Sparkdust

Thanks you guys! I can never tell if the variety is a curse or a blessing. I think I just lack consistency ^^;

ho hum diddlee dee if you want some art you can email meee at sparkdust@gmail.com wow, I swear, I can do things facing to the right, too.

Just going to make a couple of posts with drawings and stuff. If you're interested in commissions, let me know c;

Starshower stepped into the store carefully. She felt mildly ashamed of herself, having never even been here, though she had lived in Fillydelphia since she was a foal. As soon as she stepped inside, she was immediately uncomfortable. There were too many other ponies in here. She seriously considered retreating out the door - Luna forbid she ever have to deal with a social situation - but two things kept her from turning tail and dashing back out the door. One was the thought of what these other ponies might think of her, after suddenly appearing and then disappearing in the doorway. Starshower spent such a small amount of time actually within the city she lived in that she had no idea what her reputation was like, or if she had one - but if there was a reputation to be stamped upon her, she had a feeling it wasn't a positive one, and if there wasn't, she certainly didn't want to cause one. The other reason was that the smell in pastry store was absolutely fantastic. If it were her choice, she would spend all of her time in her study out in Saddleveil plains, but she had to return to town for food every once in a while. This store seemed to be a great choice for grabbing some fast breakfast. She just wished that it weren't so occupied at the moment. "I'm sure they'll go away soon," she mumbled to herself, hovering nervously near the door.

Added that! Thanks so much for the help.

[ PONY ] Starshower // Species // Female // Older Filly // Profile //Threads Fillydelphia- Morning at Sugar Blooms [ UNICORN ] Citrus Fizz // Unicorn // Male // Young Stallion // Profile //Threads - Not Active Yet - [ PEGASUS ] NONE YET // Species // Female // Young Adult // Profile Linked //Threads - Not Active Yet - [ CREATURE ] NONE YET // Species // Female // Young Adult // Profile Linked //Threads - Not Active Yet -

Changed. Thanks so much!

I've been adding things to it gradually, and I think it's done now. Tell me what you think?

I wasn't aware of that! If that is the case, I'll make it a point for her to pursue visiting there if this application gets accepted. If she hasn't visited there already, it's most likely because she's a little shy of handling settings or situations she's not familiar with, i.e. visiting a different city, especially by herself.

[ Pony Related Character ] Name: Citrus Fizz Sex: Male Age: Young stallion - probably 19 or so Species: Unicorn Pelt Color: Very, very pale green #edf4c9 Mane/Tail Color & Style: Mane and tail are mostly a dusky teal color (#566d7f). Mane is short and silky, tail is very long and full, oftentimes spiked. Both have amber streaks (#cfad00) that have been dyed in. Eye Color: Amber, same as mane and tail streaks Cutie Mark: Cross section of a lemon Physique: Tall and lithe. When he's on duty mixing drinks, he wears nothing. When he is off duty at a club, he generally has a row of colorful glow bracelets up his forehooves. When he crossdresses, he also adds a skirt, a short cropped jacket, a couple of clip-on earings, mascara, and a sometimes some sort of cute clip to his mane. Residence: Fillydelphia Occupation: Drink mixer at a dance club called the Gilded Trough. (nonalcoholic drinks of course) Motivation: Citrus really just wants to enjoy life, live in the moment, and watch other people be happy. He obtained his cutie mark when he won a lemonade stand contest at his school when he was a slightly older colt. His goal in the contest was not to win, but to formulate the most perfect balance of ingredients to create the most pleasing lemonade, for the pleasure of his classmates. His incredibly sensitive taste buds allowed him to create the perfect drink and win the contest unanimously, but it wasn't until the after-party, when all of his classmates (including his competitors) came together to enjoy his creation, that his cutie mark appeared. His passion in life then on was to create delicious beverages, for they had the power to bring ponies together and to form friendships. Likes: Lemonade, citrus fruit and drinks, cold food, summertime, pony-watching, upbeat music, talking to strangers. Dislikes: Hot coffee and other hot drinks (they just taste odd to him), Chocolate (it doesn't go with citrus very well), emo or depressed people (he doesn't understand how anypony could consider unhappiness to be in fashion, and he hasn't ever dwelled on any sort of self-pity for more than an hour or so), salt licks, cold weather. Character Summary: Citrus Fizz, who responds to Citrus, Fizz, or Citty when he's crossdressing, was born to a pair of very rich, liberal-minded designer unicorns who encouraged him to be exactly who HE wanted to be, embracing his bisexuality and love of transvestism. He thus grew up with pretty high self-esteem, and his parents are so rich that he doesn't even really NEED a job. He is, however, spoiled rotten, to say the least. Citrus is a pretty stallion who knows just how pretty and charming he is. His skills with talking to others are incredible, and smooth talking strangers is almost a hobby of his. He chats it up with everypony while he mixes and serves his fabulous beverages, talking without any inhibition. He has a smooth and calm grin that always seems to be stuck to his face. He is very outgoing to say the least. However, he tends to be a little blunt. His eloquence in every day conversation is a gift, with never a stammer, stutter, or misplacement of words ever leaving his mouth; as a result, he lets it all flow out. He speaks his mind, regardless of the positivity or negativity of the comment. Fortunately, negative thoughts don't enter his mind very often. Citrus is also incredibly impulsive. He claims that acting in the moment is what helps him to create the finest concoctions, because he has to make mistakes to learn. When he isn't on duty behind the counter, he is out mingling with other ponies in the club, talking to whomever suits his whim. His capricious tendencies show if you ask him about his past relationships and jobs. He rarely stays at a job longer than about a year, as he gets bored easily, with the same rule applying to his past fillyfriends (and occasional coltfriends, depending on just how he decided to be oriented at the time). Now that he's reaching stallionhood, he's managed to keep this job for a while, and enjoys the varying flow of customers so much that he plans to stay. He is a massive flirt. An occasional crossdresser, he will sometimes convince stallions at the club that he's a mare, and hit on them for kicks - but never takes these stallions seriously. Citrus needs to be wanted, and wants to be needed; these games are a strange way of confirming his own self-worth. Most of the mares and fillies who come to the club absolutely adore him, unless they bring their coltfriends, because he will immediately begin to hit on them. He hits on girls too, but in general they all know not to take him seriously. He may be a little vain, and he has some selfish tendencies, but when he finds that he cares about somepony, he's intensely loyal to them. The only reasons he is known to publicly display anger is if somepony he loves is threatened. When this occurs, he can become very sassy, and can unleash the most stinging of insults. If somepony he loves is actually physically hurt, his temper erupts and he has been known to become intensely violent, losing control of his actions. All in all, he has a good heart, despite his quirks.

Updated age - older filly is more accurate. She is a baker because, as you stated, there isn't much technology for astronomy, and thus not a job market for her, especially since she is an earth pony. She works at the bakery for convenience, to supply her with money for her HOBBY, stargazing, which she doesn't want to/doesn't really have the ability to make a career out of. Even if there was a career path for her in that field, she's still only about 17 or 18. Educating herself is her main goal, and she is still at a very early point in her life, so the bakery thing may not be permanent, depending on if she finds a job elsewhere later, one which better suits her interests. I removed the part in the application about her studying stars so far away, replaced with "spends hours reading and rereading books about the cosmos as Equestria knows them".

Name has been changed from Sparkdust to Starshower.

Updated, fixing the things mentioned. I basically rewrote the whole thing. Anything else I should fix?

Ack... you guys are right. I'll work on refining this.

Oh my gooooshhhh. Found on tumblr. Oh. My gosh. <3

Eeeeeeeeee thank you.

[ Pony Related Character ] Name: Starshower Sex: Female Age: Older filly Species: Pony Pelt Color: VERY Pale grey Mane/Tail Color & Style: Both are light brown with dark brown highlights. Mane is fairly messy with bangs that cover her forehead and are often swept to one side. Tail is relatively short, stopping midway down the back legs. She doesn't seem to care much about her appearance. Eye Color: Dark Brown. Cutie mark: A dark grey star with a yellow lightning bolt coming from the bottom, like a thundercloud. Physique: Average height, but very thin. Very weak. Often wears a greyish-blue striped scarf in colder months. Wears glasses. Has a small dark grey star birthmark near her left eye. Residence: Her small apartment in Fillydelphia isn't well furnished, showing how little of her time is spent there. She only lives there to make her parents comfortable, and because it is conveniantly a floor or two above the bakery she works at. Her bed is a futon mattress laid out on the ground with a single pillow and a blanket adorned with a foalish starry pattern. A couple of photographs are taped to the wall: a flash of lightning, a comet. Several plastic glow-in-the-dark stars are stuck to the ceiling. Her kitchen is tiny, with a small oven and a cabinet with a little simple food, and oftentimes some bread the owners of the bakery she works at give to her. She greatly prefers her study in Saddleveil Plains over her apartment, mostly because it is away from the crowd of the town, but also because it contains all of the things she loves. It is large enough to hold all of her books. Instead of shelving her books, she stacks them in seemingly messy piles across the floor according to subject. She thinks the piles make the spacious room less empty, and less lonely. The books are all filled with tabs and notes, some pointing to titles and page numbers of one of the other heavy tomes in her collection which may elaborate on a subject mentioned. The books cover Literature, Philosophy, and Physics, but mostly Astronomy and Meteorology. There is a desk covered in short, well-sharpened pencils and two bird cages, one which holds an injured star finch (click here for a ref) named Tycho, and one holding a messenger dove named Claudius. (please let me know if I need to fill out applications for these two as well to allow her to interact with them.) Models of planetary systems hang from the ceiling, which is absolutely covered in glow-in-the-dark stars, which have lines drawn between them to accurately portray various constellations. Plastered to the walls are numerous photographs of storms, tornadoes, comets, stars, and meteorites, along with diagrams of wing anatomy, including those of birds, bats and various insects. Accompanying her obsession with the sky is her interest in the act of naturally flying, without the aide of magic. She feels very strongly about the worth of those without magical abilities. In her sketchbooks are drawings and blueprints of mechanical wings that she can never seem to get motivated enough to build for herself. The cabin is perched on the side of a hill and has wide, tall windows nearly the ceiling to allow for an adequate view of the sky. She can frequently be seen with a telescope out in front of her cabin, watching for meteorites. Occupation: Starshower works at a small bread shop near her apartment in Fillydelphia. She chose this job solely for convenience. It pays well, baking bread is easy, she doesn't have to socialize much, and she has no qualms with coming into work at insane hours to bake bread. She is practically nocturnal as it is. This job is not her passion, and she only works there so that she can feed herself and buy new books and telescope equipment. Motivation: Starshower was among the first in her class to get her cutie mark. It happened late one night when a terrible thunderstorm tore across Fillydelphia. She rose from her bed and stared out the window of her parents' house the entire night, watching in fascination as the flashing, roaring monster ripped branches from trees and flooded the roads with rushing water as the most skilled pegasi tried in vain to keep the storm under control. Ironically, it wasn't until the pegasi backed down, retreating to cover, that the storm suddenly passed and the clouds broke open with startling abruptness to reveal a twinkling night sky, clear and untouched by the raging storm. It was after this night that Starshower's obsession with phenomena of the sky began. At first, she held resentment for unicorn and pegasi for their abilities, but she got over it as she grew older, and learned to use her telescopes and other equipment as deftly as if she had magic to manipulate the objects. Starshower spends hours reading and rereading books about the cosmos as Equestria knows them. Also fascinated by the weather, she picks through almanacs of years passed from regions across Equestria, studying patterns of wind and storms, particularly those not caused by pegasi. She does all of this entirely for her own interest and pleasure, with no goal in mind besides to simply learn, because she knows that as an earth pony, she could never form a career based on her love for weather and astronomy. Without wings to take her to Cloudsdale or any magical ability to allow her to walk on clouds, she is destined to observe the heavens from the ground. She refuses to ask a unicorn for help with the spell, because not only is she incredibly shy, she has mild pride issues, and asking others for help makes her uncomfortable. Secretly, she does hope to discover something new, write some sort of thesis about it, and get it published, but her hopes aren't very high, and she doesn't want to expect too much. Character Summary: Starshower is a little agoraphobic and becomes very anxious in crowds and social situations. As a result, she is awkward in small talk and sometimes seems very naive or ditsy in conversation, as her lack of experience leads her to miss many social cues. She is gullible, and oftentimes either underestimates or overestimates the intensity of others' emotions. People tend to regard her as eccentric. If you get her started on a topic she has researched, however, she suddenly becomes very eloquent and passionate. She has focused her entire being into the study of things beyond her reach, and pretends that she doesn't need social interaction. She spends so much time staring upwards that she often fails to acknowledge things that are right in front of her. She has few friends, and though she pretends that she is content with her life, she is in actuality very lonely.

TCat, did you make your avatar yourself? I really like it. C:

I wonder if Luna had to wear a space suit up there... Anyways, welcome! I'm new too. C:

Thanks for the warm welcome. :3

I lurk and post a little on Ponychan. Figured I could do the same here! Hope to make some new buddies!