Remember back in the first few seasons, when background ponies were all one of a dozen or so models recolored again and again? That was a perfectly serviceable way of filling in crowd shots with a modicum of time efficiency, but it says a lot about how far the MLP team has come that they can give this much individual detail to the designs of background extras now.
… you know, if this pony had appeared back in Season 1 with no change to her role, I bet dollars to doughnuts that she would have had a name, a fan characterization, a fandom following and at least one ship before the season’s midpoint.
Indeed, the overall effort / budget invested in details like background ponies has gone up tremendously over time.
… you know, if this pony had appeared back in Season 1 with no change to her role, I bet dollars to doughnuts that she would have had a name, a fan characterization, a fandom following and at least one ship before the season’s midpoint.