Dear Princess Celestia,
What if the Flim Flam brothers won the cider contest? What would happen to Sweet Apple Acres? What would happen to Applejack and her family? What would happen?
Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle.
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
Is this a request from Applejack or somepony? It seems rather directed off you, but I guess that is alright. I'm not implying you are selfish or anything, I would never do that.
If they won the contest, they would literally tear apart their business, but also crumble themselves. They are only good for making cider, and when the time goes, they can't do much else. They would become bankrupt quickly from the masses of money they would use to make more machinery for farming.
Sweet Apple Acres would eventually turn into a factory wasteland. Why? Because of a small war. The entire apple family and some other ponies against the Flim Flam brothers and their advanced machinery. 78% of the Apple Family would die, 12% injured leaving only 10% left. Well, technically 100% left because there would only be 10% of the original 100%, making it 100% then.
Applejack and her direct family would be among the ones to get injured and killed. Applejack injured along with Apple Bloom, but Big Mac and Granny Smith would die. The 10% of the 100% of the Apples would have taken Sweet Apple Acres back, except with nothing left but rubble and dirt.
So overall, we can tell that if they did win, it would be a great tragedy for the Apples. The reason you and your other friends did not help was because Applejack insisted and blocked you out. Thankfully, due to your friendship, you did technically win, producing the best quality cider.
Princess Celestia.
Wow, my question provoked a deep answer. Awesome. I honestly think that one would've been skipped, as specific as it was. Thanks djElectrOctavia.
How about this for a question "What if Pinkie Pie and I swapped roles? What if I started acting crazy and Pinkie Pie started acting all scientific? Would I be as annoying to her as she is to me?" /
Or what about "What if I never passed the entrance exam? Would our relationship be different?"
"Under what conditions would coitus between an ancient and noble alicorn (purely for example: you) and a smart and attractive unicorn (again, just as an example: me) be acceptable?"
: "I'm going to use your guts for garters, Zytharros, I swear..."
"Oh course, this is only if zoning regulation somehow allows them to build the factories, and council agrees to dirty factories being built, and a dozen of other forms of red tap just suddenly disappear.
And, of course, everyone involved in the 'war' is then arrested. Flim Flam for producing weapons against the law, and the Apple Family for attacking."
So, ultimately, winning the contest would have been bad for Flim and Flam, too...pretty interesting.
What.
This one seems far-fetched.
No, what would really happen is the Apples would go to the reformed Discord, and ask if he can "expand" the Everfree forest to their apple orchard. Flim and Flam wouldn't know how to drive the Everfree back. Then Applejack would send them a letter saying she moved to Appleloosa (which is a hot place so their cider business would be booming.) Eventually, Flim and Flam would sell them the orchard back. Then, in the next reunion, they would send Flim and Flam a postcard with the whole Apple family and Discord in front of their beautiful orchard, with the Everfree in the background.
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