That video was really interesting. I liked the opening where he ripped on the people who go on about being "1/17th Cherokee or some shit" because they're one of my pet peeves (if I had a nickel for every person who regaled me with stories of some great aunt who was part Jewish and served them latkes one time and therefore they totally get anti-semitism....)
*ahem* Anyway, I'm surprised I never noticed that about the Hearts and Hooves song. I'm sure it's not intentional on the part of the writers (since the show is all about tolerance and different personalities being friends), but maybe it's subconscious. And I wouldn't be surprised if, just like real life (at least in America), the racism of the Pony-verse past still effects things today even though racism is universally considered to be a shameful thing to believe in.
And yeah, I could see Applejack getting VERY annoyed if she dated a unicorn who cut corners with magic. That relationship wouldn't last very long. XD
LOL! Yes, the "I'm part whatever, so I grok such and such argument". I'm guilty of using a variation of that to claim that that's why I have a hot temper.
There's also the thing about earth ponies being agriculture adepts... a unicorn would be handy with the harvesting and heavy lifting, but maybe not so great at getting the crops into the ground and growing.
Do you think the writer suggested the look of the potential dates in the song? I know that the writers also come up with the lyrics, it would be an interesting question to ask if they also tend to describe the background ponies as well. I thought that selecting the background ponies was job of the storyboard artists.
All animated shows have a different way of doing things. So it's hard to say who has control over which background ponies appear in the episodes.
From the interviews I've read with the staff, I think the writers lay out all the dialogue and important descriptors (ie the setting, what an important new character should look like, etc) and then the storyboard artists take it from there. From a practical standpoint, it would be silly for the writers to worry about things that don't impact the plot (like the appearances of BG ponies who don't matter in the story), so I'm sure the storyboard artists and/or character designers handle that so the writers can focus on writing.
He does have a rather good point there regarding ponies (generally) sticking with their own type. Makes you wonder about the Cakes, though - perhaps it's just due to narrative demands that their kids were a pegasus and a unicorn, but you do have to wonder just how pony genetics work. (And if it's common for one pony type to have offspring that's another, how come the Apples are almost exclusively earth ponies?)
I've seen those little genetics charts I remember from school only worked out for ponies. The author said that the genes for wings or horns were recessive. (and alicorns were always female) I think I saw another explanation too.
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That video was really interesting. I liked the opening where he ripped on the people who go on about being "1/17th Cherokee or some shit" because they're one of my pet peeves (if I had a nickel for every person who regaled me with stories of some great aunt who was part Jewish and served them latkes one time and therefore they totally get anti-semitism....)
*ahem*
Anyway, I'm surprised I never noticed that about the Hearts and Hooves song. I'm sure it's not intentional on the part of the writers (since the show is all about tolerance and different personalities being friends), but maybe it's subconscious. And I wouldn't be surprised if, just like real life (at least in America), the racism of the Pony-verse past still effects things today even though racism is universally considered to be a shameful thing to believe in.
And yeah, I could see Applejack getting VERY annoyed if she dated a unicorn who cut corners with magic. That relationship wouldn't last very long. XD
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LOL! Yes, the "I'm part whatever, so I grok such and such argument". I'm guilty of using a variation of that to claim that that's why I have a hot temper.
There's also the thing about earth ponies being agriculture adepts... a unicorn would be handy with the harvesting and heavy lifting, but maybe not so great at getting the crops into the ground and growing.
Do you think the writer suggested the look of the potential dates in the song? I know that the writers also come up with the lyrics, it would be an interesting question to ask if they also tend to describe the background ponies as well. I thought that selecting the background ponies was job of the storyboard artists.
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From the interviews I've read with the staff, I think the writers lay out all the dialogue and important descriptors (ie the setting, what an important new character should look like, etc) and then the storyboard artists take it from there.
From a practical standpoint, it would be silly for the writers to worry about things that don't impact the plot (like the appearances of BG ponies who don't matter in the story), so I'm sure the storyboard artists and/or character designers handle that so the writers can focus on writing.
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