...hmm great villain..battle of wits...I GOT IT!

Star Trek II

I wanna repeat this, since the first time I asked it got lost in the shuffle:

In my fanfic canon, I have ponies keeping humans as pets*

that is, Dream Valley ponies do it. Equestria ponies have never seen a human before but once they do, many of them want one as well

. I hear a lot of people say this is basically slavery, and then from there say ponies wouldn't do it.

What I wonder is—okay, if you buy that argument, then how in tarnation is Spike (who is clearly a servant) A-okay? Methinks if a pony can have a dragon who is at her beck and call, there's no reason one couldn't have a human who fills basically the same role.

Is it just because the readers are human, and can't reconcile with the idea that cute ponies could possibly own them? (Most "humans meet ponies" stories have the humans keeping ponies as pets...)

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

I love Smile Smile Smile.

because it pinpoints everything I DO like about Pinkie and what I wish was in the spotlight a bit more

@Turtle:

Also, I've had people walk past me without noticing a couple times IRL.

@Yeller: Join the ninja club like me :D

@Moe Dantes Human butler would be cool.

edited 5th Jun '12 6:16:47 PM by Chadaman99

@story: Oh, I thought we might be having one of those "What superpower would you choose?" conversations. Those are fun.

Well... if the humans have the same amount of freedom that Spike seems to enjoy.. then I dont see a problem.

Now if they put them on leashes and make them eat out of bowls on the floor...

Joker you sly devil

@ Moe: Because keeping a sapient as a pet is slavery not servitude?

So, we've talked about our favourite things about Pinkie.

What's your favourite thing about AJ?

I like her strong family values.

Ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight?

@story I answered you on the last page

Here's a Pinkie PMV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqab-vTMb18

@ Moe because Spike ISN'T a "servant" and certainly not a slave, he's family to Twi, sure he helps her out a lot, but it's because he WANTS to, he legitimately loves helping her cause she his family. And yeah he has chores, but it's nothing more then any kid his apparent age has to do.

I like her accent and freckles.

The mane cast playing a game of D&D? what classes would they all be? Aside form pinkie being a bard.

Celestia would be the DM, of course.

First off, Spike is not a pet. How is Twilight treating him like a pet, exactly?

Two, if you ask me, I wouldn't want to be someone's pet (pony or otherwise) in the same way I wouldn't want an Equestrian pony as a pet. They're very clearly intelligent, sentient creatures, and making them a mere "pet" would be degrading to them.

@Moe Here's the key. In your fic, if a Human wanted to walk away and be independent of their "owner", could they? If the answer is no, then it's slavery. Now, slavery existing in your story shouldn't be a problem, especially since you seem to be doing an AU type thing.

@Bad I love her accent and her warm attitude. She's always so willing to comfort someone when they need help

@ Kyler: Real ponies are sentient. You are thinking of sapient.

Same with Apple, her freckles.

And her accent.

@Bliss: Bard is best bard.

Except in real life, I hate having freckles. They're freaking everywhere, man.

edited 5th Jun '12 6:20:11 PM by condottiera

@ Ginger

• Fushigi Yuugi
• Escaflowne
• Ruroni Kenshin

Seen any of those? They are kinda girly but then again when I saw them I was a teen girl...