Ok, so first off, HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!! Or as I like to call it, the day you get pinched all day long and think everyone’s being an asshole because you were too lazy to look at a calendar. Well, my day aside, I have just enough time to get in my final Spotlight for the week. Now originally I had said I was going to do a blog on a cybernetic Twilight to finish off the theme of this week even though it was a somewhat popular blog now. However, I decided to switch it to a brand new blog someone showed me today. So without further ado, here’s Aurae43!
Lovely eyes, don’t ya think? So this is Aurae43. Now I’m sure the first question on everyone’s mind is “What’s going on?” Well, the short version is that Aurae43 is a bio-mechanical pony that’s been drifting through space for a very long time and has recently come into broadcasting distance.
Simple enough right? To tell the truth, I really hooked on the story of this blog so far. It presents an idea previously untouched by a lot of other stories and blogs, namely the possibility of alien-esque life forms being possible for Equestria’s world, and whether or not anyone would notice.
Apparently they did.
Now let’s talk some about Aurae herself as a character. Though normally one wouldn’t want a character to be dry and devoid of emotions, due to Aurae’s very nature of being bio-mechanical serves to make her detached personality actually feel quite natural (well, as natural as a bio-mechanical pony can be). Now while she may be robotic in tone and personality, she is still polite (for the most part) and respectful towards others to a certain degree, and in turn answers questions without falling into the typical robot cliche of throwing around terms like “meat-bag” or something just as corny as it would be similiar. This makes her a much more interesting, and even somewhat sympathetic, character. And the backstory that the artist has come up with isn’t tragic, but rather instead it makes you feel somewhat empty-hearted.
See what I mean? Makes you sort of wish they had more time together, huh?
Well, by the time you’ve gone through a post or two, you’ll be finding yourself genuinely hoping for her to find what she’s looking for in Equestria, and maybe even learn how to gain more of an emotional side while doing so. But not to worry, for she isn’t alone in this endeavor. She’s accompanied by her always helpful, yet eerily cheerful energetic AI for her ship, Iota.
You gotta admit, that’s not a half-bad design for a ship, eh? Simple yet elegant right?
Finally, lets talk about art style. Well I’m sure it has already caught your eye as being something very unique among our community here at Tumblr Pone. Honestly? I feel almost like some of these could be considered paintings that would do better in a museum than on a Tumblr blog. It’s a lot better than a lot of the “Modern Art” we see these days right? Well, all that aside, what does the art style do for the blog? Well, I’d be hard pressed to try and think of another blog whose artistic style so perfectly blended with the subject matter. I really couldn’t see any other type of medium or style working as well as the one the artist is using, and God bless them for that because this unique style is really something to behold, and certainly helps to catch your eye when making your routine scroll through the all dashboard updates. Not only that, with the artist pumping out a new post every weekend, I say it’s time to give this artist the Tumblr Pone Medal of Excellence.
And that was Aurae43 everybody! Sorry about the last minute post for this week, but you know how it is with everyone wanting to do something together on holidays like these. But at least you got a good blog to wrap the day up with right?
http://ask-aurae43.tumblr.com/
(Psst. Can you guess the reference? You get a free cookie if you do…)
(P.S.: You don’t really get a free cookie.)