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#365326 Orion Aurora Wed, 8th May '13 8:40:56 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

What would Pinkie teach? Maybe baking techniques.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#365327 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 8:41:38 PM from A parallel universe

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#365328 Japanese Teeth Wed, 8th May '13 8:45:03 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Enlong: I think one of the current storyboarders (Sibsy, maybe?) confirmed that they were deceased.

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#365329 edvedd Wed, 8th May '13 8:46:40 PM from Over there. Maybe?

And that's why Applejack is batmare.

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#365330 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 8:49:02 PM from A parallel universe

i wonder if Applejack still has her version of the Mare Do Well costume...

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#365331 storyyeller Wed, 8th May '13 8:50:20 PM from Appleloosa

the formatting's shot. it has something to do with the maintenance. you don't have any problems on your end?

The formatting's messed up for me, but images still show up fine.

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#365332 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 8:52:16 PM from The Underground Facility

I recall those Twitter messages around the time of the episode, ad it really struck me as a "wink wink" thing. They never said it in as many words, and really only pointed out the detail itself. So I feel free to interpret it however.

I was surprised to come here and find people thinking the shooting stars were significant in the first place.

edited 8th May '13 8:52:59 PM by Enlong

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#365333 edvedd Wed, 8th May '13 8:52:50 PM from Over there. Maybe?

The formatting is indeed shot to hell. I can't edit anything, and none of the smiley icons seem to work.

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#365334 storyyeller Wed, 8th May '13 8:52:59 PM from Appleloosa

Oh, sure, the scene with the shooting stars can be interpreted in that way if you're alredy partial to the theory and want it to be hint, but it's not like it was outright stated. Even the Tumblr poss only go so far as going "nudge nudge" and letting fans' minds run wild.

That 'hint' is as blatant as they could get without explicitly stating it in-show.

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#365335 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 8:53:45 PM from The Underground Facility

It's just a freaking shooting star.

But everyone else seems to have latched onto it being significant right away, so maybe I'm just the weird one who doesn't think it means that (or means anything)

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#365336 Japanese Teeth Wed, 8th May '13 8:54:33 PM from Meinong's jungle

Basically, it's not confirmed, but basically about as strongly hinted by Word Of God as they could get away with. So functionally canon unless something contradicts it.

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#365337 storyyeller Wed, 8th May '13 8:55:09 PM from Appleloosa

It's not just a shooting star. The fact that there are two of them and they appear right after they say something about the whole family being there makes it pretty clear that it's not coincidence. And then they appear again at the end of the episode.

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#365338 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 8:56:21 PM from The Underground Facility

I'll agree that that's one valid way to interpret it.

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#365339 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 8:57:02 PM from A parallel universe

watching enough Disney movies gives you the ability to pick up on symbolism like this.

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#365340 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 8:58:50 PM from A parallel universe

so what do you guys think killed Applejack's parents? i'm going with "they died defending toddler Applejack from a timberwolf attack."

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#365341 Kyler Thatch Wed, 8th May '13 8:58:59 PM

I didn't get the symbolism until it was pointed out.

But I do believe that's what they were shooting for.

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#365342 Red Savant Wed, 8th May '13 9:00:18 PM from Japan

@Enlong: Law of Conservation of Detail. We've never seen shooting stars in episodes before (at least, not that weren't the focus, like that scene in 'Owl's Well'), the stars were paired, and they showed up during a soulful glance out the window after a mention of a family reunion.

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#365343 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 9:01:40 PM from The Underground Facility

I wonder if it would be more or less depressing to think that they abandoned hem rather than being dead.

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#365344 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 9:02:43 PM from A parallel universe

... i'm sure it's more depressing to think that Applejack was abandoned.

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#365345 Irish Zombie Wed, 8th May '13 9:03:27 PM from Texas

They died when a couple of meteorites fell from the sky and clonked them on the head. And now whenever Applejack sees a shooting star, she's reminded of her parents.

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#365346 edvedd Wed, 8th May '13 9:04:01 PM from Over there. Maybe?

@Enlong: I won't begrudge you for thinking it's not important, but my personal feeling is that it's not just coincidental.

Like story says, the timing of the stars and the dialogue is really dead on, and there was way too much emphasis for those stars to just be a random background detail. If one kinda streaked by quickly while the scene was happening, I would have thought nothing of it (Happens often enough), but the fact that they stop for a second just to let Applejack watch TWO of them go by at that exact moment feels too significant.

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#365347 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 9:04:58 PM from The Underground Facility

Actually, since Apple Bloom is the youngest, it would have to have been shortly after she was born.

...Hm... Okay, yeah, them being dead is the more comforting possibility.

Unless it's one of those "left, but for a damn good reason" things, like with Hohenheim.

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#365348 crimsonstorm 15 Wed, 8th May '13 9:06:07 PM from A parallel universe

@Irish: ... it's official. until proven otherwise, the timberwolf thing is my headcanon. though Applejack might have been a bit older than i had initally planned. Applebloom had to come from somewhere.

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#365349 Enlong Wed, 8th May '13 9:08:21 PM from The Underground Facility

Maybe they'll come to the reunion this year.
*twinkle*
Sigh... Ah told myself I'd stop waitin' on them. They'd've come 'round years ago if they were ever gonna.

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#365350 darkabomination Wed, 8th May '13 9:15:22 PM from deep within the Time Vortex

Well, how old would you say Applebloom is? In human years I'd guess eleven-13.

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