It's almost Hearth's Warming Eve. Apple Bloom misses her favourite cousin.
A short, somber story for the holidays, dedicated to Babs Seed. Missing, but never forgotten.
Cover art by Anonsbelle.
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Adorable. Exactly what I needed on Christmas Eve.
Besides, Babs NEEDS to come back.
Beautiful!
Hope she'll tell babs about her auntie buttercup.
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It delights me to read this, good
sirtrain! And thank you very much for joining my follower squad and for favouriting the story! This is exactly what I needed on Hearth's Warming Eve.She needs to. I had hopes to see her in "Best Gift Ever" when I thought on it that the Apples and the Pies have a big family get-together for Hearth's Warming Eve. It was an occasion she would likely come and visit for, but alas, she didn't come. I got overwhelmed by my emotions, so I wrote this.
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Thank you! I am happy you enjoyed it.
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I'm sure she did already. It's one of these moments I would like to see, how Apple Bloom told Babs about her parents.....
Thank you for reading and for becoming my follower!
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You're welcome!
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No problem. Babs is a classic example of Hasbro's approach; rather than use an old character like her, they introduce a new one for the sake of
selling toysintroducing a new character.Nice story!
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It's not because of toys. I see toy sales stated as reason for all sorts of things or ponies/creatures seen in the show by the fandom all the time and often, I find myself rolling my eyes at it, because something else is never even considered.
For Babs, the reason is simply that no writer has followed any ideas they pitched for her through, which was revealed by Big Jim Miller a few months ago:
https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/statuses/1018557828754112512
It should be obvious to everyone that it isn't Hasbro that denies certain ponies to return into the show, as pretty much all side characters that ever starred in MLP: FiM and who weren't seen again after their first appearance did not get any toys at all. Even the Student Six don't have any toys, safe for Sandbar and Silverstream. The others are ignored by Hasbro's toy department. Babs has, as far as I've seen, not gotten any toys either.
No, it's always DHX and creative decisions that lead to this. They want the cast of the show to be diverse, which is great because you get to know to a lot of inhabitants of Equestria (and lands beyond), something that also brings a lot of worldbuilding into the show, but it makes it hard if you have grown to love/like a certain pony.
Sadly, that isn't much better news in regards to Babs' absence.
It seems that no writer is seriously interested in writing about her life, so she always ends up at the sidelines when plans for a new season are discussed. That is why we got so many Manehattan episodes since Season 4, but not a single one with Babs.
I've come to terms with it that we will probably not see Babs again in the show (or, all of G4, as the writers of the comics seem to be equally disinterested in her, for the most part) when "The Saddle Row Review" once again didn't give her a role, but it still stings from time to time to think about that..... Especially after the Hearth's Warming Eve special managed to raise some hopes she could be seen in it for me again.
I should write more about her.
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Thank you, I'm happy you enjoyed it!
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A real shame, because they could have gotten A LOT of mileage out of the Manehattan CMC.
This touched my heart, you did beautiful
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If there was a story about that, I wonder how will babs react?
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They could have, yes. They got that mileage in different ways, but it would have been interesting to see, still. Mostly, though, I want to see Babs herself again. And would like to see how it happened when Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle got together with Babs to show their cutie marks to her (and vice versa) and to celebrate together.
It's something that lies in the past now, but if Applebloom ever reminisces on that, I would like to see it in a flashback, at least.
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Thank you! Glad I could touch some hearts on Heart(h)'s Warming Eve.
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I don't know right now, but it would be interesting to explore that in a story.
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I hope so, friend. I hope so.
Sad but uplifting
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Thanks!
That was sweet! I like the idea of Apple Bloom and Babs Seed being pen pals, especially since we saw one of their letters once. It would have been nice to see Babs more often; at least we finally got to see her in Ponyville again in The Last Crusade. I also find it amusing that you made Apple Bloom write the letter in her accent. Maybe that's like a inside joke between the two.
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It's a painful shame she was never given a role in the show again. Nor in the official comics after getting at least three issues there, that quickly left you craving for more after years passed without any new appearances of Babs in the comics.
She holds so much significance for Applebloom's life, as her cousin, and for Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle as well, because she became a Cutie Mark Crusader.... And yet, the show staff ignored her entirely after Season 3. It's a shame, it's unfair and it does not make sense..... No, it even goes against the very concept of sense that Babs never was in the show in a real role again.
I can't decide if seeing her one last time in "The Last Crusade" was a delight or just more pain. Seeing her there felt like we were being teased something and then didn't get it.
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That was an odd choice, in hindsight. Nopony writes like they talk. But I guess there was no way around it, in a written story inspired by an animated and voice-acted show, some adjustments are needed to get the same feeling across. But I like the inside joke idea. That gives my choice a sense and meaning.