A question of locations · 5:48pm Aug 27th, 2017
I'm working on a human AU fic, and I became curious. Some places in pony world (saddle arabia, for example,) are clearly analogous to countries in our world. There are also fanon stand-ins for real world countries, like neighpon for japan. So, in writing a human au, the question becomes, "do I stick with pony terms because it's a pony fan work, or do I use real world locations because the characters are human?"
And if I go the human route, does Equestria become the US, because that's where I'm from, Canada, because that's where DHX is based? Or some other place? If Equestria is swapped out, do bits become dollars, or stay bits?
i would say stick to pony terms.
I argee with 4649686, I think you should stick with ponified names unless it actually takes place on our Earth.