#mlp stygian

[heilos]

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

#my little pony #my litte pony friendship is magic #mlp #stygian #mlp fim #mlp stygian #pillars of equestria #pony of shadows #dark magic #Tree of Harmony AU MLP #my art

[majachee]

Stygian and Starswirl redesigns for my AU/rewrite thing!! Cloakless Stygian under cut!

Little man has a black blotch on his back....

#majart #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #my little pony redesign #mlp redesign #mlp au #mlp fim #mlp g4 #fanart #stygian #starswirl the bearded #mlp starswirl #mlp stygian #art #mlp fanart #they really are just grey ponies huh

[girl-of-stupidology]

Not me making my first post abt posting gay ponies on here

#mlp fim #sunburst #mlp stygian #starlight glimmer #trixie lulamoon #shipping #mlp humanized #my art #fanart #comic #mlp sunburst

[leopardsealz]

redraw of an old piece! they are still besties

please reblog my art!

i can barely stand to look at this anymore but showing it to compare with the new piece </3 drawn in Ye Olde Times of 2021

#mlp #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp fanart #mlp art #mlp redesign #princess luna #mlp luna #stygian #mlp stygian #king sombra #mlp sombra #mlp kinsona #sam draws #pwease no kin tags for luna :3 #also just realized theyre all transmasc in my AU too #stygian is supposed to have grey dapple markings but i Cannot draw that very well

[girl-of-boredology-inactive]

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all doing. If you all didn’t know (well, it’s because I forgot-) I’ll not be active on this account anymore for my art. I have a separate to post my art so please take a look! I wanted to start fresh anyways

-> @girl-of-stupidology <-

For this account however…For my silly lil reblogs✌️ Don’t worry yall, there will still be niche MLP content and dead Shape of Water dudes on that blog.

#oh look it’s my art #myart #fanart #mlp #my little pony #mlp stygian #moomin #moomintroll #cartoon #comfort character #looks like we're gonna have to kill this guy

[caw-rky]

4/4 first - prev

The pillars are a legendary hypothetical group of heroes. A few old files dating from before the sisters reign have been found on the group but were heavily redacted from before the separation of Equus and Equestria. Only hypothesis can be done on its role and members. From what scholars have deciphered, Starswirl the Bearded seems to have been involved in a way or another as most redacting have been registered as being of his doing. Princess Celestia has indicated her lack of knowledge about any group her old mentor could have been a part off aside from the solar mages. --------------------------- Originally I tried another style soooo, little bonus !

#mlp au #mlp redesign #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp friendship is magic #mlp g4 #mlp art #shuffled au lore #shuffled mlp au #mlp starswirl #starswirl the bearded #mlp stygian #stygian mlp #pillars redesign #mlp pillars #pillars of equestria #somnanbula mlp #mlp somnanbula #somnanbula #mlp meadowbrook #mage meadowbrook #rockhoof mlp #mlp rockhoof #rockhoof #mlp flash magnus #flash magnus #mistmane #mlp mistmane

[frogboyfriend-art]

not a hero

Literally don’t even know how I did this I haven’t really painted in like 2 years

#mlp #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp legends of magic #mlp stygian #stygian mlp #my little pony

[mylittleponyauprompts]

An AU where the Elements of Harmony as physical objects never existed. It was just a title and gift/curse given by the Deity that is the tree of harmony. An Element bearer is one chosen by the Tree to be one of the many possible heroes of their time, and the possibility of becoming a demigod to keep the universe in balance is on the table.

Celestia and Luna were chosen to bear the burden of the day and night for the rest of time, Elements and Demigods of Day and Night.

Discord is the Tree of Harmony's opposite and equal. Although he is much more mobile than the Tree. He is the God of Chaos/Disharmony and the Tree God of Harmony/Order.

Starswirl was the Element of Wisdom. Fkash Magnus the Element of Courage. Mist Mane the Element of sacrifice. Somnambula the Element of Patience. Rockhoof the Element of Persistence. Mage Meadowbrook the Element of Healing. And Stygian the Element of Guidance. No one really remembers Stygian and how he guided the others together, to threats that needed stopped, or how he discovered and guided the others to the Tree of Harmony.

Both the tree of harmony and Discord can seem rather uncaring to mortals. They are gods and hold no allegiances to anyone but themselves and to keeping the universe intact. They may seem cold and heartless and are morally grey and a neutral party. But someone has to do the not so fun job of keeping the universe in balance, and the tree and Discord were literally born into that job. They know nothing else but their duties as gods of harmony and disharmony.

Optional addition- Discord has an equivalent to the Trees Element roles it gifts/curses. Although he's not so fancy with naming, in fact he just calls them the Discorded. Let them give themselves their own fancy titles and get dramatic with it, Discord loves dramatics! Sombra and Tirek would be possible examples of a Discorded.

#drawing prompt #writing prompt #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp #mlp fim #alternate universe #mlp au #mlp alternate universe #mlp starswirl #mlp starswirl the bearded #starswirl the bearded #mlp fim stygian #mlp stygian #mlp fim celestia #mlp princess celestia #mlp celestia #mlp princess luna #mlp luna #the pillars of old equestria #mlp pillars #mlp fim tree of harmony #mlp tree of harmony #tree of harmony #mlp fim elements of harmony #mlp elements of harmony #elements of harmony #heavily alternate universe #long post #long prompt

[littlecowmoo]

Made some human au of the pillars

#my little pony friendship is magic #mlp pillars #star swirl the bearded #mage meadowbrook #mlp stygian #flash magnus #mistymane #mlp #rockhoof #somnambula #mlp humanized

[colorpicked-pride-flags]

The DEMIAROACE and DEMIBOY flags color-picked from STYGIAN [MLP]

#color picked flags #mlp #pride flags #mlp g4 #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp gen 4 #pride flag #asexual #asexual spectrum #demiboy #demigender #demiaroace #demisexual #demiromantic #stygian #stygian mlp #mlp stygian #mlp pillars #pillars of equestria #transgender

[margaritalanoviadestygian]

More of my selfship

#fanart #my little pony #pro ship #self ship #mlp art #mlp stygian #stygian

[bigfatbreak]

May I see more of that Friendship Games/Twibra/Frankengroup of Friends AU? PLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE????!!!!!!!!!!

#mlp fim #sombra #twilight sparkle #queen chrysalis #stygian #tempest shadow

[majachee]

ANIMATION ON CLIPSTUDIO PAINT IS SO MUCH FUN OUGHHH IM DEFINITELY INVESTING IN EX NOW...

#majart #animation #gif #animated gif #mlp g4 #mlp fim #wip #stygian #mlp stygian #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #OUGHHHH #eye contact #looping gif

[girl-of-stupidology]

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)

#mlp fim #my art #my little pony #fanart #mlp stygian #mlp somnambula #stygian #somnambula #shipping #digital art #artists on tumblr #bridgerton

[reimulin-polls]

#mlp #my little pony #poll #polls #mlp fim #mlp g4 #mlp gen 4 #queen chrysalis #tirek #cozy glow #sombra #nightmare moon #starlight glimmer #discord #mlp discord #stygian #the pony of shadows #mlp villains

[girl-of-boredology-inactive]

(Omg me? Actually posting MY ART on Tumblr?? It’s more likely than you think.)

Styg from MLP pride icons! Apparently there’s more Stygian content on here than Instagram so Im posting this in hopes of sparking… conversation🫣

✨My headcanon: Stygian is asexual and bi-romantic,,,He can get pretty touch starved though,,,surprisingly good kisser,,,Styg and Sunburst are roommates

Pride may be over but…

#oh look it’s my art #fanart #mlp stygian #feel free to use these as pfp with credit ofc #mlp #stygian #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #pridemonth #my art #bisexual #asexuel #mlp humanized #humanversion #pillars of equestria