Talk:Simple Ways/@comment-3410511-20150224155242/@comment-10390252-20150820113545

It goes back further than that.

Applejewel's first appearance is in AJ's flashback in Cutie Mark Chronicles. The simple fact is that Applejack knows what it's like to be a pony playing the role of the sophisticated aristocrat. She knows all the little self-deceits Rarity has in her life because, at one time, she was playing them on herself too.