"Hi!" a little cross fox kit barks, looking up at all the ponies and pony fans which tower above him. He smiles, swishes his tail happily and continues...

I’m Swift Fox and I’ve been a fan of “the Ponies” since they came out in the 80’s. At the time they were originally introduced I was too old to ask for them for birthdays and such, and not old enough to be living on my own to buy them and display them for myself. I did, however, get to sneak a peek every now and again at the original cartoons when they were being run on television.

I’m a 37 year old, married gentleman living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m employed as an Architectural Designer for a large Engineering firm based in Pittsburgh. I’m also a volunteer firefighter for my community and enjoy many other hobbies including Amature Astronomy, Writing, Camping, Table-top RPG's and Card Games and keeping in touch with the child within.

I’m a member of the Furry fandom. I've always been a big fan of anthropomorphic media, such as Care Bears and MLP, animation by Disney, Bluthe, etc, literature such as the Narnia and RedWall series, Watership Down, and the many artist's who grace the fandom.

Fox is currently my totem and spirit guide. I personify a fox to honor his presence and to better understand his lessons and how to apply them to myself. Dalmatian is another totem who watches over me while I perform my duties with the fire department.

I also do character mascot work for my fire department. I costume as either Ashes the Dalmatian or Safety the FireFox.

I also have an interest in Age Play of which the ponies are a very strong catalyst and link back to my childhood.

As for my interest in My Little Ponies…

I had been following the new pony line since they were introduced three years ago. I have to admit I was disappointed that Hasbro wasn't reintroducing the old ponies but instead were introducing a completely new line of named ponies. So the link wasn't there for me to jump on board now that I was able.

It wasn't until a few months ago when a friend of mine challenged me to write a fanfic for a cartoon she suspected I’d have no prior knowledge of. She was both right and wrong. I was fairly familiar with the G1 pony line of the 80's, but I was not so for the G3’s. If it wasn't for Ponytopia and the database there I'd have been hard pressed to put forth what I did. I stumbled across MLP Arena after someone on my Live Journal friends list pointed me to this site in response to my posting my fanfics there.

I’ve been collecting G3’s for…um…about 9 months. My first MLP was Bowtie. I liked how she looked and the little write up about her personality appealed to me. Little did I know then that ponies are not happy unless they’re in a herd and in order to reach that “critical mass” other ponies soon followed.

Our, my wife and my, herd currently consists of:

Bowtie (My favorite)
Sea Spray
WaterFire
Sweet September
Toola Roola
Minty
Skywishes
Thistle Whistle
Rainbow Flash
Star Catcher
Rainbow Dash
Cotton Candy
Silver Glow

Thanks for letting me join and please, if you haven’t, take a moment and give my fanfics a read and let me know what you think. MLP is really a very fun genre to write in and I have other ideas brewing.

Edited because the first writing and what I posted was horrible. It's much better now.

Edited again to add new ponies and pegasai. 02/14/06

Edited again to add pics of Bowtie and Thistle. 02/15/06

Edited to remove pics which can be seen instead in the Brag Arena. 02/17/06

Welcome to the Arena!

Its good to know people are out there collecting for themselves in a purely fun and good way...if that makes sense

hi welcome to the arena

That was a great intro. I'm glad that you've discoverd ponies again. I hope you have fun here and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Hi & welcome to the Arena- hope you enjoy it here!

Welcome to the Arena

I hope you enjoy being part of the community!

welcome to the arena! =]

Yep, yep!

Thank you for the warm welcome Skittles.

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Thank you Baby Gypsy. I'll keep that in mind should any questions arise.

*nuzzles the cute lil, Swift sized, pony.*

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Thank you for the welcome LightningLover!

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Thank you for the welcome Miss Scarlett.


I've been wandering around the site for about a week now and having a place to put the MLP Fanfics I've done where folks will appreciate them is a great service.

Nothing but good feelings so far.

*smiles*

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Thanks for the welcome Hugs and Kisses.

That is what XOXO stands for right?

*Hugs and nuzzles*

Swift Fox

Hi Swift Fox - just needed to condense your post a bit, hug, Diamond

welcome to the arena!

Welcome
Spits

Welcome to the arena, you will find that there are other furries here.

<~~~ paws off, this werewolf is currently attatched to the Zzyzx here ^_^


~Jenn

Thanks PonyPunk.

*smiles*

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Short and sweet. Thanks for the welcome Spits.

*Hugs*

Swift Fox

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FullMoonFever wrote:

Welcome to the arena, you will find that there are other furries here. <~~~ paws off, this werewolf is currently attatched to the Zzyzx here ^_^ ~Jenn

Thanks Jenn,

Yeah, I've noticed a few names already. Either way, it's an MLP forum and as such I'll do what I can to add my uniqueness to the collective herd.

Thank you for the welcome and I'll respect the "paws off" and just give you a friendly wave Hello.

Swift Fox

HI swift fox, you know I can tell your a writer, just condesning you a bit consider it an edit, big hugs Diamond

swift_fox wrote:

FullMoonFever wrote: Welcome to the arena, you will find that there are other furries here. <~~~ paws off, this werewolf is currently attatched to the Zzyzx here ^_^ ~Jenn Thanks Jenn, Yeah, I've noticed a few names already. Either way, it's an MLP forum and as such I'll do what I can to add my uniqueness to the collective herd. Thank you for the welcome and I'll respect the "paws off" and just give you a friendly wave Hello. Swift Fox

*nods* Also, your posts should be condensed if at all possible, just a friendly heads up.

Hi Swift Fox - I really enjoyed your intro and can tell you are a writer. I do hope you have a great time here at the Arena. I did a little condenseing on your thank yous - please try to put a few thanks in one post in the futrue OK?
huge foxy hugs,
Diamond
P.S. Love your avatar - that is a neat one!

welcome
PHEW that was a long intro!! see u around the forums!

Welcome from another random furry! I happen to be a dragon, though. Hope you enjoy yourself here.

As with Jenn, I'm hands off.

~Sean