Talk:Rarity Investigates!/@comment-25559529-20150911234915

One thing that's always bothered me about Turnabout Storm is this whole "Clearing is 15 minutes away from entrance" thing. It raises several questions.

Did it seriously take Rainbow Dash 15 minutes to fly out of the forest? I would have thought it would work better if Fluttershy went out of her chicken coop earlier and saw Rainbow mere seconds after the first bolt. That way, one would avoid wondering how Twilight and Phoenix walking and Rainbow flying at a speed "that looked like something was chasing her" both took fifteen minutes. it would also clear up a question about Gilda later.

Sonata got out of the forest at the same time as Apple Bloom, who got out at 9:00. However, in part 4, Fluttershy said she saw Rainbow Dash right before seeing Sonata. There should have been a five minute gap between these instances, but apparently Rainbow got out at 8:55. So, are we to assume that Apple Bloom was stumbling around Fluttershy's cottage for five minutes, and not once did Fluttershy notice her? The heck?

Also, who found Ace's actual dead body first? Gilda or Sonata? If the Fluttershy's cottage really is 15 minutes away by flight at Rainbow's speed, then how far into chasing Rainbow Dash did Gilda drop the package? (Also, if Apple Bloom saw Gilda drop it, that would mean that Apple Bloom was already past the clearing before anyone else... what?! Trixie stated that the only way in and out of the forest is by that one pathway!) Sonata would have had to come back after 8:50 and teleport out 10 minutes later (or 5 minutes I DON'T KNOW). If Gilda dropped the package shortly into chasing Rainbow Dash (Apple Bloom said "a little after"), how did she not notice the fire? And if she dropped it, say five minutes later, how did she get back before Sonata? And how did Sonata not notice that Ace's dead body had been moved? That was only possible if she came back after Gilda, but Gilda hasn't even framed Rainbow Dash yet!

So, yeah, the 15 minutes thing really bugs me.