Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-98.246.160.140-20131109080851/@comment-27226023-20150718000948

Alright view this from a psychology standpoint. Here's my two cents.

Apple white is coddles. Like, a lot. You have to understand she is someone who was raised to believe things are going to be handed her forever after but only if she follows her destiny. You see Apple is bit of a perfectionist and anything that throws that out of balance (Raven) causes her to try every means necessary to fix it. This doesn't make Apple selfish. It makes her human. Most humans like it when things are in their control and when something threatens that control we try to take it back.

Another improtant aspect of Apple's story is her falling down the well in that first book as a six year old. It terrified her, it gave her an idea that if she wasn't in control of her destiny terrible things would happen to her.

"She realized that the real world was much, much scarier than any fairytale. Only in her story would she be safe."

That line right there was what helped significantly change my on Apple entirely (some other things too). Apple was raised with the idea from the moment she was born that in order for her to ever be happy in life she must follow her destiny.

Does that make Apple selfish? Yeah it does. But not to the degree where she's TYRING to be selfish. She herself just doesn't know any other world. It's more naivity than anything but that is why I adore Apple White so much.