#ive thought abt donkeys and mules a lot bc to me they are the closest thing to black coded ?!?!?!
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ignore that last post. here are my design notes on how i draw + portray mules, plus some explantions/info/headcanons that didn't fit on the sheet under the cut
so the mules we have in canon arent all that great . they look identical to donkeys (and are always the punchline to a joke like our poor friend here)
so like a sane mlp fan i sunk 2 hours into designing a mule !
i used a random background mare and cranky doodle as refs bc mules are a male donkey and a female horse. i tried to pick a couple of the most notable traits from each.
then i put the donkey legs on the front bc of this quote i found on wikipedia while researching about mules (and hinnies, which are a female donkey + male horse)
i was a little conflicted on how the face would look but i decided to lean more pony like because i like the idea of a mule being able to pass as a pony from a distance. i suspect some mules do pass as ponies with if their coats are light enough and their snouts lean a little more ponylike...*cough cough wink wink*
on that note, smthn i also didnt get to mention is that a mule's mane tends to curl ! i based this on mulia and matilda's manes (even though matilda's mane is straight in her flashback but shh.)
as for naming conventions, i'd guess that there are a lot of second generation mules with names like miracle, serendipity, and blessing bc their births are a big deal. first gen mules seem to favor m sounds in canon (mulia). with most of the mothers of mules being earth ponies i can see ponylike names being quite popular for their babies
#mlp#pony#mlp mule#mlp fim#species ref#ive thought abt donkeys and mules a lot bc to me they are the closest thing to black coded ?!?!?!#after eqg i couldnt rlly get behind the idea of the ponies being any sort of poc after they lightened them#and zecora is . well i could make a whole nother post abt tht#also dont attack me i am black#aj finding out abt her mother was a metaphor for finding out she was black 2k23#my art#mine#worldbuilding
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