
| Strat #72526 1 year ago |
Best black Twilight I've seen, I'll give her that. |
| Thaluka #72531 1 year ago |
Agree, a dark-skinned Twilight that doesn't look awful. |
| Anonymous #72536 1 year ago |
I don't get all the black Twilights, I mean, if she was supposed to be black, wouldn't they make her a zebra? |
| Anonymous #72542 1 year ago |
She's not black, she's Indian, according to the artist: http://yamino.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-208217654
Also, Sapphire Shores had a black voice actress, but she wasn't a zebra. And Lauren Faust said the ponies aren't supposed to have any associated race (although yeah, she kinda fucked that up with the Buffalo and Zebras.) |
| Strat #72551 1 year ago |
^Exactly. That's why humanizing any of the cast is problematic. Despite the fact that there's one zebra with an African (forgive me, but I can't specify it any further) accent, you simply can't make the assumption that Zebra = African. Equestria's races are completely independent from ours, and I feel like that's what's best. |
| Anonymous #72561 1 year ago |
Anon4 here again. I agree with Strat. But that said, I don't think there should be any problem with drawing the characters as ethnic minorities. Why should white always have to be considered the standard? Complaining about non-white human fanart is pretty racist if you ask me. (And it's not as if there isn't a vast majority of WHITE human pony art already.) |
| Anonymous #72592 1 year ago |
Two hooves up! |
| Kriegs #72601 1 year ago |
I've come to think brown Twilight is best Twilight. This continues to prove correct! |
| Prominence #72608 1 year ago |
Being black myself...I think it's honestly...REALLY dependent on how they're drawn. Most black Twilights are meh. Now on the other hand, I particularly like MegaSweet's humanized cast- I think they're extremely accurate representations, barring the pervy stuff. That said, I like how she looks here. |
| Anonymous #72628 1 year ago |
I thought one of the official artists drew her as black, not Lauren, one of the others. |
| Marrock #73312 1 year ago |
She's not black, she's purple. |
| Skipta #74599 1 year ago |
@ Strat
I disagree that it's just an "assumption" that Zebras are black. Just look at it very simply. They specifically used an African animal for them and they used Buffaloes for native americans. Then put cultures and accents on top of that.. it's not just coincidental of some characters. But there's not really an issue with that, is there? We already had Earth Ponies/Pegasi/Unicorns/Alicorns so they're hardly homogeneous. I'd bet there'd be lots of variation among Zebra culture n' what-not. |
| Strat #74925 1 year ago |
^Meh, you have a point. Can't argue with canon, can ya? |
| Anonymous #216202 1 year ago |
I don't always enjoy humanized ponies. But when I do, it's art by Yamino. |
| Anonymous #390759 11 months ago |
Black? She's purple here. |