Koukatsu 5,899 December 13, 2015 Share December 13, 2015 I'm in agreement, I'd like to see some more male character development in the show. And Soarin. Eeyup, there's some male development there. "MY PIE!" he cried, his tasty treat nearly crashing to the floor, as Rainbow Dash barely managed to save it. || Ponysona || Ask Me Anything || Johari Window || Twitch || Gamer Stuff || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,698 December 13, 2015 Share December 13, 2015 I'm in agreement, I'd like to see some more male character development in the show. Eeyup, there's some male development there. "MY PIE!" he cried, his tasty treat nearly crashing to the floor, as Rainbow Dash barely managed to save it. Heh, well there's his role in rainbow falls. While I think that's a bad episode, I liked seeing at least a little more of soarin in it, since it shows that he's not really the most assertive individual around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificGreen 1,163 December 13, 2015 Share December 13, 2015 (edited) A lot of the male background ponies don't fit in these roles. And I like them. EDIT: Correction: They are actually one-dimensional, but that's only cause they're background ponies. Edited December 13, 2015 by PGNatsu "Why should the Bill of Rights be in the official time capsule, but this painting of my dog is in time capsule 7?" -Parks and Recreation, Time Capsule -----Visit my deviantART HERE. Twitter HERE. My comic-ish strip HERE ASK ME STUFF HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob 3,078 December 13, 2015 Author Share December 13, 2015 Would you say the females are portrayed as superior to the males? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirox the pony 1,336 December 13, 2015 Share December 13, 2015 (edited) I'd say it's alright for this to primarily focus on female characters as most shows are already dominated by male characters and you can't have just an endless amount of characters to focus on. So for the time being I say let it be an all female show. Edited December 13, 2015 by chirox the pony 2 No matter how hard I try these ponies will simply never leave me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Moon 6,341 December 13, 2015 Share December 13, 2015 Eh, it's never really been a huge deal to me on the male to female ratio in this show, or any other show for that matter. Genders have never been a huge, if any, factor in my enjoyment of characters, and if I can relate to them. I'd say MLP:FiM is fine as is. 3 Autumn Blue Moon Clear Skies Summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyan 122 December 14, 2015 Share December 14, 2015 Am I the only one here noticing that a big part of Ponyville's population is made of female? And that the males are very few to appear on screen when there is a big gathering at the town center for exemple? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,698 December 14, 2015 Share December 14, 2015 Am I the only one here noticing that a big part of Ponyville's population is made of female? And that the males are very few to appear on screen when there is a big gathering at the town center for exemple? you are now realizing what the brony fandom realized in season 1 its why all the "Matriarchy" fanon sprang up XD Other cities that the show has showed since the early days have made a good effort to make things far more balanced though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob 3,078 December 14, 2015 Author Share December 14, 2015 Don't get my hopes up for more male development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,698 December 14, 2015 Share December 14, 2015 Don't get my hopes up for more male development? To be honest, I think this season showed a very real intent of the writers to start developing the male characters more, since we've gotten a big mac episode as well as spike and discord episodes. Specifically I think the big mac episode is a huge break in precedent as he's the first secondary pony to get real focus (even if its co-starring with Applebloom) and shows that they're willing to develop other males besides spike. I'm hoping for some soarin in Season 6 myself! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyan 122 December 15, 2015 Share December 15, 2015 you are now realizing what the brony fandom realized in season 1 its why all the "Matriarchy" fanon sprang up XD Other cities that the show has showed since the early days have made a good effort to make things far more balanced though. I realised in since season 1. I just didn't find anyone nor participated in any forum to talk about it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightgallant 2 December 15, 2015 Share December 15, 2015 To be honest, I think this season showed a very real intent of the writers to start developing the male characters more, since we've gotten a big mac episode as well as spike and discord episodes. Specifically I think the big mac episode is a huge break in precedent as he's the first secondary pony to get real focus (even if its co-starring with Applebloom) and shows that they're willing to develop other males besides spike. I'm hoping for some soarin in Season 6 myself! I hope that's the case. Maybe they'll finally do something with Flash Sentry, both human and pony, instead of treating him like an accident child they try to ignore like he never happened. Seriously, was I the only one pissed at how he was treated in Friendship Games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamecubeguy214 2,512 December 15, 2015 Share December 15, 2015 MLP seems to be originally aimed at little girls, like the previous generations of MLP. I went back to the first episodes and they had a pretty girly feel to them. In a show for little girls, there will probably mostly be female characters, and characters of the opposite sex from the aimed audience gender don't add much to the show. After all the years of bronies existing, Hasbro might not know how to focus more on male characters. 1 Pennutoh has a gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstars111 79 December 15, 2015 Share December 15, 2015 I have several layers of thoughts on this. On one hand, there are obviously far more female characters than male, including all the main characters (save one, if you count Spike.) However... I think that this is to be expected. Whatever popular culture may say, men and women are naturally different. Does that mean that no guys will like this show? Even if there weren't a large community of bronies to answer that question, I'm a guy. Does it mean that no girls will like something like Star Wars? Of course not. I have many female friends who think Star Wars is great. But at the same time, my little brothers gag at any reference to MLP, and would try to disown me if they knew I watch it. My sister, mom, and many of my female friends haven't seen all of the Star Wars movies (or, in some cases, even one). Guys and girls are born different, both physically and mentally. We have different strengths, different weaknesses, and different interests. And of course there's variation in there, but this is primarily a little girl's show. To my understanding, Lauren Faust wasn't trying to make it not a little girl's show, she was trying to change what "little girl's show"" means. She didn't like that when people say that, what they mean is, "it's stupid, it has no plot, and the characters are bland." And in that sense, I agree with her. Aiming a show at kids is no excuse to do a bad job with it. Now, I will admit that, as a guy, I would like to see a little more male character development. (This is partly based on my childhood, because I grew up surrounded by girls who would ditch me rather often.) But I can understand why there aren't a whole lot of male characters, and I do think that they're at least getting better about the development. What I'd really like to see is a guy with friends. We don't really see Big Mac talking to... Well, anypony, really, and same goes for many other males, who are seen to have one friend or fewer. And I'd also like to see a male character that's enough like me for me to relate easily to him, but that's a stretch for any show. XD 1 -Superstars111, the Grand Master of Nerdiness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftbmrf 40 December 16, 2015 Share December 16, 2015 Actually, males are much more favorited and in power, than females. We've seen only Discord, Shining and Big Mac crying in the show. (Spike is a kid, so I don't count him). Compare it to the amount of females, crying. All females are weak cry babies, while males save their composure and actually get the things done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DND 2,355 December 16, 2015 Share December 16, 2015 MLP was originally and obviously aimed at young girls. Although the team behind MLP:FiM has long since recognized the demographic for the show is in vastly different than the initial target audience, I wouldn't change the representation. The media is still severely lacking interest in female-centric protagonists- even rarer in the case where the females almost entirely get the noticeable development. In most cases personally, regardless of my biological sex, I have related to male characters. It's certainly not required that biological factors need to be involved for realistic characterization, or just to relate to character at all. There is definitely a prominent bias with representation in the industry. Is it safe to say MLP doesn't need a male character to take the spotlight and is perfectly fine the way it is? We certainly don't have a show akin to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostalgia27 60 March 8, 2020 Share March 8, 2020 (edited) On 12/13/2015 at 10:07 AM, Dark Qiviut said: For females, Cardcaptor Sakura by making characters like Takashi Yamazaki a punchline and perceived homosexuality by Syaoran as a joke. FIM has, too, including this season by how Spike was written in Princess Spike. I do agree with what your point on Yamazaki, but I don't really understand what you said about Syaoran. How exactly did they make homosexuality seem like a joke? And yes, I am fully aware that I am responding to a thread that hasn't been active in 4 years. Edited March 8, 2020 by Nostalgia27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadeda 178 March 8, 2020 Share March 8, 2020 (edited) The gender of the characters shouldn't be important. I hate when people try to force characters just because of gender or race... so on. The show is fine the way it is. Edited March 8, 2020 by Kadeda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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