Shipping Thread

@Frustration in Excelsis  
I could nerd out about my stupidly specific species headcanons for hours. (And that’s not even getting into my undead headcanons. (oh lord I need to finish those vectors)
 
The only reason I’m not recommending any of the myrid of headcanon threads that already exist is that those tend to be focused on canon characters and lore, while I’m more into extended universe and species lore. History, legacy, future, past. I like to play with the possibility of how things work.

@LightningBolt  
I’m glad I could help.
 
They might also catch seabirds like what some Orcas do. They will sometimes catch them when they get close to the water to catch fish. (They even have been seen setting bait up for the birds by making their own chum by leaving behind chewed up pieces of fish.)
 
And I don’t blame you. I like adding a bit of realism in fiction too sometimes. It helps give these worlds a bit more weight and familiarity there.
 
@Frustration in Excelsis  
The Musk Deer and Chevrotains sound like perfect animals for the carnivores to eat to me. Now that you brought those two up, perhaps Dik-diks would be good too. Thank you for your suggestions.
 
As for you question on Changelings, we have seen them eat actual food now that they’ve gone through their metamorphosis. But I have a few ideas that I don’t mind sharing with you.
 
@LightningBolt  
A dietary headcanons thread sounds like a perfect idea to me. Maybe we can even copy paste our comments from here over to there.
 
EDIT: Maybe call it “biology and dietary headcanons”?

@LightningBolt
 
Ah, so like a general worldbuilding head canons thread? That sounds like fun!
 

 
Heh. I hear ya there.

@mjangelvortex  
I would be 100% on board with that idea and forcing all this discussion there so this thread can stay shipping related. :P
 
If no one else wants to make the thread, I’ll do it, but I’d rather give someone else the chance.

@LightningBolt  
I’ll do it. That way I can copy-paste some of our discussed headcanons from here to there.

@mjangelvortex  
Sounds good!

@mjangelvortex  
But not every ship takes place in an AU, her characters just happened to have fucked or had a relationship with someone else in the past. I mean, not my characters or stories but it’s annoying when these “what ifs” or focus on past relationships that were just suddenly a thing take focus over the actual canon relationships. To me, those are the most interesting.
 
 
Side note, I hate the whole Magnolia, Zipperflash and whoever else it was poly ship. Maybe because I’m just not into poly ships.
 
 
@Background Pony #D713  
Sounds about right. Sadly. I genuinely enjoy her art style though. Lately she’s been taking inspiration from people like Earthsong.

@Chrys
 
If it helps, I do that she mentioned that the reason behind the Pandora-Magnolia piece is because she wants to flesh out their characters and their relationship in the setting’s present. I think she said something a while ago about feeling like she’s been putting too much focus on Moondancer and neglecting the history and development of the rest of the cast.

@Frustration in Excelsis  
I desperately want her to wrap up that arc so I can see Moondancer get what’s coming to him. There are few times I honestly wish a character was dead. He is one of them. She tries to make him sympathetic but it. does. not. work. Nothing is likeable about this guy. He gives Trixie shit for keeping him away from her awful dad (who is whole other rant) and when he finally meets the fuckface Blueballs still doesn’t give a damn about him. He’s jealous that an already powerful unicorn who got turned up to eleven when wings sprouted from her back had a daughter with the literal embodiment of chaos is more powerful than him. No one gives a shit that you descendant from a long dead wizard who has since been surpassed. It’s like being jealous and bitter that God’s kid is better than you. When he starts…absorbing people I guess is where I really lost it. This character just does not work. I get he’s a villain but making him THIS much of an asshole while trying to make us feel bad for him because of “boo hoo” back story…
 

 

 
FUCK.

@Frustration in Excelsis
 
@LightningBolt
 
@mjangelvortex
 
HOLY SHEET
 
You all have nerded this thread the fuck up over one question I asked and didn’t even expect a deep answer for.
 
I am….pleased by this.

God. It’s been a while since I’ve ranted like that.

@Ranch  
We have. Speaking of, we can bring more of that nerding out over here in the new thread.
 
@Chrys  
Fair enough.
 
I think I’ve noticed some of the inspirations from EarthSong here and there. Granted in her case, she does usually keep her AUs as different and as distinct as possible to prevent that kind of confusion. She even names them all for better organizing.

@mjangelvortex  

Awe… just for biology and diet? I was kind of hoping for what @LightningBolt was saying.  

Any chance we may see of one of those as well? You could take a page from Tolkien and call it the “Appendices”… a place for all detailed headcanons and MLP minutiae that explains stuff only a handful of people care about. Or “worldbuilding headcanons”. Or anything really… it just sounds like fun.

@Background Pony #EA80  
I think that follows well under ‘biology’, but I suppose it could be expanded.

@LightningBolt  

Oh, well, I guess so. I guess I was just thinking that some intricate idea for how various types of magic function would probably not be either of those things, and I don’t want to be thread derailment guy.

@Background Pony #EA80  
Go do it. >:V
 
Share your headcanons there.

@mjangelvortex  
Is that horse eating a bird in that gif?

@LightningBolt  
Well as long as no one minds my doing so, I might just do so at that.
 
I really like the idea of a thread for detailed headcanons. Some of the current ones run a little on the silly side, and I have wanted one for lore and other stuff like that for a while.

@Wiimeiser  
Yes it is.

@Background Pony #EA80  
I love deeper lore, even when I write dumb stories I still try to inject lore and stuff like that into it to make things more fun and exciting.

@LightningBolt  
Me too. World building’s fun.

*Rerailing thread*  
 
*patiently waits for ILoveMyoozik*

@mjangelvortex  
DID SOMEBODY RING THE DINKSTER?!  
I already faved that image. It’s beautiful!

Sadly it seems FF did little to increase SunTrix art. Buuut DeltaLima’s new ask is cute so.

@ILoveMyoozik  
It is. I didn’t know you already saw it but when I did, I had to post it here just in case.
 
@Chrys  
I did find this.  
 
But yeah, unfortunately there’s still not much fanart of that ship here.