Ellie
Added 2021-05-12 01:36:17 +0000 UTCfriendship ended with Snap, now Ellie is my best friend
Snap, my first crack at a Monty/Smoky offspring, never sat right with me. Probably cuz she looked too much like a neopet (no shade at neopets), just kinda cute in a bland way and not nearly weird enough. Smokescreen and Montezuma are very, very odd people, it stands to reason that any child of theirs would be really fucking weird.
Anyway this is Ellie, also known as El, or Ella (pronounced Ey-ya), or just El Chupacabra to the locals. Sometime waaaaaay into the future, when Smokescreen has abandoned his agency to become Montezuma's partner, the pair are called to investigate a mystery. Terrified locals speak of a bloodthirsty vampire that stalks their livestock in the night (recall that goats are not sapient in MLP, and are thus utilized on farms), leaving their goats drained and sickly. Montezuma dismisses all this as a silly legend made up to scare children into behaving, but Smoky is less skeptical. After all, he's seen some pretty weird and frightening things in Equestria, including Montezuma in the morning without his eyeliner on. It's a scary world out there.
During the pair's stake-out of a local goat herd, they are attacked (read: Monty is attacked) by a teeny, furious ball of claws and teeth, oh god, so many teeth. El Chupacabra puts up a truly fearsome fight, but Smoky is eventually able to nab her by the tail and rip her off Montezuma. So this is the dreaded chupacabra. Huh. She's kinda......cute.
Ellie's backstory is entirely unknown, and she doesn't seem to remember where she came from. As a feral child of about four years old, Ellie is well past the developmental window for language acquisition, and does not seem capable of speech. However, she can understand plenty, and Smoky and Monty are having some success teaching her sign language. As she has no parents (and the locals want her nowhere near their town) Smokescreen and Montezuma begrudgingly take her in. It's meant to be a temporary arrangement until they can find a suitable foster family, with Monty in particular being VERY opposed to a literal bloodsucking demon child living with them, especially as she seems to favor Smoky and bite Monty just for shits and giggles.
Buuuut, much like mange, Ellie just has a certain way of growing on ya....
Comments
A chupracabra! How cool!
PrincessMuffinArt
2021-07-14 15:20:15 +0000 UTCI love how you felt the need to head-off any Neopet controversy.
Dragon Turtle
2021-05-16 15:19:35 +0000 UTCVogue: Ah.....sweetie? Why're you carrying a box full of baby sweaters and booties? Nix, blushing furiously: Mind ya business
Lopoddity
2021-05-14 02:22:06 +0000 UTCHmm. Gets cold easily? I smell a reason for a (not so) begrudged Aunt Nix to furiously knit some sweaters because she might be an asshole sometimes but she's not *heartless*, Smoke, she's not going to let a child go *cold* --
Colbyr
2021-05-13 20:18:01 +0000 UTCELLIE MY BELOVED. glad that monty and smoky take her in, i imagine the equestrian foster care system would be... unkind to a nonverbal, non-pony child. i simply think that her three grandpappys should be allowed to coo over her and give her as much candy and goat blood as she wants
cactus bastrop
2021-05-13 13:32:52 +0000 UTCOh she's so cute, love the design
Paddiefrog
2021-05-13 04:26:46 +0000 UTCOooooooh this is very clever~
Lopoddity
2021-05-13 01:04:12 +0000 UTCWhat if when Monty brings her to see Ahuizotl and his face just drops. Turns out that she is the granddaughter or daughter of a long lost friend of his or a friend that has been gone for a long time and Elle is either the last of her species or one of the few that are left. It would offer a mystery for Monty and Smoky to solve. Also I could see Monty getting really invested because it would hit so close to home for him seeing as she mirrors his experience. Like if there are a few of her species left I could see them having to go DEEP deep into hiding because equestrian society would've hunted them to near extinction because they would've been viewed as demons or very evil due to their need to consume blood in order survive and their "abnormal" looks.
Nette Marie
2021-05-12 19:18:11 +0000 UTCI love the eyes so much! When they get massive like that I always think: Attack imminent, dumbass mode engage
Angsty Ram
2021-05-12 14:31:44 +0000 UTCOh my gosh, you have found my mortal weakness: monster babies! She’s so adorable and fearsome and unique! I just hope she and her daddos are able to overcome some of the prejudice around her, so little Elle can make a friend or two :)
SmilesPerHour
2021-05-12 13:27:40 +0000 UTCThis gives me serious Noct/Chakra and Ash vibes.
Amber
2021-05-12 13:01:32 +0000 UTCExcuse me for a moment while I go scream into a pillow because this bat-eared bab is so. darn. CUTE! Also thank you for drawing her in a sweater I owe you my life.
The Marvelous Mistake
2021-05-12 03:42:40 +0000 UTCoh the wrinkliest little baby!! I love her!!!
DragonCookies
2021-05-12 02:22:50 +0000 UTCShe's perfect
Kas
2021-05-12 02:00:03 +0000 UTCShe reminds me of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch with the big ears and spikes coming out of the back and the squished face/nose
MEllegoo
2021-05-12 01:58:14 +0000 UTCoh this is a delightful image
Lopoddity
2021-05-12 01:50:25 +0000 UTCWhen she gets mad I imagine a super wrinkly sphinx forehead
Melody Williamson
2021-05-12 01:46:34 +0000 UTCyeah i took inspo from those dogs....also from coyotes with mange
Lopoddity
2021-05-12 01:41:38 +0000 UTCI also have a stupid hairless baby (not that Ella is stupid, but Banjo sure is) who bites for the hell of it lemme know if you need reference pics
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2021-05-12 01:40:44 +0000 UTCXoloquinztle? I think is their native name.
Vio_dacreator
2021-05-12 01:40:02 +0000 UTCLol reminds of those large mexican hairless dogs that have a smattering of hairs on their head and tails
Vio_dacreator
2021-05-12 01:39:37 +0000 UTCEw! I love her!
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