spoiler How mad would you if the Apple parents turned out to be alive?

[ggg-2 3,553]

How mad would you be if they pulled this in season 7? I'd be pretty darn pissed.

[cmarston1 5,959]

I would be pretty annoyed if the writers didn't give them a pretty darn good reason why they would be alive after all this time, yet not bother to raise Apple Bloom, or help their own family farm what so ever over the course of 6 seasons.

I mean if they were still alive at this point in time, I imagine they would be deadbeats parents who flat out abandoned their kids and have an episode focusing on that.

But given the type of show FIM is, and the brief information we currently about them in the past is supposed to portray them in a positive light, than I know for a fact, that wouldn't be the case.

[Blackshirt Brony 415]

It would be extremely bad continuity, as I pointed out in another thread.
 

I would have two big problems with this:

1. If they are such a strong nuclear family, why are her parents never in the show?

2. If they work on another orchard, why weren't they at the family reunions?

[Denim&Venöm 18,926]

It would be a pretty big episode story in of themselves. Who were they? Why were they gone? How will their dynamic between their children be effected? What lessons can we learn? 

 

So no, I would only be mad if the logic and storytelling was contrived or half assed. 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,465]

I wouldn't be 'mad' per se, but it would be very annoying as it would just seem rather lazy and a bait-and-switch. Plus it would be irritating by how many unneeded questions it would open up like what Denim pointed out. With them so obviously portraying that they are dead, they need to build on that and give us backstory instead, which it sounds like they are doing so I will be quite happy with that.

[Megas 27,625]

I'd be pretty pissed, mainly because there's no way they could make them alive without making them the worst parents ever, barring being slaves or prisoners

 

Of course I wouldn't be surprised if they did that, it wouldn't be the first time they royally fucked up something people have been waiting for since the beginning

[FlareGun45 2,221]

There are a few things I'd be pissed about if they don't happen on the show, but AJ's parents being alive or not is not one of them!

[TBD 17,254]

Hm..well they better give a really good reason why they left three foals to their grandma. But I guess it'll be a good lesson about neglecting your children.

unless it a divorce matter and the episode would be about how to deal with it. since kids struggle with that a lot. 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

I thought is was already said they were? It wouldn't make sense. I prefer they be vague than change that. 

[Zachary 5,521]

Aw come On, I was not that mad if the Apple Parents were Alive.

[TwilightPomegranate 324]

I wouldn't really be that mad. In all HONESTY  , I didn't really want an episode with Applejack's parents. 

[ManaMinori 4,145]

I never really cared about the Apple parents, like so many other people. But too many people are jumping to conclusions, and looking for reasons to be upset. 

what if they're adventures? That's a good reason for them not to be stuck on a farm, raising their kin. Would YOU bring your kids to far off, dangerous adventures, putting them at risk? I think not

[pnylvr 185]

There would have to be a really good reason for them to be alive, and the writers probably know that, so I don't expect them to pop in without a good explanation for why they've been AWOL for the entire run of the show. (Or to be alive at all, for that matter, but if they did, I would be surprised if the reason isn't at least presented as being good.)

[Applejacket 185]

I would leave the fandom and write a letter of complaint to Hasbro if such a monstrosity of an occurrence was to take ever place.

[ShadOBabe 18,997]

I'd be pretty annoyed, in the "SERIOUSLY GUYS?" kind of way.

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing them in a flashback though.

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

 what if they're adventures? That's a good reason for them not to be stuck on a farm, raising their kin. Would YOU bring your kids to far off, dangerous adventures, putting them at risk? I think not

 

Would you be that kind of parent who is away, while their child is celebrating birthdays alone, while having problems in school, while having heartache, while having no one to hug when they are afraid?

 

If they wanted to be adventurers, maybe they shouldn't have gotten children in the first place.

 

 

Also, to repeat something i said in another thread, it would just be confirming of what i feared and that would be that the show is ruining it's legacy the further it goes, by having M.Night Shymalan like plotwists like these.

[ManaMinori 4,145]

Would you be that kind of parent who is away, while their child is celebrating birthdays alone, while having problems in school, while having heartache, while having no one to hug when they are afraid?

 

If they wanted to be adventurers, maybe they shouldn't have gotten children in the first place.

 

 

Also, to repeat something i said in another thread, it would just be confirming of what i feared and that would be that the show is ruining it's legacy the further it goes, by having M.Night Shymalan like plotwists like these.

first off, they're not alone when going through all that. They have their siblings and their granny. They're in good hooves. They always have someone to turn to when in heartache, or afraid, or whatever. They always have. 

As for why they're away. There's a reason behind everything. sit tight and wait for it in the actual show, before you start griping and speculating doom, kay? 

 

I'm not trying to defend the length of the series. (I think it long should've ended before season 5, actually), ans they wouldn't even have to be pulling the "parents out of nowhere" crap

[Luigi 7,869]

Not mad at all. It would be interesting to see what they actually do away from their children.

[TheAnimatorOfficial 567]

I'd be pretty pissed, mainly because there's no way they could make them alive without making them the worst parents ever, barring being slaves or prisoners

 

Of course I wouldn't be surprised if they did that, it wouldn't be the first time they royally fucked up something people have been waiting for since the beginning

Like what? Alicorn Twilight?

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

first off, they're not alone when going through all that. They have their siblings and their granny. They're in good hooves. They always have someone to turn to when in heartache, or afraid, or whatever. They always have. 

As for why they're away. There's a reason behind everything. sit tight and wait for it in the actual show, before you start griping and speculating doom, kay?

 

That might be true. But a sibling or a granny, can never be replaced with the love that a child has to their parents, which has been psychologically proven multiple times.

 

The bond between child and parents is something that can not be replaced, because the chemistry is just way too different.

[Will Guide 21,360]

Frankly, it's not worth getting angry NOW since the episode hasn't yet aired! Like a calm fan, I'd just wait until the episode in question airs, THEN AND ONLY THEN would I get mad if it's not what I wanted. And if I DO get angry over something like this, I'll eventually calm down and accept it as the showrunners' way of telling the story; Won't stop me from picturing my own way of telling how the story goes in a possible alterative universe of a head fanon.

 

In short: Wait now, get angry later.

[SBaby 660]

I wouldn't be mad at all.  I think it would be really good character development if they turned out to be alive and they reacted to their return.

 

But I really don't know how anyone would be 'mad' about them being alive.  I mean, it almost sounds like people WANT them to turn out to be dead, which is horrible.

Edited March 2, 2017 by SBaby

[Aurora Wolf 2,354]

I still don't think they're guaranteed dead.

 

Remember: The flashback in Where the Apple Lies took place before Applebloom was born. Judging by that, Applejack's parents were obviously alive and away doing something.

[pony.colin 156]

I have no idea.

 

Actually, I think I might laugh a bit. Just sort of this big build-up that's been had with all the tragic backstories we could give to AJ and how she and Big Mac had to grow up strong to raise little AB so young and if they turn out to be alive all I can think is, all those tears.... lol. all of them... poof, gone.

 

It's like feeling sad, angry and just having it come out as this maddening laughter.

 

Bring on the Apple family then.

Edited March 2, 2017 by pony.colin

[Eiwly 77]

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if her parents did turn out to be alive. Personally I'd rather the weren't alive, grim as that sounds, but since hasbro apparently has this thing about characters being "dead" dead, if they were to suddenly show up alive, it wouldn't phase me.

 

Unfortunately from a story standpoint this change doesn't make sense. The apple family has been written as a fam of 4 for six seasons so far, with minimal mentions of the parents, they were mostly just glossed over when the did come up. So to bring them up no is gonna take some 'splaining to do. I'm hoping it isn't some shallow excuse that there were on another farm or smth.

 

I'm still holding out for them to be flashbacks only.