Headcanons on character ethnicities/nationalities/whatever · 4:19pm April 22nd
Way more thought went into this than "hmm, this feels right". Dare I say, too much thought went into this.
I'm probably gonna get crucified for making so many characters Caucasian
Don't expect me to explain any of these though
Twilight Sparkle: Mixed Italian/Chinese
Rainbow Dash: Greek
Fluttershy: Greek and Slavic heritage (in other words, Balkan)
Applejack: White, Southern American variety
Pinkie Pie: Half Swiss German, Amish variety, Half Celtic (mostly Scottish but with non-negligible Welsh heritage)
Rarity: German, Midwestern American variety
Sunset Shimmer: Spanish
Starlight Glimmer: Croatian
Spike: Canis Lupus Familiaris
Celestia: Roman
Luna: Roman
Cadance: Spanish
Discord: Carthaginian (Phoenician)
Chrysalis: Scythian
Tirek: Gaul
Sombra: Iberian
The Storm King: Maori
Opaline Arcana: Etruscan
Grogar: Akkidian
Starswirl: English
Rockhoof: Scottish
Meadowbrook: Cajun
Mistmane: Han Chinese
Somnambula: Ancient Egyptian
Flash Magnus: Greek
Stygian: Polish
Smolder: Red Fox
Silverstream: Japanese
Yona: Mongolian
Sandbar: White, West Coast variety
Ocellus: f
if I know
Gallus: Anatolian Greek (modern-day Turkiye)
Swift Foot: Thracian
Cozy Glow: Dutch
Ember: Gray Wolf
Prince Rutherford: Mongolian
Autumn Blaze: Manchurian
Zecora: Yoruba
Capper Dapperpaws: Ethiopian
Caballeron: Latino (Spanish/Aztec)
Daring Do: mostly German
Gilda: Turkish
There were some that I wanted to add but couldn't figure out which characters, so I'll just bullshit them onto whoever's left
Sunshit "Sunny" Starscout: Edomite
Hyrule "Hitch" Trailblazer: Inca
Zephyrina "Zipp" Storm: Seljuk
Isabelle "Izzy" Moonbow: Hittite
Peter "Pipp" Petals: Hungarian
Mistborn "Misty" Brightdawn: Toltec
Peashooter "Sprout" Cloverleaf: Polynesian
Gregory "Comet" Heffley: Afghani
Violette "Violence" Rainbow: Sawi
Fizzlepop "Tempest Shadow" Berrytwist: Persian
Beatrice "Trixie" Lulamoon: North Sentinelese
Flippendo "Flash" Sentry: Assyrian
Tina "Scootaloo" Hawk: Mississipian (as in the civilization that built Cahokia, not the American state)
Captain Celaeno "Swordleg" Teafeather: Inuit
Breadstick "Spitfire" Flare: Zulu
