That's the thing, I know how to draw real horses well enough, it's the cartoon ones I have trouble with :p

Pagetopper!

edited 6th Dec '11 6:09:47 AM by GreatGodPan

A little trial-and-error should solve that problem. Eventually.

What the niconico douganites think of Look Before You Sleep

Dudes, look at this thing Sethisto got and Jayson will soon get, my signature is totally there at the bottom◊

What I got from that:

• Japan really loves the letter 'w'.

• Pretty much everyone all over the world agrees ponies are pretty damned adorable

• MLP has Yuri subtext.

Not necessarily in that order.

The person translating that used the letter "w" to replace the Japanese equivalent of "lol"

On that first point, it's basically the JPN way of saying lolwwwwwww :V

Well, if you are feeling like it, you might get into this one. All you have to do is state your stance on the issue and some arguments.

Indeed, that particular bit of foreshadowing was a bit of a letdown. You got distracted?

@Kayeka, The arguement I have encountered before has been the allowance of unity among races so that we no longer see each other as different, bu one human race. Noble, but was pirposefullu ignoring the existence of everyone else. While it allows the distuishing between white and paler Asians to be negligible, it still involves pirposefullu ignoring and excluding every one else despite populating a larger percentage Of the planet. The concept implies a normality or a set standard as the majority and everyone else that didn't get their fan from being in the sun too long as an abnormality to take notice of as something completely different.

With my general methods I seek to avoid such creepy and monochromatic standardizations and instead allow for anyone to be anything without issue. Not only to further deconstruct the implications of play normitivity but to demonstrate you can be anything from anywhere and still be like everyone else, but with your exclusive features and origins, that a standard does not exist and it should not.

Mukokuseki is the artIstic equivalent of white washing, and it implies laziness to boot.

edited 6th Dec '11 7:21:48 AM by MousaThe14

On the very old topic of Canterlot's society. We must remember that there were also perfectly normal ponies in the first episode. Remember? Moondancer's friends, who were inviting Twilight to come to her (presumably birthday) party?

Thing is, I sort of picture Twilight (and her old classmates) as upper middle class at best, just below the high society ponies featured in The Best Night Ever and Sweet And Elite.

Eh, I've never been able to imagine Twilight as dark skinned; I've always imagined her as being really pale from never going outside. If I had to stamp an ethnicity on her, I'd probably make her Asian.

I never got the "Every member of the mane cast NEEDS to be of a different ethnicity" thing.

I natrually think of them all as white. Not because I'm TRYING to be racist, or because I think whites are superior, it's just how they've always looked inside my head.

Plus, different countries have different concentrations of races. I only know about 3 black people for instance. I don't think it's realistic to say that all fiendship circles end up having: A white, a black, a hispanic, an asian, and an indian in their ranks.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it's always bothered me slightly. I don't get Indian!Twilight at all.

If I'm being offensive believe me, I'm not TRYING to be. I'm just thinking

My problem with such a philosophy is that it intentionally draws attention towards the race of a given character. Also, making sure that the cast is multi-coloured feels obligatory. The wrong kind of obligatory.

I believe that creativity shouldn't be influenced by such concerns. One should write/draw/whatever the they feel it makes sense. And to me, the very concept of race doesn't make sense. So yeah, I go with a certain 'default appearance' unless it makes sense not to do so, such as when said appearance would be a plot point.

That's pretty much how I feel about it. Doesn't help that all the characters are voiced by Caucasians, so of course that's what I'm going to imagine them as.

Just write what feels natrual.

The mane cast ALL being from different races doesn't make much logical sense to me. Throughout my entire life, I haven't seen a SINGLE friendship circle form like that natrually

edited 6th Dec '11 7:42:20 AM by gingerninja666

That too, really. It's not the way it should be, but it is. Cultural backgrounds tend to do that.

Well, I give reasons for why RD and possibly FS might be greek. Twilight could be anything. And the rest are different 'shades' of white.

Meh...each to their own I guess.

That's basically my stance on it, as well; because they're all voiced by Caucasians and because I myself am white, that's my default. I personally don't care if your interpretation of human Dash is black; it makes as much sense to me as other character interpretations I've seen, so really, go wild. I do have to agree with Kayeka, though, that making a cast multi-ethnic/-cultural simply to do so - for example, let's use Muslim Fluttershy - feels like tokening, at least to me. The idea of linking a hijab to her shyness is really an interesting one, but it feels like quite a bit of a leap to make.

edited 6th Dec '11 7:49:28 AM by RedSavant

If Cree Summer was asked to voice a pony, what sort of pony do you like it to be?

Because I keep hearing the Lead Singer of my SP band speaking in her voice.

edited 6th Dec '11 7:54:50 AM by ApplelightLimited

^I've only ever heard her as Numbuh 5 (and maybe as Dulcie, though it's been nearly... oh, twelve years since I've seen that show), so my brain is full of Numbuh 5 Pony.

Hmm, now you've got me imagining a ponified Cree Lincoln (Numbuh 5's big sister) and Valerie Gray

edited 6th Dec '11 7:57:11 AM by gingerninja666

A Numbah 5 pony would be awesome.

Numba 5 was my favourite of the KND. And her sister was one of my favourite characters.

Numba 5 pony ftw.

What's the generic term for a young pony? (a name that ISN'T gender specific like Filly and Colt)

Is it foal?

The CMC join the Foals Next Door!