Saturn

By Brave Fleet

• June 3, 2017




Age: 23

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: <p> Saturn has colourful fur and a vibrant mane. His mane is a pale orange with a few baby blue stripes along the sides. His fur is sort of orange but more of a dirty yellow. He has an average build for a stallion, though he usually tries to stand out from the crowd as much as physically and mentally possible, despite being a little bit smaller than average. </p> <p> Saturn usually has a messy mane and tail, not really caring for himself due to his obsession with being the first to find everything. His eyes are a pretty colour of blue that doesn't really match his fiery, unstoppable personality all that much. They make him look calm while he, on the inside, is ready for adventure, no matter what it might be. </p> <p>   </p>

Cutie Mark: <p> A purple, ringed planet silhouette which is tilted slightly to the side. It represents his talent in astrophysics and astronomy... or just anything involving outer space. </p> <p> <a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2017_06/593226d3cbdf3_cutiemark.png.e435d32ca2be36c77abf59e54ece80b7.png" data-fileid="218051" rel=""><img alt="cutie mark.png" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="218051" src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2017_06/593226d3cbdf3_cutiemark.png.e435d32ca2be36c77abf59e54ece80b7.png" /></a> </p>

Personality: <p> Saturn is very stubborn and a little bit selfish, though he is also optimistic and quite honest about most things. He is adventurous and courageous, always wanting to be the first for everything as well as the best at anything, even if it's not something he loves. Though, when he does love something, he is very enthusiastic about it, wanting to be as involved as possible. </p> <p> Despite these pleasant traits, Saturn can be very impatient, again having to do with his need to be the best as well as the first for anything. He can also be a bit moody and short-tempered, managing to get a bit angry when something doesn't go as planned. When this happens, however, he still tries to fix it or find another way. Saturn can be a bit impulsive as well, acting without a second thought on everything. It's sometimes good, but he never gives himself time to think things out. Ever. Along with the impulsiveness, he can be quite aggressive most of the time. </p>

Backstory: <p> Saturn was born on April 6th and grew up just outside of Los Pegasus, out in the xeric desert where he grew up with an odd hobby involving the cultivation of cacti. For the longest time, he believed that cultivating cacti would be his special talent, though it never was. </p> <p> At the age of fifteen, Saturn got a telescope for his birthday, which he wasn't too interested in at first. Though, after getting a bit too curious, he climbed up to the roof of his house with the telescope and looked up at the wonderful night sky. It was then that he decided to go to the library and read up on a few books involving the names of every star in the sky. It interested him, though he wanted more in order to become smarter on the subject. He, to memorise every planet, star, and comet in the sky, began to map out the galaxy on a piece of paper. He learned and explained the trajectories of the planets and how fast they moved. After showing his parents this, he earned his cutie mark... but was shot down by his parents for not focusing on actual school work. They began to not only not support him but tried to encourage him to stop the "nonsense" he was doing. </p> <p> Thankfully, Saturn's stubbornness helped him to keep learning astronomy and astrophysics through textbooks and the sky itself. Unfortunately, his parents, specifically his mother, became fed up with the whole thing and sold his telescope. It was probably the saddest day of his life, and he actually felt like giving up. If it wasn't for his teacher, he probably would have.  </p> <p> It was a Wednesday and Saturn was making his way out of the classroom at the end of the school day when somepony suddenly bumped right into him and caused all of his papers on astrophysics to fall to the ground. His teacher happened to notice and was surprised by the rather accurate math he had done while explaining things like the distance between Mars and the sun, as well as the orbits of every planet. His teacher began to encourage him to continue his work and even got him a new telescope to use on school property. His goal to become the best at anything involving space never actually faded. </p> <p> After years of hard work and schooling, Saturn became an astrophysicist, one of the very few in Equestria, as well as the youngest. </p>