Black Record's family (plus backstory) by Cocky-Pony on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Father, mother and sister of Black Record.

I made the effort to integrate a couple of my other OCs into his story so that now none of my OCs that are in use exist in a vacuum (except Cocky, because she just exists to be a representation of me)

I tried to make Loudhailer look like he's got a greying salt-and-pepper beard and failed lol
You can see a better drawing of Victrola here: www.deviantart.com/cocky-pony/…

Read Storm Petrel's backstory here: www.deviantart.com/cocky-pony/…

Ref sheets are coming for Blackjack and Neutron Star

I'm probably not going to do family/backstory posts for any other OCs as I can only be arsed to go this in depth for the main two

BACKSTORY

Black Record had quite a rough childhood. His home life was good and loving, but they didn't have a lot of money. His parents worked hard in various jobs to support the family, but when his older sister started working, this gave them enough money to start saving, and eventually achieve their dream of opening their own record shop and become financially stable. Rec's father, Loudhailer (top) is a strong and loyal unicorn stallion aged 57. His cutie mark symbolises his talent for bringing in business from all around. His mother, Shellac "Shelley" Record is an earth pony aged 56. She is a homely mare who enjoys her lowkey life, looking after her home and business. She specialises in vintage records and music history, as symbolised by her cutie mark. Black Record always got on well with his parents. Even before they opened their shop, there was always music in the home. This was a blessing, because Rec never got on at school. He didn't understand other colts and fillies and knew he was different somehow. He bunked off school most days and never got any grades. While he and his sister Victrola "Vicky" Record (top), got on when he was a young colt, she is 11 years older than him (currently 35), and he grew jealous and resentful of her for finding education and social life a breeze. This grew worse when she moved out and began to make her career as a double bass player (her cutie mark is a bass clef formed by a gramophone horn), because being a musician was something Rec always dreamed of. After leaving school, Black Record took up work in his parents' shop and started going to clubs and gigs, sometimes with his dad, more often on his own. Unfortunately, his loneliness lead him to quickly get into taking drugs, which he still struggles with today. An interesting customer by the name of Neutron Star kept coming into the shop to buy rap records. He didn't look like other ponies (he is a zony) and was also a loner, and the two struck up a friendship and began going to gigs together. Neutron Star took Rec to see a rapper named Blackjack, who he also became friends with, which was the start of his music career. No longer resentful of his sister, he got back into contact with her, and was introduced to a pegasus called Storm Petrel, a photographer and journalist who was shooting Victrola. The two are now best friends and live together. Blackjack ended up marrying Victrola, and the brothers-in-law remain close friends.