Unicorn Fictoria (Final)

[osprey77]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria RP

Name: Fictoria (or ‘Ria’ as Swing Beat calls her)

Sex: Female

Age: Filly

Species: Unicorn

Eye Color: Bright Green

Coat Color: Light Tan

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Her dark-green mane and tail are both somewhat rumpled—not a complete mess, just not perfectly tended.

Physique: Of almost exactly average build, Fictoria does not stand out in just about any crowd. Wears glasses.

Cutie Mark: a quill pen writing on parchment—Fictoria is a master story crafter

Origin/Residence: Born and raised in Baltimare, but travels with her family every summer.

Occupation: Student right now, with hopes of becoming a writer.

Motivation: She is determined to become a good writer, so most places she goes, she’s either looking for tips or plot/character/setting ideas.

Likes: Good stories, the kind that anyone can see was carefully crafted and effectively written. She’s not anti-social, and enjoys long discussions with other writers/book enthusiasts. Fictoria likes a good joke or witty quote. In the realm of food, Fictoria is a citrus lover, though a well-made tomato soup will catch her eye as well.

Dislikes: Poorly-written or trashy stories, the idea that all writers are anti-social hermits, the automatic assumption that ponies educated at home are ‘weird,’ stupid jokes, avocadoes and root beer.

Character Summary:

Personality: She’s quiet and a tad cynical, but a friendly sort once you get to know her. Not as blatantly optimistic as her sister, Swing Beats, but she’s certainly NO pessimist. She’s witty, intelligent, and protective of younger friends. She’s difficult to offend, unless you know her pet peeves, but once you do, she’s hard to win back.

Family: Her parents are two kind-hearted unicorns who run a café in Baltimare. As for siblings, she has a twin sister, Swing Beats, and a little brother, Thunder Flash, who has yet to earn his cutie mark.

Backstory: Fictoria and her siblings have been homeschooled all their lives, and Fictoria loves it. She works fast, so ends up with a lot of free time. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s out, walking around, seeing friends and generally collecting story ideas.

Ria was visiting the library one day, as she often did, when she noticed one of her favorite authors was giving a guest lecture. She listened, for the first time hearing the author’s part of the story, the work that went into crafting a tale and just how stories came to be. She sat in rapt attention, drinking it in, wanting, for the first time, to try her hoof at story crafting. She stayed at the library a while, reading other author’s advice books and formulating a few of her own ‘story starts.’ Fictoria was hooked, and walked home in a slight daze, only to have her sister point out her cutie mark, which she did with a lot of excited shouting and laughter. Ria has been writing ever since.

Ria discovered writing fairly young, so had her cutie mark long before her twin sister. If positions had been reversed, there might have been some conflict stemming from this, but Swing Beat was an easy-going pony, and chose instead to be delighted for her sister.

Eventually, Swing Beat discovered swing dancing and earned her own cutie mark, and has proceeded to talk Fictoria’s ear off about swing dancing continuously. Finally, in a despnate attempt to protect her sanity from her sister’s non-stop chatter, Fictoria agreed to start taking lessons with her sister at the Coltlyle Club.

Current Goal: To improve her writing, finish school, and become a published author

Major Flaw: She gets really frustrated if her stories aren’t going well or get ‘stuck’

Edited August 8, 2012 by osprey77

[Blueblood]

Hm, I'd say the cutie mark story needs some more work done on it. I confess I don't exactly see how just the voice of an author connects to her discovering her writing talent. Perhaps the author could have had a similar foalhood?

[osprey77]

Good point...This better?

[Blueblood]

Yes, but now the backstory seems to be out of chronological order.

[osprey77]

Hmmm...good point. let's flip those two paragraphs...

[Blueblood]

For some reason, the top part of your app now has that paragraph copied in bold. I have no idea how that happened.

In any case, the order's better now, though I'd suggest editing for a smoother narrative flow (tell what her sister's reaction was when Fictoria got home, or something). And, like Swing Beat, there's a lot of room for expansion if you like. It just seems a little shorter than most that get accepted.

[osprey77]

Edited!

[Blueblood]

Hm, looks good to me now. We'll see what everyone else thinks of it...

[osprey77]

Thanks!

[Mojo]

Hi osprey77!

This app looks splendid!

A filly writer! LOVE IT! Maybe Louise LaMare could come and visit her and give her encouragement!

This app seems to be in good order, I'll recommend it to Senior Staff to move it along in the approval process!

:D :D

[Rosewind]

Looks good! Have a stamp.

[osprey77]

Thanks!