Shenanigans (Ready)

[SiriusShenanigans]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Shenanigans

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Earth Pony

Eye colour: Green

Coat: Red

Mane/Tail: Razmatazz Magenta w/neon blue highlights whenever I feel like drawing them.

Physique: Lithe but still athletic. Shenanigans is strong, but not bulky as far as other stallions tend to be.

Residence: Rural sector outside of Manehattan

Occupation: Magi-Botanical Specialist/Seasonal Subsistence Farmer

Cutie Mark: Shenanigans Cutie takes the form of poison joke viewed from above.

When Shenanigans was a foal, he really liked stories of rag tag renegade heroes. He always had a rebellious spirit and wanted desperately to play the hero, which would get him in lots of trouble. One day, his antics got him in trouble with an older unicorn bully at his school and he got beaten rather badly. Needless to say, Shenanigans got frustrated, he felt he had the swashbuckling spirit, but why couldn't he have been born stronger, or why did it have to be so hard to get strong, why didn't he have magic or wings? It got to him so much, he decided to run off. He left town and ran into a forest without telling anypony. Shortly after doing so, he got lost and couldn't find his way back. This gave him a large amount of time to think. As he walked aimlessly in circles, he kept walking through a curious blue flower, and after some time, weird side effects started happening. At first he was terrified, but after some time, he got used to the changes as they came. Soon after that, he started enjoying the silliness of the poison joke. The experience still made him realize that running away was stupidly dramatic, and it didn't really solve any of his problems. Looking back at all he went through, it made him laugh at all the things he was worried about. When he thought about it, everything was all in his head. Then an idea came to him, and he collected a bunch of the blue flower. Sure, he didn't have magic or wings, or strength, but he didn't need them. He was smart, and that was all he needed. Eventually, he found a search party that had been looking around for him, and his parents were greatly relieved that he was okay. Shenanigans' parents and the entire search party suffered the effects of poison joke after being in contact with Shenanigans. Shenanigans confronted his bully. While the bully laughed at Shenanigans for carrying flowers, Shenanigans had the last laugh as the bully discovered the next day that his butt and head switched places. Score one Shenanigans, Buttface zero. At the end of the incident, Shenanigans had figured out a lot about himself and welcomed the blue flower cutie mark on his flank.

The symbol of the poison joke on his flank is tied deeply to Shenanigans in many ways. It is a symbol of good spirits and comedic thought. Comedy is a great equalizer that can say that nothing matters, which can be frustrating, but also can be comforting. It is a symbol of his crazy antics and schemes. One martial arts philosophy states, "appear as harmless as a flower, but when necessary be able to extend your thorns." In Shenanigans' case, instead of piercing them with a thorn, he'll turn you into a grapefruit, metaphorically speaking. The poison joke is viewed from above so that it looks like a shuriken, because it is his weapon of choice. Comedy is useful as a form of social critique, making it a valuable tool to accent his arguments and victories. The poison joke is also a symbol of adventure, as it stands as a bizarre trial along the journey. Lastly, the poison joke represents his fascination with magical plants, as it is the first one he became well acquainted with.

History: Shenanigans was born to Shanghai and Fooligans in the city of Manehattan. His parents ran a hole in the wall diner that brought many odd dishes from overseas and other cultures. Shenanigans was a rebellious youth, trying to decide justice for himself. He would get into trouble regularly without fail, which resulted in exorbitant amounts of time outs, which Shenanigans was okay with, because he would read about rebellious heroic ponies, which always spurred him on. Shenanigans later got a scholarship to Canterlot University, where he met a straight edge genius named Sirius, who quickly became a rival for him at the university. Shenanigans managed through public critique to dethrone Sirius from his position of president of the student government, which Sirius had won two years in a row. Their was a bad air between the two of them for a semester, but in the second semester of the third year the two of them found themselves stuck in a Pottery class together. Pottery classes were hard to get into because one had to sign up well in advance, so neither were willing to give up their spot. The class became an arena for them to compete against each other. The two managed to find a common enemy in the two faced professor, Mr. Flap Doodle, who took pottery far to seriously for how terrible he was at pottery. Professor Flap Doodle's fatal mistake was pairing the two of them together as partners as a highfalutin punishment. The dramatic scene he made issuing this punishment worked as a nightmare glue, bonding together two howling storms into a diabolical dream team waging a war of clay, witty quips, and public rebuke. It was a battle with pride on the line, of the dastardly duo, the professor, and even pottery itself. In the end, all the spiritual twaddle the professor used in teacherly harangue could not stand up to the scathing knowledge driven roast the two forged together. Needless to say, both Shenanigans and Sirius were expelled from the class, but neither seemed to care because to them they had saved pottery as an artform from the incapable hooves of Professor Flapdoodle, at least for them anyway. Having spent hours upon hours doing research and contacting professionals in the field together, the two had actually grown to genuinely enjoy pottery, and the two of them became fire tested friends. Only 5 weeks into the semester and with an entire 4 hour block of time each week now empty with the loss of the class, the two decided to hang out together. When Professor Flapdoodle tried to motion to the University board for Shenanigans' expulsion from the school, Sirius mobilized many of his contacts to stand up for his continuing education. Subsequently, the action item of the expulsion of Shenanigans was abandoned. With the rest of the semester left, the two of them teamed up in running for the student government, and while they were indeed late comers, through a number of public challenges, clever political pranks, and a couple of 'unfortunate accidents' that couldn't possibly be sabotage, they managed to steal back control of the student government like the rascally rat racing politicians they were. At the end of the semester, Professor Flapdoodle was removed from teaching the pottery class due to a significant number of teacher evaluation forms indicating a general lack of knowledge about the subject. Shenanigans later went onto graduate studies in magi-botanical studies. While Shenanigans and Sirius move onto different schools, they continued to convene for pottery socials. While they both slaved away at their chosen disciplines, they encouraged each other to strive for higher goals, mostly through taunting each others works. They even edited each others theses. Shenanigans became a published expert on magical flora in Equestria, and seeks to expand his purview to the entire world. Shenanigans established a farm homebase outside of Manehattan, where he grew his own food, as well as other plants that could be useful to him. He has since gone on a number of trips around the country to do research on exotic magical plant life.

Character Summary: Shenanigans is a bit of a maverick. He is a trouble maker and a habitual line crosser. Its a compulsion of his. He is the type of pony who pushes other ponies into pools not because he is mean, but because they were “standing right there” and they should have seen it coming. This is harder to do pegasi without jumping in with them, which he has been known to do in a pinch, but one creative experiment with the stealthy application of fly paper proved that even a horsefly isn’t invulnerable to being pushed in a pool. Shenanigans has a tendency to be rude and reckless at times, all in the name of a good time. He has an intellectual side, but can get frustrated with the elitism of ponies that do not appreciate his "asshattery". Shenanigans still gets lost from time to time, especially because he likes to disregard maps. In fact Shenanigans doesn't like much of any pony or any thing telling him what to do. If he can find a loop hole in the rules he will exploit it at a critical time just to prove that the rule was dumb. This gets him in all sorts of trouble, but Shenanigans assume if you haven't been banned from at least one formal establishment, you aren't living properly. Shenanigans has an unbreakable sense of humor and can be incredibly pleasant to be around. He likes to embellish on things and describe them as more dramatic or silly than they actually are. He has a spotty record with names, some names he can remember, others will elude him, but this doesn't cause much problem for him because he assigns meandering nicknames to others that can change on a whim. Shenanigans may seem rude to many, but as a result, Shenanigans has a much longer fuse for dealing with others he might not get along with initially. Shen offers many second chances, as he knows he knows he needs them himself. Shenanigans can remember of grudge, especially if it is comedic to do so, but he has a strange ability to flippantly turn his opinion around and forgive. This is probably due to the fact that he sees oppositions and challenge to be a useful tool, and will even bear artificial grudges just to help accelerate progress in the directions he want it to go, or just because its interesting to do so. Due to the efficiency of being an earth pony, and his applied agricultural knowledge, Shenanigans is able to grow much more yield than he can use in a season. He sells a portion of the crop for money on maintenance and hiring specialized help (like pegasi when he wants to grow crops foreign to his climate zone), another portion he donates to the charities, and the last section he stock piles so he can make expeditions from the farm to hunt down legendary magical plants for research, and generally irresponsibly applied tomfoolery. Also, Shen does this to allow the fields time to replenish its nutrients. To curb his own adventurous and swash buckling tendencies, Shenanigans uses his night times to train in a variety of skills and arts, from dance, to martial arts and stealth, and even writing. He also uses the time to plan out what he will do on his next expedition, and how he can utilize the magical plants he is growing. Shenanigans gets requests for various plants from locals, and he even supplies his parents restaurant with various ingredients. When his family's restaurant is doing badly, or his own stock piles are running low, he has been known to burn his fields or even flood them (this is because slash and burn agriculture and wet land agriculture are both tactics for restoring nutrients to the soil for the purpose of using a field in consecutive seasons, but Shenanigans keeps this to himself and pretends to everypony that it is foulplay or sabotage or other dramatic things). Shenanigans is largely driven by a desire for grand mischievous adventure, hoping one day to be a legend of mischief. Other ponies have told him he is going to have an early death, but Shen is really looking forward to being an amazing old person. He even practices in the mirror sometimes for extend periods of time. He wants to be able to write is own legacy of great and rambunctious adventures, with brimming with zings and erroneous names and glorious embellishments.

Abilities:

Earth Pony Endurance- Shenanigans is tough and able to withstand a lot of trials and trouble. While other earth ponies are particularly strong, Tenacity and stamina are more present in Shenanigans.

Earth Pony Agriculture: Plants just kind of love earth ponies.

Irony Sights/Poison Joker: From Shenanigans' prolonged exposure to poison joke, he has developed an intimacy with nefarious plant. Occasionally, Shenanigans can sense out latent comedic potential of things in his immediate area. It makes things stand out to him and pulls his attention towards those things. It doesn't tell him why its funny, or what will happen, but it urges him to interact with things a certain way. Shenanigans is almost always cautious in tapping into this ability, because while it can be amazing in a pinch, it always seems to think things happening to himself are hilarious. While it always seems to backfire in some way making Shenanigans the butt of the joke, it isn't always the most important part of it, allowing it to be useful in various situations. It keeps Shenanigans on his hooves and from arrogantly exploiting the ability. This double edged sword allows Shen to do comedic maneuvers that show a level of style and professionalism that would otherwise require more control than he actually has or more knowledge about the area or ponies than he has access to by means of fluke.

[Mojo]

Hi there!

You really did a fine job on this app! All of the required fields are filled, and you went into much detail, which is a good thing!

I like what I see here!

Recommending this app for further Senior RPH analysis!

[SiriusShenanigans]

Ol' Shen has been with me for almost 4 years now, and I have always been reworking parts of him. You can tell that my art style has improved in all sorts of ways across the pictures. I do believe they are in chronological order. Shen was originally meant as a story protagonist, and he might still see that, but he is a ton of fun for roleplay. Still, I had fun coming up with some new material for this application. He is my quintessential earth pony.

Although, there is a part of me that has to ask, if your granny smith, and your not the senior... oh my...

[Armony]

Granny Smith may be old, but she's got nothing on at least half of the canon princesses we know about