The Concept of Androcentric Species
AKA The Sparity/Dislestia Theorem
Now it is time to focus on something rather peculiar. It should still be noted that, without polygyny being practiced amongst the ponies, there are easily more mares than stallions at any given time, the only exceptions being with the Canterlot Guard who are all male as a sort of stereotype. Perhaps there is another solution to this, though.
Remember "Dragon Quest"? In an interview, Lauren Faust commented on this particular episode being a sort of boys-vs-girls event to justify that it's okay for Spike to be somewhat effeminate in his interests, such as baking and cleaning, as opposed to being the rough, rowdy, and rude manifestations of his race like Garble and his friends.
Did anything seem to be missing though?
Now, before anyone comments, I know about Crackle. Remember that Garble and his pals commented on Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, and Rainbow Dash in their dragon costume in the following manner, "Maybe he's crackles cousin". This would infer that, despite the eyelashes, Crackle is a male like the others but regarded as less sentient, or the awkward guy who acts too stupid to approach for fear of offending him. There really weren't any female dragons to impress.
The two older dragons, both red from "Dragonshy" and green from "Owl's Well That Ends Well", were male, too. There have been no female dragons thus far.
The other race I'll touch on briefly with no apparent females is the Diamond Dog brood. However, as they didn't know how to treat women, and the idea of a creature being "pretty" or "ugly" seemed rather foreign to them before meeting Rarity, the could be questionably asexual in nature, literally popping out of the ground like turnips (Maybe reproduction requires jewels for seeds to make more puppies. They all looked primarily like clones save for Spot, Rover, and Fido, after all.). There have been speculations of Rover/Rarity, but I doubt that's really ever going to happen.
Touching back on dragons, however, there are several crucial details, aside from a primarily male cast of dragons, which should be observed that might heavily infer that ponies are the females of dragon kind within "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic".
First, in the "Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle's entrance exam was to hatch a dragon egg. This means that, if this is the common practice for entrance exams into Celestia's Academy for Gift Unicorns, that it should be an innate knowledge for Unicorns, if not all mares, to hatch dragon eggs.
Next, though it was done primarily for humor, should be the episode "Luna Eclipsed". At approximately 17 minutes and 33 seconds, give or take, depending on the provided video, Pinkie Pie is seen laying an egg as she retreats. Now, this is obviously to go with the motif that she is dressed as a chicken, but the egg looks a lot more like Spike's dragon egg than any chicken egg. Unless Twilight Sparkle or Spike had saved that eggshell and allowed Pinkie Pie to use it as a prop for her costume, this could mean that mares also have the necessary anatomy to lay unfertilized dragon eggs as opposed to giving birth to colts. (I will restate that I am not dictating this as canon. I am not Lauren Faust. I do not declare the laws of pony anatomy. This is Pinkie Pie we're talking about, after all.)
As mentioned before, in "Dragon Quest", dragons and ponies are to be seen as antecedent representatives of boy and girls in the world respectively.
If any more evidence needs to be provided, it should be remembered that Spike, the dragon, was the only male member of animal cast in the first generation of My Little Ponies, before the more modernized My Little Pony Tales came out with young stallions.
Speaking of which, stallions do have a more angular design than mares, looking relatively like draconic equines in comparison due to this angular design. This could be a male mutation of ponies which took place after generations of dragon-breeding in order for a safer means to produce young as the species grew further apart, dragons living for thousands of years lazily and needing to reproduce less, while ponies aside from alicorns may have lifespans which only last sixty to a couple hundred years, depending on magical effects on age.
Take this all with a grain of salt, if you will. These is "Hearth's Warming Eve", where the males were still stallions, according to the ancient story, as opposed to dragons. Also, dragons seem to react with great hostility towards ponies (even if the red one from "Dragonshy" seemed easily seduced by Rarity). Granted, this was after making one dragon mad and dealing with a bunch of immature punks during separate periods.
Perhaps the two greatest points are after the name of this theorem.
Discord is not a dragon, per se, looking much closer to a chimaera with his goat, lion, and dragon features, but he is still often considered a dragon largely by fanbase. He is also seen quite commonly paired with Celestia and other mares quite handily as though it were perfectly natural. Sure, Celestia and Discord may be more deity-class, so it doesn't might what they look like in order to mate, but the general idea still comes across.
Perhaps the more obvious rendition is the ever classic pairing of Spike and Rarity pairing. There needs to be some logic, after all. Even if spike has grown up with ponies all of his life, it was an instinctual zone in on her in episode one. A relationship with a dragon could be part of the reason that Rarity's line has a natural affinity for finding jewels (Symbiotic relationship? Mothering instinct for geophagous dragon children?). Plus, she is a unicorn. Remember that the ability to hatch a dragon egg is a test provided for a unicorn academy, so maybe unicorns are exclusive dragon females. It seems they have all the natural habits and abilities for such affairs. Even with the age gap, many have speculated on pairing Spike with either Sweetie Belle or Applebloom as opposed to designing dragon OCs for him to date.
Well, that's another speculation on the ideas of pony relationships down. Truth be told, it's the last of the particularly big theories of experimental mare pairing. From here, it's more speculation what would logically be the most likely candidates for Mane Six pairings in the light of logic and analysis.
Here is an excerpt from what might be in one of Twilight's books, if the theory of dragon-unicorn symbiosis is a natural truth. Consider it a look into pony paleontology.
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During adolescence, the male dragon is vastly aggressive. Using size, fire, claw, tail, and flying prowess, he does his best to assume a territory he can call his own. He can be quite violent during this stage in life, fighting off not only rival dragons but ponies, phoenixes, rabbits, birds, and even seemingly harmless insects. Attaining a territory with rich mineral deposits to call his own is all important, as it the dragon's ability to hoard gemstones and other precious minerals which allows him to grow bigger and more powerful with passing years. The more a dragon can hoard in a sequestered area, like a cave, the bigger and more powerful he is considered. Whether this is a literal manifestation of size augmentation or simply notoriety amongst his fellow dragons is unknown.
What is known is that a dragon will slowly lose its territorial edge with age and size. This is likely due to a personally affirmed strength which makes it impossible for rivals to steal territory at this point in its life cycle. Instead, much of its life becomes eating, sleeping, and digesting the treasure is has hoarded over the years.
This has always been quite curious. Despite looking like a crocodilian with wings and ample size, the dragon has never resorted to a carnivorous diet. Instead, it is a geophagus race, eating primarily precious stones and gems. Some have been known to eat clay and mud, but this may be for nutritional supplement if an inordinate amount of crystalline fodder is to be found.
Aside from eating the crystals for nutrition, much of the treasure a dragon consumes appears to become a new organ. This organ is known as a Dragon Hoard, given that it often reflects the dragon's accumulated hoard over the years of its life to achieve its size. The bigger the dragon's hoard, the bigger the Dragon Hoard. It is a natural instinct to try to grow this organ to be quite large as it stems off of the throat as a third tube, opposed to the windpipe and esophagus.
At first thought, the idea of gemstones and other metals grinding together in a sort of dragon gizzard might seem to be how it attains its fierce fiery breath. Quite the contrary, in fact, as the Dragon Hoard is used for a purpose of peace and gentility than destruction and ferocity. Most of the dragon's fire organs are located in the upper jaw of the mouth. This is why much of the excess smoke a dragon may produce leaves through the upper cavities of the palate as opposed to being exhumed from between the fangs.
Anyways, the Dragon Hoard is used in a sort of mating ritual. Quite humorously, the dragon will lay in the middle of the forest with its mouth wide open. The glistening colors of the Dragon Hoard organ is revealed as the dragon's fangs act as natural mirrors to bounce sunlight into its mouth and down the appropriate tube to make the bright cascade of showy exhibition. The dragon with carefully swivel its body to keep the sunlight reflecting into its Hoard.
Now, the lure is set to attract the female of the species. The ever disproportionately smaller female looks nothing like the male. It has fur instead of scales and soft features as opposed to the dragon's scary ferocity. This is quite commonly known as a pony. There are several types of pony, often distinguished by a physical feature. Winged ponies are known as pegasi, often inhabiting areas of high water content like lakesides and ocean cliffs. Horned ponies are known as unicorns, living in mountain and forests. Earth ponies have no special external features and often live in plains and desert areas.
Ponies are easily distracted by the glimmer of gemstones. They will usually approach the glimmer of the gems inside the Dragon Hoard without thought. However, the dragon will usually snap its jaws closed, before the pony can get inside its mouth. This may seem counterintuitive, but it is actually a precautionary action. If the dragon were to do it immediately after the pony entered, it would leave the female fairly startled. Besides, there has been no emotional development as of yet. The dragon begins with a sort of unwieldy courtship dance to attempt to impress the allured pony. If the pony accepts, she will return with a similar dance. If she is too frightened or finds the dragon unappealing in general, she will likely flee.
If the dance is successful, the dragon and pony will spend a great deal of time getting acquainted, often with the dragon opening his mouth wide enough again to dazzle the pony at sporadic times. When all is settled, the dragon with finally open his mouth, and the pony may enter the Dragon Hoard promptly. The glimmering of the Dragon Hoard easily draws the pony in.
Once inside, the pony begins to relax and make herself comfortable, admiring the gem-encrusted organ she finds herself in. While she becomes comfortable, the chamber begins to release sporadic natural gases. These gases prepare the pony to lay a clutch within a nest she will form in the Dragon Clutch.
It may seem odd that the union should take place with the female inside of the male as though she was a meal, but it is the safest place for the female to remain. The male begins to consume plant matter to sustain the pony's herbivorous hunger. Apple trees have often been known to be consumed by dragons for this purpose.
Inside of the Dragon Hoard, the pony tends to her clutch of eggs which is safely nestled inside of the male. She can be sustained for the typically period of sixty days of incubation it takes for the eggs to hatch without discomfort. Many find the heartbeat and ample lungs of a dragon soothing to listen to.
After the eggs have hatch, the genders are easily determinable. Whereas the females will begin suckling from the mother, the males will shortly begin eating on the gemstone-based walls of the chamber they were hatched in. Feeling the gnawing teeth prompts the male to find a safe place. Once he has found a secure place, he regurgitates the crew into a well-protected area. The Dragon Hoard is also detached harmlessly at this time. A dragon may only breed once in such a manner (thus why dragons are considered rare). The dragon proceeds to protect the area from any potential threats to the female and young.
The female pony is quite knowledgeable and can tend to the young simply. Pegasi often dive beneath water in order to obtain underwater treasure such as coral and underwater veins which glint into their eyes as they fly high above the water. Unicorns can naturally sense high mineral deposits to find gemstones in order to sustain the male young. Earth ponies have an unnatural ability to grow veins of gold and silver inside of rocks with patience and control. They also are accomplished miners, even in the soft sands of a desert.
After the young matures, the mother and sisters will have to leave, before the young males become overly territorial, domineering, and violent. The females all return to equine society, unharmed. The fathering male might never see any of his family again, once the young have matured to a self-defensive age.
Twilight raised an eyebrow as she looked away from her book. "Well, I know one volume Spike is going to read," she said as she promptly use her magic to carry the volume to the highest shelf she could.
