Quote from: NanoRuby on September 08, 2020, 09:06:22 PM

I've always thought it looks really cool. I love Victorian inspired fashions, especially ones that incorporate a lot of black and white. Not a style I'd ever wear myself, though. Unless there's a more androgynous or masculine side to it that I've never seen before? Or is there a more androgynous fashion style similar to Lolita or something? I don't know. I don't know too much about many types of fashion.

Do you ever wear it or incorporate it into your style yourself?

Ouji (Prince) fashion is the male-centric version of Lolita, but girls can wear it too. They’re basically the same, ‘Celt you’re swapping out pretty dresses and shirts with frills for pretty vests and shirts and cravats with frills. I suggest doing as much research as you can about it, watching YT videos from those who are into it and poking at people from the community for help. Most of what I have learned just came from research, silently stalking the communities and YT.

Ooh, I've never heard of Ouji fashion before. It looks really cool, I'll have to do some more research. Thank you for letting me know about it.

I was in a science class and somehow we got to talking about gems and someone mentioned nanodiamonds, microscopic diamond particles with a bunch of really interesting applications. I thought they sounded cool, and rubies were my favourite gem at the time, so I came up with NanoRuby, and that has been my go-to username on pretty much every site ever since.

Finished my avatar(s) for Griffin!

The large version of the main avatar:

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And the small version:

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And here are the large and small versions of the test avatars in the style I mentioned wanting to try earlier:

Oh, this brings back memories. In elementary school teachers would often use these to bribe us into answering questions and participating. I don't care for them as much anymore, but they're pretty nostalgic.

She looks fantastic, you did a great job! She has such a cute design, it's a shame she doesn't have any official merch. At least you have a pretty unique custom now.

I really like Gusty's tail.  I'm a fan of tails like that on unicorns and it reminds me of the Last Unicorn.

Thank you! I love drawing lion-like tails on unicorns, they're really fun to draw.

Fizzy is so tall!!! I love it xxx

I'm glad I was able to portray that properly then. I like giving ponies different body types and features from each other. So Gusty had a sharper horn, larger hooves and a stockier body, while Fizzie has a rounder horn, daintier hooves and is a bit taller and skinnier.

And FIM DID create the brony problem. Without FIM, there are no bronies.

Something people seem to forget is that the brony thing started of ironically. People started watching it because it was the kind of thing that wouldn't normally attract an older male audience. And it was these ironic bronies that brought in the genuine bronies, both good and bad. If the dudebros on the internet hadn't started watching the show as a joke and posting about it online, I can almost guarantee that the show would not be nearly as big as it is was.

Either way, I'm sorry you were treated like that in school, and I can understand why a lot of the messages in FiM would make you and others uncomfortable.