Over talking with some local furs about MLP on how they are/aren't Anthro/Feral and then taking my paws off to investigate, I figured out how those confounded ponies work in terms of anthropomorphism tropes!
Characteristics: Magical Uplifted Talking Animal. Body Type-6: Animalistic Animal with non-realistic physiology. Anthropomorphism: Played by the Rule of Funny and the Rule of Cool.
