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Nimaru — Gathering Elements (part 5) - Winter Willow
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[Part 1 - Rook ][Part 2 - Crabapple ]
[Part 3 - Luau ]
[Part 4 - Rose Petal ]
Part 5 - Winter Willow <==== You are here
[Part 6 - The Garden ]
[Part 7 - The Fall ]
This one took some serious work. About 30 completely new OC ponies in varying degrees of distress. Oh right...
WARNING - This comic is a bit severe. Don't read it if you want to spoil your good mood
Note that I don't intend to get this grim often, just that considering Nightmare Moon collapsed large sections of the castle and who knows what else, it's likely there were some serious injuries.
A few things to note: There's a pegasus in the rafters who looks pretty upset. Her name is Whirley and she's a cameo from this comic: [link]
After reading that heartbreaker, I always wanted to give that poor little pony a hug and now I have
Also, Rose is invisible for the entire duration of this comic. At the end, the pony observing believes that Willow is running away screaming. She also makes a snide comment which is a hint to the political landscape of the time (healing ponies don't think much of "emotional healing").
Lastly, I'm enormously pleased with myself. This turned out very artsy and awesome in parts. It was mostly an accident that I thought of some of the arrangements and effects, but I think they turned out really well!
Oh... lastly, lastly: This was actually supposed to continue beyond this point, but the comic would have been too long and it already took an extraordinary amount of effort to do this much so I'm going to stop here for a bit. The next comic will have Celestia again
IMPORTANT! The thing in the tubs is soiled bandages. That's why they're cleaning them over by the river. They're not organs or some of the other things people keep asking me
ALSO: The pony with the paper in her mouth is looking for a pony with that cutie mark. Before you ask if she ever found her, here's the answer: [link]
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Ah horsefeathers Nimaru! Now you've gone and made me cry! I love stories that move the reader through complex emotions. I do hope you continue.
I love the detail you've put into Winter Willow. You have done a great job conveying her compassion and empathy. I must admit I'm quite taken by her.
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Thank you! She's shaping up to be a personal favorite of mine which is kind of why I've adopted her as my spokes-pony
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And Yes, Whirly SOOOO needed a hug. Poor girl.
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Damn it... As I look at this I see the pain caused by War and destruction that plagues our very world. People die... lives are lost... and terror harms so many.
It's not fair!!! Bad things happen to good people when they've done nothing wrong!! I just... I just... can't take seeing that.
But... you can put those feelings into pictures. That's a wonderful talent and I can truly feel the emotion in this comic
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Also is that Derpy Hooves ancestor in the "I shared in their helplessness" panel?
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It wasn't intended to be, but a lot of people think so. The color combination, believe it or not, was actually an accident. I was trying to come up with different color combinations (making that many OC's is HARD).
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I Really Love Willow's mane and tail it really gives of a feeling of nature and leaves if that's what you were going for, but if not it still looks awesome
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It was. Willow and Rose are both supposed to look plant-like in their hair. For Willow, a willow tree. For Rose, rose petals.
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That pony with the slip of paper...she's looking for someone with the same cutie mark?
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My OC would understand what the little filly in page 13 is going through.
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oh dear
It's a shame that a good story often needs someone to sacrifice.
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I know. Here's his profile if you wanna see him: [link]
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Either that or they just call the character a mary sue. still check out the story above though..
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...I still don't get these names.
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I'm planning to explain each in their own character sheet similar to the "reports" series I did on the main six. Maybe that will help.
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She experiences everyone's emotions with them?
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To a degree. The strength and clarity of the emotions depends on many factors. But she is the element of Empathy (or she's about to be anyway).
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True, but why can she feel Rose's 'heart' better than she can other ponies?
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This is one of those 'wait and see' things, isn't it?
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It's because they are friieeednnnnssss.No explanation for it :3, pretty simple and you know they are friends because they know each other, follow the story and you will see :3
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Nah, not really. There's no particular story or reason for it, just that from the beginning there's been a special connection between the two of them. I don't have any plans to explain it; just that it IS.
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You're throwing a lot of what I know about your story telling style out the window with that comment.
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You every heard of love at first sight? Or had an instant connection with someone (clicked with them). It's like that. There's no major plot for it or specific event that created it. That's all I meant.
I do however have a strong sense in mind of how and why these two relate to each other as they do. This will be apparent in current and future comics (and Tumblr if I do indeed decide to make one).
I'm sorry if I let you down though
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NO letting down, just a bit of confusion. Thanks for the explanation by the way, a few other people that I watch would have left it at wait and see.
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Objection! panel 8 were roses enters the hall there's a shadow over her body, still that shadow is not on the ground, indicating the doorframe (dont know if i explain myself :/), also in circle 8 "despair", were the artist is crying......is it me...or i can see...the...well...cursor? that cross above her body, it's in the bed :/....there's no cross on any other bed....so...what's that? :/
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It's hard to explain, but she's not actually invisible, just impercievable. The only way I could represent it was having her partially see-through.
As for the despair shot.. UGH! I thought I got rid of those. I had to do something a little different than normal and it resulted in a few stray cursors. I'll fix it when I get home
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There's still bugging me something, you say she isnt invisible that she's imperceivable, if i search the dictionary, the definition is (copy-pasted): " Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses". But Willow clearly heard hear and smelled her....There's a clear contradiction in he witness testimon...wait wut, ups wrong game ^^, anyways, how's that possible? :/
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Synethsisia. She can sense hearts and those hearts have a "flavor". A combination of sights smells, sounds, feelings, etc. She can FEEL Rose and therefore knows where she is and may even be able to see her in a non-traditional fashion.
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Mhhh...synesthesia and imperceivable.... those 2 adjectives contradicts each other perfectly
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Great questions though! Fortunately, I already thought them through (I don't like to leave plot holes).
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YEEESSSSS!!! >
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No problem, always glad to help ^^, still why all the medicals ponies has the staff of hermes as cutie mark? cutie marks dont determine job, determine what they are good at, something unique, here the dif. is the color XD
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I did it because I noticed that most of the hospital ponies in the daring do episode had the swiss cross with hearts. So I followed suit, but used the older medical symbol considering the time range.
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uhhh forgot! yay! another one
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You really had a talent in conveying the emotions in scenes. Nice work! Hope the next one won't take as long.
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I shouldn't, at least not because of complexity.
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Every time I look at it I see something different. Be interesting to hear the story of the pony with the gravestone on his flank...
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The one with the upside-down hoofmark on the stone? Some of them just lend themselves to stories as I drew them.
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I love Winterwillow! I really like her mane!
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Manes were the hardes thing for me at first. They're still hard to do, but at least I managed it here and there.
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Flippin' awesome. Great use of emotional torque to show just how high the stakes are. The considerable effort in both story and artistry shows! Take as long as you need before making the rest.....
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Oh. Cool! Is Winter Willow almost going Nightmare right before Rose comes in?
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