Background Pony #79A5

I love that an older image was chosen to be the "featured image", though I am curious as to why this one was chosen. No complaints, it's a good one, just curious.There's been a definite shift in favor of Soarin' since "Rainbow Falls", though it's not strong enough to overcome 3 seasons of pro-Spitfire momentum. If they give Spitfire a significant role in another episode, though, that may change.Anyway, I loved Spitfire from the first time I saw her in "Sonic Rainboom", and her friendly demeanor in "The Best Night Ever" just sealed the deal. Then there was the way she stood on the sidelines in "Hurricane Fluttershy", and I thought, well, it's just the writers not thinking that she could've joined in, and her dialog at the end was nice. Then "Wonderbolt Academy", but hey, she had to play the hackneyed role of the tough drill sergeant for that episode, though I wish the writers had given a glimpse of the friendly, encouraging Spitfire, and not given her such poor judgment in order to advance the plot. And then there was "Rainbow Falls", but… well, no, it's clear now the writers think of her as an antagonist. So she's fallen way down my list of favorite minor characters, though I certainly don't hate her.Soarin', on the other hand, I liked almost as much as Spitfire from the moment of his first scene in "The Best Night Ever"; choosing to support Applejack's stand when free food was available really appealed to me. So I was delighted that "Rainbow Falls" gave him a pretty good role as well as a couple of other characteristics for the fandom to use other than "pie!", and he's pretty much taken over Spitfire's slot in my top 5 minor pony list.Anyway, while I do agree it's too soon in the show's run to have Rainbow Dash join the Wonderbolts, there would be ways to accomplish that aside from showing Spitfire to be a lying, disloyal jerk.