MLP Rumor: Humanized Spin-off Show Coming

[SacremPyrobolum]

Man, why didn't they get Joeseco or Slugbox to do the art? I've seen better humanized ponies on the first recently submitted page of Deviant-art.

...Slugbox?

The guy who draws the massively sexualised humanisations and who hasn't actually drawn anything pony related in months?

Why on earth would you pick him?

If you ask me, this guy [http://trinityinyang.deviantart.com/gallery/41439450] has basically made the perfect style of humanisation.

Tis a joke my friend. tis mearly a joke...

However, I could see Joseco's art being a source of inspiration but I suppose the art you pointed out is more in line with the original style.

 

[Olas]

Okay, I don't watch the show but doesn't making them human destroy the whole point of the show?

 

[Techno Squidgy]

I'd be okay with it if it were centaurs, cause holy fuck those are awesome.

Regardless, at least the porn will be less creepy.

I don't know man, we're taking out the animal fetishes, but now we're just making room for the pedophiles.

I'd argue that while paedophilia is perhaps more disgusting than bestiality, you still wouldn't invite someone that rapes animals into your house either.

 

[Ekit]

Seems too pointless to be true. What new possibilities could the the writers explore that they couldn't already?

Allegedly the target age group of this show is going to be higher than that of My Little Pony. What that will lead to is anybody's guess, granted this actually turns out to be true.

The only thing we can be sure to come out of this is porn.

 

[Whitbane]

Seems too pointless to be true. What new possibilities could the the writers explore that they couldn't already?

Allegedly the target age group of this show is going to be higher than that of My Little Pony. What that will lead to is anybody's guess, granted this actually turns out to be true.

The only thing we can be sure to come out of this is porn.

Maybe it won't be so bad after all!

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I think they look fine, although the skin colors are throwing me off. Although if shows like The Simpsons and Doug can have rainbow-ed skinned humans, then why not this?

I can see this working more as a one-time-only TV special, sort of like the Rugrats' All Grown Up special. I don't see this working as a full TV show, again, like Rugrats' All Grown Up.

It wouldn't surprise me if all this, along with the alicorn thing, is some elaborate plot by Hasbro to scare away the bronies.

 

[ShadowKatt]

I'm not normally a doomsayer, however in this case...

Spoiler

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic took off and became the massively successful IP that it is today simply and specifically because it was NOT just another "little girls cartoon show". Faust said so as much when she came up with the premise. it's not going to be 20 minutes of them sitting around fretting about their hair and what colors coordinate to get this boys attention or else their world will simply just end, which is what this is looking like just from the screenshot that we got. IF that does turn out to be what happens, my only concern here is that it will bomb. Hard. And when that happens that Hasbro takes the axe to both shows in one swing and abandons MLP again for another decade or so.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

This has the potential to go so wrong in so many ways.
No, I'm not saying MLP is ruined forever.
I'm just saying I'm cautiously awaiting the release.

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

Even though 'they' are going out of they're way to piss me off I 'have' to watch this. Is Fluttershy going with Zach or Brian to the spring dance? I 'have' to know this.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Welp... basically the whole thing about Friendship is Magic is, that it's way better than anyone would expect by looking at it so i'm not writing of the Spinoff just yet. I'm just saying that i won't be surprised if it turns out to be bad.

 

[Veylon]

So this is really going to be a thing, then? Huh.

I'm baffled. What the fans love is the setting. A fantasy world with shapeshifting bug aliens, thousand year-old princess/godesses, dragons, magic ponds, and (oddly) a functioning government. Fans love that the characters are adults, who have jobs and responsibilities and life aspirations. There's a weird balance between absurd whimsy and hard-headed practicality that gives the show it's charm and creates room for any sort of story to take place.

Why the bloody heck would you decide that High School banality is the way to go here? If they must have humanized ponies, why not aim for something like Slayers or even (though I haven't seen it) Sailor Moon? What the heck is so appealing about High School of all settings? Okay, granted, it may well be closer to Hogwarts - complete with murderous lich arch-nemesis Sombra standing in for Voldemort - than Saved by the Bell, but I don't have terribly high hopes here.

Well, we'll see.

 

[Dangit2019]

So this is really going to be a thing, then? Huh.

Unless you saw something confirming this that I didn't pick up on, it's still just a rumor right now.

 

[Veylon]

So this is really going to be a thing, then? Huh.

Unless you saw something confirming this that I didn't pick up on, it's still just a rumor right now.

This looks to come from an industry trade magazine. Watch the video from the page the OP links to. Unless there's some unusually ambitious hoaxer - or this is Hasbro merely testing the waters - than this is indeed in the works.

 

[Giftfromme]

in better pony news, this guy promotes MLP to the class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhMd-E2pII

A very cool man that I would like to meet in real life.

 

[Sack of Cheese]

in better pony news, this guy promotes MLP to the class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XhMd-E2pII

A very cool man that I would like to meet in real life.

I don't know, I think that's kinda embarrassing. I'd be avoiding his gaze if he was in my class.

 

[Coconut Cashmere]

We watch it because we enjoy the show. It's as simple as that: it makes us smile, so we watch it. It boggles my mind that so many people get their panties in a twist because adults like a show primarily aimed at a younger audience.

Let me try and frame it from another point of view. You tell someone you really like this thing--say, a video game. It's engaging with an awesome story. Instead of taking your unironic enjoyment at face value, this person tells you that no, you can't just like it because you like it--it's a video game, therefore it's for kids! Clearly you have ulterior motivations, such as wanting to lure little kids into your windowless van. Now imagine that person multiplied by god only knows how many, telling you at every turn you're either a pathetic man-child or a pedophile. You and your fellow fans are the butt of the joke, with even 'professional' news and websites you go to for entertainment getting a few laughs in at your expense.

We try and shrug it off, but it does hurt. Being told we're pathetic/disgusting for finding enjoyment in something aimed at a different age group starts to wear on you after a while. It taints our enjoyment of something entirely innocent, even though we're doing nothing wrong nor hurting anyone.

I do get a little more wiggle room because I'm a girl. But my open, supportive family (my little bro came out of the closet and revealed himself as a furry and we were all just fine with it) still makes fun of my liking this show.

The problem isn't even the show, it's content, characters etc - the problem is Bronies... and I mean no disrespect to any Bronie reading this, but you can't deny that some Bronies take it too far. The fan fiction and art for example, or those irritating Bronies who try and bring up MLP anywhere they can. Bronies made it a thing - liking a cartoon, something as simple and innocent as that now has a label, and the label is tainted by the small percentage of Bronies who get under our skin. I guess the same goes for Furries as well, a handful of nut-cases tarnish peoples view.

I entirely understand people who are irritated because of people like that. I've had a lot of similar experiences, come to think of it--though those were mostly with commercials that played way too often. I just have a problem with the hate we get because of the 'little girls show' side of it. You, specifically, may not have a problem with it, but a lot of people do.

 

[Zhadramekel]

I don't think there's going to be a spin-off show but I've heard some rumours about a movie which features the mane six as humans. That's probably more likely (although if you've seen that screenshot, why did they keep their skin colour the same as their coat, it makes everyone except Fluttershy and Pinkie look ridiculous).

 

[xplosive59]

I hope they change the designs, they really need a Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt style but more stylized IMO. It could be good but it seems like a very obvious cash in and will have no input by Faust at all like the original had. This is a really stupid idea though.

 

[Misterian]

the way this article is putting it to me, seems that the story of this spin-off involves the Mane 6 coming to Earth as humans.

that actually would make for an interesting plot (no pun intended), if I'm right about it, it would be enjoyable to see a show like this address the fish out of water aspects of Equestrian Ponies coming to Earth as humans.

the only weird part (which I guess sort of makes sense, considering where they come from) is how the human Mane 6 has skin color that matches the coat color of their Pony forms.

Am I the only one worried that Rainbow Dash being human with cyan skin might draw some unwanted attention or something?