HOOOOUUUUUGH LOOK AT MY CHILDDDDDDD

Amethyst(?

Went for a sorta mad scientisty look. I think she’s nice and kooky! I’m gonna call her Dizzy :)

Time for Element swap au Twilight Maelstrom, the element of Loyalty, and her lovely future cat wife, Lovely Grace!

Twilight does not talk about her childhood. For, it was a time she’d rather not revisit mentally. She was raised on the streets of Canterlot. She does not know what her family was like, for she was raised initially in an orphanage that had no records of who her biological family was. All she knew was the blood tests, which reveal a mixed heritage of kirin, thestral, and donkey. 

Twilight quickly learned her mixed-blood was not appealing the average Canterlot noble, and went to the streets as a young filly. It was best she learned the ways of the streets now, before she was subject to them suddenly as soon as she became legal. 

She was scooped up by Canterlot’s underbelly and learned the ways of crime. Even if she was a child, the gang she found was mostly earth ponies and pegasi, which were looked down upon in Canterlot. A unicorn was needed for any magic escapes needed. Even if she was a child.

During her time on the streets, she found that the “crime lords” weren’t necessarily “evil” as she had been taught at the orphanage. Rather, they were misunderstood and merely labeled as criminals for their appearance, race, or talents. 

One day, her gang was arrested for “kidnapping” a foal. That foal being Twilight of course. Twilight rushed to her gang’s aid and went before Celestia herself. Spouting the injustices and kindness this gang had shown her more than any other pony had in her life. Celestia was moved by the plight of these ponies and started programs to help those in similar situations not turn to crime, and to eliminate not unicorn racism in canterlot. She knows it will take many generations to undo years of hate, but it will be worth it. Celestia also gave them all jobs in the castle as an apology for her guard’s rashness. 

Including Twilight. 

Twilight was given the duty to watch the underground of Canterlot. For, she seemed to know it best. She helped those who chose a life of crime; whether it be through carefully getting them back onto their feet- or making sure their “crimes” just weren’t harmful to the public at large. Any drugs they had were in a reasonable range, their influence isn’t reaching terrible heights, they aren’t physically or mentally harming anypony, or any other number of things.

This is what her cutie mark represents; her ability to help balance lawful and unlawfulness, and keep things in check. In harmony, if you will. 

Twilight is still sent to Ponyville during the thousandth summer sun celebration because Celestia has a hunch that she was one of the new wielders of the elements of harmony after she found she could no longer wield them. 

Lovely Grace was born in Abyssinia, like most catfolk. She heard tales of Equestria, a place where friendship was magic and things would be better than her harsh, dingy village. She moved there as soon as she had enough coin, and opened a tailor shop in the cheapest spot she could find; Ponyville. She was so happy to be among these bright and friendly ponies, she even changed her name to a more “ponyish” name. She is chipper, bright, optimistic, and loves and trusts anyone. Twilight will end you if you hurt her.

A Pearl that was born highly defective due to orders from her owner, who secretly was part of a mixed fusion in her off time. Her defects include: blindness, having four arms,and having slightly longer legs than normal (making her a head taller than the average Pearl).

She was put in a rejuvenation chamber for all her flaws, in hopes that she could be customized by her next owner to be non defective. If not, she would be shattered. 

However, she was left forgotten. As, the rejuvenation chamber was on Earth. And the retreat order was called before she could be retrieved. 

Rose found her about a thousand years after the war, and accidentally activated her, the poor Pearl’s default settings keeping her defective. Over the next thousands of years, the other crystal gems teach her how to be free. 

Rose helps her edit bits of her outfit to make her more comfortable and confident. A bow to push her hair out of her eyes and show off their beauty, a shawl to cover the arms she’d rather not show, and a bell to help her listen to the sound bouncing off the walls so she can judge where she is within buildings (plus it alerts others to keep an out out for the poor Pearl), 

Unsure of a nickname for this little lady.

quiet au concept; Lonely Connie au

Connie Pearl Maheswaran was born to single mother Priyanka Maheswaran. Her other parent, a sentient gem alien by the name of Pearl, was the last known uncorrupted of her kind upon the planet Earth after her species’ fail colonization of Earth. She gave her physical form so Connie may live. 

Connie was born blind and, as a result, the protective Priyanka keeps Connie homeschooled. Better her in the home instead of outside where others could judge her for her gem or harm her due to her blindness.

Connie grows up a bit melancholy, wishing for more from life than the four walls of her childhood home. 

One day, however, her mother brings home a mirror that reminded her of Connie from the antique store....

Final design for an oc I’ve had on the back burner for a bit!

This is Bow (pronounced like the clothing object) Performance. Also known as “Showtime”; no one really knows what they are, or where they came from. A few speculate they could be another cartoon come into the real world. Others think they are a corrupted fae, looking the way they do due to all the magic they’ve tampered with. 

Whatever the case, this character seems to be.... avoiding something. They hate staying in one place too long, getting jumping and complaining about how they can’t “stick to a setting” or the “story will catch up to them”. They seem to check the unlabeled book they keep with them a lot, muttering about how “their damned writer is torturing them with these plot twists” or how “unoriginal” a “development in the story” is.

Bow is a person who tries to encourage others to challenge their “story”. To break free of the “role” they are written to be. 

Basically, Bow Performance knows he’s fake. And is trying to avoid his story.

small update to Illendra’s ref. I didn’t really like the art on the last one. She has side burns now :)

me: I should design the gems I promised! 

brain: fuck you we’re finishing the wips of the two adult characters we have set aside for hybrid high. 

me:

me: uh-

So yea. I’ve had these guys set aside for half a year now and FINALLY decided to line them. These two are very important staff members for the high school, being the Principal and Vice Principal respectively..... And one of them being Percy’s new step parent.

On the top we have Principal Moral Nighshade; A City Fae and.... No one’s sure. She is a hybrid, but no one really knows what of. She created the high school for hybrid children like herself many years ago, creating a safe space so children who were seen as different could be around others like them. She even set it up so on the first day students could get a pronoun pin so people knew how to identify them. 

Moral used to work at a bar, for their boring summers and nights to be filled up. This is where they met a very worried-about-her-son Mrs. Hudson..... Their romance was private and whirwind, preparing to get married just over a year into their courtship. And, before Percy even met Moral. 

Percy is highly suspicious of Moral and her intentions with his mother at first, as fae are regarded as dangerous and conniving by most humans. But, they become close and bond very well eventually. 

Moral uses she/they pronouns, and is able to grow a beard. She’ll not shave it if it’s the weekend.

On the bottom, we have the very kind Vice Principal Gulliver Dirgefall! Widely beloved by the students, Gulliver is a chipper, friendly dullahan-skeleton hybrid who used to teach Theater Lit; where he would teach famous plays to his children. However, he quickly gained the vice principal position due to how beloved he is by all the staff, students, and parents. 

He runs the Sexuality and Gender Alliance club at the school, and is a married gay man. Gulliver is a cis male and uses he/him pronouns

Two important adults and a side adult who all work at Hybrid High!

Moral Nightengale (city fae/??? hybrid - she/they); the mysterious and enigmatic principal/founder of the school. Recently wed to Percy's mother.

Gulliver Dirgefall (skeleton/dullahan hybrid - he/him); a former theater lit teacher who became the vice principal. Teacher supervisor to the gsa. Married to Hyacinth!

Hyacinth Dirgefall (tabaxi/satyr hybrid - he/him); the sign language teacher at school. Married to Gulliver!

So, who was the Pearl in Sonora’s tale?

I haven't designed her yet. She would look different to the Pearls we know. Pearl was a forehead gem who gained a Dr. Frankenstein complex. Could she create, as Sonora had? It was a question she'd regret answering. No one knows where Pearl left to after she fled for creating White. Pearl wouldn't have a major role in the racgwocs au, but she'd be mentioned. Sonora wonders if she'll appear again one day, now that era three is around.

Nuummite is pretty cautious of that orange gem over there-- Aaaaa thank you for drawing her, dude!!!!!

Streams all done! Here’s the rest of the group!

@matthewbarnumandbailycircus @rocky-draws @sunnygoldenorangegem and @yaboy-robin your’s are all drawn!