DeviantArt (May 16, 2026 at 3:42:58 PM UTC)

Granny Smith and Apple Core
im like way too spacey jumping between characters to have anything concretely tied down idea-wise rn,,,,, and frankly these are very superfluous characters to be dewlling on haha. but i kinda fell in love with this idea that Granny Smith married into the Apple family :^) she doesn't have an Apple cutie mark is kinda the main thing haha..... i have a vague idea of tying in her apple scarf/neckerchief into it as well when she takes on the role of matriarch for the farm..... so it's her late husband that's the Apple. l landed on Apple Core out of convenience both in being in a scene with Granny when she's younger (also conveniently with baby Bright Mac) and also he has a very convenient color palette for my uses haha.

the gist is that Apple Core's the heir to the Apple farm, potentially rivalrous with both the Pears and Granny's family of the Seeds (or whatever.... Oaks..... Trees lol..........) he's arrogant and incredibly stubborn, bit of an oaf, but the Apples i'm thinking have the best "land." Granny in contrast, (who i'm most inclined to have be named Grainy Smith when she's younger and Granny is a name she adopted to using later) is quick-witted and business-savvy with a bit of a loud mouth on her that never truly goes away haha. i'm thinking either something disastrous happens to this farmland that everyone covets because Apple Core can't handle or manage the responsibility all that well (truly he excels in brawn more than brains). i also thought maybe the Pears are beating both of them at something and Granny and Apple Core have to reluctantly work together to combat their mutual rival. their relationship is full of bickering and disagreements until they eventually begin to recognize the strengths and weaknesses in one another, like i imagine Apple Core fixing Granny's family's farm/house, Granny helps Apple Core better manage and tend to his apple trees,,, etc. at some point i think Granny would propose a "union" of sorts between them, (all under the guise of business, but they love each other at this point) to merge their farms into one and they mutually get into the business of apples. :^) Apple Core doing the more laborious tasks and Granny running the business/management side of it.

i don't know how Apple Core dies, but i like to think it plays a role in why Granny becomes so consumed with bitterness toward the Pears. not that they're directly tied into anything that happened to him, but thats where she projects her grief.

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