LGP - Species Info

Basic Species Info:
- Looking Glass Ponies can only be Unicorns.
- Earth, Pegasi, and Alicorns do not exist in this species.
- Looking Glass Ponies often have frail-looking, small, petite bodies.
- An athletic/strong looking Glass Pony is seen as Rare.
- Looking Glass Ponies are able to breed with other ponies.
- Species traits can only show up in Unicorn foals.
- The Looking Glass Ponies gene is not dominate and will be rare between differing parents.
- For a Unicorn foal to be born with the Looking Glass gene as dominate, is Rare.

Types:
- Basic Glass Attributes: Common
- Small Mirror Attributes: Uncommon
- Major Mirror Attributes: Rare
(Basically, the more Mirror effect, the more Rare.)

Colors:
- Looking Glass ponies can be varying different colors.
- Light Pale Colors are Common.
- Clear or Semi-Clear glass types are Common.
- Solid colors of glass are Common.
- Brighter Neon Colors are Uncommon.
- Dark Hues &/or Black are Rare.
- The above color statements above are only true when it comes to default / natural coloration of the Pony.
- Having two or more varying types of hues is possible, and Looking Glass Ponies are not subject to a single hue color type.
- "Rainbow" type colorations are non-existent in the Looking Glass species. The substance of glass does not reflect light in a manner that crystal does, and this attribute has been placed into the genetic stream of all Looking Glass Ponies, making them unable to have Rainbow-hued qualities that normal ponies are able to acquire. (Example: Rainbow Dash's mane.)
- Mirror Attributes are Uncommon, the more Mirror effect, the more Rare.
- Mirror effects can be on any body portion including cutie marks, hair, eyes, hooves, horns, ect.

Magic:
- Looking Glass Ponies can only use magic when they have a light source to use as a conduit. Sunlight, being their most basic source. The stronger the light, the stronger their magic. The weaker the light source, the weaker their magic. Without light, they are unable to use magic at all.
- Magic color is not specific to any Looking Glass Pony. Color is often random, and easily changes with the light source being used as the conduit.
- Magic color can not be rainbow hued in origin. Only a single color at any given point unless switched to a different color by the pony.
- All Looking Glass ponies have the ability to move between places using a type of Glass/Mirror Magic that allows the pony to move between one glass/mirror to another. This magic is only limited to the size and reflective quality of the material. The pony must be able to physically fit through the glass/mirror, and the glass/mirror must have decent reflective qualities.
- All Looking Glass ponies are able to use mirrors to look across vast distances to other locations. This ability is only limited to mirrors
and is unable to be used with basic glass.

Horns:
- Horns can be varying different sizes and types. Spiraled, Glass types, Shard-like, ect. Any which is neither common, uncommon, or rare.
- Horns can often break, and in doing so the pony in particular will be cut off from all magic until the horn is repaired by another glass pony.
- Scratches and scuffs are common, polishing and buffing is common upkeep to any Looking Glass Pony.
- Small breaks within the horn can be seen as illness within the pony. Though are still fixable through magic. Breaks are painful.
- Often are decorated with metal cuffs for extra stability and decoration.
- "Normal" unicorn horns, with no glass-like effects, are Uncommon.

Eyes:
- Eye colors in Looking Glass ponies can vary.
- Light Colors being Common.
- Dark Colors being Uncommon.
- Mirror-like being Rare.
- Heterochromia (Two different eye colors) is Uncommon.
- Round pupil shape is Common.
- Octagon pupil shape is Rare. (Example: G1 Twinkle Eyed Ponies)

Hooves:
- Hoof types resemble the normal pony-shaped hoof.
- Cloven hooves are very Rare in the Looking Glass species.
- Hooves are covered in the same glass type qualities as the horns.
- Colors can vary, and follow the same color rules as mentioned above.
- Glass attributes do not go above the knees. Otherwise, the pony couldn't move!
- Having no glass qualities to the hooves, or normal pony hooves, is Rare.
- Scratches and scuffs are common, polishing and buffing is common upkeep to any Looking Glass Pony.
- Small breaks within the hooves can be seen as illness within the pony. Though are still fixable through magic.
- If a hoof breaks, the Looking Glass Pony is able to fix their own hooves through Magic. Unlike their horns.
- Breaks are not as painful as horns, but still can cause the pony discomfort.
- Often are decorated with metal cuffs for extra stability and decoration.

Manes and Tails:
- Manes and Tails of Looking Glass ponies varies from pony to pony.
- All Looking Glass Ponies have hair shaped in different styles of glass like looks.
- No shape of hair, length, ect is seen as either Common, Uncommon, or Rare and are often changed.
- Colors can vary, and follow the same color rules as mentioned above.
- Towards the scalp of the pony, the hair is most often flexible and able to be moved easily.
- Towards the tips of the hair, the hair gains the basic glass-like qualities mentioned above in hooves and horns and slowly becomes more dense, till becoming fully glass-like at the ends.
- Scratches and scuffs are common, polishing and buffing is common upkeep to any Looking Glass Pony.
- Breaks in the hair portion of a Looking Glass Pony is actually common compared to Hooves and Horns, and are easily fixable by the pony in question. Often, when restyling their own manes and tails, this breaking process is done to achieve a new look and causes no harm to the pony.
- If the pony wishes for longer hair, the pony can use their magic to "grow" their hair longer!
- While every Looking Glass Pony has their usual "default" colors they were born with, this does not keep them from changing the color of their hair whenever they wish. They will simply break off whatever color section of their hair they wish to change, and using their magic, re-grow whatever color hue they feel like.
- Hair color, can easily be multiple different hues. While the natural default color usually stays within the same spectrum of hues, most Looking Glass ponies at some point or other try out different varying colors. Darker hues, being more difficult to produce, and thus still being more uncommon.
- Broken off pieces of their hair are kept, and molded with their magic to make numerous different things. From Jewelry, Trinkets, baubles, ect. These are then given to close friends, family members, or even sold to other ponies as glass gifts.
- Different "objects" can be placed into the glass as the pony "grows" their hair. Though, normally not kept for very long as it tends to be rather uncomfortable with the extra added weight. Though, there is sure to be a few vain ones that have to look fabulous all the time! This would also be an Uncommon trait.

Cutie Marks:
- Looking Glass Ponies often have abstract cutie marks.
- It is Common for a Looking Glass Pony to simply not have a cutie mark. It is hard to find their natural talent if it is not magic related!
- Cutie Marks are also of the glass attribute, though unlike the rest of their glass-like attributes are nearly unbreakable.
- Cutie Marks resemble Stained Glass.
- Mirror attributes within the cutie mark are Uncommon.
- An all Mirror cutie mark is Rare.
- Abstract Cutie Marks are often Stars, Bursts of light, Random Swirls, ect.
- Since Looking Glass Ponies have frail bodies, hard won cutie marks that have to do with more strenuous activities are Rare.
- If by super rare occurrence a Looking Glass Pony's cutie mark breaks or becomes damaged, they will often turn listless and confused,
"discorded" versions of themselves until the break is fixed by another Looking Glass Pony's magic. This occurrence very rarely happens.
- To "fix" a broken Cutie Mark is a very long and strenuous process on the pony doing the "fixing", and they must have a strong light source
for the process.

Other Random Info:

- Glass tipped ears are an Uncommon trait. Though this will only happen to the very tips of the ears, if the entire ear was glass, they wouldnt be able to hear properly!
- Glass effects can show up on Shoulders and Chest, but this is also an Uncommon trait.
- Looking Glass Ponies have a type of "wave" singing they are able to produce.
(Think of rubbing a wet wine glass to produce sound.) This Resonant Frequency is their form of singing.
- Looking Glass Ponies are extremely fragile to high frequency noises. They can physically be harmed from these types of resonance.
- Looking Glass Ponies are scared to return to the Crystal Empire, even if it has been saved. They feel more comfortable staying in
Equestria under the rule of Celestia (whom they adore) and Luna (whom they are a bit scared of). They neither like, or dislike Princess Twilight Sparkle.
- Looking Glass Ponies are uncomfortable with speaking about the home they left behind inside the glass, even though they will return to it in
needs of travel, never staying for a long period of time. Most will avoid the subject all together. They just want to feel like regular ponies again.
- Looking Glass Ponies are normally very shy, and scare quite easily. All Looking Glass Ponies are terrified of heights, and "shattering"
noises. They can be quite friendly though, if not skittish.
- While in their original Mirror home, they did not need to eat. On returning to Equestria though, they soon found out that they indeed had to eat again. While some Looking Glass Ponies were happy with taste testing anything they could get their hooves on, others found it to be quite the annoying new chore.
- Looking Glass Ponies can consume gems very much like dragons in Equestria can. And while they can technically also consume glass, they consider this as a form of cannibalism and it is very very frowned upon. (Ew!)

Credits:
Many thanks to Ruefers for some help with ideas on this redesign.

Quick List of Common traits.
- Basic Glass Attributes (aka no mirror): Hair / Body / Cutie Mark / Eyes / Horn
- Light Pale Colors: Hair / Body / Cutie Mark / Eyes / Horn
- Clear or Semi-Clear glass types
- Different sizes shapes and horns of glass effect.
- No cutie mark.
- Any length, size, or shape done to glass-effect hair.
- Multiple hued hair.
- Abstract Cutie Marks

Quick List of Uncommon traits.
- Small Mirror Attributes: Hair / Body / Cutie Mark / Eyes / Horn
- Brighter Neon Colors: Hair / Body / Cutie Mark / Eyes
- Darker Eye Colors
- Heterochromia in Eyes: (Two different eye colors)
- Glass Tipped Ears
- Glass effects on Shoulders and/or Chest
- Objects inside of glass hair
- "Normal" horns, without glass effect.

Quick list of Rare traits.
- Major Mirror Attributes:  Hair / Body / Horn
- All-Mirror Cutie Mark.
- Athletic/strong looking body type.
- Dark Hues &/or Black on fur/coat.
- Mirror Eyes.
- Octagon pupil shape in eyes.
- Cloven hooves.
- Having no glass qualities to the hooves. (normal pony hooves).
- Cutie Marks dealing with more strenuous activities.

Picture References:
- Hooves / Horns / Hair / Eyes