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Why couldn't I just make an OC that isn't hammy/Mary Sue like I wanted to, anyway? I'm still going to try, but it just looks a bit discouraged, which is a real shame.

 

Because Mary Sues in general are discouraged.  It is only acceptable if you know how to do it right (by making it over-the-top ridiculous over other mary sueish characters that it becomes a laughable joke, or if it is a Mary Sue that isn't a Mary Sue).  I shouldn't have to explain what a Mary Sue is for the purpose of this argument, right?

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Because Mary Sues in general are discouraged. It is only acceptable if you know how to do it right (by making it over-the-top ridiculous over other mary sueish characters that it becomes a laughable joke, or if it is a Mary Sue that isn't a Mary Sue). I shouldn't have to explain what a Mary Sue is for the purpose of this argument, right?


I know everything you just said. I am asking why OCs in general appear discouraged. You didn't see me say I didn't want to make a Mary Sue, anyway? If I know the term "hammy," I'm pretty sure I know a Mary Sue is a bad thing in most cases.
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A normal OC is perfectly fine.

There's a bit of irony in this.
See, it's partially do to the fact Unicorns are magic, and with that in mind it can get out of hand pretty easily if you start mentioning said character has telekinetic abilities n' junk, similar to that of Twilight(I know Twilight isn't telekinetic, but that's irrelevant).
Although, there's nothing wrong with having situational magic; Rarity's ability to find gems, Flim/Flam's ability to operate a cider producing machine, etc, etc.

Also, just to go off-topic real fast-
While looking on YouTube for a song from Just Dance 3, I stumbled upon this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUMUPlc9HU
This video is golden.
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Nightmare Pinkie is the equivalent of like 10 Discords. Just sayin'
Ok, shenanigans aside, lets discuss this for a minute-
Cutie Mark Chronicles has a city:
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It's rather interesting that they have asphalt and what-not, yet, you never see a single car. I mean, yes, they have cranes. Cars? Pfff.
(They probably still use wagons, but wheres the fun in just leaving it at that?)
Yes, I feel like nitpicking small details, but cityscapes and things from that area always amused me in MLP, because they are the Schrodinger's cat of the series; Simultaneously out of place and appropriate at the same time.
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Also for all we know city-ponies drive hover cars.

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Well, the MLP universe is essentially Schizo Tech/Anarchism Stew.  There are a bunch of things that appear there, but make no sense until you think about it.  The asphault there is to probably mark where carriages can go and to seperate pedestrians from being in the path of [s]a pony drawing a[/s]pony-drawn carriages.

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Well, Word of God says that all the tech in the MLP universe is powered by Unicorn Magic. So, in other words, you can explain away any unfitting piece of technology with "A wizard did it."

I actually thought about that myself.
But in Mysterious Mare Do Well, none of the construction workers are unicorns. And you can't say they could have horns covered by the helmets, since in Sonic Rainboom, Rarity and Twilight wear their respective helmets more on the backside of their heads, rather dead-center like everyone else; Likely due to the fact you cant wear a helmet with a horn sticking out of your head.
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He means that construction is obvious modern technology, but there aren't any unicorns around to power them.  However, you can also say that it is Earth Pony Magic that powers that as well.  Wait, why are we trying to justify anarchism stew in MLP anyways?  Shouldn't we just accept that it is there?

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I actually thought about that myself.
But in Mysterious Mare Do Well, none of the construction workers are unicorns. And you can't say they could have horns covered by the helmets, since in Sonic Rainboom, Rarity and Twilight wear their respective helmets more on the backside of their heads, rather dead-center like everyone else; Likely due to the fact you cant wear a helmet with a horn sticking out of your head.

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He was the horse one, right? He gave Ammy galestorm. So literally, it's just changing the style.

Reminds me of one Nuzlocker, Kitfox, who had a Ponyta that he drew in the style of the show, who acted like he was from the show in a slightly overblown way.

He also had a Keldeo in his Black 2 Nuzlocke, but Keldeo ALREADY looks like a FiM pony.

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I honestly love redundant ponifications.  Sure, ponifications are everywhere, but the idea of making another equine being in media fit the art style of FiM is more or less of a joke thing, and actually makes me appreciate it further.

 

Yes, Kazegami is the Horse Wind God.

 

And yes, you can't make Keldeo look more like an FiM pony even if you tried.

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