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Next in the Dawnverse headcanon, the SugarMac family!

No major changes here: just more freckles for the foals who have them. Most of the changes are with the story of the family (it gets long, fair warning). Below is some information on the SugarMac family:

Big Mac:
As the only stallion in his Apple family and the oldest of his siblings, Big Mac always felt he had certain obligations he could only fulfill. As Granny Smith started showing her elder age, Big Mac felt especially responsible for the family farm, even with his sisters by his side. The only relief Big Mac felt from the work on the farm was through his marefriend, SugarBelle. Every few days, after a diligent day of hard farm work, Big Mac escaped to Ponyville and visited SugarBelle for some sweet rest, even if sometimes that sweet rest ended in a heated argument with the stallion storming back home. At first, Granny Smith merely watched her grandson and his relationship; however, the matriarch of the Apple family felt that she needed to talk to her grandson. Granny Smith warned Big Mac that he needed to stay a proper and responsible stallion with SugarMac. Big Mac followed his grandmother's warning, at least partially. A few weeks after a particularly special night, SugarBelle went to Big Mac announcing her pregnancy with his foal. From this, Granny Smith forced Big Mac to marry SugarBelle, claiming this was the responsible and traditional route. At first, the moments of having a new wife and child brought joy to Big Mac; however, the issues that seemed minor before suddenly became inescapable. There were tender moments for the new family, and there were tense moments of fights and words flying around. Big Mac quickly felt trapped even more than he did before his marriage: unlike before where he could escape the hardships of life, his escape became his hardships. The supposed disappearance of SugarBelle to tend to her ailing father, and her lack of return for months, plus the death of Granny Smith, only exacerbated the frustration of Big Mac. SugarBelle's supposed abandonment of the Apple family drove Big Mac to seek relief and love from elsewhere, into the hooves of a dear friend, Cheeriliee. When SugarBelle returned to Sweet Apple Acres one day out of the blue, Big Mac ended his secret affair with Cheerilee; however, even though SugarBelle never found out about the affair, the stallion carried guilt heavy on his shoulders. Guilt from dishonoring the late Granny Smith's traditional values, plus from cheating on his wife after thinking she would ever abandon him and their son, grew heavier with each passing day, and from this Big Mac decided to push his feelings and emotion aside, instead continuing his obligations to the family, which included providing an heir to his ownership of the family farm. Big Mac gave the Apple family more foals, each one not having the apple talent he needed for his own heir to Sweet Apple Acres. Big Mac places most of his hopes and secret anxiety in his youngest foal, hoping her talent will finally bring solace to the stallion.

As a father, Big Mac acts more as a sire than a genuine father. Big Mac works hard to provide for his family; however, years of conflicted feelings and guilt caused the large stallion to grew more stoic with the years. Big Mac loves his children dearly, but sometimes he forgets to both feel and show emotion towards his family. With each foal born, Big Mac felt warm at first, but grew more distant as they grew up. No one seems to be able to get to the core of this apple anymore.

Fun Facts:
— Big Mac eventually serves as a co-owner of Sweet Apple Acres alongside his sisters Applejack and Appleblooom after the death of Granny Smith.
— Just like his Apple siblings, Big Mac is a quarter Clydesdale, so exhibit taller and sturdier bodies and furrier fetlocks.
— Big Mac is a stallion of few words even around his wife and children.
— Although he ended the affair years prior, Big Mac secretly still feels more emotionally involved with Cheerilee over his wife SugarBelle.


SugarBelle:
After the fall of Starlight's rule in her village and the start of a romantic fling with Big Mac, SugarBelle eventually made her way to Ponyville to hopefully stay closer to her coltfriend. SugarBelle's relationship with Big Mac had both ups and downs: the two ponies genuinely loved each other, however their passion was both loving and harsh, often ending nights in frustration from a lack of communication. The issues between Big Mac and SugarBelle continued into their marriage shortly after SugarBelle confronted Big Mac with her pregnancy. The birth of Swamp Apple served as a temporary mask of pure happiness for the couple: SugarBelle still loved her husband and of course her child, however, the mare felt trapped on the farm. The couple raised their son on the apple farm until one day when SugarBelle received a letter in the mail stating her family's insistence for the mare to return to the family estate for her father's final moments. SugarBelle left Sweet Apple Acres for the Belle Estate, claiming she would return in a few weeks. Weeks turned into months as, after the surprising yo-yo of her father's health, the Belle family discovered her life on Sweet Apple Acres, her hick husband and bastard child, and aimed to destroy the marriage. The Belle family intercepted SugarBelle's letters to Big Mac, making the stallion fear his wife abandoned him and their son. After months of silence from her farm family, SugarBelle learned of her family's deception and left for Sweet Apple Acres without a second word. SugarBelle returned to the family farm unaware of what happened behind closed doors with her husband, instead fully believing that Big Mac waited by the window for his wife to return like their son. After a tearful reunion, the couple returned to their normal lives, welcoming foal after foal after foal.

As a mother, SugarBelle is a gentle and motherly soul. SugarBelle always wanted a large family since she herself grew up in a large family, and so grew more excited with each foal she delivered. SugarBelle is not exactly naive about her family: although SugarBelle never learned of her husband's affair, the mare sometimes felt suspicious as to her husband's insistence in both working and producing as many heirs as possible. SugarBelle knows of her husband's obligations to produce an apple heir to his place on the farm; however, she does not appreciate Big Mac's lack of attention and emotion towards the "non-successful" children. To compensate for her husband's emotional abandonment, SugarBelle treats her children equally special, often serving as two parents in one.

Fun Facts:
— SugarBelle is the shortest adult in her Apple family.
— SugarBelle is part of the esteemed and wealthy Belle Family, an Equestrian elite family with recorded roots going back generations. However, SugarBelle basically renounced her familial relations after they trapped her in the family estate in an attempt to separate her from Big Mac and Swamp.
— SugarBelle still makes bakery food, owning a small stand on the apple farm where she sells cupcakes, tarts, pies, and etc.
— Despite what she tells herself, SugarBelle no longer feels romantically close to her husband: the mare puts up a facade for her family and towards Big Mac while involved in the night.

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Posted previously at: 2018-09-05T07:13:40 | Posted previously by: Mildgyth