#8226
Sat, 7th Jan '12 7:58:48 PM
from The KuK
No love for Arabian horses?
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#8227
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:00:14 PM
from Germany
Not stereotypical enough, so to say... Camels in cliche Arab garb, I think. With stereotypical onion tower architecture. That's it.
Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken.
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#8228
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:02:37 PM
from The KuK
My aim was to create an interesting Fantasy Counterpart Culture crossing My Little Pony and pre-modern Arabia, not to just take The Theme Park Version of Medieval Arabia and change the taxonomy of its inhabitants.
But yes, flying carpets and the like would be featured (but sparingly).
edited 7th Jan '12 8:06:48 PM by SantosLHalper
#8229
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:07:06 PM
from Vancouver Island
I usually ride a part Arabian horse.
Very stubborn but she has never even almost thrown me off.
Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.
#8230
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:09:51 PM
from Germany
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But theme park versions is what MLP does...
Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken.
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#8231
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:10:27 PM
from The KuK
So? Why not do something else for a change?
edited 7th Jan '12 8:10:41 PM by SantosLHalper
#8232
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:11:18 PM
from Germany
Well - you asked how a pony Arabia would look like. I answered based on available data
Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken.
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#8233
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:13:47 PM
from The KuK
I wasn't asking for that: I was was intending was to get some advice and ideas for World Building a Pony Arabia.
edited 7th Jan '12 8:17:08 PM by SantosLHalper
#8234
Sat, 7th Jan '12 8:18:23 PM
from Stamford, CT
What about the grundles from G1?
There are three constants in the universe: creation, destruction, and Fate. Guess which one am I? - Id the Imp
#8235
Sat, 7th Jan '12 9:38:34 PM
from The KuK
Excuse me?
#8236
Sat, 7th Jan '12 9:45:43 PM
from Stamford, CT
You know, from that G1 movie with the Smooze and those witches? The grundles helped out the ponies because the Smooze destroyed their homeland before and don't want the same to happen to the pony's home.
There are three constants in the universe: creation, destruction, and Fate. Guess which one am I? - Id the Imp
#8237
Sat, 7th Jan '12 9:56:04 PM
from ／人◕‿‿ʘÉ
Epic Pie Time
edited 7th Jan '12 9:56:32 PM by HekirekiNoMakai
Bronies: You need to understand that comedians make JOKES ABOUT PEOPLE. You're not sacred, nor is your fandom. Learn to laugh at yourself
#8238
Sat, 7th Jan '12 10:09:26 PM
from The KuK
That is almost completely unrelated to the topic at hand.
#8239
Sun, 8th Jan '12 2:19:39 AM
from Helsinki, Finland
Wrong. It has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.
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Bronycon Voice Actress panel a-go-go!
#8240
Sun, 8th Jan '12 12:38:03 PM
from The KuK
My biggest question is whether to base My Little Arabia on the Bedouins or the Abbassid Caliphate.
#8241
Sun, 8th Jan '12 12:40:00 PM
from Helsinki, Finland
I'd personally make them Camels instead of Arabian Horses.
Are they still pony-proportioned?
#8242
Sun, 8th Jan '12 12:41:28 PM
from The KuK
As for the second question, yes.
For the first point, no.
#8243
Sun, 8th Jan '12 1:14:14 PM
from Helsinki, Finland
That was just how I'd do it.
I personally wish there were more Fantasy Turks/Ottomans in fiction. If positioned in Equestria (the world, not the kingdom), their capital could be called Istanbull.
#8244
Sun, 8th Jan '12 1:28:40 PM
from The KuK
My first question still hasn't been answered.
#8245
Sun, 8th Jan '12 1:32:57 PM
from Helsinki, Finland
I thought it was a question you want to figure out yourself, instead of asking for our opinions.
I say Caliphate. Cool stuff.
#8246
Sun, 8th Jan '12 2:11:31 PM
from The KuK
I've pretty much settled on religion. Basically, Luna is revered as a patroness of navigation (since stars are often used to find direction) and the (obviously lunar) calendar, while Celestia is seen more as a goddess of the harsh desert sun who is more feared than loved. My only problem is in figuring out how this occurs in the first place, and how this ties in with Luna becoming Nightmare Moon.
edited 8th Jan '12 2:17:45 PM by SantosLHalper
#8247
Sun, 8th Jan '12 2:44:00 PM
from Helsinki, Finland
Those are some really good, imaginative ideas.
Unless Luna actually visited her worshippers before getting banished, I don't think it's necessary to have them notice that anything happened to her in the past thousand years.
#8248
Sun, 8th Jan '12 2:50:08 PM
from Viridian Forest
I personally wish there were more Fantasy Turks/Ottomans in fiction. If positioned in Equestria (the world, not the kingdom), their capital is called Istanbull, not Constallionople.
Fixed.
edited 8th Jan '12 4:06:58 PM by Pykrete
#8249
Sun, 8th Jan '12 2:52:22 PM
from Viridian Forest
Edit button fixed, this post not necessary.
edited 8th Jan '12 4:06:42 PM by Pykrete
#8250
Sun, 8th Jan '12 3:26:08 PM
from The KuK
Unless Luna actually visited her worshippers before getting banished, I don't think it's necessary to have them notice that anything happened to her in the past thousand years.
Can you please elaborate? My problem is that Luna was bitter that nopony cared about neither her nor the night, yet My Little Arabs* focus their version of Equestria's hypothetical religion on her.
edited 8th Jan '12 3:40:49 PM by SantosLHalper