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Request: YonaBar
🕑 Added 2020-11-10 02:15:32 +0000 UTCVicky Hadley requested: Yonabar lol, they're adorable
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lovesick dweebs on their wedding day
Yona is dressed in typical Yakyakistan bridal finery, including intricately painted henna symbols, while Sandbar wears the finest outfit his mom could find on sale at Ross
Yona and Sandy dated ever since their Pony Pal episode and got married stupid young, to the point where Ponyville folk whispered that there was no way this "marriage" would last longer than three months, tops
except oh hey, Yona and Sandbar stay happily married for the rest of their lives, they may have rushed into things but that's just because they REALLY love each other. They are that obnoxious couple, all nose nuzzles and smoochies even after decades of being married
Interspecies relationships aren't taboo in Equestria, but they do tend to earn some strange looks, especially the higher you go up the socioeconomic ladder (Ponies of nobility are very fixated on preserving "pure bloodlines"). As we see in the show, ponies are pretty ethnocentric, and have a habit of viewing other species as brutes, dullards, and misers, all in need of "saving" through the power of friendship. Other species find this extremely patronizing. Fortunately, pony attitudes are changing as the population of non-pony citizens steadily grows in Equestria. Sandbar has heard just about every joke about his big yak wife, and has exactly zero patience for it. His preferred strategy for dealing with these comedians is blinking innocently at them and asking them to explain how, exactly, that joke is funny. Would-be jokesters start feeling awkward fast.
Yona is the niece of Prince (now King) Rutherford, but she may as well be his daughter, as precious as she is to him. She is considered minor royalty. Yona privately worried that Uncle Rutherford would scorn her choice of puny pony mate, but Sandbar was met with welcoming (crushing) arms. Rutherford offered an all-expense-paid luxury wedding in his palace, but Yona and Sandy politely declined, opting instead to wed on the beach, where they'd spent most of their dates. (These dates consisted largely of Sandy playing his ukulele while Yona sang.....I'll leave it up to you to decide if Yona's singing voice is sweet or ear-grating. Either way Sandbar thinks she's got the most beautiful voice in the world.)
Comments
Heather
I LOVE this!!!! She looks beautiful and he looks so damn happy!!!
Lopoddity
Well, the show probably meant for "Yakyakistan" to be a throwaway pun name (the yaks seem more vaguely European than Middle Eastern to me) and nothing else, but I decided to lean into it and pull inspiration from actual Afghan weddings. Henna (Mehndi) is done in many, many different countries, and typically applied to Afghan brides by their mother, and thought to bring good luck. Henna is not exclusive to women, men can and do wear henna. I thought about giving Sandbar henna turtles on his hands, but tbh my hand was starting to cramp from all the detail
FloweryFruitFangs
This galaxy-brained ship art cleared my skin, watered my crops, and fed my entire family.
SmilesPerHour
Congratulations Lopoddity, you are now my favorite person. I adore the vivid, cultural details that you included in their stories and designs! Yona looks more beautiful than I could have ever imagined, and I'm so happy for them! Thank you for making this beautiful picture! :D
Dragon Turtle
Ohmigosh my first request was the Iridescent family, but I've been thinking about Yona for a long time now! BEAUTIFUL hair and dress. How did you learn about Henna symbols? I'm really curious. Are they just for the bride, so that's why Sandbar doesn't have some himself?
Melody Williamson
I didn't even know there were yak characters in mlp since i stopped watching at like season 3 lol. She's super cute though!
ElementInfusion
This is beautiful, I love this so much. Yona is my favorite of the students, and the Sandbar crush was adorable. Had a hard time deciding between Yonabar and Gallbar shipping, my head put them all three together plenty times.
forthehonor-ofgayskull
yesss one of my favorite mlp ships
Doxiedreg
This is so cute, im gonna cry ;;
Nimbose
BLESSED
Lex
Oh my goodness those DETAILS
Vicky H
MY HEART!!! They’re so cute ❤️❤️❤️
Maile Greenwell
Beautiful perfect lil babies. So wonderful
feathermaws
I love them with all my heart!! 💕 And the detail you put in this Lop! ❤️❤️
SketchyBug
Oh my gooooood Lop this is precious....
