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| tygerbug #636336 8 months ago |
that is, if you want to |
| tygerbug #636339 8 months ago |
I am one of the six lead actors on a hugely popular television show that is also a multi-billion dollar toy franchise. I am not well-paid and live modestly, but I treasure my work because I feel I can be a gentle and caring role model to young women. I consider all the lead actors on the series to be my very best friends. Arguably one of us is the "star," but I feel, as she feels, that all six of us are equals, and should be considered as such. Although I have never craved the spotlight, and have in fact shied away from it, I have regularly been rated highly amongst fans of the show, often ending up in first position in "favorite character" polls, and I'm glad that my hard work has been recognized.
When it came time to launch the franchise as light-up toys in McDonald's locations in South America and elsewhere, only four characters were produced. I was left out, which for awhile was actually a relief. I was more dismayed that my good friend Rarity was also left out, when I feel she's been consistently underrated anyway. I was not one of the four ponies chosen for the "molded hair" toyline, which has been hugely popular with serious fans. To even be considered for the large-sized, prestigious "Fashion Style" toyline, I was forced to do the arduous (and terrifying) work of being a fashion model for one episode of the show itself, something I didn't enjoy and would never have chosen on my own. I did not complain about this. I said nothing even as I felt that my friends' likenesses and personalities were being consistently misrepresented in a condescending and insulting manner in the toyline. I saw my friend Rarity's beautiful fashions corrupted into an affront to all things fabulous. All things considered, I got off easy. Even if they never, ever got my hair color right. When Hasbro produced miniature versions of the lead actors from the show, which we were assured would be the most show-accurate yet, we were told that this multi-billion-dollar company, who continues to rake in unheard-of profits, could only afford to produce different molds for FIVE of the six lead characters, and that I would not be included. My likeness was the only lead character omitted. I was demoted to a "background pony," part of a group who would simply be repainted versions of the other five, with artwork to match, a practice I had vocally disapproved of in the past, feeling it devalued the entire toyline. Nearly all of the "background ponies" had never appeared on the actual show, even as non-speaking extras. They … that is, we … all had generic names like Fizzypop, Ribbon Heart and Pepperdance, even if they were known by another name in the fandom. At the risk of being offensive, few of them even seemed intelligent enough to even know why they were there. For the first time, I realized that being shy and modest for so long had now left me in the dust. I became a background pony recolor of my friend Rainbow Dash. I was therefore given a short, masculine hairstyle and posed in a "ready for action" manner that is the complete opposite of everything I've attempted to do with my role on the show for the past two seasons, and as a role model for children. More insultingly, the artwork included with the toy simply showed Rainbow Dash with my coloration. Obviously I spent that hellish week posing for "Fashion Style" pictures for absolutely nothing. I love Rainbow Dash, but we are diametric opposites in terms of personality, and I should hope that after over a year my employer could tell us apart. (Unlike the child actors, they at least usually get our names right. Although they have called me “Flutterby” when drunk.) Perhaps they've been giving Dash my paychecks as well; that would explain why I live in relative poverty despite the show's immense success. But then I already know that none of us have shared in the show's profits. The profits aren't going to making toys that are accurate rather than insulting, either. So where are they going? WE ARE THE 99% OF INACCURATE TOYS OCCUPY HASBRO |
| Anonymous #636362 8 months ago |
^
NO |
| SPARTAN #636490 8 months ago |
^YES! |
| Jackarunda #636510 8 months ago |
Alright, I understood this one
fucking nail this to Hasbro's door |
| Anonymous #636959 8 months ago |
Yes to the no, Spartan? |
| grumpie_pie #637376 8 months ago |
^yes |
| IAMELIPHAS #638565 8 months ago |
^NES! |
| MackTheKnife #638592 8 months ago |
^SNES! |
| Anonymous #641998 8 months ago |
^CD-i! |