#mlp oc reference sheet

[softwarepony]

been updating some older oc's lately & creating some new ones!

♡ folklore was adopted from @ funnyhat12, & i tweaked her design a little + added the cutiemark. ♡ slo was designed by @ neptunestream in an art trade!

[art-and-a-half]

Name: Galactic Nova

Nickname/s: Nova, Gala

Orientation: biromantic demisexual (uses term "demi-bi")

Pronouns: she/her

Gender identity: cis woman

Parents: ??? and ??? (original characters)

Siblings: ??? (unsure)

Special Talent: astronomy

Species: Unicorn

Age in relation to Sunny Starscout: about 4 years older (approx. 25)

Brief Backstory:

-Gained cutie mark around the same time as her peers on a camping trip in the Bridlewood Forest. The camp set up in a clearing with an excellent view of the sky, and the teacher pointed out the various constellations and their significance to the unicorn culture.

-However, the teacher running the trip could not answer Nova's questions about what stars were/how they formed (gave very "well, they're uh, bright lights in the sky like the sun" answers). This prompted Nova to develop her own hypotheses about what the lights were made of (one of which was candles), which prompted her cutie mark.

-After gaining her cutie mark and returning to school, she went to the library to find out as much as she could about stars. She eventually found an OLD book talking about how stars were balls of gas, but that was the extent of it.

-She became very reclusive and frustrated because of how little information there was on stars, as the unicorn society didn't have any information on them, but her cutie mark was based on this unexplored area of science.

-She did the best with the little resources she had, but after the return of magic and finding out that Maretime Bay had more information on stars she jumped ship and moved there.

-She does miss the quiet nature of Bridlewood, though. She visits her parents every month and will eventually be one of the pioneers of shared knowledge between the different cities.

-This move was also scary for her because, well, she originally believed the propaganda about Earth Ponies being savage and dumb, but finding out they had a more advanced astronomy program was the complete opposite to what she had learned.

-She is not experiencing full paralysis but cannot walk or stand on her back legs for more than a few moments. I imagine she has nerve and/or muscular issues

(This OC is highly inspired/is a redesign of Twilight Sparkle for gen 5)

[ask-pinkgalaxypone]

Cosmic Dreamer’s reference sheet!
Took me a year or so to post this but here’s a reference sheet for me, aka Pinkgalaxypone, aka Cosmic Dreamer!

[art-and-a-half]

Name: Lily Sprout

Nickname/s: Sprout, Lily

Orientation: asexual aromantic (aroace)

Pronouns: she/her

Gender identity: cis woman

Parents: Betty Sprout and ??? (original characters)

Siblings: Cherry Sprout, Billy Sprout and 2 others

Special Talent: propagating plants

Species: Earth Pony

Age in relation to Sunny Starscout: about 3 years younger (approx. 18)

Brief Backstory:

-Grew up in a family owned farm on the outskirts of Maretime Bay, the farms main stock are strawberries and strawberry preserves. (They also have chickens for eggs)

-Her family is fairly large, with 2 of her siblings remaining on the farm alongside her parents to tend to the farm, 1 runs a storefront in Maretime Bay, and the other going into an entirely different field (not sure yet, but definitely not agricultural)

-They hire folks that live in Maretime Bay to help with the farm duties as well, and are one of the places teens go to for their first job (for those who can do heavy lifting and don't want to go into Canterlogic Work)

-She and her family are considering setting up stores in Bridlewood and Zephyr Heights, but are uncertain how to transfer fresh produce to these areas, and are trying to set up a safe supply line. However, they have managed to sell some of their preserves in these towns

-Upon the return of magic, her hearing was heightened and she found she could hear things from further away than before. Unfortunately, closer sounds are louder and sometimes hurt, so she will occasionally wear earmuffs while working so she can focus

-She also is stronger and has the other earth pony magic boosts (can fall from greater heights, resistant to magic)

[art-and-a-half]

Name: Betty Sprout

Nickname/s: Betty, Bee

Orientation: queer (doesn't label beyond that)

Pronouns: prefers she/her (but also responds to he/him and they/them, just neutral on them)

Gender identity: "eh, woman?" (afab but doesn't really care)

Parents: ??? and ??? (original characters), raised by father

Siblings: ???

Children: Lily Sprout, Cherry Sprout, Billy Sprout, 2 others (unknown)

Special Talent: growing large batches of fruit

Species: Earth Pony

Age in relation to Sunny Starscout: about 25 years older (45-46 ish)

Brief Backstory:

-grew up on the family farm on the outskirts of Maretime Bay with her father. She is an only child. Her father was a pretty good one, but was unfortunately busy due to his work on the farm.

-the farm was fairly small when she was young, but it was given funding when she was in her mid-teens by the Cloverleaf family, as a result, they could hire more farmhands and grow more produce and

-her mother died in childbirth, but her father was very adamant that it wasn't Betty's fault, and only told her what happened specifically when she was in her teen years (Betty knew her mother died in childbirth, but didn't know specifics or wanted to talk about it much until she was in her mid teens)

-as a result, however, she was very scared of childbirth and only had one biological child, Lily Sprout. Her other 4 children are either step-children or adopted (I imagine 2 are from her partner, and 2 were adopted in their early teens from a friend that died)