Chapter 2: Class Confusion | Apple's Birthday Bake-Off

When Raven Queen™ decides to sign up for Princessology, Apple White™ decides to flip the script and sign up for Home Evilnomics to spite her roomie. Though, she may get more than she bargained for...

One of the few times these girls actually go to class. And where Apple is likeable. Double feature!



Raven says she's going to sign up for Princessology. "I am a princess! Technically,"

Technically!

Apple quickly says that she CAN'T because it's not 'right', and Apple signs up for Home Evilnomics!

These are some pretty cool designs. It's a clever way of making the styles modern and youthful and not venturing into racist caricature territory. The orc-boy is my favorite.

Baba Yaga tells them to go into the forest and find an animal - Apple interjects and says how easy that will be -

"And turn it evil!"

A flash forward, and the other students have done this. Did they give the animals rabies?

Apple just has a little bunny eating a carrot. Yaga tells her to try again....

"Bow before my meanness!" 

Not quite.

Baba Yaga says that she has one last attempt...or else she fails!  Apple White can't fail!

So she goes out into the forest, depressed, and finds a large, grumpy looking ram...

During her presentation, she (rather unconvincingly) hides behind a curtain, under the guise of "Creating a really evil spell!" To transform the rabbit.

I don't think Yaga is convinced but she's had enough for the day.

"You pass. With a D. Minus - minus!"
"Yay!" 

(Honestly that line is delivery so hilarious, you should watch the episode yourself!)

Sadly, this is probably the most likeable Apple will ever be in the franchise. She's really cute when she just aims to be a good student no matter what and not actively ruin someone's life under the guise of goodness.

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Apple's Birthday Bake-Off

Apple White™ is upset when Raven Queen™ wants to bake her a birthday cake that is NOT poisoned, so Briar Beauty™ steps up to make sure her BFFA has the best birthday ever after.

tldr: Briar is a better friend to Apple than Apple ever is to her in this entire series. What a shocker.

It's Apple's Birthday, and everyone is celebrating with a birthday bake-off!

In the books, many of the higher-tier stories have holidays that are celebrated at the school. There's like Sleeping Beauty Festival, where everyone...sleeps all day and probably party at night. Then there's Cinderella's Spring Cleaning Festival when the castle gets cleaned from top to bottom.

Neither of those sound like a barrel of laughs to me, Apple's is actually the most reasonable.

Raven is excited to bake something for her roommate, and Apple is excited too...she hopes, still, that Raven will poison her, and is disappointed when the girl has no such plans, instead simply making a cake with "a little bit of love."

I forgot that there's a good deal of people who ship Raven and Apple romantically. I'm not going to go out there and stop them because eh they're children, but shipping a girl who wants freedom with the girl who wants to take it from her .... have fun, I'll be over here.

Apple laments that she doesn't get to be deathly ill on her birthday, and Briar wishes there was something she could do. Ashlynn points out that she can't make Raven poison her. I like how Ashlynn is sensible about this thing; If her friend wants to be poisoned, sure, but don't force other people into it.

So it's up to Briar to poison her best friend. What a statement.

During the, I dunno, competition? It doesn't seem very competitive - Apple looks at a cake Daring commissioned from someone made, and Raven's sparkly cake...

Blondie jumps in and takes a bite, being "The official tester" and all.

At least she was impressed with Raven's baking? 

 But Apple is just thrilled because she thought Raven tried to poison her. At least she's happy?

When Briar tries to take credit, she backtracks, takes a bit of cake, and turns into a super cute tortoise;

Before trying to walk away.

So...if Briar could poison a cake, anyone could, and who says that absolutely anyone couldn't take Raven's spot in the Snow White tale? What if Apple knocked back a vial of poison and fell asleep and just waited for a kiss, would it work then?