Talk:Rarity/@comment-6425188-20131202172749/@comment-24368245-20140103205014

Rarity is my favorite for many reasons, and I don't think she's anywhere close to what the previous gen was. Remember what the previous generation was. Souless characters with no flaws that got on your nerves to an insane degree.

However, Rarity is nothing like this. She self-sacrifices on many instances, cares deeply for all her friends, and she seems very mature despite her reactions to situations. Plus, she is also kind of like Applejack in the sense that both have businesses that can be attributed to real life jobs.

And let's go back to the whole self-sacrificing part of Rarity. All of her episodes have had this theme. In A Dog and Pony Show, Rarity is kidnapped and is forced to look for gems against her will. However, when the Diamond Dogs ask her to find gems, she doesn't refuse. She simply says "Oh, is that all." And it takes about half of the episode for Rarity to start to fight back.

In Suited For Success, Rarity makes dresses for her friends, but they don't like the dresses because they don't live up to their standards. However, Rarity feels inclined to keep working. Because she appreciates her friends and their decisions.

In Sisterhooves Social, Sweetie Belle keeps doing everything wrong to Rarity, and even though it's made clear that Sweetie Belle is to blame for what's happened, Rarity still takes responsibility and wants to patch things up with her sister.

Or how about Sweet and Elite? Rarity finally reaches her goal of being more recognized in fashion culture, but when the fashion elites meet her friends, you see this five second pause as Rarity considers what to say, but she chooses her friends over her lifelong dream, showing that she risked everything that she worked hard for, just to still be friends with her imperfect companions.

In short, Rarity represents everything that I want to be, and is one of the most inspirational characters to come out of an animated series in a long time.