
| Jackarunda #182429 1 year ago |
Yes. Yes. Fucking yes. Nice work. |
| marioandsonic #182449 1 year ago |
I swear my teeth just melted. |
| Anonymous #182452 1 year ago |
D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW hngggggggg (dies of diabetus) |
| Anonymous #182462 1 year ago |
Its.........just......too........cute!
HHNNNNNNNNNNGGG!!!! |
| Sygmus #182481 1 year ago |
I like that the earth pony has a sky-related cutie mark while the pegasus has an earth-related cutie mark. |
| Jackarunda #182505 1 year ago |
So have we worked out how gene inheritance works in the MLP-verse?
I propose that the foal inherits the "type" of the same-gendered parent, but in turn gets more than half of his/her other traits from the other parent. So that would be why Fluttershy is a pagasus, but her earth-pony father gave her more earth-pony like qualities. But wait, then how is Dinky a unicorn? GAH |
| your_waifu #182520 1 year ago |
i figure it's like pokemon |
| Anonymous #182605 1 year ago |
Oh god, this is so much cute... I think I can taste the diabeetus coming on...
But so totaly worth it. xD |
| Anonymous #182614 1 year ago |
I figure it's more random than that. |
| Anonymous #182650 1 year ago |
^^^ The type of pony seems to be a single-allele trait. A foal can be either of the parents' type, but not a mix of both. Type doesn't really seem to affect the personality of a pony, so I don't think it gets more complicated than that. IIRC Faust did confirm that pony types can interbreed with no problem.
If we take all that as true, then Dinky is a unicorn because either her dad is a unicorn (if unicorn is a dominant trait) OR Dinky's parents had some unicorn in them and that was the gene that was passed on (if unicorn is a recessive trait). The few official pony couples we've seen have all been of the same type, so it's hard to pin down exactly. I'm not a biologist, but this is pretty basic genetics. Not really that weird after all. |
| Anonymous #182754 1 year ago |
Faust did confirm interbreeding with no problem, but didn't clarify. Someone on dA has made a chart determining dominance, I think one goes peg > earth > uni > peg, and the other is uni > earth > peg > uni, etc., just two possibilities.
Assuming it isn't just like Pokemon. :I |
| AxlCrash31 #182814 1 year ago |
This touched my heart |
| Anonymous #183087 1 year ago |
i have a seeable heart now...its just so prec-HEART ATTACK |
| RealityCheck #183376 1 year ago |
I still prefer the simpler model--- if any two types interbreed, the offspring will be the third type. (Unicorn+Pegasus=earth pony babies.) It would be a much better model from a Celestia "balance the world" perspective, as familial ties would keep the three types better interconnected. Harder for a unicorn to be racist towards earth ponies, for example, if Grandma was an earth pony herself. |
| Anonymous #186527 1 year ago |
i wish my mom & dad were like that |
| Anonymous #187574 1 year ago |
@ RalityCheck:
So what if two of the same type...? |
| romantiCaveman #189184 1 year ago |
^They have a baby of that type. Like Twilight and her unicorn parents.
I really like that idea, Reality! At the same time, though, I like the idea of a rock-paper-scissors dominance. Man, decisions, decisions! |
| Anonymous #189195 1 year ago |
but... if i recall correctly, Posey was an earth pony... so the dad should be the pegassus... oh well, cute enough to ingore that |
| Anonymous #254057 1 year ago |
Yea, Posey was an Earth-Pony. |
| MorrieNymphalidae #254189 1 year ago |
#183376
That's actually a really interesting concept. But this is diabetes-inducingly sweet. |
| Anonymous #447940 10 months ago |
Made me all teary eyed |