Female as the dominant gender in FiM

[Endpol 27]

I've been thinking of this a little, and I was wondering (just my curiosity) what you guys thought of females being the dominate gender in the series?

I think (even if it is a girls show) that it's good that females are the dominate gender, because a lot of the time in shows, the main characters and dominate genders are male (at least most of the one's I've seen).

[Titan Rising 2,156]

It doesn't bother me so much but I must admit I would like to see some more major male characters

[Speedy Transition 788]

I would not have it any other way, I dont know why i can relate to girl ponies more, but i just can.

[Whiteshade 1,426]

Shining Armor is the most major male character, and he was essentially a prisoner for 96% of the episode

 

Next to Shining is Big Mac, who only has two lines generally unless he decides to have an epic moment

 

So yes, males could be integrated more into the show

 

Edit: I forgot Spike, oh no! But then again, everyone forgets Spike...

Edited April 27, 2012 by Whiteshade

[Endpol 27]

Shining Armor is the most major male character, and he was essentially a prisoner for 96% of the episode

 

Next to Shining is Big Mac, who only has two lines generally unless he decides to have an epic moment

 

So yes, males could be integrated more into the show

 

Edit: I forgot Spike, oh no! But then again, everyone forgets Spike...

 

Probably because he's not a pony! (I forgot about him also)

Either way, yeah I agree with all of you, it's better with the female characters, but could be good with 1 or 2 male added in.

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

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Edited April 28, 2021 by Blue

[Endpol 27]

Wow, you went into great detail for such a small thing. xD

Though it surprised me also, with there being so many males (but seeing as a lot of them aren't main characters my opinion still stands).

Where did you get all of this information?

 

EDIT: Whoops! I read the small print at the top.

Edited April 28, 2012 by Endpol

[Little Miss Fluttershy 677]

I usually enjoy major male characters more because I can relate in some ways the stuff they go through, but for this show I love all of the major female roles. (:

[Starshine 16,330]

I believe this is somehow relevant

Edited April 28, 2012 by Shefira

[Page Turner 607]

It's logical considering real world equines and it's never bothered me all that much apart from the first little while I watched it. (Back in season 1 where there were only like 10 males ever seen apart from the town of Appleloosa.)

 

Then I made this graph, which sort of surprised me.

 

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There are fewer unicorns and more males than I thought.

 

I have nothing to add.

[Batbrony 15,994]

Doesn't bother me really, but it would be nice to see a couple more supporting male characters; but really, as long as the show is amazing, I don't care if there's 100x as many female pony characters as male pony characters.

[Eric Noecker 27]

It's logical considering real world equines and it's never bothered me all that much apart from the first little while I watched it. (Back in season 1 where there were only like 10 males ever seen apart from the town of Appleloosa.)

 

Then I made this graph, which sort of surprised me.

 

There are fewer unicorns and more males than I thought.

 

Erm this seems like you're only using numbers in ponyville.

 

What about Pegasus only places like Cloudsdayle or Los Pegasus? Or unicorn dominated places like Canterlot?

 

According to the characters themselves, Ponyvlle is actually pretty small.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,283]

OMG! Are there any male Alicorns????

[ELRealBoredmario64 24]

Not really a bother.I actually think it's kinda refreshing to see females as the superior ones for a change.

[Thebeardedone 0]

I don't mind it one bit I mean there ponies I don't really care what gender they are.

[Aureity 3,055]

Long as the show stays 20% cooler, I couldn't care less if there were 0 males in the show.

 

Reverse sexism against my own gender, what is this...http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

[halcyonharlot 372]

It's KIIIIND of cool to see a show with well-developed and interesting female characters as the majority for once, but I would like more of a gender balance. It would be cool to maybe give Big Mac a couple episodes in the limelight.

[Pencil J. Doodle 242]

I don't mind it at all, if i did i probably wouldn't be watching the show in the first place.

 

But i'm a little surprised at how rare male unicorns are. I understand how common earth ponies are since they're the easiest to animate and are pretty much the dominant race when it comes to ponies. But unicorns? i always thought that Pegasus should be rarer; since they mostly live in the clouds and are slightly more difficult to animate

[Eenohay 318]

40% males? I thought it was way less!

[poisonjoke 11]

most of the time i don't even pay attention to the gender of characters. I will occasionally 'forget' that a large number are female. For some reason it doesn't seem to stand out as odd there are so many girl characters.

[Champion RD92 8,654]

I actually really like the male characters in the show such as Big Mac and Shining Armor. However, there are male characters in the show that I just plain hate...like Snips and Snails http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

 

Overall, I don't mind that female characters dominate the show.

[Jemboi 127]

Why should it matter? Besides, girl ponies rule.

[Jokuc 8,172]

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Well I don't care that acutally.

[bloodyfox 65]

I can't really go in depth(because I don't really understand it myself), but I have always liked seeing females as main characters.

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

Erm this seems like you're only using numbers in ponyville.

 

What about Pegasus only places like Cloudsdayle or Los Pegasus? Or unicorn dominated places like Canterlot?

 

According to the characters themselves, Ponyvlle is actually pretty small.

 

Create numbers from what appears in the episodes those locations appear in?

 

Good luck, you're on your own.

 

OMG! Are there any male Alicorns????

 

Not one. Edited April 28, 2012 by Blue