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Description Luna certainly doesn't lack enthusiasm.

I do enjoy doing pictures like this, not just for the comedic/storytelling potential, but because it's fun to experiment with poses. When I started drawing ponies I was completely limited to the poses used in the show, as I had to learn to draw them by imitation. But eventually I got more confident at using skeletal templates first, and this gave me a lot more freedom. I still have difficulty with faces, but oh well.

Also, having the moon in the scene like this was fun. The arc that's visible would be part of a circle over 16000 pixels wide if the whole thing was visible. Still a lot smaller than the real moon, but I wanted the curvature to be visible.

Anyway, enough random asides.

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Comments: 151

RainbowzO3O [2013-11-20 22:28:54 +0000 UTC]

Now Luna..-
Hey sister! Wanna play soccermoon?

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Mr-Pugington In reply to RainbowzO3O [2014-05-17 13:37:26 +0000 UTC]

And I know the perfect place to play at... ClockTown! I just hope the villagers don't mind about their village being destroyed by a moon being kicked around by two goddesses. xD

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BB-K [2013-11-20 16:34:39 +0000 UTC]

Too close!

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WritersShadow In reply to ??? [2013-11-07 04:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Seems like Luna wants to go to the moon

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TambaCat In reply to ??? [2013-11-06 05:31:06 +0000 UTC]

Love how the moon's like 2 inches above their heads and Luna doesn't even care. Celestia, on the other hoof, is freaking out.

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Miss-Barker In reply to ??? [2013-11-06 00:35:12 +0000 UTC]

No, Luna! You're gonna cause the world to go out of balance and make the ocean rise drastically!

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PineyCreek In reply to ??? [2013-11-01 00:14:08 +0000 UTC]

That can't be good for anyone living near the sea.

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Sonic4ever-yea In reply to ??? [2013-10-31 13:30:03 +0000 UTC]

OH GOD!!!! SCARY!!!XD

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soldier2333 In reply to ??? [2013-10-27 16:50:28 +0000 UTC]

Omg thats too close

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klema2000 [2013-10-24 15:31:08 +0000 UTC]

  yey! Moon!

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BorealisFroggo [2013-10-22 20:51:33 +0000 UTC]

What The Buck!? Lulu! Put The Moon Back!

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Fox-Ink [2013-10-22 18:24:44 +0000 UTC]

thats way cute

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OliviaDoesPonies [2013-10-21 21:26:24 +0000 UTC]

Luna, stop before you drop it and crush someone!

But I wants it right here!

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malis22 In reply to OliviaDoesPonies [2013-11-25 19:11:09 +0000 UTC]

frost: what is that racket its the middle of the night and .... oh for the love of solaris cant you two let me sleep for one night

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OliviaDoesPonies In reply to malis22 [2013-11-25 20:15:45 +0000 UTC]

No!

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malis22 In reply to OliviaDoesPonies [2013-11-25 20:21:31 +0000 UTC]

frost: fine you know what *puts the moon back* now you two get to bed before you wake you parents up

solaris and lauren: *behind frost*

frost: there right behind me aren't they

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demonlovers [2013-10-21 13:48:55 +0000 UTC]

too cute

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Missinko009 [2013-10-21 00:14:27 +0000 UTC]

That moment when Luna says: "Hey Tia, CATCH!!!"

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the-imagerie [2013-10-20 16:00:55 +0000 UTC]

OH, my FAUST!! The TIDES!! THE TIIIIIIDES!!!

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Genesis1212 In reply to the-imagerie [2013-10-20 18:45:16 +0000 UTC]

(busts out laughing) Yeah I was saying to myself when I seen the picture, Luna too close!!! TOO CLOSE!!! 


But your's is better put I say xDDD

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Roger334 In reply to ??? [2013-10-20 15:37:10 +0000 UTC]

M-zing !

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pytko3 In reply to ??? [2013-10-19 21:31:14 +0000 UTC]

Alright Luna, you had your fun.  Now it's time to put up your toys. 

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TheUnsettlingGlow In reply to ??? [2013-10-19 14:55:47 +0000 UTC]

celestia, that face!

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BrutalityInc In reply to ??? [2013-10-19 08:53:20 +0000 UTC]

It comes to no surprise that ponies both love, fear and resent them with equal measure. 

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 06:55:49 +0000 UTC]

When you can play with the MOON when you're a BABY...you're gonna be one hell of a grown-up.

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 07:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Pony: "No matter how much time and effort we put into our work, no matter how long we strive, no matter how HARD we TRY... We'll never be as wise and powerful as the Princesses ever be... And that's just the most unfair thing in the world, doesn't it?"

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 07:48:57 +0000 UTC]

Another Pony: "Maybe...but that doesn't mean we can't come pretty dang close if we try. If they're the ideal, even second best is something to be proud of."

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 07:56:24 +0000 UTC]

Pony "But their mere presence diminishes the meaning and value of mortal efforts! What's the point of pony progress if we're always going to remain second-rate?"

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 08:05:22 +0000 UTC]

Pony 2: "No, it's thinking like THAT that makes what we do without value or meaning. It isn't a contest or a race, dummy! Making yourself; your whole word, better is NEVER without value, immortal Princesses or not. We'll have progress; we'll have change...so quit it with this 'doomsday nihilism' shtick, it's depressing."

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 08:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Pony: "You... got a point."

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 08:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Pony 2: "Thanks. Now, let's quit this philosophizing and grab some cider. First round's on me!"

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alexwarlorn In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 20:54:01 +0000 UTC]

Blue pegasus Pony with a bat and moon cutie, "Hi, I'm Sparkling Nights."


White Earth pony with pink hair, with smilie sun cutie mark, "And I'm Sunny Day. Wanna go clubbing with us?"

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BrutalityInc In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 21:17:09 +0000 UTC]

Pony 2: "I would love to! I know just the club downtown to shake these flanks!"


Pony 1: [Thinking to himself] "There's something... unusual about these two ponies... but what exactly I just can't place..."

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alexwarlorn In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 21:31:47 +0000 UTC]

Sparkling Night (aka Moonlight), "There is nothing unusual about us."


Pony 1: "There is nothing unusual about you." 


The old Jedi mind trick, is there nothing it can not solve? 

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BrutalityInc In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 21:35:10 +0000 UTC]

[Lol, one of these days they're going to get legally sued for it.]

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alexwarlorn In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-21 01:30:03 +0000 UTC]

Tell that to the Jedi. 

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 20:59:30 +0000 UTC]

Young Celestia: "I'd love to, but...Lulu needs somepony to keep an eye on her. And I don't think most foalsitters could handle a filly quite like her."


[Meanwhile, Baby Luna is giggling whilst juggling planets, comets, and asteroids.]

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alexwarlorn In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:18:39 +0000 UTC]

That was supposed to be Luna and Celestia in disguise.

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BrutalityInc In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 21:24:37 +0000 UTC]

Or we could just write it off as advanced Star-Swirl-the-Bearded time travel spell. I want to see their older disguised self trolling their younger counterparts. It would be HILARIOUS! 

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 21:19:00 +0000 UTC]

(Brutality told me, sorry. )

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:25:02 +0000 UTC]

Or we could just write it off as advanced Star-Swirl-the-Bearded time travel spell. I want to see their older-disguised-selves trolling their younger counterparts. It would be HILARIOUS! 

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 21:33:44 +0000 UTC]

That....is brilliant.

Maybe you should shoot that idea over to Alex!

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:35:27 +0000 UTC]

Already did. 

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 21:38:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, then.


(By the way, did you get my other replies on "Rarity Flying Gems" and the "Demonstration" art with Celestia?)

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:40:38 +0000 UTC]

I got them. 


Now I am just waiting for someone to write a sequel to my entry for 'Future Canterlot' by Tomo-6598.

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:14:04 +0000 UTC]

(In Alex's stories, Sparkling Night and Sunny Day are actually assumed aliases of Luna and Celestia while disguised as normal ponies using polymorphic spells]

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SomeRandomMinion In reply to BrutalityInc [2013-10-20 21:15:04 +0000 UTC]

(*Faceplam.* Whoops. Talk about an identity crisis...)

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BrutalityInc In reply to SomeRandomMinion [2013-10-20 21:20:04 +0000 UTC]

(In particular, in Alex's Pony POV verse 'Sunny Days' (aka Celestia) is one of the many tabloid writers that write tabloids accusing Princess Celestia of all sorts of weird and cruel things, and ironically her stories are one of the most well read.)

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alexwarlorn [2013-10-19 07:45:05 +0000 UTC]

"Lulu you shouldn't touch yourself!" 

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Genesis1212 In reply to alexwarlorn [2013-10-20 18:47:51 +0000 UTC]

Rolling from the other comment, this made me laugh even harder xDDD

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