Life Lessons with Gramps

Lopoddity

Have fun at home! :D And thank you. I'm kinda nervous about Wind cuz I'm gonna take his assholery in some uncomfortable directions, and I was wondering if I was going too far.....then I remembered the guy canonically tried to crush a young girl's entire career just to preserve his flight record. He's awful. I think he's my new favorite bad guy

Heather

Very excited to see these latest drawings and headcanons about dis asshole!!! Also really love how you make young Zips androgynous. (Sorry I haven't been commenting actually back home for a week to see my people) ☺☺

Lopoddity

I know people will connect any sort of alcoholic old asshole character archetype to Rick Sanchez, but I really, really hate that character a whole lot. The whole show, really. I guess Wind here would be my idea of how Rick would realistically be- not vindicated by the narrative, but mean, bitter, and ultimately abandoned by the only people that loved him. Not that this was intentional of course, again the further my work stays away from Rick and Morty, the better tbh

Dragon Turtle

"Talented ponies get a chance to climb on top, take reality for a ride, but it will never stop trying to throw you." I know there's pathos here, but I keep thinking that Lop makes unshaven filthy scruff look adorable. Also, Talladega Niiiiiiiiiights!

Lopoddity

Where do you think Zips got his pottymouth

cactus bastrop

i'm now imagining talladega nights where everything is the same except for will ferrell inexplicably talks in a boston accent lmao. but for real i can't wait to see how this eventually plays out with zip's relationship with cloudy--i can see a very fateful family dinner where wind just slips a lotta nasty comments in cloudy's direction (she just eats her burger and pretends not to care) while thunderlane's like HAHA HAS ANYONE TRIED THE CHICKEN? I THOUGHT THE CHICKEN WAS LOVELY

dont swear in front of the baby............. :(

TumbleBlunder

Out of curiosity, how did Zip’s family react to his transition? I feel like they’d either have strong opinions about it or just. Not really care much since it doesn’t really change the Rainbow Dash rivalry. This is excluding Thunderlane OFC since I feel like he’d be nothing but extremely supportive.

D

God I love his pose so much

MyLittleVerse

Jeezus. That's a lot to grow up with. Your mom living vicariously through your victories and punishing you with silence when you fail and granddad who's an alcoholic that feeds you terrible life lessons due to his own failings. Zipper has a pretty bad support system with the exception of Thunderlane. I wonder what he would have grown up to be like without his dad.

Lopoddity

There were! Wind loves his daughter and grandkid and makes no secret about that fact. When he was sober, he could be fun and charming, if pretty cynical. Definitely made a big production out of every junior league flight trophy Zips ever won. Drinking tended to bring out the worst in Wind, with things eventually spiraling to the point where Lightning made the very painful choice to move back to Ponyville, to protect herself, her family, and to deny Wind his biggest enabler. It takes years, but eventually Wind cleans himself up and forgives Lightning for "abandoning" him, and becomes part of her life again. Whether that's a positive development though, we'll have to wait and see

Coraline T

what does thunderlane think about lightning dust and wind riders toxic attitudes towards zips? would he ever leave her for it?

Amaris

I’d like to believe there are good memories and happy moments with grandpappy Wind, but I can’t help but feel it was toxic atmosphere growing up.