@a6p  
Rarity would probably have a heart attack upon her first glance of Moondancer’s fashion sense.

@Background Pony #F94F  
I think Hasbro realized they screwed up in a way…I still see Glory as a female in that set.

@Background Pony #F94F  
Still doesn’t change the character we know, who has never been depicted as male.
 

 
…Even if it seems Bowtie feels the need to check.

@Phantom Rider  
Glory was referred to as male on the tag.  

You know, I really want someone to make some R34 of these two purely so we can legitimately use the “good clean married sex” tag with two female characters.

@Phantom Rider
 
…huh. That somehow missed my notice. Thanks much for the link and correction!

@Phantom Rider  
I know Glory is female everywhere else, but I’m just saying how i’m fairly sure ‘she’ is referred to as ‘he’ on this.

@a6p  
@VoltraTheLively
 
Lauren Faust refers to both Glory and Sparkler as Rarity’s predecessors. https://twitter.com/fyre_flye/status/406581739708882944
 
Rarity was going to be a new Sparkler, that doesn’t mean there were no other influences at all.

@Background Pony #7D0D
 
Glory’s the groom here but is actually a female character in everything, including the show, so… I guess it’s up to us as to whether wearing her tail bow (seen in the box art!) as a bowtie makes it Alternate Universe Rule 63 Glory Who Sure Looks Totally Unchanged And Who Exists Just In This One Figurine Thingy or something.
 
But really, it’s highly unlikely that they were thinking that fanfic-ally. Probably more “we wanna make a wedding scene, there aren’t any boy ponies yet, so just stick a bowtie on Glory.”
 
Equestria’s really ahead of us, they’ve had gay marriage since the 80s.

@a6p
 
Incorrect; while Glory and Rarity look closer in color, Sparkler is Rarity’s ancestor as it were.
 

@Background Pony #7D0D  
Glory is referred to as male afaik, actually. :I

Wait this is lesbians?

I believe that Rarity was actually based on Glory.

@Tetrominon  
Well, a little… I guess. It sounded good at the time, ok? :p

“Infamous”?