Talk:Ember/@comment-7345250-20160418071020/@comment-7345250-20160418102623

"Disguising herself as a male to compete was a bit clever I thought."

- Herculine

Big McIntosh did the exact same thing in Brotherhooves Social, with an equally convincing disguise I might add, and everyone—both in the show and in the audience—found it downright goofy.

Now, concerning the matter of sneaking in: how Ember managed to procure a fitted helmet that her father had no knowledge of is the only potentially smart thing about it. I will admit that feat may be somewhat impressive. However, it is not something we ever see, nor is it something that anyone in the show even bothers to mention, so we have no idea what happened there. It could have just been lying around for all we know.

We've yet to see any evidence that Ember is smarter than the other dragons. You are pointing to her titles as evidence, but Princess was inherited and Dragon Lord was conferred by Spike. And yes, she eventually agreed with Spike's idea, but that was in part because her original plan turned out to be rather foolish and nearly fatal. And I said Spike's ideas don't count.