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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Nov 07, 21:54:46

neurological

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Nov 06, 13:00:06

mistletoe

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Nov 06, 02:03:07

Epilepsy

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Original Characters / Re: OC charecters

2012 Nov 05, 22:26:13

I hate to be the ultra-critical type, but really. 1-2 sentences is just not enough to paint a picture.

Aliski 'has a bracelet that allows her to do anything the average unicorn can do'? I believe in layman's terms that's called 'being a unicorn'.

Also, can you please fix the irking typo in the title? Hate to angst about grammar, but having a misspelled word in your title does not give a good impression to your readers.

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Nov 04, 00:10:08

Laryngitis

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: I'm not sure Apple understands bronies

2012 Nov 01, 20:18:07

I guess it could be this guy. Makes just as much sense as Donut Joe.

To be honest, though, he just looks like a gender bent Rarity.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: I'm not sure Apple understands bronies

2012 Nov 01, 19:50:55

I also want to point out how bizarre of a choice Donut Joe was for a boyfriend. And I'm still confused as to who that purple-haired man in the suit is. It's not Prince Blueblood; he has blonde hair.

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Video Games Archive / Re: TF2 discussion!

2012 Nov 01, 16:08:24

Just thought I'd point out that I'm Selling a few junky hats in case anyone wants them.

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Original Characters / Re: Summer Breeze

2012 Nov 01, 12:02:11

Golly, you drew that that quick? Great work! I appreciate it.

I love that she's just your average pony for the most part. Happy normal Fillydelphia family. I feel like maybe getting her cutie mark when she had her son is a little strange. Ponies should have their cutie marks by the time they're adults. Maybe have her be a babysitter already that takes care of other foals because she wants one so badly, and she gets her cutie mark, but she's always desperately striving for her own and it's the most fulfilling achievement for her when she finally does have her own foal.

Her being a 'late-bloomer' was intentional. If you look closely some of the adult background ponies in the show are still blank-flanks. Whether this is a mistake or a suggestion that adult ponies can be blank-flanks is debatable, but I like to believe its a possible rarity.

Her job sounds more like daycare than babysitter. Is that what you meant? Babysitting is usually reserved for teens and is typically a few hours while the parents are out, and the babysitter goes to their house. A day care would be more like the parents leave their kids with her while they go to work or whatever. Running a daycare feels like it might suit her better. But that's just my opinion.

Well, here in the South we tend to refer to a business run by one person or one family that runs out of their home a babysitting business. While a business that hires non-family employees and runs out of a company building would be a daycare. I may reword it to be clearer.

I'm not sure how I feel about her tragically losing her special somepony...I mean, I have deaths of family members within the stories of my own OCs, so I can't criticize it too much. I wonder if there could be a better way to have the dad be out of the picture, or for her to feel exceptionally protective without killing him? Sent away for his work? Or maybe he's terribly hurt in the accident, but not killed? It doesn't feel right in the MLP world, but like I say, this all makes me a hypocrite, and the character is strong and the story logical, so you can leave it if it's really what you want to happen to this character. We just see so many deaths in the OC department around here...

This part is set in stone because growing up with no father plays a crucial role in Midnight's development. I think the reason so many OC writers kill off their parents is because they just can't be bothered to write them. Admittedly I have very little written on Dusty myself, so I can hardly criticize.

I much appreciate your feedback and your art. Thank you again!

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Off-Topic Archive / Re: No-Shave November

2012 Nov 01, 08:43:33

Is it cheating that I technically started on the 29th? 

[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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Original Characters / Re: DivineSpektrum

2012 Oct 31, 14:11:34

Could honestly do without the bootyface avatar. 

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Oct 30, 00:37:01

Serendipity

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The Retirement Home / Re: Make a new word starting with the last letter of the last word! (Reuploaded)

2012 Oct 30, 00:28:33

Marmalade

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

2012 Oct 29, 21:56:13

I wonder if they would give you a discount off of some of the goodies there since you're a follow brony, savvy?

Fat chance, seeing as we didn't even get employee discounts there. 

At least I get cheap cafeteria food at the hospital.

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Original Characters / Re: Mary sue lvl thread.

2012 Oct 29, 20:33:53

-4 means awesome and not at all mary sue   which means you're awesome!

Not really. 'The lower the better' is a very one-dimensional way of looking at the test. Remember you don't want to make an Anti-Sue either. If your score is lower than about 5 or so, you should probably spice them up. Ideally, aim for a score of about 10-20.

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: I'm not sure Apple understands bronies

2012 Oct 29, 02:23:26

Six boyfriends? Nothing says harmony and morality like promoting infidelity and breaking five men's hearts when you decide which one to marry.

Did they remember to put an M rating on this?

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The Retirement Home / Re: This r That?

2012 Oct 29, 02:09:01

Normal, frozen is super expensive.

Werewolves or zombies?

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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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Video Games Archive / Re: Guild Wars 2

2012 Oct 28, 09:22:24

I suggest we post what our OC's faces on GW2 looks like

Never heard the acronym 'OC' referring to an RPG character before.