Name: Bright Oak
Nicknames: Oak, Bright
Pronouns: He/him
Age: Adult
Parents: Cheerilee and Orchard Blossom (Big Mac)
Siblings: none
Cutie Mark: Wood carving and family
Bio: Big, cheerful, and helpful! Bright Oak is Cheerilee and Orchard Blossom’s only son and adore him. Bright Oak might not be sharpest tool in the shed, but he’s always willing to drop everything to help someone in need. He’s high energy and always makes time to do his fair share of farm work before heading off to his wood carving stall in the morning markets of Ponyville. He specializes in small, intricate objects but can also make a pretty mean rocking chair. He came out to his parents as a trans stallion when he was a teenager. His parents were a little baffled, but supported him wholeheartedly and dove into researching more about the subject. Through the long study sessions Blossom resonated with the material more and more and just a year after Bright Oak came out, tentatively came out of the closet herself to her very supportive family. Oak was delighted to have his mother join him in their transition.

Relationship to his parents: Bright Oak is very close to both his parents, being their only son. It’s a bit unusual for an Apple pairing to only have one foal, but Cheerilee was pretty much done with pregnancy after giving birth to her very large son. He and Cheerilee often walk to the schoolhouse together in the mornings when he’s heading to market, and of course Bright Oak is 1000% supportive of Blossom’s coming out.

Relationship to his cousins: For some reason, he and Skyline became instant rivals as soon as they could walk. They’re both aggressively cheerful and energetic ponies, and that energy tends to clash sometimes. They often compete to see who can buck the most apples or carry the heaviest loads. But Skyline was also the first pony Bright Oak came out to as trans and she gave him the encouragement to let his parents know. Bright Oak and Buck get along well, though sometimes both Bright Oak and Skyline’s beaming energy can be a little much for Buck.

But he does tend to annoy Clover though, in the same way that most of the Apple family does; he’ll see her struggling with a chore and just come of and cheerfully pluck it out of her hooves, not realizing he’s just made an enemy for life with this decision.

Relationship with Apple Bloom: Bright Oak works a lot with his aunt, who has a similar crafting based cutie mark. They actually share a large studio space on the farm and often critique each other’s work.

Fun Facts:

• Bright Oak got his name both from Orchard Blossom’s stories about her parents and from his mentor Burnt Oak! He actually got his cutie mark when Burnt Oak gave him a wood carving tool and log to distract the kid when he was babysitting Bright Oak. Yes Orchard Blossom totally cried when Bright Oak told them what his new name was.
• Bright Oak is the oldest of Apple family children, being about two years older then Skyline.