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Name: Zoki
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Character Info:
Name: Sunset Shimmer
Age: Vague age, most likely high school junior or senior
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Canon: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
History:
Once upon a time, there was a bright and colorful land of ponies known as Equestria: the land where the magic of friendship was the strongest force of all. Sunset Shimmer was a young unicorn from that land with powerful magical talent, and so the land's ruler, Princess Celestia, adopted her as a student of magic. The honor of being the princess's student filled Sunset with dreams of someday ruling the land herself.
But Sunset lacked an understanding of friendship, brushing it off whenever a hoof was extended to her in kindness. Greed was all she knew, and this made Sunset unsuitable to be a princess. Celestia reluctantly banished her from the school, and with a heart turned on vengeance, Sunset used some ill-gotten knowledge to burst through a portal into another world: the human world.
Sunset quickly adapted to life as a human, rising in the ranks of popularity at Canterlot High School by hook and crook. Rumors, mind games, and bribes brought her right to the top, but Sunset craved more. She eventually slipped back into Equestria and stole the crown bearing the Element of Magic, the magical power that would have been hers if she'd stayed on the path of light. The true owner of the crown, Princess Twilight Sparkle, caught Sunset in the act and chased her back to Canterlot High to get it back.
The crown ended up in the hands of Principal Celestia, so there was only one way to win it: becoming princess of the Fall Formal. Sunset was sure of her victory, she'd always bullied it out of others before---but Twilight was no slouch. Her kindness and genuine friendship won over the student body, forcing Sunset to take the crown from its rightful owner once more, but the crown had a surprise: its magic turned Sunset into a horrific demon hell-bent on enslaving the students and bringing them to Equestria as a conquering army.
That plan stood no chance against Twilight's friendship magic. Twilight and friends easily defeated Sunset, leaving her battered and remorseful. The crown's magic had shown Sunset just how evil she had truly become, and the extent of that darkness horrified her. She cried out, begging for forgiveness---and Twilight and friends offered her a hand of friendship.
Six months later, Twilight's five best friends (Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity) were still Sunset's only friends at CHS. Sunset genuinely tried to help her fellow students, but after years of her abuse and mind games none were willing to believe she'd change. A sharp contrast from her former self, Sunset now hated attention and rarely spoke up. But she was determined to make things right with the girls who'd offered her their hand. They were now a rock group known as the Rainbooms, and Sunset served as their groupie.
Trouble came to town when a trio of sirens called the Dazzlings transferred to the school, easily enchanting most of the students to hate each other and compete bitterly in a battle of the bands. Sunset saw their magic (that no one else could) and suspected that something evil was going on, but they would need outside help to save the school's spirit: Princess Twilight was needed once more.
Princess Twilight returned to Canterlot High to join the Rainbooms in an attempt to break the spell of hate. Everyone was glad to see her back, but it wasn't smooth sailing. The stress of trying to defeat the Dazzlings eventually took its toll on the Rainbooms, causing them to fight. The sirens fed on this negative energy, gaining their full power just in time to conquer. Sunset was the first to realize what was happening, because she'd been the type to do exactly this in the past---so it was her who knew how to convince the girls to set their differences aside for friendship.
In the final music battle, the Dazzlings revealed their true siren power and knocked the Rainbooms down for the count. Twilight called out to Sunset in their time of need---and for the first time, Sunset cast her fears aside and sang her heart out for the sake of friendship. In doing so, she regained a piece of her Equestrian magic and joined the Rainbooms in saving the day with a magic friendship blast.
Then, of course, Twilight had to return to Equestria. The other girls invited Sunset to join the Rainbooms in Twilight's place, and the rest of the school finally began to believe that Sunset could truly be their friend.
Flash-forward another few months: Canterlot High became host to the Friendship Games, an every-four-years event pitting the students of CHS against Crystal Prep Academy in feats of academic and athletic strength. Sunset resigned herself to a mundane event at school for once, but that would soon change with the arrival of a new Twilight Sparkle.
The Twilight on the bus from Crystal Prep wasn't the princess of friendship from Equestria they knew, but she looked just like her. The girls who'd known Princess Twilight were wary of her to varying degrees at first...and for good reason, as it turned out. As the games progressed, they learned that this Twilight had built a magical containment device that was spiraling out of control. One by one, it drained magical power from each of them. All the while, the fierce Friendship Games continued.
Worse yet, that drained magic had some odd effects whenever the containment device opened. When Twilight lost control of it, it caused the motocross event to erupt into near-disaster. Sunset had been tasked with containing the random magical outbursts, but to see that she was failing miserably at preventing this was too much---she vented all her anger at the other Twilight, driving her away in tears.
This presented the perfect opportunity for Crystal Prep's Principal Cinch---she'd overheard all about the magic Twilight had accidentally collected and wanted to see it used to help Crystal Prep win the games. Twilight was initially reluctant, but after a serious bout of pressure from her school, she activated the compact...and promptly turned into a powerful demon hell-bent on ripping up the fabric of her reality to reach Equestria.
Sunset saw her past self in this disaster and did her best to empathize, but she would need enough power to reach the corrupted Twilight. One swiping of the discarded compact later, Sunset gained the power to heal the rips in reality, draw Twilight in with her, and convince her to stand down and allow friendship into her heart.
Finally, the nightmare ended. Principal Cinch was laughed out of town for her corrupting ways, Principal Celestia awarded everyone the prize, and after some thought, Twilight made the decision to transfer to CHS. Now a group of seven once more, the girls were ready to face anything life threw their way.
Personality:
Sunset Shimmer's initial character arc was defined by her original fatal flaw: cruel ambition. She saw no problem with manipulating hearts and shattering friendships to achieve ultimate power, and she operated in a surprisingly cunning way. Her techniques included faking e-mails, creating attack ads that could give any political campaign a run for its money, and convincing the students around her that they were powerless and alone. Worse, she could fake sweetness at the drop of a hat, ensuring that the teachers never caught on to her evil. She was an expert at driving everyone apart.
When the Element of Magic forced her to face the depths of her black heart, her defining emotions were guilt and regret. She remained awkward and on the sidelines in her new friendships with the Rainbooms---she lent her ear and shoulder when they were needed, but never spoke up when she felt excluded. If she criticized anyone, she feared she'd come across as a bully again and lose her fragile new friendships.
That same fear has cowed her into submission more than once---who would believe she had truly changed, anyway? She feels deeply that she doesn't deserve happiness as much as others do, so she keeps quiet and bottles her pain and frustration inside. She's an expert at keeping them tamed, even when strongly baited...but as with anyone, it can bubble over.
The spark of her old confidence has recently reappeared---when Twilight reached out her hand in faith that Sunset could help her win the battle, she stepped forth to lead the Rainbooms to victory. She taunted and pounded the Dazzlings expertly, and she's even willing to take on a guitar solo sometimes. Now, Sunset knows for sure that she's good and her friendships are here to stay, so she's not quite as afraid anymore.
Overall, Sunset is now a humble student of friendship, just as she was always meant to be. She's doing well, sending reports on her progress back to Princess Twilight in Equestria. She's generous, funny, honest, kind, and loyal...and slowly, surely, she's learning that it's okay to have a bit of an edge. She can still snark and tease (gently), but she will always be there to support a friend.
Her biggest berserk button: now that she understands how important friendship is, she has no tolerance for others bullying people the way she did before. She knows for sure now that that's not right...but because she was shown mercy, she'll reach out a hand of friendship instead of scorn.
Gem Considerations: Sunset's gem will be sunstone. Yes, there's the cute connection to her name, but I believe its properties also suit her.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
Sunset is no stranger to being an ordinary girl. She initially used bits of her unicorn magic to bend Canterlot High to her will, but she lost all magic upon her defeat. She's used to a mundane life as an ordinary girl...or she was, as least until joining the Rainbooms and re-gaining a connection to the magic of friendship.
As a gem, her first instinct will be to fall back in a support role regardless of what power she has. Her past experiences left her hesitant around the spotlight, but sunstone is a stone of leadership. And she does have a talent for it---now that she's no longer motivated by cruelty, she can use her charisma and wisdom in a more positive way, and perhaps she can help to inspire her friends.
Power might frighten her a little, fearing a repeat of her demonic transformation, but with some encouragement she'll be determined to use her gift for good this time. Maybe she'll even face the darkness and learn it's possible to turn it to the light.
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Name: Zoki
Timezone: EST
Contact: PM
burningbrighter / Character Info:
Name: Sunset Shimmer
Age: Vague age, most likely high school junior or senior
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Canon: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
History:
Once upon a time, there was a bright and colorful land of ponies known as Equestria: the land where the magic of friendship was the strongest force of all. Sunset Shimmer was a young unicorn from that land with powerful magical talent, and so the land's ruler, Princess Celestia, adopted her as a student of magic. The honor of being the princess's student filled Sunset with dreams of someday ruling the land herself.
But Sunset lacked an understanding of friendship, brushing it off whenever a hoof was extended to her in kindness. Greed was all she knew, and this made Sunset unsuitable to be a princess. Celestia reluctantly banished her from the school, and with a heart turned on vengeance, Sunset used some ill-gotten knowledge to burst through a portal into another world: the human world.
Sunset quickly adapted to life as a human, rising in the ranks of popularity at Canterlot High School by hook and crook. Rumors, mind games, and bribes brought her right to the top, but Sunset craved more. She eventually slipped back into Equestria and stole the crown bearing the Element of Magic, the magical power that would have been hers if she'd stayed on the path of light. The true owner of the crown, Princess Twilight Sparkle, caught Sunset in the act and chased her back to Canterlot High to get it back.
The crown ended up in the hands of Principal Celestia, so there was only one way to win it: becoming princess of the Fall Formal. Sunset was sure of her victory, she'd always bullied it out of others before---but Twilight was no slouch. Her kindness and genuine friendship won over the student body, forcing Sunset to take the crown from its rightful owner once more, but the crown had a surprise: its magic turned Sunset into a horrific demon hell-bent on enslaving the students and bringing them to Equestria as a conquering army.
That plan stood no chance against Twilight's friendship magic. Twilight and friends easily defeated Sunset, leaving her battered and remorseful. The crown's magic had shown Sunset just how evil she had truly become, and the extent of that darkness horrified her. She cried out, begging for forgiveness---and Twilight and friends offered her a hand of friendship.
Six months later, Twilight's five best friends (Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity) were still Sunset's only friends at CHS. Sunset genuinely tried to help her fellow students, but after years of her abuse and mind games none were willing to believe she'd change. A sharp contrast from her former self, Sunset now hated attention and rarely spoke up. But she was determined to make things right with the girls who'd offered her their hand. They were now a rock group known as the Rainbooms, and Sunset served as their groupie.
Trouble came to town when a trio of sirens called the Dazzlings transferred to the school, easily enchanting most of the students to hate each other and compete bitterly in a battle of the bands. Sunset saw their magic (that no one else could) and suspected that something evil was going on, but they would need outside help to save the school's spirit: Princess Twilight was needed once more.
Princess Twilight returned to Canterlot High to join the Rainbooms in an attempt to break the spell of hate. Everyone was glad to see her back, but it wasn't smooth sailing. The stress of trying to defeat the Dazzlings eventually took its toll on the Rainbooms, causing them to fight. The sirens fed on this negative energy, gaining their full power just in time to conquer. Sunset was the first to realize what was happening, because she'd been the type to do exactly this in the past---so it was her who knew how to convince the girls to set their differences aside for friendship.
In the final music battle, the Dazzlings revealed their true siren power and knocked the Rainbooms down for the count. Twilight called out to Sunset in their time of need---and for the first time, Sunset cast her fears aside and sang her heart out for the sake of friendship. In doing so, she regained a piece of her Equestrian magic and joined the Rainbooms in saving the day with a magic friendship blast.
Then, of course, Twilight had to return to Equestria. The other girls invited Sunset to join the Rainbooms in Twilight's place, and the rest of the school finally began to believe that Sunset could truly be their friend.
Flash-forward another few months: Canterlot High became host to the Friendship Games, an every-four-years event pitting the students of CHS against Crystal Prep Academy in feats of academic and athletic strength. Sunset resigned herself to a mundane event at school for once, but that would soon change with the arrival of a new Twilight Sparkle.
The Twilight on the bus from Crystal Prep wasn't the princess of friendship from Equestria they knew, but she looked just like her. The girls who'd known Princess Twilight were wary of her to varying degrees at first...and for good reason, as it turned out. As the games progressed, they learned that this Twilight had built a magical containment device that was spiraling out of control. One by one, it drained magical power from each of them. All the while, the fierce Friendship Games continued.
Worse yet, that drained magic had some odd effects whenever the containment device opened. When Twilight lost control of it, it caused the motocross event to erupt into near-disaster. Sunset had been tasked with containing the random magical outbursts, but to see that she was failing miserably at preventing this was too much---she vented all her anger at the other Twilight, driving her away in tears.
This presented the perfect opportunity for Crystal Prep's Principal Cinch---she'd overheard all about the magic Twilight had accidentally collected and wanted to see it used to help Crystal Prep win the games. Twilight was initially reluctant, but after a serious bout of pressure from her school, she activated the compact...and promptly turned into a powerful demon hell-bent on ripping up the fabric of her reality to reach Equestria.
Sunset saw her past self in this disaster and did her best to empathize, but she would need enough power to reach the corrupted Twilight. One swiping of the discarded compact later, Sunset gained the power to heal the rips in reality, draw Twilight in with her, and convince her to stand down and allow friendship into her heart.
Finally, the nightmare ended. Principal Cinch was laughed out of town for her corrupting ways, Principal Celestia awarded everyone the prize, and after some thought, Twilight made the decision to transfer to CHS. Now a group of seven once more, the girls were ready to face anything life threw their way.
Personality:
Sunset Shimmer's initial character arc was defined by her original fatal flaw: cruel ambition. She saw no problem with manipulating hearts and shattering friendships to achieve ultimate power, and she operated in a surprisingly cunning way. Her techniques included faking e-mails, creating attack ads that could give any political campaign a run for its money, and convincing the students around her that they were powerless and alone. Worse, she could fake sweetness at the drop of a hat, ensuring that the teachers never caught on to her evil. She was an expert at driving everyone apart.
When the Element of Magic forced her to face the depths of her black heart, her defining emotions were guilt and regret. She remained awkward and on the sidelines in her new friendships with the Rainbooms---she lent her ear and shoulder when they were needed, but never spoke up when she felt excluded. If she criticized anyone, she feared she'd come across as a bully again and lose her fragile new friendships.
That same fear has cowed her into submission more than once---who would believe she had truly changed, anyway? She feels deeply that she doesn't deserve happiness as much as others do, so she keeps quiet and bottles her pain and frustration inside. She's an expert at keeping them tamed, even when strongly baited...but as with anyone, it can bubble over.
The spark of her old confidence has recently reappeared---when Twilight reached out her hand in faith that Sunset could help her win the battle, she stepped forth to lead the Rainbooms to victory. She taunted and pounded the Dazzlings expertly, and she's even willing to take on a guitar solo sometimes. Now, Sunset knows for sure that she's good and her friendships are here to stay, so she's not quite as afraid anymore.
Overall, Sunset is now a humble student of friendship, just as she was always meant to be. She's doing well, sending reports on her progress back to Princess Twilight in Equestria. She's generous, funny, honest, kind, and loyal...and slowly, surely, she's learning that it's okay to have a bit of an edge. She can still snark and tease (gently), but she will always be there to support a friend.
Her biggest berserk button: now that she understands how important friendship is, she has no tolerance for others bullying people the way she did before. She knows for sure now that that's not right...but because she was shown mercy, she'll reach out a hand of friendship instead of scorn.
Gem Considerations: Sunset's gem will be sunstone. Yes, there's the cute connection to her name, but I believe its properties also suit her.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
- Healing
- Pyromancy
- Shadow-bending
Sunset is no stranger to being an ordinary girl. She initially used bits of her unicorn magic to bend Canterlot High to her will, but she lost all magic upon her defeat. She's used to a mundane life as an ordinary girl...or she was, as least until joining the Rainbooms and re-gaining a connection to the magic of friendship.
As a gem, her first instinct will be to fall back in a support role regardless of what power she has. Her past experiences left her hesitant around the spotlight, but sunstone is a stone of leadership. And she does have a talent for it---now that she's no longer motivated by cruelty, she can use her charisma and wisdom in a more positive way, and perhaps she can help to inspire her friends.
Power might frighten her a little, fearing a repeat of her demonic transformation, but with some encouragement she'll be determined to use her gift for good this time. Maybe she'll even face the darkness and learn it's possible to turn it to the light.
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