Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-176.11.247.254-20120331155050/@comment-71.68.238.167-20120407023448

Given how emotionally fragile she is, I assume she was orphaned. I know for a fact that Lauren Faust wanted Applejack to be (which is why we only see her grandmother and brother), but she never even put it into the show's bible because she was afraid Hasbro would think it too depressing. Frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing an episode where Fluttershy and AJ bond over having lost their parents when they were young. They don't seem all that close (not compared to Fluttershy's relationships to Rarity and Dashie, anyway), and if kids can handle Bambi and The Lion King, they could handle that.