Okay everyone, just for kicks I am going to do a series of blogs giving a little analysis on each of the major characters in MLP and a few secondary characters and even the occasional background pony. I first decided to begin this project with the best pony, Applejack oh did I mentioned that Applejack is best pony? Because that is kind of important. Okay okay so I will try to be as non biased as I can with these but you are going to get my 2 bits as well after all.

Applejack dosen't have very many haters but there are quite a few people that think she is a boring character because of a perceived lack of defining traits. Part of this is because though she is in alot of episodes there aren't as many focusing directly on her as there are for most of the other characters. Though thanks to the Apple Family Reunion and Spike at Your Service episodes in season 3 people are taking a second look at her. She is not as hyperactive as Pinkie Pie, dosen't have the OCD like qualities and slight anal retentiveness of Twilight Sparkle isn't a drama queen like Rarity dosen't have the shyness or quite as many fears as Fluttershy or the brash arrogance of Rainbow Dash but in my own humble opinion is still an interesting character.

I think the genius in her as a character is her simplicity Applejack is perhaps the closest thing the series has to average person or pony in this case yet still has a compelling story to tell. As the middle child of three siblings after her parents passed away she has to grow up much faster than most ponies by acting not only as a sister figure to Applebloom but also a mother and had to take the reigns of the family business of Sweet Apple Acres apple orchard along with her older brother Big Macintosh. Hard working and representing her element of honesty quite well she can sometimes push herself way too hard and is often stubborn and often reluctant though in recent episodes a bit less so to ask for help.

And though she isn't as detail oriented as Rarity or Twilight Sparkle she can sometimes as she has done in the Apple Family Reunion episode for example try too hard and fail to see the big picture. To me this was very touching as I felt much of this was driven by a desire to honor her parents memory by making the reunion one everyone could be proud of. Applejack is very set in her ways which can be both a good and a bad thing, it is a good thing because she has some strong old fashioned values which I think far too many of us have forgotten like pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps and earning your way. Being honest, faithful and keeping your word not only to your friends and family but to everyone else even the Flim Flam Brothers as she has said "a deal is a deal." It is also a bad thing because she is often very stubborn and has a difficult time admitting when she is wrong and also has a slight temper. And she was the quickest to side with the Appaloosans and the most reluctant to listen to the buffalo and was the one with the notable exception of Pinkie Pie that judged Zecora the most harshly in Bridle Gossip.

Applejack may be a simple farmer, but she is proof that simple does not always have mean bland or boring. Even when she is acting as the voice of reason she is a varied, interesting and compelling pony that just happens to sell apples and apple accessories (I couldn't resist making that joke).