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In any case, I’m sorry if something I said offended you, or if I missed another point you were making (it was late when I posted). I just get a bit defensive of my pink and glitter. There are groups and individuals that are on this anti-girly kick, and berating parents about what they should or shouldn’t allow their daughters to play with. Not to mention all the negativity that brands like Disney Princess get from self-proclaimed “progressive” women.“Girls who play with Barbie will grow up to believe they’re lesser than men—give them a Mrs. Potato Head instead!” (Real suggestion from researchers.) Umm... right. I’m definitely going to be thrilled with a potato when I asked for a glamorous fashion doll for my birthday. :/ Nothing wrong with the Potato Heads, mind you (I loved mine as a kid), but I played with them in a totally different way. They were not Barbie substitutes.
I've always wondered how the parents in FiM were able to so accurately name their children when their gluteal tats hadn't shown up yet to tell the world just who/what they were. Like, what if Rainbow Dash's tat had been a bee with a flower? Would she have applied for a name change or just been okay with it?
But this is now off topic, so let's drop it and get back to symbols.
gluteal tats
They better be on both sides!
Quote from: The_Loner on September 23, 2020, 12:12:23 PMThey better be on both sides!CouldNotAgreeMORE!!!
Quote from: Ponybookworm on September 23, 2020, 03:08:47 PMQuote from: The_Loner on September 23, 2020, 12:12:23 PMThey better be on both sides!CouldNotAgreeMORE!!!Now, what if they were born with one marking (in order to give their parents an idea of what to name them) but then they magically earned a second marking on the other side depicting their skills/talents? That might make for new mix-em-up that hasn't been done yet.
I guess I also want G5 to be a lot more of a magical realm and a lot less of a slice of life thing though. And that is also probably worth taking into consideration when thinking what symbols may be going forward.
(Also no to any kind of heat sensitive/changing symbol - Magic Message ponies are a good enough lesson why that's a problematic toy concept)
Quote from: Taffeta on September 24, 2020, 12:21:03 AM(Also no to any kind of heat sensitive/changing symbol - Magic Message ponies are a good enough lesson why that's a problematic toy concept)I think that toy technology has come a long way since then. There have been much more successful implementations of color changing since.