Unpopular opinion time

@ice1517  
It looks like it’s frozen in the wind.

@PonyPon  
Its the colour that bugs me. Sometimes it looks plain white, sometimes its white and silver, then its white, blonde and green.

@ice1517  
not very aerodynamic, but it certainly is creative!

I think it’s weird that the background ponies get more uh..complex(?) designs than the main characters now.

@Applejack007  
Well the main ones can’t change design without making episodes about it.

@PonyPon  
I know, I just remember when the background ponies were plain looking.

@Applejack007  
And duplicates. Why don’t people latch onto them like they use to?

@Meanlucario  
We’ve already got a full roster of the things.
 
We can only fill in so many gaps willingly.

@Applejack007  
Dashie’s design is best design

@Applejack007  
are we talking about background ponies or side characters? background ponies haven’t changed at all for a few years (in Ponyville at least). Places like Los Pegasus would mean the background characters are supposed to be a bit ostentatious

@PonyPon  
Why can we only have six characters? Can’t we have more, or are we too attached to the old to create anything new and interesting?

@Meanlucario  
uh, we have 7 now. it’s just the 6 will always have the most power/relevance.

@RainbowDash69  
I mean background characters, or at least the “Fandom’s Mane Six” (Derpy, Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, Vinyl, and Doctor Hooves (or Carrot Top for those who can’t stand a male character among females)). Also, pay attention to the new designs, since even Ponyville has a few new residents.

@Meanlucario  
This; I mean, about the only S6 character who’s been getting that much art are Ember and maybe Flurry Heart… In the last 3 days Ember got 12 new images and Flurry just 2… Flurry Heart has more overall but it’s probably just because she’s appeared earlier and more often.

@Wiimeiser  
Yes, and they’re side characters, not background characters. If side characters don’t get much attention, than background characters that only have 5 seconds (like Vinyl before Slice of Life) don’t have a chance.

@Meanlucario  
how about that epic all-black background pony from Season 2? that was hilarious.

@RainbowDash69  
Is there a screen shot you could link me?

@Meanlucario  
I meant to say “dark blue.”  

@RainbowDash69  
To be fair, he has a night-theme going on, with his CM indicating that. The name Star Hunter helps.

@Meanlucario  
i’ve seen people also say he’s captain jack harness from doctor who.

@Meanlucario  
Let’s not forget certain background foals could use more fanart as well. But yeah, its pretty disappointing how the fandom has just…stopped caring for new background ponies.

@EPPony  
I think we’re just too comfortable with the current ones, and see no reason to venture out and build new characters.

@EPPony  
Aside from the three rave ponies from The Saddle Row Review, the only new BG pony this season who has any fanart AFAIK is Strawberry Parchment, at 11 posts total, of which about 7 are screencaps (And maybe Purpura Phlox if you count Source, but both are by me. That’s another thing, has the Source part of the community always been this slow at making models of canon characters?)
 
@Meanlucario  
Stuck in the vicious cycle of the popularity event horizon, I guess… I’m actually genuinely surprised that such a thing has never been discussed before, I mean, it’s happened with Touhou, and gaming in general.
 
Hell, we’re not even getting any Dinky (the only non-speaking foal to have more than 1000 images and 9th most popular foal overall) art anymore, it’s all Lyra, Bonbon, Vinyl, Octavia, and especially Derpy, who’s the 10th most popular character (here after the Mane 7 and original alicorns). The dropoff after Trixie (#14) is the biggest gap between character tag counts, at over 11,000. That’s more than all but 23 characters

The thing I fear most for the next season is them dropping Starlight out of the show.

@SeraphimDawn  
I’d welcome that.
 
Far-fetched as it would be to happen.