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Whew! It's been quite a while since I did a headcanon drawing of MLP characters, so I think it's high time I start it up again. This time, we'll jump back into the headcanoning through one of Pinkie Pie's relatives... her grandmother, to be precise!

Throughout the show, Pinkie references both her "Granny Pie" and her "Nana Pie", both of which I'm assuming are her grandmothers. I've already headcanoned her "Granny Pie", which I've given the role to the G1 incarnation of Pinkie, Surprise. As such, I think it only makes sense that her g3 incarnation (also named Pinkie Pie) should take the spot of Nana Pie! I played around with her design a bit to make her look similar to Pinkie but not so much so that she could be mistaken as her despite the familiar color palette. I'll list off the differences later, but for now, here is my headcanon on the character: G3 Pinkie Pie is renamed to be Rosa Pie because, if I'm not mistaken, "rosa" roughly means "pink" in spanish (correct me if I'm wrong), so she's still "pinkie pie" but only a different variety of the name.  Anyway, onto the real headcanon:

Rosa Pie is the mother of Cloudy Quartz (Pinkie's mother) and known to her grandchildren simply as "Grandma Rosa" or "Nana Pie". She was a native of Equedor before ultimately moving to Equestria when she was around the age of 25, and has lived in the country ever since then. As such, her first language is Spanish while her secondary language is Equish (basically english but named differently), although she's able to speak and understand an additional 3 languages (Gryph, Neighponese, and Torr'an). She's the origin of Pinkie's ability to speak spanish, among other languages.

Despite there seeming similarities (balloons for a cutie mark, their surname being "Pie"), Surprise and Rosa are in no way related. That said, it's a funny coincidence that they both ended up being Pinkie's grandmothers because they were best friends and were very close before Surprise ultimately passed away. Rosa remains alive and well. She is a mare of many talents; in her lifetime, she was a master chef, an educator, a freelance artist, and a translator-for-hire, among other many odd jobs and talents. She is wise, gentle, and calm,  a good balance to Surprise' energetic and boisterous attitude. Whereas Surprise was the grandmother that brings gift after gift to her grandchildren and is more than willing to roll around with them in the dirt, Rosa is the grandmother that will tell fantastic fables and cook the best home-cooked meals her family has ever tasted. Among the Pie family, her strawberry-frosted Gingerbread cookies are legendary.

She currently resides in the peaceful countryside on the outskirts of Manehatten, where she owns a tiny but successful bakery alongside her doting spouse, of which you can see here!

As for the differences, HERE is the image in question, and below is a brief description pointing them out if you can't see them:

-Rosa has a more square and broad muzzle than Surprise and Pinkie
-Of the three she has the thickest eyebrows
-Her hair isn't as curly as Pinkie's or Surprise's
-Of the three she has the most sleek fur; not a hair is out of place
-The most curved jaw and largest face, but possesses the smaller eyes
-Her eyes are more narrow than the other two
-She has the largest ears and is the tallest of the three

I hope I made the differences obvious or at least noticeable. >.> Buuuuut yeah. Feel free to ask questions and thanks so much for taking a look! ^.^
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NO-SoupForYou's avatar

One Heart badge here for her and another for the linked Stash file on Miracle (which doesn't have a badge-giving option.).

Both of those characters are exceptionally interesting. I think using your headcanon, Pinkie's family is the most thoroughly explored out of the Mane Six.