Hippo

The competition RP's you mention intrigue me. I've been wanting to start up a Best Young Flyer's Competition and Iron Pony RP, but have been unsure how to do it.

Yes, and HOLY CRAP THAT WOULD BE FUNNY. The townies would be suspicious of them city ponies takin' over! Second that.

http://soundcloud.com/riverhippo/appleloosa-intro "Sorry kid, you know the rules, this place is for big ponies. Now go on home so I don't have to talk to your parents." The stallion walked Arrow Plain out the door and down the steps off the Ol' Salt Block. Arrow Plain had been trying for days to get in there, and she finally was able to sneak in unnoticed for about five minutes before somebody spotted her and called her out. "I AM a big pony," she muttered to herself as she scuffed her way down the dusty road. As she was thinking about how grown up she believed she is, she spotted hats on display at the hat store. "I know! Everypony in Appleloosa has a hat! If I get a hat, maybe they'll stop treating me like a little foal!" Excited, Arrow scurried on to the store and ran inside. The bell above the door jingled. "Can I help yah, lil' one?" The clerk asked nicely. "Pfft... little. Um, naw, I'm just lookin'." Arrow stepped slowly through the store looking at all the different styles of hats, headdresses, and wigs. Until she spotted one that look just perfect! She grabbed it off the rack it was displayed on. "How much for this one?" "I tell you what," the mare said to her, "It's tagged at 12 bits, but I'll give it to you for 9." "Great! I'll take it!" Arrow pulled out the spare money she had in her pack and threw it on the counter that was just out of her reach. She took her hat and turned towards the door. She balanced herself on her hind legs to place her hat on her head. Incidentally, she used to much force and her horn ripped right through the top of the hat. "Ooooww, it tore! Stupid horn!" Arrow Plain already resented her unicorn ways, as she has been unable to perform any kind of magic. She would have much rather been a pegasus. At least then she could fly.

Granola hasted her way to the Ponyville firehouse. She ducked inside the building and cried for help, but no one seemed to be available. She spoke to herself, "Alright, Granola, looks like you're gonna have to do this on your own." Granola went around the side of the building, where a wagon with a huge reservoir of water and a long hose was sitting. This water was not for drinking, it was positioned here in case of an emergency, mainly a fire. Even though this wasn't a fire, it was still an emergency in Granola's eyes and she tossed the wagon handle over her body and began pulling it as fast as her little legs could. She got only a few hooves before she realized pulling the cart was not going to work. Suddenly, a male pony approached her. "Where's the fire?!" Granola thought quickly as the gentlepony subliminally offered his help. "There's no time! Listen, I'm going to pull that hose on the wagon to the emergency and when I yell 'GO' I need you to pump the water out as fast as you can!." Granola bit the hose end and ran towards Aqua's location, a couple blocks into the 'maze' of ponyville. She weaved through carts, jumped over walking ponies and B-lined her way against several trees. By the time she reached Aqua, the hose had been wrapped around several trees and light poles. Granola shouted at the top of her lungs, "GO!!!" Nothing happened. "I said GO!!!!" Granola was wondering what was taking the 'helpful' pony so long. But little did she know that the stallion had heard her the first time, and began pumping water as fast as he could. The hose had a kink in between two trees had Granola jumped through and the water pressure began to build and build and build. As the water continued to be held up by the kink, Granola was getting frustrated and tugged heavily on the hose. This allowed the kink to unravel and the hose was live again. As the water rushed towards the spout at Granola's end, the ground began to shake, and Granola was shocked. Within seconds, water began thrusting out of the hose end taking Granola for a ride. http://soundcloud.com/riverhippo/green-hair-drama Eventually, Granola would crash land after the pressure of the water had subsided. She was dizzy and disoriented. She tried to stand up straight as she slurred her words. "Don't worry, little fishy. I'll... ...I'll think of something. I'll think... ...of some-" Granola fell face first.

She likes falling snow but she dislikes the cold? Is that supposed to be an ironic trait of hers?

Updated. Added: -Cutiemark -Cutiemark story

The puddle of tears Granola generated became mud around her hooves. After the silent non-reaction that seemed to come from Luna, Granola lifted her head and opened her eyes to see a dark blue blurry pony standing tall above her. "It's nice to meet you, Granola Gracie." Granola blinked a few times to remove the secretions from her eyes. She heard Luna's formal greeting as she extended her hoof for a shake. It really seemed to be just Luna and 'Nola talking now, as Tempest began ranting on Canterlot's architecture. But as she noticed Luna's forgiving eyes and her loving posture, it came as quite a shock that Granola wasn't already taken away by guardsponies and sentenced for life in prison for going against law 7, article 3, section 12, paragraph 1 of the pony constitution: "One must not mention the moon in conversation with a Princess." Granola spared a smile and lifted her leg to return the greeting. It seemed all was well and Granola might still be able to earn herself a chance to visit the royal garden. Just then, a flare was seen coming from nearby. Quick heavy clops on the cobblestone where heard from all around and they grew louder as they sounded getting closer. A red guardspony with gold armor pushed between Granola and Luna's hoofshake. "Princess Luna! Are you all right? What's going on here??" Granola was severely startled. The red guardspony seemed to have and end for her, she thought. She could feel the heat coming from his glowing horn. She imagined his red eyes burning with an underground hate. At this point, it was clear that she could only do one thing. There was no point in running and creating a high speed pony chase, they would be sure to catch her; Granola's not that fast. Putting up any kind of fight was not only foolish, but she was sure that nopony around would support her, especially since her acquaintence with Tempest was the closest thing to a friend she has in Canterlot. So instead of running or fighting, Granola began crying like a baby foal again. Her balling was that of a pony who had been taken prisoner by diamond dogs, or a unicorn whose horn cracked in half. Granola's body started feeling dehydrated from all of the shedding tears. There was no point for Granola to wait for any kind of reaction. She knew it was just a matter of time before they took her away. She kept her eyes closed and away but raised her hooves up to be cuffed while wailing, "I Surrender! Don't worry, I'll go quietly." This was it. Granola's worst fears had come true. She should have never come to Canterlot.

Re-submitted for approval. Re-summarized her backstory and her CM story. Added canonization points. Added more art, compliments of the cuteness of Sweetie Belle.

It will probably involve her saving somepony's life because she foresaw something bad. I just haven't prefected the details in my head yet.

All of this is really good. It's always nice having the forum exceed expectations, but even more important is the community that we built. We're the real reason why this is still a success. *Brohoofs the new staff members*

wow, that one sneaky. Right in front of us too.

I listened after being told that, but I don't hear it. What's the timestamp? 2:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwIDA5uN17A

updated. Feedback please. I still want to come up with a Cutiemark story explaining her ability to detect danger.

Ok. I have been kind of busy lately and have put this on a bit of a backburner. I'll update it soon... Besides the backstory of my character, you should give my poem a read. I'm proud of it.

Granola ran to the fountain near the center of the town. She found water, but she was a little stumped on how she was going to get the water from the fountain to a parched Aqua. Granola pictured Aqua in her thoughts gasping for a breathe of water, panting, and dying. Her frantic eyes glanced by the local flower shoppe. "Aha!" Granola hurried into the shoppe and walked up to the closest plant specimen. With her hooves, she pulled the plant, roots, and soil out of the pot that it was in. The shoppe owner grew spontaneously disgruntled. "Hey what are you doing!?" "Don't worry, I'll explain later." Granola grabbed the dirty flower pot with her mouth and ran outside back towards the fountain. She dipped the pot into the water, filling it to the brim with fresh cool water. Granola galloped quickly back to where Aqua was, but not too fast as to spill the life-saving water due to jostling. It was then that she realized the apparent size of the pot she grabbed. It was particularly small. She could have grabbed a bigger one, but didn't. Oh, well, she thought to herself, this will just have to do. Granola pictured Aqua in her thoughts again, crinkling up and suffering. She could see her scaly skin dried up and peeling from her body. Granola hoped it wasn't too late. She ran up to Aqua with urgency and tipped the pot upside-down at her head. Instead of a flushing flow of water splashing Aqua in the face, a single drop of water fell from the brim of the pot onto Aqua's cute snout. Granola's eyes grew huge with shock. "What?! I filled it up!" Granola looked into the pot with one eye to find a drainage hole the pot had at the bottom--a typical style of flowerpots. Granola grew so disappointed and angry. So much so that she threw the pot down smashing it to pieces. She screwed up again. She was so focused on what to do next, that she wasn't hearing any of the opinions of others that were trying to educate her properly of the situation. Granola facehoofed her head over and over. "Come on, Granola, think, THINK!" Granola reopened her eyes with confidence. "I got it, don't you move around too much in the dry air, I'll be right back with more water." Granola galloped away again, this time in a different direction.

No no... a separate system, not just somewhere to post threads on the forum. More along the lines of... our own Deviant Art. I wasn't sure at first what the difference was between a FanFic repository and what we already have in the creativity forums, but that actually makes more sense. Having a portfolio of arts done by users with thumbnails and the such. It would make it much easier to navigate and find old arts that we have done or seen here in the past. Fan art moves quickly.

Rainbow did some renovations...

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l585/riverhippo269/BBeyebrow-1.gif Also, Inky Pie disco dances... http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l585/riverhippo269/inkydance.gif I love Inky.

You ask, therefore you receive. http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5689/civildefense.png http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7181/places011cd.png Again, I am no artist. As in, I do not put my own spin on things, but rather just create a template from FiM screenshots.

I have been working on your request. However, forgive me, cuz I'm not an artist. I decided to mess around with some templates and screen shots and found that your description isn't too far off from Prince Blueblood. Here's what I have so far: http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/708/bluebloodtemp.png I wasn't sure how to do his eyes. What kind of mood do you suppose he's in? It would be more helpful if I knew what kind of background this character is supposed to have. It is a persona?

I've also seen Rainbow with her wings up and at one pose, you can see the feather lines, and then another (almost the same) pose you can't see them. You can see this all during the scene where Rainbow tries to talk Pinkie out of "Creepy Town".

As we have talked about, Arrow Plain is totally in on this group! She goes by Arpy by everypony except her foster parents. I don't necessarily know if she would pass as a tomboy, but she is a troublemaker and can be easily talked into doing adventures. Like Jona, Arpy reaches for the skies, quite literally. She believes her parents are pegasus ponies that live in the clouds and hopes to see them some day. He cutie mark represents her destiny to eventually fly (somehow) and explore the skies. She received her cutie mark when she was saved by a Wonderbolt. We need at least one more RPer to join this group, cuz best things come in threes!!

Im almost done taking my favorite screen shots of the show. When I'm done, they will serve a great desktop background purpose, but also a good reference for great pony faces and reactions of our favorite pony characters. I'll hit you an IM when it's done. I'll try to megaupload it, but I might also use Utorrent.

Cool. Also, a counterexample to what we've seen:

Just a screen shot from the episode. Here are some others I made on various characters...