Livre d'Or

Thank you, this is really helpful as a summary.

I wrote my post in a bit of a rush and I think I muddled several different points. It's not that I'm super nostalgic for My Little Ponies from when I was a child, and I'm annoyed because they've changed things. I can't remember ever watching the TV show, if I did it certainly wasn't a regular thing as we didn't have a TV at home. Rather the ponies were a regular feature of pretend play when I was in the target age group, and I got picked on a lot because I didn't have a pony toy of my own, and later on because I had a knock-off one that wasn't official merch. I mean, I get the impression that the modern show would be much better at hammering the message that you shouldn't be mean to the kid who doesn't have the right toys, but still.

The fact I find the visuals really really uncanny valley was meant to be separate from that. I mean, I am bit sad in general that all female animated characters in all of children's TV seem to converge on this type with huge eyes and thick eyelashes and long legs and thin yet curvy bodies. But the problem is the trend, not that MLP is a particular instance of it; it struck me as noticeable because of the contrast with the more pony-like ponies from the 80s. But the thing of using their forelegs as hands, and the fact that said forelegs don't stay a consistent length, bothers me not on a moral level but just I find it really hard to watch! Certainly not something I'd blame young fans for.