Jade

I haven't done anything with Jade in a while because the show has rendered her original story completely pointless, so I wanted to come up with a new role for her that fits first.

Jade was a fish out of water in Ponyville after getting lost in the original story. In said story she had to come to terms with problems that don't have immediate or obvious solutions. She had to learn how to make friends. She had to adapt to living in Equestria and confront her feelings of dragon superiority. She learned that she liked cute and silly stuff, like wearing dresses. She also provided insights to Spike about dragon culture, making him realize it's not all bad. She eventually developed a one-sided crush on Spike because of a series of misunderstandings and because of ponies putting the idea of seeing Spike that way in her head, after which she had to learn how to deal with rejection.

Besides the getting lost and developing a crush parts, this describes Smolder. There is no longer any reason for Jade to come to Ponyville. She doesn't even have an excuse to be lost anymore with Ember being Spike's friend.

I tried to come up with a new story, but I had a very hard time figuring out the specifics.

Jade's new story isn't so much a story as it is her circumstances. A story might flow from these circumstances later. She lives in the Dragon Lands and is very independent. She's an innocent, bubbly young dragon who often lives in her own little world and processes her surroundings with a sense of wonder. She isn't all that emotionally intelligent but she means well. She recognizes patterns in mundane things and gets playful with them. This sometimes results in habits that appear odd. Because she never gets lost, she doesn't mature quite as quickly and she's happier overall.

Jade can appear apathetic and even a little slow-witted because of how preoccupied she is with her own imagination, but she's resourceful and since she spends most of her time by herself in the Dragon Lands she can't afford to be clueless.

There are dragons who find her overall positivity offensive and will mess with her for it, but Jade doesn't take any bullying lying down.

I'm sketching my next Jade picture. I'm still incredibly busy, but I'm hoping to upload it soon.