@Hooman
Apple Bloom at least somewhat existed when the show bible was made. But she must have been developed later on in designing. She was called Apple Seed and her colors had not been selected when Faust pitched it to hasbro

@Philweasel 
She was Princess Selene yes. All the file name say it.

@Philweasel
 
@Background Pony #F007 
apple bloom does not exist within these assets that date from the show’s preproduction. I find it hard to believe she would be completely absent for any other reason other than her not existing at this early stage.

“In Byzantium, the symbol (Moon and Star) became associated its patron goddess Artemis-Hecate, and it is used as a representation of Moon goddesses (Selene-Luna or Artemis-Diana) in the Roman era.”
 
The more you know. It became associated with Islam by it’s adoption by the Ottoman Empire, but historically it’s pretty pagan (like quite a bit of abrahamic symbolism really).
 
Thinking about it, Princess Luna was probably Princess Selene at this point. Likely a reference to that.

@Hooman 
No, because I heard Apple Bloom was originally going to search for her cutie mark by herself.

And eventually, they gave Scootaloo Saint Seiya hair, and all was well.

G3.5 cast is here except Starsong and Toola.

@Background Pony #4373  
if that is true then holy shit marketing is more backwards than i thought.

Glad they changed RD’s eye colour. It looks like it’s blending into her coat.

This is why it was so hard for the toy to get a hat. They kept using this concept art.

Twilight is Turkish.

@Wiimeiser  
this is before Apple Bloom existed at all lol

Wait, was this before or after Apple Bloom’s name change?

Twilight has a Islam cutie mark.

gotta love AJ’s classic design :P never changed hehe
 
i’m so glad Dashie’s cutie mark changed, her current one is so beautiful :)

@JP  
possibly.

This is quite an early stage work. I wonder if they had done any animation tests yet by then?