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Fluttershy is still the best.
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DrForester
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Jintor said:
I say thee neigh.
Dark Phoenix
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I approve of this.Jintor said:
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ThreeSix said:
Everybody likes Fluttershy! She even melts the cold heart of Dedede and... whatever that yellow blob from Fling Smash is.
SouthernDragon
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Ultimoo said:
We have to go deeper
How About No
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DrForester said:
Captain Fish
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Uchip said:
Will someone please think of the children!
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Ultimoo said:
It's meta.
Dastardly Jerks
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The interpretations of the cast are actually rather neat to see. Provided they're in taste, then I think it's fantastic to witness different ways in which fans see the universe and characters.
I can understand if some fans feel threatened by any form of the universe being misrepresented, but that really isn't the case. It's not official, nor from Hasbro or Studio B, so let fanart be fanart. Fanart itself has existed in many forms for as long as other media has existed surely.
It's also slightly strange to come in and see a little aggression between you all though, considering the message of the show and the thread title
I can understand if some fans feel threatened by any form of the universe being misrepresented, but that really isn't the case. It's not official, nor from Hasbro or Studio B, so let fanart be fanart. Fanart itself has existed in many forms for as long as other media has existed surely.
It's also slightly strange to come in and see a little aggression between you all though, considering the message of the show and the thread title
I think some feel that it might lead to more questionable content that would result in the closure of the thread. I like to think the majority of the posters here are mature enough to not ruin it for anyone else though.
They'll come together at the end and write a letter about what they've learned today.
Dastardly Jerks said:It's also slightly strange to come in and see a little aggression between you all though, considering the message of the show and the thread title
They'll come together at the end and write a letter about what they've learned today.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Giving human characteristics to a character is pretty fine.
However, drawing them as humans makes me feel sick (and pretty much anything similar, like drawing an animal or anthro as a gijinka and drawing a human as an animal or anthro).
However, drawing them as humans makes me feel sick (and pretty much anything similar, like drawing an animal or anthro as a gijinka and drawing a human as an animal or anthro).
I don't mind fanfiction, I just don't read it.
I'm not gonna get drawn into a huge debate over writing v art (I think given that I write for a living but really self-identify as an artist I have room for a view on both sides) but I deny that fanfiction is inherently any more interesting than fanart. Totally different mediums. Character design is hard, even when you have a base model to work of. What lines capture a character? Is it colour choices? The way their face is shaped, their body styles, their stance? Depicting someone isn't as simple as 'slapping their features onto a human'. Writing is easy, and drawing is easy. But good writing and drawing is much, much harder.
I'm not gonna get drawn into a huge debate over writing v art (I think given that I write for a living but really self-identify as an artist I have room for a view on both sides) but I deny that fanfiction is inherently any more interesting than fanart. Totally different mediums. Character design is hard, even when you have a base model to work of. What lines capture a character? Is it colour choices? The way their face is shaped, their body styles, their stance? Depicting someone isn't as simple as 'slapping their features onto a human'. Writing is easy, and drawing is easy. But good writing and drawing is much, much harder.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh I'm fine with furry or human or whatever else, it's "turning them into something different" is the one that's making me feel weird.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
tafer said:
You can't technically ignore it in a message board especially when you scroll
Ultimoo said:
Holy crap we agree on something O:
Well, that and ponies
Captain Fish
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So you hate Myke's drawings of us as ponies? The truth comes out!Ultimoo said:
Honestly, I can understand a dislike for gijinkas. The reactions in this thread are more like disgust, though (see Void Insanity's posts in the previous thread). You'd almost think drawing a humanized pony was man's inhumanity to man.
As for understanding the motivation to do it; like Jintor said, they clearly have value as a design exercise. But beyond that, we're talking about characters that are basically humans. (I guess until other sentient life exists, all characters are humans) They are depicted as thinking, acting and feeling like humans, so it's not really that farfetched to imagine them as humans. When we start seeing drawings of the main cast as printers, then I'll be confused.
Captain Fish said:So you hate Myke's drawings of us as ponies? The truth comes out!
Honestly, I can understand a dislike for gijinkas. The reactions in this thread are more like disgust, though (see Void Insanity's posts in the previous thread). You'd almost think drawing a humanized pony was man's inhumanity to man.
As for understanding the motivation to do it; like Jintor said, they clearly have value as a design exercise. But beyond that, we're talking about characters that are basically humans. (I guess until other sentient life exists, all characters are humans) They are depicted as thinking, acting and feeling like humans, so it's not really that farfetched to imagine them as humans. When we start seeing drawings of the main cast as printers, then I'll be confused.
Well I would hate them if he took real pictures of us and then drew them as ponies, yes.
burningranger
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Human versions of the ponies don't bother me really if done in good taste. Will definitely say I'm not a big fan of all the rule 34 stuff out there though.
Choppasmith
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Ookami-kun said:
In a way, I share the same feeling with shipping and Yaoi/Yuri pairings in shows unless it's heavily implied or otherwise canon somehow. But the whole "same sex rivalry/enemies = obvious romantic feelings" creed of those fans really annoy me with its absurdity. I just find it so banal.
With humanized ponies I just find it no different than the likes of artistic re-interpretation. You know like how someone might draw Marvel characters in 8-Bit Megaman style It's just a fun "what if?" Or like how in the late 90s I always loved seeing fanart interpretations of the SNES FFs since all we really had were the sprites and the bit of Amano art.
I think for some of the humanizations (like Megasweet) it just appeals to our inner schediaphile somehow. Having a character we like in a form that we associate with physical attraction. *shrug*
EDIT: Yeah Captain Fish explains it much better (and probably less creepy than I did)
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Captain Fish said:
They're still, in a way, limited for being ponies though.
Now suddenly I want to see a Fluttershy printer.
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