Talk:Applejack/@comment-5502573-20121217031718/@comment-5502573-20121217033502

And if you ask me, I'm okay with changes to characters AS LONG as they're WELL DONE.

Any, I say again: "ANY story can be interesting and entertaining. It's just how well it's told."

Granted, I dont think a story about Applejack bucking apples on the same tree would necessarily be fun (better than seeing paint dry tho) but I'm being practical here.

You can have Applejack learn writing (which... implies she's illeterate... riiigghht), Twilight having to pass a physical test, Fluttershy entering military bootcamp, and other 'cliche' stories, and these things can be entertaining as long as they are well written.

If you watch a lot of Western cartoons since the 90s, you'll probably agree that the majority of the episodes of MLP, you've seen before. Bullying, time travel, racing competition, overcoming fear, and so on have been done for decades. What usually sets MLP apart from the other shows are the characters and the world. The writing staff isn't looking to reinvent storytelling, but instead, placing these characters in a familiar cartoon setting and seeing how they react in that story.

So basically, it's near unavoidable for the series to have cliched stories and whatnot. But it's the characters and their relationship to the story/world that lets the show get away with it.