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The mane 6 wasn't archetypical to you?
Or you don't think that mane 6 were good characters?
To me mane 6 can be boiled to archetypes:
party girl
tomboy
fashonista
bookworm
shy girl
cow girl
You know exactly witch ponies I meant and sure there's more to them but it all stems from them being easy to distinguish personalities that have clear goals and clear flaws already being visible or easy to predict because of their archetypes:
Party girl will be annoying to others and will feel wrong with being alone.
Nerd girl will be smart but easily frustrated with others.
Tomboy will want to do something cool all the time but will not be considerate of others.
Fashionista will be nice, friendly and very helpful (generous if you will) but overbearing/pushy and really dramatizing everything.
shy girl will be kind but also push over.
country girl will always offer help and will be useful but stubborn and wont easily admit to her flaws.
I think that Mane 6 are great characters in their simplicity and possibility to easily expand their personalities to new interests, skills etc.
For G6 I think about:
rainbow dash/tomboy
pipp/fashonita
cherliee/teacher/nerd girl
nurse readheart or new character/doctor/shy girl
mayor mare or original flower pony who wants to be a mayor
new pony who loves to cook and feed their friends
Simple archetypes that can be developed in new, different and great ways just like G4 mane 6 yet still staying within mane 6 archetype trope.