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the iridescent “scales” on their backs and faces are actually articulated scutes, which can be raised to release magical gasses that ignite as part of their hunting form. Kirins utilize fire in hunting and agriculture/forest management, and love both their meat and vegetables cooked.
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Anonymous asked:

just a quick question, with Starlight's horn which is separated into two points... did that mutation benefit her magic? and how?

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it does benefit her magic! Here’s a diagram of how unicorn horns work. Each horn is two single-tine antlers spiraled around each other, and the shape channels the magic of the user around and around in tighter and tighter coils, which concentrates it at the tip and allows them to cast spells.

Tempest Shadow’s horn is a chaotic, twisting mess, which means that the magic spills out the broken tips and corners before she can direct it into a real spell. Loose, potent magic without a spell to act on can be very volatile.

Starlight Glimmer, on the other hand, was both lucky enough to have a mutation she could work with, and skilled enough to figure out how to channel her magic into her strange horn in a way that enhanced its potency rather than having it fire off uncontrolled.

Instead of reaching the tip and exiting the horn, she sends her magic through the air between her horn tips into a powerful loop of swirling, concentrating magic. While most unicorns’ power grows with how many twists their horn has, Starlight’s grows with how long she lets it sit in the holding pattern before unleashing a spell.

This means that the only limit to how much power she can wield is based not on her horn loops, but on how much she is able to swirl at the tip of her horn before losing control. And since she is always working to perfect her technique, her power is unparalleled by all but the most ancient unicorns.

As a foal, her home village wrote her off as barely even a unicorn, because she hadn’t figured out how to control the magic of her “defective” horn. But she’ll show them. She will show them all.

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A semi-realistic drawing of a large, insecticide creature with long, spindly limbs and ripped blue wings. It is crouching and hissing defensibly, with a read tongue lashing at the air The tip of its tail is round and flat, black like the rest of its body.

Changelings! Six legged insectoid beasts grown to the size of ponies, their target mimic species. Rather than evolving perfect physical mimicry, changeling imitation is a two-pronged process. In addition to a color-shifting carapace, magic distorts and twists the silhouette to match the mimicked subject. The spell is weaved with a rapid beating of the the wings, which creates a delicate network of invisible magic threads that tie the changeling’s physical form to the projected mirage to make it move. After casting the spell, the changeling needs to recast it periodically, so if you doubt your friend’s identity, listen for the buzzing of wings.

A sequence of images of a changeling "transformation" which is actually an illusion spell. In this image, the tattered blue wings are lowered to cover the body

Flapping the wings in front of the body until they become a blur

a magic overlay in the shape of a horse begins to appear in the blurred wings

The changeling underneath the blur seems to deform to fit the horse-shaped overlay

now the wings are still once again, so it looks like a black horse with blue insectoid wings

another flap and the wings fold up into the illusion and disappear. A black horse snarls angrily, and seems to be in a very similar position to the original bug-like creature.

It takes a lot of concentration to keep the illusion in place, and changelings are naturally much taller than ponies when standing at their full height. Inexperienced or agitated changelings may forget to crouch, which breaks the illusion in a terrifying way. Because the features of the mirage are bound to the underlying insect body, moving wrong will distort the perceived form before it reveals what lies beneath.

a similar image to the first one, except the changeling is no longer crouched, but standing up to its full height. its legs are very long, much longer than a horse's.

The same black horse as the previous illusion, but this one's legs and neck are stretched and distorted to horrifying proportions.

The reason changeling bodies are so much longer than their target species is to allow a changeling to mimic creatures many times their size, provided they have the wingspan to reach the entire length of the target individual. A full wingspan is the sign of a healthy changeling, one that has enough magic to cast their illusions without much effort. Without sufficient magic, a changeling must constantly refresh their spell, and the ceaseless beating tears their delicate wings to shreds.

A giant pink alicorn laughs and holds a white unicorn up with the magic of her horn.

Underneath the image of the giant alicorn is a spindly, laughing changeling queen. Her wings are not tattered; but instead stretch wide enough to fit the entire alicorn illusion within her wingspan. Instead of a sad little tail, hers is swollen full of green, liquid magic to the point it is bigger than the rest of her

There is one changeling with enough magic to spare: The Queen. Drones store magic in their tails and bring it back to feed her. The queen of years past has been bleeding them dry and soaking up all their magic, leaving what should be a healthy reservoir in their tails as a withered pocket. This new style of ruling could possibly have started as a response to the ascension of the Goddess of Love, and the resulting magicification of feelings of romantic and platonic love.

Queen chrysalis, leader of the changelings. She is scowling and sticking out her long magic-sucking tongue. Her wings and hair glitter with magic.

For millennia, changelings evolved to feed on emotions directed at them (or rather the being they mimic) and convert it into magic. Positive emotions were the most stable, but any emotion worked. But when Love started to feel an entire meal, and gave the drones strength to subsist on their own, their queen demanded every drop of intoxicating love for herself, leaving them in a constant state of starvation and desperation.

changeling color shifting. One one end is a pure black changeling, then he shifts some segments into a dark teal, while other segments such as his face are white. He casts the form-shifting illusion, and looks like a dark teal pony with white paint markings.

Just a little love can go a long way. Changelings are forbidden from changing their colors or illusions to express themselves, as they must be seen as “mindless drones” and part of a single hive mind, despite their potential for individuality. Instead, they remain black unless imitating a pony or other creature. Each section of a changeling’s carapace has a clear top layer with liquid suspended above the actual armor layer beneath. Microscopic grooves display different colors and shades based on how much of the liquid fills them, and how much pressure it’s under. With the base colors set, wings spin the illusion of form to completely disguise the changeling beneath.

Thorax, a healed changeling. His carapace is surging with iridescent greens and oranges, and his wings are glittering,vibrant blue without a single tear to be seen. He holds his head up high and stands confidently. His tail has is a healthy, round bulb with enough magic for him to thrive. No more, no less. At his feet, a small, Ocellus the light blue changeling looks forward with uncertain hope. Her legs are stubby rather than thin. Her wings and tail bulb are pink. Behind her is a newborn larval changeling, which has a dark face and stubby legs sticking out of white downy fluff.

But what if they didn’t have to save all their energy for disguises? What if there was enough love to go around?

The Changeling Revolution is an ongoing battle, but it has a hopeful, vibrant spark. Led by a mild-mannered former “drone,” a growing faction are discovering peace, safety, and individuality by feeding off love directed not at illusions they cast, but to the people they truly are. It’s a scary, vulnerable first step to allow others to see your true nature, but the rewards of loving and being loved are worth it.

Revolutionaries are not “reformed” so much as healed by embracing individual love. It turns out when each changeling allows themself to have their own color, preferences, and name, then the love felt from one changeling to another can be converted into magic, and a hive can become a thriving ecosystem within itself.

Nymphs, once destined for a viscous cycle of deception and starvation, are now able to bask in love given to them by hivemates, and they grow up stronger and kinder than any generation before. Though they can only shift into pastel colors until their carapace fully hardens and darkens, they still express by choosing their own look, name, and destiny.

The healing of the changeling population is as varied as their prismatic colors, and as beautiful as their glittering wings.

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A drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Cake from my little pony in a style that is more realistic than the show, but still cartoony. Mr. cake is a lanky buckskin horse with an underbite and a swayback, while Mrs cake is a short, round, shetland bony with bright blue fur and pink mane and tail. Between them are two young foals. Poundcake is a chubby, pale buckskin pegasus with cloven hooves and feathers for mane. Pumpkin Cake is a gangling deer-like fawn with a pael yellow coat and orange hair. She has cloven hooves and a very small pink horn bud on her forehead.

The same image but cropped as a close up on the parents' faces and the babies

Normal horses naturally come in a variety of earth tones, with a single hoof on each foot, and bodies covered with fur and mane and tail made of long hair.

Physical characteristics such as cloven hooves, horns, wings, feathers in place of hair, lion tails, and such are locked to their respective species. A unicorn cannot be born with wings, nor an earth pony born with feathery mane.

Color, however, has been spread from ancestral pegasus hybridization to every species of horse in the world. Bright hues pass down from parent to child as easily as long legs or curly mane. Behind the scenes, genes to conceive a foal that is a member of another species are carried through many ponies’ lineage; you can never tell when they will manifest.

The one constant is that a foal will be born as either an earth pony, unicorn, or pegasus. Something with multiple traits would be… a different creature entirely.

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A somewhat realistically proportioned drawing of two ponies, Dr. Whooves and Rose from MLP FIM. Rose is taller, with a light yellow body and smooth pink hair with darker pink roots. The Doctor is a short, stocky brown horse with darker brown hair, dark legs, and shaggy fur. He is talking about something or other as he and Rose walk side by side

Rose and Dr Whooves, requested via ko-fi

I figured Chincoteague pony and Przewalski’s horse for a bit of a wild flare.

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A pigeon pegasus flying downward with wings spread and legs bucking up over her back. Her feet have long feathers the completely obscure her hooves. She is a lavender-gray color, with piebald colors making her head, feet and wingtips white.

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ko-fi commission of a very special pony. They asked for a pigeon, and I thought tumbling pigeon would suit her quite well. These breeds are prized for their aerobatics and backflips when flying and taking off.

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Dragons are one of the most variable creatures in the world. Individuals are shaped not by genetics, but by their environment and what they want out of life.

Baby dragons can remain in their young form for decades, if the environment isn’t right for them to mature. Intense competition, lack of resources, or uncertain emotional development are all reasons for a baby dragon to delay their adult molt.

Once circumstances are right, an intense period of growth begins, and a dragon can multiply its size and sprout new features such as wings in just a few short years.

Pubescent dragons need a huge amount of food (including gem minerals) to sustain their growth. In the dragon lands, this can lead to competition, toughening up a young dragon to face a world of challenges.

Not everything is about fighting tooth and nail. Dragons raised in more cooperative societies are often softer, with less need to develop armor and weaponry. However, if their society faces constant threats, even the softest, kindest dragons will bulk up into formidable creatures in order to defend the ones they love. These individuals are difficult to provoke, easy to make peace with, but impossible to beat once you’ve threatened their family.

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Fluttershy as a bat pony in a semirealistic style. She has large bat wings with pink webbing, a beak-shaped mouth full of sharp teeth, and red eyes. Her coat is yellow with pink and brown thylacine markings. She is surrounded by shriveled apples.

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Uh oh, looks like something strange happened to Fluttershy!
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Stylized drawing of Big Macintosh from My Little Pony, who is a giant red Clydesdale-type draft horse with soft eyes, cream-colored blaze and cream-colored feathery legs.

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The same character with long eyelashes, blush, and a beehive haircut with curled mane, and a beautiful dress. This is "Orchard Blossom" and she is carrying around lots of flowers, and her little sister Apple Bloom, who is helping her tie ribbons to the cart-pulling yoke she always wears.

Getting some help from her sister!

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Pinkie pie as a cute, silly looking pink horse. Her body and neck are light pink, while her face and legs are darker pink. She has freckles and a a slightly crazed expression in her blue eyes. Her mane is dark pink and extremely curly

PINK PONY!! Strawberry Roan!!

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a mola mola or ocean sunfish mermaid. The bottom half looks like a sunfish when viewed from the side, with two giant fins on each side of a large flat body, and a frilly tail at the bottom. The humanoid half is chubby, with a large stomach and thick arms with stubby fingers. The face is mostly taken up by a massive nose that curves into the forehead. The cheeks are chubby. The mermaid is nodding and smiling, with a pronounced double chin. There are a few scars and chunks missing from the body, but it doesn't seem to slow the mermaid down.

The much anticipated Mola Molaid has been spotted basking at the surface!

While mermaids arose from fish and are not even remotely related to mammals, their spines oscillate in an up-and down motion, rather than side to side like mundane fish and sharks. As such, they are dorsally compressed, and swim by moving their tail vertically, pushing water downward to propel forward. This anatomy allows most mermaids to tread water with their torsos above the surface.

Mola Mola mermaids, however, are barely built for swimming. Their humanoid half is flexible enough, but their multi-ton tail is built for drifting stealthily up to jellyfish with minimal movement.

If you’ve never eaten jellyfish or other cnidarians, you’ll want to find a sunfish chef to introduce you. Mermaids have been cooking flora and fauna of the sea for thousands of years. They have access to spices and side dishes we can’t even begin to pronounce.

Though trade has been booming between humans and coastal mermaids, pelagic and deep sea people still have much they keep to themselves.

While they cannot tell you the ingredients of By-the-wind crepes, privileged sailors can order them from restaurants that float just below the surface. These venues drift about, soaking up the sun just like the cooks and patrons who run the place.

If you can protect yourself from their stings, visiting a jellyfish farm can be an incredible experience. Just make sure you stay with your guide. The ocean isn’t kind to trespassers.

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