Talk:Hearthbreakers/@comment-10390252-20151024160909

Okay, that was actually very good. I think that they actually got the characterisations of Applejack and Pinkie Pie pretty much right (although the new twin-speak thing is a bit... freaky). It seemed plausible that Stubborn Horse would cause trouble by insisting that things are her way because, let's face it, that's essentially her characteristic personality flaw.

I really liked the Pie family. They all had their own little interesting quirks and oddities. Many a headcanon has died today but, so what? Limestone is so much like Applejack that you know neither of them are going to admit it - pushy, domineering, unforgiving (least of all with herself) and, ultimately with a huge responsibility complex that they and they alone can keep their respective family businesses going. I strongly suspect that BigMarble will shortly have lots of shipper fanfiction. Mac has been seen out with Cheerilee but nothing that couldn't be waved off as friendship. Does this make Big Mac/Marble Pie the canon MacShip?

Finally... Who would have guessed that Apple Bloom and Maud Pie would have bonded? The Cutie Mark doesn't lie; if there's anypony with the instinct to make family of anypony, it's Apple Bloom!

Moving away from the characterisation, we get some world-building: The first flag of Equestria (and I really want to know what the pre-alicorn flag looked like) was created by an earth pony named Nimble Fingers and that the raising of a symbol of unity remains a ritual of family and harmony to this day.

It's another above-average offering from the team. Once again, hardly epic or universe-shattering. However, it does an excellent job of giving us a canon version of the Pie family and teaches us a little about how the rock-farming earth ponies traditions and culture differs from their agricultural kin.

BenRG's Rating: 7.5/10