You know that blue pony from the latest episode? · 8:16pm Apr 15th, 2018
Yeah, that one. The one everyone's been wondering about -- and yet it turns out that the answer has been hidden in plain sight, and in officially licensed media at that. Past the break to see...
This is from the Ultimate Guide, a show companion that's more or less a kids' version of The Elements of Harmony books. Hardback and quite nicely produced for what it is, though I don't know whether it's available outside the UK.
Now that's subtle foreshadowing.
Trixie has a canon parent now? Darn it, and there was me coming up with my own ideas for who Trixie's parents were. (With names like Frank and Candid, for thematic reasons related to Trixie's own punny name).
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If I hadn't been reading that book a few days ago, I probably wouldn't even have thought about it. Even as it was, it took a full day for my brain to say, "Hang on a minute..."
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Well, he is a magician, so "Jackpot" could easily be a stage name. No reason his real name shouldn't be Frank.
Big Jim's comment that he doesn't know he's Trixie's dad makes it even better. :3
Weirdly enough the hardback is available in the US, but not the kindle version!