My sona's original name is "Kraena" but her pony version gets her own identity, being "Kindle Flare"! The last image was my most recent art of what she usually looks like as a human (accompanied with another OC, Lorna, and Hilda from the Netflix series)
And yes the other art is self-ship of Kindle and Coco Pommel because I love her dearly <33
Some of us currently converting (or have already finished) or are simply close to Jewish communities have maybe stumbled upon a saying from Pirkei Avot somewhere at some point. Whether you've read the entire texts or are familiar with a few, which quote/s would you say struck you the most, ones that really enlightened you and/or live by?
One of mine would be from 1:10 - "Shemaiah used to say: love work, hate acting the superior, and do not attempt to draw near to the ruling authority.", I get involved in a lot of advocacy work so this really feels true to my experiences working alongside a community towards empowerment.
I originally posted this on Tumblr where me and my mutual asked each other to come up with ideas for names of Hilda characters but if they came from My Little Pony; and these were my ideas for just a few of them! Hope any MLP fans in this community find them neat :>
I couldn't just leave out my Hilda OCs :>, so theirs would be:
—and neither are you >:3
She's absolutely GORGEOUS and glamorous in "The Other Side" music video it makes me melt <33
I was inspired by my significant other's D&D worldbuilding centered on an underground railway system that connects to multiple different mystical societies. I just so happened to discover a cave right below the mountain of my weather station base (unrelated to the D&D campaign) that's big enough to reconstruct one of the platforms from that campaign, and I had a cozy time making it :> Noticeable however, I still have room for more cosmetics in and around the structures.
Hello! Wanted to ask if anyone can clarify how to use either two words when saying "I need"; in what contexts is one or the other used? Thanks!
I share a lot of the feelings fans had and/or still do about what Twilight looks like by the last episode—she's almost unrecognizable from the Twilight we know and I scratched my head seeing this for the first time in 2019. It almost feels more like a fan re-interpretation or a Celestia fusion than a final canonized look. Speaking of which, it makes me wonder if her looking TOO similar to Celestia was even the right choice since Cadence and Luna are shorter alicorns whose shape would've suited a future Twilight's physique a bit better—noticeably more reagal but still retaining her recognizeable, squisher looking self throughout the show.
And while these thoughts definitely still hold up for me, eventually I found myself softening up to future Twilight? To start, it's still pretty in its own right and I don't consider it a bad design by any means either. What helped was that I really like how lucious her mane looks sdfwbgwfw. I also do feel a contagiously calm and everything's-gonna-be-okay feeling when I see her, which is all I can ask for from an alicorn ruler. Plus the golden accessories are a nice touch; they compliment her purple palette and that's all to it without possibly being too busy in a design that's already so strikingly different.
So overall, I've never been nor currently all that crazy about this version of Twilight and still think a Luna-esque design would've been the right approach (or hell, everything about OG Twilight is perfect the way she is even for a time-skip), but I like this Twilight just a fair amount—I did wish there was more I could talk about why beyond what's above, but it really just boils down to personal feelings. But yeah, anyone else share the same-ish thoughts?
What are headcanons of them that y'all have? :>
(This is a joke btw sdfwbwfw, it makes a good nickname though)
There's currently a lot of projects in my survival world, but this one has become my most favorite and I love coming here often. The location and simplicity just gives it a comfy vibe.
While my personal favorite movie is the first one, I always thought that in terms of the songs they had, *Friendship Games*' soundtrack had the best lineup of songs.
Chag Shavuot Sameach! I hope everyone's been having a wonderful time celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai with your communities and homes! I'm writing this to process some reflections I've been having after reading the Book of Ruth as is customary on Shavuot, and I'll confess, even prior to my conversion I had never read the story of Ruth the Moabite in full, but I was familiar with her since she's considered the archetype of converts to Judaism/"the original convert"; who chose Judaism and the Jewish people as her own, but I hadn't known much else beyond this surface-level knowledge of Ruth.
Ruth's kindness is infectious, genuinely tugging my heartstrings as she comforts and tells her bereaved mother-in-law that not only will she not leave her, but hereinafter accepts the Jewish people and Hashem as hers. The translation of the text especially is beautifully, beautifully written, I think to myself it's no wonder why it's so memorable as it is!
>וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רוּת֙ אַל־תִּפְגְּעִי־בִ֔י לְעׇזְבֵ֖ךְ לָשׁ֣וּב מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ כִּ֠י אֶל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֵּלְכִ֜י אֵלֵ֗ךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּלִ֙ינִי֙ אָלִ֔ין עַמֵּ֣ךְ עַמִּ֔י וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ אֱלֹהָֽי׃בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּמ֙וּתִי֙ אָמ֔וּת וְשָׁ֖ם אֶקָּבֵ֑ר כֹּה֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהֹוָ֥ה לִי֙ וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף כִּ֣י הַמָּ֔וֶת יַפְרִ֖יד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃
>But Ruth replied, “Do not urge me to leave you, to turn back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus and more may GOD do to me if anything but death parts me from you.” (Ruth 1:16-17)
(By the way, absolutely tell me if the Hebrew portions look off, it's a little hard for me to format Hebrew text :'>)
Ruth's words, her promise to stay and care for Naomi and to live with her community reminds me of how my Judaism journey has been: an unwavering, undying desire to choose this. The connection to Judaism and the Jewish people in some shape or form led to this feeling of belonging, of a kind of LOVE that even if we know times will be hard and others might tell (or have told) us it will get hard, we're committed to being here regardless; nothing matters more than being here instead of anywhere else.
I was also touched by how Ruth was welcomed in Bethlehem, how her kindness was commended by Boaz and in turn reassured her she'd be cared back.
>עֵינַ֜יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְצֹרוּן֙ וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן הֲל֥וֹא צִוִּ֛יתִי אֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים לְבִלְתִּ֣י נׇגְעֵ֑ךְ וְצָמִ֗ת וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ אֶל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים וְשָׁתִ֕ית מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן הַנְּעָרִֽים׃וַתִּפֹּל֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו מַדּ֩וּעַ֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי וְאָנֹכִ֖י נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃וַיַּ֤עַן בֹּ֙עַז֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֔הּ הֻגֵּ֨ד הֻגַּ֜ד לִ֗י כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אִישֵׁ֑ךְ וַתַּעַזְבִ֞י אָבִ֣יךְ וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְ וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י אֶל־עַ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדַ֖עַתְּ תְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם יְהֹוָ֖ה פׇּעֳלֵ֑ךְ וּתְהִ֨י מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ שְׁלֵמָ֗ה מֵעִ֤ם יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖את לַחֲס֥וֹת תַּחַת־כְּנָפָֽיו׃
>Keep your eyes on the field they are reaping, and follow them. I have ordered the workers not to harass you. And when you are thirsty, go to the jars and drink some of [the water] that the workers have drawn.” She prostrated herself with her face to the ground, and said to him, “Why are you so kind as to single me out, when I am a foreigner?” Boaz said in reply, “I have been told of all that you did for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth and came to a people you had not known before. May GOD reward your deeds. May you have a full recompense from the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have sought refuge!” (Ruth 2:9-12)
Since I started attending services at my shul and meeting over communities in nearby ones, I've only ever been greeted with respect and warmth by every Jewish person I've come to befriend. I can't remember a time when a community has welcomed me as if I had always been part of their own so instantaneously than the Jewish community, and my experience of receiving warmth and kindness encourages me to give it my all to be as kind, welcoming and joyful back, not just to my new community but to everyone in my life.
In short, this story of chesed and loyalty is a personal reminder of why I chose to convert, it exemplifies my ongoing experience of choosing, learning and being welcomed every little step I take. The Book of Ruth resonates with me more than just a historical account of a convert to Judaism; the kind of life and loving-personhood Ruth had is exactly the kind I'm molding my own life and character into after choosing Judaism because there is so much joy, comfort and beauty in it that I had never felt before in my life. So as Ruth told Naomi, your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Chag Sameach 🌾💙
What is everyone else's thoughts on the Book of Ruth? Anything about my thoughts resonate or contrast even a little? Thanks a bunch for your time :>
It took a while to figure out how to draw their sonas and ended up feeling pretty satisfied! Curly hair is always fun to try
Am I the only one who likes rewatching scenes of songs from the show as opposed to just listening to the soundtrack by themselves to get the complete experience of enjoying them? Like this series has some of my favorite songs in any show EVER, but 70% of the time it feels like I'm missing something inside if I don't rewatch the source 'cause they're equally super infectious to sit through. Some examples for me are like Raise This Barn and just about every song from Magical Mystery Cure haha, while for Equestria Girls I've only ever fully enjoyed the Cafeteria Song, Under Our Spell and the Summertime Shorts songs if I'm watching the clips they're from (as a kid it was so hard not to copy the dance steps from the Cafeteria Song when I had it on repeat).
I ended up changing my character for Favorite Design from the EQ Cutie Mark Crusaders to Adagio, but everyone else is more or less the same as last time. Originally shared in the main MLP subreddit.