Post by Sunset Shimmer on Nov 24, 2013 22:34:27 GMT -6
||| SUNSET SHIMMER |||
#Name;Sunset Shimmer
#Age;18
#Gender ;Female
#Occupation ; Student
#Alignment ; Bearers of Harmony
#Physique ; Slender
#Hair color and style ; A mixture of red and yellow, she tends to wear it slightly curled and down to mid-back length.
#Eye color ; Light Blue
#Clothing ; Her most common attire is a purple tanktop with a yellow sun (her cutie mark in pony form) with a leather black jacket with fake-diamond jewels on the color. This is joined in with an orange skirt with a series of purple and light-yellow swooshes. She often wears long, black boots with a purple front and a heel. Her Harmonizer is worn as a bracelet on her left arm.
#Personality ;
For ages Sunset Shimmer had been a cruel, egotistical, and manipulate person. When she was the student of Princess Celestia she was constantly showing impatience, demanding to be given access to the most powerful of magics in order to fulfill her “destiny” to rule over the land someday. This carried over into her experiences in the human world, her ego and need for superiority leading her to rule Canterlot High School through the classical tactic of “divide and conquer.” Using whatever tactics she could, she would ensure that no one else could get the power or attention that was so rightfully hers. Anyone who seemed a threat would be put down with no mercy.
Her defeat at the hands of Twilight Sparkle, however, has thrown her into a life of transition. Having a first-hand encounter with the power of friendship, she has decided to try and change so she too could tap into it. Ironically, in order to learn about she found herself having to “befriend” some of the very same people she had once tormented with a particular amount of prejudice. Over the last few months she has, in many ways begrudgingly, found herself caring about them. Due to her lack of experience she can’t really tell if these are true and close friends, but at the very least they are willing to tolerate her.
As a person who is in transition, however, Sunset Shimmer often finds herself slipping into her old habits. She is still has a bit of a thing for power, and is still quite arrogant when there’s no one to knock her down a peg or two. When it comes to figuring out solutions to problems, she still tends to default to a more manipulative approach instead of offering a diplomatic hand. At least in her attempts to reform herself she tries to choose more noble goals, such as protecting her friends. Still, this conflict between trying to be a better person and unlearning her old habits is often a source of frustration for her. This manifests her in her declaring she’s done with the whole friendship every once in a while, but eventually she relents.
All in all, Sunset Shimmer is a girl who is still trying to learn to do the right thing and to care about others. She has her moments of tumbling, but she’s making progress.
#History ;
Sunset Shimmer’s history begins not in the human world, but in the realm of Equestria. There she was a unicorn, and more importantly, a prodigy at magic. Her skills and talents quickly landed her a spot as the personal student of Princess Celestia, ruler of all Equestria. Unfortunately for the Princess, Sunset Shimmer was boastful and arrogant about her abilities that ignored all of her lessons about humility. Instead, Sunset Shimmer was always demanding that Celestia teach her more and more powerful magic, with hopes that one day she would become the ruler of Equestria.
One day Celestia, in attempt to teach Sunset Shimmer something, brought her to a magical mirror. Upon looking upon it, Sunset Shimmer saw a reflection of herself as an alicorns. Before she could investigate it further, however, Celestia took her away from it. Seeing a promise of untold power before her, Sunset began to pester Celestia about the mirror. All she was told, however, was that Celestia would tell her more about it “when [she’s] ready.” This, of course, did not satisfy Sunset Shimmer, who began to research the mirror and other magic in secret.
It was during a night at the library researching that she was caught by Celestia and the royal guards. Undeterred, Sunset Shimmer lashed out at Celestia, demanding to know why it was such magic was hidden from her and demanded to be made a princess immediately. Instead, Celestia refused, claiming that being a princess must be earned and informed Sunset Shimmer she would no longer be her personal student. While being escorted out of the castle, Sunset Shimmer overpowered the guards and escaped, jumping through the mirror and finding herself in the human world.
While stripped of all her magic, Sunset Shimmer’s resourcefulness soon allowed her to settle comfortably in this world. Setting up in Canterlot High School, Sunset began to make her plans for revenge against Celestia and all of Equestria. In the meantime, she indulged in her egomania by manipulating the system in order to dominate the school. Besides, was good practice for once she was ruler of Equestria. One particular moment of cruel manipulation involved a group of freshman she “interviewed for the paper” and then used that information to break the friends apart.
In her fourth year, she briefly dated a human by the name of Flash Sentry, taking advantage of his own popularity to boost her own. Eventually, however, the two of them broke up, her egomania and manipulations having become unbearable to him. It didn’t matter, however, as she was about to enact her final plan.
Returning briefly to Equestria, she stole the Element of Magic, knowing that when brought across the dimensional rift it’s magic would become tainted and allow her access to it. Unfortunately for her plans, the bearer of the Element, the newly promoted Princess Twilight (Sunset Shimmer’s rage at that should be obvious) fought back, knocking the crown into the portal. Sunset Shimmer returned to find that the crown had been taken to the Principal, who had it stored for safe keeping until a winner for Princess of the Fall Formal could be announced. Since Sunset had won it the last three years prior, it was of no worry to her.
Until she discovered that Twilight Sparkle had followed her and was now running for the title as well. Sunset used everything in her power to hinder and embarrass Twilight, but the princess was able to match her with the power of “friendship.” All of Sunset Shimmer’s work in keeping the school divided soon began to crumble as Twilight reunited the student body, which soon crowned her Princess.
So Sunset Shimmer just kidnapped her dog and held him hostage while also (bluffing) threatening to destroy the portal. Twilight was forced to hand over the crown, which Sunset used to transform into a powerful, demonic form. Using her powers, she prepared to turn the student body into her horde for the invasion of Equestria. When she attempted to kill Twilight, however, everything backfired. Her new friends moved to protect her, and in doing so allowed Twilight to access the Elements of Harmony. One giant blast of rainbow magic later, Sunset Shimmer found herself in a smoldering crater, her own dark magic having been swept away.
Humbled by the display of power, and having a chance to witness just what the power of friendship could do, Sunset finally broke. All her rage and anger collapsed as she accepted Twilight’s suggestion to apologize, and to become friends with the group of students she had once interviewed to discover their weaknesses. Furthermore, she had to assist in the rebuilding in the school she had damaged in her battles.
Over the next few months Sunset Shimmer struggled with this whole new friendship thing, which was hampered a bit by everyone having seen her go all demon and try and enslave them. With the help of her new “friends”, however, things eventually settled down. That is, until the magic that had been purged from her apparently reappeared in the form of a being quite familiar to Sunset Shimmer: Discord.
Now she finds herself as this world’s “Element of Magic”, much to her confusion, and tasked with helping to defend this world from chaos and disharmony.
Maybe she should have just stayed in Equestria…
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#Sample RP ;
”So what is the point of this again?” Sunset Shimmer asked of her companion, Fluttershy, as the two walked along the suburban sidewalk.
It was sunset, with the night sky just starting to peek out. Normally Sunset would enjoy this time, the bolded colors serving a nice reminder of her own personality. But right now, she was giving it a slight death glare, as if that would make time stop and what was about to happen would be avoided. Because for every minute the sun continued to set and the stars shown, she was one more minute closer to being dragged into...
A sleepover.
It had been Rarity’s idea, a way of getting the three of them to have some “bonding”. It hadn’t been too long ago that Sunset had tried to destroy them all, so it was figured there was a pressing need for her to do this. After all, they had been tasked by “Princess Twilight” to help her learn about friendship. And while Sunset was making the effort because, hey, friendship had blasted her into a crater so there had to be something to it, that still didn’t require her to like every single bit of it.
Still, she had committed to at least trying the whole friendship approach, and so she had agreed to join in on this scheme. She shifted her backbag around a bit, which was filled with the supplies she had been tasked with bringing. Change of clothes, hygiene stuff, and, most importantly, various dips for chips. At the very least, no matter how this night turned out, she would at least get some food out of it.