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1) What is this? This isn’t a good, honest, Celestia-fearing pun. This is something foul and disturbing. And probably Bubsy related, though I’m not sure how.
2) But elusive means hard to find, which can be synonymous with a thing or event that is a rarity. Butterscotch would make more sense opposite to Bon-Bon.
3) Every video game example I can think of is dark in some way. Which just tells me writers in that field for less mature audiences are lazy and patronizing.
Children’s cartoons seem to be advancing at least.
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But… Glitterhooves is a pegasus…
((I hear what you’ve been saying and couldn’t help but think of this reference, and therefore make it a visual in your case.
To be fair, you have a point!
In case that image isn’t big enough to see stuff, you can look at this huge one!))
Oh well, back to business.
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agree and that’s sort of how Applejack works within the… I don’t
know, concept (Applejack is still Applejack). It’s just that, 4 out of
the 6 follow a pattern. Take name. Change word(s). Not even
change to more masculine/feminine thing, just change. But keep meaning. 5
out of 6 follow it if you’re just keeping the meaning.
But everyone just looked at Butterscotch and said “Yeah that follows the pattern fine.“ No pony ever questioned it?
You know what I never understood? What I’ve been scratching my head on for years?
Why is a male Fluttershy called Butterscotch? It doesn’t make any sense. Fluttershy doesn’t mean anything. It’s just two words stuck together; flutter and shy. Butterscotch is a candy. And if you separate the two words, butter is churned milk and scotch (if you’re not talking about the drink) means to wedge or divide something. The two names, and the words from which they are comprised, have no meaningful relation on any level.
The only logical connection Butterscotch could have would be from the word Butterfly, which has the same number of syllables as Fluttershy. But Butterscotch doesn’t even have the same number of syllables!
Why not something that at least follows the meaning of the words like Quivercoy or Timid Drift? Timiddrift. Timidrift. However you want to spell it!
I’m just saying, Rarity to Elusive. Twilight Sparkle to Dusk Shine. Pinkie Pie to Bubble Berry is a bit of a stretch, but I get the idea. Fluttershy to… Butterscotch?
To clarify on yesterday’s post, being dark isn’t what makes the writing good.
Having round, dynamic characters behaving and speaking in a believable way in a world that respects the rules from which it is constructed is good writing.
Playing Shadowrun Hong Kong: Wow. I forgot what it’s like to play a game with actual writing in it.
Another set of doodles featuring my fave teenage Goth babes, Wednesday Addams and Lydia Deetz (Animated show ver) I listened to Jenny by Studio Killers while i did this if you wanna get a feel about my vibes for these two
Not the content I’d normally reblog, but this is just fantastic and I never thought about it before!
The song the artist mentioned.
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