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doublethefun) wrote2012-01-06 04:54 pm
doublethefun) wrote2012-01-06 04:54 pm
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sleeplessdragon
EMAIL: chicobo.mog@gmail.com
AIM: xsleeplessdragon
WIKI NAME: sleeplessdragon
CHARACTERS:
Kuga Natsuki @sexyhitchhiker
Isabela @checkbelowdecks
CHARACTER NAME: Princess Luna
FANDOM: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
CANON: After the Hearth’s Warming Eve episode
WHAT THEY LOST: She’s going to lose her cutie marks. That is, those are the butt marks that every pony magically acquires when they discover their true passion in life. Hers is the moon and the night sky.
ABOUT THE CHARACTER: [ Provide a couple of paragraphs about the character you're applying for. Make sure to cover all that is relevant; their personality, their background. THIS MUST BE 500 WORDS or longer. But keep in mind that we do read these so have it be concise and work for quality, not quantity. It'll be a great measure of your characterization and understanding of the character. For a more detailed version of what we're looking for, please see What We're Looking For. ]
So basically, in the magical land of Equestria, where friendship and harmony are the most awesome things ever, there were two royal pony sisters who ruled together. The elder, Celestia, brought forth the sun each day using her vaguely defined powers over nature. The younger, Luna, brought out the moon every evening using her similarly vaguely defined powers over nature. And thus, harmony and peace and all that cutesy stuff were maintained.
But alas, all this happiness and peace weren’t meant to last. Luna became embittered over how the ponies would play during the day but sleep through her night. Presumably, ponies weren’t into astronomy and nightclubs didn’t exist back then. Anyway, she eventually became Nightmare (Night Mare?) Moon and tried to make the night last forever; Word of God states that something might have corrupted her. Celestia used the Elements of Harmony to banish Luna to the moon and she can be seen as the “Mare in the Moon” – a vague shape on the surface of the moon that looks like a unicorn’s head. Celestia then took on the duties of raising both the sun and the moon.
A thousand years later, the stars aided in her escape. She apparently sent her sister to the sun (from the looks of it when Celestia returned with the rising of the sun later)and then tried to make an eternal night. Fortunately, six plucky mares found out about the Elements of Harmony and then underwent an arduous quest to retrieve them from their last known location, the Palace of the Royal Pony Sisters. Nightmare Moon tried to foil them on their epic quest, but they managed to escape each trial unscathed and, along the way, learned about the qualities of friendship and all that jazz. And then once they finally found her and figured out how the Elements worked, they destroyed Luna’s dark powers (i.e. Nightmare Moon) with the rainbowtastic power of friendship and reverted her back to just Luna. The sun rose, Celestia reappeared, Luna was forgiven, and then everybody partied. Yay.
Additionally, we learn that Discord used to rule Equestria before Celestia and Luna usurped the throne. Discord’s rule, as the name implies, was rather chaotic and he is depicted as a puppeteer. The sisters discovered the Elements of Harmony and then used them to turn Discord into stone. PRESUMABLY, Discord might have had a part in causing Luna’s downfall – mostly because there are no other actual villains in this show. Sob.
Personality-wise, she comes across as really really loud and confident. Her booming, echoey voice is known as the traditional Royal Canterlot Voice. In fact, it can knock hats askew and blow foals right off their feet. This is coupled with her outdated ideas on how royals should act – which includes use of the royal We, thou, thee, thine, and quite a bit of formality. Of course, this is at odds with the fact that she just comes across as extremely intimidating when all she really wants to do is to connect with her subjects in the one way she knows how. It also doesn’t help that the legend of Nightmare Moon had evolved over a thousand years into the story of an evil, fanged moon pony who goes around eating baby ponies on Nightmare Night if not placated with treats and tricked with costumes. In her episode, she decides to change this scary celebration into “a bright and glorious feast” – mostly because she doesn’t want to be seen as evil any longer.
However, it’s also shown that she’s rather sensitive and hides it by assuming her aloof demeanor. After her first failed attempt at meeting regular ponies, she stalked away, head held high and pretended that she didn’t care. It was only later that we see that she had gone off to sulk. Even later, we get to see her woobie face when she realized that she has, once again, managed to scare off all the children.
She also has quite a temper. After the children ran away screaming for the umpteenth time, she got angry, which led to dramatic flashes of lightning and unrestrained use of the Royal Canterlot Voice. This in turn scared the rest of the ponies and then it all went downhill from there. She canceled Nightmare Night but was persuaded to bring it back when she found out that it’s a holiday of harmless pranks and candy and that ponies like being scared on such a night, instead of genuinely hating/disrespecting her; it’s fun to be scared and the children actually love her for it. So she finally loosens up some and is shown to be a bit of a prankster and can, in fact, relinquish the Royal Canterlot Voice.
ABILITIES: [ Provide a decent explanation of the general abilities your character can use. Links are welcome here if the character has too many abilities to expand on here, but we want to get a good feel for what your character is capable of. If your character has no powers, leave this section blank.]
Her basic job is to raise the moon and bring the night through unicorn magic, which might imply that she’s in charge of the stars as well. Additionally, she’s a winged unicorn of some sort so this means that she’s got the Pegasus ability to manipulate weather as well as unicorn magic. She seems particularly fond of dark storm clouds and dramatic flashes of lightning, though she summons them with an ease and at a magnitude that other pegasi cannot. Pegasus powers also include the ability to walk about on clouds. Unicorn magic encompasses the lot from telekinesis, teleportation, changing spider plushies into real spiders (albeit ones with only one body segment and four eyes), moving celestial bodies about, etc. Also, she and her sister are either immortal or very long-lived.
THIRD-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE: [ Write a couple of paragraphs in third person of your character doing something. Anything. Eating dinner. Fighting their archenemy. Showing up in Paradisa. Whatever. THIS MUST BE 250 WORDS OR LONGER. It's used as a measure of your characterization and writing ability.]
Luna stared at the offending plate of alfalfa. With her sister’s (annoyingly mischievous) eyes on her, she can’t simply toss the salad or, even better, teleport it into the depths of a bog where it would never see the light of day ever again, mwahah –
She shook her head and focused on her dinner again. A blue glow surrounded her horn as she shifted the alfalfa around. With luck, maybe she can make it look like she ate it and perhaps teleport small bits of it out at a time. She focused on the spell and.
“I know what you’re trying to do, Luna.”
Damn. She stopped midspell and sighing, went back to chasing the greens around her plate once more. This was dumb. It’s not like it would be such a big deal if she occasionally skipped dinner once in a while (whenever the chefs decided to serve alfalfa) and went straight to dessert. Honestly, apple pie is probably just as nutritious as this disgusting excuse for a salad. Maybe. Minus all the sugar, perhaps.
She laid her muzzle on the table, side-eyeing the dinner plate. How is it possible that something this unpalatable hadn’t managed to go extinct in the thousand years she had been gone? Instead, they’re sitting right there, mocking her, as inedible as the first time she’d been forced to eat them.
She tilted her head a bit and focused on her big sister instead. Celestia, the high and mighty Princess of the Sun, forcing poor ponies into eating this stupid alfalfa while she just sat there, cool as a cucumber, sipping her stupid tea while guarding a slice of apple pie. Honestly, doesn’t she have anything better to do? Saving Ponyville from imminent destruction perhaps? From the manner in which Ponyville seemed to attract trouble of varying magnitudes, perhaps an investigation would be worthwhile. Maybe it merely happens to straddle the perfect distance from various dragon dens, hydra hidey-holes, ursa –
“You know, the faster you finish, the quicker you can get to dessert.”
Luna sighed and finally lifted her head from the table. A look of distaste adorning her face, she leaned forward, about to take a bite when she suddenly jumped onto her hooves with a clatter. With a shout, she dramatically pointed to a spot right behind Celestia.
“Sister! Watch out!”
Celestia turned, wings unfurled and ready to defend against whatever luckless intruder had managed to stumble his way into the castle. In that moment, Luna teleported herself outside in a flash and took to the skies. Seeing nothing, Celestia turned back to the dinner table only to find herself alone. Putting two and two together, she sighed even as a wry smile graced her face. Chasing a midnight blue alicorn against the midnight blue sky isn’t exactly the easiest task; her time would be better spent enjoying this delicious slice of apple pie.
“Double portions tomorrow night, little sis,” she said with a soft chuckle.
FIRST-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE: [ This should be in first person, as if the character were making an entry in their journal. It MUST be five sentences or longer and should show that you have a grasp of the character's unique voice.]
[there’s the sound of rustling sheets over the journal as well as some muttering]
Honestly, ‘Tia. [have some unintelligible muttering as somepony shoves her head under the pillow. One might be able to make out something about ‘flashy sun ponies,’ but not much else.
Geez. What sort of lazy pony is still abed at three in the afternoon?
Regardless of your guess, there’s a louder rustling as she finally sits up, pillow balancing on her head. She glares at the offending curtains, which are oh-so-innocently pulled back, letting cheery beams of sunlight into the room.
…
…Wait. This is not her room. Although it is undoubtedly lavish, it is still not her room. In one quick movement, she throws back the sheets and hops down to the floor. Trotting over to the window, she peers out and, yup. This isn’t Canterlot either.
Well, shit. There’s only one explanation, obviously. Incoming Royal Canterlot Voice, guys. Duck and cover.]
Villainous cur! Dost thou believe that thou canst ponynap the Princess of the Night without facing dire consequences? We will teach thee a lesson that will reverberate throughout time itself. Foolish foal! Thou didst not even lock the door!
[a confused pause]
…Or even bar the windows. Or try to stop my magic.
[yup, she’s heading into the hallway now] ‘Tia? Guards? Is anypony around?
INTENT: [ What draws you to play this particular character? Ideally, what would you like to do with the character in Paradisa? It's alright if you don't know yet; we're just curious. ]
Luna’s probably going to make friends and rediscover the magic of harmony and all that other happy cutesy stuff while at the castle.
JOURNAL:
sleeplessdragonEMAIL: chicobo.mog@gmail.com
AIM: xsleeplessdragon
WIKI NAME: sleeplessdragon
CHARACTERS:
Kuga Natsuki @
sexyhitchhikerIsabela @
checkbelowdecksCHARACTER NAME: Princess Luna
FANDOM: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
CANON: After the Hearth’s Warming Eve episode
WHAT THEY LOST: She’s going to lose her cutie marks. That is, those are the butt marks that every pony magically acquires when they discover their true passion in life. Hers is the moon and the night sky.
ABOUT THE CHARACTER: [ Provide a couple of paragraphs about the character you're applying for. Make sure to cover all that is relevant; their personality, their background. THIS MUST BE 500 WORDS or longer. But keep in mind that we do read these so have it be concise and work for quality, not quantity. It'll be a great measure of your characterization and understanding of the character. For a more detailed version of what we're looking for, please see What We're Looking For. ]
So basically, in the magical land of Equestria, where friendship and harmony are the most awesome things ever, there were two royal pony sisters who ruled together. The elder, Celestia, brought forth the sun each day using her vaguely defined powers over nature. The younger, Luna, brought out the moon every evening using her similarly vaguely defined powers over nature. And thus, harmony and peace and all that cutesy stuff were maintained.
But alas, all this happiness and peace weren’t meant to last. Luna became embittered over how the ponies would play during the day but sleep through her night. Presumably, ponies weren’t into astronomy and nightclubs didn’t exist back then. Anyway, she eventually became Nightmare (Night Mare?) Moon and tried to make the night last forever; Word of God states that something might have corrupted her. Celestia used the Elements of Harmony to banish Luna to the moon and she can be seen as the “Mare in the Moon” – a vague shape on the surface of the moon that looks like a unicorn’s head. Celestia then took on the duties of raising both the sun and the moon.
A thousand years later, the stars aided in her escape. She apparently sent her sister to the sun (from the looks of it when Celestia returned with the rising of the sun later)and then tried to make an eternal night. Fortunately, six plucky mares found out about the Elements of Harmony and then underwent an arduous quest to retrieve them from their last known location, the Palace of the Royal Pony Sisters. Nightmare Moon tried to foil them on their epic quest, but they managed to escape each trial unscathed and, along the way, learned about the qualities of friendship and all that jazz. And then once they finally found her and figured out how the Elements worked, they destroyed Luna’s dark powers (i.e. Nightmare Moon) with the rainbowtastic power of friendship and reverted her back to just Luna. The sun rose, Celestia reappeared, Luna was forgiven, and then everybody partied. Yay.
Additionally, we learn that Discord used to rule Equestria before Celestia and Luna usurped the throne. Discord’s rule, as the name implies, was rather chaotic and he is depicted as a puppeteer. The sisters discovered the Elements of Harmony and then used them to turn Discord into stone. PRESUMABLY, Discord might have had a part in causing Luna’s downfall – mostly because there are no other actual villains in this show. Sob.
Personality-wise, she comes across as really really loud and confident. Her booming, echoey voice is known as the traditional Royal Canterlot Voice. In fact, it can knock hats askew and blow foals right off their feet. This is coupled with her outdated ideas on how royals should act – which includes use of the royal We, thou, thee, thine, and quite a bit of formality. Of course, this is at odds with the fact that she just comes across as extremely intimidating when all she really wants to do is to connect with her subjects in the one way she knows how. It also doesn’t help that the legend of Nightmare Moon had evolved over a thousand years into the story of an evil, fanged moon pony who goes around eating baby ponies on Nightmare Night if not placated with treats and tricked with costumes. In her episode, she decides to change this scary celebration into “a bright and glorious feast” – mostly because she doesn’t want to be seen as evil any longer.
However, it’s also shown that she’s rather sensitive and hides it by assuming her aloof demeanor. After her first failed attempt at meeting regular ponies, she stalked away, head held high and pretended that she didn’t care. It was only later that we see that she had gone off to sulk. Even later, we get to see her woobie face when she realized that she has, once again, managed to scare off all the children.
She also has quite a temper. After the children ran away screaming for the umpteenth time, she got angry, which led to dramatic flashes of lightning and unrestrained use of the Royal Canterlot Voice. This in turn scared the rest of the ponies and then it all went downhill from there. She canceled Nightmare Night but was persuaded to bring it back when she found out that it’s a holiday of harmless pranks and candy and that ponies like being scared on such a night, instead of genuinely hating/disrespecting her; it’s fun to be scared and the children actually love her for it. So she finally loosens up some and is shown to be a bit of a prankster and can, in fact, relinquish the Royal Canterlot Voice.
ABILITIES: [ Provide a decent explanation of the general abilities your character can use. Links are welcome here if the character has too many abilities to expand on here, but we want to get a good feel for what your character is capable of. If your character has no powers, leave this section blank.]
Her basic job is to raise the moon and bring the night through unicorn magic, which might imply that she’s in charge of the stars as well. Additionally, she’s a winged unicorn of some sort so this means that she’s got the Pegasus ability to manipulate weather as well as unicorn magic. She seems particularly fond of dark storm clouds and dramatic flashes of lightning, though she summons them with an ease and at a magnitude that other pegasi cannot. Pegasus powers also include the ability to walk about on clouds. Unicorn magic encompasses the lot from telekinesis, teleportation, changing spider plushies into real spiders (albeit ones with only one body segment and four eyes), moving celestial bodies about, etc. Also, she and her sister are either immortal or very long-lived.
THIRD-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE: [ Write a couple of paragraphs in third person of your character doing something. Anything. Eating dinner. Fighting their archenemy. Showing up in Paradisa. Whatever. THIS MUST BE 250 WORDS OR LONGER. It's used as a measure of your characterization and writing ability.]
Luna stared at the offending plate of alfalfa. With her sister’s (annoyingly mischievous) eyes on her, she can’t simply toss the salad or, even better, teleport it into the depths of a bog where it would never see the light of day ever again, mwahah –
She shook her head and focused on her dinner again. A blue glow surrounded her horn as she shifted the alfalfa around. With luck, maybe she can make it look like she ate it and perhaps teleport small bits of it out at a time. She focused on the spell and.
“I know what you’re trying to do, Luna.”
Damn. She stopped midspell and sighing, went back to chasing the greens around her plate once more. This was dumb. It’s not like it would be such a big deal if she occasionally skipped dinner once in a while (whenever the chefs decided to serve alfalfa) and went straight to dessert. Honestly, apple pie is probably just as nutritious as this disgusting excuse for a salad. Maybe. Minus all the sugar, perhaps.
She laid her muzzle on the table, side-eyeing the dinner plate. How is it possible that something this unpalatable hadn’t managed to go extinct in the thousand years she had been gone? Instead, they’re sitting right there, mocking her, as inedible as the first time she’d been forced to eat them.
She tilted her head a bit and focused on her big sister instead. Celestia, the high and mighty Princess of the Sun, forcing poor ponies into eating this stupid alfalfa while she just sat there, cool as a cucumber, sipping her stupid tea while guarding a slice of apple pie. Honestly, doesn’t she have anything better to do? Saving Ponyville from imminent destruction perhaps? From the manner in which Ponyville seemed to attract trouble of varying magnitudes, perhaps an investigation would be worthwhile. Maybe it merely happens to straddle the perfect distance from various dragon dens, hydra hidey-holes, ursa –
“You know, the faster you finish, the quicker you can get to dessert.”
Luna sighed and finally lifted her head from the table. A look of distaste adorning her face, she leaned forward, about to take a bite when she suddenly jumped onto her hooves with a clatter. With a shout, she dramatically pointed to a spot right behind Celestia.
“Sister! Watch out!”
Celestia turned, wings unfurled and ready to defend against whatever luckless intruder had managed to stumble his way into the castle. In that moment, Luna teleported herself outside in a flash and took to the skies. Seeing nothing, Celestia turned back to the dinner table only to find herself alone. Putting two and two together, she sighed even as a wry smile graced her face. Chasing a midnight blue alicorn against the midnight blue sky isn’t exactly the easiest task; her time would be better spent enjoying this delicious slice of apple pie.
“Double portions tomorrow night, little sis,” she said with a soft chuckle.
FIRST-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE: [ This should be in first person, as if the character were making an entry in their journal. It MUST be five sentences or longer and should show that you have a grasp of the character's unique voice.]
[there’s the sound of rustling sheets over the journal as well as some muttering]
Honestly, ‘Tia. [have some unintelligible muttering as somepony shoves her head under the pillow. One might be able to make out something about ‘flashy sun ponies,’ but not much else.
Geez. What sort of lazy pony is still abed at three in the afternoon?
Regardless of your guess, there’s a louder rustling as she finally sits up, pillow balancing on her head. She glares at the offending curtains, which are oh-so-innocently pulled back, letting cheery beams of sunlight into the room.
…
…Wait. This is not her room. Although it is undoubtedly lavish, it is still not her room. In one quick movement, she throws back the sheets and hops down to the floor. Trotting over to the window, she peers out and, yup. This isn’t Canterlot either.
Well, shit. There’s only one explanation, obviously. Incoming Royal Canterlot Voice, guys. Duck and cover.]
Villainous cur! Dost thou believe that thou canst ponynap the Princess of the Night without facing dire consequences? We will teach thee a lesson that will reverberate throughout time itself. Foolish foal! Thou didst not even lock the door!
[a confused pause]
…Or even bar the windows. Or try to stop my magic.
[yup, she’s heading into the hallway now] ‘Tia? Guards? Is anypony around?
INTENT: [ What draws you to play this particular character? Ideally, what would you like to do with the character in Paradisa? It's alright if you don't know yet; we're just curious. ]
Luna’s probably going to make friends and rediscover the magic of harmony and all that other happy cutesy stuff while at the castle.