#zecora lore

[skyscrapergods]

in your au is zecora an earth pony, or does a different species such as a zebra or something closer to donkeys/asses exist? how does zecora, coming from a foreign land, feel about giant gods walking around everywhere - is this a new sight for her, a complete surprise or perhaps something whispered about in tales in her lands, or is there something similar to living, giant where she is from and in other regions as well?

There are many sentient species in the world beyond the main 3 "ponies" which are not all equines. Earth ponies are horses, unicorns are a species of deer, and pegasus share a common ancestor with griffins.

Horses, pegasus, and unicorns are only considered one species socially, because they can interbreed due to compatible chromosomes. However, the foal will always be either a horse, pegasus, or unicorn with no physical traits from the other species. It will be fully one thing or another, as will its children.

Zebras and donkeys are not earth ponies (horses) but they are closely related enough that they can hybridize with them. Non-horse "ponies" (pegasus and unicorns) cannot hybridize with zebras/donkeys. Hybrid offspring within the equines are sterile.

Unicorns can breed freely with horses and pegasus, as well as their relatives, the Kirin. Kirin/unicorn hybrids are sterile. They cannot breed with zebras/donkeys/griffins.

Pegasus can breed freely with horses and unicorns, but cannot breed with kirin, zebras, or donkeys. Pegasus can breed with griffins, and their offspring are known as hippogriffs, which are not sterile and have grown to create an entire new species. They have hybrid vigor and grow larger than either of their ancestor species.

Zecora is not surprised to see Celestia, as she carries the sun around the entire planet, including her home continent. Celestia is known through the world, and worshiped in some way or another through most of it.

Before and after her imprisonment in the moon, Luna is also known throughout the world as the bringer of night and keeper of dreams.

There are other gods besides alicorns. In Zecora's homeland, there are four great trees that stretch into the sky. These trees are actually the legs of Boabab, God of Life. Many thousand years ago, Boabab walked among Zecora's people, before its long neck stretched into the heavens to look for life among the stars. This god is much older and taller than Celestia, so Zecora was not particularly overwhelmed upon seeing her or any of the smaller princesses.

Other regions also have gods, but ponies tend to only care about equestria and often do not believe other species are important enough to become gods.

[casually-salad]

ok i can be cringe... is this a safe space.... these are my next gen foals.. for my crackships..

[callme-adam-iguess]

Warning! Body wrongness (I forgo word), eyestrain. MLP infection: Magic fever is NOT for children.

It's been a few weeks since the odd disappearences: Lyra, DJ pon3 and even Mr Filthy rich himself went missin'. Apparently these ponies (and colt) were last seen entering or getting near everfree forest.

I went searching for Zecora since, well, mah sister got sick and She and some of her friends, hell, even Applebloom said that she'd might help.

So, I was makin' my way there's, I was prepared for anythin' when I suddenly heard something.. Something wrong

Then, I saw her.

Her description matched the mare that I was looking for but something was deeply wrong.

Why did she look so...

Wrong?

I need to get back to mah sisters, now.

[dandytron2000]

It Fluttershy time 🫶 I love the previous design I did for her but it is goddamn near unrecognizable so I wanted to redo her too.

Lore mostly the same... Werewolf pony witch from the far north! Even in her full pony form she can't get rid of all her wolf traits, most noticeably her eyes. That's how the stare works actually, the eyes of a large predator instinctively spook most animals and even other ponies. And it is why she usually avoids eye contact (which isn't that hard for her really, autism powers be crazy) and covers her eyes with her mane.

She kind of takes Zecora's role in MLD AU, Fluttershy the scary pony from the woods that talks weird and knows all the nature lore. Zecora herself isn't gone though, don't worry fellow zebra enjoyers. She just lives in ponyville now and is a well-known pharmacist everybody goes to for medicine and therapy.

[zoriwuff]

In search of safety

I haven't gotten around to writing the royalty update on my last lore bit, but I wanted to start on where my oc comes into play. Not entirely self-insert, this AU has storytelling background based in very old role playing from upwards of 10 years ago.

Here are some notes on how this pairing came to be:

This AU takes place after an alternate ending to the Canterlot Wedding (not my writing, the original rp was not something I had any say in at the time. The following is based off very old Tenebris Dawn forum posts) -Cadance and Shining Armor did not stay together after Queen Chrysalis's takeover. Shining failed to rise to the occasion in her defeat and was quickly denied at the altar. Cadance was disappointed in how things played out, and sought out solitude after the traumatic experience. Shining Armor left to stay with Twilight after these events.

-Twilight was tired of Shining's depressed freeloading and pushed him to socialize around ponyville and find some friends. Word had gotten around as to why he was here, and it quickly turned away a lot of potential companions. He did find his place with Big Mac, Spike and Discord after awhile.

-Feather Blade originated in the Everfree forest. (her lore has changed to match her form as a pegasus but this was all written in 2014) She was (possibly) left at Zecora's hut as a newborn and grew up learning the ways of the forest from a very young age. Made friendly with the timber wolves, understands many basic to advanced survival skills, and gained a well fitted immune system for life in the woods.

-Being somepony detached from petty pony drama, Feather was completely unaware of Shining's late status and relationship history. He was enamored by her lifestyle, being someone who grew up in a more upper class environment. They bonded after many of his attempts to flatter her, and eventually he took to staying in her hut more often than staying with Twilight.

-Feather didn't initially have a proper understanding of romance, but she knew what emotional abuse was. (was held captive as a slave "lover" by a stallion with a darkened heart, also directly based off 2014 rps) Whatever Shining was, he wasn't a threat or a burden. She didn't understand what she felt for him until after a widespread infection broke loose. She's been working hard to keep him safe ever since.

-Shining has done his best to keep Feather protected, but hasn't had much strength since getting bitten by some strange creature. Feather was able to collect some supplies to keep them both healthy shortly before the hut was overrun. She keeps him medicated, and no infection has taken root. They're both currently on the move to find shelter and refuge in a safer area of Equestria.

-Feather and Shining have only briefly made contact with Discord prior to him taking off with Fluttershy. Nopony else knows their whereabouts. The two of them have avoided most populated areas in trying to steer clear of infected. Feather has been able to take sky watch for short periods of time to see if areas of civilization are safe, but quickly returns to stay with Shining. So far their travels have yielded no reward, but hope is not lost.

[moleculegirls]

my seto lore yippeee ONLY POSTING THIS BCUS DISCORD HAS A CHARACTER LIMIT HEHE

(seto in specific because he's the one i've thought most about and have seen a lot for different interpretations of)

seto lives in the forest far away from many after the end of his village which taught him magic. he lives outside any full civilization and has since he was a preteen. He spent the time studying and learning, to which be became a harpy as result of. he slowly grew back into human civilization as people began leaning on him for help with various magical ailments or situations requiring help. (think like. zecora from my little pony!)

see in my scenario at some point in magic usage, your magic will change your body. that is a natural process, sort of like how sharpening a blade changes its angle! your magic needs the best possible vessel to be truly used to its potential and it WILL find it. magic is a tradeoff in that sense. as such, the further you get into it, the more the changes happen. its not overnight its over several years but CANNOT be undone.

he is very separated from most of humanity, not really having any friends for a while and not seeking contact, in his teenage years he was entirely focused on magic and learning how to wield it. this devotion was something developed within his childhood as he saw how his magic lashed out and was very capable of hurting people, and being recomended to hone in his magic and slowly grow to weild it- eventually connecting the ideas of 'studying magic' with 'being safer to be around'. in these teenage years he neglected his own physical health beyond what would allow him to continue practicing, barely noticing the small changes happening around him and inside of him. by the time he connects the changes in his body to a form he is too far in and much too emotionally reliant on the structure studying and practicing gives him to give up.

okay uhm. hold on im gonna ramble here abt harpy seto simply because i need to tell someone else about this headcannon of mine. in my headcannon, he was born and raised human, just with magic (think of like how evokers have their own society who contains magic users. like that) but his magic happened in a way that caused his body to change to be more birdlike. harpys are NOT an actual species in my headcannon, more one of those 'creatures beyond god' that were originally something else but became that way due to some magical means. think werewolves or manticores or liches. theyre a condition, not a species to themselves, if they were to reproduce itd cause whatever creature the parent started as.

as a kid specifically his magic was simply very chaotic and hard to control, firing off at random moments usually in fear or anger. as seto was a kid who happened to have very big emotions and big magic potential, these could cause occasional lashes out beyond his control. in turn he was encouraged to study and hone in on his magic in order to not hurt anyone. this had the unfortunate side effect of teaching him the basic idea of studying = being safer to be around and viewing his magic as a sort of curse that kept him isolated from others.

in turn, as he tapped into more and more of his magic potential- his body slowly became more and more adept to take the magic and wield it better, changing the patterns of his growth and general composition of his body. (like how dancers joints adjust and change to different levels of strain than the average persons, but to a bigger scale.)

magic tends to adjust the body, thats normal and expected within magic use. his own tendency to neglect his physical needs caused him to not really notice the small things like feathers in his bed and hair all the time till eventually one day it did suddenly strike him as odd that his hands were more claw-like, that even if his nail polish he used to stop himself from biting his nails chipped, that his nails never broke and had sharpened into neat pointy ends. these changes culminating in him waking up in the middle of the night covered in blankets sweating his ass off just. as a fucking bird thing.

the fear ignited in a fight or flight response, even though there was nothing really to fight against. after that faded, the disgust and fear quickly set in. the fear of what his peers would think, the fear of all of these new sensations, how he would hide it, if he could even turn it off at all or would be stuck like this. as he calmed down and settled in the best he could with what in his mind was some terrible curse, he learned he COULD turn it off! or mitigate it, but only if he stayed calm. (again, magic is really just an extension of ones instinct to protect themselves, a bodily reaction to fear)

[arachnestwilight]

i’d love to hear your reasoning for making the ensemble ponies the species that they are :0 like how you went abt choosing which were earth, pegasus, changeling, kirin, etc!

also i adore the ensemble ponies sm they are amazing ty for creating them <333

I'm so glad you like them, they're always such a joy to work on!! <3

I wasn't sure if you wanted my reasoning for, like, each individual or just an overview of the process, so I have elected to spare you most of the yapping. :V

Some have specific reasons for being the species or races they are, mostly to accomodate different cultures, for lore or to utilise a theme of the original character--some perhaps for multiple of those reasons--but I some definitely ended up with the designs they did, mostly because it looked/sounded right to me and because I wanted a little more variety than just ponies, even if the primary setting is the pony-nation of Equestria, and for the pony population to be divided more or less equally.

In the meantime, I am trying to avoid personality-driven design choices in regards to the different species because I will eternally be put off by how Gen 4 chose to handle its non-pony species (the yaks deserved better </3). This is a little different on the pony race front, because we have, like… a history for each of the main three pony races, and thus it's easier to assume or determine what "common personality traits" may actually be cultural values that were held over--resilience and reliability for earth ponies, intellect for unicorns, and courage and stamina for pegasi. But, like, again, not something that needs to be strictly adhered to, but it is a point of reference.

I think about MLP and this AU too much, can you tell? /rh

Otherwise, pony race decisions were about as sophisticated as "I like this design". That being said, the icorporation of other pony kinds--bat ponies, crystal ponies and kelpies*--was a little more deliberate and lore based. (Even though it's likely "bat ponies"--as in Luna's guards, not Flutterbat--may not actually be a race of pony and instead only be regular pegasi and that may just be what the armour of Luna's guards looks like, since we see Rainbow Dash with the same "bat wings" in The Cutie Re-Mark's Nightmare Moon timeline, but they're iconic to the fandom. </3)

*Note: I think kelpies are a kind of pony, as far as MLP is concerned? I mean, they have cutiemarks, which is explained to be a pony trait. But then again, so does Zecora and she is not a pony, so...????

Beyond the ponies though...

The changelings of the AU are characters who have a notable or difficult relationship with their sense of self or their identity, and their relationships, since that seems like it'd be of a little concern to a species that inherently spends part of their life cycle, and a significant part of their history adopting the identities of other creatures, to parasitically feed off of the love in their environment.

The other species that have a smaller presence are mostly either utilised for lore/backstory purposes or to suit the identity or theming of the character, and sometimes just for plain, silliness reasons.

[pastacrylic]

I find it weird that Zecora was the only Zebra in the show, they had all those races and forgot about Zebras, considering having cutie marks show us they may look different but they are a pony type with its own culture. not the best maybe, but would be better than the buffalo stuff

i didnt read the comics but my girlfriend is a huge mlp comic lore nerd and from what ive heard zebras get way more development there and its a shame it was never brought into the show

[cpericardium]

If you could be in charge of any piece of media besides worm what would it be

You KNOW the answer is MLP: FiM but honestly I don't think I would do a better job. Not that it's all good. Just that I'm worse.

There would be fewer alicorns I can tell you that much!!! Cadence can stay ig with some alicorn lore building but it's all over for Twilight and Flurry Heart. Twilight stands up to Princess Celestia, rejecting alicornhood, and it's incredibly painful for both of them but necessary for the growth of their relationship. She can become an alicorn later on her own terms out of necessity, but it's in a "mad science" way where she bioengineers the ascension and has these horrendous muscular fleshy wings she grew herself that Rainbow is super jealous of. NO changeling redemption. Maybe like, one (Thorax) can be redeemed as a lame-ass Buddy-type bug guy that Twilight keeps trying to integrate into the gang. No one really likes him but they also don't want to look racist ever since the Zecora thing. Queen Chrysalis stays evil but can have a two-part "enemy of my enemy" episode with Celestia as a treat where they have to band together to defeat a mutual nemesis. And she like, bites Fluttershy or punts Spike or something at the end to show she's still evil. Spike indentured servitude arc (happy ending). Pinkie Pie moonlights as Mare Do Well with more brutal methods unbeknownst to her friends (they never find out). Sunset Shimmer appears in the main series and keeps her real cow-leather jacket and it's problematic.

[dapper-lil-arts]

So in g1 there was a villian named erebus he was a cloud demon who could eat shadows to become more powerful and so he was trying to eat as many shadows as possible to dominate the world

He ended up recruiting a zebra named zeb by promising him wealth (zeb only cared about making money and he would do anything to make more money) together these two were able to convince a naive earthpony named Knightshade into signing a contract with them by promising to make him into the greatest most successful rock star in the world

Of course the catch to this was that each of Knightshade's concerts were in truth a way for erebus to get more and more shadows (and the tickets were making zeb money), so while Knightshade was getting insanely popular he was starting to regret signing the contract and looking for a way out

So Knightshade asks for help from the Williams and their pony friends and they get together to defeat Erebus

( Zeb and g4's Zecora would depise each other )

You don't have to infodump the entire plot and lore of previous gens on my inbox, its ok Also whats with this series and alluding to greek mythology? I dig it. Love greek myth stuff

[laineblog985]

i need a step by step of the mlp lore

youre welcome :3

Princess Celestia sends Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville to oversee preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, despite Twilight's concerns regarding the 1000-year anniversary of Nightmare Moon's banishment.

Twilight meets and befriends Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy.

Nightmare Moon returns.

Possible deviation: Nightmare Moon banishes Princess Celestia to the moon and takes over Equestria. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2, Cutie Re-Mark: Lunaverse)

Possible deviation: Nightmare Moon is redeemed after being compared to Prince Blueblood, whom she then banishes to the moon. (My Little Pony: Deviations)

Twilight and her friends find the Elements of Harmony.

Possible deviation: Discord appears from the future and borrows the Elements of Harmony. Nightmare Moon and Queen Chrysalis rule Equestria. (My Little Pony: The Manga - A Day in the Life of Equestria Vol. 3)

Twilight Sparkle and her friends use the Elements of Harmony to defeat Nightmare Moon. Princess Luna returns to normal, and she and Celestia reunite. Celestia assigns Twilight to stay in Ponyville to learn about friendship. (Friendship is Magic, part 2)

Celestia sends Twilight and her friends tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. (The Ticket Master)

In unspecified chronological order...

Traveling magician Trixie puts on a magic show in Ponyville. Twilight defeats an ursa minor, humiliating Trixie. (Boast Busters)

Twilight and her friends meet and befriend Zecora. (Bridle Gossip)

Twist gets her cutie mark. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo form the Cutie Mark Crusaders. (Call of the Cutie)

Rarity makes dresses for herself and her friends to wear to the Gala. (Suited For Success)

Rainbow Dash performs a sonic rainboom and wins the Best Young Flyer competition in Cloudsdale. (Sonic Rainboom)

Twilight adopts an owl as a pet and nighttime assistant and names him Owlowiscious. (Owl's Well That Ends Well)

Twilight and her friends attend the Grand Galloping Gala, and an evening of unmet expectations ends in disaster. (The Best Night Ever)

After a minor squabble between the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Discord, freed from his stone state, returns and wreaks chaos.

Discord uses his magic to turn Ponyville into the "chaos capital of the world."

Possible deviation: Discord's chaotic reign extends to the rest of Equestria. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)

Twilight and her friends defeat Discord and trap him in stone again with the Elements of Harmony.

Season two

Princess Celestia has the rest of Twilight's friends start sending her letters about what they learn about friendship. (Lesson Zero)

In unspecified chronological order... Princess Luna participates in Nightmare Night. (Luna Eclipsed)

Twilight celebrates her birthday in Canterlot. (Sweet and Elite)

Salesponies Flim and Flam visit Ponyville. The Apple family beats them in a cider-making competition. (The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000)

Possible deviation: Flim and Flam beat the Apple family and bulldoze Sweet Apple Acres. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)

Spike adopts a baby phoenix and names him Peewee. (Dragon Quest)

Cranky Doodle Donkey moves to Ponyville. Pinkie Pie befriends him by reuniting him with Matilda. (A Friend in Deed)

In unspecified chronological order...

Rainbow Dash adopts a tortoise as a pet and names him Tank. (May the Best Pet Win!)

Spike celebrates what is stated to be his first birthday since moving to Ponyville. (Secret of My Excess)

Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake are born. (Baby Cakes)

Cerberus briefly strays from the gates of Tartarus and attacks Ponyville. During this time, Lord Tirek escapes imprisonment. (It's About Time, Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1)

Queen Chrysalis, the leader of the changelings, infiltrates Canterlot and takes Princess Cadance's place.

Possible deviation: Chrysalis and the changelings succeed in taking over Equestria, driving many ponies away into hiding. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2, Cutie Re-Mark: Changelingverse)

Twilight is invited to her brother Shining Armor's wedding to Princess Cadance.

Twilight rescues the real Princess Cadance from captivity, and Queen Chrysalis and the changelings are ultimately defeated by the power of Cadance and Shining Armor's love.

Princess Cadance and Shining Armor are married.

After a thousand years, the Crystal Empire reappears. King Sombra, in a weakened shadow form, attempts to regain control.

Possible deviation: King Sombra retakes control of the Empire and spreads his influence over the rest of Equestria. The Great Crystal War occurs. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1, Cutie Re-Mark: Sombraverse, Cutie Re-Mark: Sombraverse Redux)

Twilight is sent to the Crystal Empire to help save it as part of a test by Princess Celestia, and her friends accompany her.

Twilight finds the Crystal Heart and sends Spike to deliver it. With the Crystal Heart in place, the Crystal Ponies use the "love and light within" them to defeat Sombra. Cadance is recognized as the "Crystal Princess". Spike becomes known as "Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious" in the Crystal Empire for his role.

In unspecified chronological order...

Babs Seed visits Ponyville and becomes a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. (One Bad Apple)

Trixie returns to Ponyville with the Alicorn Amulet and beats Twilight in a magic duel. With the help of her friends, Twilight tricks Trixie into relinquishing the Alicorn Amulet and saves Ponyville. (Magic Duel)

Rainbow Dash takes Scootaloo under her wing. (Sleepless in Ponyville)

Rainbow Dash enrolls at the Wonderbolt Academy. (Wonderbolts Academy)

Princess Celestia has Discord released from his stone prison on the terms of being reformed, a feat which Fluttershy accomplishes. (Keep Calm and Flutter On)

Spike returns Peewee to his parents. (Just for Sidekicks)

The Crystal Empire is selected as the next location for the Equestria Games. (Games Ponies Play)

Twilight Sparkle completes Star Swirl the Bearded's unfinished spell and creates new magic. She is crowned an Alicorn princess. (Magical Mystery Cure)

Twilight and her friends start keeping a friendship journal. (Castle Mane-ia)

In unspecified chronological order...

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are chosen to be Ponyville's flag-carriers at the Equestria Games. (Flight to the Finish)

Rarity obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (Rarity Takes Manehattan)

Rainbow Dash obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (Rainbow Falls)

Pinkie Pie obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (Pinkie Pride)

Fluttershy obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (It Ain't Easy Being Breezies)

Maud Pie leaves on her rocktorate dissertation. During this time, she finds Starlight Glimmer in the middle of constructing a village in which everyone is made to be "equal". (Maud Pie, Rock Solid Friendship)

Applejack obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (Leap of Faith)

Rainbow Dash passes her Wonderbolts Reserves exam. (Testing Testing 1, 2, 3)

The Equestria Games take place in the Crystal Empire. (Equestria Games)

Lord Tirek escapes from Tartarus and convinces Discord to join him in his campaign to drain all of Equestria of its magic.

Possible deviation: Lord Tirek rises to power and lays waste to all of Equestria. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)

The Golden Oak Library is destroyed by Lord Tirek.

Twilight Sparkle obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony.

Twilight and her friends unlock the Chest of Harmony and obtain Rainbow Power. With this power, they defeat Lord Tirek and imprison him in Tartarus again.

The Castle of Friendship appears in Ponyville.

In unspecified chronological order...

The Golden Oak Library's remains are fashioned into a chandelier for Twilight's castle throne room. (Castle Sweet Castle)

Babs Seed obtains her cutie mark. (Bloom & Gloom)

Tank goes into hibernation for what is stated to be the first winter since Rainbow Dash adopted him. (Tanks for the Memories)

The Grand Galloping Gala is held again, and the event is almost ruined by Discord and the Smooze. (Make New Friends but Keep Discord)

The Cutie Map summons Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to Griffonstone. (The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone)

Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda are married. (Slice of Life)

The Grand Equestria Pony Summit is held in Canterlot. (Princess Spike)

Equestria forges new friendship ties with Yakyakistan. (Party Pooped)

Rarity opens a boutique in Canterlot. (Canterlot Boutique)

Wind Rider is discharged from the Wonderbolts. (Rarity Investigates!)

The Cutie Map summons Applejack and Rarity to Manehattan. Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh compete in the Sisterhooves Social. (Made in Manehattan/Brotherhooves Social)

The Cutie Mark Crusaders get their cutie marks. (Crusaders of the Lost Mark)

Princess Cadance and Shining Armor announce that they're having a baby. (The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows)

The Cutie Map summons Twilight and Fluttershy to the Smokey Mountains. (The Hooffields and McColts)

The Helping Hooves music festival is held in Ponyville, with Coloratura as the headlining act. (The Mane Attraction)

Starlight Glimmer travels back in time to prevent filly Rainbow Dash from performing her first sonic rainboom.

As a result of Starlight's interference with history, several alternate timelines are created.

After several attempts, Twilight foils Starlight's efforts to change history.

Starlight Glimmer is reformed, and Twilight takes her on as a pupil.

The Friendship Games are held at Canterlot High School.

Sunset Shimmer defeats human Twilight after she transforms into Midnight Sparkle.

Human Twilight transfers from Crystal Prep Academy to Canterlot High.

After the events of The Cutie Re-Mark, Princess Twilight meets her human counterpart.

Princess Cadance gives birth to Flurry Heart, the first naturally-born Alicorn in Equestria.

Starlight Glimmer reunites with her old friend Sunburst.

Flurry Heart inadvertently shatters the Crystal Heart, threatening the Crystal Empire with an eternal winter.

The Mane Six and their friends restore the Crystal Heart with Flurry Heart's Crystalling ceremony.

In unspecified chronological order...

The Cutie Mark Crusaders help Tender Taps get his cutie mark. (On Your Marks)

Ember wins the Gauntlet of Fire and becomes Dragon Lord, succeeding her father Torch. (Gauntlet of Fire)

Starlight Glimmer befriends Trixie. (No Second Prances)

Fire Streak retires from the Wonderbolts, and Rainbow Dash is promoted from reservist to full member. (Newbie Dash)

Rarity For You is opened in Manehattan, and Buried Lede writes a newspaper review about its grand opening. (The Saddle Row Review)

Fluttershy's younger brother Zephyr Breeze graduates from mane therapy school. (Flutter Brutter)

The Cutie Map is reactivated, and it summons Pinkie Pie and Rarity to Canterlot. (Spice Up Your Life)

Rainbow Dash attends the Daring Do Convention in Manehattan and meets Quibble Pants. (Stranger Than Fan Fiction)

The Applewood Derby is held in Ponyville. (The Cart Before the Ponies)

Spike befriends a changeling named Thorax. (The Times They Are A Changeling)

Gabby the griffon becomes a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. (The Fault in Our Cutie Marks)

The Cutie Map summons Applejack and Fluttershy to Las Pegasus. (Viva Las Pegasus)

The Cutie Map summons Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash to the Wonderbolt Academy. (Top Bolt)

Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord are awarded Pink Hearts of Courage, and Starlight graduates from being Twilight's student. (Celestial Advice)

In unspecified order...

The Mane Six go on a friendship retreat in Manehattan. (All Bottled Up)

Maud Pie graduates from the Equestrian Institute of Rockology and moves to Ponyville. (Rock Solid Friendship)

Fluttershy establishes the Sweet Feather Sanctuary. (Fluttershy Leans In)

The Cutie Map summons Starlight Glimmer to Canterlot. (A Royal Problem)

Yickslurbertfest is held in Yakyakistan. (Not Asking for Trouble)

Ember and the dragons attack Yakyakistan. (Wings Over Yakyakistan)

Pinkie Pie briefly takes over Chaosville. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #57

)

Grand Pear moves back to Ponyville and reconnects with the Apple family. (The Perfect Pear)

Twilight publishes the friendship journal and distributes it across Equestria. (Fame and Misfortune)

The Cutie Map summons Spike to Ponyville. (Triple Threat)

Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders go on another camping trip. (Campfire Tales)

Thorax's brother Pharynx accepts the changeling hive's new way of sharing love. (To Change a Changeling)

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash convince Daring Do not to go into retirement. (Daring Done?)

Twilight and Fluttershy travel to the Hayseed Swamp and find a cure for Zecora's Swamp Fever. (A Health of Information)

Twilight, Fluttershy, Zecora, and Cattail discover the Magenta Bloom. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #58

)

The Cutie Mark Crusaders open a Cutie Mark Day Camp. (Marks and Recreation)

Twilight and her family go on a zeppelin cruise. (Once Upon a Zeppelin)

Sunburst purchases Star Swirl the Bearded's lost journal from an antique store in Ponyville. (Uncommon Bond)

Tempest Shadow leaves to help ponies around Equestria and spread the news of the Storm King's defeat. (School Daze - Part 1, Tempest's Tale)

Twilight opens the School of Friendship. (School Daze)

Twilight, Celestia, and Cadance attend the Convocation of Creatures. (Convocation of the Creatures!)

The Mane Six (minus Twilight) take part in making a movie based on the friendship journal. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #66

)

The Young Six celebrate Nightmare Night for their first time in Ponyville. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #71

)

In unspecified chronological order...

Pinkie Pie's sister Maud starts dating Mudbriar. (The Maud Couple)

The Gold Horseshoe Gals go on their annual trip to Las Pegasus. (Grannies Gone Wild)

The Cutie Map summons Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo to Mount Aris, where some Hippogriffs have returned to living on the surface while others have chosen to remain in Seaquestria as seaponies. (Surf and/or Turf)

Princess Celestia celebrates her ones-versary of raising the sun. (Horse Play)

The Cutie Map summons Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst to Sire's Hollow. (The Parent Map)

Spike goes through a molting phase and grows a pair of wings. (Molt Down)

Cozy Glow enrolls at the School of Friendship. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo receive honorary School of Friendship diplomas and are appointed as friendship tutors. (Marks for Effort)

Queen Chrysalis creates clones of the Mane Six in order to control the Elements of Harmony, but the Tree of Harmony destroys the clones. (The Mean 6)

Starlight is appointed as temporary headmare at the School of Friendship. (A Matter of Principals)

Gallus pulls a prank at the School of Friendship during Hearth's Warming Eve. (The Hearth's Warming Club)

Flim and Flam establish Friendship University with Chancellor Neighsay's approval. (Friendship University)

Starlight and Trixie take a road trip to Saddle Arabia. (Road to Friendship)

Scootaloo briefly joins the Washouts. (The Washouts)

Twilight appoints Rockhoof as Equestria's "keeper of tales". (A Rockhoof and a Hard Place)

The Young Six's friendships are tested by the Tree of Harmony. (What Lies Beneath)

The Cutie Map summons Fluttershy and Applejack to the Peaks of Peril. (Sounds of Silence)

A dragon called Sludge visits Ponyville and pretends to be Spike's father. (Father Knows Beast)

Celestia and Luna decide to retire and leave the task of ruling Equestria to Twilight and her friends.

Grogar assembles a legion of villains—consisting of Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and King Sombra—to destroy the Mane Six.

King Sombra defects from the alliance and attacks the Crystal Empire.

After being seemingly defeated, Sombra destroys the Tree of Harmony and Elements of Harmony.

Sombra takes control of everyone in Ponyville and takes over Canterlot.

Plants from the Everfree Forest threaten to overrun Ponyville, and Celestia, Luna, and Star Swirl contain it.

The Mane Six defeat King Sombra with the Magic of Friendship.

Celestia and Luna decide to delay their retirement.

In unspecified chronological order...

The Young Six turn the Tree of Harmony's remains into a treehouse. (Uprooted)

Twilight and Shining Armor compete for the title of "Sibling Supreme". (Sparkle's Seven)

The Amity Ball is held at the School of Friendship. (She's All Yak)

Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow retrieve Grogar's Bewitching Bell from Mt. Everhoof and hide it in their plot to overthrow him. (Frenemies)

The Confluence takes place at Sweet Apple Acres. (Going to Seed)

Scootaloo's aunts Holiday and Lofty move to Ponyville. (The Last Crusade)

The last Summer Sun Celebration is held, and Twilight creates the Festival of the Two Sisters to replace it. Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy infiltrate Canterlot Castle and steal a book about the Bewitching Bell from the archives. (The Summer Sun Setback)

Starlight Glimmer is promoted to headmare of the School of Friendship, Sunburst is hired as the vice headmare, and Trixie is hired as the new guidance counselor. (A Horse Shoe-In)

Daring Do and Dr. Caballeron co-write the next Daring Do book. Ahuizotl becomes an author. (Daring Doubt)

The Cutie Mark Crusaders temporarily turn into grown-ups with a magic flower sent by Star Swirl the Bearded. (Growing Up is Hard to Do)

Big McIntosh and Sugar Belle are married. (The Big Mac Question)

Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow turn the pony races against each other and empower themselves with the Bewitching Bell.

Grogar is revealed to be Discord in disguise.

Cozy Glow attacks Canterlot, Tirek defeats the Pillars of Old Equestria, and Chrysalis defeats Starlight Glimmer.

The three villains defeat and capture most of the Mane Six, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, the Pillars, and Discord.

Twilight's friends escape and regroup with her to challenge the villains.

The windigos return to Equestria.

The School of Friendship students reunite Equestria and assemble an army to fight the villains.

The Mane Six, Young Six, and Pillars banish the windigos and defeat the villains with the magic of friendship.

Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow are imprisoned in stone by Discord and the princesses.

In unspecified chronological order...

Starlight Glimmer and Spike collect memories of Twilight and her friends in a magical scrapbook to surprise her with at her coronation. (A-Dressing Memories, Cakes for the Memories, Memnagerie, Deep Tissue Memories, Harvesting Memories, Memories and More)

Lyra and Sweetie Drops marry. (The Last Problem)

Derpy publishes a muffin-themed cookbook.​[​citation needed​]​

Twilight is crowned ruler of Equestria, and Celestia and Luna retire to Silver Shoals. Twilight establishes the Council of Friendship with her friends. (The Last Problem, Memories and More)

Twilight Sparkle raises the sun for the first time as ruler of Equestria. (Friendship is Magic: Free Comic Book Day)

Twilight sends four groups of her friends to different parts of Equestria to spread the magic of friendship. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #89

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In unspecified chronological order...

Applejack, Zecora, Rockhoof, and Tempest Shadow travel to Farasi and discover a second Tree of Harmony. Zecora and her old friends use the Farasian Elements of Harmony to defeat the Grootslang, restoring Farasi's water and plant life. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #90

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Issue #91

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Issue #92

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During the Festival of the Two Sisters, Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich accidentally bring Muffletta Moss into Canterlot, causing all sound to disappear, and eradicate it with laughter. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #94

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Issue #95

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Rarity, Big McIntosh, Maud Pie, and Mage Meadowbrook travel to the Diamond Dog kingdom of Caninia and discover a third Tree of Harmony. The six royal sisters use its Elements of Harmony to stop the old Caninia castle from collapsing due to carbunkappas and their feud ends. (My Little Pony Annual 2021)

Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Trixie, Discord, and Capper travel to the Abyssinian capital of Panthera where Capper reunites with his old friends. They discover a fourth Tree of Harmony and use its Elements to give some of Panthera's residents magic and overthrow King Meowmeow. (

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issue #96

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Issue #97

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In unspecified order...

The Last Problem

In unspecified chronological order...

Twilight takes ownership of the School for Gifted Unicorns.

Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich marry and have a son.

Rarity opens new boutiques for non-ponies.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo become full-time teachers at the School of Friendship.

Big McIntosh and Sugar Belle have a son.

Gallus becomes captain of the Canterlot royal guard.

Yona is hired as an employee at Carousel Boutique.

[ribbonpinky-art]

if you look for high femmes villain voices Maleficent is usually the starting point, then i go through a lots of cartoon one if movies don't fit. Sheego from Kim possible, avatar Kyoshi from avatar, Zecora from mlp and so on. I do not suggest songs often bc often voice and energy seem to conflict and its hard to pinpoint the right spectrum and characters can have dubs in many languages so you can fit many.

I could also suggest Tigress from KFP

i went and checked all the voices u mentioned, and i especially *ADORE* Kyoshi's voice for her?? (also wtf she's a total babe for the 30 seconds she exists in that one confession scene?? she was one of those characters i never noticed as a kid bc i dont keep up w The Last Airbender lore) vvv good, but with a raspy-ish inflection like Maleficent's would be perfect. Tigress is a wonderful pick too, even if still a lil too young-sounding. they both sound somewhat monotone which is why they works so well for lady

and i totally agree w the singing voice sentiment- i'll be looking up characters in different languages as well, should be fun :33 thank u for sending dis ask, wheee

[ramroadrage]

Y'know for a show that teaches young children how it's wrong to mistreat others just because they're different and Racism is Bad, My Little Pony G4 is so, so painfully racist both in kinda funny kinda depressing undertones in regards to the lore and in just straight up racist portrayals... like. Most of the main, serious villains are dark furred (Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis, Sombra, Tirek) and it's shown that the earth ponies are lower class workers while a good portion of unicorns are rich upper class (the Apple family vs Prince Blueblood), which is somewhat amusing, and then there's... The Buffalo or whatever the hell is going on with Zecora or the ponies with Starswirl

[shnowyfox]

all my mlp ocs in order of creation

DayDreamBreeze. also my original gamertag on minecraft! i uhm. shes not supposed to be a cheese changling. She's inspired by a fluttershy toy i had and the beautiful artwork for the honey queen chrysalis from ink rose's interpretation of her backstory. i swapped the honey for water and she's supposed to be a pegasus? but i drew her as a changling here for some reason and i have no clue why

Casey Cockatrice. Seeing pony youtubers discuss the show in their oc form, and thinking "wow, they're all just pegasi" i was like "i should do that but not be a pegasus" so i made an oc and never did that lol. probably a good thing though. anyhow. Casey was originally supposed to be an angel cockatrice but I didn't know how to do that without just making a chicken with a lizard tail until just now im realizing i should make it a dutchie omg. Casey enjoys the ponies and wants to befriend them but is confined to the everfree forest, so she has dawned a blindfold so she doesnt hurt anyone and she likes to hang out with zecora and collect herbs with her. she still just kinda does chicken/dragon things most of the time like pecking at the ground and sitting on treasure. The ring in her comb is supposed to be a halo. halos stuck in the character's design physically (usually through the hair or something similar) was a common thing i did for characters that were close to me at the time.

Lemon Lily. She is. very bright. she was supposed to have a much more subtle color palette but i didnt do that and now she looks like sprite lmao. anyhow. i drew her randomly when i went through a small mlp phase a few years ago, mainly just attraction for chrysalis, but i guess she exists. her cutie mark is supposed to look like a water lily made of lemons but it kinda just looks weird idk. i'd say her talent is supposed to be like.. maybe floral arrangement? i think i had some inspiration from early mlp background ponies and i remember the florists were my favorite.

JASON!! my favorite little idiot. he's a griffin i made in pony.town after realizing if i use the singular freckle and closed the eyes, it looked like he had tiny eyes and angry brows lol. all i do with him is act vaguely like skydoesminecraft and boop people with my bird fingers.

DayDreamBreeze 2.0. i literally drew this bitch and didn't do anything else with them. ever.

then is autumn breeze whom i've drawn literally in like my last post so im not doing it again rn. she's my LOE pony and if you want her lore go to the post where i drew her on my phone.

Honey Suckle. The only OC that I have surviving evidence of actually writing their backstory and whatnot. They were created with the idea of them experimenting on their body trying to turn themselves into a bee (basically beeatris as a horse, i know none of you know my persona beeatris but its pretty much her without the demonic activity and disney fairy influence), though i have thought of maybe changing it to her wanting to become a breezy or a changeling. She lost her horn because of this experimentation and is fluffier and has patches of hair on her eyes because of it. i forgot if she had a cutie mark or if i just didnt draw it or if it's overgrown? I think a lot of this character's experimentation was based off of memories of my brother who had leukemia and tried experimental treatments, mainly the fuzziness he got from his chemo or steroids i forgot which one it was. I also drew her as a kirin, idk if that was supposed to be a thing of like.. me doing it as an alternate idea of what she's aiming to achieve, as an alternate form of what she was born as.. or if it was just a doodle.. but it was pretty cool. a good quote for her is the vine thats like "i am a wolf on all levels but physical"

Next is Pegasus. I originally had a different name for them but i don't think i can share it here. Pegasus is also related to my brother though and is very cool. they're really just a celestial body as a pony like Celestia and Luna, but with more of a crystal pony inspiration. also, they speak enchanting table only and i think thats really funny. same size as Luna. also, she can hide in Luna's hair.

Stone Hoof. based somewhat off of Smokey Quartz from Steven Universe, i thought it'd be cool to also give them speckling like an appaloosa horse or vitiligo. you can't see their cutie mark but it's supposed to be a yoyo and i put it in the shape of the symbol of leo since im a leo and i designed them on the same day as pegasus lol. they are intended to be a friend to Honey Suckle.

Finally, we have... I didn't name this one actually. uhm. well! it looks kinda like scootaloo, especially g3 or 3.5. which was unintentional but she was one of my favorite ponies and i had a few toys of her so it kinda makes sense that this is what my brain thought of when i thought "well loved my little pony doll". The hair is based off of the fettucine hair on those g4 plushies and also somewhat based on dreads. the patterns on their hooves is the heartshaped horseshoe from those promotional toys where you can scan them in for video game perks. and the wings are colored after discord's wings. I also got inspo from Stitches from Animal Crossing.

those are the horses. 1 like = 1 more horse post.

i also have customs i made as a kid that i dont have pictures of but i could redraw. but they're basically just "this character but i painted this animal on their face."

[manemelody]

hi my name is eight (he/him) i am 20 years old and i was a fan of g3 and g4 mlp as a child and got back into mlp last year. generally i do not consider g5 to be a well developed franchise but i am fascinated with the concepts and implications it loves to never expand on and it has taken over my brain. unsurprisingly in real life i study political science

i post theories, conjecture, and criticism trying to make sense of g5 lore. i reblog art and gifsets. i mostly interact with g5 through the movie, make your mark, and the comics, but i sometimes watch tell your tale.

life is too short for DNIs, i will block you if i don't like you. briefly: no terfs, transmeds, pro-ed blogs, or kink/nsfw blogs following me please

my favourite g5 character in terms of personality is actually izzy but i am obsessed with pipp's fluffy wings despite disliking her as a character. some side characters i like are alphabittle, onyx, violette rainbow from the comics, and comics-discord. if it matters my favourite g4 characters were pinkie pie, maud pie, zecora, and vinyl scratch

my main blog is @noisereductions, my writing blog is @memcaked, my stim blog is @eightstims, my prehistory blog is @argawarga, and my flight rising blog is @hewncities.

[strangled-mangoes]

ok, so the Deer can't grow plants all by themselves, but they do use potions (like Zecora) as magic to grow plants. They live in harmony with nature :)

(note that the magic didn't create the tree- that was already there, just knocked over. the vines were created to lift it back up & create a bridge over the the gorge.)

in the comic, you'll notice Blackthorn (dark brown deer) says that they use potions like zebras do. But this was later retconned in the season 10 run when we visited Zecora's land, Farasi, and found that she is the only zebra who's used potion magic. They changed this so that Zecora could be inspired by Mage Meadowbrook, as Zecora wanted to use magic too. (they also said that's why she rhymes all the time, because she wants to be ready to cast a spell whenever necessary. ofc, this is lore given near the end of a 100+ comic run, so none of this is canon in the main mlp universe/show lol)

if you want to read the comics with the deer, it starts here:

i've used this website a lot so ik it's safe, though i still suggest using adblock & being careful.

Happy Batman day! Went back and finished the last batch of the MLP AU I had sketched way back in May.

Part 1, Part 2

More info under the cut!

Enigma/The Riddler (Edward Nygma)

Intelligence and puzzle-solving are deeply valued among sphinxes, and those who fall short of their standards are often ridiculed and cast out. Among some (prejudiced) Sphinxes, other sapient, non-Sphinx species such as ponies are looked down-upon or seen as fundamentally inferior for not putting as much stock in puzzles and the like as sphinxes do.

Enigma, though considered a prodigy for his remarkable intelligence and skill with puzzles even among his fellow Sphinxes, was ostracized when a pony unfamiliar with Sphinx culture (a younger Sundown traveling Equestria for his training), humiliated Enigma by unraveling a puzzle of his that was meant to be judged as his final submission in a prestigious event, permanently staining his reputation and wounding his massive ego.

After years of quiet ridicule from his peers and his own growing obsession over the event, Enigma eventually snapped and fled to Gotham for revenge. His contempt has since spread far beyond that of the original pony he wished to prove his superiority over, and he now makes all of Gotham the target of his obsessive schemes, constantly trying to prove his superiority and feed his ego by putting ponies through his elaborate puzzles and riddle-based traps. He sees Batpony’s skill and determination in foiling him as both an inherent challenge to and a slight against his own abilities, reminding him far too much of that original pony from so long ago. 

Other notes:

-Apparently sphinxes in MLP have pony heads instead of human heads which makes sense I guess but it threw me through such a loop man.

-Whilst traversing the wiki I ended up with the same problem I had with chimeras in the first post where only one ever shows up in the series and there's no other info on them. So I made stuff up again.

- I imagine Sphinxes live a very long time, so the event Enigma was embarrassed at would probably take a long time to roll around again and he'd be forced to stew with his anger and wounded ego for far too long. I'm not sure what the puzzle was exactly or how Sundown dismantled it, but I imagine he did something extremely simple that a Sphinx would never have thought of (a la that software engineering joke), making it feel far more unfair and humiliating than if he'd solved in the intended way.

-His naturally crooked tail settles into the shape of a question mark, and the pattern on his arm is meant to look like a stylized question mark wrapping around his forearm (the "dot" is the white of his paw).

2. Miss Friday (Miss Tuesday)

Enigma’s teenaged assistant, Miss Friday seems to be the only pony the sphinx enjoys (or perhaps simply tolerates) the company of. Beyond her having met Enigma in Tartarus during their simultaneous imprisonments, the exact origins of her relationship to and exceptional status with her boss are a bit of a riddle in of themselves. Regardless, the two seem to have something of a mutual understanding, and Miss Friday’s mental prowess and dubious moral code are more than a match for Enigma’s own.

Other Notes:

-Yes this is a "The horse's name was Friday" joke. I'm sorry it was just too good to pass up.

-Miss Tuesday already sounded like a MLP name, but the horse named Friday thing was just too perfect for somebody who works under a guy who's whole thing is riddles. Also I relistened to the BTAA episode where she's introduced while coloring her and I noticed they reference His Girl Friday several times, so fun coincidence?

-The candy-striped leg patterns are based on her canon costume's striped pants & are meant to mirror the Riddler's wrapped leg pattern. The dark patterns on her face are supposed to be reminiscent of eye bags.

3. Mania (Bat-Mite)

Bat-Pony’s self-proclaimed biggest fan, Mania is a Draconequus embodying the spirit of obsession. Normally he watches the hero from his own dimension, but at times he tries to insert himself into the narrative or help Sundown fight, both to varying degrees of success. Though he genuinely adores Bat-Pony, Mania is usually more of a hindrance than a help, and can even be directly antagonistic at times when his obsession goes too far. 

Other notes:

-Similar issue to Chimeras and Sphinxes, only two Draconequuses (Draconequui?) show up in the series, one being Discord (embodying chaos), the other being a comics-only villain known as Cosmos (embodying malice), but honestly what little we're given worked super well for the character anyway. Discord seems to come from his own unique plane of existence/dimension and Cosmos has similarly strange origins; both have penchants for causing mischief with incredible reality-warping powers; and both embody non-physical concepts. Bat-Mite being a reality warping 5th dimensional creature obsessed with Batman was surprisingly easy to adapt.

-He has the head of a pony, a ferret-like body, two front rat paws, mite antennae, an insectoid wing, a bat wing, a pigeon foot, a chevrotain (mouse deer) foot, and a monkey tail. I tried to have him mostly made up of animals that were very small, seen as mischievous, and/or seen as pests.

4. Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley)

Said to be more plant than pony, Poison Ivy is the self-proclaimed princess of the Green. Though once a regular Earth pony, she began to spiral after receiving her cutie mark and fully coming into her powerful natural attunement to plant life. Fleeing into the nearby forests on the outskirts of Gotham, she wasn’t seen again until many years later when Gotham’s city refurbishment and expansion efforts began to encroach on the forests borders, where she reemerged with strange new powerful magic and retaliated violently.

Though she isn’t recognized politically or physically as an alicorn, plants grow from the flesh of her body in the pattern of a horn and wings characteristic of those born into or bestowed with royalty, and the strange natural magic that accompanies them seems to almost rival that of a true alicorn’s.

Other notes:

-I dont really have anything to add to this one I just thought a false alicorn would be a cool concept.

-the whole alicorn royalty thing is very strange to think about isnt it? I feel like the ruling class having such insane amounts of physical and magical power probably has much more pressing ramifications than ever was, would, or should be addressed in a kids show but they are fun to think about.

-Her actual name is Poison Ivy, yes. It sounded like a pony name. I don't know what that says about her parents.

-The leaf wings are folded down in the graphic but I think they are flighted, or at the very least useful for gliding and expressing emotions.

5. Saltbrine (Oswald Cobblepot)

Short, stout, and flightless, Saltbrine’s moniker of “The Penguin” has its origins in the taunts of his peers from his youth. Though the title has persisted into the current day, it’s often spoken with far more fear and trepidation throughout the alleys and backstreets of Gotham than ridicule. Saltbrine owns two of Gothams most well-known businesses, one being the luxurious, high-class Iceberg Lounge…and the other being the organized crime syndicate the former acts as a front for.

Other notes:

-Again don't have much to add to this one. One of my favorite designs though, I love the giant beak face.

-The bird half is actually based on a puffin, because a penguin felt too on the nose for Oswald and too strange for a hippogriff (I couldn't get the wings or face to look right at all either). I feel like the title being an insult works a little better if he's not literally half-penguin.

-he's the same color my club penguin avatar used to be (RIP)