King of Canterlot

Hey everypony, sorry for disappearing for a little while there, I felt like I just had to get away from this place for a while, I felt that there was some negativity and some hurt feelings and heightened emotions and I just had to leave for a while. I think I'll come back now that's it's been several weeks and I'm putting what happened behind me. I'm sorry I didn't say anything before I left, it was originally just going to be for a few days but I just never felt ready to come back, so my break ended up becoming several weeks.  

Anyways, I hope everypony has been doing well while I was gone, Thanksgiving is coming up and I hope that everypony has a wonderful time 

I'm not going to go through all 164 of my notifications, so apologies in advance for not reacting to your latest posts and such, I'll try to keep up now that I'm back though! 

Have a happy Twilight! 

Hey everypony! How's it going this week? I started my college classes back on Monday so I've been busy with them these past few days. It's all going good so far!  Anyways, I just wanted to make my weekly art post for you all to see! I'm pretty sure I forgot to post one last week, so I wanted to make sure to post it now while I'm thinking about it (otherwise I might forget again)  This painting is called "Table Top Still-life" I know it's not a super creative title, but a lot of these early paintings were mostly just for practice for the larger better ones we did later in the class. In this particular painting I practiced blending shades, tones, and tints together to demonstrate the light that I saw on the objects I was painting. Hope you guys like it!  

Hey everypony! Today was such a nice day outside that I decided to plant the flowers I got from the greenhouse a few days ago today! I didn't buy as many flowers as I did last year, but I still had plenty that easily filled up the pots that I did have! Unfortunately, one of my pots got busted over the winter as it had a huge crack in it so I had to throw that pot away 

I think they all turned out pretty nice looking though, what do you guys think? It definitely brings a lot of much needed color to the outside areas of my house 

Now I just have to remember to water them..... 

Hey guys, how's it going?  I hope you've all been doing well! I know I'm not quite as active as I used to be on here, but I do still try to come on from time to time to see what's been going on However, I still love ponies and that's why I decided to make this status update, I got some brand new custom pony merch that I really wanted to share with you guys! 

I really love both the Wonderbolts and the Shadowbolts, and I think it's rather tragic that neither side was deeply explored in the show- there's sooooo much that I think could have been done with them  So I decided to get some custom Nightshade buttons and prints made! (Nightshade is the captain of the Shadowbolts and she only appears in season one episode two when she and Descent try to tempt Rainbow Dash into joining their flight team). She had a very minor role in the show itself but in many of the Wonderbolt-Shadowbolt fanfics that I enjoy reading (particularly Calm Winds Piercing the Heavens) she plays an integral role as being the main antagonist in many of the stories. Nightshade also appears in some old Wonderbolt tumbler blogs back in the day (again being an antagonist in most of them). 

Sorry for all those words of explanation, but I figured most of you guys wouldn't know who Nightshade is and think that she's an OC or something- she isn't, she is in fact a canon character, she just doesn't get much love so I decided to change that  She's a total badass so she deserves it     

Hey guys, I just wanted to thank all of you for the wonderful birthday wishes I received today! Thank you all so so much for making my day brighter, I actually got a lot more birthday wishes than  was expecting, which was a welcomed surprise!  I also especially wanted to thank @Rainy Day, @Nsxile 🔥🐲, @DivineNightmare1000, @Midnight Danny, @TomDaBombMLP, @Rainbow Cloud, @LyraLover 💚, @Tacodidra, @Denim&Venöm, @Flutterstep, @Twilight Luna and especially to @InfernalEnergy who gifted me a month long subscription to Discord Nitro  All of you are so amazing and I don't know what I would do without all of you guys, your seriously the best friends a fellow pone fan like me could have! 

Friendship is magic! 

Hey guys, I'm not sure if anyone noticed but I was absent from the forums this past weekend. I just got done going through all 57 notifications I had so now I figured I'll post one of my own!  I went down to Tennessee this weekend, about an hour a half east of Nashville in a very rural area and me and my family stayed in a lakeside cabin that was built up on a hill and had a great view of the mountain lake below  We also had a hot tub in our cabin that saw a lot of use from me  We didn't really do a whole lot while we were there, but we did go kayaking on a different lake to this big waterfall, it was a very scenic spot but it was a little hard to get to because the lake's water in that area got so shallow  We also spent a day in Nashville going to some restaurants and we walked along the river down there and went to a historical fort site, that downtown is pretty cool and I wish we had enough time to do a ghost tour of this haunted theater building and done a double decker bus tour of downtown, maybe if we ever go back we'll have time to do those things     

And yes I took Twilight with me, she mostly just stayed at the cabin but I did get this really cool picture of her and the view from our big deck- 

Also here's a picture of Twilight in the Twilight-  (It's Twi-ception!) 

Hey guys! As I promised in my re-introduction post, I said I would post my pony merch haul I got from Trotcon 2019 this last summer, so here it is!
This is nearly everything I had bought at the convention- (this photo was taken like right after I got back) I even got to meet Bill Newton who voiced Bright Macintosh and I had him sign his character's badge for me 

I'm going to put the next few items I bought in spoilers so my post doesn't get too obnoxiously long with vertical cell-phone pictures  

I also bought this light-up Princess Celestia light that comes with a remote that lets you change the colors of the display's lights from the same guy who sold me the Spitfire poster in the above photo-

A few weeks after the convention ended I got in the mail my hardcover physical copy of the book Fallout: Equestria that I had bought from the Traveling Pony Museum store- 

It also comes complete with artwork at the start of every chapter too!-

Anyways, that's all the stuff I got from the convention this past summer, hopefully all this crazy virus stuff dies down by the time July rolls around because I'm planning on returning to Trotcon this year as well. I hope you guys liked it! 

Hey I saw it was your birthday today on the front page, so I'd thought I'd drop by and wish you a happy birthday! I hope you got all you wanted for your presents, and plenty of boops and cuddles too  
Happy Birthday! *Boops your snout* 

Hey is anypony else having issues uploading pictures from files on their computer? I got something super cool recently but I'm not able to upload photos of it from my computer into my status update, instead the forums gives me an error message which really sucks because I want to show you guys what I got  

Also this means that I can't upload my art pictures to do my weekly art status update since those are photos that I upload from my computer. Is this only happing to me or is affecting anypony else?    

Hey thanks Comrade for the follow, I appreciate it! Here, have a state-issued muffin provided by my glorious government, eat it before I change my mind! 

Hey thanks for the follow @Flutterstep! In my gratitude, I'll give you a muffin, enjoy! 

Hey there @Twilight Luna, I hope your doing alright man. I can't say I know what it's like to loose a family member your super close with, especially your dad, but I hope you know that he must have really loved you a lot and would want you to only do the best and succeed in life  He'll still be with you even if he's not here physically anymore, always remember that  

As others have said, just take things one day at a time my friend, and know that it's okay to feel sad and to let your emotions run their course. Please know that we're all here for you if you need anything, and that you can reach out to any of us at any time my friend  

Here, have a hug from filly Twilight 

Hey there @LyraLover 💚! Happy early birthday to you my friend! I hope all goes well for you today! 

Look, even Lyra is here to congratulate you on your special day! 

Hey there comrade, thanks so much for the follow! 

Hey there Comrade, thanks so much for the follow! 

Hey there comrade! Thank you for following me, I really appreciate it! I'll give you one back too, your a pretty cool pone after all 

Have this communist Glimmer in exchange as well! 

Hey there Comrade! Thanks for the follow! I really appreciate it! 

Hey there Comrade! Thanks so much for the follow! I really appreciate it! 

Here have a Communist Glimmer in exchange for your follow to me! 

Hey there Divi, I hope you had a wonderful birthday today and got some play time in on your new PS5 too!  Celestia decided to bake you a cake too, but unfortunately it would appear that she has gotten into it  It was too tempting for her not too!  Anyways, hope you had a great birthday my friend and hope you have a great long weekend as well  

Hey there everypony, hope you all had a wonderful week  As I promised yesterday, here is my weekly art update for you all! 

Okay so for the record- I suck at painting portraits of people  This turned out alright, but I saw what some of my classmates had made and their paintings were about a million times better than what I was able to paint  I tried my best, so oh well 

That's all from me, enjoy the painting and have a great weekend everypony! 

Hey there everypony! I hope you all had a wonderful week!  It's that time again- time to post some art!  This piece of art was created back when we were leaning about perspective and depth in my art class last semester, since this was more of just a study piece I didn't really give it a name, but regardless I still think it turned out fantastic!  What do you guys think? I hope you all like it!     

Hey there friend! Have a happy birthday and a great day on your special day!  Please save a slice of cake for me if you can! 

Look I found a filly Coco Pommel for you, I'm not even sure what episode this is from but she sure is cute! 

Hey there friend! I hope you have a very happy and fun-filled day today! Your super awesome and you deserve to have lots and lots of cake today! Well, that is, if Celestia doesn't eat all of it 

"Celestia, make sure to save a slice for the birthday boy!" 

Happy birthday @DivineKnight1000! 

Hey, thanks for the follow Comrade! I appreciate it! 

Hold up, hold up comrade, do you actually speak French? Or are you faking it?