Would the Poem in Too Many Pinkie Pies change if a stallion wanted to be doubled

[Mysterycat 27]

In "Too Many Pinkie Pies," Pinkie feels there are not enough Pinkie Pies to go around, and so she clones herself. In order to do so, she visits a mystical pond known as the Mirror Pool, and recites a poem that ends in something along the lines of "I won't be scared at the idea of being doubly mared." A mare is a female horse, a male is a stallion. Pinkie Pie is a mare, but what if a stallion wanted to clone himself. Would he have to say "doubly stallioned."? This may not work very well, because "stallioned" doesn't scan in terms of poetry, and it doesn't, by any stretch of the imagination, rhyme with "scared". Is it possible the Mirror Pool only works on mares, and if so, why?

What do you guys think?

[LyricaDreamy 42]

Its not like it will detect your gender .it just gives clones

[cmarston1 5,951]

Maybe.

Maybe not.

It's not like the show would ever revisit this anytime soon if at all.

[silvadel 1,393]

Just figure they use the female as their generic pronoun, like humans use the masculine.

[Vixor 80]

In "Too Many Pinkie Pies," Pinkie feels there are not enough Pinkie Pies to go around, and so she clones herself. In order to do so, she visits a mystical pond known as the Mirror Pool, and recites a poem that ends in something along the lines of "I won't be scared at the idea of being doubly mared." A mare is a female horse, a male is a stallion. Pinkie Pie is a mare, but what if a stallion wanted to clone himself. Would he have to say "doubly stallioned."? This may not work very well, because "stallioned" doesn't scan in terms of poetry, and it doesn't, by any stretch of the imagination, rhyme with "scared". Is it possible the Mirror Pool only works on mares, and if so, why?

 

What do you guys think?

 

That's a very oddly specific thing to make a topic about. But yeah, sure, "doubly stallioned" or whatever would work. It doesn't roll of the tongue quite as well (it does somewhat, though), but it certainly works, and there's no way the pool would only work for one gender, that's a silly idea. The writers make their rhymes with whatever sounds good, there's not any thought process behind it beyond that. That doesn't mean it has to perfectly rhyme to work or anything, though, it's just a quirk or whatever of the writing. I'm sure either gender could hypothetically use the pool if they found it.

 

Just figure they use the female as their generic pronoun, like humans use the masculine.

 

There's no reason whatsoever to believe that. The whole one gender as 'default' thing in our world is a sexist habit/attitude that some people have (not saying people do it premeditated with malicious intent or anything, but it's definitely a bad habit that should be shaken), and would not exist in a gender-egalitarian society like Equestria. Equestria has de-jure and de-facto gender equality, and there's no sexist assumption of a 'default' gender or anything like that; it just doesn't exist there. Mares and stallions hold equal status, respect, and so on.

 

Quite sure they'd use gender-neutral pronouns, unless they're referring to an individual or something, in which case they'd obviously use the appropriate one. And frankly, when it comes to rhymes, or plays on words, the writers just use whatever rolls off the tongue the best, and when it comes to puns, whatever let's it be a pony related pun. It's not something they put any special or complex thought process behind, it's just made to sound catchy or roll of the tongue well.

Edited August 19, 2016 by Vixor

[manic 121]

It's possible that it works like in some universes where magic is directed by intent rather than specific incantations. Doesn't really matter what you say. Just that apparently some magic users like to rhyme.

 

Also it's possible that this pool would only work for Pinkie? Due to her nature? Random speculation here

[Foxy Socks 2,596]

I doubt it would, since it is just a poem. It probably has to be specific, so I guess it would be the same.