Earth Pony Mercurial Sun [Ready]

[Mireshard]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Mercurial Sun; though he goes by 'Sunny'

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Earth Pony

Eye colour: Sort of a foresty green, not unlike that of a pine tree

Coat: His coat is sort of a pale blue in colour. Its not terribly obvious though, and one might even mistake him for having a white coat at first. The blue is really just a tint, and a bit understated at that. Because his coat is rather short, and because he rather absent-mindedly brushes himself off every so often, his coat is actually rather prim. Not terribly fancy, just... prim. He could easily live among village folk better than high class Canterlot society.

Mane/Tail: Both his mane and his tail are a straw blonde in colour, sort of like hay. Unlike his coat, he neglects his mane quite noticeably. Its not that he doesn't care, he just never remembers to make enough time to groom it, so it ends up giving him sort of an erratic look. Thankfully he keeps it short enough so its not too much of a problem, and when he does need to fix it up he makes certain its as prim as his coat. He just usually doesn't do... well... anything with it.

Physique: To say Sunny is an athlete would be a lie. To say he's relatively weak would be more on the money. He doesn't do a lot of lifting, and he doesn't do a lot of running. What he does do is act a bit overactive, which keeps him sort of fit. Fit enough to appear more average than lanky, though he clearly isn't in prime physical condition.

Residence: Canterlot

Occupation: Astronomer. So, he gazes up, pokes his nose into telescopes, charts stars, makes theories as to how anypony could live on the moon for a thousand years, and all that jazz.

Cutie Mark: A standard eight-pointed sun wearing a top hat, because he's at the 'top' of his profession! No, but seriously he knows what his mark means. To say it refers more to his profession than his personality would be a bit inaccurate. Rather, the sun shows his bright personality and sunny disposition, whereas the hat represents a few things. It represents his sort of random personality, and it also shows how he can go from bright and sunny to rather aloof and distant at the 'drop of a hat'. It even represents his fairly decent position in high society, seeing as how he was born into it. As for his profession, its quite apparent that the sun represents the sky and by extension his occupation, but the hat represents the theatrics he brings to it. Coupled with the optimism and bright passion that is his talent, its easy to see how one could be so inspired by something, and nothing inspires Sunny more than the night sky. When you love something that much, its easy to bring it to life with a mixture of flair and pride.

History: ​Mercurial Sun was born to a relatively high class Canterlot family who made a living as rather theatrical stage magicians. Only problem is, both of them were Earth Ponies: They relied mainly on slight of hand and they were never seen without their trademark hats on. No one ever thought to ask if they weren't unicorns, and if they did the pair would reply it was all about disbelief - not actual magic. This confused little Sunny, and the nonplussed foal grew up always wondering why so many people never questioned his folks. Regardless, their show was a considerable success or at least enough to afford the cozy Canterlot high society life style for the three of them. They even enrolled their child in a rather selective school.

It was at this school where Sunny got his cutie mark, and he was even the first one in his class. It all happened on his first day, in fact. He stood up at the head of the class, and the teacher introduced him then invited him to speak a few words about himself. So, he talked. And talked, and talked, and talked. Strange thing was, even as a foal he was hyper-active and passionate to enthrall and entire class of foals for the better part of ten minutes. At the end of his borderline youthful rant, he took a deep breath and said "And, that's it." He then calmly took his seat, and his mark was just there when he sat. That speech was really the first time he just allowed his personality to gush out, because he was asked to, and he was honest. He spoke with passion and optimism unusual for a foal, but passion that could guide him for a life time, provided he could keep it in check when need be.

So from there, Sunny just kind of lived his childhood. He learned, was a grade A student, had a decent social life, nothing funky really happened until after his school days. Well, on the day of his graduation, anyways. Somehow, he had managed to go through school with out figuring what in Equestria he would do for a living, and even though he was the first in his class to earn his cutie mark, he was the last to figure out what to do with it. He knew what it meant, the sunny disposition and everything, but he was still working out how he could apply it in life. One night, he even couldn't sleep he was so deep in thought. So, he went outside and was immediately awed. He knew what the night sky was supposed to look like, but he was usually asleep by the time the stars truly shown. Having never seen it, he never could have known how truly wondrous the skies could be, and right there he knew what he was going to do

Astronomy. Why not? There were so many stars, nopony could have charted them all. Hay, a hundred probably couldn't do it, but Sunny? Well, he liked to think it was possible for him to do it all. No matter how many stars in the sky there were, he would chart them all. Well, the ones that hadn't already been studied, anyways. In fact, he could practically taste the sense of fulfillment as he named the last star in the sky. Wishful thinking of a foal who just found out how to use his talent perhaps, but it wasn't like he could give up after that. Fast forward several years, and Sunny graduated with the necessary credentials to become an astronomer. Now, he lives in Canterlot gazing upwards every night, and every week he goes out on expeditions to spots where he can better view the sky. All this achieved because an inspired foal knew that the sky was the limit. Heck, he even finally learned why his parents were so successful It wasn't that they weren't magic, its that they were so inspired by their theatrics it become a sort of magic in it of itself.

Character Summary: Mercurial Sun is a rather curious pony. He lives in a perpetual flux between zero and overactive, and he somehow manages to always be ecstatic regardless of which one. One minute he might bouncing off the walls and speaking as overly-dramatic as a bad actor, and the next he could be standing still and speaking borderline monotone as he observes something. Either way, its easy to tell he never stops paying attention to things, and whether one admires that or is perturbed by that doesn't matter to Sunny. He always reasoned that if a pony didn't like him, he shouldn't make any attempts to sway the pony's opinion. As someone who respects a certain stubbornness, he himself often sets a goal and doesn't stop until he sees it through. Well, that or until something else comes up that takes priority. He never really sets minor things over big things.

Regardless of how hyper he his, one thing Sunny always is would be lighthearted. He's always one to crack a bad pun, or make a rather upbeat observation. To him, if a bright side doesn't exist, he has a flashlight prepared. Really, the only thing he struggles with that he's aware of is balancing himself. He does try wholeheartedly to contain himself. A good public appearance is everything in Canterlot, and the key to that is the one thing he lacks - composure. He'll try to maintain a normal facade, but its just that. A facade. It doesn't take much to set him off to either extreme.

[Lux]

Hello.

Your friendly neighborhood Helpstaffer here.

I really like your character and his ability to have a sunny disposition. My only thing to comment on thus far is his cutie mark. Now the mark is fine, but usually a pony understands what it means completely. The main thing about a pony's mark is it's a process of discovery, and at the end of figueing out their destiny, the thing that separates them from the rest of the herd, that's when they get their mark. So you should have your character know exactly what the mark means or alter the mark. As for his astronomy profession, usually a pony will try to put their talent into that profession if the mark doesn't guide them directly to a job. So, you may want to alter the mark or explain how he uses his talent in astronomy.

[Mireshard]

A very fair point, and one that I won't argue. I have a feeling it won't get me very far.

So, hows about this: Rather than the previous idea, Nadir was inspired by the night and turned his talent of applied optimism towards it to achieve a sense of fulfillment It shows how his talent (passion) aids in his endeavor by truly driving him forwards, plus until he legitimately turned his attention upwards to the sky and thus his future career, it blends picking a career based of a talent with just a smidgen of 'choose your own destiny' carried over by the last idea.

Zat work okay?

[Lux]

hat sounds like a very nice idea! Nadir's talent can be related to putting passion into anything he sets his mind to. So, yeah, go for it!

[Lux]

How's the app coming?

[Mireshard]

Did I really forget to...

*Checks last post*

Yup. Totally forgot too.

Terribly sorry about the miscommunication, but I had implemented the necessary tweaks by my last post. See, I was trying to paraphrase the changes, but I guess I never really said I made them. Whoops.

[RarityDash]

Hi there.

The app looks good, I just have a couple hang ups that prevent approval.

First there is the name. Now, I realize that nadir is an astronomy term, but in more colloquial language it typically refers to the absolute low point in someone's life or another proceeding. Considering this, it's hard for me to see a pair of loving pony parents giving this name to their foal.

Other than that, the language in the cutie mark section seems kind of muddled and not very straight forward. At one point you list things it "could" or "might represent. For a cutie mark, we prefer for there to be certainty to the meaning. I would clean this up somewhere.

It's really a great app aside from that. I hope to approve it very soon.

[Mireshard]

Fair enough, and done enough. I do believe this should fix it, shouldn't it?. *gestures vaguely at original post*

[Jane]

I just want to say that this guy sounds like a really fun pony to be around and I love this character. You did a really awesome job with this in my ever-so-humble opinion.

[RarityDash]

Ooh, I like the new name! Looks great now.

[Rosewind]

Moving to Earth Pony.