Rosie Quartz ('Granny Pie')

this is my version of pinkie pie's grandmother, granny pie. I named her rosie quartz because she is cloudy quartz's mother. I figured that since the MLP universe seems to be female dominated, the family name is passed down through the females instead of the males as it is in our world. cloudy's father is named mudstone, but I'm not going to draw him.

rosie quartz was actually named "rose quartz," but she insisted on going by "rosie." she had inherited the pink gene from her own grandmother, and the gene itself also seems to contribute to a fun loving personality. growing up in a religious household, rosie got her cutie mark after she discovered she enjoyed making jewelry out of gems and rocks she found on the rock farm she grew up on. she was very happy, carefree, and excited about the small things, which was not proper behavior in their community. because of this, she was often accused of being a harlot. her parents set up an arranged marriage with a stallion that was part of another well known religious family, and his name was mudstone. they hoped that he could help ground rosie a bit and calm her down, but it didn't really work. rosie's nickname for mudstone was "muddy," which he hated. she always tried to get him to have a little fun, saying he was so grumpy and never smiled, and mudstone tried his best to make her behave. they ended up having three kids, two daughters, cloudy quartz and amethyst, and a son named garnet. rosie would call amethyst ammy and garnet garnie, which they both hated.

eventually, mudstone became fed up with rosie's wild behavior and filed for divorce through the church. because her nature was so frowned upon in their society, the church granted majority custody of their children to mudstone, allowing rosie to see her kids on the weekends only. so the three foals grew up on their father's rock farm, learning to behave what was considered proper in their community. they did not entirely enjoy visits with their mother because she was all about having fun, and her kids had learned to be more reserved. cloudy looked up to her father the most, so she disliked her mother's antics more than her siblings.

mudstone died a few years after his kids got married and moved to their own rock farms. he had had a stress induced aneurism, and rosie knows it was because he never loosened up. rosie would visit her children and their families every so often, and she ended up seeing cloudy when she was pregnant with minkie pie. the next time she saw cloudy, it was many years later, and inkie pie was the only baby. when inquiring about the first pregnancy, cloudy lied and said she miscarried and didn't want to ever talk about it again, and to never bring it up, especially to her new child once she got older.

rosie's next visit came after blinkie and pinkie were born, pinkie being an infant. rosie was ecstatic to see the filly was born pink, and knew that great things would come from her. after pinkie was born, rosie quartz would visit more often and taught her three granddaughters many things to help reduce stress, anger, fear, and overall boredom. inkie and blinkie were a little unsure if they were allowed to feel the happiness rosie was teaching, but pinkie was intrigued. however, the behavior was always discouraged by their parents, so pinkie remained decently unhappy on the farm, that is, until she got her cutie mark and threw her first party. then the rest of her family loosened up a little, not nearly as much as pinkie herself, but smiling was now not so rare.

pinkie pie left for ponyville before rosie could visit again, and her next visit wouldn't be until inkie got her cutie mark some time later. I've decided that I will write inkie and blinkie's cutie mark stories instead of holding a contest. I have the ideas in my head. rosie quartz will make an appearance in blinkie's story.

her cutie mark was heavily inspired by the simplicity of rarity's cutie mark. this granny pie is canon to muffins, so if the real granny pie ever shows up in the show, that'll just be another universe difference. ALSO, this is where minkie pie got her green eyes. they were inherited from rosie.

~:::UPDATE:::~

okay uh.... apparently there's a very... odd coincidence happening here. I just want to let people know I have NEVER seen the show steven universe. I've never even seen screenshots from it. I have NO idea what it's about, what the artwork looks like, or even what channel it's on. I don't know the characters, what their names are, what they look like, I know absolutely NOTHING about the show. this character is NOT a reference to the show. how could she be? I have never seen it! any similarities is 100% coincidental, and I don't want to hear anything more about it. I'm sorry if I gave people the wrong impression, but I can't be a fan of something I've never EVER seen. thank you.