Talk:Rainbow Blaze/@comment-208566-20170507225721/@comment-3292369-20170509135130

No, the writer was almost certainly aware of  Rainbow Blaze, they share the exact same color scheme so the similarity is almost certainly intentional. Most likely Bow Hothoof is just supposed to be a fatter, scruffier Rainbow Blaze. The only real change would be the cutie mark, and background ponies tend to have unstable cutie marks anyway. It's possible Blaze is an uncle, but I don't think that's likely because the show doesn't use the same color scheme for siblings.