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Off Topic / Re: Ghost stories! Who's got them?
« on: August 16, 2014, 09:56:33 AM »
When I was a very little girl I went to the Fort Worth Zoo with my babysitter's family. I somehow became separated from them, and I found myself sitting on a bench and crying because I was frightened about being lost. The next thing I remember is a woman in sort of old-fashioned dress, all in white, with long sleeves, high collar, pinned up dark brown hair, and a white lace parasol, coming up to me and comforting me. I don't actually remember what, if anything, she said, or anything else about the whole experience (including how I was finally reunited with my babysitter, though clearly I must have been or I suppose I wouldn't be here 
), but I distinctly remember that her presence was very warm and kind to me, and I was soothed.
Fast forward to when I was in high school. I had never forgotten this experience, but I always related it as "the time I was helped by Mary Poppins" (because that's what her overall antique look reminded my young self of), and I fully believed I had been helped by a person who was simply dressed up for some reason - like a cosplayer. (Why there would be a Mary Poppins cosplayer at the zoo I could not imagine, but I did not question it, because I knew I had met her.)
It was October, and I was reading an article about "Hauntings of Fort Worth, Texas" reporting on places in the area that were widely reported to be haunted, and what had been seen there. I saw there was an entry for the Fort Worth Zoo. It was titled "Parasols", and explained that many people have seen the apparition of a dark-haired woman, all in white, carrying a white lace parasol.
), but I distinctly remember that her presence was very warm and kind to me, and I was soothed.Fast forward to when I was in high school. I had never forgotten this experience, but I always related it as "the time I was helped by Mary Poppins" (because that's what her overall antique look reminded my young self of), and I fully believed I had been helped by a person who was simply dressed up for some reason - like a cosplayer. (Why there would be a Mary Poppins cosplayer at the zoo I could not imagine, but I did not question it, because I knew I had met her.)
It was October, and I was reading an article about "Hauntings of Fort Worth, Texas" reporting on places in the area that were widely reported to be haunted, and what had been seen there. I saw there was an entry for the Fort Worth Zoo. It was titled "Parasols", and explained that many people have seen the apparition of a dark-haired woman, all in white, carrying a white lace parasol.
More glittery and/or translucent items are always welcome as well.
It's a childhood favorite of mine 
).
I know blue is more show accurate, but man, I love Luna, and I love purple, so in this one case (all the Hasbro Luna toys, this plush) I like the slight inaccuracy. 
I bet her tail would look really nice stuffed though. Personally I would love it if her cutie mark/splotch and tail sparkles were on both sides! If they'd just done that she could be displayed perfectly from either side, but alas. That's really my only issue with her, and it's even smaller than those I have with NMM. I actually don't mind Luna's flat wings, they stand up nicely, have a beautiful (if 2D) shape, and I am such a sucker for that pretty iridescent fabric they used.
You know I think I will have to get 4DE Luna now, hehe, so I can have Luna in her three major forms! (S1, S2 onwards, and NMM.) I think the way they're doing her mane is going to look super cool. And I would be happy to compare them for you then.