#but i always thought the pony designs were cute

[hedgerlogs]

turns out i can draw anything i want 🐴

[diaryofaprettyprincess]

stepdad!price x innocent!reader

note: this is a prequel to a possible series with stepdad!price x innocent!reader (obviously). reader is of age.

note 2: price is 37 reader is about 18-19 (DARK STORY !!!!!), reader gets picked up by price, 6'5 beefy price, shorter reader

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lying your head on your stepfather's shoulder, you pressed your front against his side--leg thrown over his as you two got comfortable on the couch as you began watching a movie. a blanket thrown over the two of you as you nuzzled your head further into his shoulder, nibbling on your lower lip as you focused intently on the movie.

price let out a shaky breath, his eyes glancing from you to the tv to you again.

don't do it.

she's forbidden fruit.

but she is the sweetest fruit of all.

he kissed the top of your head, and you replied with his action by taking his hand under the blanket and absent-mindedly twisting the rings on his finger.

one of his rings: the wedding band.

the wedding band from the wedding between your mother and him.

it seared his skin.

he could not help that he had gotten married to the wrong person.

it should have been you.

but he had to remind himself that you were much too young.

freshly an adult. and he was 37. 37.

what the fuck was wrong with him?

he can't help that he fell in wrong with you.

you were too young..too innocent. too pure. he had blood on his hands.

your small hands fidgeted with his large, warm ones as you traced his knuckles with your cold fingers, creating odd designs that warmed his chest.

he must have been much too into his thoughts, as you giggled at something that happened in the movie, grasping and ungrasping his hand as you continued to fidget with his rings.

you looked up at him, your lips so close to his as you smiled softly. everything in him wanted to capture your lips in a kiss. your first kiss.

but he knew he couldn't.

instead, his softened eyes watched your face with pure love.

you snuggled impossibly closer to him, practically on his lap.

"honey?" his voice was deep but soft. he cleared his throat.

your eyes watched the television, never leaving them as you hummed a small, "hm?"

price thought for a moment.

your mother was out for the weekend. he could have you now...

no.

"uh, nothin'." he concluded, and you paid no mind. his right hand crept down to your exposed thighs that were thrown over his lap. he tried to ignore the intense throbbing and want that thrummed under his jean zipper.

he slowly tickled his fingers along the span of your thigh, down your calf and to your frilly-socked foot as you cutely wiggled your toes. his index traced along the delicate laced-ruffles--then down to rub the inside of your foot.

after a bit, his hand made its way back up to the side of your thigh again, running his fingers along the soft skin.

he looked over at you again.

god, how were you so beautiful?

his whole being ached with want.

he loved you so much it hurt his heart.

"that a new bow?" he asked, pinching the pink knot at the base of your messy pony tail.

you nodded, excitedly. "mm hm! do u like it?"

you always wanted his approval, and he knew that.

"i love it, sweetheart, 's beautiful jus' like you." he smiled, watching your face darken with a red blush. you giggled shyly.

"thank you, daddy." you replied quietly, still fidgeting with his hand under the blanket.

daddy.

god, were you trying to kill him?

he knows you've always had a bit of a crush on him. ever since you two met.

and he's only a little ashamed to say he immediately fell for you when you both met.

he was with the wrong girl.

he loves times like this though.

it is probably bad to say, but he loves when your mother is gone.

it reminds him of a life he could have possibly one day with you...away from it all. he has the money to start a new life with you, just not the opportunity yet.

he loves when you walk into the kitchen, stuffie pressed against your chest, hair messy, lips n eyes puffy with sleep; his t-shirt on and your cute little pink panties.

he loves when your sleepy. you cuddle up closer to him.

just this morning you stumbled into the kitchen, rubbing at your tired eyes.

price was already dressed for the day--up since 6 am.

"good morning, sweet girl." his voice made your heart flutter.

you whined, padding to where he leaned back on the kitchen counter, wrapping your arms around his torso immediately. he picked you up with ease, kissing your face as you giggled.

he sat down on the couch as you straddled him tiredly, head pressed against his beefy chest.

"you're my favorite girl, y'know that?" he whispered, petting your hair.

it was true.

you were his absolute favorite.

and he was not just about to give that up.

[chaotic-starlight24]

Sodapop Curtis General Headcanons

Well y'all, here he is. Our pretty little boy. I love Soda so much though, I linger a bit on the sad stuff though :( I'll be covering Two-Bit next!

Freetime Headcanons

Warnings: Spoilers and Some angst

There was one book that he managed to read and actually enjoy, and that was The Phantom Tollbooth. He read it in middle school and his parents were very proud of him for finishing it AND not forcing him to read it. (He was probably forced by a teacher)

He pulls out snacks and drinks from EVERYWHERE. Like he has legit just been talking to Pony on the couch and pull a Pepsi-Cola from between the cushions.

I mentioned in my freetime post that he is really good at doing hair. So sometimes he helps out Two-Bit and his mom by doing Dolly’s (Two-Bit’s sister) hair. She always likes when he does it because if her brother does it she usually ends up with 2 crooked ponytails.

When they grow up, he and Steve plan to own a car shop together. Soda would also like to start a horse-riding club for rodeos and everything. As I mentioned in my Steve headcanons, Johnny and Steve did a design for fun of the future car shop but Soda and Steve do end up using it (with a couple tweaks). 

Is Soda innocent and sweet at all times? NO. He is not shy when it comes to flirting with people. But he is also very respectful of women whenever they come to the car shop. He only flirts if they try to flirt with him first. Only if they’re the same age as him ofc. But one time Steve had to take over because an older woman was making some really weird comments to him. 

He was the first one to make friends with Dally in the gang. Him and Steve were hanging out and they managed to get Two-Bit to come with them because Mrs. Curtis didn’t like the idea of them walking around alone. So they walked over to the diner to see if they could get a free drink or something and Soda looked over and saw him. This scruffy looking 13 year old, crouched at the end of the bar thing. Soda is the most golden retriever person ever so he immediately went to try and talk to him. Dally tried to push him away but soon enough he was dragged into their little group.

He can get very self-conscious since he is supposed to be the “pretty” brother and will occasionally be found by Steve, just looking in the mirror. He doesn’t really have dysmorphia of any kind and is actually quite confident but he still has those moments.

Soda was not shy at all when it came to pulling his teeth as a kid. It’s just a bit loose? He yanks it out because it's annoying. One time the dentist told him to expect a specific tooth to be loose and he just pulled it out right then and there. (ONE OF MY FRIENDS ACTUALLY DID THIS)

He is one of the most talented of the gang with gymnastics. His favorite trick to show off with is front-flipping into a handstand and spinning on one hand. Can this actually be done? Idk. Would it look sick? Oh yeah it would.

He has the most amazing and cute laugh ever. He looks majestic, sounds beautiful, just top-tier enjoyable laugh. He throws his head back a bit and has the most adorable crooked grin.

Now for a bit of angst >:) After Sandy he was a lot more sensitive when it came to flirting or mentions of romance. He really thought Sandy was the one. Soda does not get angry easily but after Sandy, that was the first time Steve saw him snap at a stranger. Some girls really wouldn’t leave him be and he went off on them.

After his main breakdown when Darry and Pony came after him, he was happy they came. Happy they helped him back up and heard him out. But a small part of him wish Pony wasn’t so dang fast and Darry wasn’t so dang strong. He wanted to just keep running. Run until he found Sandy. Run until he made it so far from Tulsa that no one knew what a greaser was. He knew a hug and some tears weren’t going to stop the fights between Pony and Darry.

He gets colds really easily but he can’t get cough syrup down his throat for his life. It doesn’t help that Darry has this really nasty stuff that tastes like honey and rotten eggs and is like 20 years old.

He has freckles. That’s all. They’re beautiful.

He is one of the few to actually take Two-Bit’s love of Mickey/Disney seriously. Two-Bit has even dragged him to a couple movies. His favorite one was Mary Poppins. He has attempted to dance like Bert does.

He is the most physically affectionate out of everyone in all of Oklahoma. The more friendly he is with you, the more he’s affectionate. When he and Steve are sitting together he just drapes himself across Steve while talking. When he listens to Pony he’s usually holding Pony or hugging him. If he’s dating someone, he’s kissing their face and holding their hand all the time. He’s just more comforted by it. Mr. Curtis was the same way. Just a little less.

A couple months before he dropped out some Socs stopped him in the hallways. They were trying to steal the pocket money he had. He tried his best to hold them off him but one of them started getting physical. Until one mentioned his big older brother and that they should be careful. But the main soc told him that Soda was too dumb to ever think about telling him, or anyone for that matter. Not a thing going on in that pretty little head of his. Eventually they did end up leaving him alone. But those words stuck with Soda. Dumb. That was the word that came up in his mind first when thinking about himself. He wasn’t much more, was he?

As mentioned in my Johnny headcanons, he was one of Johnny’s first friends. He was one of the few to hear all about Johnny’s thoughts. He just had that way of making people talk to him. He heard all about how worthless Johnny thought he was. How little confidence he had. He tried his best in encouragement but he knew Johnny wasn’t going to listen. Which made it all the worse once Johnny died. He toughed it out when around the gang but one day after his work, he walked to the graves. He kneeled in front of Johnny’s. And sobbed. The boy who died feeling worthless, in agonizing pain. His friend. One of his first. And now he was 6 feet under. Nothing would bring him back. And next to him? The other friend he brought into the gang. He never really understood Dally all that well, but that was one of his friends. Now both would never meet him again. No more giving Johnny a sandwich at the DX cause he had nothing better to do. No more dragging Dally away from Buck’s to go to rodeos with him and Steve. No more gang hangouts with them all together playing games.

When Pony came home and then Johnny and Dally died, Soda felt horrible for his little brother. He had to watch him become much more closed off and defensive. He could barely get Pony to open up to him. He was terrified Pony would never have a good friend again. Eventually Pony got a couple of friends (As mentioned in my Pony headcanons, he and Esther became better friends) and Soda felt a little more at peace.

With the whole Vietnam war thing… I do think he would end up going, BUT end up surviving. We can’t have Pony lose everything ok! He was put on the less violent jobs and not thrown head-first into battle. Let’s just say he was allowed to go home after 2 years at most. That is all I will cover on that subject.

He’s a pretty good singer and he and Darry jam out to Elvis all the time. He really does sing his heart out. If Blue Suede Shoes comes on you know he has a comb in hand and tries to dance like Elvis. He also loves “Please, Mr. Postman” and if he’s feeling dramatic “It’s My Party”.

He doesn’t really listen to his own emotions much or tell anyone about them. He feels he’s supposed to be the listener. Everyone’s going through so much more than him! So he needs to be there for them, not himself! The only person he’s been vulnerable around is Sandy. Steve as well. Which meant it hurt so much more when Sandy left him.

The Curtis Brothers have an elderly neighbor named Nellie, she's 92. Soda brings cake to her once a week and just sits and chats with her. She brings them berry jam.

[beanjang-draws]

Redesigned the princesses for my au!

I took more creative liberties with these two than I did with the mane six, so here are some thoughts behind the design choices…

GENERAL:

I always loved the contrast between the two sisters and the other ponies on the show. The two felt super distinct and special, and I wanted to preserve that, which is why they’re more horse shaped than the others. I also gave them both triple horns to resemble crowns. Something something divine right to rule….in my au the princesses were born when the cycles of the natural world became dependent on pony magic, so I wanted to hint just how old they are by making them even more different from other horned ponies.

EYES:

Their eyes are just solid colors to show just how ✨magical✨ they are. They’re so brimming with it that their eyes just glow a little all the time. The blushing on their bodies is the same colors as their eyes because their blood is also silver and gold respectively xoxo

WINGS:

Luna gets bat wings because I love when the ponies get to have alternative wing styles, and I wanted to leave a physical mark on Luna from when she was Nightmare Moon and went to moon jail. I love her cute curled wing feathers a lot, but I’ll get to draw that with Cadence, so it isn’t a huge loss in my eyes. Celestia gets big ol wings because I like to think she’d be dramatic and gesture with her wings a lot + she spreads her wings a lot for ceremonious or important occasions. Maybe it’s to cast big shadows of her silhouette when she raises the sun, maybe it’s just because she’s silly like that, but either way, she feels like a big wing kinda pony.

MANE:

Luna is also physically a lot smaller and her mane is a little more limp than Celestia’s. While Celestia has a flowing, gold-tinged mane that ripples like rays of light, Luna’s mane takes on a more viscous texture. I wanted to give her some visual aspects that make her less “royal”, as a visual cue to her not being received as well by their subjects. Her appearing less perfect than Celestia is a big part of her story, and I also just like drawing dark hair.

COAT:

Now, for the reason Celestia is so pink: it’s not just because I love pink. It’s also because I wanted Luna’s and her coats to be inverted colors of one another. I thought it’d be fitting thematically for both of them…plus it meant I could make Celestia pink. Hasbro was right because I DO like pink ponies.

Bonus: Celestia’s decorative collar thingy is meant to resemble the sun and its rays, while Luna’s resembles the moon.

[spoiledskullz]

1- what were your main inspos when designing and writing welkin?

2- if she had a favorite horror movie which one would it be? :3

SO Welkin's current personality and design are NOT the first ones she's had but the inspiration I took design wise was Rose Quartz and Cherry (studio killers)! Very specifically there's picture of Cherry sitting on a cloud? I wanted her to reflect that same energy that rose quartz already kind of has

As for her hair and the freckles it's actually a reference to Applejack! She was my favorite pony as a kid and I thought they were cute details :]

Everything else was meant to reflect a pastel sunset and wolves, admittedly she's purple because it was my fav as a kid LOL :']

But the black ears and hair parts are supposed to represent dark spots on grey wolves, as well as the rounded triangle shaped ears and yellow eyes

As for personality! I took inspo from Rose again as well as Princess Cadance (from mlp), Sally (from the nightmare before Christmas), and just a little tiny bit from Vivi (mystery skulls animated)

She's kinda just an amalgamation of my interests as a kid lol I'm sure I'm forgetting other things but she's old LOL

I think she'd prefer horror dramas or slashers, I always kind of associate her with horror movies from the 70s so things like texas chainsaw or carrie come to mind

I think paranormal movies bother her because she's so passionate about ghosts that inaccuracies and biases in ghost films make her upset LOL

[ghost-pony]

Why pony?

This is a long post, but a while back on my fet I wrote up an introspective bit on why ponyplay is so appealing to me. Figured I'd copy it over here below the cut! If you're at all interested in this stuff, reading it is absolutely the best way to better understand my pet inclinations.

Animal Roleplay

I've been a furry for years. I'm well-accustomed with expressing myself through the lens of an animal character; this is my comfort zone more than my human self is. As much as I want to meet people, and as much as I wish I were extroverted, I find social interactions challenging; there's a lot of unspoken rules to follow, but animals don't have nearly so many of them.

As an animal, particularly one in a mask, people's expectations of me are simpler. I don't necessarily have to talk, make the right facial expression, or perform human behavior. There's a lot more thought put into animal body language and nonverbal cues. In a human context, these things are assumed to be a given; they're things we ought to know and do automatically. But sometimes there's gaps in my knowledge; interacting feels like a performance, like I have to constantly dedicate thought to 'acting normal.'

As an animal, I can take this performance and turn it into something I love. It feels like stage acting, like I'm embodying a character or a facet of myself that I have to study and understand so I can bring them to life. And there's less criticism, imagined or otherwise, if I slip up - a pony neigh that doesn't perfectly resemble a bio-horse's isn't the same kind of social faux pas as a person who never makes eye contact through the course of a conversation. I think this is where my desire for petplay intersects with my (suspected) position somewhere on the autism spectrum. I put a lot of pressure on myself to uphold social expectations that don't come naturally to me; as a pony, I can redirect that energy into something that feels fulfilling and freeing instead of a stifling struggle to conform.

And on a broader scale - an animal headspace offers the enticing promise of setting aside all the human-life stressors that lurk in the back of my mind. I always feel some level of pressure, like there's something I'm better off doing with my time, that's hard to forget. But as an animal, those worries are far away and my priorities are simpler. My constant task - understanding my animal self, thinking and acting like him, focusing on the best ways to physically convey something inhuman - offers something to keep me occupied, and keeps my mind from wandering back to faraway stress.

Self-image

While I wouldn't describe myself as ashamed of how I look, there is some level of physical self-consciousness that's constantly present when I'm around others. What if my hair is rumpled in an unflattering way? What if I have something on my face? What if I'm making a weird expression, or zoning out and seemingly staring at a stranger across the room? And as a trans person: What if someone suspects I wasn't born male?

Gear and masks give me a reassuring answer to all of those questions. I know what I look like, and I know I look good. My face is hidden, so I can relax and stop thinking about how it looks or who's looking at me. I've always adored the craftsmanship and artistic appeal of a well-made mask, and wearing one gives me a consistent outer image of something I like. It's a big self-confidence boost, and it helps me visualize myself as something inhuman. I'm not just a person in a mask, I am what everyone else outside me sees. I'm something beautiful, imposing, admirable, cute - whatever direction the art I'm wearing takes me in. And I live for the uniqueness of self-expression via animal characters; in the furry community, no two designs or masks are exactly the same, and I bring that same energy with me into petplay.

And certain aspects of ponyplay highlight moving with grace and elegance; my self-consciousness drives me to make my play into something that looks appealing from the outside. I don't want to look awkward, or uncomfortable, or out-of-place; I want to look confident and graceful, even if that's something I have to work hard to maintain.

Physicality

Ponyplay motivates me to better myself physically in a way that not many things have. Working ponies work hard, and ponyplay stands out in its incorporation of physical effort and exercise. I miss the feeling of team sports, of pushing myself hard to bring us collective pride and impress my trainer; ponyplay offers almost the same feeling, a way to move my body and show what I can do without so much time spent in my own head. I want to feel capable and strong, I want to push myself, I want to feel energetic and competitive (and competing with other ponies sounds really fun).

I had a revelation today; I don't think I'm much of a masochist, and I've always struggled to understand why pain is as popular as it is in kink. I worry that my options are limited if I never learn to see the appeal. But I think hard exercise appeals to me in much the same way other forms of pain appeal to other people; it makes me feel in tune with my body, it's a challenge I want to endure, and it's something I want to succeed at to impress or bring pride to someone else.

Dynamic

There's many creative ways to approach petplay. What is it about ponies and horses specifically that draws me in? I think they're the best expression of my animal self and the dynamic I want with a handler; our cultural understanding of each animal heavily influences how I see myself in a pet space. We see dogs as friendly, playful, goofy, and eager to please; that's not quite me. Cats can be cuddly or aloof; that's not quite what I'm looking for in a dynamic.

We see horses as graceful, powerful, and sensitive. I'm not a very big guy; I like embodying an animal that demands some level of physical respect, and feel safer when I feel like I can't easily be pushed around. The interaction between horse and trainer is usually a consensual one by nature; as a pony I'm not obligated or forced to obey. Horses can be anxious and flighty; there's an understanding that a handler requires patience, gentleness, and sometimes tack to communicate with me. Tack aids them to express what they want me to do rather than physically imposing something on me. A relaxed, confident handler can see my anxiety and help put me at ease or lend me their confidence the way a sure rider can calm a nervous horse.

Above all, I don't see my pet play as something degrading. It's something that uplifts me, and being a pony does that better than anything else. Horses are admirable, elegant, hard-working - all things I want to adopt for myself when I put on my hood.

End

Thanks for reading all these thoughts, if you got this far <3 I'm posting this with minimal proofreading, so I may make some small edits later if I realize I worded something poorly or left anything out. I'm still very early in my journey at this point; my hope is that I'll learn and evolve enough to make an updated and revised version of this perspective some ways down the road. In the meantime: I would love to hear the perspectives of others, if you would like to share your own!

[shallowoak]

Design Chatter - MLP East Blue Crew!

>> Link to the art here! <<

I've seen some fellow MLP au artists talk through their design ideas, so I thought I'd share my two cents and ramble a bit! Fair warning this will be long and there will be spoilers!

I kept a few simple guidelines for myself in mind:

Keep it fun and surprising, in the spirit of the original!

I draw in the G4 style, but features from every gen and toy line are fair game

Anypony who appeared in the comics as a cameo is not immune and has been redesigned for my selfish needs

I love back card / blind bag style character blurbs. I live for crumbs of worldbuilding XD

I've purposefully not included cutie marks because I suck at drawing them and I'd never finish a piece if I had to draw them :v (maybe a post for another time?)

🌅 Luffy 🌅

In-universe:

"Friendship isn't so much magic but a mandate for those this pony captain likes! This joyful newbie idolises Shanks, a fellow flightless Pegasus pirate. Though rubber wings are useless for flight, his ultra-lightweight body means he is still adept at aerial combat- falling slower and flinging faster. He passes the time between islands gliding by the mast with the gulls."

Design:

I'll level with you all; I'm not huge on red and black ponies. It's nothing personal to anyone who uses the scheme; it's just not my bag. The contrast is a bit harsh on my eyes. (And that every brony in 2015 slammed ponies with the scheme, forever ingraining that bias into me)

Rather, Luffy's scheme is based on his shorts! Light blue and white evoke the shoreline and sky, two limitless places where he spends a lot of time. A softer scheme allows me to draw his vest and hat without them becoming lost on his fur, and I feel it gels better with his light n' bright attitude to life. There's no way he's edgy enough for red and black-!

The swirls on his wings (and hoof fluff) are from the G3 depiction of Pegasi. It's such a gosh darn cute way to draw wings. It's also a fun little nod to the pattern on his fruit and Gear 5 form later on. Ponies are always skirting around the idea of destiny. For him to be a Pegasus was an easy pick for me, the wings symbolising both freedom of movement and spirit!

💚 Zoro 💚

In-universe:

"This aloof Zebra spends all year saving for Apple cider season, where he promptly blows all his bits in under a week. He often unknowingly intimidates those he meets; a bias unaided by the three swords he wields with magnets embedded into his front hooves."

Design:

I'm weak. I couldn't resist the alliteration of Zebra Zoro. You can blame Zecora for starting that. You can also blame her for the parallel of people misunderstanding Zoro's personality based on first impressions. I Pinkie-promise he's a big softie really.

Before I'm bashed, I'm well aware Zoro is Asian. In this instance, you can view that his being a Zebra just connotes that his ancestry lies outside of the East Blue rather than drawing any real-world correlation.

It's the little things that make this version uniquely Zoro, though. His stripes are sword-shaped, come in threes and neatly avoid his back. Hoof magnets were a popular play feature of G3 ponies before kids kept eating them 😶 But I think it's a fun way for Zoro to retain that Earth Pony-adjacent strength whilst still being able to hold all three swords. His stance has always looked weird, anyway.

🍊 Nami 🍊

In-universe:

"A light-footed, citrus-scented Pegasus who gambles with the best in Klugetown. Nothing escapes her- not even the bits from your purse! After a decade of being on high alert, she's more in tune with the weather than even other Pegasi. The sight of rainbows stretching across the sky makes her think of home."

Design:

Honestly, it's nice that we don't know anything about Nami's birth family. When she was adopted, she was just a baby, even younger than Sanji. Belle-Mere (Mare…) and Nojiko shaped her entire life. To that end, I wanted her design to be free of speculation and to focus on what we know for sure.

Her being a Pegasus was influenced by a few things. In G4, Pegasi often have an affinity for the weather and sky. Like Luffy, her wings symbolise the emphasis on freedom in her story. Farming is traditionally an Earth Pony job, so it also shows the disconnect between her passions and current situation.

In this case, the clipping of her wings doesn't stop her from sailing away any more than it does in canon. But it adds to the feeling of control Arlong holds over her, another physical reminder of her duty and self-sacrifice.

Despite what the timeskip art style wants us to believe, Nami is pretty but also really... normal. Normal proportions, face, hair, profession. She's weird for an OP character in that way. To reflect that, I decided that her coat should reflect the colour of the maps she creates. Unique from the pastels around her, but not super stand out, much like her orange mane. The darkened ends of her fur walk the line between showing hard graft and dirtied hooves 🥲 I expanded her tattoo to be a full leg design- 'cuz why shouldn't she show off the symbol of her life truly beginning!?

🎱 Usopp 🎱

In-universe:

"A young, apprehensive Changeling who often lives disguised as a Pony. He uses his transformations to bring stories to life and dazzle those he meets! When danger arises, he shifts into the form of a smaller animal and hides..."

Design:

The choice to make Usopp a Changeling speaks to his insecurity. Why present yourself as a village foal when you could be a great pony of the sea? Or anyone else you could dream up? It also speaks to my own insecurity as an artist, not touching the idea of drawing his nose on a horse face with a 10-foot pole. It's not happening, nuh-uh. It's a horn now for a reason, trust me!

But it also allows for some very literal metamorphosis as he grows throughout the series. His horns grow larger and change shape as the slingshots he uses evolve. (Yes, he absolutely does use his horns to fire things from!) In Pony form, his cutie mark changes to reflect which part of himself he identifies with -or has the most faith in- at any one moment. As an artist, I bet he has great fun drawing up new marks to use.

Rather than becoming a muscly bug after the skip, his wings literally break out from his shell. It isn't the end of his development, but it signifies his change in outlook and newfound faith in himself. Followers of God Usopp view his Pony form as one they, as "common folk" can easily comprehend, rather than his true nature.

He's the only one I drew as his timeskip design, just because it was the most interesting to me. Hyperfixation does strange things to a man.

🍥 Sanji 🍥

In-universe:

"A hot-headed Unicorn who breaks expectations, he fights rude customers with kicks that match the strength of a true Earth Pony! His unusual tail is a hot topic of speculation for off-duty chefs at the Baratie- but he won't speak a word about his past. Maybe try asking about his specials instead?"

Design:

Classic Unicorns are calm, refined and beautiful. Everything that Sanji is... on the surface. I love how Sanji constantly plays with our expectations; who says a creative can't kick ass? Further to that, Sanji's magic skills are wholly unimpressive, with a grand repertoire of two spells. It helps separate him from Robin, the actual magic scholar on board. As an Earth Pony unable to teach him, Zeff has always felt guilty.

His blue coat reflects the shirts he often wears, sure, but blue feels so appropriate for someone who loves the sea so much. It also allows for his fluffy black socks to stand out, coining his epithet. (If horse Sanji wore pants, would he wear them like this? Or like t h i s?) Not naming any names, Luffy he's the only fighter sensible enough to wear horseshoes to protect his feet and often visits Farriers when they make port.

His tail isn't hairless, but is covered in a thin layer of fur like his body until it reaches the tip. It's useful for working in the kitchen as it's easy to wrestle into a hair net. In the Baratie, he's often seen with a red bow decorating it, warning customers that he'll kick if provoked. This style of tail is a largely lost trait of old Unicorns, now most commonly seen in nobility who care a little too much about bloodlines. It's not a feature he's proud of, especially when it calls into question the nature of his relationship to Zeff- a pony he otherwise closely resembles.

[skipper728]

My Pinkie Pie human and pony redesign/AU!

For her pony redesign, I wanted to incorporate her bouncy/exciting personality more than her original design! Her mane has tons of confetti in it; whether it’s on purpose or just leftover from her parties is unknown! She believes that life is one big party, so why not celebrate it all the time! She always carries secret party snacks and supplies in her mane, and no one has any idea how that even works. Her mane also naturally has highlights of light blue and pastel yellow, which she absolutely loves! When she was younger, her parents wanted to dye her hair so she fit into the family more, but she refused every time! Similarly, her hooves are naturally the same colors! They’re also much rounder and less hard than other ponies’ hooves. Although it doesn’t have and detrimental health effects, it can cause her hooves to get sore more easily than others. She has a solution for when that happens though, to fly! If you didn’t know, Pinkie Pie was originally supposed to be a Pegasus in G4, but it was changed for unknown reasons. Besides that, I feel like Pegasus fits her much better than Earth Pony, much how like Fluttershy makes more sense as an Earth Pony rather than a Pegasus! Having wings helps tremendously with her party planning! She’s able to transport things much faster, and surprise parties are a breeze when you can fly over the pony that the party is for! Another thing about Pegasi is that it’s a recessive genetic trait! That is why her parents and siblings are all Earth Ponies. The same applies to Fluttershy! She got the dominant trait of no wings. Moving on, Pinkie’s ears are pierced and she loves to wear festive earrings when she gets the chance!! Her ears are very sensitive to the usual metals in earrings though (like nickel!), so she can’t wear the festive ones for very long. Due to this, she usually doesn’t wear earrings unless it’s a special occasion!

For Pinkie’s human design, I really wanted to incorporate her love of all things party! I especially wanted to incorporate it into her outfit! I feel like she definitely be into the 80’s, she thinks of it as the ultimate party decade, and she likes to dress similar to people back then! She often wears leg warmers and headbands, and sometimes even wears arm warmers! Her shirt has her favorite drink on it; strawberry milk! She imagines it comes from pink cows and won’t let anyone change her mind. I also thought it would be cute if she were a little mismatched to fit her chaotic personality! Her leg warmers and shoes are flip-flopped on each side, which gives her a very unique look! Her leg warmers are also modeled after her blue and yellow highlights and hooves!

!!DISCLAIMER!!

The disclaimer for my art can be found in the pinned post on my page! (It should be called “My Twilight Sparkle human and pony redesign/AU!”)

[charmsponies]

A Needlessly Long Ramble About Pony Poses!!!

I was talking to my bf today and i had some thoughts on poses! Specifically we were talking about the celestial ponies! Because I know some people really dislike the Tootsie pose

(Here is the pose in question- with images of the original pose and one of the celestial ponies using it. From toysisters and the amazon listing)

Personally (please no one take offense to this paragraph , just my own thoughts ^^” ) I never understood the hate for this pose, the ponies look cute! All ponies are cute to me, i really dont think there are any specific poses they could stand in that would make them Uncute or take away from their design. I think people dislike the way their head is tilted forwards and how the neck looks? (Again, I think the head tilt is cute ^^) one of the issues I saw a few people talking about with the celestial ponies in particular is that they don’t like that their heads can turn when the original pose isnt really made for that and the neck looks uneven, but to me thats not really an issue at all since you wont notice unless someone points it out or youre staring too much at the neck, and if you dislike it you can just not turn the heads lol.

But yeah, poses sure are interesting huh? there are a lot of pony poses, I really like the variety as it makes each pony feel unique (even if i end up collecting a million of the same pose lol). While I don’t dislike any poses I DEFINITELY have some that I ADORE!

(Forgive me for reposting my old photos for examples here lol) Some examples of my faves are:

the Posey Pose (So pretty! The legs are like shes gracefully walking)

The Bowtie Pose (I love the head tilt so much, makes them so pretty)

I love how chunky in my hands the Gingerbread Pose is

i fucking WISH i had any of the sitting pose ponies (image from mlpmerchdatabase) It was cool to have sitting ponies (probably the most unique pose in all of g1, especially since there were only ever 2 ponies in this pose)

THE UNICORN AND PEGASUS POSES FOR THE BABY BEDDY BYE EYE PONIES ARE SO FUCKING CUTE especially the unicorn one which is my ultimate fave bbe pose (i will defend bbe until i DIE) The shy little way their heads are positioned make the unicorns adorable, and the pegasus pose is also really cute

Surprise pose! (pulls out pre restoration photo because i dont have any good ones of her clean showing off the pose, her hair is always in the way lol). Her head is tilted at such an interesting angle compared to other mlp poses, her whole body leans into that tilt but she doesnt have any balancing issues or nothing!

I adore all the newborn poses but i LOVE the ones where theyre just STANDING THERE (like my noodles or doodles) And i also fucking adore the newborn dibbles pose holy shit. they are so little they just stand their with their heads down like little creechures (dibbles and nibbles pic from toysisters)

Anyways long rant aside: I feel like every pose can be really uniquely cute and give each pony a lot of personality >w< Do you guys have any favorites? Any poses you hate? Feel free to add on even if its in disagreement lol

[innerspacealchemist]

✨Story Time✨

Hello Friends!

Today I’m going to tell you a story about friendship and young love.💕 Okay, so first lemme preface this that REGARDLESS of how people feel about their perception of me and my personality, I would describe myself as shy. So, let’s go back to little 5th grade me. 5th grade me has what I’d like to call a best friend. And when I’m saying best friend I mean, I have no clue what drew this girl to want to be my friend but she did. She was quiet and always wore a slick back pony tail. Her brown hair was straight and long and her eyes were smaller. She had really cute dimples. I remember her body being slim but wider and of course she was taller than me, not by so much though. I recall overhearing people say she reminded them of a mouse and maybe that’s why we got along well.

She and I were best friends through out 5th and 6th grade. I would stay at her house for weeks at a time, sometimes wishing I’d never have to back home. We would take trips to Las Vegas and Havasu and go rafting and to the movies and really all things that young girls do. We loved basketball and going to the mall to take pictures and things stayed that way pretty much until junior high.

In junior high I don’t believe we were as close, which I feel is designed into the system for some relief from being around the same people over and over again. Anyway, so we kind of fell out for a little bit. Then, I believe toward the end of my 9th or 10th grade year, we start to hang out again. I go to her house to stay the night one day and at this point have a boyfriend. I had been texting him a good portion of the time I had been there but it was causing an issue. I remember being in her room which had these mirrors on the closet doors. I was standing up near the bed and she was sitting on the bed facing me and now that I recall it was a much more masculine positioning. She was somewhat leaned back on an elbow and her legs dangled off the bed at the knee. She explained that she was feeling upset about my texting and then divulged that her girlfriend didn’t appreciate us hanging out because she thought my friend liked me as MORE than a friend. And I was really just trying to soak in the information when she said she did like me and kind of shot up from the bed to pull me toward her. We end up finding each other’s mouths and the heat of the moment creates this sensation of not feeling completely comfortable but wanting to see where it leads because in the moment it’s feeling alright. I open my mouth and my tongue is immediately met with a wet, warm playmate. I can feel her hands moving to my waist and my jeans. She undoes my button and pulls my pants down slightly, not to where I’m exposed but down enough that her hand slips gently into my panties and brushes her fingertips along my very wet, very timid, but also very much wanting to be touched pussy. I take a deep breath in because we’re still making out and in the time it takes to breathe in and move to exhale, she’s placed two very delicate slim fingers into me. I moan audibly and feel my head roll back and she pulls her fingers out and thrusts them into me again. She glides her other hand under my shirt, under my absolutely horrible awful for you wire bra, and cups my breast in her hand, my nipple pressing hard against her palm. At this moment I’m like holy fuck I am sensory overwhelmed and I open my eyes and see myself in the mirror.

I was loving the sensations, the pleasure of everything and when I finally caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror I felt really wrong. I was really worried about if I should tell my mom, or if this meant I’d have to tell my mom I liked girls, if this technically was cheating on my boyfriend. TBH it was a mess, so INSTEAD of assessing any of that, I pushed back and said I couldn’t do that and began to pick up my pants and I really do not think we saw each other outside of school after that. It might have been like one time after but that was it.

And you know, I don’t feel any weird way for not being able to be 100% in that moment. I think for me even though it was something that felt “wrong” at the time it was having to learn that there was nothing wrong with what i was doing but there were absolutely things so wrong with how i/she was going about it. I think regardless of the pleasure I was feeling in the moment, there was this block between she and I and I think some of it was in my hesitancy. She was not hesitant to touch me but I was very hesitant to touch her. As though not reciprocating the actions would absolve me of a harsher consequence. I didn’t enjoy feeling I was going to have to lie to my mom when she asked me how it went. I also didn’t enjoy lying to my boyfriend or confirming why her girlfriend didn’t like me. but again, i kinda just dropped it and moved on. Oh, I also never told my boyfriend it happened but to be honest I didn’t feel it counted?? Idk in my mind I was like that doesn’t count all we did was make out and she fingered me it wasn’t like I did anything back. The encounters like this really didn’t stop until a little bit later in life. maybe i’ll share those as well. ☺️

[heartlurch]

if u had to define it, what is it that u try most to bring out or represent in what u make, both aesthetically and narratively? I get a lot of the feeling if weird childhood feelings intersecting with like, adult feelings we don't quite understand yet- a kind of innocent puppy love that leads to a very sado-masochistic but equally innocent frame of mind. the idea that you want someone to be completely part of you, in every sense, in the most innocent- but not necessarily nice- way possible. like, when you're little, anything makes sense because nothing makes sense. (and also something something the inherent closeness of siblings...)

A real thinker. Hmm, how do I word this...

Aesthetically, I've always been drawn to 'cute' things. Little anime mascots, pretty creatures with bright eyes and long flowing hair. I'm inspired by things like Hamtaro, early Pokemon/Neopets design sense, a couple aspects of Digimon... My Little Pony! All things that have been dear to me since I was a lil kid. :3

I was also an edgy kid, though, so the kind of narratives I was inclined towards making were full of, er, murder, kidnapping, rape, slavery, cannibalism, torture... debauchery. Le weird age gap relationships, le interspecies, le forbidden love. (Funnily enough, I was late to the game with incest, it didn't really 'click' until I was about 17...) But yes, sado-maso, that was the core fixation. I wanted to see raw emotions! Misery! Scary situations! Dire romances!! And, I wanted all of these things to be inflicted to the pokemon, the my little ponies. I wanted to see those designs, that I was so attracted to, be put through this. Being honest, I don't think it was about contrasting something from my 'childhood' with something 'adult'... Well ah, real animals experience violence, death, rape, subjugation... *taps chin* I'm not sure if it feels like an 'adult' concept, because it's not as if it's exclusive to adults... Anything can experience intense circumstance, right? At that point, it's a matter of wanting to apply a sense of 'reality' to these creatures... Beyond that, it's also as simple as mashing up my favorite things together in a big pile. At that point, it's just incidental I wasn't like, idk, into detective dramas and putting the pokemon in that. (Not to nitpick too much... I'm just reflecting on my perspective. I'll circle back to this.)

Anyhoo... His little pea was thinking of such things at age like, 8, or something. Though I think I was closer to 11-13 when I was trying to actually write and draw these thoughts. None of this is so unique really; you can find tons of dA galleries from kids who want to see pikachu be fucked up and evil. As a result, I didn't feel like I was weird for what was doing, tbh. If anything, discovering fanfic dot net and dA made me feel validated — lots of people want to see this stuff! It was euphoric for a moment. Ah, so lots of people think like me... Cool!

I was mostly self-conscious at my own feeble skills. I'd have in my mind all these complex, winding narratives... Envisioning demon rituals where a kid needs to crush a live mouse between his teeth, swallow it whole, to complete it — but I couldn't remotely illustrate my thoughts. I'd barely be able to make some chicken scratch scribble of the design, and it'd be some feeble chibi lol. I felt a dissonance between my art and my desires. And it felt incompetent of me...

(You wouldn't know this girlie is a despondent sex slave, would you-??)

How do I improve drawing things that are pretty, cute, and appealing to me... but also, how do I create atmosphere? How do I convey all they are going through? This is where it's difficult, because there's not much to teach you how to... draw your cutesy little critter, writhing in agony. Expressive faces and posing are such a hill to conquer. And then beyond that, I have to realize there's other art that inspires me... I really love moeblob anime girls! Frilly shoujo styles! Expressive toons and furries... The simplicity of something like Adventure Time. What do I take away from these things? How do I integrate them-? I was honestly so clueless about it for years. Kind of at a loss of how to convey everything.

By now, I realize I want things to be mm... fluid, fantastical, a bit boneless... But not TOO boneless, it needs to be! Grounded! It needs volume, weight, I don't want things to get too loose, too flat, too 'shapes'. There's a lot of beauty to organic form... Grit to the living body. I want to imbue my favorite designs with that! A mascot is often designed with no intention to see it twist, flex, roll around, writhe... I want to look at a design like pichu and give it muscle and organs. It has a skeletal structure! It breathes! It exists. With all the dreamy, unreal smoothness of a real mouse. :3

Beyond that, I had much to hone about what I value in narratives. Getting it down to a science... What do I really want? At first, I think I over-emphasized wanting 'bad things' to happen. Harm happened, but too much for the sake of it. There was not enough meaning behind it. What imbues it with meaning...? I've found that the answer is: characters being obsessively, madly in love. A love that consumes everything, a love that drives you to act in a way you can't understand. This is where you get into the 'want to be completely intertwined, want all of you, no matter what '. That mentality. The kidnapping should happen because of love! The cannibalism should happen because of love! The rape should happen because of love! Love, love, love. It's always out of love! Love is the only thing that matters.

As for your bit about "adult feelings we don't quite understand yet", I do ponder this sort of thing quite a lot. I feel like... a lot of your experience as a child is that people underestimate what you are capable of. It's kind of frustrating! You see how children are depicted in things... and it makes you feel microaggressed, almost, haha. I'm not so gormless... I have an inner world, I have desires. One can develop an arrogance about this even... I think kids are pretty arrogant, often. Since they know they're being underestimated?

But... you... don't know everything yet! You can be in over your head. That's the tricky thing; there's a lot you haven't experienced before and cannot put to words yet. There are feelings that you have, that you chase, but you don't even know why. Sometimes it's fully unconscious... or sometimes, you're half-aware of it, but you struggle to confront it. Maybe you'll let yourself 'get away' with what you're doing, by not looking at it head on... Ah, and then, I think about all the memories I have of being pointlessly scared or confused about something that was so simple in reality. There are so many anecdotes people share from childhood that I really dwell on. An innocuous post like this really sums up how you can have a very inexplicable but real fear, that gets overturned by something very arbitrary. DON'T YOU HAVE A 100 MEMORIES LIKE THIS...?? It's the comical aspect of it all.

I really like the respective 'flavors' of specific ages as well. So it's fun to get into the head of a 15 yo, a 13 yo, a 12 yo, a 9yo, a 6yo... And the intersection of different personalities and ages! What about a distinctly 'slow' or immature kid, paired with someone younger yet more mature? Or perfectly on their level? Or... [goes on and on...] How do they encourage one another, who instigates what, what do they incidentally stumble into? I love accidents. I love not planning to do something... not intending to do anything more than an innocuous game. Or a mish-mash of, one of you is more clueless, the other knows they're doing something underhanded... Indeed, it's not always nice. It's often selfish. Love makes you selfish, love makes you impulsive and reckless. But it also makes you covet, find things precious. You end up feeling protective, as much as you feel destructive. How contradictory it all is!! Hehe. As you can probably tell, by now, I could spend all day thinking about this stuff...

Now that I have my ultimate best friend forever and ever, my wifey, it's all I want to think about. :3 I feel like being with her specifically, is what helped me fully understand the appeal of sibling characters. I've kind of dabbled in it before but, it's really being with Avvy that makes me crave the fantasy of wanting to be born together, grow up together... Never be apart. We're inseparable and spend every second with one another, so it's very natural to translate our dynamic into something like the Yugi twins. How warm and cozy! Let's play forever!

Bit of a tangent, but it's all relevant, I promise.

So hm... going over my art journey and all... As an adult, I've reached a point where I can reflect on everything I've been drawn to, and why, and I can understand what I want to make of it all. I felt more aimless before, and helpless about how to make everything harmonize. It all kind of felt like a big soup of disparate things I was trying to mash together, with mixed results. Now I feel more exact. And I can reflect on my own experiences and memories and use that to connect and explore characters. I like this... it's like my entire life becomes a reference point, something to pull from. A moment, a feeling, a tactile experience... It can be plucked and made into art. Which is lovely. At this point, it makes me a little excited when I experience stressful things, because it can be something I use later. Physical illness is fodder for a sickly character. When I'm bedridden and my wife is bringing me water, it's like some weird kinnie euphoria lol. My twin is here for meeee... kaff kaff

I keep trying to think of how to succinctly summarize this all... Maybe I can't. The last thing I want to say is I put a lot of reverence in my personal art, now. And I'm pretty severe about this, I don't want to draw something out of any other reason than adoration. It needs to matter to me. I have to love it. A lot of my old art is embarrassing, but as long as I was trying my best, it's not so bad. The stuff I truly hate was when I faffed off and drew some meaningless meme, just cuz my friends were doing it. And drawing things purposefully ugly. Making fun of my interests, out of shame, or something... I resent this. I won't ever do this again! If I draw Tsukasa... I need to make sure I'm conveying how I love him and how he is beautiful! At most, if I'm drawing something silly, it still needs to be cute. Appealing. A silly little comic. It's no fun of me, I know, but I hate meme-y art as a result. Useless to me. It's easy to be irreverent. Try praying to something next time you draw, if you want a challenge... *insane person voice*

Something something... oh, the reason I feel 'weird' and 'crazy' nowadays, is because I think a lot of people outgrow the edgelord, drawing pikachu crying blood phase. Or, it developed into something more... *squints* 'respectable'...? But I feel as though my raw desires haven't changed. If anything, I'm leaning into it allharder into it than I ever did when I was young.

I hope any of this was interesting. 🙇‍♀️

[lemon-sugarcoats-nothing]

Lemon and Cinna but make em ~magical~

Inspired by Cinna's post here: Click Me! This isn't a trick - Cinna requested that I (Bee) draw her as a magical girl! I decided to also draw Lemon as a magical boy, because...Siblins B) No anthro pony today, this is more along the lines of equestria girls, since i wanted this to look more anime and less MLP

🐝 Art rant, Design tips, and my thought process bc Cinna mentioned that Mocha struggles with outfit design:

Anime magical girls amiright? So, the design Mocha came up with was cute, I like the bright colors, an it gives off a lot of Star vs the forces of evil vibes. Im gonna be real clear here; this is not a diss on Mocha's magical girl design.

That being said, when I was drawing my version of magical girl Cinna I wanted her to look more anime magical girl, rather than SVTFOE. here were some things i kept in mind

Magical girls usually have one main color, with a few accent colors. Not always, but from what i've seen it's a really common design element that helps differentiate the characters and make them stand out within their show. This is especially the case with Magical girl shows that have a team of girls, and not just one girl. Things like Madoka Magica, Sailor moon, Most precure generations i've seen images of, Yuki yuna is a hero, etc.

Repeated patterns like polka dots or floral patterns, aren't common, but stripes (like along the edge of the skirt, or lining the bodice), and small accent designs ARE common.

Typically, magical girl outfits are very frilly and cutesy. Some would be more impractical in battle than others irl, but either way femininity and looking beautiful while still being super powerful is a big magical girl thing

I personally like looking at, drawing, and designing magical girls with more structured bodices, mock-corsets, or sort of armor(?) with short, flowy skirts. The illusion of practicality, if you will.

I didnt want to completely lose the stars and hearts that Mocha used in Cinna's original magical girl design, so I used those in her little accessories. I mostly kept the hair the same, it's very on-brand for magical girls. HOWEVER, I tweaked the purpley pinkish colors on the design to a darker reddish pink/magenta, since I felt that fit Cinna's coat color a little better. The colors in Mocha's design also heavily influenced what colors i picked for the final drawing.

Since Cinna's hair was made pink for this drawing, I decided to make her whole magical girl outfit be mostly pink. I used the blue and yellow from the pattern on her dress to determine what her accent colors would be. I struggled a little bit at first with color placement, but in the end I think it looks okay (if not a bit...easter-egg-y). If i were to redo this, i might ditch the yellow and just do pink and blue (excluding neutral tones).

Now for Lemon!

I wanted their outfit to contrast Cinna's. Since cinna has a lot of bright colors, I decided that Lemon was going to be restricted to red and yellow, with black making up most of the outfit. Also because Cinna has a very innocent outfit, that for the most part covers her pretty well, I gave Lemon a very revealing outfit.

Playing off of the structured bodices mentioned before, with mock-corsets n all that, i gave lemon a corset-inspired top that laces in the front instead of the back (Possibly both, since its not actually doing anything to compress). This allowed them to have an exposed chest and midriff. Since i wasnt giving Lemon their wings or feathers for this magical boy design, I decided to give them shoulder pads that resemble wings, and wing accessories on their corset and wand thing. The rest of the design was to mostly just to support the main aspects of the design and add visual flavor.

For the magical wand things, I just wanted something that went with the main outfits. Cinna's wand was inspired by the big ol staff she's holding in Mocha's drawing. Lemon's has a moon design to go with the black-heavy outfit, and wings for...obvious reasons. I imagine these could be used as wands for magical attacks, or the handles can be extended for swinging it around and whacking people.

Alright i think thats just about all i have to say B) thanks for reading, and have a nice day! :D - 🐝

[absotivelyplushilutely]

Maybe I should be saying Posting a plushie "every day" xD four today to catch back up. Just having struggles IRL.

Posting a Plushie Every Day

Day Three

I don't know a ton about this one besides what the tags say (brand is Nanaco) but I wanted to share since this one is special because it was a gift from an old coworker. They gave me this when I was leaving and it was such a pleasant surprise because I so rarely receive gifts, and never from someone I'm not dating (or related to if it's Yule/Xmas) so that makes this extra extra special because this person thought of me and was sad that I was leaving that workplace.

Day Four

Over the years I have rebought a few plushiesI had as a kid that I especially loved (if I could figure out what they were). This is the most recent plush like that. The one I had as a kid was named Russ, he was initially a gift for my mother when she left the job she had when I was 6 or so, she was the one who named him Russ, but I took him and I used to take him to bed every night (I was really tiny so I used to have lots of plushies in my bed with me), mine was also pretty compressed and I'd lost the ribbon because I loved him so much. Russ is actually the brand and the design is named Ellington. I think I'm going to pick out a new name though, and they sit with bed gang on my bed.

Day Five

Another bonus because I wanted to share these two together. These are my two Moncchichis. The one on the left in the blue and white dress is more modern, whereas the one on the right is an earlier Moncchichi from the 80s (not the original 1974 run). I watched an episode of the show one morning as a kid (don't know why I remember that morning so well) and was always curious about them, a few years ago I found out more about them and got these two, they're very cute. I also watched the show a couple years ago and loved it, I'd recommend it to people who are a fan of the original My Little Pony show.

Day Six

Lastly for these catch-up posts is another that I bought again that I had as a kid. These were called Snoozems and were made in 1996, I got one for Xmas, it looked exactly like this one (they also used to be one I took to bed with me). I can't remember exactly what I named them back then but I've named this one Barnaby, Barney for short. They need a couple of repairs but it's nothing I wouldn't be able to manage, I just haven't gotten to it because I've not had the chance so far.

[areyouafraid]

so i haven't watched virtually anything mlp since i was like 12 but i was thinking the other day about how one of the old mlp movies (i think it's rescue at midnight castle) has this villain named tirac or tirec or whatever who stood out to me because i thought he looked more like he belonged in thundercats or he-man especially when contrasted with the main characters

anyway i remembered that they actually brought this guy back for FiM funnily enough. i don't know if i ever actually watched the episode he was in though. also i know that "no humans or humanoids" is kinda like a rule with new mlp stuff but im a little disappointed they had to make him into more of a weird... horse-goat monster. i thought his original "centaur" look worked really well visually. i can't really articulate it but i feel like it's just the kind of design you only really see in 80s campy fantasy stuff. plus his color palette in FiM feels way less satisfying. it's kind of... bad visually. i don't know

some other mlp thoughts that i thought weren't really worth their own posts:

no one talks about the "third generation" my little pony stuff anymore. i can fuzzily remember it from when i was a little kid but im not sure if i really ever watched it regularly. i can never decide if i think the artstyle is more "cute" or "unsettling" (said with love of course) side note i think i had one of the toys from this era when i was a kid. it was purple and smelled weird.

after the original stuff there was "my little pony tales", a tv series running from august 2 to december 25 of 1992. my little pony tales focused more on the ponies going to school and going roller skating instead of doing cool shit like talking to mermaids or saving the world from badass demon centaur monsters. also the ponies' human friends don't show up anymore for some reason. in any case i remember watching it "ironically" at one point but actually i felt the artstyle to be pretty cute and charming. i prefer the longer snouts on the characters because it's more obvious that they're meant to be ponies. the FiM artstyle is cute but i always felt it was a bit uncanny how small and button-y their snouts were

i already made a post about this but does anyone else remember when the fim fanbase was huge and bronies were always talking shit about the old mlp stuff for being "weird" or "creepy" or "too girly". that felt... oblivious. not self-aware. i always think it's funny

[hopeonmyphone]

BTS’s J-Hope And BT21’s MANG Talk Face-To-Face In Emotional First Meeting

On September 26, 2017, BTS and LINE FRIENDS joined forces to create BT21. Each BTS member designed their own character, and for J-Hope, he created what appeared to be a dancing masked pony named MANG.

"MANG is a purple creature-alike wearing a light-blue horse mask. Their horse mask has a pink heart-shape nose, an indigo hair, and long string with a short indigo tail attached to the bottom of the hair. Mang is evidently identified as non-binary or gender neutral as they had chosen to go in between the male and female toilet doors during the BT21 discussion video. Mang can also be genderfluid, as they shift between the pronouns ‘she’ and ‘he’ in various descriptions." — BT21 Wiki

In BT21 UNIVERSE 2 ANIMATION Episode 8, it was explained why MANG wore a mask. MANG’s idol and mentor, CONN, encouraged and gave them a mask to help them overcome their fears since they suffered from performance anxiety.

Yet, CONN hoped that MANG would not rely on the mask forever, wishing for them to ultimately be free to be themself and reach their full potential.

So, it was always part of J-Hope’s vision for MANG to take off their mask one day, and that day is soon here.

BT21 has been teasing lately that MANG has taken off their mask.

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Now, Episode 1 of INSIDE MANG has been released. J-Hope entered the offices to talk about the second chapter for MANG.

I hope my sincere heart’s desire can be communicated. I was wondering if this could be communicated better. That’s why I made the request. It’s something I’ve thought about for a long time. — J-Hope

The staff surprised J-Hope by revealing that he had a video call with someone, and it was none other than MANG!

J-Hope was so shocked to see his creation; he couldn’t believe it was really MANG. He started laughing out of surprise and also from the cuteness overload!

While J-Hope created MANG and has, of course, interacted with many toys of the character, it is their first official meeting. They spoke to each other for the first time.

MANG: I’m so happy to finally meet you like this. J-Hope: MANG, I’m so happy, too.

MANG was truly like a little kid, excited to show their parent what all they could do, so they showed J-Hope their dance moves. They really take after their dad, and he watched proudly.

"Can you see me? I can move my hands. And I can dance like this!" — MANG

J-Hope even contemplated not changing MANG because of how adorable it is! But MANG told him they were excited that today was their day to open a new chapter.

J-Hope explained to MANG that although the mask has always been a big part of their identity, he hopes for them to show the “real” MANG. He also closely spoke into the camera, just as a dad would talk to their kid via FaceTime.

"You see, that mask is an integral part of you, MANG. But I thought it may be time to show them the real you. That’s why I wanted to talk to you directly." — J-Hope

MANG replied, “I’m so cool without this,” so they are ready to show the world their true self! They sweetly thanked J-Hope and asked him to make them “look pretty.”

Yet, most surprisingly, MANG told J-Hope they had to tell him something before leaving. MANG thanked him for creating them, as they have been able to meet their friends and spread love. Even J-Hope couldn’t help but tear up hearing this!

"Then before I leave, I wanted to say this! Thank you so much for creating me. Thanks to you, I met KOYA, RJ, SHOOKY, CHIMMY, TATA, COOKY, VAN, and everyone else in BT21. With this gratitude in my heart, I’m trying my best to spread my love to everyone I see." — MANG

MANG asked J-Hope if they would see each other again. So, J-Hope reassured them they would, much to MANG’s excitement.

MANG: Will we meet again? J-Hope: Of course! MANG: Yes! Then I’ll be looking forward to it.

As if this interaction couldn’t get any sweet, MANG and J-Hope kept saying, “I love you” in both Korean and English before departing.

It was a humbling moment for J-Hope. He really has experienced fatherhood through creating MANG.

"I didn’t realize what you had in store! The fact that I made that character, really makes me feel real. I feel like a dad again." — J-Hope

Watch the full video below.

Source: Koreaboo

[chrysaliswife]

Heres my pinkie pie redesign! 🎉 Someone asked for her specifically so she gets to go first haha

Shes not super different then what she looked like in show, i mostly gave her more fun attributes like 2 toned mane with fun ties and a more suitable cutiemark!

She's mauds older twin sister in this version tho! She also has crystal pony ancestry which is why she has such a dramatic change pre vs post cutiemark :3 i tried to give her mane a little shimmer but it only half worked lol

1/6 I hope you like her! Who would you like to see next? 🌟💎⛈🍎🌸