Background Pony #23F1
@Background Pony #23F1
I’m pretty sure as the reviewer put it, they’re original, pure and undiscovered species of seaponies completely distant from the ones in g4 where all started out as hippogriffs.
Have gone through all three issues again, and once again I see that the seaponies are highly diversified - it is possible to see that Calla Lily, Anemone and the guards Shore and Sand are classic seaponies while Starboard, Maris the Crow and one of the ponynaps are merponies. But as for the others, they don’t have pony characteristics - like Foamy Joe, Bilge, Clipper, Rigs, Ballast and Shores among the trenchponies. They are more like these fish klugetowners. Same with Calla Lily’s guards in #3.
Three “seaponies” distinguished themselves from both these with pony features and fish klugetowner features - Creeping Jenny, a squid who is undoubtedly from among the intelligent squids seen in G1 and G4, the crab guy who was perhaps called “Two-eyed Gilbert” - and a seapony in the background on p. 16, upper row. This creature is reminiscent of the alien monster from the movie “Alien: Covenant”.
It’s not just hippogriffs in G4, there were also kelpies, merponies and classic sea ponies. The hippogriffs were more modeled after the horse than the pony when these were sea ponies, especially in the head shape. Possibly the hippogriffs are actually related to the saddle horses which are larger than ponies, mostly in Luna size. Celestia and Twilight 2.0 remain the largest in comparison to both hippogriffs and saddle horses.
So it is size that can distinguish a hippogriff seapony from a classic seapony that has existed in G4. Calla Lily and Anemone are therefore defined as classic sea ponies, their hoofs having been covered undoubtedly as a result of evolution, to streamline the ends of their limbs. Hippogriffs have nail-like fins on their limbs, which set them apart from all others. The kelpies can change shape as seen with these in the IDW S10 comics.
Life in the sea is no less diverse than on land, and it is not surprising that the different kingdoms should have different population compositions. Sparkling Sea might have been populated by many refugees who went there. But it was seen that the fish klugetowners in the G4 movie seemed to be hostile towards ponies, and maybe that could be because seaponies, merponies and hippogriffs were conquerors and rulers of the seabed. Others with a pony/horse shape were dangerous predators such as the sirens, which were undoubtedly greatly feared. The kelpies could also be dangerous.
The fact that CJ could be called a “seapony” could only indicate that everyone had been integrated with a common identity without exception. Which suggests an imperial style of rulership.