The Historian

I have always maintained that Luna is overrated and isn't nearly as interesting as Celestia. I don't dislike Luna by any means, but I am far more of a Celestia fan and feel much more pathos for her than Luna.

If by agenda you mean elucidating that yes, gay and transgender people do exist and are still human beings that deserve the same respect and rights as everyone else, then, yes, absolutely. In terms of forcing this as an ideal, not hardly. Why are you picking on on LGBT folks anyway? Just because it might make someone mad? You can claim anything "is an agenda" if you try hard enough. How about this for a lark? Heterosexual people in movies and TV is pushing the agenda that gay is totally wrong and the only right thing is being heterosexual! You'd call that laughable, wouldn't you? The same logic applies to your thinly veiled hateful rhetoric. Even with the same context in play, my absolute disgust still stands! Stating that you dislike them in media because it implies that it's normal and accepted is only a small step from unmitigated hatred. There is nothing that be objectively harmful about depicting a homosexual couple or a transgender individual in any form of media. Being included for inclusions sake is a slap in the face but a well thought out character or scenario is not a problem and arguing that it is... you might as well just come out (ha, puns) and say you just hate gay people. Chew on this however. Persona 4 has two characters who wrestle with LGBT issues: Kanji Tatsumi and Naoto Shirogane. Neither character would be as interesting and well rounded as they are without the LGBT aspects to them. Hell, Hammerlock from Borderlands 2 wouldn't be nearly as hilarious without the thinly veiled references to him being bisexual. To put it flatly, there is nothing wrong with having open LGBT characters in any form of media. And yeah, this includes ponies.

And this attitude is why things don't change and people like me get continual amounts of shit from society at large. Anyhow, this should not be a taboo. If done with grace and tact that simply says "they exist and they're just like everyone else," I fail to see an issue. A light touch would be beneficial, not detrimental. Some kids definitely need that in their lives and a tiny nod or reminder that they aren't alone can do wonders. Need to stop shying away from sexuality and gender issues. There's not really any reason that this has to be depicted as blatantly sexual...

Nothing's changed. It's still good. At least, for me it is.

In the show, I'd assume vegetarian since they're basically just ponies. But if you're talking an anthropomorphic world, I'd say they're more like humans and are omnivores.

An interesting thought but I think you're looking way too deep into this.