Talk:Flutter Brutter/@comment-775105-20160603023721/@comment-24245960-20160603143901

Fluttershy has already been assertive in the series, and I'm not counting the whole Iron Will affair. She's always had "The Stare" that can even defeat a cockatrice and she has spoken up quite aggressively in defense of her friends as far back as Dragonshy.

Just because one is quiet and reserved most of the time doesn't mean that they can't stand up for themselves or others when the time comes, and I don't think Fluttershy needs to have any sort of epiphany in which she would act like a totally different character.

I also don't think that the characters growing and achieving their goals is a sign that the series is coming to an end. The story and the characters are simply evolving.