Talk:Applejack/@comment-14838304-20130911120153/@comment-14838304-20130912070747

@OctaviaMedley1995

I dont think it would have been a derail for Applejack. It's more that there was a missed opportunity to develop the relationship and show that AJ *grows into* a role model and we could have had some nice bonding moments. This rushed relationship also applies to her relationship with Big Mac and Granny Smith. Out of nowhere, AJ becomes too close to the family even though they (altogether) did barely anything in S1 (in fact, Granny Smith only spoke once in S1). And the problem is not only did we miss out on scenes and episodes that could have shown the relationship growth, but her family has become so important to her character and it's hard to care when it's a rushed boring family. Every AJ related episode after S1 has been tied to her family and boy do they hurt her character.

Just watch S1 and you'll see there's a big shift in character. AJ is fun, adventurous, young, sometimes immature, more aggressive, and admirable. S2 onwards, AJ's become boring. Too nice, perfect relationship with the family, does anything barely fun, tied down to her family, barely on any adventures, and so on.

I hope S4 brings back the fun AJ from S1 or fixes the problems since S2. And i dont think Morrow is a 'fun' writer.

I dont get why you think they take their time in developing AJ. She had some major time skip from S1 to S2 (relationship, personality, etc) and as a result the writers are stuck writing a character who's superfically too developed and mature now.