Here’s another lesson: if you want to tell someone a series of horrible truths best to put a few hours in between each confession, unless you want to break something

Three seasons later…
 
Grand Pear: It’s nice to finally meet my grandchildren.

I kind of expected Twilight to reply “…Santa Hooves isn’t real?” at the end there.
 
But I guess that joke would’ve been too obvious.

Okay, but the Easter Bunny is still real, right?

@TheeLinker  
Would’ve been funnier if you had made her name Naomi instead.

@SFaccountant  
That’s correct, but I didn’t realize Ryder was solely a boy’s name. I honestly did think it could be feminine… because of the actress, I assume. Alas.

@Homfrog  
I believe that’s a play on Winona Ryder. She’s an actress or something.

Ryder is a boy’s name…

I know people disagree, but I don’t think there is such a thing as being too honest. Sure it’s sad knowing the truth, but there are more than enough happy things out there to counter it. The truth hurts far less when it’s fresh, and not years later when it’s had time to fester with all the lies covering it. Secrets always seem to find a way to get out in the end anyway, so the sooner the better.

@Bhazor  
I think that might be off the mark, considering that if anything, Granny Smith’s health’s improved since the first season.

Honesty is the best policy.  
FULL honesty. ALL THE GODDAMN TIME.
 
Now go to your children and describe to them the miseries of life!

Well that got dark and darker fast.

Life’s gonna suck when you grow up  
When you grow up, when you grow up  
Life’s gonna suck when you grow up  
It sucks pretty bad right now
 
Hey, if you know the words, sing along
 
You’re gonna have to mow the lawn  
Do the dishes, make your bed  
You’re gonna have to go to school  
Until you’re seventeen
 
It’s gonna seem about three times as long as that
 
You might have to go to war  
Shoot a gun, kill a nun  
You might have to go to war  
When you get outta school
 
Hey, cheer up kids, it gets a lot worse
 
You’re gonna have to deal with stress  
Deal with stress, deal with stress  
You’re gonna be a giant mess  
When you get back from the war
 
Santa Clause does not exist  
And there is no Easter Bunny  
You’ll find out when you grow up  
That Big Bird isn’t funny  
(Funny, funny, ya, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)
 
Life’s gonna suck when you grow up  
When you grow up, when you grow up  
Life’s gonna suck when you grow up  
It sucks pretty bad right now
 
You’re gonna wind up smoking crack  
On your back, face the fact  
You’re gonna wind up hooked on smack  
And then you’re gonna die

Protip: Being honest doesn’t mean saying everything all the time. Also, put some tact into it.

…dark. XD

My sides have asploded…

@Background Pony Number 17  
Not for Applejack…

@gittonsxv  
Aren’t those what the “key” episodes are about this season?

“About a week tops”

@gittonsxv  
Especially magic. Twilight has a habit of screwing things up with it, more often then the other main six with their own elements.

@gittonsxv  
Too kind….yea I think Fluttershy just got slapped by that notion not to long ago. And I think Rarity will dial back the generosity a bit after the Manehatten incident,less she want it to get her emotionally buttyay again

->Ryder, Winona’s mom
 
I see what you did there.

Brutal honesty, aka Applejack: Hardcore mode.

this brings up a good point,  
sometimes being honest is not the best answer,  
neither is being 100% loyal to something,  
or being kind to everything no matter what,  
and being generous to everything will lead to having nothing,  
sometimes laughter will not solve or help,  
and magic?…ye magic can fuck up.
 
we should have episodes about the mane 6 learning that shit.

5-star parenting right there.