Is this going to be like the final episode of “David the Gnome?”

@Background Pony #65FC  
Some folks just headcanon that the power of love or some magic shit with the original seeds made it so instead of turning into another dangerous swamp fever tree, they turned into harmless apple/pear trees united by love.
 
Earth pony magic or some shit.

i think you are forgetting the part of the disease where “the afflicted turn in to the vary trees that drop the disease spreading flower” those dont look at all like the aforementioned trees

I still hadn’t watched that episode about AJ’s parents, I just didn’t want to ruin my headcanon.  
But this… This artconvinced me to finally watch it. Thank you mkogwheel.

@Phantom Rider  
I prefer them being ripped limb from limb by some monster, but I’m messed up.

Here’s my theory.
 
They didn’t turn into the swamp fever tree.
 
Here’s how I see it. They somehow caught it and went to see if the doctor could cure them, upon realizing that there was no cure they either told their kids that they were dying due to the disease and told AJ and Big Mac to take care of Applebloom and told them about the intertwined tree or they just went off and died in the swamp that the trees grow in or a place far away where they won’t be able to infect their kids

If you think it’s cold, well, considering that they’re dead either way, this way is sweet and would you rather they got some other much more painful disease? Or were ripped screaming limb from limb by some monsters?

@Alkie  
You know what else makes sense on paper, but not in practice? Communism.

IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE!
 
This isn’t insane…
 
it’s brilliant

@Filthy Pone
 
That got a loud laugh from me.
 
~STL

@M.Kogwheel
 
Bullshit it hard enough and you can make it work.
 
~STL

It all makes sense now

Jesus! This is so dark!

Damn.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE hell to the fucking hell nope.

Yep

What a cruel fate

Now I realise this is a very weak headcanon; even if swamp tree and apple/pear tree got mixed together, every traits of swamp tree vanishing(i.e. vines, flowers) would be impossible, even with Earth pony magic sprinkled into it. And if earth pony magic was strong enough to suppress swamp tree’s growth, they wouldn’t have caught the swamp fever and turned into a tree in the first place
 
I guess I should be glad this headcanon is weak since turning into tree would’ve been too cruel for AJ’s parents’ fates

The mental gymnastics you have to go through to justify this is ridiculous. It’s a good idea, but debunked twice over in-show.

This is horrifying.

It reminds me of the ending of The world of David the gnome

Really interesting…  
I’m really serious this theory.  
that might be true or not. lets find out.

@TheTwitchinator  

 
We may be acting a bit hyperbolic for added comedic effect.