Talk:Rainbow Dash/@comment-24.165.133.93-20120816030826/@comment-4899875-20120817091834

Dash may have been patting herself on the back repeatedly, but Trixie could only feel that way by humiliating other people and rubbing it everyone's faces; it's almost like she's insecure and has some kind of inferiority complex, so she can't feel good about herself unless she outperforms someone else (preferably by a lot) and/or gets some kind of recognition from an audience.

Rainbow Dash doesn't need to prove anything to anyone because she knows she's awesome. And she doesn't show off by putting someone else down. Her showboating is harmless. And she's right. It's also not even completely her fault, because everyone around her (besides the rest of the mane 6 and Spike) is always feeding her complements and treating her like a celebrity. But she handles her love of fame and the pursuit of fame much better than Trixie did.

Most of the time she doesn't even do it that much, but in The Mysterious Mare Do Well, the writers had decided to devote an entire episode to that aspect of her personality (and even then, I didn't dislike it). You also have to take into account the type of personality that Rainbow Dash has, and that in Mare Do Well, she had all of the townsponies stroking her ego daily. Because she's not a jerk about it, and because the writers know what moderation is, I actually enjoy Dash's high self-esteem. Not only that, but it's a character flaw that makes Dashie Dashie. If she didn't have it, it would subtract from her character's depth and she wouldn't be her. Essentially, she would have a flawless personality and be a much less interesting character. I find her arrogance charming and comical.