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Why an earth pony.


Bastian

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You all know that my OC or ponysona is an earth pony, I was thinking about it yesterday, why is my OC an earth pony when the other two races have such cool abilities?

I thought of everything, the first that popped to my head was the idea that I wanted to be special so I chose what I thought the less loved race. After that I would constantly be trying to say that I love earth ponies for this and that but in the end its all just an excuse to feel special.

Another thing that also came to mind was that I don't like earth ponies more, but I can freely choose between all three races without feeling inferior to any, no matter what they're abilities are. That would be caused by the fact that I love myself as I am, so I wouldn't need the ability to fly nor use magic to feel special.

Those were the main ideas, I still don't know which is the real one though, after all the second explanation could be just an excuse, or perhaps it is the truth.

So, if we take a look at those people with unicorns and pegasi, are they happy? If you have a unicorn or a pegasus for ponysona, answer please, are you happy? 

The answer being no could somewhat prove my point, the answer being yes could bring down my theory or perhaps mean that I do like earth ponies more.

This is all very tangled, if you have an opinion I would love to hear it.

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Back in the day, when I self loathed myself a whole lot, I used to have an earth pony because I used to think I was an uninteresting piece of shit. Literally, I felt so worthless and lacking of anything that made me special that I represented myself within the fandom as a blank flank earth pony.

Lately I recovered from feeling that way, and a year ago I decided to make a new avatar. Haven't finished it, mainly because I can't pick the right colors. Originally, it was intended to be a pegasus, because I feel unicorns are unfairly overpowered and they don't use their potential. Pegasi on the other hoof are capable of bending many physical and chemical phenomena within the fim universe bounds, and that's cool but still not OP. They have far more freedom and they seem to be the closest to have an industrialized life style (they run factories, for instance). Besides, they seem to be the ones with a longer militar history between the 3 races. However, I changed my pick for  a batpony, not because I wanted to be "different", but because several friends suggested me to pick it due my nocturnal habits and the photophobia. I also like better the fangs on bat ponies, and canonically we know so little batponies can work as a wildcard for writing them out. We've seen them so barely almost anything can be said about them without breaking canon.

So, am I happy witha pegasus variant avatar? Yes. Quite happy with it.

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Not sure if it helps, but I'm most happy with no ponysona at all. I tried everything, drawing myself as a furry, as pony - I never liked it. I like myself as who I am and even the slightest change feels wrong to me.

Was thinking about becoming an earth pony, because it seems like the closest thing to a real human with no superpowers. Another possibility for me was being a unicorn or even a (Spoiler for ya):

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kirin

I always liked the idea of having psychic powers and maybe I could experience this more this way. But it is "becoming" nonetheless. In the end I'm most happy with the plain ol' reality. :squee:

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well, my ponysona is a changeling (a reformed one on top of it) because i couldn't decide so why not be literally everything at any time. Also is secretly one of the most overpowered races and still the least picked option along yaks and others because they are ugly as sin and weird (cmon, don't deny it. between the irisless eyes and the annoying nasal voices, no hair and colored like sourpatch kids, mentally scarred and weak) and i don't necessarly choose them because i myself am ugly (i'm not i think) i did chose them tho because i feel in touch with their mental state and history with an abusive bug mother but is never in a defeating way, is more like "yeah but I want to come on top now that that's in the past". My main pony OC for everything else is an earth pony. 

I think earth ponies can actually have magic too or "powers" just like the other races but the show didn't really bother to explained them, or just gave up on it and simply said "yeah, earth ponies suck". Still I think they have to be a bit more creative with their abilities since they don't have wings, can't control weather or do magic, but i like a good challenge. 

So we know earth ponies know farming but that's no superpower, that's dumb unless they make grow trees like druids, that could be interesting. They are stronger by default. That's ok, but that seems to be it. For my OC though I proposed an ability something similar to pinkie sense (something more about supersenses), which is to sense and find openings to other "dimensions". which is not that farfetched considering pinkie exists. Some probably have foresight or supernatural senses, or understand animals (which is a fluttershy thing but honestly that sounds more of an earth pony thing). They could still be super fast like Flash (considering pinkie again), Rockhoof magically became instantly super strong, They could have other more passive powers related to the mind since unicorns rely too much on magic and will, and pegasus are normally more about emotion and flying. Maybe strategists or healers because they are givers of nature and life, potion makers and alchemists (using their knowledge of the earthly elements), enchanters. If the show doesn't provide enough then use your knowledge and imagination to fill the gaps. Many of the unicorns powers could still apply to being a thing earth ponies could also do. maybe read minds not with magic but with a sixth sense or "third eye", or astral projection, idk, depends on the pony but i do feel that they would be more about nature and the supernatural which is like a step further (kinda comparable to advanced magic for the more talented unicorns).

Of course is not for everyone to have an earth pony even with all of that because they are still the passive race and because maybe you do want to be more true to what they give in show. As a person there's nothing wrong with wanting to have superpowers, and magic and the ability to fly are pretty much your standard escapism fantasy, even more in a magical land of tiny horses. My first OC ever was a unicorn for that same reason but later i came to realize that i could do anything having one because they are shown to do everything in the show, and after a while the only stories that could come up from that was the usual wizard journey or magically talented unicorn. I like something with more of a challenge myself.  At least changelings have a hard time just showing themselves and try to convince others that they are trustworthy, so that's something, unlike unicorns which just have everything on silver plates.

If you think it in that regard, all the races have something that set them back and make them imperfect, even for being too perfect. Just have fun without feeling guilty. Find flaws and you will see them in all of the MLP races. Try them out if you are not sure. it's always a fun journey to discover what you like.

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I always thought unicorns were really cool and a part of my OC that I incorporate is that she is a more confident, more talented version of myself. I wouldn’t say I did that because I have self esteem issues (I have improved A LOT over the past few years) but I would say I did that because a) ponies are better anyways and b) I wanted to practice writing about myself (well, sort of myself) in a way that isn’t always at my expense, which could get annoying after a while. Also, the whole unicorn thing ties in with my OC’s talent because her magic is a sort of ‘talent enhancer’. She doesn’t necessarily need it but it improves her skills when she needs the boost.

As for my other OCs, I actually really love making Earth Pony ones just because they are so rare. Like my unicorn one, both Earth Ponies I have made so far have abilities that tie into the earth, which tie into their talents. I do the same thing with my Pegasi as well.

Personally I think pony race is really important because each race can shape a character in a different way. There is always a story to the race chosen, it is hardly ever just a random choice.

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