Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-7737993-20140810200704/@comment-10390252-20140820120152

Since the pony with Rainbow Dash in the flash-back of Games Ponies Play has been identified as her mentor rather than her father in the CCG, I'm more and more convinced of my Spartan model for pegasi youth is correct. Simply put, I don't think that, traditionally, pegasi parents raise their children past fledging. After that, they are assigned to another, accomplished pegasus who is responsbile for training them in flight and the arts of war.

This is known as being 'taken under their wing'. Yes, that is the exact phrase that Scootaloo used about Rainbow Dash.

What has this to do with Fluttershy? Well, the point is, of course, that it doesn't matter who is Fluttershy's biological parents. What matters is who was her mentor. I suspect that Fluttershy had the unfortunate luck of having somepony not unlike Rainbow Dash with a lot of raw talent and who is a bit impatient. Because of that, she was never really taught the basics properly. She also probably developed her introverted personality because of the unintentional pressure that her mentor placed her under.