Buck Testa 5,505 May 25, 2017 Author Share May 25, 2017 AJ parents ep is coming soon, and my stance hasn't changed since I made this topic. They better be dead, That's all I'm saying. http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Billy%20G%20Gruff http://billyggruff.deviantart.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVpSXbUpDYTcaFHTPiPjYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquestriaGuy 1,074 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 they're dead. It's a flashback for a reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Cube 4,843 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 It's gonna be a flashback episode. It's about how the Apple parents met. Fat chance the episode is gonna say they're alive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,966 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 They'll probably strongly imply it without directly saying it, especially since it's been said several times. So far so good, I'd like to think that the writers are being a lot smarter with how they approach things as opposed to last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,872 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 I'm being ... quiet about this episode. I've suggested to @Dark Qiviut that I may be rather incensed if they show up alive. No. It is more accurate that I'll be more furious than I've ever been at a creative decision featured on this show. I'm rarely negative about an episode, but plug your ears if I they so much as hint that Applejack's parents are alive and well. I have never done a full episode review, and I've never done a YT video on this show, and I've yet to send a letter to the show runners. That will change with this episode, it's tone will depend greatly on how the address the Apple folks. This season has just about nailed it's family theme, I hope the nail this. The only time my wife wrote about this show in length was about the possibility of this episode happening, and how to use this if the kids (or more likely) her nieces were still stricken by her eventual passing. A message that a short life can amount to something meaningful, and those that grieve will eventually find normalcy and happiness is ... as the meme goes ... relevant to my interests. That said, I'm expecting them to do a subtle nod to it and show us the parents only in the flashback. I'm hoping that they get as much loving care as Dash's parents did. I guess I stopped being quiet about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Guide 21,365 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 (edited) Well the Canadian release is on Sunday, right? Well, come Sunday Morning, I'm going to sign out of the MLP Forums temporarily until I see a YouTube video of it myself. Usually by the time a good video comes up, A full page worth of posts past the episode's official starting time has been made. I don't want to risk the posts on the Episode's Discussion Page spoiling the untasted wine, so to speak! Well, we shall see............................ Edited May 25, 2017 by WiiGuy2014 A Dragon as big as his love for Disney and has his head in the clouds literally and figuratively Ask Will Guide | Signature by Wife of Hawks | WiiGuy2014’s OCs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedog 321 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Buck Testa said: AJ parents ep is coming soon, and my stance hasn't changed since I made this topic. They better be dead, That's all I'm saying. Lol that sounds so wrong xd 4 Pony NEWS YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Piranha 29,480 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 I don't think it'll ever address their fate, but it's a flashback, so no worries they'll suddenly appear well and stuff Sig by Discords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,700 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 3 hours ago, EquestriaGuy said: they're dead. It's a flashback for a reason. How do you think they died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierok 11,833 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 18 minutes ago, Unlikeable Pony said: How do you think they died? I hope it are the timberwolves. The farm had problems with them before. If I don't understand something or Interpret it wrong, I'm dutch. Sometimes I gamble for meanings of the words. And sometimes I write the wrong words, like week and weak for example. Sorry for it already. Discord, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Starlight, Rarity, Luna, Celestia, Big MCintosh, Cadence, Shining, Minuette, Lyra, Rara, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Derpy, Spike. !Feel Free To Talk And Walk Where Ever You Like On This Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,700 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 Just now, Hierok said: I hope it are the timberwolves. The farm had problems with them before. I doubt the staff would have "Torn to shreds by wild animals" as their deaths in a children's shown though XD probably just natural causes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierok 11,833 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, Unlikeable Pony said: I doubt the staff would have "Torn to shreds by wild animals" as their deaths in a children's shown though XD probably just natural causes Good point. Although I love a little dark in a cartoon. What do you mean by natural causes? Shot by lightning? Jump in a volcano? If I don't understand something or Interpret it wrong, I'm dutch. Sometimes I gamble for meanings of the words. And sometimes I write the wrong words, like week and weak for example. Sorry for it already. Discord, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Starlight, Rarity, Luna, Celestia, Big MCintosh, Cadence, Shining, Minuette, Lyra, Rara, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Derpy, Spike. !Feel Free To Talk And Walk Where Ever You Like On This Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,700 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Hierok said: Good point. Although I love a little dark in a cartoon. What do you mean by natural causes? Shot by lightning? Jump in a volcano? >Lightning "there is nothing more natural than to die after being struck by lightning after all!" no, I'd say "heart attack' or something Unlikely for someone presumably fairly young to have kids who aren't into adulthood, but easy enough to use. Alternatively, something non committal in its visceralness but still fairly final, such as "boating accident" or "Airship crash". (actually, thinking about it, airship crash would be a very good one, could even work in AJ having a fear of airships due to her parent dying on one.) Edited May 25, 2017 by Unlikeable Pony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierok 11,833 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 9 minutes ago, Unlikeable Pony said: >Lightning "there is nothing more natural than to die after being struck by lightning after all!" no, I'd say "heart attack' or something Unlikely for someone presumably fairly young to have kids who aren't into adulthood, but easy enough to use. Alternatively, something non committal in its visceralness but still fairly final, such as "boating accident" or "Airship crash". Okay, yeah. That would work. But both at the same time? Coincidence? If I don't understand something or Interpret it wrong, I'm dutch. Sometimes I gamble for meanings of the words. And sometimes I write the wrong words, like week and weak for example. Sorry for it already. Discord, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Starlight, Rarity, Luna, Celestia, Big MCintosh, Cadence, Shining, Minuette, Lyra, Rara, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Derpy, Spike. !Feel Free To Talk And Walk Where Ever You Like On This Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlikeable Pony 2,700 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 Just now, Hierok said: Okay, yeah. That would work. But both at the same time? Coincidence? XD yeah, a dual heart attack is unlikely. But I could see one of them dying of a heart attack and the other of an illness like pneumonia. That being said, Airship or boat crash seems like a better option, since its easy to see them both dying together in such a situation (Since if they're traveling they'd be traveling together on the same ship) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierok 11,833 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 4 minutes ago, Unlikeable Pony said: XD yeah, a dual heart attack is unlikely. But I could see one of them dying of a heart attack and the other of an illness like pneumonia. That being said, Airship or boat crash seems like a better option, since its easy to see them both dying together in such a situation (Since if they're traveling they'd be traveling together on the same ship) Maybe they have eaten a rotten apple and died in the process. If I don't understand something or Interpret it wrong, I'm dutch. Sometimes I gamble for meanings of the words. And sometimes I write the wrong words, like week and weak for example. Sorry for it already. Discord, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Starlight, Rarity, Luna, Celestia, Big MCintosh, Cadence, Shining, Minuette, Lyra, Rara, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Derpy, Spike. !Feel Free To Talk And Walk Where Ever You Like On This Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedog 321 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 15 minutes ago, Hierok said: Maybe they have eaten a rotten apple and died in the process. It could've been granny smith's dentures that got lost in those jars of zapplejam. 1 Pony NEWS YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierok 11,833 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 (edited) Yeah, that would be awesome. By the way, I don't understand why you post this. We don't care if you give up the show. That's your own choice, so why bother us with it? Edited May 25, 2017 by Hierok If I don't understand something or Interpret it wrong, I'm dutch. Sometimes I gamble for meanings of the words. And sometimes I write the wrong words, like week and weak for example. Sorry for it already. Discord, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Starlight, Rarity, Luna, Celestia, Big MCintosh, Cadence, Shining, Minuette, Lyra, Rara, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Derpy, Spike. !Feel Free To Talk And Walk Where Ever You Like On This Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,966 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 They'll pull a Snow White and have one or both of them dying from a poison apple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,015 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 I have been thinking about this more and more lately and I feel the writers have different options to get this message across without simply saying it outright. The flashback scenario is one of the best possible ways to do it, and since that is how they are approaching, I am not expecting them to say the parents are just dead, but instead it will be heavily implied and we can simply connect the dots, which is enough for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPhoenix 153 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 I am certain they're dead. The writers know to deftly skirt around topics that may be considered too "mature" for children and have mastered ambiguity. Although the word 'dying' has been dropped a few times, they expertly substituted the death for a loved one back in Tanks for the Memories but still managed to impressively bring out the full emotional resonance of the implication with Rainbow Dash/Tank. They remained cautiously neutral with Scootaloo in Flight To The Finish and more recently, Parental Glideance. They danced around the concept of suicide with Trixie and the Manticore in No Second Prances. They will not derail six seasons worth of hints and explicit confirmation from Lauren Faust at one point because if Applejack's parents showed up suddenly for whatever ass-pull of a reason, I suggest the Apple Family sever ties with them and have Granny Smith remain custodian to Apple Bloom, Applejack and Big McIntosh. Aside from the flashback to how the parents met, in the show's vein of doing things (which is also wise from a storytelling point, because ambiguity can lead to a lot of emotionally-charged moments and the slow-burn allows for future expansion), their final scene in flashback should hazily suggest their cause of death which I think will most likely be in a freak accident or illness. The kids may pay tribute with the line, "I miss you" and it should likely be a good episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquestriaGuy 1,074 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 14 hours ago, Unlikeable Pony said: How do you think they died? apple cart accident. They were on a crumbling road on a cliffside and it gave out under them. It'll never be shownon screen, but the accident will be referenced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,872 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 Even if they confirm their deaths, I would be shocked if they said how they died. Leaving that unmentioned is really the only way the message would completely resonate with people who have lost an older loved one, whether to an accident or illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath 2,486 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 I'm am 150% sure that her parents will be be alive. I mean, Hasbro wasn't willing to actually deal with the topic of death in "Tanks for the memories", so I fail to see why they'd want to do that now. Besides, I fail to see what the problem is. It'd make more sense for them to be alive anyway, due to Applebloom not being in "Where the Apple lies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggg-2 3,553 May 25, 2017 Share May 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, Yamet said: I'm am 150% sure that her parents will be be alive. I mean, Hasbro wasn't willing to actually deal with the topic of death in "Tanks for the memories", so I fail to see why they'd want to do that now. Besides, I fail to see what the problem is. It'd make more sense for them to be alive anyway, due to Applebloom not being in "Where the Apple lies". https://www.equestriadaily.com/2016/10/applejacks-parents-were-on-vacation.html They were on vacation in the flashback. Don't be a nerd. Join the herd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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