It appears to be some kind of... ponified Duckroll?

Hmmm, an escape artist pony? Sounds good. Maybe he's also really good at (untying) knots.

edited 9th Jun '13 6:43:39 PM by AceOfScarabs

Tying fancy knots...

That could work.

This will sound 'odd' but...even though he's a unicorn, I want him to come off as a badass normal type he relies on physical and mental powers rather than magic y'know? Kind of like Rarity in a way.

Spell resistance? Magic doesn't work on him very well (so no holding him with telekinesis or anything), but in exchange his unicorn magic is also rather weak.

@Applelight: Make his powers mostly dexterity based rather than strength based.

Like shooting and agility etc?

That's good. I want one of the crew mates to have the strength skills anyway.

EDIT:

I've too options now:

Make him a complete frat boy going nowhere in life and doing nothing until given a sense of purpose with his new friends or...

Make him a guy with way too many burdens on himself until one day he says...fuck that I'm off on an adventure.

edited 9th Jun '13 7:04:50 PM by ApplelightLimited

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You know what would be cool? Make him an archer.

edited 9th Jun '13 7:06:55 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@ JT

YES! A longbow man! Don't think it could be arrows though...too lethal.

Also made edit.

edited 9th Jun '13 7:09:38 PM by ApplelightLimited

I like the "frat boy going nowhere" idea better.

If he isn't going to fire arrows, he could fire limes. Or coconuts. They'd do more damage.

Respect the Trick Arrow, man.

You could always go with a sling... not that slingstones are any less deadly if you get them in the right spot, but whatever.

edited 9th Jun '13 7:16:41 PM by kegisak

Vaderpony

I hope I could maybe get the golden ships wheel cm for him. Have to be careful though, as that effects his origin story.

Also:

Dizty spacey 'hippie' and down to earth hard as nails violently short tempered sailor...good contrasts right?

edited 9th Jun '13 7:20:17 PM by ApplelightLimited

How about he's good at seeing through things?

Magical vision(s)?

Or just preternatural insight or perception regarding the situations in which he finds himself.

I don't even want to know why Trixie has a Teletubbie in her nightmare

I still recommend Scrying, ie. seriously good at predicting movements via magic, or something. Though that stretches the definition of 'normal' by a bit.

So, I was talking to my roommate, and he has an interesting theory about Applejack: She's filthy rich, but always kinda hides it, because she associates richness with nastiness. It actually makes a fair bit of sense - for all the fact that she seems perpetually in financial trouble, she's never actually run into a real problem with it. I mean, despite her not making hardly any money at the GGG, she still apparently had enough money that nothing was in disrepair at the start of next season, and Granny seems to have her hip well in order at that. The town hall got fixed well enough after Last Roundup with no issues, despite AJ not winning any prize money, and I doubt a few weeks on a Cherry Farm would be enough to fix a building.

Family appreciation Day provides some hefty evidence, too. They're the founding family of what is rapidly becoming one of the most important towns in the country, and the major supplier of the major businessman in the area, with access to a extremely popular product nopony else produces. Rich would pay hoof over fist for that kind of deal - not to mention ponies still line up across the horizon for it and every other seasonal event they host. And that's not even considering the fact that again, they founded the town, but still live outside it. They wouldn't have to pay property tax because it's their land, and all things considered there's a very real possibility they own the land the town sits on in some way. Either way, they're borderline aristocracy, and Aunt and Uncle Orange push that idea even further.

Head canoned.

I'm not sure that I agree with it, but it's not like I can offer a counterargument either.

Yeah, I feel much the same way. It's pretty interesting, but there's no solid evidence. It's just kind of a neat idea, and I'm not sure if I want to use it at all.

Fluttershy is playing checkers. Discord is playing...um...

@kegi: That's... actually a really interesting idea. Huh.

Personally, I'd guess that a majority of the Apple holdings (if they are rich) goes to other members of the family and developing new orchards and such across Equestria. Granny Smith may be the matriarch of the family and Sweet Apple Acres may be the center of the family holdings (I'm saying 'may' because I literally don't remember) but it doesn't seem like it most times.