"Hi there, my name's Snowy Skies! It's very nice to meet you. I love ice cream and swimming. I've always wanted to find a Seapony!"
ASK SNOWY SKIES was a Tumblr ask blog that I began in 2012 when I was 15, and ran intermittently until 2017. Snowy was my very first MLP OC, and I had so much fun running her blog! She remains very dear to me.
Her story has changed significantly since I ran this blog, and I now consider it mostly non-canon. One important difference to note is that for most of the blog's life, Snowy was depicted as a child. That has since been changed, but please keep it in mind while looking through this archive!
Posts appear oldest to newest. Some posts will not be archived here for various reasons, and others have been lost over time, so some plotlines and interactions may be fragmented.
ASK SNOWY SKIES was a Tumblr ask blog that I began in 2012 when I was 15, and ran intermittently until 2017. Snowy was my very first MLP OC, and I had so much fun running her blog! She remains very dear to me.
Her story has changed significantly since I ran this blog, and I now consider it mostly non-canon. One important difference to note is that for most of the blog's life, Snowy was depicted as a child. That has since been changed, but please keep it in mind while looking through this archive!
Posts appear oldest to newest. Some posts will not be archived here for various reasons, and others have been lost over time, so some plotlines and interactions may be fragmented.
Archive Notes have been added for additional context, and did not appear in the original material.
"Go ahead! Ask me questions!"
"Great! Here, I made it myself!"
Archive Note: First image by ask-robosurprise (deactivated)
((She's still a blank flank))
((Snowy full body! Still practicing pony bods))
((EDIT; FIXED. SHE HAS HER WINGS NOW))
"I love to swim! I've always wanted to find a Seapony!"
"I've been making them ever since! I really love ice cream~!
And, yes, I know.. I dyed my mane.. Both of my parents had a brown-y color mane, and.. I don't know, I wanted something different!"
((Swimmy Swimmy~!
A request for an old friend c:
Sunny Dasher and Snowy Skies having a swim! Based off of an rp between us c: ))
"I mean.. *Ahem* Sure, I'd love to!"
"Ah, yes, I'd love to! I can make us some extra chocolatey ones!"
"I collect them!"
"Funny, no one has actually asked this before!"
(( MOD'S BEAUTIFUL PHOTOSHOP SKILLS ))
Archive Note: There used to be a drawing to go along with this ask wherein Snowy says she would give anyone a chance. I believe I was portraying Snowy as either bi or pansexual during this time.
"A warm scarf and a yummy sundae~!"
Archive Note: The ask that went along with these drawings seems to be lost.
"I like that plan. Yes. Let's do that. That's a good plan."
Archive Note: A group of drawings with missing asks.
(( The first one is for Silver Spectacle! c:
Extremely nice! Please follow! Seriously, they're very kind c: ))
Archive Note: The linked account was asksilverspectacle (deactivated)
(( Next one is for Coppercog! I love the art so much, and I really envy it! ))
(( Last one for Twinkie Pie! Twinkie is so adorable, I just had to draw fanart! ))
Archive Note: The linked account was asktwinkie (deactivated)
Archive Note: I'm not sure who these two characters are, or who they belong to. They're no longer on the blog, only in my personal files. These drawings were most likely gifts.
Archive Note: The context for this drawing has been lost. I'm not sure if there was an ask attached, or if it was a gift. Either way, the other pony featured is ask-diamondcharmer (deactivated).
(( And even since I posted this, I've gained another! Where did you all come from!? Thank you so much!! I nevereverthought I'd get this far in such short time!))
Archive Note: I was running this blog long before seaponies actually appeared in the show,
so I was making up the lore myself (if that wasn't obvious lol)
((Snowymod can't draw Gryphons yfegturytiu))
(( New avatar/icon. Snowy what even is that face ))
"This has been asked and answered a few times, but.. I don't mind answering again."
"They are Kelpies."
(( Snowy's parents ))
"They drive me insane.. Stupid Grey Faces with their stupid magic..."
"I'm celebrating my 100 (actually 104) followers with my 100th post! Thank you all so, so much for this!!"
"I think we're going to be gooooooood friends."
"You're a GENUIS."
"I want it to have something to do with Seaponies..."
"
i meAN HELLO"
"I... I do love making ice cream.."
"See? I'm no filly!"
Guys, please read this..
"Nopony loves school!! Are you serious!?"
(( School for SnowyMod starts tomorrow. Replies will start getting slow.. ))
Archive Note: The ask that went along with this drawing seems to be lost.
"I've been searching for this for such a long time!! Oohhh Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!"
In responce[sic] to this
Archive Note: This used to link to a post by user appabloom (deactivated). It can't be accessed anymore.
Archive Note: Snowy being inducted into the CMC! This was a drawing reply to two previous drawings by hi-scootaloo (deactivated) and sosweetiebelle. The Applebloom's featured was specifically ask-good-old-applebloom (deactivated).
"He gave it to me for my third birthday! It was big enough to use as a blanket then!"
"I have a little fish!"
"Hi Miss Dittoprize.. You seemed like you could use a hug, so I hugged you."
Archive Note: The linked account was dittoprize (deactivated)
"Hi Scoots.. I heard you were sick, and I wanted to come cheer you up.."
Archive Note: The linked account was scootaleukemia (deactivated)
(Yes, the blog's entire premise was an AU wherein Scootaloo was sick with leukemia. Pony Tumblrs were wild LOL)
"That didn't help at all!"
"Thank you!"
(( OMIGOSH I LOVE YOU ))
"I'd love, love, LOVE to see you in my scarf!"
(( Omigosh, I love your blog!! ))
"I wonder who this could be from?"
"My wings are very small, and I keep them folded up! That's why you can't see them when I stand forward! But they're here! See?"
"Sorry, but.. I think this miiiight be fake."
(( AT with Apple Jackie! Seriously, guys, she needs more love! ))
Archive Note: The linked account was ask-applejackie (deactivated)
"His name is Mr. Bubblesworth the Great."
"Am I cute yet?"
((Sorry, everyone, Mod's been rather ill lately, so replies have been slow, but I'm working hard to catch up!
Plus, I replaced the nib on my tablet pen, and man is it hard to get used to!))
(( Mod is sick. So? SNOWY IS, NOW, TOO MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
No, but I felt like drawing a sick Snowy, seeing as I'm not feeling my best.
I have one more drawing that I'd like to do, then I'll get back to answering questions as normal c: ))
(( School has made me veeeeery tired, so updates have been slow. I'm trying my hardest, though!))
Archive Note: I did NOT know where this quote came from when I drew this LOL
"I love, love LOVE the stars!"
I remember my Mum broke her horn once... She said it hurt a lot!
((In responce to this post))
Archive Note: This used to link to a post by user askthisklutz (deactivated). It can't be accessed anymore.
"I think you've seen enough of that..."
Archive Note: A group of drawings with missing asks.
(( Bad day? DRAW FAT PONIES!
Damn, Ririty's mane is hard to draw! I had to use this picture to help with the mane and tail. ))
Archive Note: I remember drawing this in my graphic tech class and laughing about it with my friends
I learned how to use a drawing tablet in that class!
(( Snowy is tired.. Ask Clinchy and Tinkie Tonk! ))
((And that empties the inbox!))
(( Finally, I can get back to Snowy again! I've finally finished my large Eyebleed Hotel update that took me forever and get back to my main blog! Get ready for moooore Snowy! ))
Archive Note: Eyebleed Hotel was another blog I was running at the time. It was supposed to be a narratively-driven ask blog wherein a group of "cringey"/"mary sue" characters had to escape a hotel they were being held captive in, while avoiding the owner who wanted to harvest their neon/colorful fur. It was meant to be kind of a grimdark comedy sort of project. I even had others submit their own "cringey" OCs to be used in the story.
"I LOVE YOU!"
"..Fine..."
(( Also a responce[sic] to this ))
"..Why would you do that..?"
(( One of my favorite blogs! ))
Archive Note: I'm not going to add the link here, as I have since learned that askchubbydiamond was a fetish blog. If you want to seek it out yourself, be my guest. In my defense, I was still an extremely sheltered kid when running Snowy's blog, and I admittedly didn't actually scroll through their blog much, I just liked their art style. It's a big reason why some later posts have not been archived, as they make me feel gross now.
Looking back, I genuinely have no idea how I didn't see it
"That makes me very, very happy! :D"
"No, bad anon!!!"
Archive Note: The ask that went along with this drawing seems to be lost.
This is genuinely so funny to me. What even happened here?
"It wasn't even supposed to rain today..."
"It happened when she was young.
Mum said that Dad nearly had a heart attack when he seen what she was crying about!
This was.. Before Dad got sick.."
((Finally cleared the askbox! It's open again for all! :D))
"My favorite is Sea Salt!"
((Nalipelu! No confusing the filly! Haha))
"Thank you so much, everypony! I'll be going as Celestia, thanks to a very kind anon-pony! Thank you to those who offered to help me out, though! You're all very kind!"
"Thank you very much.. He feels extremely touched that you ponies care about him..
Thank you for making him so happy.."
"Oh my gosh!! Look at him!! I love it so, so SO much!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!! What's his name??"
"..He's been doing this for the past fifteen minutes.. How old did you say he was? Haha!
I think I'll name you... Blinkie!"
((Ask box is once again empty!))
"I put them in the same tank to see if they would get along, and I came back to this! They're so cute!!"
(( Reference to this amazing post by Winter Scarves ))
Archive Note: The linked account was askwinterscarves (deactivated). The linked post was a comic by the same user wherein Snowy excitedly snatched some ice cream from Winter Scarves, while making the same sound.
"Whoa... Chill, Bro."
((Lookie!! Snowy's in there! :D))
Archive Note: This is the slide I drew for the above collab video!
"Nightmare Night, what a fright, give me something sweet to bite!"
Archive Note: These drawings were most likely gifts, though they're no longer on the blog. I found them both in my files, and so I have no idea who Night Wind belongs to. The second pony is askmoondust (deactivated).
Archive Note: I'm not sure if this drawing was meant to go with the above ask, or if it had its own ask. It's no longer on the blog, and it was saved separately in my files. Either way, it's a response to unhinged-pony.
"I thought everypony knew this..?"
Archive Note: This one is gonna age me...
Archive Note: This post was tagged "#take this seriously and ill cut your bum off" which I thought was funny.
"I wonder what could be in here..."
"Wow.. What a pretty filly..."
"Thank you, Anonny!"
"SCARFIE AND FUZZY HERE TO SAVE THE DAAAAAY~!!!"
"Welcome to the team!
The..
The PONY JUSTICE SQUAD OF AWESOME!"
((Seriously, follow this tumblr! They're a sweetie!
space-whale))
"You ponies are very kind.."
Archive Note: The ask that went along with this drawing seems to be lost.
Archive Note: I drew this Snowy in my graphic tech class in order to learn how to screen print. I still have the shirt I printed her on! She was drawn in Adobe Illustrator.
"Hey guys!! It's SNOWY SKIES!! I'm BACK and BETTER than EVER!
I know I've been gone for a while, but I'm ready to get this blog back up and running if you guys'll help me out! I'm excited to be back in Ponyville, it's been pretty boring being cooped up in Cloudsdale all the time!"
"And thank you!"
Archive Note: I have no idea what Snowy is referencing here.
(( Here’s a sketchbook Snowy that I really really liked! ))
(( Fanart for Paper Flake! I just loooove the colors! ))
Archive Note: The linked account was ask-paper-flake (deactivated)
Archive Note: The ask that went along with this drawing seems to be lost. From what I remember, someone claimed to have a picture of a seapony.
Archive Note: Two drawings of Snowy with no context. They were saved with my Ask Snowy Skies files, so I assume they were on the blog at one point in time.
(( Commission for CarrotQuil!
EDIT; Added cutie mark! Oops!! ))
(( Commission for Red Delicious!
I didn't forget to add the cutie mark to the pon this time!! ))
Archive Note: The linked account was red-delicious-pony (all posts removed).
(( Commission for Carnelian! ))
Archive Note: The linked account was ask-carnelian (deactivated).
"Now that things have calmed down.. Maybe I'll come back."
Archive Note: It seems like I went through quite a few "comebacks" later in the blog's life. It's so DRAMATIC
"I.. Still don't have one."
"It's pretty!!"
"..."
"I iron them an[sic] brush the fluffy ones every day!"
Archive Note: Here, I was trying to start some sort of actual narratively-driven story arch. This was the only post I ever actually made about it, and the story was promptly dropped. That house was also absolutely traced LOL
Archive Note: Can you tell I was undiagnosed AuDHD?
Archive Note: HERE WE GO AGAIN...
Before we get into the actual backstory of the characters and what was actually going on, here are some minor changes and some small bits of info:
- Snowy NO LONGER died her mane, meaning it was NOT brown when she was a baby
- Snowy is now 10 years old
- Snowy’s Dad actually DID pass away during the blog, and was going to be used for a plot on another blog by a friend of mine, but their blog died as mine did, so it wasn’t really explained and it didn’t happen
- Snowy and her family live in Ponyville, because her Mom can’t walk on the clouds in Cloudsdale
- Snowy still has Blinkie, a small robotic Sea Pony made for her by a friend-- Bubblesworth is still alive, too!
- Tinkie Tonk, Snowy’s Mom, is a Toy Maker
- Clinchy, Snowy’s Dad, was a Librarian
- Snowy has since learned how to fly much better
- Snowy’s special talent is actually ice cream/frozen confectionery making, but she has yet to figure this out because she’s been so obsessed with trying to find a seapony
- Snowy would LOVE to work at Sugar Cube Corner, but she’s currently helping in her Dad’s old library, which was taken over by a family friend. She restocks the bookshelves for a small pay
- Snowy has always had a big crush on Scootaloo, and has always wanted to join the CMC
- Snowy’s family is no longer in SERIOUS financial problems
The main story of the blog has been altered slightly, and here it is in it’s[sic] full glory!:
"Snowy’s Dad, Clinchy, had always LOVED the Seapony lore, and had been trying to find once since HE was a colt. He never had any luck, but that didn’t stop him from trying. He read every book he could find on them, and memorized them front-to-back. In fact, he had read every book in his library front-to-back! So, when a strange cloaked pony entered his library and dropped off an equally strange book, he knew that this wasn’t one of his.
It turned out to be the journal of Captain St. Beck, the first landpony to ever travel to the mystic “Caves Aurora”, which was said to be the birthplace of the very first seapony, created by a powerful magic surrounding the caves. The caves are said now to be a gathering place for seaponies, and that at night, their scales light up the water so brightly, that passing ships miles away can see it. This is called the "Aurora Phenomenon”, named after the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis.
The Aurora legend says that the caves are cursed, and that any landpony who dares try and come near the caves, will be struck with an unshakable illness, and will die soon after. This was created to protect the seaponies from anypony that would be a danger to their species.
Capt. St. Beck tried to travel to the Caves, but was struck ill before he even got near. The crew went on, only to fall ill, themselves. They did not get far before they all succumbed to their illnesses, and passed, leaving their ship to sail alone until it finally sank.
However, St. Beck had recorded the co-ordinates of the caves, and his journey to reach them with a crude map in the very back of the book, and Clinchy saw this as an opportunity. He had read in many books that there were ways to reverse the curse of the Caves, and he was SURE he would be able to use at least ONE of them to keep himself save.
Hesitant, his wife, Tinkie Tonk, built him a boat, and he went off to try and find the Caves, and locate a Seapony. Snowy was 6 when he left, and 7 when he returned, ill from the seapony curse. He hadn’t been able to reach the caves, and had set back home as soon as the illness had stricken him. His cure methods had worked to slow the ailment, but they were unsuccessful in saving him in the long run.
Snowy’s father passed when she was 8, after a year of struggling, and desperately using his many learned remedies to try and reverse the effects of the curse. Of course, there isn’t any magic like seapony magic.
Clinchy had told Snowy about seaponies from the day she was born-- her favorite bedtime stories were those from one of her father’s seapony legend books. She had shared her father’s passion, as much as a little filly could, and when he returned home ill, he[sic] promised him that SHE would find him a seapony, and that he would see one before he died.
She never did find a seapony before her father’s passing. She’s now made it her life goal to find them, no matter what. This has taken away from her actually learning about her special talent, and she has yet to get her cutiemark because of this. She’s SURE her cutiemark will be something to do with seaponies-- she just has to find one!"
This blog will stay in lighter spirits than it was in it’s[sic] earlier years! Unless an actual story arch is started, it will just be the blog of a young filly answering your questions, and talking about her love of mint chip ice cream and fluffy scarves!
I can’t wait to start back up again, and see a brand new era of Snowy Skies begin!
Snowy Skies: “Thanks a bunch!!”
Snowy Skies: “Reuniting with old friends makes me want to dance!”
Snowy Skies: “Don’t tell my Mum..”
Archive Note: This is still one of my favorite things I drew for this blog.
Snowy Skies: “Seriously, don’t tell my Mum.”
Ask Snowy Skies was started in 2012, when I was 15 years old, and I can say with absolute certainty that it was one of the best online experiences I ever had. The “pony ask blog” community was booming back then— I remember when the Season 2 finale dropped; the excitement that followed, the inside jokes (remember Gak?), the amount of new blogs that surged in. It was always a kind and welcoming place to be, and I wouldn’t trade that experience for the world, nor will I forget it.
My art has improved so much over these past ten years, and I’m confident that Snowy was a part of that. I still find myself coming back to this blog now and then, just to look through my old art, all of the wonderful fanart, and my positive interactions with others. I miss it now and then, though I know this era of my life is over.
I might not be posting on this blog anymore, but I haven’t stopped drawing! Snowy has even stuck around, and remains one of my dearest and most-drawn characters to this day. If you want to check out my recent work, or follow me elsewhere to see what the future brings, I’ll have some links below for where you can find me.
Thanks for an amazing ~7 years, my friends! I hope you’re doing well out there! 💜
Tumblr || Twitter || Deviantart || Toyhouse
Archive Note: That's the end! If you made it this far, kudos to you. It may seem silly, but this blog and its character feel like a small piece of me. I'm glad I could share it with you, and I hope you enjoyed it.
for reading!
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