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Third Gen: the grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Cake.

From left to right: Amandine and Puff Pastry, the twin daughter and son of Flurry Heart and Pound Cake and Lemon Chiffon, the daughter of Pumpkin Cake and Coral Currents.

Amandine was designed by Snow-Lilly-00

Puff Pastry was designed by Iesbeans

#barkerverse #mlp: fim #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp next gen #third gen #amandine #puff pastry #lemon chiffon #poundheart #pumpkincurrents

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My take on adult Flurry Heart. Her design is somewhat based off of the stained glass window of her that we briefly see in the series finale.

In this house of mine we love and respect Flurry Heart. I will NOT tolerate any slander towards this girl, is that clear?

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Name: Princess Flurry Heart

Nickname(s): Flurry, Sis (by her younger siblings)

Age: 25 years

Gender: Mare

Species: Alicorn

Parents: Princess Cadance and Shining Armor

Siblings: Lacewing (half-sister), Corazón Caress (sister), Cassiopeia (sister), Valentin (brother)

Spouse: Pound Cake

Children: Amandine, Puff Pastry

General Info:

The future ruler of the Crystal Empire, Flurry is a very selfless princess who genuinely cares about other ponies and is willing to put them before herself. These are very fitting traits for a future ruler, but to be honest Flurry doesn't wish to suceed her mother just yet. She knows all about her longevity as an alicorn and how she'll eventually outlive her friends and family once she receives all her mother's power and ascend the throne. But for now, she's perfectly happy with living in the moment and enjoying her time spent with those she loves.

Relationships:

Princess Cadance and Shining Armor raised Flurry with a lot of love, so it's only natural that she has a lot of love for her parents in return as well as her younger siblings, who all admire and look up to her. She's still as close as ever to her aunt Twilight and absolutely adores her younger cousins. But the pony that she's the most close to is Pound Cake, her childhood frend turned loving husband. With him, they have two twin foals that they absolutely adore.

Cutie Mark:

Flurry Heart's cutie mark is a snowflake adorned with small hearts, representing her power to manupulate ice and snow. She's able to steer away blizzards and create amazing snow displays.

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Time for another instalment in Throwback Thursady, where I showcase some old/outdated designs or headcanons that I had for my MLP next gen AU. This time around, I’m sharing my old headcanon for Rainbow Dash’s parents!

Like most MLP fans, I used to headcanon Rainbow Blaze and the old G1 pony Firefly as Dash’s parents before her actual parents were revealed in Season 7. I came up with this little story about how she herself wanted to be a Wonderbolt, but ended up in a bad flying accident where she shattered her left wing so badly that it had to be amputated. Firefly was obviously devastated by this, but Rainbow Blaze (who at that time I called Bifrost since he didn’t have an official name yet), comforted her and promised that he would always be there for her and later married her. Firefly ended up being content living with only one wing, although she still missed flying. But Rainbow Blaze would occasionally take her out for a flight, carrying her on his back.

 Yeah I know it sounds kinda sappy, but younger me thought it was one of the sweetest things ever.

And here were have some old colored pencil art related to this idea that I drew. It’s old, but ‘m still very proud of it.

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Time for me to introduce something new to this blog: Throwback Thursday! It’s where I showcase some old/outdated designs or headcanons that I had for my MLP next gen AU. And I thought it would be appropriate to start this off with my very first fanfoal, Paula Red!

This was Paula’s original design when I first created her back in September 2012. (Geez, has it almost been 10 years already?) Her name was originally Cinnamon Apple and she was obviously created in Generalzoi’s Pony Creator back when that was really popular. As you can see, her original design wasn’t that great as she’s just Fluttershy with Big Mac’s color scheme and a different tail.

...And the cutie mark that I came up with wasn’t much better as it was just an apple slice with two of the butterflies from Fluttershy’s cutie mark.

In May 2015, I finally decided to update her design and also decided to make her part batpony. Her redesign was originally adopted from ImBorednStuff on DA if I remember correctly. She still had that lazy slapped-together cutie mark for a while until I finally decided to change it at some point.

Doesn’t she look so much better now?

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Decided to add this Rarity x Fancy Pants kid to my main MLP next gen universe. If you've been following me on DeviantArt for a while, you may recall that he was originally part of my Disliked Ships AU (which is currently in the process of being revamped) because I originally wasn't a big fan of RariPants. But then, something happened over the years. It grew on me. I think maybe the reason I didn't like it originally is because all the foals for it looked so GENERIC. Almost all of them are a white unicorn with either a blue or purple mane. I'm not saying that people are bad to design them, as some of them are great, but it gets kinda old after a while. I decided to stray away from that with this guy's design by mixing Fancy's colors with that of Rarity's parents to make a more original palette. -------------------- Name: Regal Rhyme Nickname(s): Regal Splendor (actual name) Age: 18 years Gender: Male Species: Unicorn Parents: Rarity and Fancy Pants Siblings: Roxbury Russet (half-sister), Brilliance (brother) General Info: Regal Splendor, or Regal Rhyme as he prefers to be called, was never into fashion or the high life like his parents. He ended up discovering his talent in poetry after being introduced to it by a good friend's mother and later changed part of his name to better match his profession. Rhyme can often be seen sipping from a cup of coffee or hanging out at his local poetry club. The guy is pretty chill most of the time, and often looks at things like "Okay, whatever." Relationships: Regal Rhyme has a good relationship with most of his parents, both of them whole heartedly supporting his profession. His closest friends are Maud Pie's son Timber Stone and Applejack's son Harrison Cider. Timber is a fun stallion to hang out with and his mother Maud was the pony that introduced him to his love of poetry. Harrison is a very calm and easygoing stallion that Rhyme enjoys hanging out with, and lately he's noticed that Harrison might have eyes on a pony they occasionally meet in Canterlot... Cutie Mark: Regal Rhyme's cutie mark is a roll of parchment with a writing quill, representing his talent of writing poetry.

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Designed for me by Tragedy-Kaz. (Original image)

Name: Roxbury Russet Nickname(s): Roxie, Rox Age: 24 years Gender: Female Species: Unicorn Parents: Rarity and Braeburn (biological), Fancy Pants (step-father) Siblings: Regal Rhyme (half-brother), Stayman Winesap (half-brother) General Info: Roxbury Russet, or "Roxie" as she prefers to be called, is Rarity's second child and Braeburn's first. The two of them had a shotgun marriage after Rarity got pregnant and later got divorced when Roxie was four after Braeburn realized that he wasn't attracted to mares that much. Being too young to fully understand what was going on, Roxie took it as her father not loving them anymore and has resented Braeburn ever since. Feelings for her bio-dad aside, Roxie is a fun and firey young mare with an ear for music. She doesn't like others bringing up her ties to the Apple Family and would much rather be seen as a musician instead of some hick that grows apples. Relationships: While Roxie has a good relationship with her mother and step-dad, her relationship with her biological father Braeburn isn't all that great. She holds some resentment towards her bio dad for hurting her and mom all those years ago, and while Rarity has mostly forgiven him since then, Roxie isn't quite there yet. Roxie has a half-brother in Appleloosa named Stayman Winesap, whom Roxie usually tries to avoid as she sees him as a reminder of what her dad did. Her two best friends in the world are an earth pony stallion named Bass Drop and a pegasus mare named Trash Talk. The three of them have formed a rock band in which Roxie is the guitarist. Cutie Mark: Roxie's cutie mark is a jagged music note in front of an apple, representing her talent for rock music as well as (to her annoyance) her connection to the Apple Family.

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Designed for me by @laytonesqueautistic (Original image) Name: Jasper Age: 16 years Gender: Male Species: Dragon Parents: Spike and TBA (biological), Sweetie Belle (step-mother) Siblings: Emerald Shine (half-brother) General Info: Jasper was born to Spike during his time spent out in the Dragon Lands following his departure from Ponyville. He met a female dragon who then proceeded to leave him shortly after laying their egg. Feeling that the Dragon Lands wasn't the safest place for a single dad to care for a baby, Spike decided to return to Ponyville with a newly hatched Jasper. After returning home Spike ends up reconnecting with Sweetie Belle. After catching up on old times, the two of them ended up growing closer over time and later got married when Jasper was two. Personality-wise, Jasper is a very mellow and laid back dragon. Since he was very young, he's had an interest in fossils and aspires to become a archaeologist someday. Relationships: Having never known his biological mother, Jasper is very close with his step-mom Sweetie Belle as she's the only mother figure he's ever really known. He's a great older sibling to his younger half-brother, Emerald Shine. Another pony that Jasper is close with is Petunia Paleo, an archaeologist mare who has taken him under her wing as an apprentice.

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Remade Emerald Shine’s ref sheet and made him the child of a different Spike ship.

-------------------- Name:  Emerald Shine Nickname(s): Emerald Age: 12 years Gender: Male Species: Pony/Dragon hybrid Parents: Spike and Sweetie Belle Siblings: Jasper (half-brother) General Info: Emerald Shine is one of the many pony/non-pony hybrids that have been born in Equestria in recent years, being one of the earliest known recordings of a dragon/pony hybrid. His conception came as both a surprise and shock to his parents Sweetie Belle and Spike, but they were both still very happy when little Emerald came into their lives. Emerald is a very friendly hybrid, and is pretty nice to be around, except when he has a cold, as he will often breathe fire by accident when he sneezes. Relationships: Emerald Shine is very close with his parents and older half-siblings. He's also close with his aunt Rarity and adopted aunt Twilight who both love to spoil him rotten. His best friend in the entire world is his adopted older cousin Libra, the two of them being as thick as thieves. Cutie Mark: Emerald Shine's cutie mark is three cut emeralds, representing his talent of gem cutting. He discovered his one day when he saw that the gems his aunt was applying to a dress looked uneven, and decided to fix them.

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I've made a decision.

I have decided to completely nix Sparity from my MLP next gen.

Why? Because I've now lost two online friendships because of it and I now feel like absolute garbage. I guess the reason I paired them together in the first place is because it was kinda of a popular ship when I first joined the fandom when I was younger, but if I had known years in advance about the grief it would bring me later down the line, I would've paired Spike and Rarity with someone else. I'm now worried that other MLP fans on here that I'm friends with or that I follow will cut me off because of it. If you like it, then that's okay. I just don't want to lose any more friends because of it. However, this doesn't mean that I'll be mixing my OC Emerald Shine as I plan on using him for a different ship without changing the design.

TLDR: I've decided to erase the MLP ship Spike x Rarity from my next gen.

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Collab that I did with my pal @shelbicat-artsi. It's our two DisLestia kids (My Mystic and her Cureheart) meeting each other. I sketched them and Shelbi did everything else.

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Drew a little headcanon piece for my MLP next gen universe, depicting two minor characters from the show that became mothers much earlier that expected. Ditzy Doo (or "Derpy" as she is sometimes referred to by friends and family) once dated a unicorn stallion named Ponet when she was a teenager. After she got pregnant, Ponet broke up with Ditzy and ended up cutting all ties with her as he felt that he wasn't ready to be a father just yet. Since this was her first relationship, the young Ditzy was of course heartbroken by her coltfriend ditching her like that. Fortunately, Ditzy's family was more than willing to help her care for her foal, which ended up being a unicorn filly she named Dinky Doo. Later in life, Ponet ended up regretting what he did and reached out to Ditzy when Dinky was in her early teens. Having since found a husband (Dr. Hooves) and had a family of her own with him, Ditzy forgave Ponet and allowed him to meet Dinky. Dinky isn't as close to Ponet as she is with her mom and step-dad, but they have formed something of a father-daughter relationship with each other. Lyra Heartstrings was once the marefriend of Written Script. She ended up getting pregnant while they were still teens and Script was more than willing to stay with her and support both her and their foal. While Lyra did care about Script, while they were together Lyra started to realize that she was more attracted to mares rather than stallions and couldn't see Script as anything more than just a good friend. She broke this news to Script, and while he was initially saddened that they would never be a proper couple, he was still willing to support their foal. Lyra later gave birth to a filly named Liza Doolots, with her and Script sharing joint custody of her. While things didn't work out romantically between the two of them, Written Script and Lyra Heartstrings are still good friends and have since found spouses of their own.

#barkerverse #mlp: fim #my little pony friendship is magic #world building #ditzy doo #derpy hooves #ponet #dinky doo #lyra heartstrings #written script #liza doolots

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NOTE: Everything post Best Gift Ever isn't canon to the Barkerverse unless stated otherwise. Gave Tarte Tatin a twin brother, and I've also decided to make a slight retcon to my next gen regarding her and her mom Applejack. The original idea I had in my head is that Applejack had too much cider to drink with somepony she knows in Appleloosa one night and accidentally got pregnant as a result and never told him for obvious reasons. I originally had that idea just for drama's sake but I've decided to completely retcon that away because...yeah. Instead, I now have AJ having twin foals via artificial insemination before marrying Coloratura, but I do plan on revealing their bio dad sometime in the future. This guy's design was adopted from @mikey-putrid a while back. -------------------- Name: Harrison Cider Nickname(s): Harrison, Harry Age: 22 years Gender: Male Species: Earth Pony Parents: Applejack and ??? (biological), Coloratura (step-mother) Siblings: Tarte Tatin (sister), Prairie Tune (half-sibling) General Info: Harrson Cider and his twin sister Tarte Tatin are the firstborn foals of their mom, Applejack. Seeing all her friends starting families made her long for having a foal of her own depite having not settled down with anypony yet, so she decided that sperm donation was the best option and went to a fertility clinic in Canterlot to have it done. All her friends and family were very supportive of her decision, and 11 months came the birth of twin earth pony foals. While his sister Tarte is a very feisty mare and an occassional workoholic, Harrison is a very calm and easygoing stallion who knows not to push himself too hard. And while Tarte wishes to know more about who their sire was, Harrison isn't really interested that much. They do have a very loving step-mom, after all. Relationships: Harrison has a good relationship with his mom and step-mom, and is closest to his twin sister Tarte out of all his other family members. He's also close with his younger half-sibling Prairie Tune and is very supportive of their interest in music. Harrison has also noticed that a few mares in Ponyville have their eyes on him as they find him rather attractive, but he doesn't pay that much attention to them. He's not even interested in girls, anyway. Cutie Mark: Harrison Cider's cutie mark is a drink bottle with an apple on it, representing his talent of making sparkling drinks as well as showing his ties to the Apple family.

#barkerverse #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp: fim #mlp next gen #ref sheet #harrison cider

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Shoreline alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker… Ladybird alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker… Bright Star alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker… Periwinkle alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker… Saul alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker… Crimson Blossom alone: www.deviantart.com/miss-barker…

Remember when I said that I wasn't going to incorporate Sandbar x Yona into my main MLP next gen? (link)

Anyway, here's my next gen kids for the Young Six plus three random creatures that are part of this friend group. I decided to put them together in one big group picture instead of making individual refs for them. Shoreline Daughter of Sandbar and Yona, Shoreline is an even blend of her two parents. She shares her dad's easygoing nature and also shares her mother's strength and has great pride in her pony and yak heritage. Her special talent is building sandcastles. Ladybird Daughter of Smolder and Ocellus, Ladybird is a very excitable hybrid who's always open to make new friends. She loves to laugh and cause a little mischief, but it's all in goof fun. Bright Star Daughter of Star Tracker and Mina, Bright Star is a big geek who loves all things nerdy. She often writes fanfics about her favorite media and draws her own comics in her free time. Periwinkle Son of Gallus and Silverstream, Periwinkle is a very agile flyer in the sky and a swift swimmer in water. He's a big fan of the Wonderbolts and dreams of becoming the first non-pony creature to be accepted into the team. Saul Adopted son of Holiday and Lofty, Saul is an abbysinian who is very stylish and always loves to look his best. He also cares very deeply for others and how they're feeling. How have you been? Is everything okay? You do matter. Let’s go grab lunch sometime. Crimson Blossom One of the many non-pony students at the School Of Friendship, Crimson Blossom is a very friendly and soft-spoken kirin. He's close friends with Saul and secretly has a crush on his brother Daylight Flight. Shoreline, Ladybird and Bright Star were designed by kittystar614 Saul and Crimson Blossom were designed by Box-of-Ideas

#barkerverse #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp: fim #mlp next gen #ref sheet #shoreline #ladybird #bright star #periwinkle #saul #crimson blossom #yonabar #smoldercellus #mina the dragon #star tracker #gallusstream

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Designed for me by Tragedy-Kaz (Original image)

Name: Bold Traverse Nickname(s): Bold, Boldie (by Tayanna) Age: 23 years Gender: Stallion Species: Pegasus Parents: Daring Do and Dr. Caballeron General Info: Bold Traverse is the only child of the now retired former adveturer Daring Do and her former foe Dr. Caballeron. He grew up on stories of his parents' exploits, which inspired him to become a treasure-hunting adventurer himself. He's suave, confident and determined, but can sometimes be a little too confident which has gotten him into some sticky situations a few times. But he always manages to slip away without harm. Relationships: Bold is rivals with Tayanna, the daughter of his mother's old adversary Ahuizotl. He frequently visits the Tenochtitlan Basin in the hopes of finding treasure and is often thwarted by her, keen on protecting its artifacts from potential thieves. However, there have been a few times where Bold wins, much to her chagrin. Cutie Mark: Bold's cutie mark is a map to buried treasure, representing his talent of treasure hunting.

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I've been meaning to draw this for a while. This is an explanation of how the finale kids (Luster Dawn, Lil Cheese and the unnamed SugarMac colt) fit into my next gen AU.

- Luster Dawn is Sunburst's niece. I originally planned on making her an oops baby between Stellar Flare and Firelight (which would make her Sunburst and Starlight Glimmer's half-sister), but then someone on an MLP Discord server I'm in brought up this background pony from Seasons 8 and 9 that looks pretty similar to Luster Dawn, so I decided to go with this idea instead. The stallion is Sunburst's brother and I don't have any info for him yet other than he went to live with their dad after their parents divorced and he works at a summer camp.

- Big Macintosh and Sugar Belle don't get married like in canon. While they were still dating Sugar Belle got pregnant and they end up having two sons named Baldwin (the SugarMac kid from the finale) and Jonathan, but during that time Sugar Belle began to feel guilty about leaving her friends behind in Our Town and left Big Mac shortly after their sons were born, taking Jonathan with her. Big Mac ended up bonding with Fluttershy who helped him care for Baldwin and the two later end up getting married, while Sugar Belle ends up marrying Night Glider.

- Cheese Slice (aka Lil Cheese) is Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich's oldest kid in the Barkerverse, born about three years before Marshmallow Fluff. There's some debate on what gender Lil Cheese is supposed to be as Jim Miller stated on Twitter that he's a colt but was designed with the character model of a filly. In my next gen AU Lil Cheese is genderfluid and mostly goes by male Pronouns. You'll also notice that I tweaked his design a little bit so he looks like less of a carbon copy of filly Pinkie.

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I recently came across this art challenge on Tumblr where you draw one of your OCs with a Neopets paintbrush color. I don't play on Neopets anymore, but I just couldn't resist doing this challenge because I thought it would be really fun. 

I got a couple suggestions from SarahBearQuartz on DA, one of which was to draw my Sombra x Chrysalis kid Miasma with the Darigan brush color. I heavily based her off of the classic Darigan Uni and I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. If you want to see me draw one of my OCs with a paintbrush color, feel free to ask!

#mlp: fim #barkerverse #mlp next gen #my little pony friendship is magic #miasma #neopets paintbrush challenge

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I'd love to try this with my next gen OCs! Suggestions?

Leave a brush and a character in my ask

You know the neopet brushes? Well, I made an art challenge for it.

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