Basically, I read the entirety of "Kimono's Townshouse" and went "omg, i should make a silly horse comic!", except i dont have the time, resources or skills to make sets, so i decided to do this instead.
This blog follows the trials and tribulations of Valenshy, a pony who, fearing she'll fade into obscurity, wants to become kinda sorta internet famous. Her friends will join her as well, but you're gonna have to ask about them!! ;)
since this is a slice of life comic, topics of depression, mental and physical health and other triggering everyday topics will be discussed here and there.
THIS IS AN ASK BLOG! (well, partially, at least)
Ask Valenshy your questions, it's a great way for me to flesh out the characters! Feel free to also give suggestions! As far as limits go, understand that I am human and struggle with motivation, so depending on what life is like, i might post more or less (i highly doubt people would harass me for my horse comic tho, luckily). I don't mind more "intense" questions, but don't be gross, don't be offensive, common sense, y'know? No offensive shit. If you aren't sure, message me!
If i (beetrootbug) am talking and it's not clear, I'll put "OOC" before it.
if a character's speech bubble is white, it's the speech the character "intentionally recorded". if the speech bubble is coloured in, its the "behind the scenes" speech that you as the audience "isn't supposed to hear"!!
uhhhhh idk yeah!! I'm kinda excited for thiss!! :D
I’d love to do fanfic commissions for one shots, and I wanna gauge interest! I haven’t seen many people do fanfic commissions, so I’m not entirely sure how to go about it, so if anyone has any tips lmk!!!
some songs that those out of the loop wont instantly clock as MLP songs (mostly videogame soundtracks and orchestral covers)
I made a playlist of different mlp songs and fan songs that didnt just outright scream EVERYPONY! so you can listen to it in public and hope people won't get the reference. I couldn't find many g5 songs and basically no g1 or g2 songs, so let me know if you find any!! I'll be adding to the playlist gradually, but as of making this post, i've found about 90 songs!
Savages! Not Like Me (Comet Tail POV) Short Story #3
"YOOO! SHY!" Comet Tail yelled at Valenshy as the pink mare was about to leave, "MY MAN! THE SHY-STER!"
Valenshy groaned, "Yes?"
"Have a good day at work~," She batted her eyes mischievously at Valenshy.
Valenshy looked up at the clock on the wall then back at Comet Tail, "What do you want? I'm gonna be late."
"Can I use your printer?"
"Printer? I don't have a printer."
"Yes you do! You told me about it the other day!"
"What... That's a sticker printer, and I got that like five months ago."
"Oh," Comet Tail paused for a moment, "Oh well, I'll just go to the library!"
"Great," Valenshy rolled her eyes and made he way outside. Just as she closed the door, Comet Tail yelled out to her:
"ALSO WHAT IDIOT HAS A STICKER PRINTER BUT NOT A REGULAR ONE!?"
Comet Tail chuckled as she heard a muffled 'FUCK YOU' from the other side of the door.
"I LOVE YOU TOO!" she hollered back.
Comet Tail then turned her attention to the fridge, surely the library could wait! Also, mainly, there's no way she could just waltz into the library, she had to mentally prepare first. But how stressful could a library be anyways?
...
Comet Tail stared at the the tiny plaque on the also tiny library.
"Established 2003 thanks to the generous donation of blah blah blah whatever," she muttered to herself. Had she been to this library before? She couldn't remember. Damn, when was the last time she had even been to a library?
stepping inside she instantly wanted to walk back out. Tiny children were all over the place, placing their grubby hands on all the books, slobbering on every conceivable surface. She didn't have a probably with children per say (okay, who was she kidding? She didn't like kids, teens were tolerable at best), she just mainly had an issue with the sound... as the smell... and the stickiness. In her humble opinion, she was the only one allowed to make noise, everyone else should shut up! The next thing she notice was one of the librarians.
Comet Tail tried her best not to look shocked as her eyes locked onto the orangeish-pinky... mare?... as she realised she could see straight through 'her' into 'her' organs. Oh, by Star Catcher's gaudy pearl wings, she thought, don't look shocked, that would be racist! Or at the very least offensive!
The... mare?... was one of those Sparkle Ponies, or Glitter Ponies... Oh wait, is that offensive too? What's the correct term? Oh god! Would 'she', or 'he'... they?...
Comet Tail had never seen a Spar... pony covered with glitter in person before, but she certainly had never seen one that seemingly had the glitter rubbed off of them.
Eventually the translucent pony notice her staring, and chirped, "Hello! Can I help you?"
Comet Tail's heart skipped a beat and she stumbled out a response, "Uh, um, Yeah! Yes! Yes please!" She awkwardly trotted towards the pony, trying not to step on any foals, "I need to print something! How do I, um, do that?"
The pony chuckled, "Yeah, no problem, right this way!"
...
As Comet Tail finished paying for her printing, she caught a glimpse of the pony's lanyard, which was adorned with a name tag reading 'Ringpop' and a they/them pin. OH DEAR! THEY?? OH NO, THEY WEREN'T A MARE, AM I TRANSPHOBIC NOW AS WELL??
Comet Tail got her change and scurried out of there. She felt horrible, she didn't even say goodbye, stupid Comet Tail, stupid! She slowed her cantor to a trot and then finally to a halt.
"God," she muttered between heavy gasps, "Shit, why did I run?"
...
The door swung open and a very exhausted Valenshy stumbled through it.
"How was work?!" Comet Tail called out, not taking her eyes off of the TV, "I had a busy a day today!"
Valenshy huffed and threw her hat aside, "Lemme guess, a long, hard day of doing fuck all?"
Comet Tail chuckled, turning to face her, "No, surprisingly, I actually went to the library!"
"To mooch off their wifi?" Valenshy almost hissed.
"No," Comet Tail shifted uncomfortably, realising Valenshy was in one of her moods, "I actually printed out the forms for my disability pension."
The sour expression on Valenshy's face instantly softened, in surprise and embarrassment, "Oh. Oh, that's yeah. That's good, that's great."
"Isn't it?!" Comet Tail returned to her enthusiastic disposition.
"Yeah that's great."
There was an awkward silence before Comet Tail obviously decided to break it, "You okay?"
"No yeah..." Valenshy stared off at something before turning her gaze back to Comet Tail, "I''m, uh, I'm proud of you."
Comet Tail smiled wildly, "AWWW THANK YOU!!" Comet Tail exclaimed before turning her attention back to the TV. It took a few seconds before she heard Valenshy's hoofsteps as she walked away. Comet Tail scrolled through the channels, trying to find something interesting to watch. Infomercial after infomercial, news report after news report, nothing interesting popped out to her, as usual. She didn't just wanna go back on Netbits or Hooftube, so scrolling through random TV channels it was! What's the point of pay for it if you don't use it? Actually, maybe she should talk to Valenshy about that.
Finally she settled on this somewhat interesting documentary to have on in the background as she looked at her phone. It was some old thing from the 70s, about pony society or whatever.
"Nowadays, unicorns are civil creatures, enchanted by our everyday life lead by us ponies," the horrifically racist documentary spouted, "But back then, they were truly forces to be reckoned with. Their horns ending with a sharp point, they were the killers of virgins, the slayers of sword bearers. Truly savages, unlike the pretty pink ones we have today, docile and harmless."
Comet Tail rolled her eyes as she changed the channel, god I would rather listen to an infomercial than that weird crap, she thought. But she found herself hung up on that one line; 'they were the killers of virgins'. The killer part, not the virgin part.
Surely they wouldn't kill, not without reason. I mean, what would drive someone to kill?
OOC: Comet Tail POV this time!! I wanted to make her at least a lil likeable and show that Valenshy can have a snippy side too!!
One Foot In Front ...or hoof? (Daybreak POV) Short Story #2
"Whew! It's hot today, huh?" Daybreak craned her neck to the side, trying to flip her hair over. She flashed a bright smile at Valenshy. The pink mare didn't return it. And Daybreak was almost sick of it... almost.
"Valenshy?" She drew closer to Valenshy, "You good?"
"Oh sorry! Did you say something?" Valenshy lifted her head and stared at a stray hair on Daybreak's head.
"It's hot today, huh?" Daybreak reiterated, enunciating the words in annoyance accidentally.
"Oh yeah."
Oh yeah? That's it? Daybreak thought. She sighed. One hoof in front of the other, just try to keep the conversation going. Just think of something, it'll be fine. Then you can go home and soak your hooves, give yourself the spa day Valenshy was unwilling to give you.
Daybreak suddenly stopped in front of a coffee shop. It was one of those large scale chain ones, the overly expensive for a tiny portion kind.
Ooh! She thought, let's get coffee, that'll be nice! I could really go for a chai right now. Wait, would Valenshy want to go to another coffee shop, would that be blasphemy?... Cheating?... Oh well.
Daybreak turned to Valenshy, but she had just kept walking, head angled down, not noticing Daybreak had stopped at all.
"Hey, Valenshy!" Daybreak called out, "Should we get some coffee?" Her voice was almost condescending by how forcefully cheery she made it sound.
Valenshy paused and, not even looking back, muttered, "Oh... um... Well, I don't know... I don't know if i really wanna, you know, I don't know if i wanna-"
"Fuck's sake!" Daybreak huffed and snorted, her ears flicking bad agitated as she turned away from Valenshy. That got her attention. Valenshy whipped her head around, her eyes once dead and dull, now round and full of concern, but whether that concern came from empathy or embarrassment, Daybreak couldn't tell.
"I'm sorry Daybreak, that wasn't fair of me," She could tell Valenshy wasn't fully aware of why Daybreak was upset, but at least she knew it was her fault, "Let's go in, grab a bite to eat? I'll pay."
"No, Valenshy, it's..." Daybreak groaned, "I don't wanna eat anymore, i don't want coffee, I just wanna go home alright? Is that so much to ask?"
She glanced back at Valenshy, meeting her gaze. Her eyes were glassy again, greyish and lifeless, dejected even more so.
That wasn't right, she thought to herself as her angry expression softened, its not Valenshy's fault... maybe?... no it's not.
Daybreak gave her a sad smile, "I'm sorry, girl. I just..." Her voice trailed off as she tried to find the words, she couldn't say 'well it's your fault, but like it's not!' cus that makes zero sense.
"The heat getting to you?" Valenshy suggested in a joking manner, returning Daybreak's smile, finally.
"Yeah sure," Daybreak sighed once more, "It's the heat, makes me a meanie, y'know?"
Valenshy gave a forced chuckle, but Daybreak appreciated the sentiment.
OOC: another short story!!! I'm liking these short stories, it's wayyyy easier to explore dynamics than the comics, tho the comics are still super fun!!
Humble Slice of Death Pie (Valenshy POV)- short story #1
The loud whirring of her laptop caused her eyes to flutter open.
what time was it?
She didn't even remember going to bed.
Valenshy opened her eyes to see her game still running, barely at least. The time? 1.15am. Better than last time, she figured. She felt almost pinned under her laptop, it wasn't that heavy, it realistically should just slide off of her. But she couldn't move it, or rather, she couldn't bring herself to move it. The game was still on, the computer still whirred, and yet, all those alarm bells were just lulling her back to sleep.
Whirring of the fans means it's hot, right? She thought as her eyes began to close. Right, having a device suffocated by the sheets wasn't a good idea. That could cause a fire, right? A fire that could ignite said sheets, right? A fire that could then burn through her, right? Through her skin, through her flesh, right? A fire that could burn down the house, right?
Would today be the day she died? Would she really be okay with that?...
No seriously, girl, would you really be okay with that? Seriously? For the love of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, are you really that selfish? HOLY FUCK!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BITCH?? I MEAN SERIOUSLY?? THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU!! WHO CARE ABOUT YOU, BUT NOOOOO, LITTLE BITCH BOY VALENSHY GOT ART BLOCK AND SHE'S GONNA THROW HER SORRY LITTLE LIFE DOWN THE DRAIN. WELL GUESS WHAT, YOU PINK FUCK, THERE ARE PONIES OUT THERE WHO WOULD KILL TO HAVE THE MISERABLE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE, SO QUIT BEING SO FUCKING SELFISH AND MOVE YOUR DAMN LAPTOP.
Valenshy's eyes opened wide. She shut down her laptop and mustered the last of her energy to float the laptop over to her shelves on the other side of the room, vents up, so that it could sufficiently cool down.
No death for me today, she thought, or night rather.
She laid her head on her pillow properly, and yet sleep wouldn't take her. Her breath was too heavy, her eyelids not heavy enough. She felt a pricking sensation in her eyes, which turned into a choking feeling in her throat, which eventually lead to tears streaming down her face. Not even down her cheeks, like in the pretty movie kinda way, just into her mouth and onto her pillow. Her head became thick with sinuses. Why was she crying? Over what?
Like seriously, over what? Seriously, what the fuck girl, grow up, can't handle a couple of mean thoughts? Seriously? Oh! Boohoo!! My brain is being mean to me! Oh shut up!! Maybe you were right in wanting to die, lazy freak. Do us all a favour and KILL YOUSEL-
Before she knew it, she was being hit over the head with a pillow.
"Valieeeee," Comet Tail groaned, her voice muffled due to the pillow between her teeth.
Valenshy's alarm was going off, seemed like it was doing so for the past few minutes.
"You have work today right?" Comet Tail asked, slobbery pillow now on the floor, "Is Masquerade picking you up?" Valenshy was about to asked why, but Comet Tail was a few steps ahead of her, "I wanna go to the mall."
Valenshy just stared at Comet Tail, or rather, past her, right as that upside down laptop, hoping, praying, it would suddenly burst into flames.
OOC: SOOOOOO, HOW WAS IT?? :3 (if there's grammar errors, shhhhhh no there's not! /j)
It's actually super fun to write, i've been meaning to get back into it, but usually it just feels like too much pressure, so doing small stories like this is really cathartic!! If you have any other characters you would love to hear the pov of, imk!!
I feel very sad, and super unmotivated. i love this comic so much but i struggle so much with making the comics. im not going to stop, but i think i need to pivot, would you guys be interested in some written stories along side the regular comics? it would enable me to switch mediums when i'm feel burnt out but also allow me to continue the story! Don't expect anything super long, i think any written stories would be short less than 500 word segments, but i think it could be fun! I would also like to post some silly scribbles of the characters (like the above one!), and maybe share my other mlp/horesy related drawings on this blog as well!! OOoo, i could also show you guys some pictures of my little pony collection or infodump about other kinds of horse toys!! Idk!!
OOC: I KNOW, I KNOW, I JUST INTRODUCED A NEW CHARACTER, BUT I COULDNT WAIT TO INTRODUCE RARITY! she arrived in the mail before masquerade did, but i wanted to introduce the boss first, so i had to wait, BUT NOW SHE'S HERE! also i hope the text is readable, not a huge fan of the colour scheme i chose since its similar to another upcoming character, but oh well! its here to stay
how's everyone been? I haven't been doing so well mentally, i've to go home from work early cus it's gotten so bad, but ive got a doctor's appointment in a couple weeks, so wish me luck!
Also, if you guys have any suggestions for situations to put the characters in, send them to me as well! I want the characters to be realistic and to go through realistic, dramatic things, so if anyone's got any fun domestic things, send them through!
asdfghjkjhgfds another ask finally answered, sorry it took me so long! I just wasn't here how to portray what i wanted to story wise with such little dialogue and space (if that makes any sense).
Mentally, i'm doing meh, not as bad as last week, but i do feel upset and tired.
I STILL HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF MAJORITY OF THE CHARACTERS GRRRRR, GET ME MOTIVATION!! /nf /j
i hope it's clear that the textboxes are valenshy speaking!!
Ooc: another horse comic page! I'll get around the the inbox eventually, but some of the questions require me to take pictures of other toys and it takes me a while to do that, so be patient with me!! Also i've been struggling with life in general, so i think focusing on making random episodes whenever i want will be good for me!!
