The thing I was thinking of: Would you replace the people with ponies, or the dogs?

Rarity Deville and her quest to make an outfit of 101 Diamond Dog pelts.

I would replace the people. There's Winona in the show, proving that dogs do exist in-universe.

Here's another one for ya'll:

How would you do a Pony version of Dune?

For some reason, all I get is a mental image of Braeburn saying "Howdy there, welcome to ARRRRR-rakis!"

edited 18th Jul '12 9:36:10 AM by MoeDantes

Heh. Spice orchards? I can see that.

What about a Ponified Radiant Historia or Solatorobo?

@Moe Dantes: Changeling Face Dancers. Fremares with blue-on-blue eyes and blue-stained cutie marks from Melange-Spice addiction. Axlotl Tanks still creepy. Twi-Mentat. Also I don't want to even imagine how much sand'd get into your fetlocks D:

edited 18th Jul '12 9:41:07 AM by AceOfScarabs

For some reason, I thought of Twi as being a Bene Gesserit... or as Applejack would put it, "Those funny robed people who say things that don't make a lick of sense."

Applejack would be Paul Atreides.

Better keep Pip and Rumble and Featherweight from pony!Baron Harkonnen D:

Are we still calling Winona a cubic zirconia dog?

Maybe there are literal sheep dogs in Equestria - half sheep, half dog, all abomination.

@Moe:Hmm, no I can't see AJ doing the kind of stuff Paul does. I think she would make a better Duncan Idaho, or maybe Gurney Halleck.

edited 18th Jul '12 9:50:37 AM by Mio

Chapter 4 of Death Fillies From Above is up.

Finally got Time Lords and Terror as an actual ebook and not just a PDF

You're probably right, Mio.

... Then, who would be Paul? Luna?

EDIT: We could simplify the whole issue and say its based on the computer games instead. (and all the sudden, I really want to play a Real-Time Strategy game...)

edited 18th Jul '12 9:58:25 AM by MoeDantes

@ed That brings up an interesting point on the subject of magical hybrids. Many fantasy settings simply have hybridization simply be a function of the creatures being inherently magical. This setting doesn't really have much of a precedent for that kind of hybrid, though... Except for the Griffins. They are half eagle, half lion, after all. Do we take their existence as an indicator that magical hybrids are possible, or do we simply assume that they occurred naturally?

Edit: Forgot about the Manticores and Cockatrices, though I forget what their classical mythological origins are.

edited 18th Jul '12 10:01:39 AM by PerpetualLurker

Probably the best option else you wanted to keep it with the Mane Six it would have to be Twilight.

I guess that would make Nightmare Moon Leto II.

Also I have never played the Dune RTS, despite having it. Always had trouble getting it to work.

edited 18th Jul '12 9:59:46 AM by Mio

D:

Which Dune RTS, Mio? There were several.

And what exactly prevented it from working? I have experience with that sort of thing.

I have Emperor: Battle for Dune, I think that is the last one that was ever made.

I have never had an trouble installing the game, but every time I would try to play it it simply would not start.

Hehe, wow, I remember the Dune 2 RTS (yay, DOS games). It was my first RTS ever, back when interfaces were clunky and my micro was awful. Not really sure how good of a pony mod it would make, though.

Hey guys, just showing up to crush those dreams that some of you had.

Meh. I can wait.

On the lighter side of things, Fluttershy has become a motorcycle.◊

Oh well. Back to the previous schedule.