What really gets me is Shining Armor... How did no one even know about him till now? I mean we would have/should have known a little something more before now :hmm:
This doesn't bother me in the least. I have brothers who live out of town. I don't go running around talking about them all the time either. I am presuming that Twilight *has* mentioned her brother to her friends before, just not during the show. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy haven't mentioned their families either but I don't presume that to mean that they are both orphans. The one time that we have seen part of Twilight's family (the day she was being tested for magic) was in a situation in which it would make perfect sense that a sibling wouldn't be present.
This! So much, this!
I keep seeing people complain about Twilight never mentioning her brother so it makes no sense, but that complaint is the real thing that makes no sense. I don't know anyone whose sibling(s) are a main focal point of their life if they don't live together or are twins or some other circumstance like that. Plus not everyone even likes their siblings. Based on the preview I saw Twilight loves her brother, even though that still means she's not required to have him as a huge focal point in her life. Even siblings who love each other don't necessarily bring each other up all the time.
I'm also sure that Twilight has spoken to her friends about her family, like Sunset mentioned, but there has so far been absolutely no reason for him to come up during an episode.
What really gets me is Shining Armor... How did no one even know about him till now? I mean we would have/should have known a little something more before now :hmm:
This doesn't bother me in the least. I have brothers who live out of town. I don't go running around talking about them all the time either. I am presuming that Twilight *has* mentioned her brother to her friends before, just not during the show. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy haven't mentioned their families either but I don't presume that to mean that they are both orphans. The one time that we have seen part of Twilight's family (the day she was being tested for magic) was in a situation in which it would make perfect sense that a sibling wouldn't be present.
This! So much, this!
I keep seeing people complain about Twilight never mentioning her brother so it makes no sense, but that complaint is the real thing that makes no sense. I don't know anyone whose sibling(s) are a main focal point of their life if they don't live together or are twins or some other circumstance like that. Plus not everyone even likes their siblings. Based on the preview I saw Twilight loves her brother, even though that still means she's not required to have him as a huge focal point in her life. Even siblings who love each other don't necessarily bring each other up all the time.
I'm also sure that Twilight has spoken to her friends about her family, like Sunset mentioned, but there has so far been absolutely no reason for him to come up during an episode.
Sorry if it seemed like a complaint, it wasn't meant to be taken that way. Mostly I'm reflecting off of some other statements I've seen elsewhere. No a sibling doesn't need to be a focal point in someone's life but I'm more analytical now than I used to be and it was just something that crossed my mind as I always assumed Twilight was an only child.