And, in all honesty I think that I would have liked it more if she weren’t blind.Now, before I get bombarded by hate, please hear me out.
I didn’t think Snowdrop was BAD at all. In fact, I enjoyed it. It’s just…like Digibrony said, it seemed to be a bit of a sadfic (a story that pulls on your heartstrings intentionally to get you to feel a certain emotion). And this is also fine, but I don’t really like to be made sad intentionally and I think this also takes away from it. I mean, a true emotionally compelling piece of art should make you feel emotional just by being IT, not having to give characters flaws to pull on your heartstrings intentionally. And I feel like the main (if not the entire reason) that this is a sadfic with a mary-sue as a main character is because Snowdrop is blind.
I think that Snowdrop is a bit of a mary-sue (or more accurately a sympathetic-sue), because 1. s\She is more aesthetically appealing than the other ponies in the video (seriously, look at them all together. It’s just like “Gee, I wonder who the main character is…” and that’s something I really hate), so the viewer is more keen on liking her, and 2. SHE IS BLIND! What is more sympathetic than a poor little adorable blind filly in the world of MLP? Nothing. She was practically ASKING for your sympathy. She had you wrapped around her hoof IMMEDIATELY.
And I think this really takes away from the story because Snowdrop really DIDN’T need to be blind. It doesn’t give her character any real growth except that she feels worthless. BUT she is also a blank-flank, and we have seen blank-flanks get teased harshly and feel worthless within the context of MLP itself. It would have been just as easy to give Snowdrop her sight and make her classmates tease her and not want to work with her because she is a blank-flank and therefore has no talent to contribute to the group. Then Snowdrop would have been able to see the snow as stars and carve a snowflake and all of that. Broneis may not have been crying at the end, but I think that would have been better.
After all, we would have related to the character more, since we’ve seen blank-flanks in the show, and plenty of us have felt like we were useless because we haven’t had any talent. Not because we were blind.
So yeah. I think if she weren’t blind, Snowdrop wouldn’t be a mary-sue, and I would have liked her and the video a heck of a lot more.
TL;DR: Snowdrop is a mary-sue because she was blind, and I think she would have been a much better character if the reason she felt useless and was teased was instead because she was a blank-flank. She didn’t NEED to be blind at all.
- Submitted by rosexknight
Oh okay I got a problem with this SNOW DROP IS NOT A MARY SUE
a marry sue is a over compicated design and snowdrop is not she is pretty simple and loveable the reason why she is blind takes a big part in the whole animation! Are you really that stupid blank flanks are usual! having a blind filly is different and it seems more creative that way
No, she was just a one dimensional character whose design more complex than the others in her class and it would have been infinitely better if her problem was just being the last blank flank in her class. There is a difference between sympathetic sadness and genuine sadness. Genuine sadness comes from seeing a character we can relate to being forced to suffer. We can’t relate to her because she’s blind so it’s sympathy.
Also, a mary sue isn’t only based on how it looks. I mean, someone could make a simple, bicoloured OC and have her start dating shining armour. That would still be a mary sue.
Why would shipping an OC with a cannon character make that character a mary sue…? Mary sue’s are characters that are perfect and lack any flaws or realism. If the character dating Shining Armor was well developed and not perfect, she wouldn’t be a mary sue. You need to get your definitions in check, bud :P
Your definitions need to be checked because that is called being an OP OC. A mary sue/gary stu is an OC who comes out of nowhere and seems to have a relationship with a canon character. Be it family, sudden spouse or even just being one who somehow became friends with the princesses
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And, in all honesty I think that I would have liked it more if she weren’t blind.Now, before I get bombarded by hate, please hear me out.
I didn’t think Snowdrop was BAD at all. In fact, I enjoyed it. It’s just…like Digibrony said, it seemed to be a bit of a sadfic (a story that pulls on your heartstrings intentionally to get you to feel a certain emotion). And this is also fine, but I don’t really like to be made sad intentionally and I think this also takes away from it. I mean, a true emotionally compelling piece of art should make you feel emotional just by being IT, not having to give characters flaws to pull on your heartstrings intentionally. And I feel like the main (if not the entire reason) that this is a sadfic with a mary-sue as a main character is because Snowdrop is blind.
I think that Snowdrop is a bit of a mary-sue (or more accurately a sympathetic-sue), because 1. s\She is more aesthetically appealing than the other ponies in the video (seriously, look at them all together. It’s just like “Gee, I wonder who the main character is…” and that’s something I really hate), so the viewer is more keen on liking her, and 2. SHE IS BLIND! What is more sympathetic than a poor little adorable blind filly in the world of MLP? Nothing. She was practically ASKING for your sympathy. She had you wrapped around her hoof IMMEDIATELY.
And I think this really takes away from the story because Snowdrop really DIDN’T need to be blind. It doesn’t give her character any real growth except that she feels worthless. BUT she is also a blank-flank, and we have seen blank-flanks get teased harshly and feel worthless within the context of MLP itself. It would have been just as easy to give Snowdrop her sight and make her classmates tease her and not want to work with her because she is a blank-flank and therefore has no talent to contribute to the group. Then Snowdrop would have been able to see the snow as stars and carve a snowflake and all of that. Broneis may not have been crying at the end, but I think that would have been better.
After all, we would have related to the character more, since we’ve seen blank-flanks in the show, and plenty of us have felt like we were useless because we haven’t had any talent. Not because we were blind.
So yeah. I think if she weren’t blind, Snowdrop wouldn’t be a mary-sue, and I would have liked her and the video a heck of a lot more.
TL;DR: Snowdrop is a mary-sue because she was blind, and I think she would have been a much better character if the reason she felt useless and was teased was instead because she was a blank-flank. She didn’t NEED to be blind at all.
- Submitted by rosexknight
Oh okay I got a problem with this SNOW DROP IS NOT A MARY SUE
a marry sue is a over compicated design and snowdrop is not she is pretty simple and loveable the reason why she is blind takes a big part in the whole animation! Are you really that stupid blank flanks are usual! having a blind filly is different and it seems more creative that way
No, she was just a one dimensional character whose design more complex than the others in her class and it would have been infinitely better if her problem was just being the last blank flank in her class. There is a difference between sympathetic sadness and genuine sadness. Genuine sadness comes from seeing a character we can relate to being forced to suffer. We can’t relate to her because she’s blind so it’s sympathy.
Also, a mary sue isn’t only based on how it looks. I mean, someone could make a simple, bicoloured OC and have her start dating shining armour. That would still be a mary sue.
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I have this constant mental battle in my head when I find female gamers on Twitch.
One part of my brain is like, “Yeah, gaming is for everyone! Even noobs! It’s okay that you only play one game, you’re still a gamer! Keep doing what you love! Yeah!”
And the other part of my brain is like, “Jesus fucking christ, can you please make your webcam smaller and maybe play the game instead of sitting in your chair and touching your hair and giggling obnoxiously and mentioning your donations every five minutes?”
Does anyone understand this? Is this shitty of me? Does this make me a fucking asshole?
There are gamers who happen to be girls (like you) and then there are “Girl Gamers” who have no idea how to play the most basic game and have the webcam pointed to their breasts with it taking up a fourth of the screen.
Anonymous asked: vinylboom?
Vinyl Scratch and Applebloom?
A curiously odd ship, with a rather large age gap. Though personality wise I don’t really see a whole lot wrong with it. Though I don’t see anything particularly right either.
I suppose I’m indifferent. I mean I don’t really think Applebloom would end up in the club scene where wild Vinyl Scratchs are known to spawn, but if she ever did wind up there I suppose they could meet, interact, and possibly fall in love?
I imagine it’d be a relationship that starts off with a focus on the physical aspect of the relationship, as I don’t really see them having a lot in common right away. But as time went on they could develop interests over-time.
It’s an odd ship but, I suppose? I’m gonna say I’m indifferent on the ship, and will probably have to stretch for it to work.
Something I’ve learned from scramjet is that vinylboom is vinyl and an oc named boom mic and scram hates the ship more than applejack
Anonymous asked: 9 0 2 1 0
What.. numbers…, THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION.
Isn’t that the beverly hills area code?
Anonymous asked: What about dashity?
Dash and Rarity huh? Honestly, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the ship is Rarity going “It’s alright darling, I can fix her. She’ll be a proper mare before the night is through!” and I dunno if I like that heh
I honestly don’t think the two are really well suited for each other, so I’m gonna lean towards ‘no’, but nothing leaps out at me as being ‘Wrong’ or a reason to hate it. If you think you can make it work, you’re free to try.
Iwould ship her with this dash
What should the name be? - Poll -
What should the name be?
Go vote apple seed
Holy shit. Did I just see a piece of art on the #sexism tag that actually promotes actual equality?
This poster is available here
. It’s called “Every Girl Every Boy.”GENDER EQUALITY FROM BOTH SIDES FOR ONCE.
This poster hung in every room of my high school.
!! this is in both of the art rooms at my high school
bless this poster, it’s really great
Awwwww yeah, E-Z bake ovens were the raddest shit.
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MY NAME, IS FRICKIN MOON MOON. I’D BE THE MOST RETARDED WOLF. ‘OH SHIT WHO BROUGHT FUCKING MOON MOON ALONG?’
i’ve been laughing at this response for 20 minutes
its baaaaaack
the post that started it all
Wow. If I use my real name, it’s white red which is just as dumb as moonmoon. Luckily, my internet name makes it ancient fang.
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What’s wrong being a Brony?
Spread this. This needs to be seen
Weeeeeelll, I do avoid social interaction but I did that before ponies. Hell, ponies have probably made me slightly more social. And I DO clop, but I am a furry so I am also into other animals, not just ponies.
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