ShatteredCrown Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 ( I'm not sure if this is in the right section so please move this thread somewhere else if necessary)I've noticed that in some mlp fan art Human Twilight is depicted with brown skin. My question is why? Is it because she's purple, or is it something else that influences this? All the other characters are depicted white, but not Twilight. Just... Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCerali Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I don't know. but it seems fitting to me for some reason, although other skin colors fit as well. that's probably why they did it: it just seemed fitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 -Shrug- No idea, who cares what color people draw the mane six as anyways? It's all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFinestSorcerer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Not to mention that art looks like a cross between anime and Bob's Burgers with those mouths so it's relatively unappealing to me. I mean.. What Quicklime said. Who cares? Not that I'm afraid to say anything that could potentially offend someone. It's my right to do so but that's just it... I ain't got nothin to say about it >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I don't know. but it seems fitting to me for some reason, although other skin colors fit as well. that's probably why they did it: it just seemed fitting But how would it be fitting, the voice actress for Twilight, Tara Strong, is white. It's just that I see this multiple times when going through fan art drawn by quite a significant amount of artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I've seen many variations on races for human Mane 6. One artist I've seen portrays Fluttershy as middle-eastern, wearing a habib. Its just the whim of the artist making it. Race is meaningless when it comes to humanizing pastel ponies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFinestSorcerer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 That gif profile pic is gorgeous. *snuggles Senior Administrator* agreed that colored ponies are colored ponies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianblackberry Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Because she is a purple unicorn (well alicorn now), she and everyone else is open to interpretation by the artist to what her human self would look. Honestly the fact there is some diversity in skin tones adds to the imagery of her with the other mane six as humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyipheoryia Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 But how would it be fitting, the voice actress for Twilight, Tara Strong, is white. It's just that I see this multiple times when going through fan art.It's just interpretation by the artists. It depends on how the artist sees the humanified pony, what pose is desired, colour scheme, and a whole lot more to do with art. I don't think it has anything to do with the race of the voice actress (afterall-it's her voice that we hear, not her looks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToothpasteThy Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I dunno. All I have to say is that it's racist towards purple people. Twilight is supposed to be purple as a huma-- *mutilated by the rest of the fandom* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFinestSorcerer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Yeah. And futhermore. I recall Dash, Pinkie AND Shy being their respective colors. Are they also racist agaisnt Yellow Pink and Baby Blue people too?WTF is this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Honestly I'm more annoyed when people draw AJ like she's Daisy Duke, with a tied top, and short jeans and pale...when she's a farmer and would be wearing more likely overalls and have a farmers tan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFinestSorcerer Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Now hold a moment there... My stallion instincts are telling me lets not go down that road x3 lol. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT COLOR...Though.. Daisy Duke don't look so fly no more x3 but letus not Besmirch her once GREAT image! ..... *does hourglass motion with hooves* ... >3> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 It's just interpretation by the artists. It depends on how the artist sees the humanified pony, what pose is desired, colour scheme, and a whole lot more to do with art. I don't think it has anything to do with the race of the voice actress (afterall-it's her voice that we hear, not her looks). Well if I heard a donkey talk in a German accent, it probably would be best to assume that it's human form is white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMask Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 One of the great advantages of anthropomorphic animals is that they have no race inherent, universalizing them for all children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnormaldude Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 It just fits surprisingly well.I've always though of Twilight as black.Why does this even matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 It just fits surprisingly well.I've always though of Twilight as black.Why does this even matter? Because she sounds white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnormaldude Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Because she sounds white Alot of black people sound different than stereotypes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyipheoryia Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I don't know...it doesn't matter what she sounds like, or anything like that at all. For goodness sakes, Fluttershy could be Asian, Rarity could be African American, and Pinkie Pie could be Mexican. Who cares? Just because someone has an American accent does not necessarily make them American. I know plenty of people who have a British accent that don't live in Britain, aren't British, and aren't white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Alot of black people sound different than stereotypes. I know, it's just that the ponies seem to live in a somewhat pan-european civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnormaldude Posted January 23, 2016 Report Share Posted January 23, 2016 I know, it's just that the ponies seem to live in a somewhat pan-european civilization.That's ponies.Human world could be any place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 That's ponies.Human world could be any place. like Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyipheoryia Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 like Europe And Asia, and North America, and South America, and Africa, and Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatteredCrown Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 And Asia, and North America, and South America, and Africa, and Australia. You're point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickLime Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 You're point?Huamnized ponies painted with all the colors of the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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