I recently saw that My Little Pony had debuted their first pony with a prosthesis and although I don’t have the exact same issues, it was so nice to see a pony who has similar disabilities to me. I struggle with using my legs sometimes because of my chronic condition and pain, so I wanted to make a character that represented me (as closely as possible). Its kind of hard to show a pony with my exact problem because I use canes and crutches, so I wanted to use a prosthetic leg instead!
Whimsical, full name being Whimsical Whirligig, is a bubbly and excitable stallion who loves entertaining others. His talents lie in performance and comedy and he lives to make ponies laugh. Because Whimsical lost his leg only a few years ago, he tends to be a bit clumsy and has been known to trip over nothing or have his leg give out momentarily from weakness.
I wanted his design to be something colorful and warm, since I tend to use cooler colors for the majority of my characters. And since I love the idea of TwilightxSunset next gen, I decided to use those two as a place to start for Whimsical’s color scheme! I’m still a bit stuck on what the cutie mark should be, but that’s cuz I’m literally the worst with cutie marks lol