Love letter to a pastel pony

[ManaMinori 4,145]

For a long time now, I've been head over heels, truly, madly, deeply, in love with the stupidly adorable pastel pink pony named Star Dreams. I've created fanfics with her, many alternate universes and headcanons, more theories about her than I care to name. I've created art of her, a fanthread of her (though it lies barren, and I'm the only one in there gushing about how great she is), many Amino and Tumblr blogs about her. I love this goshdarned filly, and the stupid part is, I have no earthly idea why. I mean, sure, she's cute, but so are more ponies. It could be that the fact is she's a toyline exclusive pony that has yet to appear in the show or in comics, but the exclusivity of her doesn't really matter much to me. I simply don't know why I love this stupidly obscure filly as much as I do. She just makes me happy. Shouldn't be all that really matters?

Star Dreams Fanthread:

Star Dreams Art:

Star Dreams Amino blogs:

https://aminoapps.com/c/equestria/page/blog/star-dreams-babu-artsu/dYwG_WPhbuLLZx7w823wrGDpb4LLk2DG1p

Star Dreams Tumblr blogs:

https://happypastelponies.tumblr.com/post/173578443308/a-curious-case-of-crystal-ponies-and-coverups

https://happypastelponies.tumblr.com/post/171802080923/could-the-tree-of-harmony-have-an-avatar

 

 

[Tacodidra 61,258]

I don't think it's that surprising, to be honest. Just think how much love the background ponies get from the fandom, in many cases more than some more prominent characters. I think it's great that there's appreciation for even the more obscure characters. Most of my favorites are pretty predictable, but there are some characters I like that don't get that much attention – Kettle Corn and Hummingway at least. Sure, they have appeared on the show, but they're not that well-known anyway.

Edited May 6, 2018 by Tacodidra

[ManaMinori 4,145]

On 5/5/2018 at 10:00 PM, Tacodidra said:

I don't think it's that surprising, to be honest. Just think how much love the background ponies get from the fandom, in many cases more than some more prominent characters. I think it's great that there's appreciation for even the more obscure characters. Most of my favorites are pretty predictable, but there are some characters I like that don't get that much attention – Kettle Corn and Hummingway at least. Sure, they have appeared on the show, but they're not that well-known anyway.

I actually tire of seeing all the love the same 6 background characters get. Don't get me wrong, I like Vinyl and Derpy as much as the next guy, but there are hundreds, if not thousands of other background blank slates in the show, along with book and comic exclusive characters, and on top of that, toyline exclusives, like Star Dreams, Lullaby Moon, Apple Sprout, Princess Skyla, Princess Gold Lily, Princess Sterling....

 

I like Hummingway. Reminds me of Flit, from Pocohontas.

[Tacodidra 61,258]

7 minutes ago, Nightmare Muffin said:

I actually tire of seeing all the love the same 6 background characters get. Don't get me wrong, I like Vinyl and Derpy as much as the next guy, but there are hundreds, if not thousands of other background blank slates in the show, along with book and comic exclusive characters, and on top of that, toyline exclusives, like Star Dreams, Lullaby Moon, Apple Sprout, Princess Skyla, Princess Gold Lily, Princess Sterling....

 

I like Hummingway. Reminds me of Flit, from Pocohontas.

It's a shame that some characters are so underappreciated. Though in a way, it's bound to happen, as a significant part of the fandom only watches the show (I have to admit I haven't read the comics yet either). I don't see why they couldn't introduce some of those characters in the show at some point – I don't think it would feel out of place at all to have more princesses, considering how huge Equestria is. Regarding Skyla, I guess her lack of appearances is due to how they wanted to present Flurry Heart as the only alicorn foal. Maybe there's a chance of seeing some of those characters at least in small roles – they've already done that with some of the previously ignored pre-G4 ponies (such as Toola Roola in "Fame and Misfortune").

Hummingway is adorable, great to see I'm not the only one who likes him. They do look quite similar, especially their color schemes.