SkunkyArt | ratjay — [MLP] Relationship Map

Archimedes sucks and despite it being a significant amount of time since Shining and Cadence got together, he is still pining after his sister’s husband.

His full name is “Il Brillante Archimedes” similar to Cadence’s Mi Amore Cadenza- and he absolutely despises anyone other than his parents shortening his name past Archimedes. His parents, however, call him Archie.

Quickdraw and Mythic both were explorers in their younger years- with Mythic being interested in finding anything that remained of the rumored Crystal Empire. The pair ended up adopting the twins after retiring from work (due to an accident that left Quickdraw hospitalized for a spell). They did decide that these were the kids for them in part because Mythic thought it was a Sign that they found a child with a name similar to the last ruler of the Crystal Empire.

Both Quickdraw and Mythic Trail are earth pony and struggled to keep up with their unicorn and pegasus children. They did try their best to nurture the pair’s magics, but it did lead to Cadence being slower to fly than most pegasi. Archimedes similarly wasn’t the best with his magic but quickly excelled once he was around other unicorns.

Archimedes is bitter towards Celestia entirely due to him knowing that Twilight was picked as her successor- and then becoming an Alicorn. He wants the power that comes with that, along with the long life. Celestia, for her part, cares about Archimedes like a nephew, and is aware of the bitterness to a degree, but feels like he’s smart enough he’ll understand one day why she made the choices she did.

Luna, on the other hand, sees a lot of herself in Archimedes and it worries her. She doesn’t want to say something to the others in part because she worries it will push him away over helping him; she doesn’t want to see him do something brash that he couldn’t come back from after all. He’s closer to Luna than Celestia in truth- though that is because of them both being night owls.

Twilight Sparkle should trap him in stone for hundreds of years or give him the full friendship rehabilitation. Boy needs it.

Archimedes’ title is dubious currently- part of me says he has a noble title like Duke over Prince. The other part of me says if Blueblood is allowed to be a Prince why not have Celestia grant him the title after once the link between Princess Amore & the twins is discovered? It would be his birthright, after all!