Prince Blueblood

The great "Prince" Blueblood is a favorite punching-bag for the fandom. This is understandable considering how un-chivalrous he was to Rarity during the Grand Galloping Gala; one does not treat a member of the Mane 6 badly without retribution in art and fics.

Blueblood is the go-to stallion if you need an obstructive bureaucrat, obnoxious noble, or embarrassingly stuck-up and conceited "great-to-the-nth-degree" nephew for Celestia and Luna to deal with in Canterlot. He ranges from simply annoying and dumb to convinced that the entire world should bow to him to plotting Ponyville's destruction to punish Rarity and her friends for ruining the Gala, but no matter his role, it's usually comedy driven, very much like his role in the show itself.

In Fan Works
Blueblood has many different roles in different fan works. This is likely do to the fact that little is truly known about him other then Blueblood is a pampered noble.

Most of the time Blueblood goes trials to achieve growth and redemption. He usually has to complete a task by himself and most often not by his own choosing.

Sometimes these trials are just to make Blueblood suffer. Blueblood's suffering is usually from what he did to Rarity at the gala.

A few times Blueblood is made into a full-fledged villain. He tries to overthrow the Princesses Celestia and Luna to take Equestria as his own.

Relationships
Rarity is seen as mostly having no romanic interst in Blueblood after the Gala. On occasion, people try to reform him into a proper noble, worthy of Rarity's attention. A few times some will state that both Rarity and Blueblood were in the wrong, Rarity for making assumption on Blueblood's character and Blueblood for the obvious, like in "Blueblood has a" by Hare Trinity.

Twilight is another pony commonly shipped with Blueblood. Some feature Blueblood being a jerk to Rarity because he had eyes on Twilight first. Others have her forced into an arranged marriage to him.

He is also shipped with Shining Armor.

Cadance and Blueblood have been seen as brother and sister, or as cousins. as they are niece and nephew, respectively, to Celestia and Luna.

In Fan Works
The Return of Prince Blueblood

Prince Blueblood - Prince Charmless

Relationship examples
