The kid characters in this show sure do have unorthodox familial situations, don’t they? Spike was adopted, Scootaloo NEEDS to be adopted, Apple Bloom’s only authority figures are her siblings and granny, Gallus seems to have it pretty rough, even Diamond Tiara’s relationship with her mom is pretty sketch. You don’t see it brought up too often since they have great friends and families otherwise to fill in the gaps, but it’s an interesting connection among the little ones, especially since the Mane Six’s families (again, Applejack aside) are pretty tame by comparison. …And then there’s Sweetie Belle. I guess every group needs a conformist.
Speaking of the Crusaders, where have they been all season? They had a couple good episodes early on, but we’re at the end of the season now and we haven’t seen any of them except Scootaloo since episode 12! How’s their cutie mark business going? Heck, how’s their new tutoring position going? It’s hard for me not to miss my favorite fillies when they’ve been gone for so long; it’s part of why I wanted to include them in this comic! I guess I just gotta hope that they have a big role in the finale for some reason, though I get the feeling most of the focus is gonna be on the students again. I don’t mind the students; I just don’t think they have as good a dynamic as the Crusaders.
And speaking of the finale… wow. That’s next week! Time sure does fly by! It’s hard for me to talk and speculate about the finale when I know several of you have probably already seen it a while ago, but I will say that I’m… reluctantly optimistic towards it. On one hoof, it kinda seems like they’re going a certain direction with ONE specific character that was introduced this season, and it’s the one direction that I absolutely did NOT want them taking with her when she was first introduced, so if they do what I THINK they’re going to do with her, then this could very well be a painful experience for me, depending on how they handle it. But on the other hoof… this is a Friendship is Magic Season Finale were talking about. For 7 seasons now, there has not been a single finale that I didn’t think was a truly awesome experience and great way to close out the show until the next group of episodes come around. So I’ve just gotta hope and trust that that streak is gonna continue and I’m gonna be in for a real treat this Saturday that I can make an episode comic out of to finish my own series strong as well. Since I’m still adamantly refusing to watch episodes early, only time will tell.
Hope you develop deep connections with the people close to you! Looking forward to the season finale!
Spike, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and My Little Pony belong to Hasbro and DHX.
I think the writers just kept forgetting they existed.
That’s kind of unfair, they seem to be perfectly caring and supportive parents on those rare occasions when someone working on the show remembers they exist.
I like those two just being close childhood friends myself, but this is my favorite headcanon about fluttershy and…
To be fair, they don’t bring it up that often. And they don’t exactly hold it against Sweetie Belle for having parents.
Back in the day, I used to headcanon that Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were sisters, since they were so close for so long and we didn’t know anything about either’s family. At the same time, Rainbow’s parents are absolutely amazing, and Rainbow being an only child is significant for a few reasons, so I don’t at all regret that being the new canon.
not smart enough to keep in mind that she’s friends with two orphans and a latchkey foal!
man, I remember the good old days when we could still decide if some of the characters had parents or not.
That is indeed what I intended when I drew this comic.
I don’t know who added the “SweetieDumb” tag, but it wasn’t me. I actually think Sweetie’s pretty smart for her age.
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Like she said, her parents were taking her to the park to play, she saw her friends and came over to say hi, and of course she told them what she was doing with her day.
It’s less Sweetie being dumb and just.. showing up at an awkward time.
Orphans are magic?
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Ponyville has a better school district than the boonies that surround it, so they set Rarity up with guardian status so Sweetie could go to there rather than have to home school her.
No other ref other than Sweetie was to stay at Rarity’s for a week in Sisterhooves Social, can only assume they talked parents into a permanent arrangement I guess.
Not really doing anything to disprove my point. We haven’t seen her living with her folks since Season 3. Every other time she seems like she’s living with Rarity.
Cookie and Hondo appear in four episodes (although one was that infamous background cameo of Hondo fishing at the pier, starting a whole ‘ponies are omnivore’ argument). They did originally entrust Rarity with looking after Sweetie.