Talk:Applejack/@comment-24.62.16.98-20120718182535/@comment-1872333-20120721051706

I think she doesn't get enough screen time in the show because in many ways she's the most mature of the mane 6, and therefore the conflicts that would be the most interesting for her might not be considered appropriate for the show's target audience. She's had to deal with the loss of her parents and is very committed to keeping her family together, and having to go through that from such a young age would be very difficult.

Unfortunately, Hasbro might think that dealing with issues like coping with loss and unfairly heaping responsibility or blame on one's self would be too heavy for young kids to understand, and that's a shame because that is a big problem for kids (really, think of how many kids blame themselves when they see their parents fight). There are also a lot of kids have lost family members at a young age, and Applejack is the best character in the show to teach kids about dealing with grief.