This is part of like.. my "official" nextgen, if you will. Not that I'm doing a whole lot with this "official" nextgen lol. Don't even know what a good name for it would be lol.
Link to my TH folder for this MLP NextGen
But yeah! Sunset and Tempest have two children together, but I had only come up with one at the time of drawing this. Their daughter's name is Solar Flare, partially named after her grandmother, Stellar Flare, who Sunset had been making amends with by the time Solar was born. They're trying to make peace.
There is. SO MUCH. to read below this cut, so you've been warned lmao.
I imagine Solar Flare would be quite gifted with magic, in large part thanks to Sunset's mentorship but also thanks to the raw magic power passed down to her from her mother Tempest. Solar is a bit of a powerhouse lol.
Other than that I have done very little brainstorming. But I hope you like these designs! :)
Edit: Including some info I'd come up with while discussing with a beloved mutual :))
Q: "This is such a wonderful pairing that would get so much out of being with one another, there's a level of guilt I think both of them will never quite be able to let go of but it will shrink the more love and acceptance they're shown. As the saying goes, shared joy is double joy but shared sorrow is sorrow halved <3
I saw you've said you've done very little brainstorming so I thought I'd ask some toughies hehe
How do you think their pasts would impact their parenting? Does Solar Flare ever have an ambitious streak of her own that worries her moms? How much would she know about her moms pasts?"
A: "OOGH THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS!! Honestly I think the fact that she's such a powerhouse of a prodigy paired with who her parents are might make some people wary of her now that I think about it.
(This is so fucking long strap yourself in)
Honestly I feel like Sunset would definitely encourage her daughter to go crazy with what she's capable of doing, like she wants her to absolutely reach for the stars because she most definitely has the means to. Her mom was the former pupil of Celestia, after all, and Solar is likely seen as the next important name in the world of powerful unicorns once she reaches adolescence. Sunset may have applied a certain amount of… pressure on her daughter, but unlike with Solar's younger brother who cracked under that pressure (much like Sunburst), Solar THRIVED under it. She's a junkie for studying and tests and WINNING EVERYTHING lmao. The important part is that Solar had the raw talent to carry her past others who worked just as hard. Honestly she might not appreciate that fact enough, sort of believing that other people just need to get on the grind like her (including her brother).
Tempest is definitely more laid back when compared to Sunset. She's much more introverted and used to having strict limits placed on what she's allowed to do, so she's not always as much of a go-getter in the same sense, especially now that she's settled down. It's not at all that she Discourages ambition, she just doesn't place quite as much importance on success. She can help keep the family grounded at times and provide a nice balance to Sunset who can sometimes get swept up in the glory of her spectacular eldest child. The only thing is that Tempest is often very busy with work, which allows the family dynamic to swing a little far towards Sunset's (accidental) intensity (especially since Solar takes VERY well to Sunset's style and is kind of mean to her brother for not doing so).
With Aurum Dusk (the Sunpest boy, younger brother who I've been referring to), he became so afraid of failing, especially after not being as immediately talented as his sister, and disappointing his mothers, that he gave up on trying at all. This Devastates Sunset because she loves her boy and believes in him. It's just that the pep talks she tries to give him scare him. He usually takes better to the mellower approach from Tempest, but that's only when he's receptive at all, which isn't often in his somewhat-reclusive teenage years. Eventually things get better once he opens up to Sunburst, who helps explain things to the rest of his family since he can relate to Aurum's own struggles quite intimately."
Sunset is becoming her mother and hasn't realized it yet but when she does she's gonna be MORTIFIED lmao.
