Glimmer (Ready)

[Zealot]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Glimmer

Sex: Female

Age: Mare

Species: Unicorn

Eye colour: Green

Coat: Glimmer's coat is a soft white rather than a bright white. There are light tones of pink under her white fur giving her coat a creamish colour.

Mane/Tail: Glimmer's mane and tail vary from day to day, depending on what she is doing and what her job requires of her. On a normal day however, Glimmer's mane and tail is styled a light coffee brown and pale yellow. Both are well kept and shine, whatever the light may be. They are neat and long if a little plain. Very pretty to whoever would behold them.

Physique: Glimmer is slim, ever so slim, with long legs and a thin neck. One might be tempted to call her delicate. She is taller than the average mare, standing nearly as tall as some stallions. It seems to add to her majesty and her charm. Her cutie mark is a spotlight.

Residence: Glimmer lives in an apartment in Canterlot when she's not elsewhere on business. Her apartment consists of a main room which serves as a living room a dining room and a kitchen. It is spacious, but very messy. The place is kept clean by regular maintenance, however most things appear to be in awkward places. For example, she has an obvious coat rack but tends to simply throw her coat on the floor and her personal effects seem to occupy most of the living room. It can't quite be called squalor but certainly can't be called tidy. The apartment also has a spacious bathroom with a built in walk in shower. Beauty products abound on the many shelves of her bathroom. In fact, one would not be too far off to say you might be able to equip a whole salon using just Glimmer's personal beauty products and equipment. The apartment also has a small bedroom with a large double bed dominating the room. Surprisingly, in stark contrast to the rest of the flat, it's clean and clear of clutter.

Occupation: Glimmer is an aspiring fashion model and amateur actress. She has been in a few noteworthy productions as an extra and was given a few speaking parts in several less noteworthy plays. Glimmer has also appeared in several magazines, some more important than others. It seems her career is right on track.

Cutie Mark: Glimmer earned her cutie mark in the school production of 'Hearth's warming eve'. A play about the founding of Equestria and the unification of the three pony tribes. Glimmer had always been fascinated with the theatre and the arts. She tried multiple times to engage in creative arts and crafts projects, desperate to earn her cutie mark as a writer or a painter. Her works were far from adequate and she was chided at school, earning her the nickname of "Ditzy Dimmer". Her parents encouraged her to build on her shaken confidence by auditioning for the school play. They reasoned that if she couldn't be the creative kind of pony, then perhaps her destiny was meant for something else. Back then Glimmer had never been interested in hair and beauty, however she experienced somewhat of an epiphany when her mother started to show her how to properly take care of her coat. Much to Glimmer's surprise she found she enjoyed looking pretty and to everyone else's surprise, she cleaned up very well. With a shining new coat and a luxuriously soft mane, her audition for the role of 'Princess Platinum' went astoundingly well. Under the scrutiny of the crowds she thrived. Glimmer loved the idea of walking in somepony else's hooves and showing the world that she was more than just 'Ditzy Dimmer' from Fillydelphia. Glimmer was never referred to by that derogatory name again and earned her cutie mark shortly after her audition. A spotlight, to show how much she thrived in the limelight.

History: Glimmer was born in Fillydephia to two loving parents. Her mother, Loom Dye, is an amateur seamstress working for a small time clothes shop. While her work is never exceptional, it is always good quality. Her father, Emerald Sheen, works as a guardsman for the city constabulary. On both her parent's incomes, Glimmer was raised in a comfortable household alongside her brother Emerald Glass. Despite her early sibling jealousy of her brother's intelligence, the pair get along quite well. Emerald Glass is an archaeologist and often tells his sister fascinating tales of his expeditions and discoveries. While Glimmer is the older sister, she always regards herself as less mature than her brother. He is intelligent and bright, but shy. Glimmer gave up her jealousy a long time ago and was instrumental in getting her brother a place on an important expedition into the San Palomino Desert. Glimmer is the only unicorn in an immediate family of earth ponies. The only unicorn in the family was her grandfather who has since passed away. Glimmer moved to Canterlot to pursue her dream of becoming a star and has taken odd modelling jobs and a few acting roles since. Her career hasn't quite taken off, but she does enough of what she loves to not be reliant on a second job. Her agent, Starfinder, is confident that she will make it one day. He supports her as much as he can and always manages to find her work. Despite her good looks and charm she has little in regards of a personal life and has never found the stallion of her dreams. Not even close... This troubles her parents greatly, however Glimmer wants to find a stallion who will love her for who she is. Not just because she looks pretty. She is adamant that through it all, she will eventually get around to finding mister right. Right after she achieves her dreams of stardom. When Glimmer first arrived in Canterlot she took a job as a waitress at a local high end cafe. She was promptly fired for always being late and she was forced to work in a much more lower end establishment. The unicorn ended up acquiring a reasonable amount of debt before she managed to land an audition. The money she earned from that job was minimal, but it soon led her to her first photoshoot for a Canterlot fashion magazine. The magazine was of minimal note but the money was enough to pay off her debt. From there, jobs kept coming in slowly and steadily. Eventually Glimmer could quit working at the bar to focus on her acting and modelling career. She still has friends from her old workplace but she rarely sees them. Shortly after she became financially stable, news came that Emerald Sheen was injured in the line of duty. With a decreased income and medical bills, her parents were forced to adopt a much cheaper lifestyle. They now live in a smaller house, Glimmer's mother caring for her father while he is nursed back to health. Although he now receives his veteran pension and he is back on his hooves, it is unlikely her father will be able to do much physical work again. Glimmer sends her parents some money when she can, promising that when she finally reaches stardom, she'll buy them a much more comfortable house to spend their twilight years in.

Character Summary: Glimmer is a simple pony with a simple dream, to be on the cover of the biggest and best magazine in Canterlot. Then to go on and bathe in the glamorous limelight. With her good looks, who can stop her? She loves the arts, music, dancing, fashion, painting, literature. They all inspire her greatly. Anything that feeds her imagination is perfect for her. Unfortunately, the pony has little imagination herself. Glimmer is not as smart as she'd like. She is often ignorant of important things and can never seem to formulate the best of plans when dealing with trouble. With a heavy heart, she has accepted that she simply isn't as smart as a lot of ponies. This hasn't stopped what is important for her though, Glimmer is determined to follow her dream no matter what. To compensate for her lack of intelligence, she seems to be inherently lucky. While a task is never easy for her, she always gets it done. Through hard work, or pure chance. Almost like someone is watching over her. While Glimmer is not one for formulating plans or maintaining personal organisation, she is very good at following orders and being the centre of attention. Glimmer thrives in the spotlight. Being the centre of attention almost has a hive mind like effect on her. She can direct and inspire through her unique blend of honesty and determination which is the heart of her charismatic charm. On a more personal level, Glimmer is a sweet pony who prefers talking about ponies other than herself. She loathes flattery, it being all too common in her industry and for a pony with her looks. Deep down she thinks herself shallow and uninteresting while other ponies seem to sparkle with character, just like the star she wants to be. Her dream is little more than a rationalisation of her desire to be loved by all and recognised for more than just her looks. She wants to forge deep meaningful relationships where her friends like her for the pony she is, not just because she looks pretty. The stallions she's met have almost never seen her true character. Her charm, grace and sense of humour were all ignored. Those experiences have made her somewhat pessimistic on the concept of love despite her self assurance that she will eventually find somepony. They always seemed to like her for her looks as opposed to the pony underneath. When it comes to her looks however, Glimmer is always dazzling to behold. She never goes anywhere until she is sure she'll look stunning. In stark contrast to the care she puts into her public looks, she's an absolute slob in private. Her apartment is messy and Glimmer can't organise herself to save her life. She tends to sleep in and dress down when by herself. The pony's tardiness certainly costs her, though she never can quite understand when it does. She tends to over-react to insults and is quick to dismiss a simple compliment. Raised as a realist she has a hard time take things on faith. To her it is hard work to accomplish any task and while she will trust ponies to perform at their best, she will end up worrying about them doing their part. Glimmer also has an unnatural fear of bugs and spiders. It's not uncommon but there's just something about them that gives her an uneasy feeling...

[Mojo]

Hi there!

In reviewing your app, I must say I'm impressed!

All of the required fields are filled and this app is very well written!

You give much detail, and that I like! I also thought the Cutie Mark story was very cute!

Recommending this app for further Senior RPH analysis!

[Armony]

[Ciraxis]

Hold your seahorses! We already have a griffon with exact same name.

[Zealot]

Hold your seahorses! We already have a griffon with exact same name.

I cannot find anything in the RP rules or site rules that says each and every character must have a unique name so I'm rendering this point null unless a SRPH wishes to enforce it.

If they choose to, then we shall have to open up a discussion thread to either get the rule approved or disregarded. I will remind them that Equestria is a big place, I'm pretty sure there are more than two ponies with the same name. Ignoring the fact that one is a unicorn and one is a griffon and they are played by two different roleplayers. Given that, I'm sure there is enough difference between the two characters.

So yeah, why don't we just let this insignificant point slide, eh?

[QuickLime]

Hold your seahorses! We already have a griffon with exact same name.

Nobody is going to mistake Glimmer the Griffon for Glimmer the Unicorn so I am sure it's fine =)