HotdogPrincess

Some would say the episode Zecora was first introduced was "suggestive" in the manner in how they went about portraying her. Honestly though, look at it through the eyes of the ponies not through the eyes of someone that digs into conflicts and deems them racist or not based on the stereotype of society. (What I mean is, let's just take the show for what they intended it to be toward the ponies, not what people make it out to be. Even if the creators implied some kind of darker side to this, just take it how it is, not how you want it to be.) If we look at this situation through the eyes of Ponyville's set standards and evaluated the situation the way the ponies would instead of how we as people evaluate similar things in our everyday lives, we'd see this conflict differently. How? Well, I'll explain. To the ponies, (or how it was made to be in the show) they had never seen anything like a zebra before and the way she was acting definitely put a damper on their opinions. Obviously all this should be very simple to understand considering that is what that episode's lesson was about, but I reiterated it just in case someone didn't catch it. Also to the Ponyville citizens, the possible risk that Zecora was into some type of magic that was supposedly of the "dark" category may have put a damper on some things as well. They just were afraid of what they didn't know. I mean come on, everyone is a product of their environment until they expand their realization of certain things. So can you blame the Ponyville citizens for acting the way they did? Maybe (depending on your opinion) But on another hand, it was just to protect themselves, but honestly they did over-react. Now obviously after either watching this said episode or reading what it was about, you'd know the moral of the story was to not judge a book by it's cover, but sometimes I'd say it's okay to. Now what do I mean by that? I'd really lean towards treating everyone equally until proven otherwise. So yeah, in a way the ponies heavily over-reacted towards Zecora when they just should have played it out as it was just another pony. I can understand both sides of the story, but is it racist? Not at all. There is no way the ponies were judging anything by race or species in this episode. Now, how could you say the show intended for it to be "racist" when the characters can't even generalize the situation as a discriminatory whatsoever? The episode was what it was. The ponies were afraid of something they didn't know/understand so they hid. Just because it was a zebra that did "black magic" doesn't mean a thing because you know darn good and well the ponies didn't even know how she talked or acted other than what they saw. So is "racism" a possibility? Not at all. I mean come on, they don't even have racial classification in Ponyville... Just species and mythical creatures.

I don't know, honestly when it comes down to the nitty gritty, it's probably because Celestia is a "white" color and Luna is a "darker" color... Ya see, everyone would most lik-... Wait, nevermind... Nah, Celestia is fine. I really don't have a preference between her or Luna. It's pretty much whatever, they both are cool.

The little fellas are going to have to get them eventually. I mean, it'd be a huge insult to them as beneficial members of Ponyville's society if they just never got them. Why? Well, every pony in the show that is grown up to any extent has a cutie mark (which is their special talent, right) so if they CMC never got their cutie marks, they'd look like they don't contribute to society in any special way at all. Why would we want them to not find who they are as a person/pony so they can benefit themselves and the society they live in. But of course, it's just a TV show and they have to play out what they can to draw in people's attention. I'm saying if it was a actual situation that effected a main character in the show, then yes obviously get them their cutie marks as soon as they find out who they are. Because think about it, if Applejack was still searching for her cutie mark, how could she be a beneficial character other than the constant search for her cutie mark? I'm not saying the CMC are bad, I'm just saying you can only play out something so long before it gets old. (Fluttershy is a great example of that...) Yeah, it's okay now that they are still searching, but once they grow older they should probably have found out who they are. (Mostly because the show makes it seem every pony knows what they are when they grow older. That's the reasoning behind that remark.) When it comes down to it, let them search now, jack around with it, but when it gets to the point where the ideas run down, just get them their cutie marks one by one. Not all at one time.

I'd agree. The blue in the hair does seem to work rather well. The only reason I'd say the figure isn't "show accurate" is because no matter which way the show spins her, she's got the same color scheme on each side. The vinyl figure obviously can't have this luxury considering it'd look rather dumb if it had the same look on each side. So yeah, they pulled a good move by throwing the blue in her hair. It flows in with the rest of her mane and looks fine.