In my (AU) headcanon, Scootaloo is the Adopted younger sister of Rainbow dash.

@Turnways_Flip  
That was directly addressed in the show as newborn unicorns having powerful unstable magic which they presumably lose when they get older. Not really the same situation.

But I thought that according to current merchandise, Scootaloo was Cheerilee’s sister…

@BigMax  
…actually, Scootaloo looks more like Applejack than Fluttershy…

@BigMax  

Ah, come on, we haven’t seen the parents of many other ponies.  
Apple Bloom’s, for example.  
_{Wait. She is an orphan. Bad example…}
 
I can live with the idea of Scootaloo being an orphan, but not being disabled. That would be heartbreaking, because she really wants to fly.
 
Anyway, we all know that her mother is Fluttershy.  
_{Har har har}

I don’t know, they kind of HAVE been going with a “Scootaloo is disabled” idea, adding that might be too much.

Ideally I think she should live with her Earth Pony aunt and uncle. That means she’s not so miserable off that if Rainbow Dash doesn’t adopt her we’ll feel sad, but it would also show that she needs Rainbow Dash in her life as a big sister figure because she has no-one to teach her about being a Pegasus.
 
So far Scootaloo does not come across as a character who is completely neglected, but she has a need for an older sister figure who shares her interests and understands her as a pegasus, and that’s a need that her caregivers– whoever they are– can’t fill.

@CallMeAl  
The mane 6 (at least for Twilight and Rarity certainly) have living parents, and seem to be quite relevant in their lives in some way, but the parents are never brought up in converation, unless they’re shown outright to the audience.

Alright, take Faust out of the equation, I still like the idea. Much like a quote doesn’t lose power when miss-attributed, a good idea is still a good idea.
 
My fundamental point is, I like the idea. Happy now?

@Krek  
I feel like if Scootaloo’s parents were relevant in her life, she’d at least mention them, even negatively.

@Zincy  
No, it’s really not irrelevant at all if you’re saying they should stick to her idea and it wasn’t her idea.

@Bedlam11  
It’s also been established that unicorns are able to rip apart iron locks at ages much younger than the age at which Twilight Sparkle had difficulty turning a page.

She pretty clearly is disabled. It’s been established that fillies much younger than Scootaloo are normally able to fly. She is way behind on her physical development. They don’t need to explicitly call attention to it for it to be canon.

Oh bugger off Turnways, if it came from her or not is irrelevant, it’s the idea I like.

@Krek  
Thank you. This is why I am getting so tired of people in general. Because there are so many people who think darkness automatically equals depth. Those people think that it would be deep for EVERY character in the show to be a disabled orphan.
 
Here’s an idea. If the show isn’t deep enough for you, watch it high.

@CallMeAl  
I don’t know. Maybe Scootaloo could be a rebel BECAUSE her parents (if she has any) smoother her and such. Toph from the Avatar series had parents that smothered her and were overprotective of her well-being (since she was blind), and she too was a rebel.

They typically just want to act high and mighty, they care very little for what ever subject they are trying to protect. They just want to raise themselves above the stinking masses, like the most devote zealot, thinking only of themselves. The disfranchised are just a means to an end for them.
 
But that is neither here nor there.

@Zincy  
That. Was not. Faust’s idea. This fandom is just retarded and fell for the most transparent hoax of all time.

@Zincy
 
I guess there’s a reason they are “WHITE” knights, at least in the case of things like this being “white” in the Reactionary sense.

If she ever gets parents, they’d need to be very distant from her, sort of a room-and-board living arrangement where she’s still otherwise looking after herself. If her parents came in and suddenly started smothering her, it would be inconsistent with what’s already been established.

I know, because the white-knights who honestly think they are helping are actually sliding back the hands of progress with each time they open their gaping maws….
 
“You’re different, I have to protect you by hiding the fact that you are different as if it was an illness TRULY I AM A GOOD PERSON!”

I am not much of a fan of having Scootaloo being an orphan or disabled.  
Why can’t Scootaloo ever have it that she’s happy without the fear of being an orphan or disabled? It just seems it would be sad just for sadness’ sake and nothing more.

I’d support a Scootaorphan episode as well
 
@Zincy
 
I’m pretty sure throughout the series so far they have been sticking to Lauran Faust’s plans for Scootaloo being physically disabled. She has not once shown any ability to fly, even when newborn foals have shown a capability to do so. And even when she does use her wings on the odd occasion they don’t have any more lift than what an injured or clipped bird would have.
 
So, though it hasn’t been outright stated she is hadicapped, it’s been applied fairly consistently throughout the show even after Faust left. Though, I would like to see an episode that addresses this outright as much as I would like an episode that confirms her for being an orphan or under the guardianship of some other family, even if it’s a sort of foster care program.

It could do it, but I don’t see where are the obvious proof of him being an orphan. There is a lot of other ponies who never had canon parent either and applebloom already loose her parents with applejack so maybe it could be nice for scootaloo to a loving hidden family as a compensation for her flying problem.