Lol, the whole thing is silly. 

I refuse to take part in something that can tear so many closely-knit people apart.
Especially over such a menial topic that will never have a true answer.  

Yup, you heard me, the MLP Forums doesn't actually constitute facts. Crazy thought!

To some extent the behavior on that thread warranted a middle finger being thrown their way. But then, I'm biased because I thought it was funny as hell.

Yay, now AJ gets a banner and such!

if AJ is getting a banner, then the old theme better be getting a banner too, its been flutterbat for quite some time now

Lol, the whole thing is silly. 

 

I refuse to take part in something that can tear so many closely-knit people apart.

Especially over such a menial topic that will never have a true answer.  

 

Yup, you heard me, the MLP Forums doesn't actually constitute facts. Crazy thought!

May be silly to you, but to some it wasn't so as long as it means something to someone, it should not be scoffed at. I can only hope to contain the silliness within the topic and not let it spread to the community where bystanders have to skim around blogs or statuses that they didn't care to see.

Thank you greatly for making this banner! It means a lot to the AJ fandom!

And here I thought I would be pissed at you forever but after this I don't think I can, I suppose I was kind of a dick too though. If I had to do it over again I would have done what Thrashy did or if someone already did it would have just supported it and moved on. I am pleased that the unofficial version did not go down as badly as some predicted and look forward to participating in the World Cup.

Hey bro, no worries.  I don't think anybody could've foreseen how out of hand things would get.  It's understandable that you would get so frustrated given everything that was going on.  It's admirable enough that you've put on this tournament for three years in a row now.  Keep up the great work buddy!

As for AJ, congrats Applejack, you are the official winner of the 2014 MLP March Madness Tournament!  YEEHAW!!!

Batbrony is right, man. Nobody could have seen that coming. I mean, it got heated and that's just the way competition works. I, too, was a little disappointed by people being doing some...questionable..things in order to get their favorite more votes, but what happened has happened. I mean, people might have been mad but I don't blame you. It's kinda like planning this huge party for a whole year and then everyone comes over, wrecks your house, and calls you a jerk for being mad that your house is completely trashed. 

Happy for AJ and her fans. I definitely thought it'd be Rarity or Twilight this year but it turns out I was wrong.

I didn't agree with your choices, but I sort of understood them. I was less able to overlook your reaction to the criticism. Still, when emotions run high, we can all make bad decisions, we're only human.

It takes balls to stand up and apologize for your mistakes, and so I can do no less than forgive you. I know Rarity would.

I understood your decision and the dissapointment with some of the fans that started to resort to character bashing. I was disappointed too.

Like you said, i hope everybody learns from this and competitions in the future will be less of a drama. It should just be good fun after all!

>but fluttershy is winning by one vote

Oh, ah well, congrats Applejack. You can join Pinks and RD with the winners.

Luna will join next year I know it

It's fine XFizzle. I can't speak for everyone, but I forgive you.

It's kinda like planning this huge party for a whole year and then everyone comes over, wrecks your house, and calls you a jerk for being mad that your house is completely trashed. 

It's exactly how I felt. Couldn't put it better.