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I thought Spike was more interesting than Megan. But I also frequently thought Spike was an embarrassment to human kind. :blush:
Is anyone familiar with Spike (not the dragon lol) from G1 Transformers, and if so do you think he was more interesting than Megan, less interesting, or about the same?
I didn't think he was super interesting, and he also had the "I don't have any real flaws" thing going on, but he seemed a little more "real" to me than Megan. I think he worked better because he spent a lot of time being interested in and learning about the Transformers, whereas with post-RaMC Megan, there didn't seem to be anything for her to learn about the ponies; she knew enough about them / their world that they turned to her when there was trouble. Whereas TF Spike was constantly being amazed by the Transformers, and was often kidnapped to kick off the plot.
I'm not sure who was more whiney, Shady, G1 Spike or Molly.
I'd wager Megan was left deliberately blank, much as what's-her-name from Twilight, for the same reason. Both are meant as viewer/reader inserts, for whomever is watching to drop themselves into the story along with a very stereotypical little brother and little sister. I mean the bushwoolies have more character development than Megan... :huh:
She's just very... decent at everything, has no outstanding flaws and thus no real room or motivation for improvement. It's also what makes her rather bland, since it tends to be a characters struggles that make them feel human.
I always assumed she was just a basic blank slate for any little girl to project themselves onto. If they had strong opinions and likes/dislikes it might interfere with that.
She had just a little too much personality for that, and was far too overbearing on the ponies. This is their world, and she is a visitor. The relationship should have been the opposite with the ponies competent and protecting and guiding Megan through a world filled with wonders and terrors.This would have been a much better choice, I think. It would have helped the whole "She's filling in for the viewer" thing, if that's really what her purpose was, and would just make generally more sense. They can still have her be the one to solve things sometimes, like if two ponies fell out, she could help there, but have the ponies be the ones looking after her more, especially during the adventure stuff.
The thing about the "she's the proxy for the viewer thing" is that, first of all I don't think kids really need a proxy to imagine that they're best friends with the heroes.Yeah, good point. I think a lot of us did that as kids, I mean I totally did, and sometimes of still do.
Second, I think a lot of kids prefer to pretend that they're one of the ponies, not a human hanging out with the ponies. Like, dang, we go through our lives being human anyway, let's pretend we're something magical for a while, lol.Maybe that's one of the reasons they dropped the humans - they realised everyone was putting themselves in the ponies' place more?
I think they had Megan and later Molly simply so they could sell dolls for the line, plain and simple. Lets remember that the SOLE purpose of vintage MLP cartoons was to sell product.
Second, I think a lot of kids prefer to pretend that they're one of the ponies, not a human hanging out with the ponies. Like, dang, we go through our lives being human anyway, let's pretend we're something magical for a while, lol.
Second, I think a lot of kids prefer to pretend that they're one of the ponies, not a human hanging out with the ponies. Like, dang, we go through our lives being human anyway, let's pretend we're something magical for a while, lol.
The thing about the "she's the proxy for the viewer thing" is that, first of all I don't think kids really need a proxy to imagine that they're best friends with the heroes. Just look at anyone's early fanfics, lol. I used to pretend I was BFF with the X-Men, but it never occurred to me to pretend I was Jubilee, the kid-appeal character.
Maybe you can just have Majesty come dispose of her and paradise estate and set up shop in the castle again...
Despite the haters, I will always like MeganGator, I like your art! I looked at some of your other pictures, too. "Flight of Ponies" I like especially. They remind me of my childhood a little -- my games were like what you're drawing, with the exception of Megan, who I didn't have as a kid.
http://foxspotted.deviantart.com/art/Saying-Goodbye-192930324
I actually really loved the dolls as a kid but NEVER liked the Megan cartoon character. She was so bossy and SUCH a know it all. Way worse than I was at that age (lol). I didn't like Molly either since she was such a crybaby. But again, I loved her doll...Yeah, when I got the Megan doll from a thrift store ponies in my older teens, I fell in love. She's an extremely sweet doll. I love her original dress and since getting her I've slowly collected all of the dresses I can for her (So Soft, Twice as Fancy, Flower Maidens, and some other outfits). Currently she's wearing a dress from a thrift store that happened to fit (not many doll clothes do, so I'm always happy to find clothes small enough). When I was a teenager I tried sewing her a dress myself; I learned I am no seamstress :lol: Like Lady Moondancer said, I don't really associate the doll with the cartoon character, for some reason.
i was just wondering the other day why they decided not to include humans in regular ponyville g4, and if anybody missed megan. i sort of mulled it over and decided that Why would Anybody miss megan, she was so darn boring; and they decided not to put humans in g4 so they could get more money by doing equestria girls.we already have Cadance, who is just as vanilla
though its not really the same thing, since theyre like, purple and stuff. i think they could still squeeze in megan if they wanted to. but i doubt they want to.
i was just wondering the other day why they decided not to include humans in regular ponyville g4, and if anybody missed megan. i sort of mulled it over and decided that Why would Anybody miss megan, she was so darn boring; and they decided not to put humans in g4 so they could get more money by doing equestria girls.we already have Cadance, who is just as vanilla
though its not really the same thing, since theyre like, purple and stuff. i think they could still squeeze in megan if they wanted to. but i doubt they want to.
I would have to say Cadence is worse than Megan. Megan is a girl from Somewhere, USA. Cadence is the princess of the Crystal Empire? What's her excuse for being as bland as she is?
I'm pretty sure all of the trips to Ponyland took place when the parents were away or somehow time in Ponyland isn't the same as our time. After all Megan, Molly and Danny spend several days at a time in Ponyland how come no one ever notices they're missing?
In Rescue at Midnight Castle when Firefly is brining Megan home it doesn't look like any time has passed from when she left. It is still dark and TJ is still in the stable.
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In terms of Danny, I actually quite like him, most of all because of the crossover into Jem. Basically there's a character called Danny in an episode of Jem who is a teenage runaway. He has very similar features to the MLP Danny, and so my headcanon is that (bearing in mind we see no parents for these guys) that Megan, Molly and Danny ended up in care and Danny thus ran away and turned into a troubled teen for Jem and friends to help. In this episode of Jem, Danny runs away from an abusive father and ends up getting some of Jem's orphans into trouble with him, also running away. But at the end he helps save the day by interfering with Techrat's technology to allow JATH to play. You mentioned his technology interest, and that is hinted at here too. I absolutely am sure, considering that Jem and MLP writers and voice artists crossed over, that there was an inside joke here that this was the same character. Danny never had a doll, so there would have been a lot of carte blanche to do something like this.
Screencapture of Danny from Jem (The Music Awards) with MLP capture for comparison:Spoiler
That headcanoning through Hasbro's own products gives Danny depth for me that would otherwise be lacking.
Perhaps.
Something I had thought is to end the story with the grundles running out of the castle and handing the ponies the keys and would give them their last months rent if they were paying rent. The ponies go in and find Majesty lounging on her throne and she says, "Ponies, you're rightful queen and mistress has returned."
Perhaps.
Something I had thought is to end the story with the grundles running out of the castle and handing the ponies the keys and would give them their last months rent if they were paying rent. The ponies go in and find Majesty lounging on her throne and she says, "Ponies, you're rightful queen and mistress has returned."