Forest Rain

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Darth Forest Exercise Program

SlyphStorm: VIDEO WHY YOU TAKE 2 YEARS TO SEND TO FEEDS

SlyphStorm: YOUTUBE PLZ

Forest Rain: Cuz the New Lunar Republic employs slow, unreliable delivery boys.

SlyphStorm: oh okay

SlyphStorm: gonna be like thaaaaat

Forest Rain: And the Solar Empire employs dragon magic. ^.^

SlyphStorm: SOLAR EMPIRE CAUSES GLOBAL WARMING

Forest Rain: Excuse me while I run laps around my Death Star.

SlyphStorm: XD

Forest Rain: Wait, wrong Empire.

SlyphStorm: Darth Forest exercise program

Forest Rain: I find your lack of abs disturbing.

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In a little under two hours, we're finally going to premiere the special we've been working on for the past three months! The last one was a lot of fun, and with everyone involved in this one, you can't miss it!

10PM EST on Canterlot Hill Video: http://canterlothill.com/show/

For more info: http://canterlothill.com/blog/hill/2015/02/21/eoh-special-to-air/

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In the first bit of substantial narrative, meet Golden Husk-- Rain's best friend. And learn more about the both of them:

http://story.forestrainmedia.com/golden-husk/

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Meet Ai.

Steam rose from the shower as she leaned against the wall, tracing wet fingers against the tiles. She was only a thought-- fleeting, temporary, forgettable. A wisp of consciousness that flickered b...

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I’ve had this question asked to me many times over the course of being a Brony musician. I used to see Forest Rain as being androgynous— without a gender. So I used gender neutral pronouns “sie” and “hir” to describe the character. My OC has always been a reflection of who I am….

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Awesome ^_^

I’m so happy that there are so many of us in this community. Statistically it should be hard to find people going through what I’m going through but between you, Jitters, Krypt, and others I find myself in good company ^_^

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Funny you mention that. They say we're few and far between, but I've made at least 5 or 6 trans friends from this community. Perhaps people like us are drawn to a community that embraces acceptance, tolerance, and friendship?

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"Why is your OC a girl?"

I've had this question asked to me many times over the course of being a Brony musician. I used to see Forest Rain as being androgynous-- without a gender. So I used gender neutral pronouns "sie" and "hir" to describe the character. My OC has always been a reflection of who I am. However-- people learn more about themselves, and change and develop as life goes on. And this leads me to an important announcement:

I have recently come out as trans.

This may come as a shock to some people, and others may be asking, "What do you mean, trans?" I am a transgendered individual, who was suffering from gender disphoria-- I was born as a boy, however I've always felt something was kind of off. Through (many) years of self-discovery, I realized I've always identified more as a girl than a boy, and I wanted to do something about it.

In this past year, I've been undergoing medical treatments to feminize myself, and I've finally gotten the courage to come out to everyone close to me-- including my parents and boss.  This has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. Physically and emotionally, I feel so much better than I ever have.

Being transgendered isn't scary. I know many people like me. I'm not depressed, or confused, or anything like that. I'm happy, in love, and I'm planning to move to the States to be with my fiancé, Rebecca. I'm probably the most normal and boring person you'd ever meet, aside from the stuff that's happened in this fandom.

Forest Rain, as a personality, showed everyone that a "normal guy" can be a brony musician and make music about love, beauty, accepting yourself, and celebrating differences.

That was one of the things that I was afraid would be compromised if I came out-- that suddenly the "normal guy" would become a weirdo, and suddenly Forest Rain would be discredited somehow. But I realized-- because of who Forest Rain is-- because I celebrate differences, and teach people to accept themselves-- it would be disingenuous of me to hide who I am.

I'm proud to be a part of the LGBT community, and I will always stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer people.

But what does this mean for Forest Rain, the Brony Musician? I'm still working that out. I know I will continue to make music, I'm just not sure exactly how my transition fits into how I make my music. I will continue to be a part of Canterlot Hill, and a regular host on Elements of Harmony, and my Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr aren't going anywhere!

So, why is my OC a girl? Cuz I am a girl! And I'm proud to be one!

Love,

~Jessie aka Forest Rain

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Patterns

Patterns

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D'aww, this is such a heartwarming memory. Thank you for sharing this!

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Anatomy of Songs [wronghands]

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Based off this scene

Okay, I’m sure this is one of the things Reagan hates about me the most. It’s SO hard for me to take a bad picture and she used to sneak pictures of me when we would be out to dinner in hopes to get a bad one and get frustrated that they were all beautiful.

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I wish I had this talent.

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It's rare that a comic hits me so hard it makes me cry. Thank you to the artist, both for sharing such a personal story, and for doing these comics.

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When this was first shared with me, I must have listened to it about ten times in a row. Wonderfully produced, heartbreakingly real, with one of the most potent spoken word breaks I've ever heard in a song. I love this song, and I still can't listen to this without crying.

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So, my friend Artimae is an awesome writer, and I'm a huge fan of his recent work, "Cape and Cowl", which features an adorable and deadly mute pony named Snow Storm. I'm such a fan, I decided I needed to ponify another one of my guitars in honor of her badassery~

Check out Cape and Cowl here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/165541/cape-and-cowl

Artwork by Decibelle, which you can find here: http://prettykitty.deviantart.com/art/Snow-Storm-492657533

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So... with 4 minutes left till midnight on Halloween, here's a random 8-bar improv that Midnight Rain and I did in the spirit of the season. ;p

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My commute took a long time tonight, but I was happy to drive it, because only a few minutes behind me, Corporal Nathan Cirillo-- the Canadian soldier killed on Wednesday in Ottawa in a terrorist attack against Parliament (the equivalent of our White House)-- was being driven home to Hamilton.

On the way, I saw huge crowds of people lining the overpasses of Highway 403, tow truck drivers were stopped along the side of the highway like they normally are-- but they were hanging Canadian flags on the backs of their trucks.

Taking the Main St exit in Hamilton, the first thing I saw was a swarth of tow trucks and drivers at the point where the exit merges with the street. At the sides of the streets, there was a ton of people, with a good batch of emergency services and tow trucks. And the lines of people extended all the way from the 403 past City Hall.

As I said, it was a slow drive. But I was proud to take that route, and everyone on the road seemed a lot more patient than they usually are-- as if driving this stretch of road became a privilege today.

Canadians aren't really known for showing their support of their country as excitedly and blatantly as Americans-- but on a day like today, you can see the patriotism-- polite, respectful. A suiting visage for the procession that has made its way from Ottawa all the way down to Hamilton today, with a patriotic crowd of Canadians paying their respects to Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservist from my town. May he rest in peace.

*salutes*

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If you ever wondered what Forest Rain's vocal range was...

This is 16 tracks -- 4 each of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass-- for a super secret project I can't tell you anything about that may be out soon. ;p

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Join us for the pre-show starting in 1 hour, and catch a live interview with Jeff Burgess, dropping his new collab with EileMonty on our show!

Jeff is insanely talented, quirky, and awesome, and we'll all be live! You can't miss this show! Everfree Video @ 10PM EDT! Preshow at 9:30!

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This is the clean, transparency-enabled .png of the picture I gave you at BronyCon. It is scaled up from single pixels by a factor of 10, which is exactly what I printed out.

If you want any single part of it in any size (like the pony by itself), I have all the original files on my computer, so it’s no problem if you just ask.

This is frickin' awesome. :D