Talk:Sandbar/@comment-2199590-20181105232716/@comment-36682494-20190410222832

I think the real appeal of his character is the reason why he's with this group to begin with. While he is certainly meant to be portrayed as the straight man of the group, I think he is much more than that. Sandbar may just be a regular earth pony, but he's also a pony who actively decided to befriend these new and mysterious creatures. Even from the very beginning, he wanted to look out for them and show compassion for them, in spite of their differences. He even aided them in finding a place to hide out, despite what literally everyone else thought. Not once did he demonstrate any fear, malice, or judgement for the others, he just desired to see them respect each other and learn more about friendship. No one asked him to do this, nor was he personally assigned to befriend these creatures, he just did it because he's a nice guy and he wanted to. I think Sandbar is meant to represent what the ponies could be if they were willing to fully embrace the magic of friendship and spread that same compassion to others who need it, not just other ponies.