>>16591 Before going to bed, I always imagine that I'm holding her next to me. I always have good dreams. Not a single nightmare since I started doing it.

they all made you and apple pie

yeehaw

>>3301 How would you make her a less boring character?

>>18132 It is a great honor to receive apple pie from Applejacks. >>18433 I don't think she's a boring character. But, I wish they used her talents (lasso, building things, knowledge of plants and growing things, strength, etc.) more in the show.

>>18473 Yeah AJ is a fine character, she was just grossly underutilised in the show.

>>18473 >>18479 The show kind of fucks up everything interesting about Equestria. Applejack comes off as underutilized because earth ponies were robbed of their powers. I kind of like how she lives a normal life instead of doing insane shit all the time though. Imagine what Pinkie would be like without reality breaking powers: just baking treats and giving them out at normal parties.

The fandom always obsessed over AJ's parents, but who was Granny Smith's husband? Why isn't he ever shown or mentioned anywhere?

>>18513 >The show kind of fucks up everything interesting about Equestria. Oh god you don't need to tell me, some stuff I cared about got utterly ruined, but that would be getting way off topic. >Applejack comes off as underutilized because earth ponies were robbed of their powers. Yeah what was up with that, it's weird that they just left that alone. The closest we get is that they are really good at farming, even farming rocks somehow, but I don't remember it being mentioned that that was specifically earth pony magic. I never see Applejack's rodeo skills get brought up in fanfics and stuff, but maybe I'm just not reading the right ones. Seems like a waste not to do anything with it. >I kind of like how she lives a normal life instead of doing insane shit all the time though. Yeah I think bouncing around from crazy threat to wild event over and over would end up driving me insane and sick with worry over those I care about. A much more normal life like hers is ideal. >just baking treats and giving them out at normal parties. Honestly I prefer a Pinkie that's closer to that, maybe along with some of the weird stuff, instead of the lulsorandum 4th wall breaking stuff.

>>18479 This is basically true. >>18513 She doesn't need extraordinary powers herself. She only needs them when acting as The Element of Honesty in conjunction with her friends. >>18517 That's a good question. Did he die too? If so, what is the Apple family mortality rate and what effect would it have on their family. Just a simple premise could lead to a very interesting study of the characters. I never invested much in thinking about their family until I started writing ideas for a Superman crossover story. Then it was just a simple premise: "What if baby Superman saved AJ's parents and then grew up as her brother?" That was all it took and I ended up writing a whole bunch exploring her character, more than I've written for any other member of the mane six. It only takes a simple premise that might be interesting and suddenly you open up a whole bunch of possibilities to explore.