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What? He’s built like an off season body builder. A bit of fat covering muscle underneath. He’s a mystical Druid that lives in a magical forest, in a world with talking ponies. What of that points to anything political?

That line is a specific observation in relation to the stallions Dash would be used to, the Wonderbolts. Athletes who always seek to get better, be faster, perfect their craft. Gentle is a Druid, raised by plant spirits after being left to the forest by unknown birth parents. Who changes with the seasons and health of the area around him… if it’s bountiful he’s bigger, pudgier fo show the health, if it’s sickly, he’s sickly.