If those were her parents, then who is this?

>>30035024
Background pony with no relation to her whatsoever.

>>30035024
MY BROTHER?!
>my little pony, my little pony
>ahhhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh
>my little pony

>>30035024
Maybe an uncle. Or completely unrelated.

>>30035024
We call that a retcon.

Considering the fact that he wasn't even mentioned... RETCON PAWWCH.

An uncle or something.

SO THEY FUCKING DID IT. THEY MADE DASHIE'S PARENTS SOMEONE WHO ISN'T THIS PONY.

FUCKING JIM.

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>>30035024
Likely a retcon. Look at Hot Hoof's appearence. Obviously a retooled design.

>>30035024
Other relative of some sort.

buddy don't talk about Rainbro Thunderhooves unless you want Celestia's office of corrections to come after you

>>30035024
The art department thought it'd be too confusing if Dashdad looked that much different in the flashback, so the old design was thrown out.

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>>30035105
This card came out a few months after his devout. Not a retcon

>>30035092
Calm your autism, anon. It was already confirmed that he wasn't her dad.

>>30035024
>>30035105
Her parents when they were younger?

>>30035024

>>30035105
This or maybe it will be mentioned several season later.
Retcon has happened frequently and will be too.

>uncle
>cousin
>teacher
We only know he was a mentor to her.

>>30035170
yea

and considering how they handled her dad in the new ep, I highly doubt he was a "mentor"

>>30035138
I know but I was hoping that it would get brushed under the rug or something and they'd reuse that model anyway, despite the claims to the contrary.

>>30035024
Didn't a writer say that the character wasn't her father, citing how their artists didn't have a character titled Rainbow's dad not long after that episode aired?

The season don't necessarily happen in the same dimensions or timelines, we've been over this already.

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>>30035024
>>30035105
>same coat color
>same mane
>same eye color
>similar cutie mark
They're similar enough to not ruin all the fan art with filly Dash and her dad. I wish they hadn't changed him, but this isn't remotely as bad as I feared. Plus, Rainbow's Dad is older now, so he can look slightly different than in the flashback.
In my headcanon they're the same pony.

>>30035459
The guy could be an uncle or something.

>>30035024
her dad 20 years yonger maybe?

>>30035024

I'd go for "uncle" here.

Dash, her dad and Blaze all share rainbow marks and mane, which strikes me as "family". Plus, it's not like some random stallion that isn't related to Dash is gonna have the filly sitting on his head.

Think of them like the Apples. Related cutie marks and often coloration.

>>30035024
Hot Hoof's brother.
As an uncle to Rainbow Dash, he cared about her enough to go on her events.Over time, as Dash grew tired of her parents and stopped inviting them, she started to appreciate that he's always there.
She even ran from her home a few times to live with her uncle, because she wished he was her real father

>>30035459

>Plus, Rainbow's Dad is older now, so he can look slightly different than in the flashback.

He appeared in a Starlight Glimmer episode last season. So unless Starlight has been in Ponyville for 20 years already since that episode, it can't be that.

>>30035024
If he's not her dad, he's her uncle. He looks exactly like Beau Hot Hoof only with the standard stallion body type as opposed to the Big Mac body type.

>>30036035
1. Which?

2. Are you saying that pony appeared in a Starlight episode?

>>30035024
I would say her dad's younger brother. The cool uncle.

Though I guess it's entirely possible he was an unrelated stranger that just happened to share a resemblance.

The important thing is Dash was the Scootaloo to his RD. And while it'd be cool if he showed up, it it's likely all were going to get.

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>>30036050
Bow Hothoof

>>30036077
My Little Pony: Dreamsmashing is Magic

>>30035024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ivDAMr6GfHU

>>30036059

Since he also shows up in the Hearth's Warming scene and is a Cloudsdale resident, has a different body model and cutie mark + an established canon name, we can reasonably infer Rainbow's dad is not a retconned Rainbow Blaze.

They're almost certainly family, though. Again, from the similarities Blaze is almost certainly "Uncle Blaze" to Dash, and her father's younger brother. Her parents were the cheering section, he was the mentor.

>>30035024
Wait, this isn't someone's bullshit OC? What episode did he appeared in?

>>30036173
Games Ponies Play, season 3.

>>30035024
>>30035059
Vogel is such a fucking retard that he can't even keep the timeline in check.

For fucks sake Lightning Bolt is still there? Derpy as a filly? Spitfire and Soarin aren't older than Rainbow Dash? They know her? they went to kindergarten with her?

This is fanfiction.net bullshit of the lowest grade.

>My dad works at Nintendo
>My uncle was in the same class with Bill Gates
>My mother stole Steve Job's job.

>>30035105
And how the fuck is this okay?

This board should be up in flames and burning and roasting the entire team over on Tweeter.

Especially MkToons.

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>>30036184
>Spitfire and Soarin aren't older than Rainbow Dash? They went to kindergarten with her?'

I haven't seen the episode yet but that is utter bullshit.

>>30036184
>>30036208
They clearly stated they were older, and that Dash was the one in the upper league, They just didn't make, or have, older filly models.

>>30036192
It's not a fucking retcon faggot. No one ever said he was the daddy and we have people who work on the show saying he wasn't. Hell, he showed up in Hearth Warming's Tail.
It's a completely different character.

>>30036184
How is that Vogel's fault? He was never said to be the father. Only a mentor and that was back in 2014.

>>30036184

It's clear as fuck stated in the episode that Spitfire and Soarin are older than Dash is. DYEWTE?

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I'd like to think he and Windrider competed against each other when they were young, with WR taking it way to seriously while he's just seeing it as all in good fun.

>>30036184
Dash said she was the youngest in the competition. She skipped a grade, so to speak.

>>30036227
It is CLEARLY STATED in Games Ponies Play that the pony Dash is standing on is her father. Stupid Vogel and Jim retconned it because they're so incompetent and the writers don't watch the show and they want to destroy everything that Faust created.

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>>30035137
>implying the ccg is canon

>>30036285
It's never stated you fucking liar.
As a matter of fact that behavior matches one of a mentor, just like the card where we got the name of the character said.

>>30036295
It may not always be canon but it does give us insight into what may happen. When you consider what Kora Kosica, the dude's designer, said and the card it makes a lot more sense.

>>30035137
Says mentor, nothing else.

>>30036285

>clearly stated

Go back and watch it again, because it wasn't.

>>30036285
>It is CLEARLY STATED in Games Ponies Play that the pony Dash is standing on is her father.

Don't piss on my foot then tell me it's raining.

>>30036312
Anything enterplay does is purely independent and should be ignored as far as the show goes, they just run it by hasbro standards and practices before printing.

What did that person say about the original dad?

>>30036354
Kora said the dude wasn't the father.

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oh hey look what i found watching the actual fucking episode

you guys should try watching it some time

>>30035024

The pervert uncle that always touch filly dash butt

>>30036404
That doesn't mean shit.
Different name, different cutie mark, different design.
That also doesn't explain this
>>30036077
What could be assumed from that is that they're related.

>>30036428
does it even matter

>>30036440
No. Unless you don't care about headcanons or fanfics/fanart being invalid ^:)

>>30036428
he never had a name in canon
Soarin had a different cutie mark originally
Luna's design change goes beyond just her mane

They look similar enough that most casual viewers would think they're the same guy

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>>30036285
>It is CLEARLY STATED in Games Ponies Play that the pony Dash is standing on is her father.
Wow that thread sure was spot on.

>>30036593
Anon he does have a name. It's Rainbow Blaze.
And the similar design could be attributed to them being brothers or family members.

>>30035024
Stalker.

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>>30035024
I'd be cool if he turned out to be her kickass brother or something.

Bonus points if he's embarrassingly protective of her.

>>30035024
Her the rapist.

>>30035024
Same coat and mane/tail colors as her dad so I'm going with uncle. Dash seemed like an only child because her parents showered her in attention.