@Whatevs  
are you ignoring the “nuh uh no she’s not and here’s why” comments?

@DoomPony  
Those kinds of consequences are just a natural part of the genre.
 
Her intentions are always altruistic, or at the very least her fans often make that claim without irony.

@sargesprinkles  
You see? That’s what I like about her. She’s not as quirky as the others, but she’s consistent and she has plenty of good traits.
 
And funnily enough, a lot of people who don’t care about her like Big Macintosh even though he has many of the same traits as she does, but is less relevant to the story. I wonder why that might be?

@sargesprinkles  
fair enough, but there are no down votes so it is hardly an attack imo.

@Itsthinking  
I like the implications that overworking your family and destroying your own house are actions of a perfect person.

i just find it odd and sad that someone states an opinion and it puts folks in an attack mode

@sargesprinkles  
I’m just talking, man. I’m fine.

@Itsthinking  
“apologetically-inspired”  
i don’t understand what that is supposed mean  
also, calm down. there is no need to be this worked up

@Itsthinking  
Idk about any of that.  
I just don’t find anything impressive about her character in a show like this.
 
The other characters are a lot more dynamic and have a lot more varied/interesting episodes, which is what makes the show work and propels the genre forward ultimately.  
So calling AJ best pony to me sounds like complimenting the construction worker who had the easiest job because he wasn’t as tired after building something.

@sargesprinkles  
Nope, just not a fan of apologetically-inspired one note characters who are essentially perfect.

@Itsthinking  
i’m sensing you are not a fan of the south  
i’m also sensing a very irrational level of commitment to this subject

@sargesprinkles  
“Realistic”
 
If you consider apologetic depictions of Southerners clearly written by someone who wanted to attract a certain audience to the character realistic, then sure.
 
In my opinion, AJ is the most stale character. You want a realistic character? Almost nobody is actually as one-note as AJ is.

@sargesprinkles  
except AJ isnt the back bone of the story, in any reasonable sense of the term

@Itsthinking  
you make it sound like a crime  
i like her because she is the most realistic and normal character plus she’s likable  
i like oddball off the wall characters too, but they eventually get stale  
i’ve always been a fan of the stable and reliable type. they are the backbone of the story

Price has got his shit down

@Heroine Addict  
All of those things are just positive Southern stereotypes and she has nowhere to go character wise.

Applejack is horribly underrated, in my opinion. She’s friendly, sensible, and manages to be badass without any special abilities like flight or magic, but I suspect her brother may have a bigger fan following than she does.

@sargesprinkles  
Why do people like AJ?  
“Because she is da noblest”
 
Why is she da noblest?  
Because the writers tread the same water with her over and over and over and over.
 
Lowest common denominator of writing in a show like this

@The Twelfth Doctor Whoof  

At the risk of being redundant since someone above me already wrote this…
 
Yes. Rarity.  
But AJ is a close second in my book.  
_{^{If counted as a separate character, Pinkamena beats them both. (why? because I like Pinkie when she stops being a genki girl)}}

@sargesprinkles  
At least Dash isn’t just a bunch of stereotypes.

@Background Pony  
really? you say that when there are Dash fans?

@DanielTepesKraus  
Those eyes hurt.

What I find so strange about liking AJ is that it’s always seems like a cop out.

 
Yes.