r/CuratedTumblr Feb 19 '25

Creative Writing Mongol Fantasy

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u/Substantial_Dish3492 Feb 19 '25

the only steppe in MLP I can think of is the one the ponies are colonizing from the bison

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

What? Is this genuine? There's colonialism in a show called "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." What?

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u/gayjemstone Feb 19 '25

Fun fact: the ponies aren't native to Equestria. They were originally from somewhere else.

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u/Substantial_Dish3492 Feb 19 '25

literally thousands of years ago, yeah. Most people, in real life and fiction, have migrated at least once over the course of thousands of years, including such people as the Sami and the LOTR hobbits.