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Post by Al1701 on Feb 10, 2013 12:38:41 GMT -8
There's a thread in the art section here where I'll be posting concept art.
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Post by Al1701 on Feb 21, 2013 4:19:33 GMT -8
With the Season 3 finale of Friendship is Magic and THAT behind us, I think I will a little to the mythos to Legends.
The ponies in Legends are from Equestria at the time of Discord. An alien race who had discovered how to cross dimensions discovered the ponies and saw how they suffered under the Master of Chaos. Unable to stop Discord, the alien "saved" members of the five species of ponies they found (even the illusive flutter ponies) and brought them to the world where many dimensions meet for them to live in peace.
Being from the time of Discord and never exposed to the Elements of Harmony, their biology is different from those of Equestria. They are more well adapted to life in a chaotic world. The unicorns possess stronger magic and teleportation is universal like levitation. They live longer (a "gift" from Discord to prolong their misery.) The different species are distinct and interbreeding is impossible. Their young look like their parents for better identification should they get lost. Even their cutie marks lack the power they do in Equestria and only represent the tastes and talents of the ponies. All unicorns also have a streak of different colored hair in their manes and tails.
The Rainbow of Light was an early prototype of the Elements of Harmony the alien also took along with its byproduct the Rainbow of Darkness. However, they were quickly lost on the planet. The ponies would rediscover the Rainbow of Light during the Gizmonk Captivity and you know who found the Rainbow of Darkness.
Although mostly an energy weapon, some of the powers of the Elements of Harmony were manifested in the Rainbow of Light. One of these is the ability to merge with a select few earthlings, pegasi, and unicorns and turn them into an alacorn for a short time.
In the "Alacorn State" the pony possesses the abilities of all three "trunk species" (sea ponies and flutter ponies are in the same genus, but are more distant offshoots) at once. None of these abilities are augmented, but a pony possessing an earthling's strength, a pegasus' wings, and a unicron's magic has a clear advantage. Ponies able to enter the Alacorn State tend to have very high magical potential even if they normally don't have magical power. The Rainbow of Light will also only merge with a pony wishing to use its power to protect Ponykind.
The different species of ponies drifted apart and became nomads. They were reunited when the Gizmonks forced them into slavery and the rest is history.
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Post by weirdraptor on Feb 21, 2013 19:29:55 GMT -8
That's a very interesting slant to put on things. I look forward to seeing how you'll be implementing that in the animated series.
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Post by Al1701 on Feb 22, 2013 4:03:39 GMT -8
I don't know if we would be making any direct references to any of this. The Alacorn State would come in way later if we ever make it that far. I'd be happy just to make Cold War.
And I wonder if I could say sea ponies and flutter ponies were Discord's doing. It would be right up his alley to make ponies look like sea horses. And he could have turned ponies into flutter ponies by tricking them into believing he would give them both magic and flight (which he did but not as they were expecting.)
These ponies also have no control over nature like those in Equestria. They just have to take what nature hands them.
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Post by squishyace on Apr 21, 2014 22:44:22 GMT -8
So is this project dead yet? It's a shame, because these are some very good stories and I'd really like to see at least Season 1 finished before the project dies off. Also, what about the animated series, what's going on with that at the moment?
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