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Description Another drawing that was halfway finished and I had to pause for a while, but have now finished. Being stuck at home during easter weekend sure is a good way of making me draw a lot

Anyway, three character's whom I am not sure should actually be part of my next-gen 'verse or not. On one hand...I've been fretting and designing and redesigning them for literal years, and already have an origin story figured out and partially drawn for them. On the other, I've only been designing their physical design for so long their while characterization is really vague, and I don't have a thought out storyline for them nor do they have a place in any of my already existing stories. There's also the problem with me already having to many stories I want to tell in this universe for me to add even more. 

Then again, I really do like the designs, and I have been working on them for a while.... I'm just gonna say they exist in my next gen 'verse, as semi-background characters (That is, until I get sticken with inspiration and start yet another storyline )

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Skydancer:
Alright, remember how I said I've been designing these for a long time? Yeah, not with Skydancer, that was a lie. In case it wasn't obvious, Skydancer's design is very much based on G1's Skydancer . Shocking, I know. The differences are the mane-style, I added orange to the mane (wanted a smoother transition between the pinkred and yellow, and it suited considering who their parents are), and they're not female. 

For backstory purposes, their pre-mark name used to be "Prism Raptor", which they changed once they got their mark to "Skydancer" (the explanation in my next gen 'verse as to why everyone's name always fit with their talent, they often change it once they get their mark). 

Their talent is long distance flying; they work as a courier and often enter marathons in their free time. As long as they have provisions, they can theoretically keep flying forever -their relativley large wingspan and their ability to "lock" their wings into an outsteched position for an extremely logn time (most pegasi have this, but can't maintain it for too long without pain), allow them to glide for long enough that they can sleep while in the air. They're not particularly fast, but since they just don't ever stop flying they're still one of the quickest couriers for distances longer than ten trots. (Just a made-up measurement, 1 trot = 150km ish).

They chose to change the name because they think "Raptor" sounds so agressive and raptors tend to not be migrating long-distance flying birds. They briefly considered something like "Prism Swallow" instead, but decided on Skydancer because it was the name of the first pegasus to fly around the globe (and also it sounded pretty).

They're chipper and energetic. They're still very much an introvert and while they like to spend time with other people, they need and love to have time flying alone. The infinite sky is their first love above all. 


Neon Synthwave:
You know something I inexplicably really like? The 80's looking, neon colored, ground is a grid, palm in front of the sun, ...things. You know, the ones that look like Neon's cutie mark. Just, the colors are really appealing to me. I've been trying to make a design based on those for a long long time, and I'm still not sure I manage to convey the feeling I get from that art, but I think I still like this design

Her name was once again changed when she gained her cutie mark, from "Neon Lightwave" to "Neon Synthwave". Her talent is ...being nostalgic for other people's childhood? She revives and recreates old art and music, preferring the mlp equivalent of the 80s. That's why her name is "Synthwave", since that genre of music is inspired/based on 80's soundtracks. 

She's moody and the epitome of finding anything her family does as cringy and lame. More than a bit too obsessed with being "cool" while at the same time claiming she doesn't care what anyone else thinks. 

Iridescence Flare:
You know what else I inexplicably really really like? I don't know how to describe it, but you know those old-timey rainbows you see every now and again. The faded colors, the limited palette used, it feels like something I almost remember from when I was a kid. I can't explain it, I just love it so much. Search for "Retro rainbow" or "70s rainbow" and a few of the results are similar to what I'm going for. I tried to get that feeling across in Iris' design, and I while it's not exact, I think I got pretty close

Iris talent is show-jumping. It's mostly like the IRL version; there are obstacles placed and the pony needs to jump over them in a specific order as quickly as they can, while at the same time having as perfect form as possible. Due to the differences in biology, there is a winged division and a grounded division. The sport is quite popular, and ponies usually claim it's because they enjoy watching the athleticism on display; keeping the time while having perfect form takes extreme level of control of your body. There's a very common joke though, that it's less watching for the athleticism,and more watching for the jumpers'... control over their bodies.

Iris is fairly well known in the grounded division, and quite enjoy the attention that nets her. She's a bit of a diva, and likes to have everyones attention on herself. She's not mean or anything, just very self-focused. Though she's very kind and loving towards those she cares about. She expresses that love via gifts, and has the money from her career to back that up.


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And that's them! As I said, I have an "origin" for them I'm drawing to explain where they came from and why they're not part of the main cast, which I'll post as soon as I finish it, probably tomorrow.

I didn't say who their parents are, but you can probably guess one of them. Though, in the context of the story they're less the triplets' parent, and more their genetic donor. You might also be able to guess the other parent -there are some clues in Iris' name and Skydancer's original name. Though they are really far-fetched so I'd be suprised if you'd guess it

Edit: The answer
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Comments: 42

Venomous-CookieTwT [2020-11-18 15:22:44 +0000 UTC]

Love the colors for all three precious babies and the cutie mark designs are so perfect as well I absolutely love your next gen designs

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JackieBloom In reply to Venomous-CookieTwT [2020-11-18 18:13:10 +0000 UTC]

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Venomous-CookieTwT In reply to JackieBloom [2020-11-19 01:40:44 +0000 UTC]

Anytime!!~ ^^

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SkaiDaHogwartsGal [2020-04-16 14:50:46 +0000 UTC]

Random question, but do you plan to make official reference sheets for all of your nextgens?


Also where did Iridescence get her Earth Pony traits from?

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JackieBloom In reply to SkaiDaHogwartsGal [2020-04-16 17:00:56 +0000 UTC]

Not for these minor characters nah. If I make more involved storylines for them I probably will, since the reason for the refs is so that I can quickly access the characters' design if I have to draw them over and over.

And I headcanon Spitfire's dad as being an earth pony -it would just be fun for the leader of the wonderbolts to have grown up on the ground y'know?

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SkaiDaHogwartsGal In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-16 17:17:26 +0000 UTC]

I see! That makes sense! And I absolutely ADORE the headcanon of Spitfire's dad being an Earth pony, do you have a drawing of him?  

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JackieBloom In reply to SkaiDaHogwartsGal [2020-04-16 17:22:33 +0000 UTC]

Not really -if you squint really hard you can see him in a speech-bubble in this comic , but not aside from that ^^

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SkaiDaHogwartsGal In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-16 18:35:59 +0000 UTC]

I was wondering who that pony was lol.

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ImpTheWimp [2020-04-14 05:25:37 +0000 UTC]

Gosh their palettes are amazing
as for parents
P1: Rainbow Dash (obviously)
P2: Flash Sentry, Spitfire, Lightning Dust
Also love how all their cutie mark are circular

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JackieBloom In reply to ImpTheWimp [2020-04-14 17:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Good guesses  

And I'm glad you liked that part; I headcanon that family, specifically siblings, often gain similar-looking marks. Because they tend to draw the same type of connections, and because the mark sort of represents a pony's "soul", which family often is a big part of

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FrustratedInExcelsis [2020-04-13 20:00:20 +0000 UTC]

For backstory purposes, their pre-mark name used to be "Prism Raptor", which they changed once they got their mark to "Skydancer" (the explanation in my next gen 'verse as to why everyone's name always fit with their talent, they often change it once they get their mark).I've always liked that idea myself. The show kinda hinted at it with Mrs. Cake having been born as Chiffon Swirl, but sadly never gave definitive answers on how that works. Sure is a convenient way of explaining how those hyperspecific names fit everyone so well!

Love these guys, by the way. Especially Neon Synthwave. As for parents... Rainbow's certainly one of them, but Iridescence's name reminds me of the Skylight Lighteffect pattern the unicorns use...

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JackieBloom In reply to FrustratedInExcelsis [2020-04-14 16:59:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, the other option is like... pony parents being able to see the future

And thank you!

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elf-hollow [2020-04-13 19:47:20 +0000 UTC]

oh they're all so lovely! rainbow kids are always so pretty ahlsjfa

I think it's pretty well established at this point that one of the parents is rainbow dash lmao,, but hm. I mean, would it be too much to hope the other parent is moondancer? ahslfjha since they do share a few similar colors,, but I'm not sure if that makes sense with the hints you gave, so oh well. maybe one of the flimflam brothers? or one of the background wonderbolts, like blaze or fire streak? it's pretty difficult to guess!

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JackieBloom In reply to elf-hollow [2020-04-14 16:57:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! 

And good guesses Tough tbh, I'm starting to feel like people have way more interesting ships in mind that what I've actually planned  

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elf-hollow In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-14 17:18:25 +0000 UTC]

ha, I get that! there's lots of great ships out there, so anytime you prompt people to give some, there's bound to be some cool ones you hadn't considered yet lol. I'm sure what you have planned is gonna be great tho, I can't wait to see it!!

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psybeamz In reply to elf-hollow [2020-04-13 19:53:19 +0000 UTC]

oh god what if it was moondancer though,,, what if

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JackieBloom In reply to psybeamz [2020-04-14 16:58:24 +0000 UTC]

You guys really like Moondancer, huh?

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psybeamz In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-14 17:26:22 +0000 UTC]

H yea... though i dont think Moondancer's the other parent

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JackieBloom In reply to psybeamz [2020-04-14 23:51:45 +0000 UTC]

No, I'm afraid not 😔

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elf-hollow In reply to psybeamz [2020-04-13 19:57:05 +0000 UTC]

ashlfjsa I would die, that's what if (although according to the description the parents aren't together, so I would only half die)

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psybeamz In reply to elf-hollow [2020-04-13 20:01:54 +0000 UTC]

rip,, tbh I think it might be Daring Do! idk how that would work tho ashkhjd

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SarahBearQuartz [2020-04-13 18:57:52 +0000 UTC]

Obviously their Rainbow Dash offspring.
The other parent is probably Spitfire, Quibblepants, Feather Bangs?

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JackieBloom In reply to SarahBearQuartz [2020-04-14 16:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Good guesses!

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SarahBearQuartz In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-14 17:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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TheSeerLlama [2020-04-13 18:44:31 +0000 UTC]

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JackieBloom In reply to TheSeerLlama [2020-04-14 16:50:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like her!

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SkaiDaHogwartsGal [2020-04-13 17:03:40 +0000 UTC]

Rainbow is their mom for sure lol

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JackieBloom In reply to SkaiDaHogwartsGal [2020-04-14 16:46:25 +0000 UTC]

I have no idea how you reached that conclusion

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SkaiDaHogwartsGal In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-14 17:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Me neither! There's absolutely NOTHING about them that would tell me that!

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OffWhitePones [2020-04-13 16:39:58 +0000 UTC]

The fuckin prettiest fuckin ponies, gotdamn

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JackieBloom In reply to OffWhitePones [2020-04-14 16:46:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^

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CatellaArs [2020-04-13 16:31:03 +0000 UTC]

They're gorgeous!  And I love the name-change explanation, good thinking.

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JackieBloom In reply to CatellaArs [2020-04-14 16:44:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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cancottondy [2020-04-13 15:52:51 +0000 UTC]

is one of their parents rainbow dash? lmao

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JackieBloom In reply to cancottondy [2020-04-13 16:19:45 +0000 UTC]

How on earth did you guess that?

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Celestial-Rainstorm In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-13 18:13:09 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh Neon Synth is gorgeous I love the color aesthetic 

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cancottondy In reply to JackieBloom [2020-04-13 16:23:24 +0000 UTC]

haha, totally wasn't all the colors or anything... as for the other parent.... is it flash sentry or sunburst? or flash magnus?

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Monkey-Overalls [2020-04-13 15:48:15 +0000 UTC]

Raingow Dash is the first parent, and as for the second I’m gonna guess Sunset Shimmer, mainly because I actually really like that pairing lol

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Monkey-Overalls In reply to Monkey-Overalls [2020-04-13 15:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Oof another guess of mine is either Vinyl Scratch or Sassy Saddles now that I think about it, though they’re both unicorns sooo -

EDIT: Quibble Pants. Idk anymore lol

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JackieBloom In reply to Monkey-Overalls [2020-04-13 16:19:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yeah, I didn't make this all too obvious huh? Good guesses though!

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Fr0stburne [2020-04-13 15:44:07 +0000 UTC]

hmmmm... obviously Rainbow Dash is one of the parents, but I have a hard time figuring out who the other might be. my first guess was DJ PON-3 but she's a unicorn and none of the others are. I also considered Songbird Serenade and Vapor Trail, but they're pegasi and Iris is an earth pony. this is more difficult than I though it would be.

Sapphire Shores will be my last guess, though I'm not sure if that explains the naming of these ponies.

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JackieBloom In reply to Fr0stburne [2020-04-13 16:17:54 +0000 UTC]

Good guesses! I should probably clarify that I headcanon ponies' tribe as being able to "skip" generations -so Iris being an earth pony doesn't rule out pegasus or unicron parent  

Also, I'll add this to the decription, but it's only Iris' name and Skydancer's original name that have hints, not Neon.

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