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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Clockwork on January 31, 2012, 10:08:02 PM

Title: Kingsley's gender?
Post by: Clockwork on January 31, 2012, 10:08:02 PM: I called Kingsley a boy all my life. Most people I've seen do the same.

But the back card says Kingsley is a girl.

Thoughts?
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Post by: Taxel on January 31, 2012, 10:12:42 PM: Definitely a boy for me as well.
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Post by: kittybethy on January 31, 2012, 10:15:24 PM: I think a boy too!
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Post by: Prismatic on January 31, 2012, 11:06:55 PM: I always figured boy, since 'king' is in the name... o.o
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Post by: fingerpaints on January 31, 2012, 11:09:25 PM: I see kingsley as a girl, but I can understand why everyone else would see her as a boy, she has a big bushy mane like a male lion lol. I am a weird child however ^^
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Post by: xeevee on January 31, 2012, 11:46:21 PM: I think of her as a boy. I do know of a female lion with a mane, but it ain't that common. Maybe she is transgender?
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Post by: Scraleos on January 31, 2012, 11:48:53 PM: I didn't even know Kingsley was a girl. I always thought he was a boy! Especially since he has that mane! XD
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Post by: fingerpaints on January 31, 2012, 11:55:15 PM: Quote from: xeevee on January 31, 2012, 11:46:21 PM
I think of her as a boy. I do know of a female lion with a mane, but it ain't that common. Maybe she is transgender?

*raises hand* Mine is :D or can be - I still love my kingsley, I actually had little time for her before I saw her in person <3
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Post by: Clockwork on February 01, 2012, 12:32:01 AM: The idea of Kingsley being transgender did cross my mind, actually, but I don't know whether to go with MtF to be proper with the back card and the mane or FtM to go with my (and most people's) assumption that Kingsley is a boy (maybe he has extensions for a mane in that case?)--that is, it's a lot harder for me to refer to this little lion as a female than it's ever been for me to adjust to an actual person coming out as transgender! I dunno why, either.
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Post by: partypony566 on February 01, 2012, 01:50:26 AM: I think Kingsly is a boy!
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Post by: PonyMonsters on February 01, 2012, 02:21:30 AM: Quote from: partypony566 on February 01, 2012, 01:50:26 AM
I think Kingsly is a boy!

Me too :) although for me I think it's because of the name :)
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Post by: Malicieuse on February 01, 2012, 02:23:49 AM: I always saw him as a boy. But if the backcard says he is a she, than that's the way it is.
It's like Clever Clover. I always thought he was a girl until i saw his backcard again. I had no trouble accepting he was a guy. : )
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Post by: hathorcat on February 01, 2012, 03:39:18 AM: If I am completely honest I always thought of her as a girl! But I was going by the backcard and I definitely understand why people would see different. Although as a kid my ponies were pretty gender neutral!
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Post by: JazzMatazz on February 01, 2012, 04:05:29 AM: I always thought of him as He. Until I looked up 'her' backcard when I got 'her' for myself. :p Though Kingsley is still a He in my herd ^-^ I love his little Mullet like mane! So 80s
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Post by: fingerpaints on February 01, 2012, 04:12:26 AM: I just checked mine - its a girl ^^ has no feathered feet or extra appendages :D so she has to be a girl!

I am with you too hathrocat - all my toys were gender neutral as a kid, something I didn't really worry about, and I wasn't too concerned about where babies came from or all that until I needed to be either. Only time I ever questioned it was when my little bro came along, and at two a simple "your sibling is in mummys tummy" and then when he was born "your little brother came from mummys tummy" was enough to satisfy me. I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but I was happy lol.
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Post by: Rika_of_Thunder on February 01, 2012, 04:20:41 AM: I like to think of Kingsly as a boy who identifies as a girl : D
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Post by: hathorcat on February 01, 2012, 04:23:40 AM: Quote from: fingerpaints on February 01, 2012, 04:12:26 AM
I just checked mine - its a girl ^^ has no feathered feet or extra appendages :D so she has to be a girl!

I am with you too hathrocat - all my toys were gender neutral as a kid, something I didn't really worry about, and I wasn't too concerned about where babies came from or all that until I needed to be either. Only time I ever questioned it was when my little bro came along, and at two a simple "your sibling is in mummys tummy" and then when he was born "your little brother came from mummys tummy" was enough to satisfy me. I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but I was happy lol.

Sounds like my house!! At least you were smart enough to expect some kind of an explanation - I was told "here is your little brother" and at the same time was handed a nice shiny new Apple Jack and Bow Tie....I didnt care about the brother any more or where he had come from....I had new ponies!!!!!

I also have a funny vision of you now tipping Kingsley upside down to check for gender! Lol....
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Post by: fingerpaints on February 01, 2012, 04:25:04 AM: Quote from: hathorcat on February 01, 2012, 04:23:40 AM
I also have a funny vision of you now tipping Kingsley upside down to check for gender! Lol....

*whistles innocently*
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Post by: starrypawz on February 01, 2012, 04:28:01 AM: I'd guess Kingsley would be a boy, because of the name and also because they have a mane
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Post by: StarDragon on February 01, 2012, 06:19:16 AM: Oh, I always thought Kingsley was a boy. I've never heard of a girl named Kingsley unless it was the family's last name. :/ Plus... he looks like a boy, to me.
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Post by: Dragonflitter on February 01, 2012, 06:35:08 AM: *laugh* This is my first time hearing about Kingsley's backcard! Too funny. I guess if a camel and a dinosaur can have a horse-like mane, then a female lion can too! XD
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Post by: Squirrelypaws on February 01, 2012, 09:22:57 AM: Judging by just the name and the fact that it's a lion (which was the extent of my knowledge when I clicked this, I'd never seen a Kingsley before) I'd say boy.

But, I just looked her up, and had I actually known what she looked like and wasn't going by name alone, I would have said girl. She's pink (I know, stereotypical, but still...) , and her mane's not full like a male's.
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Post by: Icecrystalline on February 01, 2012, 09:24:41 AM: I think boy :)
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Post by: SkyCakes on February 01, 2012, 09:30:44 AM: I think that kingsley is a boy. I just go with the generalization that loins with manes are lions and those without a mane are lionesses. So in short hasbro should of not given that 'friend' hair if they really wanted to make it a girl.
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Post by: xkelpiex on February 01, 2012, 09:31:46 AM: I always thought boy! He's still a boy to me, though.
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Post by: Lon-san on February 01, 2012, 09:32:50 AM: You wouldn't think that it would be so hard to choose a sex for an eyelashed, pink lion with a heartshaped nose. And yet the more I think about it, the more confusing it gets. Only boy lions have manes like that, yet it's MLP so styleable hair is a MUST regardless. But they could have left it straight, sleek and less mane-like for a girl, right? "Kingsley" is a boy name...though I supose it could be like girls now a days named "Ashley", "Taylor" and "Cameron". That backcard, is it proof or is it like how Big Mac is a girl on the Polish caption?
I still kind of want to say "Boy", though.

Quote from: Malicieuse on February 01, 2012, 02:23:49 AM
I always saw him as a boy. But if the backcard says he is a she, than that's the way it is.
It's like Clever Clover. I always thought he was a girl until i saw his backcard again. I had no trouble accepting he was a guy. : )

Wut? Clever Clover was a dude? Mind=Blown. :dropjaw: I only have Petal Blossom and had to check what they said about her since, after all, she is made with the same mold. There might have been secret dude-hood.
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Post by: DazzleKitty on February 01, 2012, 10:33:38 AM: I thought Kingsley was actually supposed to be a boy. I've always thought of him as male.
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Post by: Alexia on February 01, 2012, 11:26:34 AM: Kingsley has always been male to me and probably always will be, I just can't convince myself that he is a girl no matter how many times I have read the backcard.
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Post by: Cinnabar on February 01, 2012, 11:30:06 AM: Kingsley seems like a boy to me and I also think of Oakley the Moose as a boy too :)
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Post by: hathorcat on February 01, 2012, 11:49:50 AM: Quote from: Cinnabar on February 01, 2012, 11:30:06 AM
Kingsley seems like a boy to me and I also think of Oakley the Moose as a boy too :)

According to his backcard Oakly is a boy!
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Post by: Brightglowpony on February 01, 2012, 01:01:27 PM: That's interesting! Kingsley has always been a boy to me because of the name and big, bushy mane. Oakly, Creamsicle, and of course Edgar were always boys to me too.
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Post by: scarletjul on February 01, 2012, 10:27:44 PM: I always thought Kingsley was a boy. I can see where they're going with girl, but female lions don't have that type of mane.

I though Creamsicle was a girl?

Man, the genders of the MLP friends are confusing. :silly:
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Post by: SnorkMaiden on February 01, 2012, 10:42:52 PM: Random story from my childhood: When I was little, I had a big plush lion, Leonie. To me, she was a girl, even though she had a mane. Sometime later, I got a plush lion without a man, and naturally, he became Leonie's husband, Leon. When I played zoo, I put a little sign next to the lions' "cage", pointing out that this was a paticular breed of lion in which the females have got the mane.

Maybe the same goes for Kingsley. Not that I'd mind either way.
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Post by: magicminty_unicorn on February 01, 2012, 10:45:34 PM: Like many have said, I honestly thought kingsley was a boy, but oakly a boy? a really though she was a girl!!! :P
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Post by: BabyRainbou on February 01, 2012, 10:51:46 PM: Girl for me, because Lionesses are the best. ^^
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Post by: Juri on February 02, 2012, 01:02:11 AM: I always thought male, just because of the mane.
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Post by: ZennaBug on February 02, 2012, 11:27:03 AM: King=boy
Mane=boy

XD