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Rainbow Dash proudly shows off her hard-won physique! Cloudburst stands there and tries not to look terrified.

All three pony races have an "ideal" body type that is celebrated and pursued by members of said race. For unicorns, the ideal look is slender and delicate, with flowing fetlocks, glossy mane, and a long spire of a horn (basically an alicorn). Earth ponies like their bodies big n' chunky, as strength is prized for farm work and child bearing. The ideal pegasus, however, is compact, lean, and fast, with bright beautiful plumage. By pegasi standards, Rainbow Dash is a total knock-out and she knows it, she's very proud of her colors, speed, and power, and is still leaping to pose for Wonderbolts Weekly well into her golden years.

Cloudburst is another case. Pegasi are typically prideful and adore showing off, flight displays and wing flaring are common courtship tactics, with pegasi selecting the most colorful and charismatic mates. But Cloudy is drab. She's the color of a raincloud. She is small. She can't fly long without exhausting herself. While Rainbow has speedy knife-shaped wings like a falcon, Cloudy's wings are stubby and fluffy, like a chicken. Cloudy is a decent athelete, make no mistake, she's a professional level skateboarder and buckball player. But she's no Wonderbolt. Her size means she needs far less calories than the average pony, but like both of her siblings, Cloudy loves food, so she's a bit chubby. Her father Dumbbell has quite a lot of earth pony blood in him, and passed his bulk onto all three of his kids. Stormy and Phoenix got the muscle, Cloudy got an absolute dumptruck ass. Cloudy hides her curves under chunky hoodies and baggy clothes, she does not like being seen or allowing anyone (especially some random rude pegasus) the opportunity to comment on her body, especially not in comparison to her mother's or brother's. So Cloudy hides, even in stifling hot weather, and only comes out of her shell around ponies she trusts.

tldr:

Rainbow Dash: lean mean speed machine

Cloudburst: fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round

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Anonymous

*BI PANIC*

feathermaws

First, love the way you added color to Dash’s hair and her under cut 👌👌 Second, Butt 💗💗

Anonymous

So is Cloudy with Zips or are they just putting on a show to irritate their parents?

Anonymous

I wonder if all pegasi due to having wings all have strong back and pectoral muscles. Like even an average dadbod has some good shoulder and dad muscles. Like say *cough Rainbows Dad *cough.

Anonymous

Headcannon!! Maybe Rainbow has allways had a thing for thick strong bodies likes Applejack and Dumbbell thanks to her dad 😁

lopoddity

Zipperflash’s plan was to get Cloudy to fake-date him so he could rub it in the face of Aerostorm, Cloudburst’s older brother and Zips’ greatest rival. But this plan backfires, because 1.) Stormy doesn’t care, and 2.) Zips accidentally ends up befriending Cloudburst, then falling for her, leaving them both to stew in their own denied feelings and secret pining.

SketchyBug

Ypooo I had a similar headcanon about pony body types! I’m glad other people had it too! Out of respect for Cloudburst I won’t comment on her body, but from a design standpoint I like the decisions you made with her, as well as the character decision to hide the curves with her clothes. I remember seeing some fashion vids particularly for ensembles that hide clothes.

Lory

Oooh I love this idea!! (PS a dumptruck ass being an Earth pony trait makes me smile a lot)

Anonymous

I can't get enough of this cutie shortstack!!

Jam Gram

as someone who has a mom who was an athlete and has a similar situation to Cloudy here I deeply appreciate and relate to her 😭🧡

Anonymous

I love the idea that different pony races have different standards of beauty. I think that pegasus don't really want them to have big breasts, because tits will interfere with them in flight. Earth ponies will appreciate big hips, because they will be able to give birth to a baby in a barn quite quickly.

Curio Blue

Honestly I love this so much~ I have a headcanon that Cloudy is really insecure around Zips at first, but as they get closer she's a little more comfortable wearing say, shorts, or leggings even, and one day even feels like 'Hey It's hot as balls, tanktop it is' and yes Zips is like 'WHOA bahonkers' but also like, low-key proud of his bestie/potential GF because, it takes strength to do that when you're not comfortable with your body. I bet Zips doesn't put pressure on Cloudy to look a certain way, or lose weight, he just is happy that she's authentic to herself and becoming happy in who she is. I dunno I just love supportive relationships like that, I bet it would be a super big breathe of fresh air for the both of them to not have expectations for once.

Melody Williamson

In your headworld can very over weight ponys still fly? I know vampire bats can eat so much in a sitting that they can no longer fly for awhile. Now that I think about it... I don't think I've ever seen an overweight bird other than chickens. I wonder if they store fat differently than mammals? Since pegasi are a mix of avian/mammal it's an interesting combination. Like would they have really high metabolisms? If you don't have a canon in mind for this it's fine because this is really nittty gritty and random lol.

lopoddity

Yes! :D Very much so. Also, Zips just plain finds her beautiful and attractive as is. When I say “ideal”, I don’t mean ponies find any deviating body type instantly unattractive, personal taste varies greatly. Rainbow Dash for example has a thing for big beefy ponies like Applejack and her horseband, and also tiny chubby types like Quibble Pants. I thought about a period where after Zips and Cloudy’s “fake” dating comes to an inevitable (and painful) end, Zips tries dating around to fill the void. As a young rich Wonderbolt, there’s no shortage of lithe gorgeous pegasi willing to go out with him. Buuuut being around them only amplifies his pining and makes him realize he doesn’t want anyone but Cloudburst. He truly does find her fun to be around, cute, and verrrrry attractive (further intensified by the fact he’s already kinda in love with her, imo being in love turns any partner into an instant 10/10 to you)

Anonymous

I really like that you're so body positive. You can help me see things in a better way.

lopoddity

It seems pegasi cannot fly without magic, as they lose the ability to do so when Tirek drains them. I headcanon this is because a horse is simply too heavy to fly. Magic is needed to get them off the ground and in the air. Scootaloo cannot fly because her stunted wings don’t conduct enough magic. Bulk Biceps has a similar problem, but is ultimately able to fly despite his massive size, so I’m gonna assume weight isn’t much of a handicap when it comes to flight, not so long as a pegasus has ample reserves of magic. Ponies can still fly when they become pregnant or put on a couple pounds, just not as fast as before. An obese or bulky pony may not be able to get off the ground, but it isn’t easy for a pegasus to get to that point in the first place. For one, they have the fastest metabolisms of all three pony races, and for two, flying is extremely intensive and burns a colossal amount of calories. A decently active pegasus may struggle to put on weight. It’s kinda like if us humans had to swim everywhere, we’d all be very svelte and strong.

Bigsmile

I really like that the three types of ponies still have distinct cultural differences and ideas amongst themselves. From what I saw of the show it seemed like there wasn't much in the way of differences between the groups, though I might not have seen enough episodes 😅