Cowards. Just admit you’re a furry, like I do.

I can vouch. Jasmine is an Abyssinian within the fanon realm of Ranchtown and is a perfectly serviceable original character for the MLP lore. As such, I do not see how the fact that she is a cat would matter. What if someone wanted to make an OC Cow. They are sentient beings in the show and they have been seen to talk. If someone were to make a Donkey character in the vain of Cranky Doodle, would they have to prove that they are, in fact, based in Equestria? I find this to be highly hypocritical and unfair to those who would like to broaden their horizons in terms of characters that could be and ARE actual parts of the lore. Of course, this should be handled with reason and not just allow a barrage of cat characters just for the sake of it. But when someone has this one character with all of this artwork (Some of them featuring actual pony characters) comes along with plenty of info to back them up, they shouldn’t be treated with such blatant disrespect and borderline harassment.