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bigfatbreak · 1 month
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May I see more of that Friendship Games/Twibra/Frankengroup of Friends AU? PLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE????!!!!!!!!!!
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heilos · 24 days
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Stygian might be my favorite of the Pillars of Equestria and it's always made me sad that he wasn't used more in the show. So I decided to team up with my new friend Orin who's taken the time to make a bunch of amazing Pillar redesigns (same person I made this Starswirl animation rig for as a gift) that i'll be incorporating into my future animation project simply titled the "Tree of Harmony AU" at the moment until I can come up with a better name. The Pillars are very important characters to Harmony's story so I wanna do them justice. Listed below is some context for these sketches provided by my friend Orin and some written bits from myself. This is a Stygian who's been separated from the Pony of Shadows for some time, but is now dealing with the consequences of dark magic. I've had so much fun throwing ideas back and forth for this AU and I can't wait to share more in the near future.
The Pony of Shadows is not so easily purged, even with the combined strength of the past and present Elements of Harmony. A fragment of the shadow lives on in Stygian, inextricably bound to him, but small enough that it can no longer influence him. He has abilities superficially similar to King Sombra's, albeit on a much smaller scale, and definitely needs practice before he can comfortably wield this new strength.
The lingering dark magic corruption from Stygian's time with the shadow is visible on different parts of his body, mainly his eyes when using magic, some discoloration on the inside of his mouth and tongue, and his magic color.
As Stygian exerts better control of the fragment of shadow still attached to him, he eventually gains the ability to "Shadow Walk" or travel between shadows. This temporary form makes him look eerily similar to the Pony of Shadows. Pretty spooky.
Princess Luna ends up becoming Stygian's new mentor to help him gain better control of his magic corruption since she has direct experience with dark magic when she turned into Nightmare Moon.
Stygian's special talent is writing. His autobiography, Me and My Shadow, was an instant hit not just because he's a pony from a time long passed, but because he's a genuine wordsmith.  Stygian redesign by Orin331
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fire-bay · 6 months
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Her word is law
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majachee · 8 months
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Stygian and Starswirl redesigns for my AU/rewrite thing!! Cloakless Stygian under cut!
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Little man has a black blotch on his back....
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bogcreacher · 1 month
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bunch of them 👍👍 info dump under the cut
Fir is Wolf’s dad (his name is a reference to the fact that Wolf’s name was Pine in 2018). He is a well-meaning guy but very much a product of the environment he was raised in (extremely uptight and competitive IceWing family). He raised Wolf as best he could but the toll of his wife’s death and infidelity (Wolf was born of an extramarital affair) lead to him becoming closed-off and prone to lying for convenience - a trait he accidentally taught to Wolf.
Flash is Wolf’s half-brother, (his name was Shard in 2018, a name that has since been adopted by the current IceWing king). Although they were known to fight, as kids Flash and Wolf had each other’s backs, being each other’s only sibling and confidant. They often bonded over their shared dislike of chores and conspired to prank the adults at fancy dinners. As a dragonet, Flash despised the stifling and cut-throat culture they were raised in, something Wolf was less privy to as the family’s black sheep. As adults their relationship soured a little as Flash’s intense ambition started bleeding into his relationships with his loved-ones.
Stygian is Haunted’s brother from the same clutch. He is almost her complete opposite - a powerful seer and mind-reader, but physically small and unable to fly. Stygian struggled socially for most of his youth, with peers and mentors alike finding him “confusing” and “difficult”. His one real friend was Haunted, who was the only dragon who afforded him the understanding and patience he deserved, despite being the only dragon in their community who couldn’t literally read his mind. He was abducted at the start of the story, and it’s Haunted’s sole quest to find him.
Hover (mentioned briefly in Leap of Faith) was Red Kite’s childhood best-friend/rival, and the dragon that took a chunk out of her ear. He was a deeply insecure kid and took it out on those around him; Red was the only dragon in their class that was unable to ignore his name-calling and as such they frequently got into whatever the dragon equivalent of fist-fights is. Their rivalry eventually mellowed into a (still fiercely competitive) friendship and the pair became thick as thieves throughout their later education. They lost touch as adults, Red still thinks of him from time to time.
Tenrec is a RainWing spy. They have physically altered themselves in order to blend in amongst other tribes, including removing their frill and parts of their ears. He rarely changes colour based on emotion due to being trained to maintain a “poker-face” when undercover. Current employer and deployment status is classified.
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cuda-cuda · 2 months
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amayensis · 8 months
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The bloody Usurper - Bloodborne design of Stygian Zinogre 🩸
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madam-monarch · 2 months
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[ Old Stygian doodle I still haven’t shown! :P ]
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metalgrater · 8 months
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i love the kind of woman that will actually just kill me
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unsafepin · 2 months
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The Stygiad
IT'S OUT!
i was working on this beast for so long. god bless.
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makmakesshit · 8 months
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“...𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝…” 🗡️🔥
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Finally had the eureka moment of “oh I can take this symmetrical plants and weapons thing and apply to videa games! So here’s our first victim from one of my favorite games of all time 🫶 hope y’all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it
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bigfatbreak · 2 years
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Twilight’s feeling bad but its fine, Sombra called in the squad to brainstorm before the last event! :D
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girl-of-stupidology · 28 days
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It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still Valentines Day It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February 😊❤️
(Yippee MORE Sun n’ Shade)
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reimulin-polls · 6 months
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rejamart · 2 months
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paper cutout style pagedoll commissions (and one for me)
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bogcreacher · 1 year
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great refute bestie, that’ll make him trust u
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