Pegasus Whirligig [Final]

[Jane]

Just looking for a simple, lighthearted character to get things going, seeing as I'm brand new around here. Any and all suggestions for improvement are more than welcome.

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Whirligig

Sex: Female

Age: Mare

Species: Pegasus

Coat Color: Cornflower Blue (#96D5E1)

Mane/Tail/Markings Both her mane and tale are an orangish red (#F33410) with yellow (#FCF200) streaks. No special markings.

Eye Color: Dark Green (#247530)

Cutie Mark:

A four-coloured Pinwheel on a brown stick, representing her knowledge and interest in air currents, while the colours reflect her own vibrant and colourful personality. Recieved after she won first place for her school in a fifth grade science fair for her model of a wind-powered flour mill. She was the third pony in her class to receive her cutie mark (her partner, Connie Struction, also got her cutie mark for the project; Whirligig provided the design and research, but it was Connie who built the model and earned herself a cutie mark of a hammer, saw and nails).

Physique: General body-type, like the mane six.

Origin: Cloudsdale, born and raised. Her mother, Windygust, has been a single parent since her husband left when Whirligig was a small foal. Windygust worked hard in the weather factory to try to earn enough to make ends meet, as well as try to provide a loving and stable environment for her two children - Whirligig and her older brother, Stormwing. Often she ended up overcompensating, calling Whirligig "Mommy's little Princess," which may or may not have gone to Whirligig's head.

Occupation and Motivation: Whirligig presently works in the weather factory, among thousands of other Cloudsdale residents. Her cutie mark, and special talent, relate to her complex understanding of wind currents and how to produce or utilize the wind, but financial circumstances prevented her from obtaining the proper qualifications necessary to pursue the study of wind. She is presently in an advanced traineeship program - if she works in the factory for five years, they will assist her with paying to study meteorology on a tertiary level. Her present responsibilities include rainbow making and snowflake shaping.

Likes: Socializing, spending time with and meeting other ponies at parties. On the rare occasion she doesn't want to go out with her friends, she's happy to read a sappy romance novel. She also enjoys keeping track of the latest developments in meteorological research.

Dislikes: Getting her hooves dirty, or missing out on the fun, needing to spend more than 5 minutes in her brother's apartment.

Character Summary:

Whirligig loved her mother, and aimed to please. She put plenty of effort into her schooling, and her hard work earned her a B average, which was good enough for her. Her favourite class was meteorology and though her mother may have innitially had higher hopes for her, Whirligig soon decided that she would be a weather pony, like the majority of pegasus ponies.

Whirligig found it easy to make friends throughout primary school, and especially in middle- and high-school. She was most definitely an extrovert. She was the first to welcome new students and take them under her wings. She also had a sense of humour - she could put anypony in an awkward situation at ease with a lighthearted joke or story - she was ever an optimist. Sometimes, however, she was too busy being idealistic to be realistic. She had so much faith in Ponykind, believed that everypony had the best of intentions and sometimes this meant she would be taken advantage of by other ponies. She was also rather weak - while she had plenty of knowledge about flight and weather systems, she would never be as strong and fast a flyer as the famous Rainbow Dash. Actually, she rather disliked racing and flying tricks, and would much prefer spending time with her friends at a party, seeing a movie together or sharing lunch.

Most recently, Whirligig is still as sociable and colourful as ever. She enjoys the night life, spending time in pubs, clubs and bars along Cloudsdale's Culture Crawl. She loves being in the company of friends and acquaintances, some of whom have even convinced her to spend more time on the ground (with shoes on, of course) and befriend the Unicorns and Earth Ponies whose weather she creates. For somepony who rarely ever left Cloudsdale, she relished the new experiences the ground had to offer and was fascinated by the capabilities of Unicorn magic. Still, at the end of the day Cloudsdale was her home, and she was still persnickety little Whirligig, Mommy's little girl.

Other: Whirligig uses “Bluebird” in the same way Applejack uses “Sugarcube” – as a blanket term of endearment for anypony. If the “Bluebird” in question is significantly younger than she is, the term is replaced with “Little Bird”. Close friends might have the “blue” replaced with another adjective, such as “Silly Bird” or “Gentle Bird.”

[brianblackberry]

This is pretty darn cute.

For Great Justice!

[Jane]

Thank you so much, Brian. Cute is pretty much what I was aiming for.

[Dio]

[Jane]

I don't want to move this thread back to the applications area, but as an addendum, here's an updated picture of Whilrigig (pretty much the only thing changed is her tail).

Stuff I did:

Drawn by SaturnStar14 on DeviantArt: http://fav.me/d666hxf