Talk:Applejack/@comment-4252284-20130206010930/@comment-5502573-20130206180843

@Leaf Shade Forgive me if my views sound awfully pessimistic. I have a odd dynamic to myself, I'm usually free spirited but when it comes to the future and sometimes, things I really care about, I can easily become doubtful and skeptical... and pessimistic.

With Applejack, they have the 'exciting' character traits in her... but they dont do anything exciting with it, let alone do something pseudo-unique.

Hell, even her family aspect isn't that great. The last time I really liked AJ and her family was in Bridle Gossip and Sisterhooves Social. Preferably Bridle Gossip because it showed conflict between AB and AJ, and while it was nice to see how nice they got along together in SS, I liked it more when they were fighting.... just like real sisters (I have two sisters) and I would've loved to see AB and AJ develop their sister relationship, just like in Lilo and Stitch (the two sisters werent on the same boat and had to work at it to become good sisters).

I know a a lot of people from the forums i go to (eh... pretty small but pretty expressive and wordy users, and the majority are in or above their early adult years) who rank AFR as the least favorite episode (SAYS is near the bottom too) of this season, and the AJ fans even agree. The consensus with AJ eps this season seems to be: very predictable, nothing really exciting, catchy song but overly simple lyrics, and (sadly) definitely not one of the better character episodes.

But I end with saying that i'm not pessimistic to hate on Applejack, i just think they can do more because she HAS the traits and it has nothing to do with "I want naysayers to see how great AJ is", it's more of myself wanting to see AJ doing memorable and exciting stuff.