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Rarity Takes Manehattan


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Rarity Takes Manehattan (January 4th 2014, 22 minutes)

 

Summary: Rarity discovers that generousity can be taken advantage of.

 

I sincerely hope the title is in reference to the Muppets take Manhattan, not Jason takes Manhattan. Although now that I think about it, that would be briefly amusing.

 

New York actually does have a 'Fashion Week', ever since 1943 in fact, and occur twice a year to handle the differences between Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer fashions. One just ended in New York as well. However, I'm not aware of any competitions going on during it.

 

Manehattan has a Bridleway. Cute.

 

Hinny of the Hills. Hinny is an odd term for them to pull out there, not many are familiar with it. It is the mirror opposite of a mule. A mule is from a male horse and a female donkey. A Hinny is from a female horse and a male donkey. They're a bit rarer than mules due to genetics, and while male mules and hinnies are always sterile, female mules and hinnies very rarely aren't.

 

This musical is likely a ponification of the Sound of Music, which has some interesting implications given that the background story of that musical is about an Austrian nationalist and his family fleeing the Nazi annexation prior to World War II. Exactly how much of that story could survive ponification? A neighboring (ha) nation of donkeys perhaps being annexed into the Crystal Empire early in the rule of Sombra, perhaps? Huh, with that setup you could even work in a bit of the Diary of Anne Frank into that one if you tried really hard. I wish I was better at fiction writing.

 

Here we has the skyline of Manehattan. Very Manhattan, as expected. The art-deco Chrysler Building s evident... although it's probably called the Clydesdale Building here. I really have no idea why that Romanesque horse bust keeps showing up everywhere, and especially here. It's very odd, as that building resembles the IBM headquarters on Madison the most to me.

 

Wow, they couldn't hang that lampshade any higher, could they. :)

 

It's not as crowded as the real Manhattan, but it is more crowded than Ponyville and Canterlot are normally presented. The population density of the ponies in general seems low compared to humans. Which probably contributes to the utopian feel.

 

That looks more like a Chicago hot dog to me, all dressed. Oh, I see, the hot dog was replaced with a carrot. Gotcha.

 

Manefair Hotel. They're having a lot fun with puns this time out.

 

Hey, Fancy Pants on the ferry to the ponified Liberty Island. Much, much smaller than the real one. I wonder if the history of the statue is similar, in which case this plus Apple Bloom's 'speaking Fancy', means there is a France equivalent in this world. I believe the fannon name is 'Prance'.

 

One of the billboards resembles the billboards that used to be up for the musical Cats. That one could actually survive intact translated into ponydom.

 

Rarity has a repair spell that bonds wood together at least. Amazingly useful ability.

 

Also the streetlamps, in a style used by electric lights. That particular style wouldn't work for gaslight, so unsurprisingly they do have a distributed power grid in this city.

 

Rarity developed the fabric herself. I believe that's been mentioned before that she makes her own fabric. That's pretty darn impressive actually, that's not something fashion designers usually tackle.

 

Okay, the horse-head building is *not* the IBM headquarters like I thought. It's too complicated nearer the base and I don't remember a clock on it. Though it has been many years since I've been in Manhattan.

 

Prim Hemline. Makes me think that Harshwinny is also a Manehattanite, as they are very similar in structure and accent. She has an interesting gate, like a Spanish walk.

 

Coco Pommel, after Coco Channel.

 

Why the heck are they running a spinning wheel? What fiber are they spinning? And a standing loom? Well, okay, Rarity makes her own fabric, so that makes sense, but those are not pieces of equipment easily transported or packed in to the many, many bags they brought. So they must have bought them right there in Manehattan.

 

And Rarity's emergency fashions make about as much sense as actual fashion show designs. Unfortunately.

 

That's not honestly. That's teasing.

 

Why is Hinny on a rope? I want to know what *that's* all about.

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