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I know there's a lot of disagreement on what makes a character a Sue, and some people will dismiss the idea that RD could possibly be a Sue on the grounds that she has flaws. But for me, the standard I like to apply is I remove them from the story in my mind, then I imagine if they were an OC in a fanfiction someone was writing, and I ask myself if I would think the author did a good job with them or if they're way too 'special'. Rainbow Dash completely fails that test for me. I'm fairly confident that if RD was a fanfiction OC instead of a canon character, everyone would be accusing the author of shoving their self insert Mary Sue into the story. If you just imagine her like that, it become much easier to see how ridiculous her character is compared to the other mane 6. Her being responsible for the rest of the mane 6 getting their cutie marks is such a Sue moment, I don't know how anyone could watch it and think that's a good story beat to have.