BennyBoy

I think that they are used like a cartoon horse's hooves would. If you applied natural physics to them, it would take out a lot of the gags of the show and make a lot of plot point unexploitable because characters need to be picking things up. Basically, the hooves work any way the creators want them to in order to keep the plot moving. That means moving and picking this up that they shouldn't be able to.

1 - No, I think that they would have enough respect for the franchise and it's community and leave it to the people who are making it already, who are obviously doing good without their influence. Sure, money, but I do have faith in the people to know when to leave something alone and when it's good for the taking, for example, a small but good franchise that they could work off of without a fuss. 2 -No, I think they're just fine as they are now. Besides, people like the fact that they aren't just princesses, they are characters with a story to tell. Twilight herself said to her friends that she was more that just royalty, and for a while, the only way to know for sure was her wings. Comparing disney and mlp, I thick that mlp does better in characterization with their characters, royalty or not. They also know their target audience, and what they expect, children and adults alike. 3 - That's obviously milking the cash cow, seeing as they're only picking princesses and not other characters like Applejack and her family, or Rainbow Dash and hers, or even side characters who deserve a film focusing on them and their origins and background. For example, the episode, "Pinkie Apple Pie." I loved that one because it detailed the closeness of family, and it was interesting to see them on their journey but still make it through together. I don't thick Disney will try to pull that off using princesses. 4 / 5 - I thick that Hasbro owns this one, and they should just leave them be. Let other people taste success, even if it was like them. I know that personally, I would like movies from big names if they were okay, but they had to be made by that big name. If Disney made mlp, that would be different. But hasbro own all the generations of mlp, and they are known best for it.

I'm not sure why they had them that way since the beginning, but I think that Lauren just ran with it and gave it a bit of a new meaning, with the whole "finding yourself" idea. Unless it was that way before, but I don't remember it. Anyway, I just think that it was a good idea to leave them where they were already, and as others have said, can not easily be obscured, does not distract from other characteristics, and is good for balance with the design itself, being not tiny but small, easy to see, but not completely eye-catching, allowing us to focus more on other things like facial expressions, backgrounds, and what the character is doing at the moment.

Depends, if pony - possibly yes. I would just have to understand how things work a little bit more, and maybe find out how long i'm going to be staying, where, how it's get their currency, etc. Otherwise, i'd have to know where in Equestria i'd want to go. But if not pony - no, I think that i'd stand out like a sore thumb. I wouldn't want to be subject to the greatest new species discovery that they'd know, and it would be too much of a hassle to explain myself as well as not meddle with anything that i'm not supposed to be changing. All in all, nice place, but I think that i'd pass. I have so much that I want taken care of here before I go and take a vacation in pony-land.

If she were going to read books for research and study, I guess that she would like reading books on the things that those people wrote. However, unless it's a pony version of those authors, she'd have a hard time understanding what some things mean (like humans, cars, using hands and eating meat as well as some other things that don't happen in mlp). But aside from those little nitpicks, I do think that she'd enjoy reading a lot of fiction and nonfiction that we'd have to offer, and be genuinely pleased with all of the new things that she can learn and the different experiences and ways of seeing things how the authors did/do.

I liked the "Bats" song, as it described how take-charge A.J could be, and how she can refuse to listen to other alternatives that people might have suggested after she made up her mind. That, and I just thought that it had a catchy tune.

I thought that it was a great way to show her progression as a character and show visually how much she's learned and grown as a character, as well as her experience with the way that things work and how to solve her problems. Responsibility plays a large part in it as well.