Interview 3 - Sunny Daze
*Begin recording*
Von: Okay, here we go again. Despite my… *interviewer clears throat* earlier failings, we’re going to keep plugging away at this in the interview format. I had contemplated just jotting down each character’s pertinent information, but I want to keep kidnapping the poor fools and subjecting them to a battery of questions. As you just read, I’m a read cruel asshole to my creations. I am going to eliminate the height and weight question though, as well as cut down the number of song picks they and I both pick down to two. So yeah. Without further ado, let’s talk to some ponies.
*BAMF!*
Von: Welcome! How are you, gentleman?
Sunny: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Von: Whoa! Whoa there, guy.
Sunny: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Von: Calm down. Sunny. You’re alright.
Sunny: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Von: I SAID SHUT UP!
*Slapping noise, then silence*
Von: Better?
Sunny: How did this happen?
Von: I teleported you from the story into the non-canon zone.
Sunny: No, man. How am I hallucinating?
Von: Say what now?
Sunny: I never took nothing. I’ve always been so careful. Did somebody slip me something?
Von: You’re not hallucinating. I assure you, I’m very much real.
Sunny: I bet it was Gilda, wasn’t it? “I’ma big, mean griffon! I’ma put some pot in Sunny’s food! It’s gonna be hilarious!”
Von: I’m telling you-
Sunny: Oh man! Was it bath salts!?
Von: I just want to ask you some questions, Sunny.
Sunny: I bet I’m eating some guy’s face RIGHT NOW! Oh man oh man! I’m a vegetarian! I can’t eat people!
Von: Okay, good. That’s a start. What is your favorite food.
Sunny: Double dark chocolate ice cream. I tried to go vegan once, but I couldn’t live without ice cream.
Von: Very good. See? That wasn’t so hard was it? Now we’re getting-
Sunny: Dude, I could go for some ice cream right now. Oh no! Is this the munchies? I’ve got the munchies! Noooo!
Von: *exasperated sigh*
Sunny: This is the worst thing ever!
Von: God, I need a drink. And I don’t even drink.
Sunny: Me neither. That’s smart, dude. Don’t want to get drunk and lose control of yourself.
Von: Sur-
Sunny: Like now! Oh god, I’m probably flying under the influence right now! I’m gonna crash and kill a bus full of kids!
Von: Oh my god, shut up!
*Silence*
Von: I am an author. You are a character in a story I am writing. This is an interlude between chapters. I’m conducting an interview so I can put together a profile so the readers can get to know you better. I need you to please calm down so I can ask you some questions. Do you understand?
*Silence*
Sunny: My hallucination is MEAN.
Von: Forget it. Fuckin’... forget it! I’m done.
*BAMF!*
Von: I don’t know why expected this to be any better. I’m just gonna pull the answers out of his brain and be done with it. I think this may be the last straw. These things are going to give me an ulcer.
*Recording ends*
Name: Former: Watson, Dave
Current: Sunny Daze
Coat Color: mustard-y yellow
Mane Color: orange-ity orange
Eye Color: ketchup-y red
Cutie Mark: content-looking sun
Blood Type: AB+
Birthday: May 2, 1995
Occupation: “urban farmer” (marijuana grower)
Brony: yes
Favorite Food: double dark chocolate ice cream
Favorite Drink: (doesn’t drink)
Favorite Color: forest green
Songs: Subject’s picks: (Despite being told to pick only two, the subject thought about a dozen songs in
extremely quick succession. These were the only three able to be made out.
It's Not Easy Being Green (Kermit the Frog)
Smarter Than U (The Undertones)
Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Author’s pick: Get In Line (Barenaked Ladies)
The Fool on the Hill (The Beatles)
Meet One Person: Billy Mays
Super Power: flight (subject seems to forget he can already do this)
Hobby: video games
Childhood Memory: growing a bean in kindergarten
First Kiss: 13 years old, Shannon McKenna, extra sloppy makeouts
This was so amusing
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On the subject of Lazy Bones: This is actually my worldview. Since LB is my ego, she share's my philosophical view on life. In the past, I grappled with depression, but I'm in an alright place now. I'm just a bit fatalistic/nihilistic/defeatist in that I recognize the infinitesimal insignificance of our lives in the vast scheme of the universe and the breadth of history. I'm not depressed about it, but I'm also not dancing in the streets about the joy of life. I just live from day to day, existing. I find little bits of happiness in the things I'm doing, and try not worry about futile big picture. That's LB's outlook.
And yes, she's not a good scientist. I don't think she considers herself one, merely an observer. But yes, her reaction makes her a terrible scientist. And it's not really the realization that something amazing has happened that upset her. At the end there,when she was describing it to Gilda, she was actually a little awed. The thing that upset her is the realization that she spent her entire life learning and knowing things and then everything she knew, all of her knowledge is WRONG. Her life to this point has been wasted on being completely incorrect. So she was slightly miffed at that.
On Gilda: I've got whole backstories for my characters and all sorts of world building for stuff. I actually posted a long post in the comments about Griffon culture. I'm not sure I'll be able to fit Gilda's family problems into the story, so I'll just give a quick overview here. Griffon culture is a heavily clan-based matriarchal meritocracy. Everything they do is for personal and clan glory and honor. Gilda's clan, the Swiftwing clan, was one of the oldest noble clans that long ago was extremely well respected. But in recent times, her mother, the current matriarch, has squandered the clan's legacy with less glorious pursuits (she's an artist), and the clan has fallen on hard times. Gilda resents her mother for this, and being the first-hatched, she's in line to one day take over. So everyone is looking to her to be able to return the clan to its former glory. But Gilda was more of a free spirit and a loner and didn't want to be burdened with that kind of responsibility. She convinced her hippy (by griffon standards) mother to send her as an exchange student to a flight school in Equestria (which is where she met and fell in love with Dash), and afterward she never returned home, effectively abandoning her responsibilities to her clan. But then, (and I touched on this in the previous chapter, so it's cool to talk about) after losing her one friend, which happened to be the girl she secretly loved (Griffon the Brush Off), she went into a self destructive spiral that only ended after being arrested and joining the Cloudsdale Guard. Who knows? After learning discipline, responsibility and loyalty in the Guard, maybe she would have one day gone home and taken on her duties to her clan? After Discord did his thing, the world may never know.
The only time this has ever been said about me ever.
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Also, I appreciate the comments and insight. Makes the effort all worthwhile
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Thanks to you too, Daring Do!
I'm definitely gonna enjoy seeing more of this character!
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Thanks a bunch!
Oh, Sunny. If anything, drugs would probably make you more rational.
As for the chapter, fantastic work. Superb character moments and a nice bit of suspense with the "Discord's whispers" scene. I can't say I agree with the basis of Lazy Bones's outlook, but I like the end results. Still, everyone's is entitled to live their lives according to their own principles... within reason.
Looking forward to more.
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You can have em. I already told you I was going to quit and just let you write the thing.
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I'm afraid I don't understand the Animorphs joke. I know OF the series, of course, but I never read it myself. I was on the tail end of the right age to read them when they started coming out, but I never did.
On the video though, holy crap, I'm constantly amazed how well the people who read this story know me. Eight months ago (12/29/12) EQD posted an article about Animaniacs coming to the Hub. Everyone started posting links to their favorite bits from the show. This is my exact post:
And yeah, I did consider this for one of Steve's songs. I just felt the choices I went with fit a little better. (I put A LOT of thought into it. I'm obsessive over these kind of things.)
Hmm, I just realized, one of the Flim Flam brothers is listed as a character.
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Yes, they are. Not to spoil anything, but they FINALLY make their appearance in the next chapter (which is almost done). I really wish I'd gotten this next one out the door before this break came up.
I really wanted them to show up sooner in the first part, but so much more stuff kept happening than I originally planned, so they kept getting pushed back. But now I'm at the end of the first part, and they finally appear, so they're pretty much only in a very tiny part of the first half of the story.
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lol, I expected someone to comment on that when I first posted the story, but not five months down the line. Gayle just calls her mother "Moms".
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CGotG refers to Chess Game of the Gods. It's a group of stories set in a single universe built around the universe Rust started with The Ledgend of Echo the Diamond Dog. They (at least the major ones) are usually well written, and are worth a read if you haven't yet.
They include:
Wild Card
Griffin The Griffin
(and the sequel, Falling Feathers.)
and The Legend of Echo the Diamond Dog
(and the sequel, The Ballad of Echo the Diamond Dog.)
Among others.
(Von Snoot, would you rather me not link these here?)
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-I wasn't specifically thinking of the game Portal being adapted. I just made up a scifi show that's apparently going to be on in seven years. But sure, it could be from the game. It doesn't particularly matter one way or the other. it was just a common thread to bring together two very different personalities in their past (and have a passing reference now and again to symbolize their bond).
-Yes, it doesn't make sense for griffons to have cloacas other than giving the opportunity to share my intense disgust. Plus, it's something interesting and different to set them apart from most characters.
-Thanks for the feedback and the kind words.
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Huh. Yeah. "Go off" oftentimes can mean "to turn on". For example, "an alarm went off" really means that an alarm turned on and started making noise. But yes, in this case, you'd be correct. I'll correct it.
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No, she's just confused and sorta has a massive brain derp going on. She means to say Gayle, but says Gilda twice.
If you want, you can just PM me a list of all of your notes rather than laying them out one at a time. I'll be happy to go through it.
It's the realization that Sunny Daze is telling the truth when he says he doesn't do drugs, that he just naturally has the personality of a stereotypical stoner, that makes him a funny character.