Do you find characters attractive?

[Dr. Frasier Crane 319]

Ummm, no? They have barely anything in common anatomically with humans.

I can understand if you find the humanized versions of the ponies sexy, but when people tell me it's the actual ponies that they're attracted to, I just cannot... Understand it.

[Rainboom Dash 1,055]

I don't find ponies "sexy". They're adorable, there's no doubt about that, but the idea of being sexually attracted to a cartoon pony confuses me.

[Sceethe 704]

no,but their voice actresses are xD

[Eliash147 159]

Eh, in the correct artwork

Show wise not very much but pinkie pie looks the cutest and at times sexy compared to other ponies

Edited August 13, 2014 by Eliash147

[Envy 5,998]

Most definitely not! They are cartoon horses. I don't find horses to be sexy, nor do I find cartoon characters to be sexy, so...

[Jeric 46,834]

Ponies are much larger than cats.

 

 

 

So are Dragons. However ... Toothless. It's not a jump to say that some of the characters in MLP do have certain feline feminine traits. Rarity rubbing all over everyone and how she dances in EQG is one example. Pinkie also is seen to do this. This a sophisticated cuteness to goes with the character.Oddly enough, cats and foxes are seen as inherently female in a lot of literature and pop culture. The following traits are often ascribed to them ... sleek, lithe, independent, crafty, graceful. Also, Rose McGowan in Monkey Bone.

 

Now, about the topic at hand. All my life I have heard, 'you should be attracted to the personality, to the whole package, otherwise you are shallow'. Once a fan applies this to a fantasy element it becomes weird, unnatural, and needs to stop? Deviant sexual attraction that is classified as unnatural ... where have I heard that before? 

[Justin_Case001 4,855]

Ugh, heavens no! Why would I be "attracted" to little ponies that learn lessons about friendship?

 

 

 

 

I'm truly sorry, but I'm starting to see why people think the Brony Fandom is bad...

Now that makes me truly sad.

 

I posted in here a couple of days ago.  Or yesterday.  I forget.  But after seeing a lot of negativity in here, I'm compelled to post a more thorough response.  So here goes.

 

What a person finds sexy is just a personal preference.  It's the way our brains are wired.  We have no control over it.  In general, some things can be fairly universally agreed upon as being sexy or attractive.  It's simple evolution.  But humans can find all sorts of things attractive or sexy.  Why this has to bother, upset, and downright offend others is completely incomprehensible to me.  What does it matter what a person finds sexy or not?

 

Okay, let me get one thing out of the way real quick.  Finding something sexy or attractive does not necessarily mean that a person actually wants to have intercourse with said thing.  When some of us say we find ponies/horses, real or animated, to be sexy, that doesn't mean we want to go out and rape horses.  Perhaps this could be a reason for some of the offense taken by others?  Jumping to unfair conclusions?  The fact is that simply appreciating sexual beauty in the form of sleek body lines, beautiful muscles, voluptuous curves, or what have you, is completely harmless.  What does it matter if it's a human or not?  I find the MLP ponies sexy.  I also find real horses sexy.  But guess what?  Contrary to what some of you may believe, I am a well adjusted person.  I do not need psychiatric help.  I am not f*cked up.  I do not have "problems."  Certainly I find humans to be much more sexy, and certainly I wish for a human mate.  I just appreciate beauty, sexual and otherwise, in many forms, and in many places.  Truly, it's a life enriching thing.  I think people often jump to unfair conclusions, thinking that a person who finds something other than humans sexy must be mentally damaged in some way.  This just isn't true.  We can find all sorts of things sexy.  Doesn't mean we don't find humans sexy, too.  It doesn't mean anything.

 

Honestly, to me, what people find sexy is absolutely no different, and no bigger of a deal, than preferences in food, music, movies, etc.  Think about this: hypothetically, let's say I state that I absolutely LOVE balsamic vinagrette on salad.  Many people might think oh yuck, I'd never touch that with a ten foot pole.  But I'm willing to bet that there is not one single person on the face of this planet who would be upset, confused, or offended by the fact that I like balsamic vinagrette.  It's just a preference.  Food tastes are a very interesting and complex thing.  One person might think a certain food is delicious, another might be downright nauseated by it.  There are many foods that are pretty universally liked, and agreed upon as being good.  But there's always exceptions.  Each human brain is uniquely wired to find certain foods good and others repellant.  What causes this, from a technical and chemical standpoint, I do not know.  Maybe some of it's random.  But the fact is that nobody cares.  Nobody is offended by another's taste in food.  And, just to get this out of the way, I'm not talking about vegetarian/vegan morality issues.  Irrelevant to this discussion.  I'm just talking about what a person's brain is wired to find tasty.

 

Why should sex appeal be any different?  If I find ponies sexy, why does that provoke such a heated response?  Why isn't it the same response as the vinagrette?  How does one person's preference, in any way shape or form, hurt or affect someone else?  It's as if people take personal offense at what others' find sexy, as if it somehow affects them.  I don't care if your answer to the question is "Oh, good god no!  Never in a million years!  Unthinkable!"  That's fine, because you might have the same response regarding a food you hate.  But you don't hate others just for liking that food.  Why hate others just for appreciating sexual beauty in a place you don't?  It's no different than the food.  Really.

 

Back to that post I quoted--why does finding ponies sexy make the fandom bad?  How does a person's preferences, which are beyond their control, make them bad?  I guess you must think I'm a pretty terrible person, then.  And, honestly, that makes me sad.  I'm actually very nice.  I just find something sexually attractive that you don't.  I'll bet I like a food that you don't, too.  Does that make me bad as well?  Then why should it be any different?  I don't act on these sexual feelings.  I don't use them to hurt anyone.  It doesn't affect anyone else in any way.  It's just something I appreciate.  That's all.

 

Now, I'm not naive.  I live and breathe.  I understand the difference between food preferences and sex.  It's unnecessary to point that out.  But as long as people can act with maturity and respect, then my point is that sex appeal shouldn't be any more consequential than food preferences, or anything else.

 

I stand by my long held ideology: as long as you're not hurting anyone else, fine by me.  You say your favorite color is green, your favorite food is blackened salmon, and you're turned on by giant vampire bats, then I say, "Oh.  I'm Justin_Case001.  Pleased to meet you."

Edited August 26, 2015 by Justin_Case001

[Jeric 46,834]

Back to that post I quoted--why does finding ponies sexy make the fandom bad? How does a person's preferences, which are beyond their control, make them bad? I guess you must think I'm a pretty terrible person, then. And, honestly, that makes me sad. I'm actually very nice. I just find something sexually attractive that you don't. I'll bet I like a food that you don't, too. Does that make me bad as well? Then why should it be any different? I don't act on these sexual feelings. I don't use them to hurt anyone. It doesn't affect anyone else in any way. It's just something I appreciate. That's all.

 

Hard to parse just one piece out of the epic post you made (well said by the way), but this is the key for me. It doesn't matter if we are discussing liberalism vs. conservatism, homosexuality, religious beliefs (or lack of one), phone manufacturer preferences, or whether a person is physically attracted to a cartoon character ... in each case the view that opposes you should not lead you to define the individual who holds it as a lesser person. You marginalize anothers humanity. When we do this we shut our self to the nearly infinite possibilities of conversation and sharing of ideas. A new or unique idea should not be viewed as a threat if it seems ... well ... odd. 

 

To all that judge, I ask them to tread carefully down that road ... because the company that has travelled before you didn't have the best track record.   

Edited August 1, 2014 by Jeric

[Justin_Case001 4,855]

To all that judge, I ask them to tread carefully down that road ... because the company that has travelled before you didn't have the best track record.   

Wise words.  Truly wise words.

[hip-indeed 304]

Ponies are charming, and overwhelmingly so, which is overtly proven by the sheer amount of people who fell in love with them due to, more than anything, said charm; yeah, the show's really good for kids' show, it's incredible for a 'girl's' show and the quality we've come to expect from them, it has smooth animation, shows the good that can be done with Adobe Flash, whimsical backgrounds, great voice acting and catchy music... but I believe if you were to ask any fan why exactly they got into the show and fell so in love with it, and to really answer truthfully and from the heart, 9 out of 10 would admit "Those ponies were so damn cute."  They were simply charmed by them, and most of us continue to be, just as much as when we first laid eyes on them.

 

They have adorable little marshmallowy, soft interpretations of ... what were already marshmallowy, soft interpretations of horses (G1 MLP).  So they're an even MORE charming version of an already charming version of a cute animal irl, the pony.  They have the beautiful and highly, easily customizable manes and tails, the cute little butt tattoos that can be anything and everything reflecting who they are, the adorable little wings and horns depending on the race, and of course the gorgeously soul-sucking big fat 'anime' styled eyes courtesy of Ms. Faust, who I daresay is one of the best cartoon character designers in the industry right now.  As I've said before, the FiM pony (the female type especially) is a paragon of charming and appealing character design on part with the likes of Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty and Pikachu; the best of the best.

 

But while those characters are certainly 'insanely cute' and 'charming for generations of people all over the world', they are (arguable, but I'd say 99% of even the most hardcore furries would agree with me) NOT sexy, and were never designed to be at all.  And while you can get your average pony fan to admit they found the characters overwhelmingly charming or cute, you'd be hard-pressed to get anyone to admit, irl, face to face, that they're 'sexy', even if they're a notorious clopper, if the question seemed an innocent one posed by a random passerby.

 

The thing is, though, "Charming" and "appealing" character design can and certainly does tie in very very closely in the brain to what we find "sexy".  And while characters like Hello Kitty or Mickey Mouse are squarely situated on the 'purely cute' side of that part of the mind, certain other characters fall into various levels of closeness to the "sexy" part of the mind, which is *riiiight next to* it.  In fact, you could say there's a part of the brain dedicated to what we call "appeal", and it was perhaps originally meant to attract us to potential mates for reproduction, but these days and with our much more complex minds it can manifest itself in so many different ways; imagine, if you will, that it is now split into multiple distinct parts; 'cute', 'cool', 'sexy', etc..  All character designers in any medium generally want to make at least a few characters in anything they make fall squarely into this part of the brain, to be 'appealing' in some way, so we have all the cute characters as mentioned, the cool ones like say the Ninja Turtles or robots or most male anime / comic book characters, and the 'sexy' like Jessica Rabbit or most female anime / comic book characters.  Generally if ANYONE finds them highly appealing in ANY category, even if it's not the one they were shooting for, I'd say most character designers would be rather flattered and proud of themselves; of course the internet's penchant for sexualizing even the most un-sexual characters might disturb some, but at the end of the day it's pretty harmless and I can tell you right now that if I ever design characters that people find appealing in that way even if they weren't meant to be, I'd be very proud.

 

What's interesting though is that these different sectors of this part of the brain are all right next to each other, and it's very easy for certain characters to fall in between one sector and the other, or at various closenesses to all the others; imagine it like a pie graph and the characters are little dots on the graph, and every character might fall closer or further away from an adjacent sector or closer to the middle where the character is ALL those things at once.  It might be hard to admit it, but it's very natural for a lot of these characters to appeal to you in certain ways (especially if you're a dumb young/horny guy, like most of us in the online communities around these things tend to be, for better or worse) ... of course 'society at large' and many of your fellow online geeks will ostracize you for it if you're completely honest about it, but it's there, it's a thing, and you needn't be ashamed.  Of course you should seek only to talk about it with others who SEEM LIKE THEY'D BE OKAY with it though.. and that's where we get the furry community and the cloppers as its own type of 'sub-community' and so on... though I personally prefer only sharing such private and special things with good friends rather than making a whole community effort out of it, but that's another story...

 

Basically, keeping these examples to American cartoons only, you have characters that were DESIGNED from the GROUND UP to be sexy, and are designed as humans so as to not 'offend' anyone, like Red Hot Riding Hood from the old Looney Tunes shorts, or Jessica Rabbit from Roger Rabbit, or Hello Nurse from Animaniacs.  Then you have characters that are actually non-human but still designed to be flat-out sexy (which is pretty rare these days in widely-released media but it happened sometimes back in the day and really made the furry community become what it is today), like Minverva Mink from Animaniacs or Lola Bunny from Space Jam.  THEN you have the characters that weren't even meant to be THAT sexy but definitely have a sexy or flirtacious 'tinge' to them that often gets fans thinking of them 'in that way', like Fifi LaFume from Tiny Toons or maybe April O'Neal from Ninja Turtles.  THEEEEEEENnn you have characters that most likely were *not* designed with *even the slightest* sexual attractiveness in mind at all, but 'things happen' that start to twist certain people's minds around a bit, like Bugs Bunny (dressing in drag and flirting with Elmer or other characters, etc.) or, frankly, Pinkie Pie putting on a burlesque show or Rarity wallowing around in a bathrobe and kicking her lil hooves around with that gorgeous Tabitha St. Germain voice that gets even more appealing somehow when she's whining with it... and many more examples.... not even *getting into* the MYRIAD pieces of absolutely stunning artwork people have been making of the ponies in very subtly sexy ways since the beginning of the fandom, which tend to have a way of creeping into a man's brain, even if that man vowed he'd never look at a pony in that kind of way...

 

So yeah, it might seem weird if you're a 'normal person' who doesn't catch on to these things, but if you're someone who grew up with and was corrupted by some of the more major examples and / or were corrupted by the internet and/or are generally just a stupid guy whose 'sexy' sector is BIG AND FAT AND BLEEDS OVER INTO ALL THE OTHER SECTORS AND IS JUST PLAIN OVER-ACTIVE (see: myself, probably at least 75% of males between the age of 12 and 30 online) it's not really weird at all.  In fact, it makes a lot of sense and is quite natural.  Of COURSE the ponies weren't really 'designed' to be sexy, but they WERE designed to be overwhelmingly appealing and charming, they WERE designed with insanely cute and anime girl-like eyes, they WERE designed to have completely human-level intelligence so that they don't seem like animals at all despite their shapes and those shapes WERE designed to be much more soft-featured and fantastical than a real animal's, they WERE designed with strangely shapely rumps that mimick the humanoid female form, they WERE written and animated at times with very... 'unique' scenes as outlined in the paragraph above, and more and more people HAVE BEEN making the kind of subtle, just-so-meekly-suggestive art that leads one down the path of darkness as also outlined above...

 

 tl;dr YES, they certainly CAN BE SEXY.  Just, if you find them that way, be smart and don't talk about it unless you know you're in a place that doesn't mind or to a person that doesn't mind.

 

Also it's totally understandable if *you* don't find them sexy at all, that's extremely normal; just, if you will, please try and read this post and see if you can understand why some people do, and that it's truly not some horrible, inexplicable thing.

Edited August 1, 2014 by hip-indeed

[TheDarkMysteryMan 670]

Yes. Definitely yes. They are so sexy. With that said, not real ponies. Not even the littlest of affection towards those things.

 

Remember that the ponies in MLP have very little to no relativity to real life ponies: They don't have molecular vision, they don't have a long muzzle, they have too skinny of a body structure that wouldn't fit with them.

 

So yeah....MLP ponies are sexy. VERY sexy. VERY VERY sexy.

[Luna 831 465]

the personlaity of the my little pony fim is real ponys no

Edited August 1, 2014 by Luna 831

[NightGlade13 120]

Not really. Just cute. Can't really say sexy. Just kinda sounds wierd.

[frecklesareblooming 225]

In my opinion, their personalities are extremely attractive, and if they were real I'd be interested in pursuing a relationship with one of them, but no, I don't find them sexy appearance-wise. Though I can completely understand why some might, and I really don't care what they choose to do, whether it's making pornographic fan-art or animation. To each their own, I say.

[King 5,625]

Guys, keep it on topic please. I've had to remove a few off topic posts.

[Guest]

I SURRENDER - I SURRENDER - I SURREENDEEEER!

 

Edited August 1, 2014 by Guest

[Flutter's lover <3 8,204]

To me, some are...it depends on the pony themselves though...I don't often find Fluttershy sexy, but sometimes I do, depending on how an artist  draws her. Then there's ponies who I always find sexy...like Applejack and Spitfire. I guess I find applejack attractive in that sense is that whole country girl thing. Spitfire because of her colour scheme and attitude/personality. Then I Find Luna and Celestia sexy because they have "power" and are goddesses. Also the way most artists draw them...they look hot/sexy. There's many others I find sexy.but gonna stop there.

[Pinky Pie 71]

When watching the show, I never find them sexy. They're just soooo cute in the show. But on the internet, there sure are sexy ponies.

[Rainbow S.D. 546]

Cute?

Yes!

Snuggle?

Yes!

Sexy?

No.

[Rainbow_Dash_Hock3y 27]

Excuse me sir, but I would like to know what crazy thoughts r going on in your head

[Stone Cold Applejack 381]

I find them cute and adorable. But sexy no not really.

[Zekromic 1,054]

Now that makes me truly sad.

 

I posted in here a couple of days ago.  Or yesterday.  I forget.  But after seeing a lot of negativity in here, I'm compelled to post a more thorough response.  So here goes.

 

What a person finds sexy is just a personal preference.  It's the way our brains are wired.  We have no control over it.  In general, some things can be fairly universally agreed upon as being sexy or attractive.  It's simple evolution.  But humans can find all sorts of things attractive or sexy.  Why this has to bother, upset, and downright offend others is completely incomprehensible to me.  What does it matter what a person finds sexy or not?

 

Okay, let me get one thing out of the way real quick.  Finding something sexy or attractive does not necessarily mean that a person actually wants to have intercourse with said thing.  When some of us say we find ponies/horses, real or animated, to be sexy, that doesn't mean we want to go out and rape horses.  Perhaps this could be a reason for some of the offense taken by others?  Jumping to unfair conclusions?  The fact is that simply appreciating sexual beauty in the form of sleek body lines, beautiful muscles, voluptuous curves, or what have you, is completely harmless.  What does it matter if it's a human or not?  I find the MLP ponies sexy.  I also find real horses sexy.  But guess what?  Contrary to what some of you may believe, I am a well adjusted person.  I do not need psychiatric help.  I am not f*cked up.  I do not have "problems."  Certainly I find humans to be much more sexy, and certainly I wish for a human mate.  I just appreciate beauty, sexual and otherwise, in many forms, and in many places.  Truly, it's a life enriching thing.  I think people often jump to unfair conclusions, thinking that a person who finds something other than humans sexy must be mentally damaged in some way.  This just isn't true.  We can find all sorts of things sexy.  Doesn't mean we don't find humans sexy, too.  It doesn't mean anything.

 

Honestly, to me, what people find sexy is absolutely no different, and no bigger of a deal, than preferences in food, music, movies, etc.  Think about this: hypothetically, let's say I state that I absolutely LOVE balsamic vinagrette on salad.  Many people might think oh yuck, I'd never touch that with a ten foot pole.  But I'm willing to bet that there is not one single person on the face of this planet who would be upset, confused, or offended by the fact that I like balsamic vinagrette.  It's just a preference.  Food tastes are a very interesting and complex thing.  One person might think a certain food is delicious, another might be downright nauseated by it.  There are many foods that pretty universally liked, and agreed upon as being good.  But there's always exceptions.  Each human brain is uniquely wired to find certain foods good and others repellant.  What causes this, from a technical and chemical standpoint, I do not know.  Maybe some of it's random.  But the fact is that nobody cares.  Nobody is offended by another's taste in food.  And, just to get this out of the way, I'm not talking about vegetarian/vegan morality issues.  Irrelevant to this discussion.  I'm just talking about what a person's brain is wired to find tasty.

 

Why should sex appeal be any different?  If I find ponies sexy, why does that provoke such a heated response?  Why isn't it the same response as the vinagrette?  How does one person's preference, in any way shape or form, hurt or affect someone else?  It's as if people take personal offense at what others' find sexy, as if it somehow affects them.  I don't care if your answer to the question is "Oh, good god no!  Never in a million years!  Unthinkable!"  That's fine, because you might have the same response regarding a food you hate.  But you don't hate others just for liking that food.  Why hate others just for appreciating sexual beauty in a place you don't?  It's no different than the food.  Really.

 

Back to that post I quoted--why does finding ponies sexy make the fandom bad?  How does a person's preferences, which are beyond their control, make them bad?  I guess you must think I'm a pretty terrible person, then.  And, honestly, that makes me sad.  I'm actually very nice.  I just find something sexually attractive that you don't.  I'll bet I like a food that you don't, too.  Does that make me bad as well?  Then why should it be any different?  I don't act on these sexual feelings.  I don't use them to hurt anyone.  It doesn't affect anyone else in any way.  It's just something I appreciate.  That's all.

 

Now, I'm not naive.  I live and breathe.  I understand the difference between food preferences and sex.  It's unnecessary to point that out.  But as long as people can act with maturity and respect, then my point is that sex appeal shouldn't be any more consequential than food preferences, or anything else.

 

I stand by my long held ideology: as long as you're not hurting anyone else, fine by me.  You say your favorite color is green, your favorite food is blackened salmon, and you're turned on by giant vampire bats, then I say, "Oh.  I'm Justin_Case001.  Pleased to meet you."

oh boy, YOU FREAKING NAILED IT 

[Pastel 7,627]

Ehh not really, to me they're just ponies. I'm not attracted to ponies. :x

[hip-indeed 304]

Ehh not really, to me they're just ponies. I'm not attracted to ponies. :x

As a person who I know's active in the Rarity fanclub (and knowing what goes on in there) I will honestly say that this truly baffles me, lol.

[Pastel 7,627]

As a person who I know's active in the Rarity fanclub (and knowing what goes on in there) I will honestly say that this truly baffles me, lol.

?? Why? I don't understand.

Edited August 2, 2014 by Blobulle