Viridian Daybreak 66 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 True, MLP is a show for little girls, so many female characters are neccessary. But there are hardly any stallions. The two ruling princesses are female, the town mayor of Ponyville is female, the captain of the Wonderbolts is female, and has there ever been a male alicorn? Prince Blueblood is just a unicorn, yet Princess Cadence is an alicorn. That's seriously unfair. And episode one (season 1) says that Celestia and Luna "maintained balance". That's contradictory because only female rule is not equal and therefore not balanced. I'm not saying that all the superior females should be dumped out and replaced with males, no, that would make nothing better. But more stallions governing or leading or even making frequent appearances in the show (we actually don't see Big Mac that much) should come in. Just because it's for little girls doesn't mean that there should be so few males. (they seem to be introducing more, though) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitRiver 355 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Im not really into how stallions look but its pretty funny how many girls there are XD Well, it kinda shows that girls can be cool too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Misty 653 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Eh the lack of stallions doesn't bother me too much, I'm just glad they didn't take the typical little girls show route and make all guys look like douches/idiots. 11 siggy by PixiGlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaceon 793 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 I wouldn't mind seeing more male characters. Previously: Mal (Starbolt) Eeveelutions: @Eevee: Eevee @Vaporeon: N-Harmonia : Ampharos @Flareon: Descant/Bard @Espeon: Locked @Umbreon: Lhee @Leafeon: Firebolt @Glaceon: Mal @Sylveon: DontDropThatDedenne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavelColt 22,880 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 The show is done very well in the way that the girls are all very ungirly for the most part, so the fact that girls dominate doesn't even really make a big difference, at least to me. I would like to see some more male characters, though. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZStrike37 107 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 I wouldn't mind another male character or two, but for me, it's not that bothering. If Big Mac had some more screen time, that'd be enough. And since Twilight now has a brother apparently, maybe he'll be showing up more since... Cadance is making a return with the Crystal Pony Kingdom And Spike is a male too and maybe we'll get some more story on him. Dragons are awesome and so Spike needs to become more awesome. Oh! And Dr. Hooves (Yes it is with just an 'H' now, no 'W') may end up doing important time-related things. Maybe the Mane 6 will need his help to go back in time for some reason, like to send Luna to the moon! Celestia never wielded the Elements, it was Twilight and the gang from the future which would be why Celestia knew Twilight would be the Element of Magic and give her an order to make some friends!!!! It all makes sense now!!! So much Friendship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiance64 7,053 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Big Macintosh and Mr. Cake are probably the most prominent male characters, and I think the show does a good job portraying those 2 as needed, since they interact with the mane 6 so much- it'd definitely be cool to see more male characters brought to the forefront like they are though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolius rpi 117 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Female Dominance kinda turns me on. (Am I a bad pony?) The only bad thing about the female dominance is that celestia is a theocratic dictator, kinda like an Egyptian pharaoh. (You know how they worshiped their dictators as though they were gods? That, and most of the stallions are either portrayed as assholes or idiots. Big Mac is kinda simple, and iron will is big jerk. I know 'Strong Male Characters' are unnecessary in this kind of show, but it would be nice to see some 'decent male characters.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Spark 115 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 I wouldn't mind the ratio of Stallions to mares being 1/30. More action...... Female Dominance kinda turns me on. (Am I a bad pony?) The only bad thing about the female dominance is that celestia is a theocratic dictator, kinda like an Egyptian pharaoh. (You know how they worshiped their dictators as though they were gods? That, and most of the stallions are either portrayed as assholes or idiots. Big Mac is kinda simple, and iron will is big jerk. I know 'Strong Male Characters' are unnecessary in this kind of show, but it would be nice to see some 'decent male characters.' No your not. it turns me on too....... 1 Storm Spark X Crystal Sparkle 3DS Friend Code :4339-3103-7411 Storm Spark: http://mlpforums.com...torm-spark-r174 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomuraBL 851 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Never got why people say lack of stallions. Did you watch season 2? It is filled with them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega 107 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 *insert joke about the thread title here.* HURR HURR HURR HURR. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nah 3,182 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 One word: Marketing. If there were more males in the show, Hasbro fears ratings will plummet. Plus feminist groups are stupid enough to sue for the silliest reasons nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkie D Pie 1,036 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 I don't care if they add more males, but it's fine with me if they do or don't. I personnaly don't care either way. My OC's Shadow Stalker/Aarod Brachuin/Dark Chocolate/Cocoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggler 345 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 I think that the show is good as it is. I didn't even think about how little stallions there were until recently. Signature made by Midnightive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomuraBL 851 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 (edited) True, MLP is a show for little girls, so many female characters are neccessary. But there are hardly any stallions. The two ruling princesses are female, the town mayor of Ponyville is female, the captain of the Wonderbolts is female, and has there ever been a male alicorn? Prince Blueblood is just a unicorn, yet Princess Cadence is an alicorn. That's seriously unfair. And episode one (season 1) says that Celestia and Luna "maintained balance". That's contradictory because only female rule is not equal and therefore not balanced. I'm not saying that all the superior females should be dumped out and replaced with males, no, that would make nothing better. But more stallions governing or leading or even making frequent appearances in the show (we actually don't see Big Mac that much) should come in. Just because it's for little girls doesn't mean that there should be so few males. (they seem to be introducing more, though) Ahem. There are the royal guards. Those big lebrowski guys. Shinning armor. There are stallions in the governing or help governing if you pay attention to the smile song. All the stallions in Perfect stallions, some of the old ponies. One of the wonder bolts. All those dragons we saw, (That probably doesn't count.) That one guy from nightmare night wearing that ninja costume next to that princess that wanted to be a zombie next year. The doctor, and the other pony doctor. Ponies in the construction site in mare do well. The stallions during hurricane fluttershy. And there are more I'm just too lazy to find them right now. Edited July 16, 2012 by Bandana RaccoonBLee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIMonkey 197 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 We don't need any Stallions, we've got enough manliness with this one right here And well ok... Big Macintosh fills up the remaining gaps .... but anyhow, I don't really mind it. In elementary school the female/male ratio was roughly the same for me (even though later schools it turned the other way around ....) We do have some other "important" stallion characters besides those named, maybe not as big as Luna or Celestia, but ok we do have Fancypants. And in some form Filthy rich is the reason Ponyville exists. And well, Discord. But then again, we also have Cadence and Chrysalis It's clear the Mare ratio is higher, but certainly not in a bad way. As already mentioned by some, the personalities and everything are done very well. It portraits both sides equally good 2 I'm always sorry. Did not want to bother you I'll just sit over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaper 136 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 The females dominate Equestria alright, but the girls doesn't seem to care about it and neither do the guys. So I'm cool about it. Big Macintosh and Mr. Cake are probably the most prominent male characters... No, no, no, no, no... The most prominent male character in this show is Spike. He is the only male character with episodes on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbovv dash 110 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 You wouldn't want it the other way around. I'm into computer science and I can tell you I hate my life for being like 15 males for 1 girl at college and job. Would you really prefer that? For me the show has been a wanted change to my everyday life where everyone and everything around me is male. Why the show's like that? Well obviously little girls prefer to be around other girls. They think boys are stupid... 3 My main OC: Storm Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankveld 4,949 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 (edited) The lack of women in power and showing independence in the media is disturbing. I'm happy little girls have something good to look up to. It's so important regarding self-esteem and etc. You seriously need to get over it. I don't complain that most of the power rangers, digidestines (lists another 100 shows) are mainly male protagonists (and the males are always the super over powered ones.) ~ Edited July 16, 2012 by Shankveld 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomuraBL 851 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 We don't need any Stallions, we've got enough manliness with this one right here And well ok... Big Macintosh fills up the remaining gaps .... but anyhow, I don't really mind it. In elementary school the female/male ratio was roughly the same for me (even though later schools it turned the other way around ....) We do have some other "important" stallion characters besides those named, maybe not as big as Luna or Celestia, but ok we do have Fancypants. And in some form Filthy rich is the reason Ponyville exists. And well, Discord. But then again, we also have Cadence and Chrysalis It's clear the Mare ratio is higher, but certainly not in a bad way. As already mentioned by some, the personalities and everything are done very well. It portraits both sides equally good Its not that low compared to mares. Maybe mares are a tiny bit more in population but certainly not by a lot. If you look at season 2 closer, you will notice a bunch of male characters. Also, you are forgetting that we mostly see ponyville. When we are at canter lot, I clearly see an equal amount of male and female characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbovv dash 110 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 [Personally I think too that those extra big letters are somehow disturbing... But I don't really care] I think a little girl power on TV is pretty cool too. @Bandana: Yes, the shows character ratio is pretty unbalanced though. It's even been stated by the VAs at bronycon that most of them are females (although even Spike was voiced by a woman) @Mordecai: There's a general misconception about what a feminist is. All those new "Feminist" groups suing everything they find are a pack of stupid that are not for F=M but F>M My main OC: Storm Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyflesh 35 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Never got why people say lack of stallions. Did you watch season 2? It is filled with them! I was thinking this, especially in Hurricane Fluttershy and shining armour in the finale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomuraBL 851 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 (edited) [Personally I think too that those extra big letters are somehow disturbing... But I don't really care] I think a little girl power on TV is pretty cool too. @Bandana: Yes, the shows character ratio is pretty unbalanced though. It's even been stated by the VAs at bronycon that most of them are females (although even Spike was voiced by a woman) @Mordecai: There's a general misconception about what a feminist is. All those new "Feminist" groups suing everything they find are a pack of stupid that are not for F=M but F>M Key word "most". That could still mean 51% versus 49%. There is clearly not a lack of stallions like everyone is talking about. Edited July 16, 2012 by Bandana RaccoonBLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIMonkey 197 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Its not that low compared to mares. Maybe mares are a tiny bit more in population but certainly not by a lot. If you look at season 2 closer, you will notice a bunch of male characters. Also, you are forgetting that we mostly see ponyville. When we are at canter lot, I clearly see an equal amount of male and female characters. Heh, indeed in Ponyville the ratio seems different than the other locations. And well, besides the fact that the Mane 6 lives there, the only one who comes close to their importance is Spike and well Celestia If we also travel to Appleloosa, both leaders for the buffalo and Appleloosa are male characters. And when talking about other species, The dragons have so far been male oriented. And Griffins got a 50/50 deal throughout both seasons (if I remember correct) 2 I'm always sorry. Did not want to bother you I'll just sit over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbovv dash 110 July 16, 2012 Share July 16, 2012 Well, this pretty much proves otherwise: http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_ponies And most stallions are only some background character that randomly pops in. My main OC: Storm Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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