The yarn doesn't look as good and obviously I can't think of anyway to style it... and really the hair styles on these characters adds a lot to them, so I'd hate to make those so generic.

Yeaaaa. I like simplistic stuff too! I know what you mean, I like how embroidery looks but it can be such a huge pain to do... Is it just the shape on fluttershy, like you mentioned maybe accentuating the curls might make it look less flat? I'm just trying to figure out for some of the others, so they don't turn out similarly. :o

I feel like I should take some better pictures of her or a video or something just to show exactly how she's constructed better... IDK THOUGH, I just wanna try to get as many ideas to fix on the next one as i can.

ALSO TY WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY LOVE FOR LAYING PLUSH.. XD I loved ty plush when I was younger... one of my favorites ever.

i would make a poll but i think you need to be a subscriber to do it? :( and yea, you are right, ive been telling mostly everyone that i am currently considering it but no yes or no's either way. lol.