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I was amazed when I was first introduced to the world of U.K. pony lore.
Quote from: Al-1701 on June 22, 2017, 04:25:51 PMI was amazed when I was first introduced to the world of U.K. pony lore. it seems the UK got more G1 lore than the US did.
Princess ponies were also only afforded a single 40 minute story in the show. The comic was able to give them more stories as individuals rather than being a set.I would have loved to see Majesty of the ponies' answer to Optimus Prime. However, someone decided pushing Megan was a better idea. Such is life I guess.
I've always pictured her being much older than the others, actually. Like my work assumes ponies have an average life expectancy of more than two centuries and she is 153 (don't ask how I came up with the specific number). The rest of the G1 ponies range from their late teens to early thirties.
Quote from: Al-1701 on June 24, 2017, 03:11:11 AMI've always pictured her being much older than the others, actually. Like my work assumes ponies have an average life expectancy of more than two centuries and she is 153 (don't ask how I came up with the specific number). The rest of the G1 ponies range from their late teens to early thirties.I meant Megan, not Majesty. The tape states that Megan is the oldest there.
Quote from: Taffeta on June 24, 2017, 03:12:43 AMQuote from: Al-1701 on June 24, 2017, 03:11:11 AMI've always pictured her being much older than the others, actually. Like my work assumes ponies have an average life expectancy of more than two centuries and she is 153 (don't ask how I came up with the specific number). The rest of the G1 ponies range from their late teens to early thirties.I meant Megan, not Majesty. The tape states that Megan is the oldest there.Now that's just pathetic.
I dunno, 'princess dolls' are very very popular in the US too. There's a Disney Princess line, not a Disney Democracy line or Disney Congresswoman line, lol. I think there's almost more of an attraction to them for US kids because we don't have a monarchy, so royalty is very much associated with fantasy and magic, not 'real life'. Thus we can pretend that princesses are always young and beautiful and graceful and sing ballads with woodland creatures and probably have magic too. I remember in the 80s the US was obsessed with Princess Di, and I think it's because she fit a lot of the "fairy tale princess" tropes, or at least close enough. (Young, beautiful, generous, etc.)I think the cartoon Princess ponies were selfish to invert the usual trope of Princesses being generous and perfect.