I think Argyle Starshine is a reference to a quack medical treatment. · 8:54pm Jan 15th, 2022
Not sure how to feel about this, but I just think G5's Argyle may be a reference to a fake medical treatment.
To be fair, it isn't entirely antithetical to his character.
The word argyle refers to a Scottish tartan pattern—making it a perfectly cromulent pony name—but I don't recall seeing anything related to the pattern appearing in conjunction with Argyle Starshine in the movie.
On the other hoof, argyria is a condition where your skin turns blue-gray, much like Argyle's pelt. It's caused by ingesting silver, which is not eliminated by the kidneys and ends up permanently dying your skin. It has long been fake medicine, and like most fake medicine it has been touted as a treatment for COVID. (Just to be clear, colloidal silver is not a treatment or a cure for anything other than the affliction of not looking enough like a smurf.)
I suspect Argyle's name comes from the medical condition with the allusion to quackery being unintentional. Conspiracy and pseudoscience kinda fits him, though.
It's... possible?
And, although colloidal silver is, indeed, batshit crazy, it's not as crazy as some fake medicines. Metallic (as opposed to colloidal) silver, as an alloy coating on stainless steel, does indeed have antimicrobial properties.
But the use case there would be "on a countertop in the lab," not "inside your squishy human body."
More likely the first explanation is the best one. I suspect colors are one of the last things picked for a character, and people associate 'argyle' with grandpop's socks and sweaters. It's a warm, friendly kind of name.
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People are drinking bleach concoctions based on the same logic. It's still woo, though at least colloidal silver is not known to be harmful.
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You're probably right (this blog entry is mostly tongue-in-cheek), though I guess I rarely hear the word to make those associations myself. It sounds closest to "gargoyle", "gargle", or "argle-bargle". Also, I have to wonder what young moviegoers would actually be familiar with the word argyle.
5627866 Or it could be from Angus McGonagal the Argyle Gargoyle and his fabulous Gargling Gershwin skit with Mark Hammill. (Hey, it could happen)
Hilarious that someone went to the trouble of downvoting these comments. U mad bro?
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Maybe they're into colloidal silver...
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There are a few people who watch me on a daily basis for the sole purpose of trying to hurt me. It usually works, but this time it's just confusing. I don't usually tag stories with blog posts, though, so I'm guessing that may be the culprit this time.
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Big Silver is lashing out because people are investing in Etika NFTs instead of shiny metals as the latest retirement savings scam.
...Huh. Well, it's an interesting hypothesis, and at the least coincidence.
While I doubt your theory (sorry!) and assume that they just workshopped the name and colors, that did give me a thought.
What if pony color was based on their diet somehow? Like they ate the right minerals/collodial silver, and that gave them their color.
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Luna was banished for eating black licorice.
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Explains why her butt’s the way it is.