Post by RoeTheWorst on Dec 12, 2016 21:41:33 GMT
-General Stuff-
Name: Showtoon
Nickname/Alias(es): Toony, Show
Race: Earthpony
Gender: Filly
Age: Young Teen (like 13/14)
Additional Status:
-Physical Stuff-
Pelt Color: light orange /w cream markings
Mane/Tail Color and Style: short and red/orange with a yellow curl
Eye Color: yellow
Cutie Mark: A comedy mask with a badly drawn on face
Other Scars/Markings: cream markings on legs, muzzle and ears, cream freckles
Physique: smallish for her age
-Social Stuff-
Current Residence: A house in ponyville (I know it's overused, but it best mimics where I live)
Job: a student, but aspires to be an actress. makes comics for the local newspaper.
Mother: Sunday cartoon
Father: Morning Cartoon
Sibling(s): N/A
Other Family: Has a cat named Softy
Closest Friends: (Ask if you want to be her friend!)
Courting/Courted By: N/A
Mate:N/A
Foal(s):N/A
-Personality Stuff-
Likes: Acting, putting on a show, making others laugh, analyzing the themes of plays and stories, shopping with friends, food, art, writing stories
Dislikes: Ponies not paying attention, people not noticing that her 'bad' artwork isn't serious and meant as a joke, being bored, not being able to move freely, being cut off or interrupted, lots of ponies talking at once, being looked at while she's crying
Motivation: She wants people to laugh and be happy, as well for people to pay attention to her
Strengths: Takes jokes well, does well around others, charismatic, soaks up emotions around her, has big dreams
Weaknesses/Flaws: dislikes being payed attention to when she's sad or stressed, impatient, needy, not good at planning ahead, not good at making commitments, really loud, doesn't deal well with people saying she's unfunny, can be very stubborn, daydreams a lot, horrid at time management and completing things
Fears: She dislikes thinking about mortality and the inevitability of the universe because it makes her super anxious and existential. She dislikes pony-made high spaces, especially buildings, because she worries that they will fall. Typical horror stuff scares her to.
Overall Persona: Show fits the mantra of the comedy and tragedy masks rather well. When she's happy, she want's to have all eyes on her. She's ready to make jokes and put on a show for her friends. She makes quips at things she doesn't like and drones on for hours about things she does. This is the sides her friends see, because this is the Show that wants attention. They don't see the Show that doesn't nearly as often. When she's sad, tired, or stressed, she tends to snap at ponies when she's crying, even when she doesn't mean too. She tends to be enthusiastic and generally happy to converse, but REALLY doesn't like to be disturbed when she is focused (and don't get me started on hyper focus). She has adhd and anxiety, making school and conversations a bit hard. She can be blunt, and sound exasperated and annoyed when she isn't. Doesn't really have a filter, especially when voicing her opinions on others. She doesn't let critique get to her. She isn't always great at communicating either. She finds it frustrating to have to relay information she already knows to other ponies. Her self image is VERY dependent on how others view her, or, more accurately, how she thinks others view her. She shuts up really fast when she thinks ponies are mad or upset with her, usually covering her face and trying to take up as little space as possible. It can take a bit for her to warm up to ponies, but when she likes somepony, she really likes them. Same goes for disliking ponies (sometimes she gets angry just being near them) Her emotions have two settings - low and Extremely high. Nothing she feels or does is subtle in any way.
History/Background:As a filly ( or a younger filly then she is now) Showtoon always dreamed of creating the vivid stories and characters with her art. This was hard to achieve, however, because she lacked magic to hold a pencil with. She tried, but lost hope that she would ever be a well known artist. She instead put hard work into school plays and acting. She loved the craft, and started to take lessons outside of school, but there was still a calling to art in the back of her mind. She tried to act on this calling, but was always frustrated with her supposed 'lack of ability'. Her 'eureka' moment came when she was working on a play outside of school. It was a comedic play that played off of tropes, and used purposefully forced and 'bad' acting to hit the jokes home. The play went off without a hitch, and the comedy worked. As the curtain closed to the applause, it dawned on her that purposefully 'bad' art can be really darn funny. And thus, her cutiemark appeared, - a comedy mask with a pouty face that Show liked to use. After a lot of work, she was 'hired' to make comics by the local newspaper.
Show mastered her stick pony art, and created 'Wafflez' - A character made up of bad character design and cliche tropes in other 'OC's, that she used to play off of her persona, the salty and cynical 'Toony'. After improving her art, she added Sakura as well.