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Tprinces — MLP FIM Original Pony Tutorial
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So... yeah... There are a few reasons I'm posting this. 1) to help out the members in so that they can always post the best characters they can, and 2) because the amount of Mary Sues that exist in the MLP FIM community is getting waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of hand.Now to be fair, there was a tutorial like this that I saw a while back, but I haven't been able to find it since. So I decided to make my own :3
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This tutorial is amazing!! This made me realize that all of my characters were mary sues, so I started over and now I have normal ocs that truly rock, thank you so much, you are a great help!
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hmmm interesting it's a good thing that it gave a lot to put in mind to my ponysona nicoflare i've changed alot of things of his personality and the reason why he's an alicorn he ain't perfect i tell ya that not that good with magic but he tries his best and his cutie mark bass cleff represents that he's good with playing the electrict bass but thank you this was really helpful i know what to deal with every time i try to create new oc's
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Here's abit of a bio on one of my characters, Chibic.
Chibic appears as a unicorn to most ponies. But when night falls he, along with his friends, race into the everfree forest and other places most others wouldn't dare to go. He flies there. So in this form he is an Alicorn. Chibic has very weak magic, most of it centered around fire or music, (to me music is a pretty powerfull thing). He is actually a dragon, he recently found out he the prince of his clan/group. But he doesn't want to lead them, so he lives with his friends.
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Okay, i know it's abit scattered, but i have afew set characters that have different 'forms' in different 'universes'. It's difficult to explain.
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Ha, this was great. This pretty much sums up why I made my oc a shepherd that lives out on the fields.
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I just linked a friend to this. She made an alicorn, even though she doesn't know anything about MLP FiM... :3 I hope she can learn as much from you as I did. Thanks for making this! <3
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AHAHAHAHAHAH this made my day!
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Daydream hmm i heard this name somwhere
is it generated from MLP name Generator?
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I put my name through a FIM generator and that's what it gave me.
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hmm lol thats what my friend got when he typed his >.<
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Great tutorial! 
Your group looks really cool, i'm so going to check it out X3
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Awww poor suepony, anyway great tutorial!
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Oh man, makes me sort of glad I don't see all of the pony-sues XD
My main OC (if I ever made it, I want to practice my drawing skills more) would be a retired Royal, earth-pony guard who tries to spend most of his days relaxing.
I'm horrible at back stories though, so I tend to not give them to my characters. o.>
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YAY!!! Im so glad for this, i cant believe i fell for the ypical thing! ah man! thx so much!!!!!
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Ah, though it is still okay to have regular wings?
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Yep. Just try not to have a horn at the same time
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Ahaha, poor suepony looks so traumatized in the end there. XD
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Hmm, this is very informative. I have a couple of OC's that I've been thinking of using for rp purposes, and I was wondering (if you want) if you can check them out.
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Poor pony... must feel so naked without everything she had at first XD
This is amazing though, thank you very much 
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Wait if not having wings nor horns is a good thing, why does your ponysona have a horn?
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You're missing the point. The example character is just that - an example. You can have wings or horns, and that's fine. It's alicorns, creatures with both, that I have a problem with.
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Oh, thanks! *throws Neon Noir out the window and shouts* Remove your fairy wings or get real ones!
Neon - I will kill you for this! . . .
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Oh ok, I get it now with all the stuff. sorry
I'll fix Nightshades info and make it more cannon and less protesc, I see now Princess Celestia was a bad idea for her character xD
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A little bio by my new OC FireClover that I might submit to the group.
" Hello, my name is FireClover. Now my favorite plant is clovers, of course; but they aren't really my big thing, you know? Anyhow, when I was a little filly, my EX- friend blowed a horn into my ear and now I have a blew out eardrum . Mutters: Oh that pony better go die in a hole... ANYHOW * sigh * then, when I was a little bit older, about hmm.. 3? I decided I should open up a little smelting place to get some money before I become broke, about 6 months after that, heh, heh a IDIOTIC pony named Aircolor just came and met me and really just distracted me, and for some UNKNOWN reason I think she just messed me up and started a fire. And then I burnt my wing. Which is really stupid. So, my cutie mark is a clover in a fire. I like fires because I think they are beautiful. The way they start small and then grow up to be the biggest fire you ever imagined. That's about it for me. Bye! ^^ "
I just want to know what should I change about her.
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It's hard to judge a character based on something like that. Break it down into a third person bio and it'll be easier for me to really see what your character may or may not be lacking.
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"My name is Toxidity, but you may call me Toxi. Princess Celestia has requested that I look after all ponies around the land and provide them with a fun enviroment in which to live and play. Feel free to ask me any questions, or come to me if you need assistance. I also have several helper ponies wandering around who will happily lend a hoof. If you happen to see somepony acting rude and disrespectful to anypony, please report him or her to me. These are actually trolls who use dark magic to take the form of a pony and cause trouble for us. Luckily, Zecora has created a type of magic that allows me to ban the trolls from Equestria. I need your help to keep this land safe and happy!" This is a alicorn oc of a friend of mine who owns a site. In my opinion, It seems very mary sueish. What do you think?
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I've heard worse, but yes.
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my oc is an alicorn only because i could not pick between unicorn or pegasus so i just went you know what we'll make him an alicorn because i am lazy like that
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well at least you admit you're lazy. My advice: pick one.
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my pony is a blind alicorn who fell and landed in ponyville. her special talent is generating sunbeams(( sunbeams are the only things she can see, god my mind is wacky)). she is really clumsy (( really really clumsy)) here is a picture of her: [link] she doesn't normally have that pink eyeshadow.
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I... would work on that a bit. A blind character can be interesting when written well. But alicorns have a reputation for being thought of as un-creative.
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she is still in develoment, in a fanfic im writing there is a camp for ponies with vision and vocal problems. The camp has ponies who have devoted there lives to helping the... chalenged.Some ponies you may know are at the camp. Screwball, derpy, and that strange pony that barks.
All the ponies "inrolled" at the camp have two roommates, one is a pony the helps the"challeged" and the other is a pony that shares the same problem.
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Hm. I'd keep her out of writing for now, and instead develop her more. And again, I wouldn't necessarily go for an alicorn.
On a more personal note, I think you're misconstruing the purposes for characters like Derpy and Screwball. These ponies aren't burdened with mental defects or intellectual instabilities; they're just a little goofy. So I think developing an entire camp where they're treated as handicapped is completely missing the mark. Especially when you put those characters in with characters with real handicaps, such as being blind or def.
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and also about the sunbeams,I don't wan't my pony to allways get hurt!!
I sound so noobish when I forget to read it over again
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That's something you want to avoid. Conflict is what drives the story. Though you want your character to come out on top at the end, if you don't drag her through the mud, you have a very weakly structured story.
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You know, I don't think i've ever actually seen anyone use an alicorn as a ponysona. Mine (whom I never really use, to be honest) has a pretty fun reason for her alicorn-ness, and enough character flaw to be a true character, rather than a cute-n-paste "EVERYPONY LUVS HER CUZ SHES SO NIC AND ALL DA BOYS DINK SHE HOT AND SHE TUTOR DA PRINCEZZ AND DISCORD WANTS 2 MARRY HER" stuff. That kind of stuff is reserved for dramatic fanfiction reading. ;D
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I've been thinking about making some Original Ponies myself, but I don't want to be prone to the Mary Sue Cures.
this will help a lot with that, thank you very much.
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Isn't it possible to have an alicorn without all the frilly fru fru stuff that makes them mary sue's?
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Yes, but if that's the case, then you don't need this tutorial. This is for people who make nothing but Mary Sues.
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-gasps- Alrighty then =3 I tend to not make my OC's the most perfect beings they can be X3
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someone understands you can not have an alicorn
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Well that clears up alot. My OC should be what you're looking for, but that's only my opinon.
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Ok, thank you.
Before I go, is this a guide for ocs or ponysonas?
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OC's mostly, but you can apply this to both
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Can an oc have a relationship with a canon character ever?
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Well I generally advise against it...
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