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Title: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: UnicornTamer on March 26, 2012, 07:16:05 PM
I know me and my sister are. After watching "Hurricane Fluttershy" she said that Hasbro had gone too far with it, referring to, well . . .
 
Anywho, is anyone else upset with the ugly ponies? With the other generations, there was no way ugly ponies could crop up because all their body shapes were the same. But in FiM . . . please tell me your thoughts!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: saply on March 26, 2012, 07:24:43 PM
...Am I on Candid Camera?
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Taxel on March 26, 2012, 07:31:36 PM
Do you mean the silly muscled pony?
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TwistedWindSox on March 26, 2012, 07:34:39 PM
I don't find them ugly, just silly.
Honestly, I was getting tired of all the cookie-cutter back ground ponies. I'm glad they're throwing in some different and unique body shapes.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Bergamot on March 26, 2012, 07:36:14 PM
Man!Pony was awesome. :P

No, but really... I kinda like the variety of pony shapes in FIM. Not everyone's a looker. ;)
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: teresat on March 26, 2012, 07:38:11 PM
Man!Pony was awesome. :P

Man!Pony....I like the name.  He gave me lots of laughs.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Taxel on March 26, 2012, 07:40:48 PM
Just realized I love how FiM is supposed to be about breaking stereotypes, and now you're complaining about them doing that. And its not even in any way that could possibly be offensive, unless different body types offend you, and it wouldn't be possible to ever not offend such a person. Like Bergamot said, not everyone's attractive to everyone else (or to anyone). And hey, at least the show has variety even if all the toys are color swapped cookie cutter clones.

I want to see more short ponies!
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Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Elisto on March 26, 2012, 07:48:05 PM
(Taxel, you posted just before me!)
I don't mind the intentionally funny ones, like Big Sig's brother there because, well, they're funny, but the ponies with facial hair freak me out. A lot. Especially when it's supposed to be taken seriously.

Overall though, I'm not sure how I feel about all the different shaped ponies. On the one hand, yay for diversity, on the other, I do kind of like the uniform look, especially since 1) the toys are all fairly uniform, and 2) the diversity seems to just play up stereotypes (big muscly guy with tiny...wings, goofy-looking annoying kid, slender and sexy female, etc.). And there's no diversity of the main cast, which is fine, but then it seems weird when other ponies look different.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Dojo on March 26, 2012, 07:49:06 PM
Are you talki
Do you mean the silly muscled pony?

Which might one add only appeared in one episode out of 48 of them and was only comic relief.

And in case you're talking about the average background extra,  I usually find them cute.
I mean there are a few ugly ones here in there (mainly those with facial hair), but not enough to say that Hasbro is "going too far" with something.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: ApertureScience on March 26, 2012, 07:52:34 PM
Aw, I loved Horse Power (EquestriaDaily's name for Man!Pony).  I just wish they could've shown him doing something girly, like brushing a doll's hair or having a tea party with a filly.  That would've been hilarious!  And actually kind of manly...
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Eviecorn on March 26, 2012, 07:55:39 PM
I love diversity, even in pony shapes.  It's one of my favorite things about FiM.  There's non-skinny girl ponies and all shapes of male ponies - like the real world.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on March 26, 2012, 07:59:01 PM
lol I think he's kinda cute, if a bit sterotyped.  odd.  It's different and diverse, but it's also a bit of a stereotype.  O_o  Talk about your oxymorons.  Adding to that: he reminds me of Buck, the horse from Disney's Home on the Range...one of their movies that doesn't get the attention I think it deserves if you ask me.  XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: SwordPony on March 26, 2012, 08:07:09 PM
This topic will be on the fast track to getting locked. So I'd keep it friendly.

I like that there are different shapes and sizes for that matter. Humans aren't the same size. And neither or real horses for that matter.

To each there own.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: gabumon on March 26, 2012, 08:09:06 PM
I really liked the dark colored boy Pegasus with Orion on his flank! Awesome!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Varkolak on March 26, 2012, 08:11:24 PM
i'm not tired of the ponies, i'm tired of the names the fans give the ponies.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: aellos on March 26, 2012, 08:15:52 PM
I...I dunno how to feel about this being a 'ugly body type' myself.

But really, I like the diversity. It's realistic-ish. Well...it's exaggerated, but it's a cartoon. They kinda have to do that.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: dippindot on March 26, 2012, 08:22:06 PM
I laughed so hard everytime that white beefed up pony with those itty bitty wings came on screen.  He was hilarious!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: reanna-mator on March 26, 2012, 08:30:13 PM
It's just a cartoon. :) Besides, people comes in all shapes, sizes and appearances, too! It makes sense, adds diversity and I'm sure it's a lot more fun for the artists and animators to spice it up a bit!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Saber-Toothed Crow on March 26, 2012, 08:30:52 PM
I like the variety of ponies we've seen, and Roid Rage pony made me laugh. I even like the facial hair ponies. More diversity among ponies is a pro in my book.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on March 26, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
Roid Rage lol  I actually thing "Horse Power" is a clever name.  Also laughing at "Big Sigs's brother" XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: bagheera86 on March 26, 2012, 08:45:00 PM


Are you talki
Do you mean the silly muscled pony?

Which might one add only appeared in one episode out of 48 of them and was only comic relief.

And in case you're talking about the average background extra,  I usually find them cute.
I mean there are a few ugly ones here in there (mainly those with facial hair), but not enough to say that Hasbro is "going too far" with something.

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 he's adorable but... Needs someone to brush and style it for him lol!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on March 26, 2012, 09:05:08 PM
O_o  Is that real?  lol  I've never seen the like.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: bagheera86 on March 26, 2012, 09:09:47 PM
O_o  Is that real?  lol  I've never seen the like.
apparently grown during the winter, probably so they don't freeze their muzzles off while foraging xD

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Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Chi on March 26, 2012, 09:11:36 PM
Yeah, there's horses with facial hair like that. Generally when they start to grow they don't grow too long but sometimes it ends up looking like a mini beard.  XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on March 26, 2012, 09:16:20 PM
:lmao:  That is too freaking awesome!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Vampasaurus on March 26, 2012, 09:33:15 PM
i'm not tired of the ponies, i'm tired of the names the fans give the ponies.
^THIS ^THIS ^THIS


Everyone can name background ponies, that's cool. we all do it. And sometimes the names are really good. but some people need to settle down about making every single name the community comes up with 'canon.'
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: scarletjul on March 26, 2012, 10:04:35 PM
I've liked all the diversity so far.  The big white male pegasus (whatever his name ends up being) amused me in last week's episode, I think most of the ponies are cute and I like the look of the boy ponies.  And the ponies with facial hair don't really bother me (as they're magical ponies, I don't expect a lot of realism.)  :)
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TwistedWindSox on March 26, 2012, 10:54:59 PM
O_o  Is that real?  lol  I've never seen the like.

Also, Gypsy Vanner horses grow them, in the winter or not. A lot of the Gypsies at the barn I train at have them. It always makes me laugh when i see them with their big mustaches. XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Snapdragon on March 26, 2012, 11:03:23 PM
i'm not tired of the ponies, i'm tired of the names the fans give the ponies.
^THIS ^THIS ^THIS


Everyone can name background ponies, that's cool. we all do it. And sometimes the names are really good. but some people need to settle down about making every single name the community comes up with 'canon.'

Seconded! I feel like we're losing the variety of background names we might have had otherwise, when everyone kind of came up with their own names. Horse Power? Really? :/ So I guess Arnold Schwarzenegger should be renamed 'Human Power'? It just seems really ridiculous to be named after your own species, is all.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: bagheera86 on March 26, 2012, 11:10:02 PM
i'm not tired of the ponies, i'm tired of the names the fans give the ponies.
^THIS ^THIS ^THIS


Everyone can name background ponies, that's cool. we all do it. And sometimes the names are really good. but some people need to settle down about making every single name the community comes up with 'canon.'

Seconded! I feel like we're losing the variety of background names we might have had otherwise, when everyone kind of came up with their own names. Horse Power? Really? :/ So I guess Arnold Schwarzenegger should be renamed 'Human Power'? It just seems really ridiculous to be named after your own species, is all.
Wouldn't it be Man Power?
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Lon-san on March 26, 2012, 11:22:21 PM
Ugly? No. Not at all. I agree with the crowd that thinks they are getting better with the designs. I have said previously that I like Blossomforth's show look a lot more than I like the toy. And the boys? I'm happy to SEE more boys. The show will always be based around the female characters but it's weird when they don't even seem to EXIST...

The older gens? With G1, the bodies AND hair was more or less the same. Thanks to he colors fading, there are some I can't tell apart unless they speak or I can see their mark. I was recently talking to a guy in the local brony group about the Big Brothers' toys vs. show. The toys have the same basic shape and hair cut but with the colors and accessories they end up unique. I couldn't tell a couple them apart in Sonambula. They made the episode to promote the toy but didn't go to the trouble of making them look like the toy :(

Seconded! I feel like we're losing the variety of background names we might have had otherwise, when everyone kind of came up with their own names. Horse Power? Really? :/ So I guess Arnold Schwarzenegger should be renamed 'Human Power'? It just seems really ridiculous to be named after your own species, is all.

Haven't heard that one. :O The places I've been hanging out mostly want to call him things like "Chunky", "Roid Rage" and "Muscles McBeefcake" XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on March 26, 2012, 11:25:31 PM
I like Roid Rage a lot lol
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Scraleos on March 26, 2012, 11:40:42 PM
I love the diversity of ponies in FiM. Snips and Snails are adorable, Fleur is a really pretty pony, and Muscles was really funny! Diversity is a very good thing to teach children, because people don't all look the same.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: dippindot on March 27, 2012, 12:04:13 AM
I cast my vote for Muscles McBeefcake.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Bounty Trotter on March 27, 2012, 12:47:38 AM
I usually find the big eyes, overly cutesy stuff not to my liking, but I really love the look of the G4 ponies, and the more interesting ones like Roid Rage (or whatever his name ends up being, I'm sure Roid Rage won't stick due to bad connotations, even if it amuses me to no end!) are like bonus cupcakes in the box. Zacura is awesome looking, the mules and donkeys are neat and unique, and Thunderwing (I think his name was) and Orion (unofficial for now) were amazing! And I thought they were pushing it with the one guy that's strangely obsessed with jelly, but then this muscle-bound guy shows up, ROFL! I can't wait to see what shows up in the future.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: starrypawz on March 27, 2012, 01:28:47 AM
O_o  Is that real?  lol  I've never seen the like.
apparently grown during the winter, probably so they don't freeze their muzzles off while foraging xD

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and here's the story about the first one http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/08/horse-who-refuses-to-have-his-moustache.html (http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/08/horse-who-refuses-to-have-his-moustache.html)
For a little while I had a placement at a horse rescue and we had at least one horse with a 'tash

Any way going back on topic. I like the diversity of pony types, cartoons tend to exaggerate things anyway so it's just par for the course.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: babymoondust on March 27, 2012, 02:14:08 AM
Whenever I see "Hasbro have gone too far" pertaining to a FiM episode, I know I'm not going to agree with the person.

And I don't agree with you at all.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Lilja on March 27, 2012, 02:41:13 AM
If anything I'd like to see the same variation for female ponies. Girls are the ones who are most self-conscious about their bodies, I'd love see a chubby female pony portrayed in a positive light. However, if not handled right it could easily turn controversial.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: saply on March 27, 2012, 02:44:34 AM
If anything I'd like to see the same variation for female ponies. Girls are the ones who are most self-conscious about their bodies, I'd love see a chubby female pony portrayed in a positive light. However, if not handled right it could easily turn controversial.
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I would offer Mrs. Cake as an example, but for all we know her body just hasn't bounced back from having twin foals yet.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Lilja on March 27, 2012, 03:14:57 AM
Yeah, Mrs. Cake is good, but I still feel she's not that far off from the regular female pony body type.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Gingerbread on March 27, 2012, 04:06:21 AM
I like the diversity. I liked Man!Pony/Roid Rage/Beefy McTinyflappers or whatever people choose to call him too but only because he reminded me of the Ren & Stimpy cartoons :)

I think FiM needs a little diversity but not so much that it becomes too ridiculous.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Sandi on March 27, 2012, 04:13:46 AM
I don't mind ugly ponies, but I do mind when they have beard and when they look too human, like many of the old ponies do.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Malicieuse on March 27, 2012, 04:22:43 AM
I like the variety (and that muscled pegasus) but at the same time i know where you are coming from.
Though for me this has mostly to do with art style than anything else.
Some pony designs look so alien compared to 99% of the other ponies. I'm not talking about a bit of chubbyness or facial hair or whatever. I'm talking about ponies who's body build is so vastly different that you almost wonder if they are a different specie. While i like some of those designs at the same time i think they are a bit distracting.
 
Also, what bothers me most about the male ponies is their limited colors. Last episode had some good designs but next episode there will again be a new male character they just slap brown on. And muliticolored manes....there are far too little ponies with muliticolored manes.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: creampuf on March 27, 2012, 06:42:28 AM
I like the diversity. I liked Man!Pony/Roid Rage/Beefy McTinyflappers or whatever people choose to call him too but only because he reminded me of the Ren & Stimpy cartoons :)


Ren and Stimpy!!! I'm so happy I wasn't the only person who thought that when I saw him.

Also...I like the variations among the ponies...it just makes sense to me.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: babymoondust on March 27, 2012, 06:49:04 AM
Some pony designs look so alien compared to 99% of the other ponies. I'm not talking about a bit of chubbyness or facial hair or whatever. I'm talking about ponies who's body build is so vastly different that you almost wonder if they are a different specie. While i like some of those designs at the same time i think they are a bit distracting.

I think vastly different, exaggerated or wacky-looking characters is part of the appeal - in a lot of cases it serves as an actual part of the comedy.. Like caricatures.

It's very refreshing for me to see this kind of comedy in MLP. I don't think it's ever been done before in previous generations. It feels more diverse instead of perpetually stuck in a kind of one-dimensional saccharine world.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: dippindot on March 27, 2012, 06:53:46 AM
Whenever I see "Hasbro have gone too far" pertaining to a FiM episode, I know I'm not going to agree with the person.

This.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: LadyMoondancer on March 27, 2012, 07:12:44 AM

Ha ha ha, "Big Sig's brother", that's great!


Okay, to tell the truth I did not like that pony's design--not because I want all ponies to have one body type, but because he just didn't match up with the "feel" of the rest of the show.  His body shape and tiny wings were fine, but the execution made it look like he'd wandered in from Ren and Stimpy.  He was still pretty funny, though.

Also, what bothers me most about the male ponies is their limited colors. Last episode had some good designs but next episode there will again be a new male character they just slap brown on.


Yeah, I would like to see less boys with brown palettes, or at least more girls with brown.   Let's break down this ridiculous genderization of color!


At least this episode had that Firefly-lookalike male pony.   
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Malicieuse on March 27, 2012, 07:19:38 AM
Some pony designs look so alien compared to 99% of the other ponies. I'm not talking about a bit of chubbyness or facial hair or whatever. I'm talking about ponies who's body build is so vastly different that you almost wonder if they are a different specie. While i like some of those designs at the same time i think they are a bit distracting.

I think vastly different, exaggerated or wacky-looking characters is part of the appeal - in a lot of cases it serves as an actual part of the comedy.. Like caricatures.

It's very refreshing for me to see this kind of comedy in MLP. I don't think it's ever been done before in previous generations. It feels more diverse instead of perpetually stuck in a kind of one-dimensional saccharine world.

Seeing caricatures between a bunch of non caricatures is still distracting and kind of a "break" in art style (sorry, i'm not sure how to say it in English). Seeing 99% the same ponies with here and there an almost alien looking pony is not really what i would call "diversity". In order for it to work well you need to have more diversity than that. Again, now some of these ponies look like they are a different specie.
It's like the whole Fleur thing where people assume she must be related to the royal family because her body shape is so very different from all other female ponies. (I like Fleur BTW)
So yeah, i can see how some people find it distracting and odd.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Dragonflitter on March 27, 2012, 07:29:05 AM
I will admit it took me a little while to get used to what I considered to be "non pony" colors lol. My friend (who likes the show and is not a collector) showed me her ponysona she made on General Zoi's Ponygenerator. It was a red pony with brown hair. I told her "That's cute but ponies don't really have brown hair, you know. They don't do brown or black or gray. They are all about bright and pastel colors!"

She looks at me and says "What are you talking about? There's brown, black, and gray ponies all through the show."

I had to laugh, I realized she was right! I had never even thought about it. These pretty much are the first non-rainbow shaded ponies in the MLP universe (with the exception of a few like Snuzzle).

At first it bugged me for a while. Brown MLP's? That just didn't make sense to me. But after a while I realized that's the style of the show. And the different body types are the style of the show too.

It's not what we're used to from the other MLP generations, no, but that doesn't make it bad. It's a fresh and original look at a product and I had to get used to it but now I think the FiM universe is great in its variety and unique features.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TokiBear on March 27, 2012, 07:30:15 AM
Whenever I see "Hasbro have gone too far" pertaining to a FiM episode, I know I'm not going to agree with the person.

Ditto to this.

I loved all of the ponies in Hurricane Fluttershy. That big beafy pony was hilarious. Now, I admit, I didn't like him at first because his art is different but that is just my personal taste.  Besides, what one person considers "ugly" may not be considered the same way to someone else. Keep the diversity coming Hasbro. I loved the boy ponies in this episode. And Blossomforth was adorable.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: majikarte on March 27, 2012, 07:40:35 AM

I think he seemed kind of out of place. I kind of feel like they were trying to do something like Crackle again, but Crackle was funny since he was what the costume looked like, this pony just seemed so... random? But I think it's funny that people would complain about :muffin: Pony being offensive and "ableist" and whatnot, but I haven't seen any real complaints about people being offended by either Crackle or this pony. (which is a good thing! I also kind of doubt that any of people complaining about :muffin: Pony really mean it and are just trying to annoy her fans...?)


The real life facial hair horses are really cute, haha... and I certainly don't see why the characters in the show can't have moustaches or beards.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Elisto on March 27, 2012, 07:59:59 AM
No, we weren't just trying to be trolls...can we please stay on topic?
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Dragonflitter on March 27, 2012, 08:05:58 AM
No, we weren't just trying to be trolls...can we please stay on topic?


This.

I am really tired of people claiming that the objections to :muffin: Pony don't make sense just because we don't jump up and cry about any character who might somehow possibly be offensive to someone in any possible way. It's not the same thing.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: bagheera86 on March 27, 2012, 08:23:49 AM

I think he seemed kind of out of place. I kind of feel like they were trying to do something like Crackle again, but Crackle was funny since he was what the costume looked like, this pony just seemed so... random? But I think it's funny that people would complain about :muffin: Pony being offensive and "ableist" and whatnot, but I haven't seen any real complaints about people being offended by either Crackle or this pony. (which is a good thing! I also kind of doubt that any of people complaining about :muffin: Pony really mean it and are just trying to annoy her fans...?)


The real life facial hair horses are really cute, haha... and I certainly don't see why the characters in the show can't have moustaches or beards.

the reason people got :muffin: Pony 'fixed' is because the fandoom had brought attention to her, if everybody were to go nuts for crackle as they did for :muffin: Pony, he'd be fixed too. But the ponies in the eyes of the complainers see the ponies as 'humans' and everyone else as an animal. So crackle would still be safe and part of the 'baddie' crowd.

and i made the real life horse post for exactly that, it's real and therefore not odd at all. XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: BrightIdea on March 27, 2012, 08:37:00 AM
Ugly ponies?   Did I watch the wrong episode?


I loved all of the background character ponies in this episode way more than I have liked any previous ones, so I reaaaallly disagree with the "ugly" comment.


I love the variety in character types, not just the same looking character over and over.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Elisto on March 27, 2012, 09:11:59 AM
Actually, I didn't complain about Crackle because I didn't feel like getting yelled at again. The thought did cross my mind.

But like I said before with the diversity of character types, if they were less obvious stereotypes, I'd feel more positive about it. Not that I think all the more unique designs, pony or not, are all stereotypes, but it's there. And it does bug me that it's almost always the males, as if only male characters can have odd traits, but that goes along with my concern about stereotypes.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: HavACrumpet452 on March 27, 2012, 10:11:37 AM
At least some of them look a little bit more like shetland ponies and less like deer. I'm still not interested in FIM all that much because I'm a horse lover, not a deer lover. I might actually start watching it again if they were all looking like shetlands.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Zest on March 27, 2012, 10:25:30 AM
I didn't notice any "ugly" ponies in the last episode? xD And Horse Power was freaking awesome, I just cracked up whenever he made an appearance.

If anything I'd like to see more variation :P They seem to have all the pony body variations centered around the guys, and very little around the fillies (Mrs. Cake and other "mom" ponies notwithstanding, if only because that's the only body variation I can recall).
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Elisto on March 27, 2012, 10:31:59 AM
Yeah, I really barely notice that Mrs. Cake looks different from other female ponies.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Malicieuse on March 27, 2012, 10:33:37 AM
I didn't notice any "ugly" ponies in the last episode? xD And Horse Power was freaking awesome, I just cracked up whenever he made an appearance.

If anything I'd like to see more variation :P They seem to have all the pony body variations centered around the guys, and very little around the fillies (Mrs. Cake and other "mom" ponies notwithstanding, if only because that's the only body variation I can recall).

Well, there is still Fleur. ^^;
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Flitter on March 27, 2012, 11:20:54 AM
I liked the white pony from Hurricane Fluttershy. He was hilarious. I don't mind if they break the mold on the character design every once in a while. There have been a couple that I didn't particularly like because I felt bordered on even being recognizable as ponies but there have been a few I did like as well so it's not really a big deal to me.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Tropical_Sunset on March 27, 2012, 11:24:04 AM
I love diversity, even in pony shapes.  It's one of my favorite things about FiM.  There's non-skinny girl ponies and all shapes of male ponies - like the real world.

Yes!  Variety is what makes characters appealing and interesting. :)
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: ashes on March 27, 2012, 12:38:44 PM
I agree that I'd like to see some more colors on the boys - but I don't mind them trying to make ponies look different (although I really don't like the way Snips and Snails look - I think it's because their faces look a bit too human).

At any rate, overall it doesn't bother me.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: PinkRosedust on March 27, 2012, 12:45:42 PM
Haha yeah...some of them are okay, but some of them just bug me. Like Snips and Snails. Snips especially...those eyebrows...And I think Fleur...she was that white unicorn that was taller and skinnier, like Luna, right? That bugs me too because I feel like Luna and Celestia are special and should be the only ones that look that way...but whatever.

I haven't seen the new episode yet so I've yet to see the white beefy peg everyone has mentioned. =P

The diversity can be fun but eh...I like pretty ponies. Ponies are not people. Just because I find it weird to see ugly/strange looking ponies doesn't mean I think it's weird that people all look different...
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Rococo on March 27, 2012, 01:02:21 PM
I love the diversity! Plus it makes me feel like the developers aren't being lazy just by using the exact same few molds every single minute of every single episode. :p

I agree about Snips and Snails look, though. They do look too human and it's kinda creepy tbh lol. It is also what bugs me about camera-facing shots of the other ponies--they start to look like multi-colored humans and not animals.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: KarentheUnicorn on March 27, 2012, 01:04:13 PM
There was stuff I didn't like in the G1 cartoon but I think the difference is none of us had access to make public posts about what we found annoying.

So I don't know if we're all blessed to have the ability to post and communicate anything about the cartoon or if it's a curse that can bite you because every little opinion you have can get picked apart and over examined from every angle possible.

I thought the white muscle pony was cheesy and drawn badly on purpose to make us giggle. He was exceptionally random and for me he's just an bit of comedy which doesn't bother me very much because I'm not 100% tied into being obsessed with the cartoon.

It doesn't change My Little Pony for me. There was some cheesy stuff in G1. Maybe not in how they do it in G4 but since I was into ponies before I ever saw the G1 cartoon it really didn't matter what they put in the cartoon.

The cartoons have always been like an accessory for me because I was a collector first. Consider it an outfit for your ponies. You can either dress your ponies in the characters created by the animation and Hasbro team or you can use your own imagination and create your own idea of what your ponies and ponyland are like.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: CrystalCrown on March 27, 2012, 01:12:53 PM
I don't find them ugly, just silly.
Honestly, I was getting tired of all the cookie-cutter back ground ponies. I'm glad they're throwing in some different and unique body shapes.
this!

and i especially love that really muscular pony from "hurricane Fluttershy", he was actually pretty funny!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Flickerswift on March 27, 2012, 01:34:12 PM
I like that the creators are adding more diverse ponies into the mix. However, I'm not surprised its taken so long. Do you guys have any idea how hard it is to make a new body type, create all those new little parts, and make them work together right in an animation sequence? Never, ever, ever call an animator lazy until you've made some complex animations yourself. The fact that they're starting to make the ponies more different is a blessing. Especially in the program they're using. It's very tedious work. Just saying, guys.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TheBeatlesPkmnFan42 on March 27, 2012, 02:48:45 PM
The only ugly pony I've ever seen is the nerdy pony from Putting Your Hoof Down that Rarity flirted with. And I've seen every episode about 5 times each.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TooManyBunnies on March 27, 2012, 04:09:34 PM
Personally, I didn't like the design of the muscle-pony (I thought he looked like a rageface!), but I don't think that necessarily means he didn't belong. You don't have to like everything, always. And I adore Snails but can't stand Snips, so make of that what you will.

And I completely agree that male ponies need a wider range of colors! It saddens me that, in a show where gender stereotypes are so gleefully discarded for the girls, the boys are stuck in the same old dull brown-black-white-navy palette. I see enough of that already when I go to buy shirts! Real stallions, I say, wear pink.                                                                                                                     
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: SweetScoops on March 27, 2012, 04:14:02 PM
I like it :) shows the versability of ponies ^__^
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: EStRanger on March 27, 2012, 05:18:12 PM
I'll tell you what I find ugly in the new TV series...the adult boy ponies! I hate how they all have blocky heads. They're blockheads! XD Blocks are awesome in Minecraft. In MLP? Nooooot so much.

I don't even want to collect the boy ponies this generation, with their sharp rectangular muzzles and jaws, and weird droopy eyes that often look like they're melting off the face (heh, Celestia suffers from eye-melt too). And I echo some other people's complaints about how there's not enough colour diversity in the boys as well.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Elisto on March 27, 2012, 05:19:49 PM
And I completely agree that male ponies need a wider range of colors! It saddens me that, in a show where gender stereotypes are so gleefully discarded for the girls, the boys are stuck in the same old dull brown-black-white-navy palette. I see enough of that already when I go to buy shirts! Real stallions, I say, wear pink.

I totally agree! I really liked that the male "Firefly" was pink, more than the fact that he looked like Firefly.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: mlpfan on March 27, 2012, 06:10:06 PM
I like them all!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: bagheera86 on March 27, 2012, 06:38:00 PM
And I completely agree that male ponies need a wider range of colors! It saddens me that, in a show where gender stereotypes are so gleefully discarded for the girls, the boys are stuck in the same old dull brown-black-white-navy palette. I see enough of that already when I go to buy shirts! Real stallions, I say, wear pink.

I totally agree! I really liked that the male "Firefly" was pink, more than the fact that he looked like Firefly.

Alot of the females have been turned male, like meadow song and lickity split.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: banditpony on March 27, 2012, 06:38:55 PM
 :D I will never tire of any pony, big, or small, boy or girl. more more more.
Although I wasn't sure of that fat chubby classmate for awhile, but I got over it... I wonder where little pipsqueek is too. :(
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: TooManyBunnies on March 27, 2012, 08:40:29 PM
I wonder where little pipsqueek is too. :(
He's still around! If you look carefully you can see him in Putting your Hoof Down.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Dojo on March 27, 2012, 09:11:59 PM
I don't mind ugly ponies, but I do mind when they have beard and when they look too human, like many of the old ponies do.

Yeah, I think thats why I dislike some of the ponies with facial hair as well as the "elder" ponies. They look too human in some parts or just not equine at all. Before I actually knew much of anything about MLP or MLP G4 a friend of mine was posting image marcos of FiM and was able to identity the characters as being ponies or horse based before I actually knew it was from MLP. But had it been say, Snips, Snails, or Mr. Waddle (http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/d/d8/Elderly_pony_bubble_pipe_cutie_mark_S2E08.png) I would have thought there were pigs or bulldogs or something.

And while I also dislike the Big Lebowski and Roid Rage designs, I realize those are just gags/jokes and not something standard.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: LadyMoondancer on March 27, 2012, 09:39:40 PM
I don't even want to collect the boy ponies this generation, with their sharp rectangular muzzles and jaws, and weird droopy eyes that often look like they're melting off the face (heh, Celestia suffers from eye-melt too). And I echo some other people's complaints about how there's not enough colour diversity in the boys as well.

I liked the Flim Flam brother's face design much more than the "regular" boys.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Malicieuse on March 28, 2012, 03:05:11 AM
:D I will never tire of any pony, big, or small, boy or girl. more more more.
Although I wasn't sure of that fat chubby classmate for awhile, but I got over it... I wonder where little pipsqueek is too. :(

Oh yeah, i forgot about that fat grey boy pony with the wierd eyes... D :
Something odd is going on with that one.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: EStRanger on March 28, 2012, 11:50:43 AM
I liked the Flim Flam brother's face design much more than the "regular" boys.

Ooh yes! I do agree with this. They don't look as odd as most of the other male ponies. And I also like their tails that look like pieces of bacon--I've taken to calling them the Bacon Bros. XD
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Firehooves on March 28, 2012, 01:08:12 PM
I prefer the midnight castle designs, which were done by Toei, to the bizarre G3 look. I just wonder what a stallion would look like in that style! ^^
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Ice Crystal on March 28, 2012, 01:38:52 PM
I like the unique ponies!! I agree that the cookie-cutter background ponies can get boring, especially when there are clones in the same scene.

I also like ponies with facial hair. Fancypants is one of my favorite side characters, and I like Flam as well.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Sarah-Bee on March 29, 2012, 12:50:57 AM

Anywho, is anyone else upset with the ugly ponies?

NEVAH!!! haha
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: ZennaBug on March 29, 2012, 12:56:45 PM
The ugly ones aren't my favorites (snips and snails drive me batty, but it's more because of their personalities lol), but they are comic relief.  I started calling the muclehead pony "Roidy" in my head (it explains the teeny wings, lol).  But I love the name Horse Power as an actual name, it's adorable!  I don't really see a problem with the others having similar body styles, just because of animation technicalities.  That would be so difficult to actually accomplish!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: UnicornTamer on March 29, 2012, 02:54:46 PM
Ok, everyone has their own opions. But as for me and my sister, we're just fed up with them. Now, a couple of people took me the wrong way. I DO like the new body types. I'm COMPLETELY fine with them. It's just the UGLY ones I don't like so much. And I do like Snips and Snails, AND ponies with facial hair, AND some other strange looking ponies. I'm ALSO fine with boy ponies, because the title of my post made it sound like I don't. I LOVE THEM. I just wanted to clear this all up because I was starting to feel like everyone was taking me the wrong way. I LIKE UNIQUE PONIES!!!
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: BigBrotherPony on March 31, 2012, 05:49:22 PM
For those people who are having issues with Boy flowers with facial hair....check this out, he lives in the field opposite my mum and dads house!
 
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Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: PinkRosedust on March 31, 2012, 06:02:44 PM
Just watched Hurricane Fluttershy....yeah, not really feelin' any love for that buff white peg. He really did seem like something out of Ren and Stimpy o_O which totally doesn't mesh well with MLP. =P
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: Megans_Cousin on March 31, 2012, 08:33:09 PM
Thank you, PinkRosedust! That's exactly how I felt. I have no problem with unique body shapes and all, but I just thought his Ren and Stimpy face was nasty. Now, don't get me wrong, I was a big R and S fan, but the idea of its grossness mixed with ponies.... EWWW! lol
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: amenoo on April 01, 2012, 03:01:10 AM
Also, what bothers me most about the male flowers is their limited colors. Last episode had some good designs but next episode there will again be a new male character they just slap brown on. And muliticolored manes....there are far too little flowers with muliticolored manes.

This so much! Really why can't the boys have pastelly coats? Because that's girly? The show wants to break stereotypes but I've yet to see a pink boy pony in FiM :/ I almost screamed out of happiness when I saw a purple one with white mane in the perfect stallion song
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: tinrobo on April 01, 2012, 03:48:43 AM
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Here's a pink (firefly coloured?) boy for you, amenoo :)


I totally agree with you Pink Rosedust and Megan's cousin, I'm happy to see all kinds of different pony shapes and faces but the style of his just didn't look right for a little girl's show. :/

Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: starrypawz on April 01, 2012, 05:19:18 AM
Also, what bothers me most about the male flowers is their limited colors. Last episode had some good designs but next episode there will again be a new male character they just slap brown on. And muliticolored manes....there are far too little flowers with muliticolored manes.

This so much! Really why can't the boys have pastelly coats? Because that's girly? The show wants to break stereotypes but I've yet to see a pink boy fart in FiM :/ I almost screamed out of happiness when I saw a purple one with white mane in the perfect stallion song
A pink one, who sort of looked like he was based on Firefly popped up in Hurricane Fluttershy but I doubt he'll pop up again.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM flowers? Especially boys?
Post by: amenoo on April 01, 2012, 06:33:03 AM
Oh I've must have missed him. Still one against 300 brown/grey/navy ones are a bit :/
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: UnicornTamer on April 01, 2012, 07:32:57 PM
Finally someponies agree with me.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: tafaj on April 02, 2012, 02:47:35 AM
I don't mind diversity, but the fact that the stars are all gorgeous ponies with no flaws, and there are other ponies who are less beautiful kinda stinks.  I understand wanting to make the main cast beautiful so the show attracts an audience, but then place it in a magic, perfect world where everyone is beautiful.  MLP is fantasy, so you may as well keep it that way. 

It also bothers me that the only time a pony is drawn ugly is if they are meant to be laughed at or criticized or otherwise disliked.  The only semi-exception is Granny Smith, because nobody has done anything rude to her yet.  I just wish they would make her less senile, my great grandma was sharp as a tack well into her 90's, granny smith can be the same.  The bad examples I can think of off the top of my head are the body-builder white peg, the grumpy donkey (doodle?). the two young male unicorns who woke up the ursa minor, Ditzy :muffin: Pony.

I really could have enjoyed the tornado episode just as much without the white peg's input.

Also, a random thought:  Until the white peg with the tiny wings spoke, I was kinda reminded of the Looney Tune's horse who was simply stylized.  I wouldn't mind if he looked like he does, if he wasn't so stupid.
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Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Taxel on April 02, 2012, 03:58:40 AM
The only semi-exception is Granny Smith, because nobody has done anything rude to her yet.  I just wish they would make her less senile, my great grandma was sharp as a tack well into her 90's, granny smith can be the same.

Sorry but your grandma =/= every old person ever.

Some old people are senile, that's a fact of life. Making her "perfect" will only further enforce the "everypony must be X way to be perfect!" the bronies threw fits about when :muffin: Pony was changed (not that I agree with their tantrums or that mentality, but it would cause further backlash and whining). I've never even seen a complaint about Granny Smith before, so I'm rather stunned. There have also been less/not at all senile senior ponies.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: EStRanger on April 02, 2012, 12:23:01 PM
Also, a random thought:  Until the white peg with the tiny wings spoke, I was kinda reminded of the Looney Tune's horse who was simply stylized.

When classic Looney Tunes came to an end, the white horse needed work. Eventually, he landed a minor role on MLP:FiM, hoping it would respark his career, even though the years haven't been especially kind to his figure.

I want this to be true. It's my headcanon now. :D
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: Mermaid on April 02, 2012, 02:13:50 PM
I like the different types of ponies. I just wish they would make some toys out of them! :P
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: keikokukien on April 02, 2012, 04:03:48 PM
I like the different types of ponies. I just wish they would make some toys out of them! :P

Yessssssss! Please~! I would love to have some of the more different ponies as brushables. I've been secretly wishing for a Granny Smith and I have to say, if they came out with that muscle boy pony or Apple Bloom's friend (sorry, bad fan, I forgot her name momentarily...:/ But the cute one with glasses! Twist, maybe?) I would jump up and down IRL. ^ ^ I'm already so over the moon that Hasbro is actually releasing Zecora later this year. I love her in the show.
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: ThriftyPony on April 02, 2012, 07:22:45 PM
I wish they'd make toys out of the various non-clone ponies...
Title: Re: Tired of ugly FiM ponies? Especially boys?
Post by: hyenacub on April 02, 2012, 07:26:48 PM
Mystagic--LOL  I like the look of that pink dude for some reason...and I am not a fan of pink lol
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