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!!cJ4MGVqvOKw 08/29/11(Mon)19:12 No.29184933>>29184723
All right, here I am!
On the issue of the "actual, meta-theoretical stuff" (terrible wording, I admit), what I meant was that civilisations, groups, people, they're all presented as human. Besides physical differences that are capitalised on (such as the quadrupedal nature, hooves, mane and tail, flight, magic, etc.), there's no real difference between a pony and a human. Pony culture is basically human culture transcribed into a better setting. It's nice, but it doesn't do what I think it should be doing - exemplifying the natural differences in their base natures. Ponies are ponies. They may behave as humans in the show, but we've seen that their entire world is different. Why do they have to react to the same cultural stimuli we do? Why do they have the same mores? The show does this well because we can see it, it's visible in front of us and they draw our attention to the differences, but a lot of fanfiction just paints ponies as humans in different bodies. That's one thing I like about the "Conversion Bureau" series - it plays on the essential differences between humans and ponies.
I'm glad you think so! It's going to be the thing I focus most on once I finally get around to it. I just need to create a character who is believable and entertaining as a storyteller, and I have some ideas in mind!
When I say "oratory", I mean spoken culture, stories and spoken word passed on between generations, including all the nuance that provides. Emphasis, body language, and so on. There's so much to it that can't be captured in a book, I honestly believe it's the reason movies are so popular today - they ARE basically oratory culture, captured and preserved for longer periods.
I don't mean to be confusing! These are just my stream of consciousness thoughts, they get kind of jumbled quite often. |
