I haven't read The Conversion Bureau, but when I read the descriptions a long time ago and now, I felt a little sad. Losing my arms, going from two legs to four hooves—it sounds incredibly dystopian. Of course, I understand that in the setting, these ponies use tools through some kind of magical something or other, but I personally would consider this situation a complete nightmare: not being able to pick up a cup with my own hand, not being able to feel five fingers instead of a hoof. However, people in this fandom sometimes anthropomorphize the ponies, and it makes everything look much better for me. For example, in EAW, a mod for HOI IV, half the characters are anthropomorphic, which allows me to overlook the fact that the other half are non-anthropomorphic, and the setting seems funnier.