Talk:Applejack/@comment-33814016-20191014185726/@comment-25563752-20191018052812

AppleDash is vague, as their conversation seems to imply that they're living together. True, they could just be roomates like Vinyle and Octavia, but it's unlikely that they would become roomates based on their different lifestyles.

As for the image you provided, it's called a hug. Friends do that. Girls are also more comfotable showing affection this way than guys. Saying that the image here is an indication that they are anything more than friends is a truly desperate attempt to grasp at straws for even the slightest hope that a ship has some kind of merit. The wirters either made it clear that a couple was together (ie. Big Mac/Sugar Belle, Pinkie/Cheese Sandwich, Maud/Mudbriar, Lyra/Bon Bon) or left it vague enough for the fans to decide (ie. AJ/RD, Fluttershy/Discord, Stralight/Sunburst).

Another thing, AJ is not like Rarity and uses her charms to get things. That's dishonest, and we all know how honest she is. True, sometimes she's a little sneaky to push people in the direction of what she thinks is right, but she's not manipulative like that.

Truthfully, despite what shippers will try to claim, neither RD or AJ ever showed any romantic interest for anyone, whether they be male or female, so we don't even know which they prefer, or if they even go for both. But MLP covered at least 9 years, and the epilogue takes place about 20-30 years in the future. So even if AJ and RD never showed any romantic feelings for each other, it's possible that something happened over the decades time jump.