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[marearcana]

Name: Awe
Journal: awestriker
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Character Name: Twilight Sparkle
Series: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Gender: Female
Age & Canon Point: Approximately 20; End of Season 2 (since updated to End of Season 3)
Requested Sponsor: Emerald
Entry position (Cadet, SeeD, Instructor, other): Cadet
History: Wiki linked.
Abilities & Physical Abnormalities: Well, first of all, she's a pony. There are a couple of ponies around (two). More specifically, she is a unicorn and can use true magic, although most of hers is utilitarian rather than combative. Her talent range is wide enough that she could conceivably use it for combat, though.
Personality: Twilight is a rational pony that nonetheless has a lot of emotion to her. Even though she is known to snark, and is sort of the "only sane pony" of the core cast, she cares deeply about all of her friends. Seemingly more often than not, though, she's doing research into some obscure branch of magic or science.

She is quite an obsessive planner and listmaker, making plans almost a month in advance and knowing exactly what she's set to do on any given day. The exactness of these plans doesn't leave a lot of room to be stressed, and if she is, she will "break". When "broken", Twilight will suggest outlandish or otherwise impossible ideas, adopt nervous tics and jitters, and otherwise act extremely oddly.

Her studies have led her to be very methodical and to look for procedural solutions to many situations, usually in books, which has had mixed results for her, and even if she isn't studying she can often be found with a book. One problem with her method of studying is that she will try to get it right once, then move on, which has caused her spells to fail on occasion.

Lately, her emotional side has become somewhat more prevalent, leading to her having jumped to conclusions quickly and without collecting actual evidence. She also wants to be seen as "just an average unicorn" rather than "two-time hero of Equestria" or "student to the Princess" or "younger sister of the Royal Guard Captain" or her most recent acquired title "sister-in-law of Princess Cadence", although all of those things are important to who she is. Except maybe that last one; that hasn't had implications yet.

She is the user of the Element of Magic when necessary; while this may have to do with her immense magic power, it probably has more to do with her general demeanor and overall friendliness. How else could she and her very-different-from-her friends get along so well?
What are your plans for the character in-game? She's going to be learning as much as she can! And other assorted friendmaking and tutoring shenanigans. And joining the library committee. Possibly running the library committee.

Anything else?



Complete TWO out of the FOUR options.
I) IC Questionnaire
What do you prefer to be known as? Twilight Sparkle
How old are you? 20 years.

Do you have any history in combat? There was an incident a little bit ago involving a full-scale invasion/wedding-crashing, but other than that no.
If so, have you ever killed? No.

i) How do you feel when you get involved in some project that calls for immediate and rapid activity? I'll do it, even if I don't want to.

ii) Do you organize and initiate leisure activities? Yes.

iii) What role do you take when working in a group? I usually end up leading, unless somepony has a better grasp of the situation than I do. In those cases, I suggest plans of action in a more advisory role.

iv) How talkative are you around other people? It depends on the situation. If I'm reading, I'm likely not to respond, but I do start conversations with my friends if I see one.

v) What three things would you want to have with you on a desert island? State your reasoning. Assuming there isn't a way to just leave the island, I would want a source of fresh water, food, and a really good book. Survival is important, and I wouldn't like to stop learning things.

vi) Is it important to be liked by a wide range of people? Yes. I don't think I'd be the pony I am today without having known my friends, all of whom are very different from each other and myself.

vii) When the odds are against you, is it worth taking a chance? Yes.

viii) Do you consider yourself to be an impulsive person? No.

ix) Would you agree that planning things ahead takes the fun out of life? No.

x) Do you like surprises? It depends on the surprise. I know somepony that's very good at friendly, harmless surprises, and hers are always fun. On the other hoof... let's just say it's a good thing Discord is sealed in stone.

xi) Do you sometimes wonder if there is something wrong with you? No.

xii) Do you consider yourself to be smarter than your superiors, and disagree with their decisions? No.

xiii) Lastly, how do you feel about cabbages? They're alright... but why did you ask that?
II) Prose sample (can be general or a response to the post's prompt).

"CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS".

Thus read the sign hanging over the Garden's library, and it frustrated Twilight Sparkle to no end. Evidently a cadet couldn't just apply for a library card, so she didn't have one yet. The computer system still freaked her out, so far.

Thus, she had nothing satisfying to read, for now, and she was so anxious to learn. A new world of course meant new people, new places, new histories. Perhaps there were fields of science or technologies she could never have dreamed of. And who knows what they could have done with magic?

On the other hand, her friends weren't here, as far as she could tell. There was hope that they were, but it was far from likely that that was true. If she were to continue all of her studies, she'd need to reach out to her fellow students.

And who knows, maybe she'd have something else to learn from them, too...