ambris asked: In my experience I've noted an odd trend in Pony R34. There are some people who love porn of pony characters in their standard, canonical, quadrupedal form, but squick at the sight of any kind of anthro pony (or anthros in general). These same people tend to also love humanized versions. I know there are exceptions in people's taste, but this happens to often to just be a rare example. Why is the middle ground so often taboo? It honestly baffles me.
I speculated in a previous post on why some people prefer the canonical form. In short, I think maybe they strongly associate the characters (i.e., personalities) with their canonical forms, so they are put off by any variations.
It’s interesting that you mention that the same people like completely humanized versions, because my explanation is inconsistent with that. But right now I’ll just guess that maybe with the characters in totally human form it’s just regular porn or hentai to them.
I suppose that makes sense, though it still seems really odd to me.
So now I present this same question to my followers. Ever run into this situation yourself?
I have seen that a fair bit, but I would disagree with the assumption that is because of association of personalities with their canonical forms.
To me, it usually seemed fairly obvious it was because the middle ground of anthromorphological forms basically treaded on enemy territory; Both the canonical forms, and humanized forms are unique to the fandom, but anthro equines are something already well within the realm of the furry fandom; with which there are high levels of mutual animosity between in certain circles.
Hm… I thought the question was about sexual attraction. I didn’t really think about any other factors.
I want to say that anthropomorphic ponies actually are unique to bronies. Anthropomorphic equines in the furry fandom are actually different in that they’re more “true to life” than anthropomorphic characters from “Friendship is Magic.” (If you want to compare, I just found a horse thread on a furry imageboard [NSFW, just in case you didn’t figure].)
With that being said, though, I have a bit more speculation on why anthropomorphic forms aren’t that attractive to some: Sometimes when the body of a female pony is anthropomorphed, the artist doesn’t add breasts, since, after all, that’s not where they naturally go. But this makes her look flat-chested or even loli-like, which would be a turn-off for a lot of people.
*clicks link*
And suddenly my “special folder” has several more images in it. :D
*ahem* But as for the discussion: I don’t really think they all that different.
Cloppers seem to hate anthro ponies (because they look weird and freaky).
Conversely, there are a lot of furries who simply hate the idea of clopping because they hate the idea of MLP being popular among guys.
Also, FYI, that 4chan link you gave actually does have some MLP anthros in there (AJ, Rarity, Zecora, the spa sisters).
Huh, I see them as very different.
I think some more people should come in, especially those who do hate anthro (MLP:FiM) ponies and can give some insight.
I didn’t go through the thread that thouroughly, so I didn’t see the MLP in it. I just did a text search through it, and they’re not bad. (By the way, it isn’t from 4chan; it’s from another site that uses similar software.)