Bright Eyes ... and a ribbon for TAF Fifi

[balletpot]

So this is really just for one pony, Bright Eyes. I've been wanting to get her for a while now, which is strange because she doesn't fit with my other ponies that are mostly light pastel. Orange is definitely not my favourite colour but I think she's beautiful. Recently there were three up for sale on eBay and I got one of them - for a good price too. The photo wasn't that good (flash) so I couldn't see what the eyes looked liked but the seller described them as having the iridescent coating left and they did! I decided to get her a replacement ribbon. I wanted an orange one but at the store I figured red would work too. I also tried with Bow-tie's white ribbon but I think I'll let her wear the orange one. While buying ribbons I picked up a green one for Fifi, actually two different shades of green, since I thought it would look good on her and I think it works. She's quite new to me as well. Not a rare pony at all but I think she's beautiful, especially in person.

I've always thought that Bright Eyes' name was a bit strange and looking at her and her symbol I thought she could have been named Seven instead. Then I realised that maybe one is supposed to have a good night's sleep and wake up at seven with bright eyes? I decided to read her backcard story at the wiki to see if that would give me a clue but ... are those stories weird or what? It made no sense at all.

Bright Eyes' backcard story:
Everyone was having so much fun playing games and telling stories with Bright Eyes at the Lullabye Nursery, that the hardly noticed it was almost bedtime. "We want to play some more," the babies yawned. Bright Eyes knew exactly how to make them go to bed. "Gather 'round," she said as the babies formed a circle around her. She placed an alarm clock in the middle of the circle and tapped her foot. The soft tic-toc of the clock grew louder and LOUDER, until the clock began to spin like a top and the alarm bell rang a merry ring-a-ding-ding! When it stopped, the clock danced with each laughing pony, whirling and twirling her around the room until she was so tired that she willingly climbed into her crib. "Sweet dreams," Bright Eyes called as she tucked the little ones into bed and blew them a goodnight kiss.

(My favourite strange backcard story so far is Moondancer's. I'll never look at her in the same way again.)

Spoiler

Moondancer was sleeping peacefully. Awakening with a start, she found Twilight beside her. "Cotton Candy is missing!" said Twilight. "Have you seen her?" "Cotton Candy should go on a diet," yawned Moondancer. "She ate my favorite bluegrass and my prettiest wild flowers. I put her in hibernation until winter!" Twilight was stunned. "Free her from the spell, Moondancer. Her friends are worried!" "Is it winter already?" teased Moondancer. But she freed Cotton Candy from the spell and even called the West Wind to give her a ride home.

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She was in good condition when I got her so no reason to show a before picture. I just fixed
her bangs. There's a small rub on the symbol on the DS but it's in the white part so it
doesn't show.


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Love the eyes. I only own another twinkle-eyed pony, Gingerbread, and her eyes are
not this good.


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Orange, red and white ribbons. The white one is original MLP.
I might want to get the comb for her too.


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Fifi with a darker shade of green ribbon.


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Fifi with a lighter shade of green ribbon.


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Same pose ponies.

[LunaDehligt]

congrats thay are reallt lovely, I can say fifi is so cute

[Chinabun]

OMG - BIG congratulations! I LOVE her! Bright Eyes is my dream pony! Ive never forgot that name and when I got into ElfQuest it got stronger with the slogan "Keep Bright Eyes" - as in my siggy!

You are very lucky! I hope to find a good condition BE one day

[Marigold]

I think she is called BrightEyes because she is getting the baby ponies to go to sleep so they can wake up with bright eyes.  I like her story.  Moondancer's is a bit weird. She sounds like a mean pony. Saying Cotton Candy needs to be on a diet and then putting a spell on her until winter (when all the available food would be gone!) and being so nonchalant about it.  Mean!

[achab1984]

Those are very pretty! Congrats on them

[balletpot]

I wonder how those backcard stories were written, they seem a bit "last minute" most of the time. Moondancer's really is bizarre.

OMG - BIG congratulations! I LOVE her! Bright Eyes is my dream pony! Ive never forgot that name and when I got into ElfQuest it got stronger with the slogan "Keep Bright Eyes" - as in my siggy!

You are very lucky! I hope to find a good condition BE one day

Hope you get one! I saw my chance when there were three up for auction at the same time (not all buyers going for the same pony) and you couldn't really tell what they (the eyes mainly) looked like in the photos. I went by the seller's description on the eyes and i asked another seller about the eyes on that BE and she said the coating was gone. So I knew which pony to aim for.

[Happily Candied]

I like that darker green ribbon on Fifi a lot.

[Jinxxy]

Such gorgeous ponies... and very pretty pictures too! I love the lighting.

[TexasGal]

Congrats!  Love the bows and your ponies look so happy.  =]

[Diamond]

Congrats, such lovely tied ribbons.  Wish I could get mine so neat.

[Shenanigans]

They look so pretty and minty! Congrats!

[Rosencrantz]

Beauties!

[balletpot]

Thank you all. I also prefer the darker shade of green on Fifi's ribbon, which surprises me since I normally like pastel colours.

About tying bows, I had to google it and I found this viedo on youtube that helped me. I had been doing it the "wrong way" my whole life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRcjaH57P8

And regarding the lighting. Besides the natural daylight I used ... a flashlight. This is the first time I've tried using a flashlight. It was a smaller new one with LED lights.

[Clarabel Sapphire]

They look so pretty with their ribbons and congrats on Bright Eyes, she's one of the more unusual colour schemes but works really well. 

I also belong to the school of thought that every pony deserves a ribbon, regardless of generation. 

[kiwimlp]

Lmao.  That is a totally random back card story for Moondancer!  Congrats on Bright Eyes.  She is one of my favourite TE girls