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"Big Adventure! Pushing past your limits for the sake of your friends! Loyal Ranger, Rainbow Dash!"Name: Rainbow Dash
Element: Loyalty
Spirit Type: Pegasus
Weapon: Wing Shield A
Mecha: Tank the Tortoise
Bio:
* Brave and brash, Rainbow Dash has always lived her life with dreams of flying adventure. Her ultimate goal is to one day join the famous Wonder-Bolts, Equestria's beloved National Defense Team, and to that end she has trained her body and sharpened her senses to one day prove herself worthy.
* The roofs of Ponyville provide her a frequent practice ground, running and jumping and always striving to keep up the pace without missing a step.
* Her ferocious focus is both a great strength and a terrible weakness. It can drive her to push beyond her limits and endure extreme adversity, but it can also cause her to lose sight of the feelings and needs of others if they do not fall in with her goals.
* Prior to the formation of the Pony Rangers, Fluttershy was the only citizen of Ponyville with whom Rainbow had any kind of relationship, and even then it was only ever the mildest of friendships. This made her initial transition into a Team setting difficult; in particular, her wild, break-through-at-all-costs attitude clashes with the more conservative, defensive mentality of Applejack.
* Rainbow moved to Ponyville shortly after graduating from Cloudsdale's Junior Flyers Academy, in order to escape from a battered and bruised friendship she shared with fellow Academy student Gilda Griffin. The two were thick as thieves during childhood, but as time went on, Rainbow found Gilda's increasing bitterness was driving her to greater and greater acts of cruelty and lashing out; fearing what might happen if she stayed on that path, Rainbow chose to sever the relationship quickly and, she could only hope, painlessly; it is a decision she often regrets....
* Upon arriving in Ponyville, another young woman who had recently moved from Cloudsdale, Fluttershy, offered Rainbow a young tortoise as a Welcoming Present. Rainbow reluctantly accepted, not wanting to hurt Fluttershy's feelings but worrying that a slow pet would only serve to distract her. In many ways, however, Tank has become Rainbow's confidant; whenever she is too stressed or frustrated, she often vents to the tortoise to help soothe her mind.
((EDIT: Alternate Civilian Design: [link] ))
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Comments: 48
ryu238 [2012-09-23 04:16:28 +0000 UTC]
RD: 'Wait... why do me and Shy get shields? We're freaking winged warriors here, we should get the spears!'
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Gojira007 In reply to ryu238 [2012-09-23 17:14:56 +0000 UTC]
I saw. It seems to me you're more than capable of writing this stuff out for yourself; you should consider making your own deviations for it (again, with credit to me and linking it to me when you post it) instead of just leaving them as comments here, in my opinion.
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ryu238 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-09-24 00:12:49 +0000 UTC]
I am too bashful... also I am more of an idea man than a doer.
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Gojira007 In reply to ryu238 [2012-09-24 02:03:36 +0000 UTC]
That's silly; you're getting just about as much exposure from how you're doing things currently as you would otherwise. I can certainly appreciate your shyness, but if you're up to posting your dialogue and scenarios here, I think you're more than capable of posting them as full stories in their own right. ^_^
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Gojira007 In reply to ryu238 [2012-09-22 15:09:20 +0000 UTC]
Exhiliarating, to say the least.
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DrewB1442 [2012-09-21 20:26:13 +0000 UTC]
Forgive me if there was a mention of this, but what does this RD do for a living? Just odd jobs around town or..?
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-09-21 20:43:57 +0000 UTC]
It's a tricky call, honestly; her in-show job doesn't exactly translate to the terms of "Ponyranger"'s world, but I'm thinking she might be a delivery girl. ^_^
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DrewB1442 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-09-21 21:46:07 +0000 UTC]
That could work, plus, you could give her a weird knack for predicting the weather when asked.
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-09-21 21:52:56 +0000 UTC]
That's a very good point, actually; thank you for the idea.
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DrewB1442 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-09-21 22:18:29 +0000 UTC]
I'm just glad I could help you clarify some of your ideas.
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-04-09 04:13:55 +0000 UTC]
Friendship Sentai Ponyranger: [link]
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DrewB1442 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-09 04:37:27 +0000 UTC]
Not a bad call.
What is the transformation call? Akin to the Gokaiger's "Gokai hange"?
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-04-09 06:20:42 +0000 UTC]
"Magical...Completion!"
and if you can guess why, you get a cookie. 83
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DrewB1442 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-09 13:03:50 +0000 UTC]
"And Magic makes it all complete" from the theme song.
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-04-09 15:32:38 +0000 UTC]
Good job! , as promised. ^_^
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DrewB1442 In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-09 16:12:54 +0000 UTC]
Yay, cookie.
Back on topic. I can't wait to see the rest of the group.
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Gojira007 In reply to DrewB1442 [2012-04-09 16:48:31 +0000 UTC]
Can't wait to draw 'em, so that works out. ^_^
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StarlitSkvader [2012-04-02 02:39:02 +0000 UTC]
LOVE that Rnger outfit - the helmet in particular is just perfect, and I love her backstory and general look! The civilan outfit... weeeeeell, not a fan of absolute cleavage, but I LOVE the shoes. <3
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Gojira007 In reply to StarlitSkvader [2012-04-02 05:03:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. ^_^ Honestly, I may re-do and replace Rainbow's civilian outfit; it's not working for me either. X3; Glad you like it otherwise, tho. ^3^
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BookishDelight [2012-04-01 19:10:41 +0000 UTC]
Wait wait what you started it already no wait I'm not ready
(...I'll be yowza'd. That is a low-cut shirt. Hopefully it's crafted to handle all that running around she does? )
Hmmm. You know, the rainbow pants on her human form I could give or take--I'm more of a fan of matching up single or double tones, even given her theme. The rest of the outfit is quite nice, though--were you going for a Greek or Roman motif?
Bonus points for the scarf.
The morphed form... well, that I just can't praise enough. I adore it to pieces. The designs of the suit, helmet and wings are just so fitting and perfect. I can't even touch on specifics here, it just all works! It absolutely screams "Rainbow Dash Ranger."
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Gojira007 In reply to BookishDelight [2012-04-01 19:50:55 +0000 UTC]
Hey, I promised regular updates once I started, right?
Yeah, I...may have not thought her "civilian" design all the way through in certain respects. X3; I considered re-doing it, honestly; like you, I'm not crazy 'bout the Rainbow shorts, and I think a slightly less low-cut shirt couldn't have hurt. But ah well; that's what I get for trying to translate a Gala dress made for a Pony into a civilian outfit for a human. XD
VERY glad you like the Ranger suit, though. Especially since you're going to be seeing variations of it throughout this series. <3 I only hope you find it as fitting for the rest of the team as you do for Rainbow Dash. ^_^
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Elisto In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-01 23:05:06 +0000 UTC]
Hmm, I see I'm not the only one who commented on the shirt! I normally wouldn't care, but I had the same thought about being able to run/train in it. If I could make a suggestion, I'd just add maybe a scoop neck to suggest something like a sports bra underneath. They are worn for a reason!
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Gojira007 In reply to Elisto [2012-04-02 05:13:59 +0000 UTC]
I'm seriously thinking I'm going to re-do Dash's civilian outfit, if only somewhat. The more I hear from others, the more I can see much better ways to make it work. ^_^
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Elisto In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-02 13:45:00 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I wouldn't have made a suggestion if you hadn't said you were thinking about that.
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Gojira007 In reply to Elisto [2012-04-02 16:04:10 +0000 UTC]
Well, here's hoping the new version comes out better.
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Elisto [2012-04-01 14:10:58 +0000 UTC]
Why that's a low-cut shirt you got there Dash! XD
Seriously, though, I do like her designs, and how you adapted her symbol! The shoes remind me of her shoes from the Gala. I assume that was intentional? I might have put her in more blue on the left, but then again, if you don't want to essentially color-code them in normal clothes, this makes sense.
And while I'm not sure what exactly you have in mind for the pets-as-mecha thing, Tank seems way too appropriate!
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Gojira007 In reply to Elisto [2012-04-01 19:55:24 +0000 UTC]
Her civilian guise is, in fact, entirely inspired by her Gala outfit; the purple scarf is a stand-in for the grapes. X3
I intentionally chose to avoid the usual "color-coding" clothes thing for the civilian designs in this series, too, for two reasons. 1.) Every other stab at humanizing the girls has done that, and I wanted to try something a little different and 2.) I knew the Ranger uniforms would be color-coded, and wanted to give the images a bit more visual variety.
As for Tank...well, you'll see what the deal with the Mechas is eventually. ;3
Thank you for the comments, and I'm so happy you like. ^_^
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Elisto In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-01 20:20:34 +0000 UTC]
Oh, re-imagining their Gala outfits makes sense! I know people have made fun of the fact that the Power Rangers would wear their specific colors just about every day, so I figured that's what you were avoiding, especially since having two outfits (or more) I think gives the opportunity to try some other designs. When it's just one picture of humanized-ponies, there seems to be less room to play around with color and still make it resemble the original character, which obviously isn't the case here.
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Gojira007 In reply to Elisto [2012-04-01 22:37:12 +0000 UTC]
Exactly. The reason I chose the Gala dresses to be the basis for the civilian designs was because I want the chief concern of those designs to reflect the girls' personalities, which is what the Gala dresses were meant to do, rather than "color-coding" them.
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Elisto In reply to Gojira007 [2012-04-01 23:05:55 +0000 UTC]
Oh, well that's a good idea! By the way, I do like the scarf!
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Replicka [2012-04-01 06:40:08 +0000 UTC]
Easily one of my favourite drawings / designs from you yet. Loving the story you translated as well. <3 Digging her expression overall.
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Gojira007 In reply to Replicka [2012-04-01 19:53:10 +0000 UTC]
Eeeeeee that makes me so happy to hear. <3 VERY glad you like it, gladder still an expressions master such as yourself approves of my work in that respect. ^3^
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