Summer Lovin' (Patreon)

Patreon request! A patron requested more Wave Rider and Marina content. Have some new girlfriends figuring themselves out

notes on Marina and Wave (from my tumblr):

-Marina is the daughter of Coco Pommel. Coco was well past her prime  child-bearing years and had kinda assumed the the odds of her ever having a  foal were next to zero. Although Coco was flabbergasted when she came up  pregnant, it was love at first sight the second she got to hold her  teeny Rina.

Marina’s father is Svengallop, but they’ve never  met. When Coco found out she was pregnant, she sent a letter to  Sven…..who sent back a very large check, to be used however Coco  wanted, so long as the “problem” disappeared, and neither she nor the  foal ever contact him again. Coco got the hint, and never tried to  involve him in her daughter’s life.

-Marina comes from a very  wealthy background. Paired with her social anxiety, she had a bad habit  of trying to “buy” friendship, that is, casually purchasing ridiculously  expensive and elaborate gifts for ponies she is trying to befriend, and  seeing nothing wrong with it. A few weeks after she met Wave Rider, she  bought her an expensive all-terrain dune buggy stocked with three new  surfboards….and didn’t understand why Wave was standing there blushing  and stammering, “Holy shit, Rina, I can’t accept this”. Wave  eventually manages to nip Marina’s “friendly” spending…..although Marina  does insist on treating Wave to a fancy meal or spa day every now and  then.

-As a marine biology student, Marina is a big fan of Bruce (”Wavey, your father is the Bruce Carcharodon?? I’ve read all his published journals cover to cover!”). Bruce,  while initially hostile to the idea of his daughter dating anyone, was  eventually quite charmed by the little mare, and they love talking bio  together.

-Marina was never intended to be a long-term partner  for Wave. She is Wave’s first crush and first girlfriend, but they’re  only maybe sixteen when they start dating. Young and dumb and trying to  navigate the exciting, terrifying waters of a new relationship. There’s a  lot of shy, sweaty hand-holding, a few clumsy, sweet kisses, nights out  on the beach stargazing…..but Marina is from Manehatten, and was only  meant to spend a summer in Ponyville. When the time comes for her to  return, she and Wave try to maintain a long-distance relationship,  scheduling visits and writing letters….but their relationship does  eventually draw to a close. Perhaps an ugly break-up, especially on Wave  Rider’s part. What follows is the first time Wave ever gets rip-roaring  drunk, and needed to be hushedly tended to by young Finn and Oddball.  She later got a touching “sorry sweetie, sometimes love just doesn’t  work out” speech by her tough Auntie Phoenix, of all ponies.

Although  Marina and Wave end on an abrupt note, after some time passes, the rift  between them heals, and they reach out and become friends again. They  still visit each other now and then, and remain close friends~

it's been so dang long since i last drew marina, i forgot she was a unicorn