#Mlp parents

[luru-mlp]

Incoming Confetti Surprise Family!!!~

So this is Confetti Surprise’s (Element of Laughter) family. Her parents are Red Velvet and Almond Cutter, with her two brothers, Stable Ground and Cautionary Wind.

Red Velvet is Confetti’s mother, and works as an assistant in Canterlot to a seamstress. Almond Cutter is Confetti’s father and works as a hair stylist in Canterlot.

The two met when they were young and Cutter moved to Canterlot. Almond Cutter is originally from Cloudsdale, but found joy in styling others’ manes. He stopped by the store Red Velvet was working in to pick up an outfit for his job interview, and the two got along perfectly. He ended up coming back over and over again, buying more clothes just to see Velvet. And while Cutter didn’t make enough for a proper ring (or whatever Earth Ponies and Pegasi use to show they’re married), he gave Velvet his grandmare’s earrings as a sign of his devotion to her. And they’ve been together ever since.

Stable Ground is the eldest child, and is a master of working with electricity. However, due to his lack of confidence, he often struggles to get a successful interview. He currently works as a waiter at a nearby restaurant, though he craves to work as an electrician and fix any technological errors.

Cautionary Wind is the youngest of the children, and currently works at the Rainbow Factory in Cloudsdale as the safety inspector. He ensures no colors are mixed and that no pony tries to eat the rainbows after some incidents regarding the Pie family. He and Stable are both very overprotective and over cautious when it comes to just about anything.

Also; fun fact. Almond Cutter has changed and dyed his mane and tail multiple times! No pony seems to remember what the original color was except for Velvet. Even then, she’s unsure.

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[proxycrit]

(I point. Gently, in the voice of somebody who’s mind touched by the outer gods, i whisper truth in your ears:

Your honor the horses are now lesbians

(Anyways here’s the designs)

[justvoidsdumbstuff1]

I'd like some hot coco

[squidflavoredsoup]

apple fam minus granny sowwy

[aysepuramu]

Reminiscing my MLP FIM era and then I remembered how obsessed I was with the only ship ever as a kid so I had to draw them, thank you Fluttershy and Discord for inventing being in love with your best friend

[drinkabletoxicdishsoap]

shoutout to silly, energetic, happy, fem, kid show main characters who can stand up for themselves and others when they know what’s right 🙏 🙏 gotta be one of my top character troupes for girls FR I looked up to these type of characters as a kid and even now too 😭😭

[kreeeeeez]

[mlpoutofcontext]

[palatabl3]

Fairly odd ponies! classified by their fairy wings, floating crowns, tiny forms, and wand "cutie marks"

though these can vary depending on the job and if they're in disguise as a regular ol' pony!

they can cast magic more powerful and advanced than even some alicorns! (Cosmo having the ability to shatter entire dimensions being one of the most powerful fairy ponies)

[peaceandlove26]

my nextgen who i have not fully colored yet. if you ask questions about them i will love you forever, i want to develop them and i love to make things up on the spot about them and also i need to get out all the thoughts i already have about them

some stuff about them from my insta + super simplified relationship chart under the cut

[luru-mlp]

Introducing Sweet Sorbet’s Parents!!~

Here we have Cookie Cake and Polar Popsicle!! They currently run their own little bakery in Canterlot. I didn’t think about much in terms of personality for them, I have to admit, but I like their designs and how they turned out.

I picture Cookie Cake to be a sweet woman, but with a small temper. She often struggles to keep a cool head in tough scenarios outside of the kitchen. She’s an extremely picky eater with a passion for baking. And she often has to reprimand Sorbet for giving away treats for free.

Polar Popsicle is a patient and calm unicorn, who helps keep Cookie cool when she’s stressed. He’s not very talented in terms of magic, and actually prefers to bake without it. He inspired Sorbet’s generosity when on a particularly hot day, he noticed some fillies struggling to keep cool. So he used his talent to make them all delicious and cold popsicles to beat the heat. And while he instilled a good lesson in Sorbet, this unfortunately led to her believing she should give everything she makes for free without considering how this affects her parents’ business.

Polar and Cookie don’t make a lot of money, due to Sugarcube Corner capitalizing in common pony towns like Manehatten, Phillydelphia, and Canterlot. Though they try their best with what they have.

Cutie Marks

The cutie marks are pretty self-explanatory. Cookie Cake’s mark is three chocolate chip cookies with whipped cream on top. And Polar Popsicle’s is a polar bear popsicle. It’s inspired by those poorly-made popsicles you see in memes online.

[lichenbug]

“I’ll do the sewing for now, little lady, and when you’re older you can do all the sewing for your little sister.”

[keyintheeye-blog]

Yo, pony! Yes.. I started in October and finished just now…

[ladywaterfall]

Remember that time Hasbro made that evil queen Chrysalis pony toy but decided to print on random high frilly socks on this evil villain that clashed immensely with her cartoon image for seemingly no real reason

[starreyblueberry]

The cutie marks tried to fight me (they got hands fr fr idk if they’re good) but here’s more art!!! (Also Timmy’s coat got lighter! And he looks so much happier)

YOU ARE KIDDING ME OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH… I HOPE EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE GOES WELL FOR YOU FOREVER YOU ARE THE SWEETEST 😭😭😭❤️❤️

THE CUTIE MARKS R SO GOOD TOO AHHH