Background Pony #F227
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> She’s not just some run of the mill furry character inserted into a story with ponies in it.[/bq]
She is the definition of a run of the mill furry character inserted into a pony story. A big titted catgirl anthro with the only thing linking her to MLP is to call her an abyssinian. I'd liken it to the people who post pictures of"[feral/anthro dragons":](/1897021) or 'diamond dog' OCs that look like "[someone almost 1:1'd their fursona":](/1971275). Technically it is 'pony related' because those species exist, but that relation is practically in name only. It's one thing when the artist attempts to make their character seem plausible in-universe, either by "[imitating the art style":](/1299469) or the OC's features "[fall within the canon design philosophies":](/1492761). But, many designs "[do not attempt to mimic style":](/2043917), "[do not follow canon design":](/1938405), and "[could easily have been lifted straight off of a Furaffinity bio":](/2008906). For these we have the lovely tag "Barely Pony Related", because the only justification for their existence on Derpibooru is the artist/creator's word.
Jasmine, as lovely as a character as she is, really does fall under barely pony related. Nothing about her screams abyssinian beyond being a cat and the creator saying so. This is partly due to her being even more anthrofied than abyssinians already are so both proportions and art style are thrown out the window. The fanfiction story she is from is set in an Equestria that could easily be set in Southern Indiana with town names changed. Nearly everything about the character is so disassociated with the source material that by only the thinnest of connections can one call her pony related.
If we went strictly by the logic of X species exists and is in X fanfic, then"[Kaa":](/tags/kaa) could be classified as pony related when clearly he is not.
TL:DR - The farther OC's stray from the source material the more likely they are to be branded barely pony related. Jasmine flies too close to the sun.
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> She’s not just some run of the mill furry character inserted into a story with ponies in it.
She is the definition of a run of the mill furry character inserted into a pony story. A big titted catgirl anthro with the only thing linking her to MLP is to call her an abyssinian. I'd liken it to the people who post pictures of
Jasmine, as lovely as a character as she is, really does fall under barely pony related. Nothing about her screams abyssinian beyond being a cat and the creator saying so. This is partly due to her being even more anthrofied than abyssinians already are so both proportions and art style are thrown out the window. The fanfiction story she is from is set in an Equestria that could easily be set in Southern Indiana with town names changed. Nearly everything about the character is so disassociated with the source material that by only the thinnest of connections can one call her pony related.
If we went strictly by the logic of X species exists and is in X fanfic, then
TL:DR - The farther OC's stray from the source material the more likely they are to be branded barely pony related. Jasmine flies too close to the sun.