ooc Another Cultural Exchange

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Courageous Thunder Dash

In regards to Chelsea, do you want one of her local friends to come in and talk to her? If that's the case, do you have a particular friend in mind?

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@Illiad Easle

I would like if a friend comes to help out Chelsea. This won't be the last time she'll have a sobbing fit...

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Courageous Thunder Dash

Well I'll need to know what friends she has, and what they're like, unless you want to play them or don't much care which pony comes to comfort her.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

@Illiad Easle

She has a few local friends, including a Kirin who settled into Ponyville. Her other friends are ponies who are very supportive of her, especially during hard times. 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Courageous Thunder Dash

Alright, I'll assume then that you don't much care which friend of hers comes in, so I'll take a liberty here. If you don't like who I chose we can change it or simply not have them come by in the future.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

Did you forget to react to Sleipnir's explanation of her unique body configuration? or does Larynx simply not have anything to say about it?

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle 

Oh, Larynx wasn’t sure how to ask, but I guess he could come up with a way to ask it. I think my edit works.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

I was referring to the fact that Sleipnir actually did explain in my last post, its in the section just after the nervous embarrassment is brought up

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

Specifically this section:

16 hours ago, Illiad Easle said:

Queen Sleipnir simply chuckled as she settled down, "It was just harmless fun, nervous embarrassment is a difficult emotion to cultivate, I simply had to take advantage of the situation." She stood up fully so Larynx could get a good look, "It's okay to look, I've had over a millennium to get used to it, and I rather enjoy the attention. My mother, Queen Gelatine, towards the end of her life was... erratic... my sister would use less favorable words, due to being abandoned by her love Rasputin Stalliongrad. Anyway, normally new queens are made at great cost and effort to the hive, and she wanted to see if the process could be made more efficient, so she tried to make two at once. She got me instead. Well, my sister got me, she killed our mother when she found out about me."

 

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

1 hour ago, Illiad Easle said:

@Skylight Scintillate

Specifically this section:

Yeah, I edited my reply saying hat Larynx wasn’t sure what to say about Queen Sleipnir’s family, but he asked further about her body.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

Ah, that makes sense, I haven't seen your edit yet since im on mobile right now. 

I was confused by your earlier post, 

2 hours ago, Skylight Scintillate said:

Oh, Larynx wasn’t sure how to ask, but I guess he could come up with a way to ask it.

By IT I thought you meant about her body, not her family. 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Princess Skylight

I think now's as good a time as any to regroup, hash out what events and such we want to see happen and look into how we might make it happen.

Due to a number of factors in my own life I find myself with less time and focus to run my own RPs, between work and school I just don't have the same energy that I had over the summer, next semester should be better as I'll only have two classes.

That said, I don't have any plans on my end for where they should go or what they should do. But I'm happy to oblige if there are things that you are excited to see or do while they're still in Manehatten. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind moving to the switch, where Siren goes with Larynx back to the reformed hive.

What do you think? Any ideas, questions, or concerns on your end?

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle 

Yeah I have been pretty busy this semester too. 

As for plans, I'm thinking maybe we could do something where Larynx sings at the cafe. Other than that, I can't really think of anything else, so I won't mind doing the switch.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Princess Skylight

Alright then, we'll finish off the day with them going to the café to sing, then have them head off to the reformed hive the next day.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

You know, I think this story has reached a fairly satisfying conclusion. That is to say, I don't know where else to take it at this point. Do you have an idea as to where it should go? Or do you think it's good to end it here?

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle

On 2023-09-02 at 4:55 PM, Illiad Easle said:

@Skylight Scintillate

You know, I think this story has reached a fairly satisfying conclusion. That is to say, I don't know where else to take it at this point. Do you have an idea as to where it should go? Or do you think it's good to end it here?

Yeah I think that this would be a good place to wrap it up. Maybe it's time to explore a cultural exchange with some other characters?

Edited September 4, 2023 by Skylight Scintillate

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

I'd be down for that, do you have another one in mind?

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle

Yeah I have several different ideas. Most of them are the idea of exploring different species of various different cultures as seen in season 8, and how they would interact with the different cultures in your headcanon. For example, how would a Hippogriff react if placed in a certain city? Or a dragon like Smolder? Or a bat pony? Or a kirin? What if an alicorn pony showed up? Or a robot pony? There isn't much information from the show for some of these species, so I suppose we would have to figure out how our headcanons would combine. 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

You know, I've been meaning to explore my headcannon for thestrals, which I've put forward as the purest form of bat pony, so that could work. Do you want to use the same premise as the previous story then, just with new characters/setting?

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle 

Sure, should we brainstorm ideas and flesh out details in DMs? I have some ideas for which characters I might play.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

Since we're still using the Cultural Exchange premise, we can flesh it out here.

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

@Illiad Easle

On 2023-09-04 at 11:48 PM, Illiad Easle said:

@Skylight Scintillate

You know, I've been meaning to explore my headcannon for thestrals, which I've put forward as the purest form of bat pony, so that could work. Do you want to use the same premise as the previous story then, just with new characters/setting?

Sure, we could go with a similar premise. Would one of us RP as a bat pony or thestral and the other a regular pony, or would both of us RP as different bat ponies, but with different cultures? I have some ideas for bat pony characters and personalities. Like, I'm thinking of a snarky but friendly bat pony who loves music and flying. Also, I assume that you're not that interested in exploring other species/cultures?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

I would like to play a thestral, a younger one like CMC aged, freshly marked. I don't have much preference what race you play but being a bat pony would make it similar to the story we just did.

Per exploring other species and cultures I'm okay with that, on my end I have Deer, Reindeer, Camels, Dogs, And Gryphons left to explore, each with their own cultures.

[Skylight Scintillate 2,031]

9 hours ago, Illiad Easle said:

@Skylight Scintillate

I would like to play a thestral, a younger one like CMC aged, freshly marked. I don't have much preference what race you play but being a bat pony would make it similar to the story we just did.

Per exploring other species and cultures I'm okay with that, on my end I have Deer, Reindeer, Camels, Dogs, And Gryphons left to explore, each with their own cultures.

Hmm, I'd say let's go with thestrals/bat ponies. What would be the culture of these thestrals and bat ponies? How are they similar and how would they differ? I'm currently leaning towards a bat pony character, but I would be up for trying a different kind of character, too. It would be interesting to see how two characters of significantly different cultures interact. I suppose if you go with a character that is about the same age as the CMCs, then my character would also be of similar age. 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Skylight Scintillate

In my cannon, thestrals are the 'pure' form of bat ponies. So, while the term bat pony would apply to any pony exhibiting any bat pony trait, a thestral exhibits all bat pony traits.

These traits include:

Physical: Vertical slit pupils, leather wings, pronounced fangs, coloration predominantly in the greys/dark purples/dark blues (Optional)

Physiological: Excellent night vision, omnivorous diet, nocturnal nature

(Maybe more but that's what comes to mind)

Thestrals typically take pride in their racial purity, often living with their clans and only leaving to seek mates in other clans, or to serve as tribute to Princess Luna. They limit their interactions with non-thestrals when possible.

I would assume that there are many bat ponies that also take pride in their racial heritage, but due to their impurities they are not often accepted into thestral clans. Some clans are more strict on this than others. There could be colonies of bat ponies, as well as bat ponies just living in normal society.

 

This conflict is also why I want to play a younger character, one who would be less judgmental about culturally induced hesitations. Thestral isolationism is also two sided, as many ponies push out thestrals due to their differences. So Thestrals stay away because they want to remain pure, and because they were pushed out, especially around the time of Nightmare Moon.

There are also a few examples in my cannon of thestrals who chose to leave their clans to pursue relationships outside of other thestrals. 

At the time the show takes place most pure thestral clans have died out, with only one powerful clan remaining.

 

My character would be from this powerful clan, I know this is a bit scattered but I can add clarifying details if you have more questions.