Fun With Dava's Accessories 5
The fifth and final installment of FWDA began 9 June 2005. My journal entry began, "That's right, it's Fun with Dava's Accessories V! Ponies, pixels, and pointless prizes! Guaranteed fun—now with more exclamation points!!"
From Spoosh: "I'm sorry, Sew-n-So, but after today I have no choice but to question your integrity."
Dava comments: I worried when I made this one that no one would get the joke. It turns out Sew isn't the clothing genius everyone thought!
From Rhonda: "Who is that masked crusader against crime?"
Dava comments: Rhonda and I share a love of Batman, so I knew she would love this reimagining of the character. My favorite detail is the obvious, white stitching on Minty's cowl.
From Kat: "Opening day at Mix Master Flax's Health Food Emporium."
Dava comments: This is my commentary on silly things being labeled "X-Treme" these days, haha! And yes, you're supposed to find "Bangin' Bananas" hilarious.
From Anna: The Squee Brigade gets in a pickle.
Dava comments: LOL, I am shameless! The Squee Brigade is an inside joke. It's the name I've given all the yellow ponies in the Starswirl sculpt, because there are so many of them and because they all look so over-the-top joyful. Bathe in their enthusiasm! They've become popular with my friends, and a few of them (cough, cough) keep pestering me to add them to Kimono's Townhouse. As for the pickle, I had wanted to put the Squee Brigade in the interior of a giant, hollowed-out pickle, but I couldn't figure out how to pull it off, so I went with the funniest, most obvious paper pickle canoe I could manage.
Dava comments: At the time I held FWDA 5, I was obsessed with a scented G3 I called Deodorant Pony. She was supposed to smell like flowers, of course, but I think she smells like deodorant. I can think of few positions more compromising than being caught sniffing a pony's butt.
From Lady Minty: "Illustrate NuMinty's most horrifying recurring nightmare."
Dava comments: I thought Minty's greatest nightmare would be some sort of scenario where she paid for her sock collecting hobby. The Sock Monkey just seemed creepier than a sock puppet.
From OdinDeathCrush: "Fourth of July barbeque and fireworks hullabaloo!"
Dava comments: This one is pretty straightforward. I got to use a good variety of accessories, including a barbecue pit. I never thought I'd get to use that one! Sparkleworks has a cartoonish bomb.
From Darklighter: Office cubicle no-etiquette: Somebody lets a fart, talks loud on their cell phone and eats a stinky lunch."
Dava comments: This one became another classic. Darklighter and I liked it so much, I made it into a desktop wallpaper for her computer. I'm pleased with the details in this one, like the tacked-up notes, cup of pencils and tiny bonsai tree.
From Daisy: "Her mother had always told her not to do it, and now she knows why... she just hoped that the chipmunk would be okay."
Dava comments: This one very nearly stumped me, until I realized that a really dumb pony wouldn't know a chipmunk from any other animal. I think it just adds to the humor. That's the Marvel character, Howard the Duck. And yes, there is some serious profanity under that black bar. The bar's funnier than the actual profanity. ~_^
From Featherfire: "As all of Ponyville slumbered, Minty and the Sock Liberation Squad crept from house to house, freeing all imprisoned left socks from their terrible oppression."
Dava comments: It was at this moment that Minty developed her Homer Simpson qualities, LOL! Do ponies wear one left sock, or two?
