A Herd Thing

Due to a common Apple family custom, Rainbow Dash wonders if Applejack wants to be "A Herd Thing". Several surprises follow.

(Or. Ponies discuss polyamory.)

My personal Apple family headcanon/interpretation ahead.

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Briarlight

Briarlight #1 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 1 · ·

How adorable

Str8aura

Str8aura #2 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 2 · ·

Saw the dislikes and expected some tasteless garbage, but it seems people are just jumping the gun. Is it the incest mention?

pubbyrot

pubbyrot #3 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 3 · ·

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Incest mention? I assume you're referring to Big Mac and Caramel? Caramel being an Apple family member is up to interpretation since nothing is official. That's why I like to imagine Caramel joins the family through dating Mac, though I can see where that gets confusing amid other popular fan-headcanons, haha. It wasn't my intent, at least. (If I were to add distant relations, surely Marble Pie would be involved, no?)

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Edit: Actually, was it the line about bunnies? Okay, yeah, I feel like inbreeding definitely comes to mind with the way I worded that...

All I meant was, as Rainbow eloquently puts it, that the Apples "get some". I'll tweak the wording, whoops!
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Regardless, thank you! The dislikes were kinda expected on my part. I think it's because of the stigma around polyamory, not to mention making the Apple family overwhelmingly (and therefore "unrealistically") queer. Trans stories also tend to get downvoted down the gutter, and while this story doesn't have trans focus, it does imply AJ wouldn't mind dating a trans mare, so there's that.

applejackofalltrades

applejackofalltrades #4 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 1 · ·

Hehe I liked this story! It’s actually a really good headcanon and I feel like it kind of existed in my brain but I never actually really thought about it til I read this, if that makes sense. Some good appledash right here

pubbyrot

pubbyrot #5 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 1 · ·

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Thanks so much! Glad to hear the headcanon resonates. It's very much inspired from a joke by Lauren Faust, but now I can't picture the Apple family without traditional herds, lol.

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Shakespearicles

Shakespearicles #6 · Aug 28th, 2022 · 3 · ·

"I herd u liek appuls."

Skyshy

Skyshy #7 · Sep 2nd, 2022 · 1 · ·

Kind of how I consider the relationship being is the only Tiffany six that I see in a monotonous relationship but both open to seeing others I just don't have anyone they want to see

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