Granny Smith nurses an ailment one night, and meets somepony from her past better left forgotten. But the pony in question will not be chased off and his deal will not be denied. For honor, for love, for the soul of the Apples.
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Gabriel LaVedier
Just another University-edicated fanfiction writer who prefers the cheers and laughter of ponies to madness and sorrow.
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This was one of the most amazing things I've ever read.
That. Was. AMAZING
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Woah
Thank you!
I'm not going to throw money at the screen in a futile gesture of affection and admiration because I know at least one of those two would take it. But that's the only reason.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
good stuff very good stuff
Many people discard their sons after I give them my...gift. How could they NOT enjoy their offspring being homicidaly insane and deranged?! That's the thing wrong with humans, they don't appreciate GIFTS!
You got owned Granny, you got owned.
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Oh yea. And it only took over a decade for him to learn how to get her :)
It was good but really little strong heart man thats just awesome. Keep up the good work my friend.
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I love her. She's cute. And I think she and Braeburn make a perfect couple.
im sorry to say that this story like the others thst you have wrote is gtade a awsome... now thats 3 of your stories i have read. all of witch i have thourouly enjoyed.
"Populators?"
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Straights
Hi there. I jope you don't mind, but I liked this fic so much I have put together an audio version on YouTube.
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Really? Oh my goodness, I need to look at that when I get the chance. Thank you so much!
I swear to God I read this already. Is it just deja vu day or what? @_@
Seriously, did I never talk to you about this one before?
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Maybe, maybe not. But... it's like a whole new experience with the reading. It was for me, and I wrote the thing!
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Did you ever submit this one to EQD? It's old enough that I could have pre-read it maybe... That's all I can come up with. This is really bugging me.
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I probably did. I submitted all my early Bad Apple works including one you rejected because I hadn't finished the context (I have at this point.)
heard scribbler's reading and am half and half on this fic, mainly due to the fact that i don't like the idea of granny being so fixated on tradition that she'd do that to her son and grandson, but i still enjoyed this, none the less.
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It's a small conceit that drives this series, that of the Apples as a Faulknerian fallen Southern Gothic family. Plus the idea that the very old become reflexively regressive and obsessed with the idea that fey are inviolable and deserving of unearned respect simply because they're old. That's helped in her case by the fact that she's a matriarch and thus commands the lives and scraping servility of a clan that needs to pamper her ego and nurse her personal prejudices. (Seen in her son Baldwin in the story "I, Babs.")
Wow. What a treasure this is. Severely under rated.
Have a like.
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Thank you. It's an older one in need of love and polish. I was surprised when it was chosen to be given a reading.
I'm pretty confused. What's up with Braeburn? Why isn't he part of the family? I'm lost.
Also, Granny Smith seemed to be the protagonist at the beginning, but then suddenly the mysterious, bad-seeming son turns out to be what I think is a good-guy?
And, what did homosexuality have to do with the story. I mean, I totally agree that any sexuality should be accepted, but why is it here?
Help.
6137895 This fic is about old traditions and new traditions. With Granny Smith representing old traditions and Bad Apple representing new traditions.
Braeburn was kicked out of the family because he wanted to marry outside of his race, which was a buffalo. I actually live with people who don't think people of dark skin should marry people of white skin. That races should stay in their own race. There are/have been family members that disown their own if they do this, like with Braeburn.
Same with the sexuality. Granny Smith was only ok with Filly Foolers because they can reproduce with magic, but Colt Cuddlers can't so she is against them. I have heard of people who are against gays will use this excuse: "They can't reproduce together, so they shouldn't be together."
Now about Bad Apple being the good guy: It depends on the person. If you are like Granny Smith and against marrying out of race and gays, you will say she is the good guy and Bad Apple is the bad guy. If you are like Bad Apple who is fine with these things, you will say he is the good guy and Granny Smith was the bad guy. Which is actually a good writing trick.
6154675 So, was the son kicked out of the family just for supporting gays/interracial couples? I mean, if they really hated it, I can understand why they might kick Braeburn out, but why just a supporter? Maybe I'm just trying to understand the brain of a "crazy" person.
6156261 I don't think it was because of that. Granny Smith asked him if he was a supporter. If he was then she would have known. I think it had to do something with his gambling since it's hinted at that.
Also Braeburn wasn't kicked out because of that. He was kicked out for wanting to marry outside of their race.
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The reasons are stated explicitly in "The Bad Apple Chronicles- I, Bad Apple." Granny Smith used to be incredibly rich and powerful, and got much of he land conning fellow farmers with her card skill. Bad Apple learned to gamble from her and was a bad guy for a while, a sneakthief and grifter. He was thrown out for humiliating the family by openly scamming a land deed in a card game, and getting his Cutie Mark when he saw Granny Smith give the deed back. The perfect red apple skin is cut open to reveal a sickly interior. He showed the rot under the Apple's skin and got tossed out.
His opinion on extra-species marriage is hardly unique in the family, but they all fear Granny Smith's bigotry. She is disdainful of nearly every species but ponies and zebras, and even has a dislike for some ponies (mostly male gays and Roani, who are like gypsies) as well as feelings of superiority over industrial workers or those from industrial cities. It's why she is semi-cool about Rainbow Dash, a low-end blue-collar worker from a factory town. Her governemnt/religious status gives her an edge. She only accepts her eldest grandson and de facto heir being married to a donkey because Princess Luna all but said she would personally break her if she made a fuss.
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6157274 Ah, I see. I hadn't read that other story, so I didn't know. Thank you!
6157274 That's a lot of stuff to have not known. You should put a warning in the description that you may end up lost without that context. Maybe put a link to the story, or something. The people in the comments get it, but they may have read the other story.
In fairness, it is meant to be a bit of a mystery. This was written first after all. But the mystery is unfolded simply by reading later stories. Like The Hero's Journey, Hatred would be better..., An Appleoosan kind of love, or I, Babs.
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6158958 Okay. I may look into the other stories.
Hey, I know you've been asked to explain a few things about the story, but I was wondering if you could do one more. What does that line about what the pony on the river said mean? Is it a reference to something in one of the other Bad Apple stories. If so, no need to explain, I'll get to the answer in my own time.
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It's in the second chapter of his story. He was an arrogant young card hustler set on being slick and amoral. Then he got schooled by an old stallion who had been a farmer. But Granny Smith had card gamed him out of the farm. He beat Bad Apple, taught him how to play slow and smart. And the line I think you mean, icejack is a kind of extra hard apple cider made by freezing apples on the tree to concentrate the sugar, and Bad Apple had a flask of it that the old stallion recognized by taste. He was saying that time (and winning the flask) and a swig of the icejack washed out the bitterness of losing his home and livelihood. And Granny Smith recognized what it meant and likely had some idea about who it was and why he had learned to play slow and smart.