When you read a book, do you replace all the characters with ponies?

[jackleapp81 456]

For English class, I was assigned to read a story called 'The Cherry Orchard'. I got about halfway through the book before I said "Screw this! This book is so boring, I don't think I can bring myself to finish it."

 

Because I was so exasperated, I decided to watch some My Little Pony episodes to get my mind off of the book. As I was watching, I thought to myself: The situations these ponies are in wouldn't be half as interesting if they were normal human beings. Then, it dawned on me. I could make the story I'm reading a LOT better if I imagined the characters as ponies!

 

Turns out, I was right. I breezed trough the book, and I had great fun imagining the characters saying 'everypony' when the word 'everybody' popped up. I had such a blast with it, I spent 3 more hours reading books from some of my favorite book series', like the Hunger Games and The Lord of the Rings, except this time, I substituted the characters for ponies.

 

Reading is so much fun now, I don't know if I can ever go back to un-ponified versions of my favorite tales. Has anyone else ever done this? If so, for which book?

[Dimitri Hammer 3,645]

Only when I read a book for the second time. Unless it bores me unconditionally. Then Dimitri takes over my mind. Dimitri taking over Dimitri's mind.....we have the same name.

[Samurshy 708]

I can't say that I do that with my literature, at least not all the time. But just recently I have begun to find what characters seem most relatable to Ponies in video games. I was playing Borderlands II and I was like, "Maya is so totally Twilight, I mean she uses powers that are close to magic, and her class mod is a book for corn sake." So I kind of do something similar, but I tend to enjoy my literature too much to always think about ponies when reading.

[Smokey the mudkip 52]

I should do this! haha, it seems like my teachers always choose the most boring books ever DX so the next time I have to read a book, I'm going to do this. I bet it could make any book interesting X3

[Batbrony 15,994]

Ummmm... no, I don't, nor have I ever found any need to. But hey, to each his own, if that helps engage you in whatever you're reading, then that's great, and who am I to say you shouldn't. It is funny though, I just finished Plato's "Republic" the other day, and now I'm thinking of which pony I would replace Socrates with. Hmmm... yup, definitely Twilight, HA!!!!!!

[jackleapp81 456]

Oh, the irony!

I was just assigned to read Plato's Republic for my World Literature class! I could totally see Socrates as Twilight, but usually I imagine the characters as closely-resembling their human counterparts. Admittedly, it's hard to imagine this guy as a pony though:

 

[AegisReflector 886]

Try replacing all the characters in the book "Fifty Shades Of Gray" with nothing but ponies.

 

I'm sure that will make for an interesting read.

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

I did this with a book not to long ago... "Separate peace" I was bored with it and I just started picturing the characters as ponies....

[jackleapp81 456]

I read 'A Seperate Peace' before I knew about ponies, but I found the book interesting enough with the human characters, so I had no trouble finishing it.

[ThatOnePwny 59]

Nah, I like imagining the characters as people (unless they're actually ponies in the book). I like ponies, but I wouldn't want them getting into the books I read, personally. I'd like them to stay seperate. But that's just me, of course.

[Rarietty 632]

If it's a really boring book and the character's fit in perfectly, then yeah, but not for the whole book. So basically, never.

 

The only time I did it was when I read Hunger Games just to see what the hype was about, I casted Rainbow as Katniss, Applejack as Peeta, Fluttershy as Prim, Twilight as Haymitch, Pinkie as Effie, Rarity as Cinna (personality wise, Rarity is a much better fit as Effie, but I wanted all of the mane 6 to have a part, Pinkie is pink and Rarity designs clothing), Scootaloo as Rue and random BG ponies as the tributes and everypony else. The book was so much better and interesting that way. After watching the movie, I realized how I could've totally casted Celestia as President Snow.

 

Once or twice I've pictured characters as ponies, but ponysonas rather than characters actually from the show.

Edited September 28, 2012 by Rarietty

[Fubz 300]

Aw yea I started doing this. It was for the Great Gatsby so the characters were quite boring. Haha I did the same thing as you.

[Slendermane 474]

I never have, but it's a great idea! Thanks!

 

I have however wondered what kind of pony characters would be, or what their cutie marks are.

[Yellow Diamond 7,564]

I find it extremely difficult to replace the likes of Karl Barth, Rudolph Bultmann, and Karl Rahner with ponies. I suppose Twilight could talk about divine command and the Trinitarian Other, or Pinkie Pie stressing an existential interpretation of the resurrection; but it wouldn't make a lot of sense.

 

I tend to replace movie characters with ponies, though. For instance, look at my avatar!

[Silver Starlite 9]

oooh! this sounds like such an interesting idea! i will have to pic up one of my unfinished books and try finishing it with the characters as ponies!!

Edited October 1, 2012 by Silver Starlite

[Loona 287]

Sounds like a cool idea, I may have to try it.

Heh, I'm reading Harry Potter right now. A magic school full of little unicorns?

I'll try reading the rest with them as ponies.

[Zygen 6,065]

Can't say i've ever really done this for anybooks. I don't really like reading a whole lot in the first place, I only read at school. Who knows maybe I'll try this sometime.

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,694]

Not quite. What I do is read books I like, then imagine the characters as ponies later. It gets a little strange at times. For example, I research the Enron scandal quite a bit, so I've been daydreaming about the Mane 6 taking down Enron.

[termenchecks 146]

-"ok so who can tall me who the main character in Hareskåret was? anyone? well i'll just have to pick one then. anon!!"

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-"...wat lolz"

[5guysburgersnfries 216]

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[jackleapp81 456]

I've never actually done this O.O I've never actually thought of doing that but it's a pretty good idea Although, my setwork book for the term is The Lovely Bones, I don't think I'll want to imagine ponies getting raped then brutally murdered XD

 

I'm actually surprised that not many people on here have done this. I figured I'd be one of many. But yeah, I could see why you might not want ponies featured in that setting. It would be like reading Cupcakes all over again xD

[Paleopony 690]

No. If the characters are human, that's what I visualize them as.

[EpicEnergy 22,089]

I don't, but I do read books about ponies called fan-fics.

[Justin_Case001 4,857]

Uh... I don't really do it when watching or reading something, but I do have a fun little "game" I play, which I call "Will it Pony?", in which I take a movie or show I like and imagine it in ponified form, and I try to think of which ponies from FIM should play which parts in the show or movie, and if it seems like it would work well, then I say, "yes, it ponies!"  (It's, uh, kinda a parody of Will It from GMM.)

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

Not really, but sometimes I read things in different character’s voices if I find the content too boring