Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-68.32.216.42-20130414223022/@comment-2170890-20130414224433

Fluttershy was officially based on Posey, a G1 earth pony who even looked like Fluttershy a bit (technically Fluttershy looks like Posey) as well as having similar characteristics such as a "stare" and a kind personality. The name Fluttershy comes from an (unused?) G3 pony. Lauren wrote a lot of stories as a child and made Posey shy because she herself (Lauren I mean) was shy back then. She wasn't allowed to name the pony Posey because of copyright, and could choose any G3 pony name - she probably chose Fluttershy because it had "shy" in it (even though the G3 Fluttershy's name is a pun on the term "Shutterfly" based on her personality).

Wysteria is very much like Fluttershy and Posey, as are a few ponies of all generations. The same goes with the other ponies.