Who is the legal guardian of Applejack and Applebloom?

[ggg-2 3,552]

Logic would say it's Granny Smith, however, Granny Smith is rather elderly and is often depicted as being (for lack of a better term) senile. Big Mac, on the other hoof, is much more able-bodied, not to mention, mentally, he seems sharp as a tack. So who do you think is the legal guardian?

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

It's actually both Granny Smith and Big Mac. 

[Sapana 66]

 

 

Logic would say it's Granny Smith, however, Granny Smith is rather elderly and is often depicted as being (for lack of a better term) senile.

 

 

If their parents died when all three were very young, then Granny Smith would probably not have been senile at the time, and therefore her fitness as a guardian wouldn't come under question. Age doesn't really have anything to do with it - grandparents take custody all the time of their grandchildren. Big Mac and Applejack are probably old enough to legally come of age, but Granny Smith would probably still (in writing, at least, if not in practice) be Apple Bloom's guardian.

[Megas 27,622]

Probably Granny Smith and Big Mac, though I'd argue that AJ is old enough to be her own legal guardian

[ShadowRose2k 271]

Pretty sure Big mac and AJ are adults.  Profesionally running a farm and supporting  Apple Bloom. 

 

Legal custody is never really addressed for much if any of this world.  Look at Sweetybell living with her sister even tho her parents are still alive.   Or even how we have seen manny fillys ventuer in to the world to find their Cutie Mark, (cheese sandwich), with no mention at all of where parents are.

 

Even pinkie pie living in Ponyville as a filly after getting her mark leaving her parents behind on the farm.

[Hovershy 3,814]

I agree that Applejack is old enough to not need a legal guardian anymore, and I think she and Big Mac are the legal guardians for Applebloom. Though Granny used to be the guardian for all three of them.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

I'd go with Granny Smith.

 

My grandmother is my legal guardian, and she's nearing 75 years old - so they'll award legal guardianship to anyone as long as they're deemed fit, and they apparantly deemed Granny Smith fit I'm sure that Big Mac and Applejack are adults, though, so it's really just Apple Bloom who's in need of one, so I'm sure they deemed Granny Smith fit as long as AJ and Big Mac are around to help.

[Nulln 755]

I think custody laws are different in Equestria than here. The family just probably all takes care of each other.  Applejack is an adult though, so she doesn't need a guardian.  

Although, in Somepony to watch over me, Applejack seems to think she's the guardian.  lol

 

Legal custody is never really addressed for much if any of this world.  Look at Sweetybell living with her sister even tho her parents are still alive.   Or even how we have seen manny fillys ventuer in to the world to find their Cutie Mark, (cheese sandwich), with no mention at all of where parents are.

 Sweetie Belle doesn't live with Rarity.  The parents went on vacation in one episode, so Rarity was just babysitting until they came back.

Edited June 8, 2014 by ScumCandy

[Adorkable 2,737]

I've always assumed that it was Granny Smith. I'm not sure about Big Mac though, since he is their brother, but I'm not very familiar with legal formalities. ^^

[ShadowRose2k 271]

 

 

Sweetie Belle doesn't live with Rarity. The parents went on vacation in one episode, so Rarity was just babysitting until they came back.

 

Yes I remember that little line as a way to introduce her and why she is there.  But how long is this babbysitting?  Every instance we see her she is living with Rarity in ponyville. (assuming her parents live out of town)

 

Even in "For whom the Sweety Bell Tolls"  we still see her living with rarity,  and it has been like a year now in show.   There is babysitting and then there is  "Here,  you are taking care of your sister now..." 

[Carbon Maestro 1,003]

Granny Smith, the matriarch of the apple family.

 

But I think AJ is old enough to be her own guardian. Applebloom has Granny, Big Mac, and AJ to take care of her.

[TeaCrumpet 27]

Given that we can make the assumption that the Apple’s lost AJ and co’s mother and father when they were young, Granny Smith would be the closest blood relative they had, and thus she would be most likely the one to take care of them. From the various episodes we have seen, Granny Smiths mental state seems to be in a rather flux situation played more for laughs, thus the idea that she is fully senile seems a bit much. Maybe somewhat weaker, odd and forgetful, but not full out to lunch as it seems the OP is making the case for.

 

Since AJ and Big Mac as rather close in age it seems once they had gotten their CM, they more or less would have been seen as legal adults or at the very less semi legal adults since it seems CM are marks of maturity in pony culture. Thus AJ at the episode The Cutie Mark Chronicles, would more or less have been able to take care of herself in pony society view.

 

As for Applebloom, with all three adults there its really up to who you believe is the head of the Apple clan at the moment. PAP had it seem that AJ is now the head so thus maybe AB is under her charge legal, but that hard to say since we really don’t know the Pony legal system.

[Shanks 10,816]

Applejack and Big Mac are both adults now but back when their parents died it was most likely Granny Smith that had to step in though I am sure Big Mac and Applejack both did their part to help take care of Applebloom and the farm. I think of it this way, Big Mac and Applejack are like the Mom and Dad of the house in a way, sure they are not Applebloom Mom but because of what happened they have had to take on more and more of that role as they and Granny Smith have gotten older. Now Applejack and Big Mac are both the primary "parents" of Applebloom while Granny Smith acts as a secondary parent figure who probably gives advice to Applejack and Big Mac as well as helping with a few things.

[Nulln 755]

Yes I remember that little line as a way to introduce her and why she is there.  But how long is this babbysitting?  Every instance we see her she is living with Rarity in ponyville. (assuming her parents live out of town)

 

Even in "For whom the Sweety Bell Tolls"  we still see her living with rarity,  and it has been like a year now in show.   There is babysitting and then there is  "Here,  you are taking care of your sister now..." 

She's almost never at Rarity's though.  I think she just visits.

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

Well, seeing as how Applejack is an adult, she none.  Applebloom, on the other hand...

 

I'd still give the nod to Granny Smith.  She may be elderly, but she's still the matriarch of the family.

[ShadowRose2k 271]

She's almost never at Rarity's though.  I think she just visits.

As much as we have seen her there (even sleeping there in her own room) and Never at her "Parents" home.  I can safely assume that she pretty much lives there at this point.  Unless there is some information in the show or comics that I am missing.

 

Going way off topic I guess...

[Nulln 755]

As much as we have seen her there (even sleeping there in her own room) and Never at her "Parents" home.  I can safely assume that she pretty much lives there at this point.  Unless there is some information in the show or comics that I am missing.

 

Going way off topic I guess...

Well Rarity goes to other towns and is working a lot, or out and about a lot.  And Sweetie Belle has only been shown in a couple episodes at her house.  I don't think she'd be living with Rarity if Rarity makes trips out of town for days at a time.

[Silver Letter 1,832]

Applejack: No pony. (she is an adult)

Applebloom: Applejack. (Her sister is likely a suitable guardian and she likely sees herself in that position)

[Rainblow H. Ash 5,091]

Yes I remember that little line as a way to introduce her and why she is there.  But how long is this babbysitting?  Every instance we see her she is living with Rarity in ponyville. (assuming her parents live out of town)

 

Even in "For whom the Sweety Bell Tolls"  we still see her living with rarity,  and it has been like a year now in show.   There is babysitting and then there is  "Here,  you are taking care of your sister now..." 

 

What you guys don't get is that by "babysitting", Rarity's parents actually meant they were leaving Sweeite Belle with her and never coming back. They've got a life to live, after all!

 

On topic, Apple Bloom's legal guardian by our world's logic is most likely Granny Smith.

 

As for Applejack, this is another one of those topics where people seem to be confused about the age of the Mane Six. I've always thought of them as being in their early twenties, the youngest of them possibly being nineteen or twenty. Some people think their sixteen, but I don't buy that. If you go by our world's rules, they are all out on their own and haven't been living with their parents for a while, so it's more than likely they're all full grown adults.

[Frosty Nerd 833]

Applejack is an adult. All of the mane six are adults. Granny Smith was probably Big Mac's, Applejack's, and Apple Bloom's legal guardian when they were still minors. Big Mac, Applejack, and Granny Smith all take care of Apple Bloom because their parents somehow must have tragically died about a month or six after Apple Bloom was born.

Edited June 9, 2014 by Frosty Nerd

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

Applejack is an adult. All of the mane six are adults. Granny Smith was probably Big Mac's, Applejack's, and Apple Bloom's legal guardian when they were still minors. Big Mac, Applejack, and Granny Smith all take care of Apple Bloom because their parents somehow must have tragically died about a month or six after Apple Bloom was born.

...or my theory could be correct, that they went to another farm and entrusted their offspring with Granny.

[Rainblow H. Ash 5,091]

...or my theory could be correct, that they went to another farm and entrusted their offspring with Granny.

 

I somehow doubt that Applejack's parents are still alive considering what the writers have said, the fact that they never mention their parents, and the two shooting stars at the end of "Apple Family Reunion". I don't wish death on anypony, but I'm pretty sure they're already dead.

 

Unless they want to pull a "Hey Arnold Movie" and have her parents actually be alive and they never knew it. But I would slam my head on the wall so fast if they did something like that.

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

I somehow doubt that Applejack's parents are still alive considering what the writers have said, the fact that they never mention their parents, and the two shooting stars at the end of "Apple Family Reunion". I don't wish death on anypony, but I'm pretty sure they're already dead.

 

Unless they want to pull a "Hey Arnold Movie" and have her parents actually be alive and they never knew it. But I would slam my head on the wall so fast if they did something like that.

I'm not sure what you're referring to; when have the writers ever said anything about the Apple parents?  If my theory is correct, then those starts could've reflected a memory.  I know that in my case, there are two stars that have a significant meaning to me, but it's not dead parents.

 

I didn't even know that the Hey, Arnold franchise had made a movie, let alone what it was about... or that Arnold's parents were possibly dead.  Either way, it wouldn't be a first; that type of idea has been in stories and TV shows before.

[Anilewe 2,178]

when have the writers ever said anything about the Apple parents? 

 

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/12/applejacks-parents-subtle-nod-in-episode.html

 

There was somewhere on forums a topic, in which we discussed about her parents. 

Also, If they're alive they basically abandoned their children, no matter how you look at it. That's why I prefer them dead, it'd simply make no sense, especially considering how close members of Apple family usually are. 

 

 

EDIT:

To answer the question of this topic. I think that Granny Smith is the legal guardian of Apple siblings. Though it's possible that Big Mac became their legal guardian too, when he became an adult.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Anilewe

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/12/applejacks-parents-subtle-nod-in-episode.html

 

There was somewhere on forums a topic, in which we discussed about her parents. 

Also, If they're alive they basically abandoned their children, no matter how you look at it. That's why I prefer them dead, it'd simply make no sense, especially considering how close members of Apple family usually are. 

That link just validates my point, that the truth is unclear.  All that's been confirmed is that the shooting stars represented the parents, nothing more.

 

It would make sense if the right situation came up.  Let's look at Spider-Man, or more appropriately, Peter Parker.  He was raised by his aunt and uncle; why?  Well, they were CIA agents.  Yes, by the point in which Peter became Spider-Man, they were dead.  Their deaths hadn't come yet when the decision was made to have Peter raised by Ben & May.  To top it off, there has never (to my knowledge) been an official confirmation that they were dead; there have been strong hints that they are, and some that they are alive.  Ooh!  A little side note: Logan, aka Wolverine, was the first person to congratulate Richard and Mary about the news of parenthood!