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7987908 just thinking that theres probably a pretty big problem with STD's if the zebras really are this free spirited and what not.
unless ofcourse STD's simply dont exist for whatever reason or a cure exists.
then agian maybe its just me reading far to much into what is basicly porn with some story on the side.
7988044 Zebra medicine - while unorthodox - is actually quite advanced, despite how simplistic Rose thinks it is. Let us not forget the canonical exploits of Zecora, battling cutie-pox for example. Furthermore, there are also a couple of other factors in play, but you're going to have to look at Epidemiology to catch those...
Wow, I leave this story alone for a month, and I come back and really need to read fuckloads. Can't wait to read and comment.
7989205 ah i see, thanks for the awnser.
I like this, but I've gotten a bit sick of the constant, 'only if you want to' back and forward between rose and the zebras.. And the 'culture' of ponies seems.. Incorrect, as a nice way to put it. And as for the small number of pony stallions, have you seen the royal guard? Take a look at the episode, 'A royal wedding' again and have a look for yourself, let alone the increese of stallions in the past few seasons.
I really liked this story at the start, but the more you delved into pony culture, the less I liked it honestly. But you still have my like.
7995555 First things first, Rose is a character, I.e. a person. People are fallible and prone to coloring the truth. Some of what is troubling you is just that, but not all of it.
Now for a question. What does the Royal Guard have to do with Equestria's overall population of stallions? It is our headcanon that the reason why the Royal Guard is all stallion has to do with its purpose as a peace-keeping/ civic order force. Mares have been conditioned not to hit stallions, in much the way men in western culture are never to hit a woman. Thus, the Royal Guard is disproportionately male and has no bearing on overall population.
Hopefully Arc II will be more your speed then, focusing more on zebra culture and a new tribe!
7996465 Your question only applies to YOUR culture. The Royal guard is the only real military we have seen in the show, and have seen in action in the fenaly of Season 5. So they are in fact not Just peacekeepers. Tho I guess you could bring it up that it was an altered time line, (I do think it would impact very little tho) things could be different. But something that I don't understand is how you think the crazy number of stallions in the guard have no effect on the overall number of males..
7996465 as for Rose and the zebras, I understand that making desitions can be hard and according to there cultures they want only to please the other. I'm only saying it takes away a bit after hearing it three four times.
I really like the interactions between Rose and her stallions, it's really cute. Though, I hope we get to see her get over her zebra culture hang ups. Her stallions claiming her in front of everyone on their wedding night sounds pretty fantastic to me.
7997573 With all due respect, unless you have canonical population demographics and exact figures for the numbers of the Royal Guard, then what you are presenting is no more than your headcanon.
Looking at earth for a moment, (because I actually have terrestrial statistics on hand) The USA has ~300 million people and a military of ~1.3 million (active). That's %0.43~ of the population, and we have the second largest armed forces in the world. If we use my low end statistics for the Equestrians (1-to-6) that still means stallions make up about %17 of the population of Equestria. Unless you think that the Equestrian standing military is ridiculously large, half a percent is still a drop in the bucket - that's still only about %3 of Equestria's population of stallions.
So assuming that they are a peacekeeping force that mostly stays 'at home' in case of natural disasters and to defend Equestria's nobility, they are still present in everyday life and likely keep their herds with them (wherever they are stationed). Thus, I reiterate, in all likelihood, the Royal Guard likely has no impact on the overall population of stallions available in Equestria.
7998904 I see and understand what your saying now, but I think it's still a bit silly to have a pretty much role reversal to I guess 'human culture' maybe zebra culture may be a better comparison, simply because there would be a bit less males when the figure is similar. (I mean like males being strong and females less so, not trying to be sexist cause there are plenty of strong females, but steriotypicly so.) But I'm not sure what the numbers in USA and our military have to do with the world of equestria?
8000021 I was using the United States as a point of reference, using our statistics in lieu of canonical numbers for Equestria's - allowing you to see what a hypothetical Equestrian military might look like if they were all stallion.
As for the part of role-reversal, it's actually rather simple. Because there are more mares to each stallion, that stallion can be more picky who he herds with. If he doesn't like a mare for any reason - she fails to meet his definition of beauty, she doesn't have the correct mindset, he just doesn't like the way she talks - he can say "No" to her joining his herd and still have many mares to choose from. [Headcanon Ahead] This ability gave stallions a great deal of power during the Equestrian Renaissance, when a stallion became more than, "In the fields, or in the hay." Despite that, there are still many more mares than stallions and mares possess this powerful, primordial drive to protect their mates - give four mares working together spears and suddenly even a mountain lion is a lot less of a threat. It's also my headcanon (I can't speak for Libertarian Brony on this) that most of Equestria's military aside from the Royal Guard - I.e. their national guard and even the Wonderbolts - are mostly mares. Thus explaining why stallions hold a great deal of social influence, despite mares still holding most of the positions of power.
An expertly told tale this robust, this inspired, cannot possibly have only 50-something likes. It beggars belief.