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#33676 Red Savant Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:36:00 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

^It's a very common topic among pony artists. I prefer John Joseco's

and Puzzle-Of-Life's

designs (both links questionably SFW for underwear).

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#33677 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:40:29 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

The only problem I have with most interpretations is that Twilight is black, and everyone else is white. I can understand Applejack and Rarity being white, but I see Pinkie as Jewish, Twilight as black/Indian, Rainbow Dash as Latina, and Fluttershy as white or Asian.

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#33678 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:44:14 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

I'll probably never get the Jewish interpretation.

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#33679 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:45:05 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

Stereotypical Jews have curly hair. Plus, I think it'd be nice to try and represent most of the races.

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#33680 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:46:01 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

I agree, and that's what I usually do too but usually not so gratuitously. Pinkie never felt Jewish to me.

I've already presented multiple times my interpretations of them as humans, should I bring them up again?

edited 29th Oct '11 7:46:16 PM by MousaThe14

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#33681 Japanese Teeth Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:46:38 PM from Meinong's jungle from Meinong's jungle

I'd probably label Twilight as Asian for some reason. RD could be latina. I'm not sure about the rest of them. Rarity would probably be European.

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#33682 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:47:13 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

Sure. Also, I see Pinkie as being chubbier than the rest of the Mane 6. Does anyone notice that?

Maybe because she acts like a stereotypical Asian? And Rarity has a British (European) accent?

edited 29th Oct '11 7:48:05 PM by SkyStrike

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#33683 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:47:46 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

Fluttershy I considered Asian but thought against it. Rarity instead I made Asian for some reason. Twilight Indian, RD Black or Latina, and AJ a tanned southerner.

Yes, I drew that too. I'll just bring up the pics again in my next post.

edited 29th Oct '11 7:48:11 PM by MousaThe14

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#33684 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:49:34 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

When I was considering the bust sizes, I put Fluttershy with the biggest, for the lulz. I think it makes sense. Doctor Whoof and that guy at the Gala were ogling her, and she was a model. So, following stereotypes, she wouldn't make a good Asian.

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#33685 Red Savant Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:52:30 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

I'll admit that I find it easier to visualize them all as white, simply because I'm white myself. (It's not the best sentiment ever, I'll admit.) Aside from that, I think it's just that their coat colors are light - it's difficult for me to envision any of them as nonwhite simply for that reason.

...Am I a terrible person? =/

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#33686 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:56:57 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

LOLURACISTBRO

Nah, it's hard enough to imagine ponies as humans, so it's understandable that you'd just think of them as the race you're most familiar with. I can't see Twilight as anything but black/Indian, but that's because I've seen a ton of fanart of her depicted as such.

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#33687 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 7:57:28 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

Yes, Red, you're bad and you should feel bad, I mean really, not even Twilight as Indian? For shame.

edited 29th Oct '11 7:57:36 PM by MousaThe14

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#33688 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:05:42 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

Hypercritical time!

Twilight has a funny nose in the first one, I don't see Pinkie as that fat, the solo Rarity has semi-reptilian eyes, and Applejack is wearing her pants like a grandma.

Just wondering, how did you get black Rainbow Dash? I can't see her as black at all.

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#33689 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:07:37 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

It was her voice to be honest, it made me think black for some reason. My original idea was Latina but I decided to do something no one else had done before.

And what do you mean that fat? She's just fine. And Twilight's nose is supposed to look like that, believe it or not not every nos is identical.

Applejack is meant to be wearing overalls but the straps are covered by her jacket.

Applejack and Pinkie Pie

edited 29th Oct '11 8:08:47 PM by MousaThe14

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#33690 Sky Strike Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:08:39 PM from over the Rainboom from over the Rainboom

Pinkie's stomach just seems bulgy to me.

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#33691 Mousa The 14 Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:09:33 PM from Northern Virginia from Northern Virginia

Yes, bulgy tends to be a trait of those on the larger end of the width scale.

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#33692 kegisak Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:15:22 PM

She didn't look fat to me, so much as she did broad. Like, wide across.

I'm fine with most interpretations, especially Twi as Indian , for some reason. But one thing that I always think but never see, is that I imagine RD being Greek. It's just that she's got so much of a greek theme built around her (her house, her gala dress, etc.), it's hard for me to see her as anything else.

#33693 Japanese Teeth Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:28:17 PM from Meinong's jungle from Meinong's jungle

The main reason I have trouble envisioning Twilight as Indian or black is because I tend to envision her as a typical nerd; i.e. really pale from never going outside.

@Red Savant: So you feel a little less racist, the other thing is that all of the voices sound distinctly Caucasian, so it's sort of natural to imagine them as such, given that the voices are the most human element of the characters.

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#33694 Red Savant Sat, 29th Oct '11 8:35:09 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

^That's true, yes. (I actually don't feel racist, but I don't want to continue that particular portion of this conversation, so.)

More support for 'Dash is Greek': She's European, all right

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#33695 boobustuber Sat, 29th Oct '11 9:25:55 PM from A land of potatoes from A land of potatoes

Pinkie Pie is Jewish? Now I'm imagining her as Betty Boop.

#33696 Pinkie P Sat, 29th Oct '11 9:44:08 PM

This story is sad but heartwarming... Manly tears WILL be shed. http://www.ponychan.net/chan/chat/res/37723223.html

edited 29th Oct '11 9:44:55 PM by PinkieP

#33697 Red Savant Sat, 29th Oct '11 9:57:57 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

Ow, my heart.

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#33698 Anonymous User Sat, 29th Oct '11 10:26:10 PM from Colorado from Colorado

...what will happen to the Elements of Harmony upon the mane casts' deaths?

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#33699 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 29th Oct '11 10:27:37 PM from Singapore from Singapore

They will silently sleep and wait for the next bearers.

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#33700 Anonymous User Sat, 29th Oct '11 10:30:43 PM from Colorado from Colorado

Now I wonder if the bearers necessarily have to be ponies.

The only ones we know of have been. And what were they, back when there were two of them instead of six?

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