#pony family

[polyquestria]

I'm here to combat the vicious homophobic granny smith rumours

[tearyeyedanimal]

pearbright horse hcs. this makes the apple siblings appaloosa draft crosses :-) i have yet to draw them as horses!

[msponies]

THIS really really delectable stupendous flurry and cozy art reminded me of my moment with them a few years ago!! so I pulled this from a deep dusty corner of my computer like the kids making the pasta puttanesca for count olaf

[inky-here]

i'm a sucker for that one trope in cartoons where a character sees the younger version of their loved one (bonus points if they also interact with it because that's just *chefs kiss*)

please please PLEASE do more of this

[mokeonn]

I am trying to decide what I want to draw today so I think I'm gonna make the Mane 6 in the sims and see where it goes from there

[spookyfoxinc]

practicing 🍎🍏🍎🍏

[print available here]

[minimiffy]

[hoofpeet]

Modern Unicorn (left) next to extinct megafauna ancestor (right).. Based partially off of the extinct Kyptoceras + cave painting horses*

[shirecorn]

Big Macinsoft

Getting some help from her sister!

[squidflavoredsoup]

apple fam minus granny sowwy

[novasillies]

my little pines hohhgod

[bixels]

Taking the current topic as an excuse to ask you to tell me all the reasons you love Rarijack. Your art for the ship is so sweet and intimate I'd love to hear any in depth thoughts you have.

Breathes in.

I think what makes their dynamic really strong is that they have opposing personalities but aligned values. It's deeper than just "opposites attract." Rarity's fancy, prissy, and femme while Applejack's modest, rough, and "masculine." But both value hard work (to the point of being workaholics), their families (both have guardianship over their little sisters), running successful businesses, and eventually each other. Their relationship can be boiled down to, "Despite our differences/disagreements, I still like you because we value the same things."

We see their relationship develop so much. In the first season, they can't stop bickering about surface-level differences. By season four, they still bicker, but will mend their relationship because they can't help but do nice things for each other. In Trade Ya, they start off arguing over personality differences (Applejack likes old junk and Rarity likes useless crap). Then they pivot and start arguing that they value their relationship more than the other. In the end, they mend things by sacrificing their needs and buying each other a gift. Even if they don't understand it, they know it'd make the other happy. And that's all that really matters. It's a genuinely sweet moment that shows how arguing can be healthy and necessary for relationships to strengthen.

We even see them dropping their hang-ups about each others' personalities. In Made in Manehattan, when Rarity runs off in dramatics about someone's fashion, AJ doesn't roll her eyes or scoff, she smiles. Oftentimes, their conflicts are very common domestic conflicts romantic couples face. Applejack's Day Off is about a woman's inability to balance work and life and find time to properly spend with her partner, causing her partner to feel neglected.

By season seven, they're actively participating in each others' interests. Any problems or conflicts that arise are dealt with, and they come out the other end stronger and closer. In Honest Apple, AJ pretty much spells out why their relationship works so well: even though she doesn't understand fashion, she can recognize and appreciate how much work it takes and wants to respect that. When she realizes her mistake in the episode, AJ goes above and beyond to fix things and apologize to Rarity. They care about each other so much.

The two go out of their way, sacrificing their personal desires and beliefs and doing things they normally wouldn't, to make the other happy. That's just love.

There's Simple Ways, where AJ gets stuck in an unwanted love triangle between Rarity and her hipster crush. And her frustration and anger can be so easily interpreted as AJ finding herself in a terrible position; the girl she loves wants another man, and that man wants her.

I dunno. I've always had a preference for opposites attract ships, but Rarijack's stuck with me like a brain worm because they have the perfect chemistry. The way they show they care, or do things for each other, I've always read it as the truest representation of romance in the show.

[rare-apples]

Apples To The Core

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[inkies-art]

obligatory mlp au for gravity falls. i have a small comic ab stan losing his horn coming up too. more headcanons below

Dipper is an earth pony, Mable is a unicorn, the Stan twins are both unicorns

the younger twins have more earth pony heritage while the Stan twins have very little

Mabel only really knows craft related spells

Ford is one of the most powerful unicorns in the world

Stan used to have decently powerful magic, lost almost all of it when his horn was smashed

the only time Stan can use magic are when his emotional state is very heightened and he acts on instinct. it leaves him so exhausted and if he pushes himself too hard he could get very sick

when Stan uses magic after his horn is smashed his body will leak/ooze pure magic

Stan's flank was scarred by himself long before he got a cutie mark to avoid people identifying him with it. nowadays Mabel will paint something new on his flank everyday, he likes that it adds to his mystery

Ford gained bills arms winding down his legs and connected to his cutie mark after making a deal with bill, a permanent reminder of the mistake he made

Ford lost his tail while he was in the portal, isnt too heartbroken about it since it was just causing him issues in the portal

Ford's journals have a silhouette of a unicorn with two horns instead of a 6 fingered hand

Dipper is insecure that he isnt a unicorn and has trouble keeping up with Ford on adventures sometimes, Ford has no issue helping Dipper along with him when he needs to and is just happy to have someone on and adventure with him again

Mabel paints her hooves bright colors

[notfocks]

I just watched that one episode where they all try help Rainbow Dash study for her Wonderbolts exam

[liothebiblioklept]

I always find it funny how they share a name lol