1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,900 So, throughout my exposure in the pony fandom, I’ve noticed something. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,300 There seems to be a lack of earth pony OCs that people make for themselves. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,290 An article in Equestria Daily explores this, and most people are either unicorns, or more commonly, pegasuses. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:12,900 I’m totally guilty of that by the way, 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,310 But why is it like this? 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,510 Well, from my understanding, there seems to be no clear advantages of having an earth pony OC. 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,900 Unicorns can do magic and levitation, pegasus can obviously fly, but what can earth ponies do? 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,180 I know Lauren has had her say about this, but let’s just look at the series itself. 9 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:29,200 It’s been inferred by the fandom that earth ponies are the strongest, for one thing. 10 00:00:29,350 --> 00:00:31,640 Let’s use Twilight as example to demonstrate that. 11 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:34,800 She clearly had trouble pushing that snow plow of hers in Winter Wrap-up, 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,300 and even though the rest of the ponies who are plowing are all stallions, 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,000 It’s implied that Applejack is capable of jumping in if she needs to 14 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:41,560 as that’s probably why she’s in charge. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,890 Also, if she wasn’t capable, then she probably wouldn’t have had made all those comments about Twilight being a weak pony. 16 00:00:45,940 --> 00:00:49,500 But, again, even though the audience is given an implication that earth ponies are the strongest 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,180 With more examples like Applejack rounding cows and harvesting apples in general, 18 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:58,600 It is not directly stated that this is the case. So some can only guess that this trait is in fact true or not. 19 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:01,900 Another trait that the fandom gives earth ponies is that they seem to be more in tuned with the Earth. 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,350 What does that even mean? 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,800 Well, you know that idea that animals can sense changes in weather and environment better than humans? 22 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,350 This theory goes along with that. 23 00:01:14,420 --> 00:01:18,900 This comes from “Feeling Pinkie Keen” where Pinkie can sense changes in the environment more so than say Twilight. 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,100 As much of a cool theory this is, we only really see it in Pinkie. 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,500 Applejack never really has these instances, so I’m excusing this as Pinkie just being Pinkie for now. 26 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 So, why do people interpret that earth ponies have these traits in the first place? 27 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:34,700 It’s because some like to think that earth ponies have an advantage to other breeds in certain areas, as mentioned earlier. 28 00:01:34,750 --> 00:01:35,530 Why? 29 00:01:35,580 --> 00:01:38,000 To help earth ponies feel socially equal to other breeds 30 00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:40,000 And that they can do something special too! 31 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,950 But why do not as many bronies choose to be portrayed as an Earth pony? 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,620 Well, my thinking is that that the limited traits that Earth ponies have aren’t really that appealing to people. 33 00:01:47,670 --> 00:01:50,280 Why be an earth pony when you can either fly or use magic? 34 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,100 But not both 35 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,120 Even assuming the traits that the fandom gives earth ponies are accurate 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,500 Is our modern society really in touch with the earth? 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,500 Is today’s population doing as much physical labor as we were half a century ago. Longer? 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,350 It’s harder to connect to nature than ever before, and that’s also a factor. 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,950 So, does it just roll down to the fact that earth pony traits are not attractive to the modern brony? 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,500 Does this have any deeper meaning? 41 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,000 Will the number of earth pony OCs increase in the future? 42 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:14,000 I guess we'll see 43 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:32,500 So. I heard you like avatar 44 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:39,400 "What was that?" 45 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:40,800 "What? What was what? 46 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:44,000 “It's a giant mushroom!”