If any of the mane six were male?

[Silly Lily 80]

Not talking about gender-swapping in an episode; I mean actually a boy from the beginning.

 

1) If any of the mane six was male, would there be one? and if so who?

2) How would the mane six work out if it was mixed genders? Would the dynamics be different?

3) Would the show or bronies be percieved differently because there is at least a male primary character?

[GrooveBroove 680]

That's a very good question.

 

As for me

 

1)A lot of people are going to say Rainbow Dash or Applejack since they already could be a male role with some changes made.

 

2 and 3 however im wondering about myself.

Some of the dynamic would be changed definetly, since as we've seen with rarity the ponies get crushes. So imo for the better these male charcaters would need to have been set as being nothing more than friends from the get go.

 

Also I do think some of the show would be taken differently since if there was more of a male prescene, than the show would probably somehow have been aimed at both genders. Thus the name alone would probably have changed.

[enigmatia 37]

1) If any of the mane six was male, would there be one? and if so who?

I'd think maybe Applejack. I'd find it a great story if it were a 1:5 ratio of male and female characters learning to get along. Spike technically would be this, but he's just too distant.

2) How would the mane six work out if it was mixed genders? Would the dynamics be different?

Good point. The whole show would be less feminine as it is now. It's a girls show, just like it were back in the 80s, as even Faust tried to recreate to reinact it. Otherwise I'd believe she would have any freedom to make one at least a male.

3) Would the show or bronies be percieved differently because there is at least a male primary character?

Yes. Oh definitly yes. Bronies wouldn't need to keep establishing their male identity anymore. It'd just be a "little kid's show" rather than "little girls show". The name bronies wouldn't even be used outside the fandom, they'd have to have a shared name with the females themselves (that's if females prefer to call themselves pegasisters).

Edited August 4, 2012 by enigmatia

[WildCard 1,037]

I guess I'd be jealous of the guy in the group xD

But besides that it would be really interesting to watch

Edited August 4, 2012 by Wildcard

[OptimisticNeighsayer 478]

I've always liked the idea of Fluttershy being male. Sure, he would still be into all the girly things that Fluttershy likes, but that would make the character a whole lot more interesting than she currently is now. If they add that Fluttershy would find no romantic attraction to the other Mane Six, (and no real indication that she is interested in any sort of intimate relationships at all) and it would definitely improve the way she fits in the group to me. I do think that part of the show's appeal to bronies is that all the mane characters are female (myself included, admittedly), and that adding a male character might even cause some to view the show as trying too hard to be "cross-gender appeal". Maybe it might attract more people into the Herd, I'm not certain.

 

But let's not forget that one of Faust's main themes that she wanted to teach to little girls is that there's no wrong way to be a girl, and if any one of them would be a guy, that message would be completely lost on them.

 

I don't exactly think that any other member would really work well as a male, and although I still all too often think of Rainbow Dash as a guy, it would just be too obvious to make her one. All of the others, however, are definitely feminine in their own way and I'd be a little less intrigued by the show if at least one pony were male.

Edited August 4, 2012 by JustFairness