Unpopular Pony Opinions

[Broken Irishwoman]

I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.

Actually it does.

[Leave a Whisper]

I can't stand the Hyppogriffs. They don't look anything like a Hypogriff. They just look like claw footed deformed whatevers. Yes that includes the babies. They're just butt ugly.

[flutterscotch]

I like the "fading pink" faded on most ponies.

[Ponyfan]

I found this catalog page on the Wiki. I'm not sure if it's a typo or not but


http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/9/9d/213.jpg


It calls both the unicorn and the yellow Earth pony Coco Berry and Crunch Berry/Cherry Berry as Swirly Whirly/Butter Kiss


I’m not sure how popular this opinion is but I love the Dancing Butterflies pose.

Ponyfan

And if you squint you can see that the MOC Sherbet/Sorbet Surprise is labelled CHERRY Berry, which is the UK name for Crunch Berry. BUT I have a UK insert from 1988ish that lists that same pony as Cherry Berry, too. As I said, Hasbro had issues with that set. I don't like the set particularly as ponies, but all the mess ups around them fascinate me as a pony geek o.o.

I also love the Dancing Butterflies pose! I had her as a child and I thought it made her look so beautiful

I didn’t notice that the MOC said Cherry Berry. 😀 I wonder why Hasbro went through some many name switches with this set.

I can't stand the Hyppogriffs. They don't look anything like a Hypogriff. They just look like claw footed deformed whatevers. Yes that includes the babies. They're just butt ugly.

I like the hippogriffs but I do think their feet/claws look a little off.

Pic of Hippogriff Skystar

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[Taffeta]

I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.

Actually it does.

Really? Ok. In that case, the fail is in the Dutch naming sense then xD. I dunno how silly it sounds in Dutch in context, but it sounds really silly in English with the hyphenation.

[Nienna]

I am sure Meezing doesn't literally mean 'sing a long'.

Actually it does.

Really? Ok. In that case, the fail is in the Dutch naming sense then xD. I dunno how silly it sounds in Dutch in context, but it sounds really silly in English with the hyphenation.

Yep, it does. And it sounds really stupid in Dutch, too, because "meezing" is a verb stem so it doesn't make a lick of sense as a proper name. That's why she is 'meezing-pony' I guess, which is more descriptive than it is a name. Well, Dutch names for ponies have always been terrible, we're better off just copying the English names

Edited to add: to clear up a little further, 'zingen' is the Dutch verb meaning 'sing'. 'Mee' is a preposition, in this case changing the meaning to 'singing along'. And because Dutch is the way it is, words are just added together without any hyphens or anything

[Carrehz]

to be fair, all of that set had descriptive names instead of 'proper' names, right? Poesjes-Pony, Dolfijn-Pony, School-Pony, etc. I guess it was a 'thing' they were doing for that set. So it's not just Meezing who has an awkward name (although I like it ).

[Nienna]

That's right, they are all awful

'Meezing' is probably hard to pronounce as well for non-Dutchies- 'mee' should be pronounced as the name 'May' and then 'zing' as in 'bazinga'

[Carrehz]

That's right, they are all awful

'Meezing' is probably hard to pronounce as well for non-Dutchies- 'mee' should be pronounced as the name 'May' and then 'zing' as in 'bazinga'

Oh huh, interesting! I've been mispronouncing it all this time

[Dreamchaser]

I remember the slogan for Dream Beauties were that they were MLPs all grown up. I hated them. First, did that mean that all ponies had babies as teenagers or something? And it furthered my veiw that becoming a grown up meant no more happiness with those hardened plastic frowns and glazed over dead eyes.

[Taffeta]

That's right, they are all awful

'Meezing' is probably hard to pronounce as well for non-Dutchies- 'mee' should be pronounced as the name 'May' and then 'zing' as in 'bazinga'

Oh huh, interesting! I've been mispronouncing it all this time

I feel like making a really crass 'amazing' joke...

Thanks Nienna It's great to know the background to the names and the meanings. I am going to stick with Meezing as her name. Because even though I know it is a silly name, it sounds cooler than the English

[Nienna]

I feel like making a really crass 'amazing' joke...

Thanks Nienna It's great to know the background to the names and the meanings. I am going to stick with Meezing as her name. Because even though I know it is a silly name, it sounds cooler than the English

It actually does sound like amazing without the -a, haha! I actually like her name better now

[LadyMoondancer]

with those hardened plastic frowns and glazed over dead eyes.

Yeah, the Dream Beauties look really depressed / unhappy.  I get that they are molded to look more like real horses, but there's such a thing as getting too literal!

Fashion Star Fillies have the same thing going on, they all have expressions like they just got a letter saying they lost it all in the stock market or something.

[Leave a Whisper]

with those hardened plastic frowns and glazed over dead eyes.

Yeah, the Dream Beauties look really depressed / unhappy.  I get that they are molded to look more like real horses, but there's such a thing as getting too literal!

Fashion Star Fillies have the same thing going on, they all have expressions like they just got a letter saying they lost it all in the stock market or something.

That would be a good cause for that particular expression.

[Sweet Daes]

I've always gotten the impression that the Dream Beauties are more stead-fast and regal. They are meant to be "beautiful" like a horse and less "cute and adorable", hence why they have such a forward and powerful gaze. I see it as a serious, no bull expression that playtime is over and it's time to save the world.

Then again, those are my favorite installment of G1 because they are not so much short and stocky with all the cartoon proportions, despite their colors and gimmicks.