Harpalyce wrote:Blueh wrote:Alright, I originally said yes to the transformation, but now I've seen some really good points being made. Changing these horses is like Greek/Roman mythology. At first there were the Greeks, the old and most powerful of the time, then along came to Romans and tore down the Greek empire, basically taking the Greek gods and changing them. If we didn't have the technology we had today, most of the Greek's history would be lost. It's the same with the horses, if we change them, then our history, the history of CS will be changed as well. Imagine how confused the new members would be when the older members would be taking about 'the great horse change' or something like that. There would be no history or anything to dignify that these horses even existed! Besides, the newer horses aren't exactly my favorite of CS pets. I personally like the older design better.
Getting a little Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit, eh?
While it's true Romans did take a lot from the Greece, keep in mind Horace above. Greece was still a major cultural mecca, and the 'best things' to the Romans in terms of art, music, plays and sophistication were still very much GREEK. The Romans definitely melded their gods in with the Greek ideal - but it's a pattern they repeated all over the place, and it went both ways. You could perhaps even say that the Greek gods overrode 'traditional' Etruscan gods, as Romans are borne out of that mix, and in fact proudly considered themselves descendants of Troy (which is decidedly Greek).
Since they held the Greeks in such high esteem, the Romans spent a lot of their time studying their culture - and preserving it. Greek was the second-most-spoken language in Rome (the 'lingua franca', if you will), and many famous Greek philosophers did a large part of their work in Rome itself.
...Right, now that I've gotten my Classics nerd on, maybe we can find a better analogy. c:
To me, this is like a historic house. A landmark that all the townspeople love. However, it's shaky on its foundations, there are termites in the wood, and some of the old beams are being eaten away by 'rot'. (All of these blows are the many reasons for changing the lineart - aesthetics, sharing items, the question of if something has been traced or not, etc.) Now we have a choice - either do nothing and just hope the house doesn't fall down around our ears, or we can call in some builders to fix the problem.
The builders won't be able to do an exact replica. But they'll be able to get the house much safer to live in, and much more beautiful to boot. It just won't be quite the same.
We will still be able to look at photographs of what the original house was like. People will remember what it is like. People can talk about it and share those photographs with others. It's just that we decided to repair the house so we could live in it more comfortably.
I think that's entirely acceptable for a house that we don't have to worry about. c:
I'm mean seriously!? If you take away those horses, your taking away history! Those line arts show us how CS evolved.
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It's been over 10 years since 
