Anon 05/27/2018 (Sun) 03:06:25 No.1444 del
>>1409
>I wonder how many fans would rate her back then as a character, and not a cool visual mascot for the pony material. 20% cooler because her mane is attractive and she had the swag glasses on back then.

There actually was a wide perception in the early years that either Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy where the fan favorites. Also during then the Elements of Harmony attributes of them were more emphasized too, hence my logic in thinking Pinkie Pie, though honestly you are right about today, it's just my oldfagness showing.

Looking back, this perception didn't always hold to reality even then, but did have things that reenforced it to many. I found an old poll from 2011 that I barely remembered where Fluttershy did indeed win first place and pinkie second I did some further looking around from there and found a second poll from 2012 where Twily did win and Seth was surprised, and thought that RD especially would've done better (I guess a combination of vocal fans plus her being the mascot gave people that). I also know Fluttershy won the hubtv online vote but I'm not sure how much the fandom counted in that one. My own perception of things was shaped by this, plus my memories of a fair bit of folks who thought the show was too focused on TS and my own memories of polls long gone in which she didn't always get number 1 or 2. But things where different then, and even then I suppose you are still pretty right for that time, and fully right on the present. perhpas I'll try to do more digging around and see if there is any other little interesting things/trends I can find.
https://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/poll-results-favorite-pony.html
https://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/01/top-five-pony-results.html
https://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/09/fluttershy-wins-fan-favorite-poll.html

In the meantime. Keep the brdge crossed and it's gates golden, I'll reply to your other post later do to still having a fair bit on my plate. I think I'll have a lull, though if I don't I still reply, just maybe a little slower/one or two post at a time.