Talk:The Last Roundup/@comment-25559529-20150108043302

I've seen people trying to defend Applejack's lying by saying that the Mane 6 don't need to be 100% true to their elements. While this may be true (Dragonshy), their elements shouldn't be completely shunned for plot convenience. Without at least some of their defining traits, they're non-entities. Not to mention, it's the conclusion that Applejack came to that was the problem, not the lying itself. For the most character-driven episode of the show, it needs to work better on naturally exploiting the traits of a character without flanderizing or (in this case) completely forgetting who these charavters are.

Remember back in Party of One when Applejack lied? That was for a good reason. That was not completely out of character, and she knew what she was doing.