In that case, go for it. Snake tongues are cool. Lickitung tongues are rape-y.

If you want to justify his batpony-ness, try giving him bat characteristics. Like, he's nocturnal or he loves fruit.

Loves fruit...heh, nice idea. And it is the Lime Keys after all...

And yeah, he is pretty nocturnal. Day light hurts his eyes, forcing him to wear protective googles.

But still...the bat aspects...are they needed?

edited 28th Feb '13 3:30:07 AM by ApplelightLimited

Why does a character trait have to be "needed"?

As a side note, a zoo near me has fruit bats. They're adorable.

edited 28th Feb '13 3:34:03 AM by PurpleDalek

It isn't about what's "needed". I hate the Law of Conservation of Detail . Go for what seems "right" or "interesting" or "workable".

EDIT:

1. This.

2. Cute and cool!

edited 28th Feb '13 3:34:56 AM by Sereg

I...guess so. I almost back bats being cute. They are like little flying squeaky hamsters!

I'm still unsure though...

Oh hey, I thought I'd share my current crew ideas before I split for a while:

We already have batty, and this unicorn captain...here's the other four:

Scottish accented soda pop themed engineer earth pony (Ginger). Big orange 'dwarf' earth pony who builds machines powered by a super high caffeine soda. A shout out to both Frankie of one piece and Scotty of Star Trek.

Posh accented tea and biscuits earth pony (Spot O. Tea). Brown and cream 'hobbit' pony who is the greatest chef in the world. Is basically Rarity with pinkies job.

Super doctor unicorn (Tender Care). A bespectacled unicorn who is the greatest healer in the world. Very powerful healing magic and potions to his name. Sort of shy and awkward.

Super crazy happy go lucky dancing Pegasus (Sunny Jim). Is basically a gender flipped surprise who flies like a hummingbird. Says it all really.

That's...what I've been working with all this time. I'm...thinking they need work if course...

Also, when I say that they are the best at something, I mean they are potentially the best at something. They still have a long way to go to get to their peak.

edited 28th Feb '13 3:52:53 AM by ApplelightLimited

You could also joke about the whole vampire thing. Like, everyone falsely believes that Batty loves pony blood but he prefers pomegranates.

As a side note, pomegranate is a fantastic word.

That...is actually a great idea!

Pony: (holds up a crucifix) "Back to Tartarus, foul creature of the pit!"

Batty: "Oh, this again?"

He always has to duck out of the way of rocket propelled stakes.

Post of the Day #301

That's still a real threat, you know. You can laugh off someone waving a cross, but a pointy bit of wood to the chest can still kill you, vampire or no.

"Back! Back, you undead beast!" throws garlic and holy water

they don't affect him

"See? I'm not a -"

"He's a really powerful vampire!"

Given that the Cake's births apparently took place in a modern hospital, I think that's a safe assumption.

Does your crew really have to be the best in the world? It seems a bit weird.

Yeah, seems a bit Sue-ish for them to be the best in the world at their chosen fields.

Spicing up the bad acting

Seems legit.

Meanwhile, Spike is really enjoying this.

Only if they started that way, I'd think - if they start of as simply being good, then build their way up over the course of the adventure, because of the adventure, and still run into legitimate defenders, I think that'd be different. Like Apple said, they have the potential to be the best.

Actually a lot of Undead would be able to just regenerate that, assuming it didn't one hit them.

The stake would have to have been thrown really hard for it to piece your chest, anyway.

Just roll with it, Bon Bon.

At least it's not the hands thing again.

Yeah, it's fatal only if you don't graze it :V

The real reason Derpy hasn't been around much is clearly because she's been exploring outside the fourth wall

edited 28th Feb '13 6:06:18 AM by AceOfScarabs

Yeah, Applelight, those sound mostly good, as long as they don't seem to unrealistically competent too quickly.

Unless you're going by Harmony Theory (Which you must all go read. Seriously. This may be my new favourite ponyfic.) and say that a pony tapping into their talent is litterally undefeatable except by:

A: another pony doing the same thing

B: a healthy dragon in an area the dragon has an advantage in

C: the Elements of Harmony

(presumably Discord would also apply)

It is a saying among the non-ponies that "Talents always win".

I think it's silly to ascribe magical powers to C Ms like that. There's no evidence that ponies are magically awesome at whatever they do.

The snow has finally melted enough for me to survey the damage from a blizzard a few weeks ago. Looks like a bush out near the street got pulverized by some big pine tree limbs. Oh, well. I never liked that bush much anyway.

The cutie mark itself does not gift a pony with power, but rather it shows what they believe to be their destiny and is tied to their sense of self.

A pony with weak inherent magic would have their Talent as prescribed by their Mark be good but not that good.