Alright, so since I did Cyberpunk Spitfire for Tuesday’s Spotlight, I decided I would continue a similiar theme for the other two blogs this week, where I’ll be showing blogs all about the ponies with the cybernetics! Hopefully I don’t end up making them quite as long as Cyberpunk Spitfire right? So when I talked to some friends about the idea, I was recommended to go check out Ask Coppercog. So I did, and after looking over the blog I very excitedly said to myself!….

“Meh, sure why not.”

So here’s Coppercog!

So this lazy guy is your local inventor and roboticist for Ponyville. Of course, I think he’s a bit insane too. I mean he lives with two very strange ponies(?), and even stranger he’s actually working FOR Queen Chrysalis. Does that make him a traitor? I have no idea. Everyone else seems to be cool with it and he still seems to help others out with his inventions so…Yeah I have no idea to be honest. But at least he’s helpful right?

Like in this picture!…

…Where he made a machine for sharks to walk on land…

Ok! Bad example! Well what about that one machine that…

…cuts wood with a laser…

Yeah, I’m starting to think this guy has a few screws loose in the head, and that’s not counting that weird mechanical horn on his head. Still, these scientific blunders and crazy inventions do make for quite a bit of entertaining fun, and having such an eccentric personality really helps it along when you see him being so happily enthusiastic for his inventions, even when they don’t make a lot of sense.

He’s sort of like Thomas Edison…

…if he was a pony…

…and insane.

But at least he’s not alone in his endeavors. He is currently married to a changeling named Yhsrettulf, a changeling that looks quite familiar to a certain shy pegasus that we all know and love (though apparently holds no relation.) Wonder if you can guess who…

Now let’s talk a little bit more about the humor of the blog. Well it’s really all over the place. There’s not a specific style or category of the humor, it’s really just whatever the mod chooses to make. It can be over an internet meme reference.

Or it could be radical as all hell.

Or even just going with cute, but also random beyond belief.

Sort of reminds you of the Lion King don’t it? Yeah, the humor’s about as crazy as the pony behind the blog, so you’re never really sure what to expect. On the other hand, you really don’t know what to expect! Since the humor’s all over the place, it actually usually ends up being a fun little surprise to see what kind of post or idea they came up with for that day, so it’s very much worth the price of admission (that being no price and just clicking the follow button, but you guys know what I mean).

And since we mentioned posts, let’s talk about the art style. Well, that’s a little bit awkard for me. Why? Well here, let me explain. I honestly have mixed feelings over the style of the blog’s posts. Not to say that the art isn’t good or that the artist doesn’t have talent, obviously the posts are well done, and some of his posts seem like took a lot of effort to stylize and quite a bit of detail to show off a really great talent.

See what I mean? The only problem I have is with the text boxes. They sort of seem bland and emotionless, like they were typed out and then you put a little box around them. In fact, that’s pretty much what happened. Maybe it’s just me but it seems somewhat distracting when I’m trying to enjoy a post and its humor. Hey, I am supposed to be REVIEWING the blog right? I can’t always only stick to saying nice things right? Gotta give it to you guys honestly.

Now of couse, that’s just my opinion, and this Spotlight blog is really more about presenting others’ work for everyone to see so you all can make your own judgements. However, I still feel that maybe a little bit more personality for the characters’ text wouldn’t hurt.

Is it a big deal? Nah, not really. Hell, maybe that’s just the style he was trying to go for to suit the theme of the blog. You guys make your own judgement on that one, because even though it’s a bit of a quirk for me, it’s a small one and doesn’t diminish from the blog’s over all crazy antics.

In fact, I would really recommend heading over there right now as Copper and his wife just had a new baby (Man you have no idea the nightmare that was that pregnancy. I mean, well not to give any spoilers but….BOOM!) It’s a cute little changeling larva and you guys should get over there to get in on the asks about it! It’s actually pretty damn adorable.

And that’s all we have for now folks! Our next blog review will be dealing with a certain purple unicorn with some new additions, so keep an eye out till then!

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