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[Summer Breeze]

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Original Characters / Summer Breeze

2012 Oct 31, 23:00:39

Summer Breeze

Art by Morning Glory

Race: Earth Pony
Gender: Female
Age: Middle Adult (Approximately 45-50 in human years)
Special Talent: Child Care
Occupation: Babysitter

Personality

Summer is a very loving, family-oriented mare. While she is genuinely a good and well-meaning mother she is extremely neurotic and worrisome; often to the point of being overprotective and unnecessarily restrictive. She has a strong work ethic and a steadfast dedication to her work, both out of passion for what she does and a streak of perfectionism.

Background

Summer was born and raised in Fillydelphia; where she has lived her whole life. From a young age she had a rather juvenile dream of meeting her soul mate and raising the perfect family. She was a bit of a loner in her early life, preferring to spend most of her time bopping around in her garden. As much as she loved gardening, it was not her special talent: she was still a blank flank well into her adolescence, causing her much confusion and distress.

In her late adolescence Summer took up a job in a local flower shop, where she quickly became known in the neighborhood for her flawless flower arrangements, despite taking forever to make them. It was here that she met her husband-to-be: Dusty Breeze, who came to the shop asking for a funeral arrangement for his mother, who had just passed away. As the two got to know each other better Summer quickly fell for him. Though she couldn't put her hoof on it, he just had "that one thing". She knew she had found her soul mate. Within a year, the couple was married with a bright future ahead of them. Dusty often joked that Summer was the first mare in Equestria to win a stallion's heart before earning her cutie mark. They were ecstatic when they found that Summer was pregnant for their first foal, they couldn't wait start their family.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. One day, Summer received the grim news that her beloved husband had met his demise in a freak accident on the job. She never remarried as she believed Dusty was her one true love, "Till death do us part" was apparently not good enough for her. With the untimely death of her husband, she was left to raise their unborn foal alone.

Summer gained two things on the day of her foal's birth: A son, and her cutie mark. When she looked into her colt's eyes for the first time she knew he would be her whole life. She had to protect him; he was all she had. She named him Midnight Breeze.

With a new colt to raise, Summer opened a Babysitting business in addition to her job at the flower shop. Horrified of losing her son like she did her husband, she kept Midnight in arms reach at all times; coddling him to no end. This unfortunately had a detrimental effect on Midnight's social development: he grew up to be an outcast and had trouble making friends. Once Midnight got his first job at Tock's Clocks; the local clock store, Summer was able to quit her job in the flower shop and became a full-time professional babysitter. She loves the children she cares for and sees them as the foals she never had.

Eventually, the day came when her son was ready to leave the nest. While Summer truly believed that Midnight's dream of a technological revolution was simply a lost cause, she supported him out of love, and encouraged him to make his place in life. With her lifelong dream cut short, she hoped and prayed that her son could somehow manage to achieve his. Today she lives alone in Fillydelphia, caring for the foals she loves until one day she can be reunited with her love.


Note: Yes, after 2+ months of procrastination I finally got around to posting the info I've been hoarding on Midnight's mother: Summer Breeze. Sorry about the crappy Pony Creator image; my go-to artist has a lot on her plate, and I just didn't want to have to pay for a commission.
(Thanks Morning Glory!)

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / I think I found where all the bronies in my town have been hiding.

2012 Oct 28, 13:35:36

So until now I was pretty sure that I was the only brony in my town. I have two pony shirts that I wear around town all the time. Never have I gotten a single comment; positive or negative, nor even as much as a passing glance.

This afternoon I payed a visit to the Brookshire's I used to work at wearing my Pinkie Pie shirt. I was just picking up some cookies to attempt to appease the mastodonic sweet tooth I've had all weekend. At the bakery I ran into one of the cashiers I used to work with, as we greeted each other she commented 'I like your brony shirt'.

I didn't think much of that, but when I got to the checkout, the cashier said 'Hey, cool shirt, are you a brony?'. When I said yes he revealed that he was a brony, too. Then some random courtesy clerk came over out of nowhere and was like 'Hey, are you guys talking about My Little Pony? I'm totally a brony!'. 

Gosh, if Brookshire's has come to be the unofficial brony hangout of the town, maybe I should get my old job back. 

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Off-Topic Archive / No-Shave November

2012 Oct 16, 23:10:02

Wikipedia Article

Any other Adult/Teen men planning to participate in No-Shave November this year? For those who don't know, it's an unofficial awareness event aimed at men's health issues, where men are encouraged to grow a beard (or just a moustache for those who's employer don't let them have full beards) in order to raise awareness.

Since I've always kept a perfectly clean-shaven babyface my whole life, I'll definitely stand out to my family and co-workers.

I plan on growing a full beard for the first time, I just hope it doesn't look weird with my dark-blue highlighted hair.  Might crack and go with just the moustache if it does.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Fluttershy is hiding from me.

2012 Sep 30, 22:14:36

I finally decided to go on a brony shopping spree today looking for a Fluttershy toy. I went to every store in town I could think of that MIGHT have ponies.  Most of them turned up zilch. But Walmart and Family Dollar had MULTIPLES of Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie, AND Applejack, but not a single Fluttershy, the only one I want.

I knew she was the reclusive type, but I really hoped she wasn't this hard to find. Sucks living in a small Louisiana town where we don't have any actual toy stores or a mall for hundreds of miles.

[Midnight Breeze]

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Original Characters / Midnight Breeze

2012 Sep 20, 03:53:22

Midnight Breeze

Art by Ember-Flames

Gender: Male
Race: Earth Pony
Age: Young Adult (Approximately 20-25 in human years)
Special Talent: Tech Savvy

Occupation: Tinker

Personality

    Midnight is a very shy and timid stallion, as well as an admitted weakling. Having grown up with no father, nor any other male role-model; he never really learned how to 'Be a Stallion'. As such, he finds that he prefers the company of mares. Accustomed to being alone, Midnight has a very vivid imagination, and is a big dreamer. He is quite eccentric and childish for a full grown stallion, likely do to his lack of a social foalhood. Still, he has a serious side: He is very well read and knowledgeable, where his interests are sparked he can often talk his own jaw sore.

Background

    Midnight was born in Fillydelphia to his widowed mother: Summer Breeze. His father tragically died while Summer was pregnant for him, cutting short her dream of a big happy family. Summer was nothing short of a helicopter mother. Since Midnight was the only family she had left, she coddled him extensively. As is expected, he became quite a mama's boy and had trouble fitting in with other ponies.
    As a foal he had no close friends and only a few acquaintances due to his crippling shyness. As such, his most prominent source of entertainment was his own imagination, which caused him to develop a strong imaginativeness, curiosity,  and out-of-the-box thinking style. From a young age he found he had a constant urge to be working with his hooves, often messing with things that weren't his.
    He discovered his cutie mark when a school bully broke his toy robot. Fascinated by all the tiny parts and gizmos inside, he not only fixed it, but made it walk, too! Inspired by the incident, he then wanted to know what 'made things tick'. He began taking apart and tearing up random appliances in his house, much to Summer's dismay...
   During his adolescent years, Midnight spent a lot of time wondering about machines and technology and how they could be improved. He spent hours in thought about how much better he could make Equestria though technology. Dozens of ideas came to mind, from transportation, to recreation, to quality-of-life. However, there wasn't much he could do but dream. He didn't have the funds, resources, nor contacts to be a serious inventor.  Even as a grown stallion, his lack of references or on-the-job experience left him great difficulty finding a job. As such, he could only find work in a clock store, where he spent the next 2 years working a dead end, unchallenging job.
   Eventually, his patience paid off. While skimming through the newspaper one evening, he came across the job opportunity he'd been looking for...or at least a step in the right direction. A new gadget shop was opening in Ponyville, and was looking for a tinker. Midnight didn't hesitate a second, and within weeks he was boarding the train to Ponyville. He knew it would be hard for a shy pony like himself to make a new life in a town where he didn't know anypony, but he couldn't just sit in his stagnant life forever, it was time for him take control of his life....

Fun Facts

-Midnight is a chess whiz, so much so it's surprising there isn't a pawn somewhere in his cutie mark.
-In sharp contrast to his techno-nerdiness, Midnight has a rudimentary knowledge of herbalism and botany, which he picked up from his mother.
-Midnight has never had a fillyfriend.
-Midnight chugs Flim & Flan cider like a fish, a guilty pleasure.
-Midnight has a great deal of respect for Princess Luna compared to other ponies.
-Unlike most Earth Ponies, Midnight is not very good with animals.
-Midnight is deathly afraid of heights.


I stared the story! Here ya go: A New Breeze

Well, there you have him! Go easy on him, he's sensitive...

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MLP: FiM SD Archive / Does Luna Actually Have Any Political Power?

2012 Aug 24, 02:23:59

       As someone who likes Luna better the Celestia, it's a bit aggravating that all of Luna's appearances besides as Nightmare Moon (Yes, all two appearances) she is just the butt of a joke. Everypony trembles when Celestia strolls into town, as thought they're scared that one false move will see them sent straight to the moon. Yet the show little, if any respect for Luna.
      Kind of wonder if Luna is actually Co-Ruling Equestria, again, since Celestia pretty much seems like the sole dictator. I mean, where is her throne in Canterlot Castle? Why is Luna never there at important Holidays or events? Seriously though, Luna deserves more screen time and actually legitimacy....

[Twilight Sparkle]

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MLP: FiM SD Archive / Times the Mane 6 have gone against their own element?

2012 Jul 08, 15:05:36

So, not counting when they were corrupted by Discord, can we name all the times that the ponies have acted against the element that they are supposed to embody near-perfectly?

Anyone see some times that I missed?

Twilight Sparkle

She's difficult because it's hard to define something as 'going against' the element of magic, but..

-Is very closed-minded. Refusing to even consider anything that she can't see or understand. Despite representing the element of magic which is, by definition, an enigma.


Applejack

-Lied to Pinkie about why she and the others were avoiding her.
-Lied about why she wouldn't come back to Ponyville in The Last Roundup.
-Broke a Pinkie promise.

Fluttershy

-Was mean to several ponies and animals throughout Putting Your Hoof Down.
-Beat up Rainbow Dash in Dragon Quest.

Rainbow Dash

-Abandoned two of her best friends in the desert in The Last Roundup, then just got on the train and went home like everything was cool.

Rarity

Oh God, Rarity, where to begin.

-Made Spike dig for gems all day and then gave him ONE for himself.
-Guilt tripped Spike into giving her the fire ruby he'd been nurturing for months.
-Neglected working on Twilight's birthday dress to pursue her own interests.
-Refused to babysit for the cakes for no reason other than she just didn't want to.
-Shamelessly stole the show from Rainbow Dash at The Best Young Flyers Competition.

Pinkie Pie

-Turned into a curmudgeon when Gummy's afterbirthday party didn't go as planned.

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Introductions Archive / Hi, folks.

2012 Jul 02, 17:21:21

Hello, everyone, I'm new here.

Forgive the timidity, I'm very shy.