluttershy and Dash as example only because it’s what came to his mind at the panel, he doesn’t really think they should hook up in particular, though he is arguing against people that said “she cant be gay she was never gay before” because he doesn’t think a character that never showed romantic tendencies before coming out as gay is a plot hole as much as it was simply not mentioned before.
Oh, ok… well that’s actually not too bad then. I will say I personally never liked the idea of making Rainbow Dash gay because I think it plays into the cliché of “female tomboy = lesbian”, but that’s just my thoughts on the matter. As for the other stuff, I can’t really argue his point because the show itself has used the tact of “not mentioned doesn’t mean it’s not true” before, most notably with Twilight suddenly having a brother she’d never mentioned.
Background Pony #8BA1
@Prof.NightJack  
I do not disagree that dude needs to calm down and stop engaging with internet people, but let’s be objective: the only reason he’s arguing with people is because people got uppity and he has a chip on his shoulder, following the comment string and searching his name on Twitter shows folks start barking at him first, he already explained himself and people kept pulling, but there’s no sign he wasn’t honest when he said it was just an example.
Prof.NightJack
Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Gizmonics Scientist
@Background Pony #0072  
>By reactionary internet creeps you mean.  
No, by people that know of “reactionary internet creeps”, they would know how it would get them to start shit.  
So like I said “So by standards of anyone that understand how it’s a problem.”.
Prof.NightJack
Equality - In our state, we do not stand out.
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Gizmonics Scientist
@Background Pony #0072  
That;s kind of the problem here, he used it as an example but then went to to argue about it with people.  
If he used it only because it’s what came to ind that should be what he says, it was just what came to mind when talking about it.  
No reason for it beyond that so to argue over things from that is what is messing it all up, his just digging himself deeper.
Background Pony #8BA1
@Prof.NightJack
 
By reactionary internet creeps you mean. People’s opinions don’t always end up in their work, most of the writers are against a monarchy but work on a show where the ultimate power is given to a goddess queen instead of a proper democracy. There’s nothing wrong as long as he doesn’t shit out more Dragontown stories (which was bad because it was bad, not because of it’s message’s purpose).
Background Pony #8BA1
@Background Pony #E623
 
He said that he used Fluttershy and Dash as example only because it’s what came to his mind at the panel, he doesn’t really think they should hook up in particular, though he is arguing against people that said “she cant be gay she was never gay before” because he doesn’t think a character that never showed romantic tendencies before coming out as gay is a plot hole as much as it was simply not mentioned before.