Talk:The End in Friend/@comment-25559529-20180709180309/@comment-25559529-20180728005518

The reason I say that is because the very first Rarity/Applejack outing annoyed the hell out of me to the point where five and a half years later, I still haven't rewatched it. As far as the opposites attract thing goes, they've never actually do that with these two, even though it actually could be more subtle or artful than Rarity/Applejack. As Rarity and Rainbow Dash are different, they have some pretty similar flaws and goals, while Rarity and Applejack's only similarity is work ethic.

It's also a pretty rare (lol) combo too, to the point where the first episode starring them wasn't even about them, just RD. I even came up with some rough fanfic ideas about the formation of friendship (I never wrote anything; it's all just ideas.).

And when I first learned when all these were breached that there was going to be this kind of episode with these two in season eight, I knew pretty much immediately that it was going to be the same trite "call it friendship just because" "differences make a friendship stronger" drivel as Discordant Harmony. At least Uncommon Bond had the decency to flat out say that nothing in common is needed.