Quick Note On Vanilla Canon Maud Pie with Reference to SWSV Maud Pie · 10:21pm Apr 2nd, 2016
Apparently, she has Pinkie's powers. Just not her personality.
Apparently, she has Pinkie's powers. Just not her personality.
Introduction
I generally liked this episode, which had something important to say about sub-cultural variance in Equestria and how customs can vary even among kin. There are some interesting questions raised by the story, however.
I. What Is the Nature of the Choosing/Pairing Stone?
Icing Pie (1315-1401) was the daughter of Cupcake Pie (1212-1413) and the mother of Sweetie Pie (1346-1471). With this addition, we now have ten generations of Pie Matrilineage culminating in Pinkie Pie, as follows:
Sweet Melody Pie (~1100-~1180): Born in South Dunnich, and descended from both Pies and Sweeties, hence kin to Rarity and Sweetie Belle.
In Sketcha-holic's Brother Bothers, Pinkie Pie says the following interesting thing regarding the Sandwich Brothers (Cheese and Tomato):
Even if we were related, we'd probably just share the same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents!
Introduction: As many of you probably know, the highly-skilled writer who goes by the UserID Scoots2 has written an excellent series of stories set in the main MLP:FIM verse which are about Cheese Sandwich -- his life, his adventures and his love for Pinkie Pie. (This is far from the only thing she's written on this site, but it's these stories I'm considering right now).
Note: Dates figured from the first defeat of Discord; years before that are BTH "Before the Harmony" and years after that YOH "Year of Harmony." The Megan appears 4500 BTH, the Cataclysm happens 2476 BTH, Discord Awakens 1000 BTH, Luna is banished YOH 500, and Luna's Return takes place June YOH 1500. Season Four ends in November YOH 1504.
Introduction
I was looking at a Weird Al video ("Perform This Way," which is a hilarious send-up on Lady Gaga) and this naturally made me think of Cheese Sandwich, and so I was speculating on the ways in which he is both similar to and different from Pinkie Pie. The similarities are obvious -- it's why they are so obviously a good match for one another, both as friends and possibly as lovers. The differences are more subtle.
Reality vs. Performance
The Pie family is in general matrilineally descended from the half-mythical Surprise, a formerly-emmortal Pegasus Pony mare from Paradise Estate who was driven off by Discord at the moment of his Awakening 1000 years BTH. She was famously commanded to "Go, farm rocks," by the Chaos God, and in consequence the Pies have become extraordinarily-competent rock farmers. That Surprise died of old age sometime in the late 10th century BTH.