Hippo

and my new pup:

If you've noticed, I definately like to keep to a similar format for each character. I also like to use different formats when creating banners for other users. If you have an idea that you'd like executed, i can certainly try. I like to make it user-special for the purpose of individuality, which is a forum MUST!

Lyra banner test 2 and centered:

Seems to work...

I made separate backgrounds depending on the post color, since they alternate between light blues.

I don't know how to make a picture with built-in transparency. If anypony knows how to do it, please share!

Lyra banner test:

Madden's ears were flooded by the amazed and shocked response he expected to receive from both Starlight and Zephyr. Madden closed his eyes, smiled, and turned to his side as they expressed their humbleness. He then understood Starlight's concern for the details. He saw her sit down at his table in all of her seriousness. "Listen, now..." Madden tried to explain the details before Zephyr butted in with his supportive comments.

When they were both done talking excitedly, Madden knew that they had no idea what they were doing and decided to try to keep it as simple as he could so that they could understand. "Look, ponies, everything will be fine. We can sort all of the details at the event. Just make sure you're not late." Madden reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out 3 bit coins and slapped in onto the table he was sitting at. He then picked himself off the ground and hovered just above the others. "It'll be fine, Starlight. I'll see you at the South Auditorium at five." Madden was about take off, but then stopped himself. "Oh, and for the record, I hate jazz." Madden flew off into a random direction.

[colour=#BF0000]Name: Remington

Sex: Male

Age: Colt (Kid)

Species: Pegasus

Pelt colour: Medium Dark Red

Mane/Tail/Markings colour & Style: True Blue, both mane and tail spikey combed.

Eye colour: None/Black (In-distinguished, like Snips and Snails)

Cutie Mark: None yet.

Physique: Average adolescent size.

Origin: Was born and is raised in Cloudsdale. Now lives in Manehatten.

Roleplay Type: Mane

Occupation: Student

Motivation: Rem is still figuring out what his special talents are. He loves to sleep and he is fascinated with the natural phenomenon known as dreaming. He's experimenting with ways to manipulate his dreams, and has even began studying about astral projection.

Likes: Being lazy, nap time, dreaming, day dreaming, dreaming during the day, cuddling

Character Summary: Remington was sleeping when he was born. It scared his parents and the doctors helping with the delivery, fearing that he may not be breathing. But after a few tests, it was determined he was fine an normal. However, it was not normal, for Remington had a very heavy sleep schedule, even for a newborn. His parents were thankful that he was so quiet and sleepy all the time, but they were discouraged when they realized his lack of energy. At times, they even forgot him when they left for engagements.

When Remington was old enough to go to school, it was insanely hard for him to get the proper sleep schedule so that he could be awake during class hours. They even gave him a watch that is strapped to his leg at all times so that he can know what time it is when he wakes up. The teachers would constantly slap his desk and calling him out when he began his silent snore that made the rest of the class giggle. At recess, he is usually found napping under a tree. He has friends however, who support him when others make fun of him. After all, Remington is a very gentle colt who has tons of respect for other ponies and is always well mannered and tempered. He smiles most of the time.

Remington's flaw starts with his sleeping habits. He has the unfortunate routine of sleeping without any sort of schedule. His body clock and central sense of time are not very prevalent in his life. Because of this, even his best days are riddled with moments of spontaneous narcolepsy. He constantly falls asleep in the middle of important conversations and dozes off when participating in group games at school. He is still too weak to fly on his own, but everypony that knows him think it's for the best. They fear the day that he learns to fly, for he might fall asleep while doing that too.

Today, Remington is in search of his talents, just like everypony else his age. He is taking his time though, and is convinced he will find his talents in his dreams, quite literally.[/colour]

UPDATE: (12/12/12)

Remington's family has moved to Manehatten. There, Remington will find a new wave of friends and foes as he continues looking for his cutie mark. In between random naps, of course.

Arrow giggled at Nova's statements. Her giggle was very odd and she tried to hide it. Nova reminded her of the easiest thing to do when being frustrated in one's own inability - make fun of other ponies. Arrow thought real hard for a moment what it would be like performing Nova's suggestions in the most satisfying way. But then, a new filly walked up to the trio. A gold-colored filly who seemed to spark Jonagold's interest in a way that can't easily be explained. Nova greeted her and introduced herself, Arpy, and Jona. Arrow noticed right away that the new filly she had never seen was a blank flank. Arrow grinned at this knowledge. Arrow found pleasure in other people's misfortune, probably because she had so much misfortune herself. It wasn't healthy, but Arrow couldn't steer herself away from thoughts of picking on the new pony.

"Howdy, Blanks!"

Madden was disappointed that Zephyr had only been Starlight's manager for less than a day and that he admitted he didn't even know what a manager did. However, all of the discouraging inexperience was balanced by Starlight's talents as she sung her beautiful song at the cafe. The entire cafe was glittered with ponies tranced by Starlight's melody. Not only could Madden hear how well she could sing, but he could also see the affect she had on other ponies. No one seemed to care that Madden was even there anymore.

"Ok. Ok. I tell ya what. I've been needing somepony to fill a spot this evening at 5 P.M. at the Cloudsdale Auditorium's South Stage. They need a singer to sing a song for about 5 minutes. If you can perform at this event and show me that you can perform under pressure, I will open doors for you." Madden made several dramatic gestures as he spoke to try and amplify his statements. If these gestures worked at events that he announced at, then they must work in in person, right?

Madden turned to Zephyr who was half hidden under the table. "And you, my friend. If Miss Starlight here is able to do what we all think she can do, they I'll teach you a little about managing. How's that sound?" One of Madden's drives was helping younger ponies fill their aspirations. Although, usually, it was more for athletic reasons and Madden didn't know anything the music industry, he could still use his showmanship experience to teach them perceptions.

I love that it was and is a concern. May I make a suggestion of changing the forum name? Perhaps "Crossover" is too inviting of misfit categories. I feel that the best interested RP that exist in the thread can be considered "Modified Canon".

I can't really imagine what other names you could call it, but it's just a suggestion.

I like the notion of not having to have a OC approved for Mane RP in order to post in the cross-over forum.

The only thing that worries me is the content in the Crossovers as it relates to the other RP sections. Maybe this is just me, but I would hate to think that the lack of 'approval' for characters in the Crossover threads and the 'anything goes' mentality doesn't spin out of control and cause the Crossover forum to become a less professional forum. The crossover forum should be used to encourage RP newbies to the RP culture, since we value quality posts in the Mane RP. But it would be unfortunate if the Crossover threads became less of a great opportunity to let one's imagination run around and more of a connotation that a Crossover RP is 'not as good' as a Mane RP.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't want the Crossover forum to become a "trash forum" where all the rejected RP stories go.

I'm probably alone on this thought, but I thought I share the comment.

I am extended a hoof and am doing banners for RP characters.

Here are my personal examples:

If you would like one made for your character(s), I can help you! I can also make animated ones, but I highly recommend not using animated banners as they will only distract reading the posts, since RP is heavy reading for the most part.

A banner allows to set the mood, or to reintroduce a character. Lots of people have their characters in their avatar, but not everypony does. This can sometimes derail slightly when a friendly timid pony's personality is written up next to a avatar that promotes some other kind of emotion.

The banners I would make are pretty small, only 300 X 100, however, I'm willing to create other sizes as long as they are not too big. They just need to be big enough to get the job done and provide a little visual aide to get the RP story rolling. Any special designs or ideas are welcome for discussion. This is an open thread.

As Madden carefully studied the size of the text in the sandwich section of the menu, the pony that had walked up to his table had the audacity to pull down the menu and look him square in the eye. Madden hadn't often seen a pony which this much boldness. He was already fairly impressed by that alone. However, He was not about to give a free autograph out just because she had spunk.

"Excuse me. You are Madden right? My name is Starlight Melody." Madden loosened his jaw when she spoke. Her voice was pleasant and her facial expressions were warm and light-hearted. "I have a few questions for you... along with my friend here... Zephyr. You see... I'm trying to get my music career off the ground and we both could use some pointers. Zephyr as my official manager and myself as the singer."

Madden noticed the following pony behind her. He didn't really look like a manager and he was wondering to himself if this was some kind of prank his radio station colleagues were playing on him; they did that a lot. Madden smirked and raised his right eyebrow. "Oh really? You are," Madden pointed at her in question, "a singer?" Madden chuckled a little. He was about to add to his question when the dark green 'manager' stepped up in front of Starlight to make a point.

"Not just any singer. She's the greatest singer in Cloudsdale, no uh... in Equestria!" Zephyr seemed to know what he was talking about. His voice was received with confidence, but the details he spent almost sounded like he had just met the mare.

Madden smirked even more at the ponies exaggeration. He attempted to respond. "Oh really? Well..."

"If you could have heard her earlier in the halls, you would know that she sings as beautifully as she looks!"

Madden's smirk fell to a realization. He jumped up and shouted, "This is the pony that sung in the Racing Hall of Fame earlier!?" Madden looked around at everypony starring, again. Madden calmed down and played it cool. He sat back down on his rump and crossed his right hind leg over his left to promote a considering thought. "I mean, yeah I heard her earlier, she was pretty good, I guess." Madden was excited to not only meet the pony that sung beautifully in the halls, but also that they miraculously came to him. He knew that she could save his butt in finding a singer for the event, but he wasn't going to just give it to her. He had to be sure that she was ready for the performance, and that more importantly, his casual-looking manager had the behind-the-scenes know-how to get her to perform at the top of her ability. Madden turned at Zephyr who was now perspiring slightly. "How many gigs have you gotten her?"

Granola shook herself from the dizziness her thrill ride developed. Fortunately, no pony seemed hurt. She had no time to react to what was happening before Aqua, covered in mud, confronted her about her foolish act. Granola didn't like confrontations at all, and immediately felt small in the eyes of the hippocamp. And to make matters even worse, the other ponies in the area who had recovered from the flash flood were starring down disappointed gestures at Granola as well. No pony, not even Tempest, showed sympathy for Granola's lack of judgement and character. It caused great displeasure in Nola's heart and it made her feel worthless and unwanted.

"I- I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt anypony..." Granola was fiercely apologetic. Her irises grew to her eyelids and her pupils deep with black. The upset pony had active tear glands that blurred her vision and kept her from being able to communicate properly. This had always been the case, as Granola was a good crier. But there was no reward for overemotional crying in Ponyville and she was fully aware of her humility at this particular juncture.

Granola stood up on her four shaky legs. She wanted to help remove the dirt and mud off Aqua, but was unsure how to do it effectively. She thought of the hose first. No, Gracie, THINK for a moment. Aqua's frustrated rant replayed in Granola's head over and over. They only thing she could think of was to just use her hooves to wipe as much mud as possible. She was afraid to do it any other way, as she might cause more chaos. As she used her bare hooves to removed mud off of Aqua, she couldn't bring herself to say anything more. She only sniffled with an emotional breathing spasm and she exhaled with whistling sighs.

Madden had done a pretty fair job ignoring the cafe ponies for the moment. His thoughts lingered and dwelled on his problems. He even began imagining worst situations that could happen in the near future. Maybe Princess Celestia would banish me for failing to find an appropriate singer. Maybe I'll become on of the most wanted ponies in Equestria for running away from my troubles. Madden wasn't always this pessimistic, but he figured if he could hope for the worst, the situation wouldn't end up so disastrous in the end. It was these thoughts that somehow helped him cope with what stress was to come. Between his meditation and his milkshake, he began gaining his composure once again. His milkshake was very good.

For the moment, all of the ponies were excited to see him in a casual cafe in Cloudsdale, but they were keeping his distance as if he was a strong bear in a cage at the zoo. If it really was a zoo, and Madden really was a bear, the situation probably wouldn't look any different. No pony had enough courage to approach him. But then, a dark beautiful mare trotted up to Madden's talbe he was sitting at. She seemed to have no fear of talking to somepony as famous as he was. She also had a sparkle in her eye of curiosity that was different from what most fans would give. Madden found her fascinating as she walked towards him. But then he realized it was truly him she was walking towards, and he immediately tried to cover his persona with a menu. She probably just wants an autograph, Madden thought.

Madden was on his day off. Normally, he'd be finishing his "Daily Sports Wrap Up" program on ESRN, a sports radio station that broadcasted all over Equestria. Unfortunately, his day off was more of a day of bad news.

Very quickly, Madden's waiter delivered his drink to the table he was sitting at. The waiter pony obviously knew who he was and desired some star-stunned attention. It wasn't every day somepony got to meet a famous radio announcer. Madden, still showing his disappointment for losing sight of the wonderful singing voice he had heard, looked up at the waiter who was waiting for some kind of reply. Madden rolled his eyes. He knew what it was. Everypony loved to hear his voice in person, since it's only on the radio that they actually heard them. Madden smiled real big, looked at the waiter, and said in a huge announcer voice, "THANK YOU!" Immediately, Madden dropped his smile back to his miserable self. Big announcer or not, he was just a pale blue pony with a milkshake.

Madden didn't just announce for big events, he also helped organize them. It was his job and purpose to organize these events behind the scenes so that when the big event went live, he could do his announcing while leaving the ponies he set in place perform their own duties. The cancelling of Sapphire Shores was stressing out Madden more than ever and if he didn't find a replacement soon enough, it would be worst than last year when a young filly who won a contest to sing the anthem lost her voice the day of annual pegasus sprint finals.

After Madden gave his shout-out to the waiter who in the end, much appreciated it, several ponies sitting in and around the cafe had heard him announce his thanks. This gave more attention to him, and some ponies remarked among themselves instantly.

"Oh WOW! Don't you know who that is? It's Madden from ESRN!

"Cool, I don't think I've ever seen him in person."

"Do you think he'll give me his autograph?"

Madden loved attention. But in times like now, where he is stressing out trying to think of a solution to his problems, it was the last thing he wanted. Madden stood still and sighed as he sipped his milkshake with everypony watching. He hoped that if he ignored them for a short while, they'd stop making a big deal about it. All he wanted now was a quiet time where he could figure out who would be willing to come to Cloudsdale to sing on such short notice.

"I can't believe this!! Less than a month before the next competition and Sapphire Shores cancels on us?! This is a disaster! How am I ever going to find another voice talent to sing the invocations?" Madden spoke in frustration to himself as he walked into the Racing Hall of Fame. Instead of lamenting on his recent misfortune, he decided to cheer himself up doing the one thing he likes do more than anything: commentary.

The Cloudsdale Racing Hall of Fame was a sacred place near the Colosseum where pegasi, both young and old, trotted through to remember the great pony racers in Equestria's history, as well as inspire their ponyselves to achieve such a tribute in the near future. This hall would be filled everyday with fans and young athletes to look upon the great flyers that were. Except, it wasn't always filled. Often times it was nearly empty and gave wind for silly stories about historical flyers' ghosts that occupied the vacant space. Clousdale was often mistaken for a sports city. Everypony outside of Cloudsdale talks big game about the athleticism and competition that runs in and throughout the city in the sky. But the truth is, there's a whole lot more in the city than just racing and figurative flying. Cloudsdale also single-hoofedly creates the organized weather all accross Equestria, takes care of flying animals that cannot be tamed by earth ponies, and even inspires other recreational artistic activities, like singing.

Today, the hall was echoing only a few pony voices. One of which was named Madden, an middle-aged stallion who at one time used to be a great flyer, but is now a full time sports analyst for sporting events in Cloudsdale and other places. He was with a few tourist ponies who had come by to visit the hall. Madden wasn't paid any wage for his tour guidance, but every time he was seen in the hall with other ponies, he was always lecturing them on the great flyers of the past and even included a few details of his own accomplishments. His commentary was ceased, however, when a rather loud singing voice was heard from the other end of the hall. The voice was sublime. And when the young mare who was singing noticed everypony was looking at her, she apologized if she had been too loud and bowed before the ponies. The ponies, however, seemed to enjoy her voice and used it to observe the hall's surroundings even better than before.

Madden, on the other hand, wasn't too happy about having somepony's singing voice, as beautiful as it may sound, keep him from vocalizing his 'brilliant' commentary. But a few moments later, he heard her sing Equestria's National Anthem. When he realized the potential this young mare had and saw that a replacement for the invocations could be filled, he knew that he must speak to her before she got a away. But he could only hear her voice echo through the halls. Where in Equestria did she go?

Madden was running through the halls. Sometimes, the halls were a bit of a maze. He knew these halls very well, but not well enough to understand the acoustics of the place. It sounded like her voice was coming from everywhere. And then, her voice stopped, and he heard nothing. Madden looked around and saw several ponies of all ages. He saw an orange pony giving his little sister a pony ride. He noticed an elderly couple inching their way to the closest restroom. And he also saw other pairings, a dark green pony talking nervously with a young black mare. Madden was so frustrated. He was so wrapped up in his story-telling that he never even noticed what she looked like. His talent-finding lifeline was lost.

Madden walked outside and sat at a table at the cafe next to the Hall of Fame. He ordered a tall milkshake with two energy shots and cupped his hooves over his face in disappointment. His love for his own voice has been known to cause him to oversee important things. This was no exception.

That would be great, Mojo. You can play a supporting role in our "Wings of their own" thread.

Also, I have a rough (crossover) idea about an ancient pony city buried in the middle of the desert. Story goes, the desert used to be a lush forest before rapid weather changes because of the Pegasus movement caused it to dry up. This city will be a landmark for my crossover RP involving Spyro, where the Painted Pinto was still lush. Maybe, we can create some kind of senario for 'treasure' hunters. However, I don't know if it would be considered Crossover or not, since this desert-type atlantis isn't canon to the show.

hey, i noticed that your griffon character has a single red tail feather.

But, griffons don't have tail feathers, right? lol

What kind of griffon is he?

Arpy nearly fell over after Nova nudged her in the side. She shook herself to her senses after day-dreaming about her wing fantasy. "Hehe, yeah.... yeah... ...we're not there yet," Arpy painfully agreed. Arpy's smile demoted to an invisible frown. It wasn't necessarily easy for Arpy to think about how hard it may be to fly. She had already been through so much already throughout her life and she wasn't too excited about having to be a little more patient to get herself in the air. However, she hid her emotional flaws well between her friends.

As her two friends began exchanging thoughts concerning Jona's recently-healed leg and the use of magic for their cause, Arpy began to understand what was soon to come. A question about 'how her magic was coming along'. Arpy dreaded those questions. She heard them from her foster parents, she heard them from her teachers, and on a soon-to-be adventurous day like today, she even heard it from her friends. Arpy was failing at magic. She was the worst student when it came to magic in her class, from all of the unicorns, that is. Occasionally, her peers would even joke that some of her earth pony classmates could perform more magic than she could.

Arpy closed her eyes and wished to herself that her magic wouldn't be brought up. Ironically, a very mild sensation ran through her horn, but it couldn't be heard or seen by her friends. And then Nova asked the dreaded question. Arpy got a nervous twitch and bounced her response around the room like a rubber bouncing ball spilling off positive and negative vibes in the same sentence. "Levi-what? OH! Levitation. Yeah, it's a, it's okay. I mean, it's not bad. It needs work. But I can do it! Yeah..." Arpy finished her answer with a false confidence. "Yeah, I can do it, no problem!"

The only thing Arpy had ever levitated was her broken feelings about her own inabilities. These feelings have hung suspended right under her proud personality for years.

lol

I keep thinking about this song when I see this application.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLKMwkW3gqM

Id like an episode about Rainbow's schoolfilly days. According to her, she WASN'T kicked out of flight school. loads of potential there.

My Little Pony FiM: Story of the Blanks

Yeah, I played that one the other day. Really creepy, but very cool. Honestly, considering how linear it is it's almost like an interactive fanfic, but it works really well.

This is exactly what I look for in a MLP game. It could use a little more variety of moves (pathetic Abbie can't do jack but run around), but the interactive movie style is to my liking. Also, great twist and originality.

...the only time I ever saw it on was at all you can eat pizza buffets.

Your observational humor serves you well, lol.

This is really cool. I had read an article in the winter about Turner Broadcasting making arrangements for Hasbro to air their cartoons on their stations in select countries. We were all thinking it'd be Cartoon Network. I guess Boomerang is owned by Turner as well...?

that actually works great. Cause, my OC, Granola Gracie was raised by 'hippie ponies' near the Great Nimbusgait Lakes.