trademark2 485 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 (edited) I just have been watching pony music on youtube, and i noticed that the ponies just look a lot cuter in the earlier seasons. im not actually sure what it is, but the main thing i notice is that before, rainbow dash looks so pure and innocent, and now she has blue eye shadow like rarity used to in some scenes. Before example: Twilight sparkles eyes look different in the latest season than they did back then, i think thats whats different about her... but not entirely sure. rainbow dash has blue eye shadow now in some scenes whereas only rarity used to, for example: http://imgur.com/a/t9toi strangely she doesn't always have blue eye shadow though... its wierd I wish they would go back to the way they were animated in previous seasons, i think the cuteness was a lot of the draw initially. This could be a subliminal reason why some people liked earlier seasons more. I wonder if the creators of the show ever come on this forum. I like the writing for the later seasons more but i like how the ponies looked more in the previous seasons. Edited December 1, 2016 by trademark2 Feel free to message or add me everypony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastementSparkle 20,328 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 Not really, no. They were cute back then, and they're cute now. I've rewatched a decent bit of the series fairly recently, and I didn't notice any real drop in cuteness. Though it does seem there's a lot more silly cartoon faces in more recent seasons, which is sort of a double-edged sword. They can be funny, but at times feel a bit out of place when there's too many. Also, it just looks to me like Dash's eyelids are a bit darker. RD doesn't seem like the type to wear eye shadow, it might just be some lighting. 2 Twilight is best pony. Why hello MLPForums! What have ya been up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornix 4 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 Well, there are few reasons for this. 1) After season 3 (correct me if i'm wrong) Lauren Faust was no longer directing MLP, so someone took this place, mb with slightly diffrent vision. 2) Let's be honest, they just relized that they missed the targetted group of viever and slightly changed the show becouse of that too. 3) also, the times are changing, some things are more demanded in TV now, some less. Today (even in cartoons) there is a lot of 'action', i think they found 'friendship lessons' a bit boring and moved to more spectacular things. 4) Animators improved too, compare same places in season 1 and (fe. 6) and u will see diffrence. I know tobic was about look of ponies....but i had feel to write this :v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvadel 1,393 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 They were more horselike in the early seasons is what you are likely noticing. Silvadel, the Pegasus of Insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,730 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 Nope. Why? Back then we did not have the immense amount of cute facial expressions that we have now. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Letter 1,832 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 If that is true, I hadn't noticed it. Apple Bloom and friends have somewhat grown up more so those characters in particular might be somewhat less cute but for the show overall, I don't think that is the case. Silver Letter!!! Silver Letter's MLP collection Have: 946 https://data.mlpmerch.com/checklist/180/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trademark2 485 December 1, 2016 Author Share December 1, 2016 ok well i see it but if noone else does then thats good. I care a lot about the fandom itself, and i thought it might be damaging to it, im glad nobody else thinks so. Feel free to message or add me everypony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Socks 2,600 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 Rainbow Dash has always had eye shadow. Other than animation improvement, which I think is much better (and cuter, but not implying it wasn't cute before.) than before. My OC: https://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/foxy-socks-r9861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 So your criteria for pony cuteness is whether or not they have eye shadow? "It uses the faculty of what you call imagination. But that does not mean making things up. It is a form of seeing." - from "The Amber Spyglass" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarston1 5,959 December 1, 2016 Share December 1, 2016 Nope. They have always been cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminance 2,186 December 2, 2016 Share December 2, 2016 Difference in animation maybe? The earlier seasons do draw an increased emphasis on the looks and appearance of the ponies because it's a new, colorful and quite frankly very cute sight but it's likely unchanged in later seasons. Maybe at the most, I do tend to see a slight lighter hue on the mane six colors and their eyes do definitely look "bigger" somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trademark2 485 December 2, 2016 Author Share December 2, 2016 (edited) So your criteria for pony cuteness is whether or not they have eye shadow? Rainbow dashs' charm comes from her pure personality and cuteness, and the eye shadow just detracts from that. IMO. I REALLY don't like it. And it seems strange that she only has it in some scenes. It's almost like they were going to put it in, changed their mind, and some of it got left so certain animations pull it up. it works very well for rarity, but not for rainbow dash. IMO. Edited December 2, 2016 by trademark2 Feel free to message or add me everypony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lyons 105 December 2, 2016 Share December 2, 2016 (edited) I just have been watching pony music on youtube, and i noticed that the ponies just look a lot cuter in the earlier seasons. im not actually sure what it is, but the main thing i notice is that before, rainbow dash looks so pure and innocent, and now she has blue eye shadow like rarity used to in some scenes. Before example: Twilight sparkles eyes look different in the latest season than they did back then, i think thats whats different about her... but not entirely sure. rainbow dash has blue eye shadow now in some scenes whereas only rarity used to, for example: http://imgur.com/a/t9toi strangely she doesn't always have blue eye shadow though... its wierd I wish they would go back to the way they were animated in previous seasons, i think the cuteness was a lot of the draw initially. This could be a subliminal reason why some people liked earlier seasons more. I wonder if the creators of the show ever come on this forum. I like the writing for the later seasons more but i like how the ponies looked more in the previous seasons. I think so. I remember season 3 having faster animation than most other seasons. Season 4, I could notice more detail but a drop in framerate. I think the extra detail, whether it's resolution, complicated them a bit more. Maybe it's me, but I could notice differences. Also, I noticed later seasons made the ponies a bit more anthropomorphic than usual; there were less scenes with them using their mouths to hold things, they instead used their hooves and they tend to stand up on two legs a lot more. Maybe it's the classic 'pony' characteristics that have gone or maybe a combination Edited December 2, 2016 by Theo Arrowsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trademark2 485 December 2, 2016 Author Share December 2, 2016 (edited) I think so. I remember season 3 having faster animation than most other seasons. Season 4, I could notice more detail but a drop in framerate. I think the extra detail, whether it's resolution, complicated them a bit more. Maybe it's me, but I could notice differences. Also, I noticed later seasons made the ponies a bit more anthropomorphic than usual; there were less scenes with them using their mouths to hold things, they instead used their hooves and they tend to stand up on two legs a lot more. Maybe it's the classic 'pony' characteristics that have gone or maybe a combination OH you know that might be it! Hooves should be hooves , its so cute when they use their mouths to carry something. But now that I can pin it down it matters less. Edited December 2, 2016 by trademark2 Feel free to message or add me everypony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,538 December 4, 2016 Share December 4, 2016 Yeah for some reason I don't find them cute anymore since the end of I believe Season 3 or 4. Probably because I got used to their voices and their antics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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