On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

[Wild Transient]

In fact, I'm surprised by how little religion has been discussed in this story. While the Three Goddesses are merely background information, it's still relatively important to the Umas, although, as has been shown, they aren't great abstract thinkers, so it's unlikely there are many religious fanatics out there.

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Why be surprised? Even in the animes,manga and Umamusume gacha game the whole 3 Goddesses thing is mainly confined to in setting lore what with the main focus being on racing.

 

[TheSmallSauce]

Based off of the reference image and Tanya's anime design, I did a quick sketch of how I imagine Shirogane looks. When I was coloring it, I almost defaulted to making her blonde before I remembered her name literally means silver. The other thing was the eyes being red, I feel like Tanya's glowing blue eyes when she's hopped on magic is a really iconic part of her character, so it almost feels weird to have them be red.

Spoiler: Image

 

[neta wey]

I love the title, Tanya has the potential to become the fearsome Middle/Final boss of every new racer calling her the silver standard feels a lot heavier if she becomes like the final test/hurdle that differentiates the great runners from the legends.

I can easily imagine having a reputation of only being beaten by the truly great, she would either be always gold or silver, with many opponents breaking before her.
she could be the test of temperament and discipline of many.

The pale horse who never seems to tire, relentless in her own way if you are trying to catch up to her, but even worse if you are ahead of her, feeling the pressure and the burden of having her just right behind you pushing you little by little to either a victory or a breakdown.

You would probably have racers having their best recorded racing times against her by pressure alone, with only a few of them managing to endure and win.

I wonder if anyone will ever find out the truth about her, she isn't a race horse, she's a warhorse one who used to carry heavy armored riders, used to charge with a heavy burden without the choice to stop or slowdown, since that would most likely mean death.

I feel like that the kind of story that Umamusume fans would love.

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The more you guys talk about this element of her being the Silver Standard, the more I think of her as a combination of Arm Anderson and the the White Mamba, individuals who know their strengths and weaknesses and knowing how to use them. And also having a mean streak.

Like I'm legitimately imagining at some point getting annoyed at some Uma who's trying get her riled up over her (actual) lack of speed and going full Sargent with

Listen you maggot, you are outdoing yourself in the unproductive behavior market, so I'm going to put you, and also all of you, in your place.
Yes, I'm not faster than Special Week, nor Grass Wonder, nor El Condor Pasa, and also use her full name for you are not her friend. Because guess what? If you threw a rock to a collection of Umas from Trace, chances are that you will hit some faster than me. Do you know why? Because everyone is faster than me!
No, seriously, everyone. Do you think that makes me happy? And instead of yapping or mopping or whatever else that uma in lane 6 keeps doing when we are in the same race, I persevere. I'm not the fastest, nor the strongest, nor the one with the pedigree, but I persevere, I adapt. I may not be able to out speed them, but I found I can certainly outlast them.
So I train my endurance, my strength, my guts and my wits and my technique. I race and I think to myself "Could hug the rail even more" "Could I improve my accelerating in the slope?" "Could I block them better?" and I train to become more than a one trick pony like you.
So get in line, pony, and stop wasting everybody's time.
And one last thing, pony. You say my speed is not even close to Special Week, but it's closer to all of them than you are to me.


Ok, this thing came a bit out of character.

 

[FluffyVoid]

The other thing was the eyes being red, I feel like Tanya's glowing blue eyes when she's hopped on magic is a really iconic part of her character, so it almost feels weird to have them be red.

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Maybe her eyes go from red to blue when Shirogane finally gets into the zone.

 

[wtdtd]

Ok, this thing came a bit out of character.

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That made me think of the tf2 soldier for some reason.

 

[neta wey]

That made me think of the tf2 soldier for some reason.

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Probably because it's a bit disjointed. The whole point was to get to the punchline of using White Mamba's quote of "I'm closer to Lebron than you are to me", but it went wild in the set-up.

 

[TheSmallSauce]

And here's a work in progress sketch in a more realistic style. In the rough, I doodled the ear ornament without thinking about it much, but now I can't figure out where it should sit on her head, or how it should attach to her ear.

Spoiler: WIP

 

[WrandmWaffles]

I doodled the ear ornament without thinking about it much, but now I can't figure out where it should sit on her head, or how it should attach to her ear.

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They're kind of like Duramente's wing, but silver and on the back of her ears.

Edit. Also, Shirogane's hair is pretty smooth, given that she actually has a mother and grandmother that cares to make her look a bit more presentable (and girly)