This is a design sheet for Sugarcoat as she appears in my Equestria Girls fan-fiction series I am working on. It’s still a work in progress and is subject to revision, but can read more about it by following the links listed at the bottom of the image description, where I release bits and pieces of the setting before moving on to the real thing. It is recommended to read them in order.
 
THE FAN-SERIES  
I am in the process of writing a road-map and world building for a fan-fiction series based in the Equestria Girls setting. Basically, I am writing it like a television series, made-up of 2 series’, comprised of 4 seasons each, and each season consisting of 30 episodes. It will be written in the style and tone of the actual show. It’s basically what I would do if I was the writer for the actual Equestria Girls series.
 
PERSONALITY  
Sugarcoat is very blunt and straight-forward, she holds nothing back and believes in the absolute truth, even if it can be hurtful or disturbing. Since we don’t know anything about Sugarcoat and her interests outside of ballet, I decided to expand on the fact she was intended to be Applejack’s counterpart(Honesty) when it came to her interests. To that end, I have made Sugarcoat the Intellectual of the original Shadowbolts, with an interest in Science, Biology and Psychology, but also more importantly, of the general acquisition and logging of data. The concept behind this decision is that I can relate her cold honesty to a habitual compulsion to acquire data, being analytical of everything and everyone around her, and logging or conveying her “truth” regardless of how hurtful or unpleasant it can be. She believes in cold, hard facts. For example, when she tells Twilight Sparkle that she is bad at speeches, it’s not to be cruel, it is because she analysed what she was seeing and Twilight Sparkle being bad at speeches was the conclusion she reached. Her interest in acquiring and logging data can seem obsessive to an outsider.
 
CASUAL ATTIRE  
Sugarcoat’s preferred style of dress. She prefers to dress smartly, appearing bookish, and although she sometimes dresses colourfully, she usually prefers dull and subdued colours.
 
BASE UNIFORM  
The standard uniform of Consortium members when stationed within one of their bases.
 
OPERATIONS  
Operatives typically wear something like this when on a mission that does not involve being in disguise or hiding in plain sight. The insignia on the left arm signifies the operatives speciality and role, and in Sugarcoats case, she is a Scientist.
 
CLASS: SCIENTIST  
Scientists serve their organization and team as the ones who analyse new data and usually lead efforts to create countermeasures against threats or situations arising in the field. The Technological Consortium expects much more from the majority of it’s Scientists, and all of them receive at least some kind of physical training, after all, more lives than theirs may depend on their fitness and competency. As her teams Scientist, she is expected to be the one to lead any efforts to understand and overcome potentially or confirmed dangerous threats her team may encounter, as well as to unravel the more complex scientific and paranormal mysteries they may come across.
 
THE TECHNOLOGICAL CONSORTIUM  
The primary recurring antagonists of seasons 1-4, which comprise Series 1. They have a strong presence in every season. The Technological Consortium, or just “The Consortium” for short, with members often being referred to as “Techs” by those know of it, such as the Rainbooms.
 
The Consortium is a secret global organization which runs most of what goes on in the world, through controlling and influencing people in key-positions to using their resources to nudge events in one direction or another. They pursue, hunt, and police the mystical and supernatural elements of the world, but they also pursue rogue scientists, AI’s, dangerous technology, super villains and other especially dangerous criminals, as well as safeguarding against natural and unnatural disasters, but magic and the supernatural are what they spent most of their time guarding the world from. Think of the Consortium as a combination of The Men in Black, the SCP Foundation, Cadmus from Justice League Unlimited and the Technocratic Union from Mage: The Ascension.
 
Being a practitioner of magic or a supernatural being does not mean destruction or imprisonment, but the Consortium will police and regulate any known practitioners of magic and any supernatural beings they are aware of, providing strict regulations and laws they must abide by. Indeed, the Consortium counts magic users and other supernatural beings as members, mainly acting as experts on magic and the supernatural and as special agents. Magic users and supernatural beings who do not wish to take part in Human society are typically relegated to quarantine or “preservation” zones, such as Everfree Forest and other places. Magic users and supernatural beings are free to live their lives as they wish as long as they do not pose a threat, and the Consortium frequently patrols around and through these zones. Many who are relegated to quarantine zones feel understandably oppressed, and the consortium is viewed as an oppressive and menacing force by some.
 
In the fan-fiction, the Consortium will frequently be at odds with the Rainbooms and the denizens of Equestria, who they see as rogue elements and potential threats. The Consortium has been watching the Rainbooms and their antics for quite some time, and have been assisting them from behind the scenes in hopes that the Equestrian portal problem will resolve itself while taking steps to perform damage control or commit resources to backup plans should the Rainbooms fail. For example, they were prepared to step in during the initial Sunset Shimmer and Midnight Sparkle incidents before those things resolved themselves. Sometimes their assistance was necessary, such as during the Sirens incident, where they sent another of their young operatives, Vinyl Scratch, to free the Rainbooms and provide them with aid against The Dazzlings. What, you think Vinyl Scratch just so happened to show up with a giant transforming speaker-equipped car…?
 
IN THE FAN-SERIES  
In the series, Sugarcoat will be a side-character for the first season, usually appearing alongside her fellow Shadowbolts but with at least one episode dedicated to her and teaching us more about her. I was intending to have her not initially be a member of the Consortium like some of her fellow Shadowbolts, and instead have her be recruited halfway through season 2 along with Lemon Zest. She will be recruited into the Consortium halfway through Season 2 in her own episode, but unlike Lemon Zest who takes a great deal of effort to get on their side, Sugarcoat would humorously simply respond to the recruitment pitch with a simple and straight “Sure, Okay.” Once recruited, she will undergo training and be assigned to a new team of young operatives along with Lemon Zest, but this will be a separate team from the other Shadowbolts. Her skill at acquiring data would also have her be considered for the role of Intelligence operative, but they settled on Scientist instead. Even though she is on a different team to Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet and Indigo Zap, her and Lemon Zest still hang out with their fellow Shadowbolts when they can.
 
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See other entries in the showcase of current designs for my fan-fiction.
 
DERPYBOORU  
Human Shimmer  
Human Shimmer in her base  
Sunny Flare  
Sour Sweet  
Indigo Zap  
Starlight Glimmer  
Vinyl Scratch  
Moon Dancer  
Agent Sweetie Drops  
Lemon Zest  
Sugarcoat  
Dr. Time Turner Whooves, Filthy Rich and Daring Do  
Observer(September)  
Agents of the Consortium  
Connoisseur  
The Supreme Scientist  
The History of the Consortium  
The Dazzlings
 
CREDITS
 
Drawn by LimeDazzle, commissioned by me.
 
Would appreciate comments and feedback.