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I am also a bit concerned about the roleplay of these guys. My partner is about to go through a stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma, so I am speaking as someone whose life is directly affected by one of the causes you have listed here. I also worked for HIV agencies for seven years.
Yes, awareness is important. But respect is also important. A pony going around in an environment that in no way has any connection to the modern world that begins talking about topics like cancer, HIV (and lets please remember that it is HIV and AIDS is just a latter stage of the illness), or premature birth is not appropriate and not respectful.
How are these ponies going to be rp'd? As any other usdia - they just happen to have a ribbon marking and don't mention what they represent? (that I would be ok with) As spokesponies for what the ribbons mean? (that I have a problem with)
I also have a problem with the questing images that some folks are putting up. Guilting people to give you gold for a ribbon pony is not cool.

Ok, i just woke up so lets see if i can get my anwser in a logical order. ^^;


Meeki, True, the odds might be really slim, but you never know, someone might spot the ribbon pony and inquire as to what the ribbon stands for, or, since i have seen some of the people questing have put down what the ribbon stands for on the cert under breed then i might be seen that way. The Usdia will have a ribbon, either item or marking, somewhere so that it can't just be confused as a pretty pink pony or something along those lines. But yes, We'll see what we can do about guidelines for RPing to try and ease your worries and anyone else who has similar worries as you. I have grandparents with diabetes, i have one who we think has Alzheimer's, I have a cousin and friend who are homosexual, two friends who were premature, so i understand being close to someone with the things listed and not wanting them to be misused and abused. I know that everyone who has asked for a certain ribbon (pretaining to an illness and such) has stated having a friend or family member with said. I trust them not to do something completely disrespectful. But yes, back to the topic of RP, We'll see if we can't come up with some guidelines to help ease your worries. if you have anything you'd like to offer up in terms of guidelines feel free to PM me with suggestions.


Harperking, of course. These ponies could not be spokesponies, and we would be sure to make sure every owner is aware and recognizes that these ponies cannot be spokesponies in the Soquili Universe. Their RP would just be like any other. The meaning behind the Ribbons would not be mentioned in RP nor in the Soquili Universe at all, but only for the knowledge of the owners, those RPing, the minds behind the pets these ponies would encounter. They would just be RPed like any normal Usdia with the off chance the owner of the other pony might notice the ribbon and search or inquire upon it. Also i have been thinking of keeping these ponies together in sort of a herd, with their own special teepee (OC of course) that showcases all of them and about their cause, as well group RPs between the herd of Ribbon Ponies. The ponies themselves, in short, won't even know what their markings mean, just as a cosplay of, say, a Pokemon, would not even know what a Pokemon was and therefore simply thinks it has a weird marking and color pattern, so therefore they could not talk about their ribbons meaning since they themselves dont' even know.


I hope I made sense. ^^;


Edit: Oops, forgot. Harper, I don't know if anyone is intentionally trying to guilt trip others for gold. I havn't seen many sigs yet that specifically ask for gold for a certain cause. And if so, i'm not sure what i can do about that.

Once I get my Usdia and I decide to rp I'm not going to end up talking about autism in my rp's. Because for one it's not part of the soquili environment and two I couldn't really explain autism if I tried. My brother has Asperger's and people ask me alot what it is and I can't explain it. The most I can do is tell them it's a form of autism and where to look it up if they want more info. I've grown up with it and I know how to handle my brother on his good and bad days but explaining what it is is something I've never learned because I never saw the reason to.
I can understand people being worried that someone will end up voicing out what their usdia's awareness is in rp. If they do then perhaps a little warning pm should be sent to them. Some rules for rping these particular usdias would be nice and should hopefully set any worries to ease. As for breeding it doesn't affect me what happens because mine won't ever breed even if these were allowed to be bred.

On a less stressful note, We got our first donation! Upate on the mules account:

We have 11k saved for use by the group! Of course it might seem small, compared to the amount we may need in the long run, but its a great start!

Gah! I'm still having a horrible time trying to figure out how to make my awareness soquili unique. Anybody want to help me out? My mind is blank and all I can think of is the color 'gold'.

If that's how you feel Meeki then I support your choice both in your decision not to RP as well your choice of how you want to spend your own funds.

All I'm asking is that each person gets to ultimatly make that choice for themselves.

Mm... I just thought of something I'd like to get. I hope it's not already taken.

I just came across this from Lovely-Guardian's sig, and I must say the idea is touching. if I may, I would love to participate if I could go for Lime Green for Lymphoma. My grandmother survived her battle last year after a rough battle.

I do not believe that I would be trying to breed a ribbon usdia, personally it would just seem awkward for my standpoint.