Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-5926076-20130114031419/@comment-71.110.114.91-20130115031545

It's not that she isn't shy - clearly she is extremely shy and often afraid. But everyone has their tipping point, where they just automatically refuse to take anymore. Fluttershy's tipping point is waaaaaaaaaay out there, but it is there, and we see it often enough to know that she really has to get stressed before it happens. When she's in a comfortable setting where she's not stressed and afraid, she does chiropractic work on bears. :P

And of course she has unnatural abilities: She's a yellow pony with pink hair and she has wings! But aside from that, all of the pony's exhibit some special characteristic at one point or another. Rarity seems to have some serious martial arts skills, Pinkie Pie defies gravity seriously and often, Rainbow Dash isn't torn to shreds by flying at over 740mph, etc.

And yeah, it's just a show. The writers can do whatever they want, but the great thing is that they establish the characters and usually stick pretty solidly within the boundaries, even if they show you new boundaries that make sense with the old. In the end it's all in good fun.