"It’s true that they cared little for canonicity in the BG ponies. But Written and Carrot were the exception. Just like Lyra being the one to jump excitedly in the background in like 3 different episodes, Carrot and Written have been in more together. They are VERY clearly shown to be a couple, and that one of them works outside of ponyville too. They’re always at the train station saying goodbye. This is not an accident that they would be this consistant. To pretend it is, is clearly ignoring the truth.

And then we see Dinky next to them. Now this is where it just feels implied. We’ve nothing to go on other than them standing near each other. But up until now they at least had that over Derpy who’s never been near Dinky.

But then we also see Derpy with Carrot a few times. The fandom paired them up very quickly, before we saw them together in Nightmare Night.

Using all that, my headcanon was that Derpy is friends with Carrot, and Carrot is the mother of Dinky. Because you know, there’s something to go off of. Derpy being Dinky’s mum? That had 0% evidence. That’s not even headcanon, that’s just fanon. And this picture up there? That was made specifically for us, to let it upgrade to headcanon.

Even with it being fanon, the Derpy and Dinky art I see here is absolutely lovely! If the show wants to make it canon, then I am okay with that. Just so long as they don’t ruin the Written+Carrot canon they already have."

-Minus

They already did it.