TenderHeart (OC) [Ready]

[TenderHeart]

-General Stuff-

Name: TenderHeart
Nickname/Alias(es): Tender
Race: Pegasi
Gender: Male
Age: Stallion
Additional Status: Famous for being one of the best flower growers, for a Pegasus that is.

-Physical Stuff-

Pelt Color: Deep red
Mane/Tail Color and Style: Pure white, short cut
Eye Color: Purple
Cutie Mark:  petals in the shape of a heart
Other Scars/Markings: N/A
Physique: Average build but shorter than most Stallions.

-Social Stuff-

Current Residence: Canterlot
Job: Florist, Runs his own shop called "Flying Flowers"
Mother: Soaring Ruby
Father: Thunder Streak

Sibling(s): Love Thrasher (Sister)
Other Family: N/A
Closest Friends: N/A
Courting/Courted By: N/A
Mate: N/A
Foal(s): N/A

-Personality Stuff-

Likes: Flowers and plants in general, honest and kind ponies, tea (Just enough caffeine to get him going), music boxes (He was always fascinated by their soft melodies), peace and quite, forests, rain (The soft sounds of rain hitting the ground and rooftops)

Dislikes: Loudness (He likes his peace and quite), coffee (Too bitter and too much caffeine), rudeness, thunder (Too loud and scary)

Motivation: Making everyone happy and helping out couples. That is at it's most basic form. He strives to help ponies find love and happiness, he gets happy when others are happy. He hopes that one day he can find a stallion of his own.

Strengths: Gardening abilities, his ability to make friends easily, knowledge of most plants, flowers and some herbs. 

Weaknesses/Flaws: Too trusting, general anxiety around other stallions, gets flustered easily

Fears: Being alone, being forgotten or replaced, thunder

Overall Persona: Tender is soft spoken, well mannered and kind. He rarely gets into fights unless it's for a very close friend or special somepony. He has a positive outlook on life though fears he will be the only one not to find love. He get's flustered around other stallions. He had only recently came to accept his sexuality so he still feels awkward around other stallions though tries his best. He can get attached easily to somepony though has been used to being let down when they're not looking for a relationship. He still tries to remain friends with them and keep them close. Tender tends to value his friends over himself and has had moments of disregarding his own health just for ponies he cares about. When he was a teenager he had a rough disagreement with his family and had kinda left them, he knows when to cut ties and for the right reasons. One thing that he both loves and hates is praise. He loves when his plants are praised but get's flustered and awkward when he himself is praised. A goal of his is to be the main florist for the Grand Galloping Gala and get to meet the princesses. His favourite flowers are; Heart's desire, Lilies, Carnations, Gardenia and Lilacs from their colours, design and to their meaning. One thing that he loves yet gets heavily flustered and shy around are the Royal Guards, what can he say. He likes Stallions in armour.

History/Background: He left Cloudsdale at the young age of fifteen. He still didn't have his cutie mark and with no other place to go he begged some Earth Ponies if he could stay at their farm until he made enough bits to get a home of his own. At first they were hesitant, it was rare for a pegasus to want to work on a farm, they barely knew how to grow things. But of course Tender was determined to try and help around the farm, that was when he found out his gardening abilities and began to put them to the test, growing flowers as a side project while he helped around the farm.Soon his flowers grew large, bright and of course they smelt amazing, with Hearts and Hooves day around the corner he began to make his own stand and pick and make his bouquets. When the day had come he got up early and started to try and sell his flowers of course, being new to business and being young he did under and over price a few which shied away potential customers. With the day coming to an end and barely any flowers sold he was about to close shop when a stallion ran up to him, he had everything planned to ask a mare to be his special somepony but the bouquet and most shops were had ran out and were closed, Tender of course quickly helped him pick out a bouquet of his and help him with giving his line to her before watching from afar with a giddy grin. As the mare accepted his cutie mark began to appear, two petals in the shape of a heart.

 

Now the reason he cut ties with his family is their displeased view towards him. His parents had always been a bit rough towards him and made him feel like the black sheep. They seemed to slowly get worse as he got older. Not something terribly bad but they always nitpicked everything he did or said.To the point where Tender felt like an outcast and nothing he did or said could fix it. Tender had always been a soft colt and he always tried to make up for whatever he did, even if he didn't know what he did exactly. His parent's marriage was always a bit of a rocky one but one thing that the couple always agreed on was how much better his sister was. After a while his parents barely talked nor looked at him. When dinner came his place was always left blank, it didn't help with rude and bully like older sister who constantly teased him and was favoured by the two.T he second week after his sister didn't stop saying that he would be kicked out of the house soon. With some heavy thinking and a sad sigh, he packed up his things and left in the dead of night. It became clear to him that he couldn't fix anything nor get his parents to like him. He doesn't know how his parents reacted nor heard anything of them and his sister since.

 

After earning enough bits at the farm it was time to say farewell to the lovely family he stayed with. He still sees them come to his store every now and then and chats with them. He found his way to Canterlot where he had been eyeing a small store with a house above it. That day was the day to finally seize it for himself and set up his own business. After buying off the property he spared no time and began to move in, slowly making the store of his dreams over a few years. Every few months something new being added to help him like shelves, a greenhouse and seeds. Though as many new businesses, his was slow to grow. He was just barely a stallion and not many customers had come, many of his flowers sadly withered before being sold, though he didn't let that bother him. He just kept plowing through the weeks with a determined smile. He only began to get popular after a few regulars had began to talk of his store and flowers, no less grown by a Pegasus which wasn't common. Though his customers questioned why he would close up for a week or two, with a small sigh he smiled and told them that he would sometimes go out and collect seeds himself, sometimes having to go into deep forests or certain spots to get the plants he wanted to showcase. That was what set of a chain of events that let his population grow, A handsome and charismatic stallion, rare talent for a Pegasus and going off on his own little adventures just to get some flowers. That was the right concoction to get word of him out there. For the first time his shop was almost out of flowers. He was known throughout Canterlot, not a big business or anything. Nothing like other Earth Pony florists who grew better and more flowers than him, but just enough to get himself a known spot and a steady flow of bits. His store still has room to grow and he still has to achieve his dream. Canterlot is a large city and he just got onto the radar of known stores.

[Bellosh]

Howdy there! In general, this app looks very awesome indeed! However, we have to ask you to remove any reference to homophobia in your OC's history. The Equestria that's portrayed in World of Equestria is not meant to be a backwards society concerning LGBT views, nor is WoE meant to be a place to play out issues connected to LGBT in our real world. Once you give Tender a different reason for him to leave home behind, we'll go ahead and stamp this app.

[TenderHeart]

Understandable. I'll find a different, but similar way without having to edit his backstory too much. Are there any other subjects that I should keep off of? Just to be safe.

[Bellosh]

From our Site Rules:

 

On 12/18/2013 at 8:11 AM, Dio said:

No depictions of sex, gore, intense violence, or illegal drugs are permitted in posts, images, links, or roleplay.

 

[Bellosh]

Oh, always be sure to post in your app threads whenever you make edits. Otherwise we might miss it.