So, reviewing more episodes in chronological order...
Episode 9 (Bridle Gossip)... Garrick calls them all out, except for Twilight, for being idiots.
"Heyyy, now jus' where d'you get off on insultin' mah inteligence?"
Garrick then gesture to himself, highlighting his alien form.
"But yer dif'rent! When you got here ya couldn't even hurt an ant!"
At which point, Garrick throws his hands up in exasperation and goes off on his own business. He makes sure to stay the hell away from any strange blue flowers. There will be an interesting conversation where he's confronted by Gilda - apparently she's found out he eats and she figures they should stick together for meal times. (Bonus - no heavy metals in the fish to worry about, so Garrick can get all the protein he needs this way.) Later, Applejack and the others try to apologize... But Garrick is remaining apart. The others are dismayed, but Gilda is now outright puzzled.
"What the heck is this guy's problem? I mean, I know you ponies aren't the hippest ones out there, but he could at least smile a bit."
"Well... he's... lost his family. Before he left he found out his Special Friend was pregnant with their child."
"Oh! .... Oh... That sucks!"
Episode 3 (The Ticket Master)
Plot derailment in that the second ticket... is intended for Garrick. Celestia intends for the G3 to be Garrick's formal debut to the nobility. Garrick is ambivalent. He doesn't want to be put on show, but at the same time he really doesn't want to upset Celestia. The others pick up on this and then Garrick finds himself in Twilight's place instead where they're begging him to give them his ticket. Eventually, Garrick breaks down and writes a letter to Princess Celestia asking for five more tickets for the rest of the girls. He knows he won't be able to get out of going to the gala, at least not without pissing some ponies off.
Possible side elements - Luna has been looking in on Garrick's dreams and trying to ensure they're nice ones. He's having a lot of nightmares about not being able to see his family. At one point he goes lucid and he and Luna talk. I plan on having it so Luna is the closest one Garrick associates with because they actually have similar experiences (losing everything you once knew - at least Luna still has Celestia around).
Episode 7 (Dragonshy)Yet again, an episode where Garrick doesn't really do much... aside from set up camp on the next mountain over where he has a good line of site on the dragon's cave. He brings with him a weapon he call a 'Pennsylvani Rifle' (circa 24th century). It is a huge-ass coil-rifle and he has a favorite idea of mine for coil gun ammo for use in atmosphere: APFSDS rounds with a synthetic diamond dart and ferrous sabots. Gilda shows up and asks what Garrick is up to and he tells her: he's the self-appointed contingency plan and will kill the dragon if the others fail.
At first, Gilda is skeptical, so Garrick has her wait around until the Mane Six are at a safe distance... And then Garrick takes aim, and destroys a good portion of the summit where the dragon was sleeping.A very succinct warning that Garrick does not like to be trifled with.
Thoughts?
Episode 9 (Bridle Gossip)... Garrick calls them all out, except for Twilight, for being idiots.
"Heyyy, now jus' where d'you get off on insultin' mah inteligence?"
Garrick then gesture to himself, highlighting his alien form.
"But yer dif'rent! When you got here ya couldn't even hurt an ant!"
At which point, Garrick throws his hands up in exasperation and goes off on his own business. He makes sure to stay the hell away from any strange blue flowers. There will be an interesting conversation where he's confronted by Gilda - apparently she's found out he eats and she figures they should stick together for meal times. (Bonus - no heavy metals in the fish to worry about, so Garrick can get all the protein he needs this way.) Later, Applejack and the others try to apologize... But Garrick is remaining apart. The others are dismayed, but Gilda is now outright puzzled.
"What the heck is this guy's problem? I mean, I know you ponies aren't the hippest ones out there, but he could at least smile a bit."
"Well... he's... lost his family. Before he left he found out his Special Friend was pregnant with their child."
"Oh! .... Oh... That sucks!"
Episode 3 (The Ticket Master)
Plot derailment in that the second ticket... is intended for Garrick. Celestia intends for the G3 to be Garrick's formal debut to the nobility. Garrick is ambivalent. He doesn't want to be put on show, but at the same time he really doesn't want to upset Celestia. The others pick up on this and then Garrick finds himself in Twilight's place instead where they're begging him to give them his ticket. Eventually, Garrick breaks down and writes a letter to Princess Celestia asking for five more tickets for the rest of the girls. He knows he won't be able to get out of going to the gala, at least not without pissing some ponies off.
Possible side elements - Luna has been looking in on Garrick's dreams and trying to ensure they're nice ones. He's having a lot of nightmares about not being able to see his family. At one point he goes lucid and he and Luna talk. I plan on having it so Luna is the closest one Garrick associates with because they actually have similar experiences (losing everything you once knew - at least Luna still has Celestia around).
Episode 7 (Dragonshy)Yet again, an episode where Garrick doesn't really do much... aside from set up camp on the next mountain over where he has a good line of site on the dragon's cave. He brings with him a weapon he call a 'Pennsylvani Rifle' (circa 24th century). It is a huge-ass coil-rifle and he has a favorite idea of mine for coil gun ammo for use in atmosphere: APFSDS rounds with a synthetic diamond dart and ferrous sabots. Gilda shows up and asks what Garrick is up to and he tells her: he's the self-appointed contingency plan and will kill the dragon if the others fail.
At first, Gilda is skeptical, so Garrick has her wait around until the Mane Six are at a safe distance... And then Garrick takes aim, and destroys a good portion of the summit where the dragon was sleeping.A very succinct warning that Garrick does not like to be trifled with.
Thoughts?