Talk:Sandbar/@comment-2199590-20181105232716/@comment-29981995-20181106090802

Well, to be fair, I think that was kind of the point. As his personality section mentions, he's the "straight man" of the Young Six; kind of a glue that holds together a very diverse group of creatures. He's another pony in a show full to bursting with them, but that helps to accentuate the character of his team/classmates. And let's be honest, the rest of the Young Six provide plenty of drama and excitement, what with:


 * Gallus being an orphan and initially having a griffon 'tude.
 * Smolder being a tomboy who secretly likes cute and pretty stuff.
 * Silverstream having lived in fear of the Storm King her whole life.
 * Yona having a typical yak sense of pride while suffering from clumsiness and an inability to swim.
 * Ocellus suffering from shyness and the burden of not so long ago being part of one of the most feared and hated races in all of Equestria.

With all that, it's kind of nice to have the one guy who's biggest fears are letting down the creatures who have invested so much in him and who's biggest crisis-prior to School Daze-was nearly having his Hearth's Warming doll fall in the fireplace. That being said, it probably wouldn't have hurt if he could have been a Crystal Pony instead of an Earth pony...