VacantThought Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Roleplay Type: World of Equestria RP Name: Vacant Thoughts or Vic for short Sex: Male Age: Stallion, middle age Species: Earth Pony Eye Color: Paige Coat Color: Brown Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: grey, messy and short. Tail is cut short. Physique: small build for a stallion Cutie Mark: Three question marks arranged in a triangle, recieved after winning a debate on existentialism. The debate was between him and Distant Smiles, and lasted a very long time. Eventually, it was broken when the teacher noticed Vacant's cutie mark. Vacant was ecstatic and he and Distant Smiles became friends. He likes to spend most of his time musing on recent events amoung many other things, given the chance for a debate, he will not hesitate in participating. Origin/Residence: Lives in Ponyville, originated from Trottingham Occupation: Hotel Manager. He had the opportunity to persue different carries both after he graduated and when he arrived in Ponyville. The first time, Vacant couldn't imagine a better way to spend his carreer than with his closest friend. He quite liked his occupations, despite having to deal with clients, Vacant found the job gave him a lot of time to relax and muse quitely. When he came to Ponyville, he decided to return to his former carreer for the same reason. Motivation: He recieves encouragement from other ponies, though doesn't openly show that he is affected by it. Likes: Thinking, photography, reading and writing, art, philosophy. Dislikes: socializing, load music Character Summary:Vacant Thought was born and raised in Trottingham. From the very start, he was incredibly anti-social and made few friends. At school, Vacant Thought discovered his natural talent, philosophy. After graduation, he and a friend, Distant Smiles, decided to enter business together, founding a hotel. Distant Smiles was quite different from Vacant, he was much more social and outgoing. It was soon established that Vacant would settle the business side of operations, while Smiles handled customers. The two were very successful, becoming one of the best hotels in the city, attracting a diverse crowd of celebrities and everyday ponies alike. During this time, Vacant married one of his frequent customers, and had a single daughter, Veiled Cascade, but over the years, she would usually answer to Vanny. Vacant continued to live a happy life, but it wouldn’t last. Distant Smiles developed a terminally illness, of which he knew of long before telling anypony, leaving Vacant the sole owner of their enterprise. However, the emotionally trauma left Vacant even more incapable of handling customers, and the business collapsed. Vacant spiraled into a deep depression; his wife deemed him mentally unsuitable to care for his child, and so he was left to live alone. He quickly decided he just couldn’t bear to live in Trottingham any longer, selling his business and other worldly poccesions to wander for several years; he eventually ended up in Ponyville, where he runs the hotel Empty Spaces. He merely wishes to live the rest of life peacefully, avoiding contact with other ponies as much as possible, but doesn't have the stability to retire. Of his old life, he misses his friends and family the most, specificly his daughter. However, Vacant has no knowledge of their current life and believes reunion to be an impossiblity mostly because of this lack of knowledge, so he would rather try to forget about. Current hobies include sketching and keeping track of ideas in an old, enchanted journal giving to him by Distant Smiles, the true nature of which is unknown to Vacant ThoughtDespite his antisocial behavior, he understands that complete isolation is impossible, due to the nature of his job. He isn't entirely friendless, and is perfectly capable of having a converstation when the need arises, but typical conversations are typically filled with snark and vagueness.((Edit: Vacant has reunited with his daughter, and, for the most part, their relationship has been repaird))I already RP with Vacant Thought on Tumblr: http://vacantthought.tumblr.com/picture:for rules sake, pretend the eyes are a solid paige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Can you please not bold your entire Application? Bolding is okay for the description titles/fields, but not the entire Application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Summary Added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Is Distant Smiles an NPC, or do you plan to app for him as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Distant Smiles for the most part is an NPC. He died long before he current point of time, but the character lives on in the form of a self concient journal that was given to Vacant Thought by Distant Smiles, who had enchanted it with a part of his personality. It's not in the summary since its a really recent development. I already RP with Vacant on Tumblr, should I link to it in the application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Distant Smiles for the most part is an NPC. He died long before he current point of time, but the character lives on in the form of a self concient journal that was given to Vacant Thought by Distant Smiles, who had enchanted it with a part of his personality. It's not in the summary since its a really recent development. I already RP with Vacant on Tumblr, should I link to it in the application?You can, but only what you write in the Application will affect the character here on Canterlot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindJester Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 This is a good start to your character but I think there could be more of him to be developed. Such as, how did he gain his cutie-mark? Who were his parents and did they serve a huge part in his foalhood? Do they still keep in contact? Are there any future goals he wishes to meet? What are his hobbies? Does he miss his wife and child? Does he plan on getting back together with them someday? What happened to the previous hotel after he moved away? Has he tried to become a more social pony or plans to? Also you put people instead of ponies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thank you! Those things didn't even cross my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindJester Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 You're welcome. Be sure to let us know when you've made the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Summary expanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Cutie Mark: Three question marks arranged in a triangle, recieved after winning a debate on existentialism.The app looks pretty good, but maybe a little more detail on this?I'm also not sure how he'll be able to RP with other characters if he's anti-social and prefers "avoiding contact with other ponies as much as possible", but hey, I'll let you work that out I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 more details added as asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Other smaller edits made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Cutie Mark: Three question marks arranged in a triangle, recieved after winning a debate on existentialism. The debate was between him and Distant Smiles, and lasted a very long time. Eventually, it was broken when the teacher noticed Vacant's cutie mark.Occupation: Hotel ManagerThe character is fine as it stands, but I'm just sensing a lack of connect between his job and his talent. I mean, what does his special talent mean to him, how does it help him in life? He's basically been a hotel owner/manager all his life, but that's not actually his special talent. I mean, why didn't he get a different Cutie Mark? What's so important about him being good at philosophy?I'm just trying to get you to explain things, not to necessarily change them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantThought Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 ^further explanations made to explain stuff brought up above. To be honest, there isn't that much of a connection to his cutie mark to his occupation, he just likes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VacantThought Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 :!: when did this happen? Thank you! also Picture added under the spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VacantThought Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Minor edit to the summary to match with my app for Veiled Cascade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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