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Tomatoes, peppers, squash, and pumpkins are all fruits......

I love asparagus and Brussel sprouts. I will saute them in butter and add a pinch of garlic powder and Parmesan cheese. Delicious!!!

I am not a fan of Twilight in the episode. Her blanketing statements about other races is well, racist. And the head of the EEA is even worse. However, I think this presents the thought that ponies, in general, are racist due to ignorance. Not a bad thing, but Twilight of all ponies should know better. On the other hand, Twilight herself is still learning, she is far from perfect and there is a lot to do to get over preconceived notions of other races, despite having more contact with them than any pony. She has even made a few enemies due to the lack of respect. I cannot imagine the hippogriff nation just up and forgiving her, especially with how she went behind Queen Novo's back in the movie. That can present some international conflict, and at the very least, Novo would not trust Twilight in the future even if she does trust Celestia. The movie in conjunction with the season opener really makes me think about the international ramifications.

On a lighter note, Yona is the cutest thing EVER! I want a plushie of her so bad! Seriously, that character just made me smile every single moment she was on screen. Her design is adorable. The yaks in general are appealing, even though the adults are disheveled in appearance.

And what's with the Changelings' names. Ocellus is a term for bug eyeballs.

I wish there was sentient deer canon to the series. The Changelings I guess come close, but they aren't deer. I wish that part of the comics became canon. I love deer.

My husband has a wonderful, Amish-like beard. It's fluffy

Every pony gets their share of flak, so Applejack isn't an isolated character. The joke that revolves around her is that she got significantly less screentime than the other Mane 6 way back when, so people started commenting on her being more like a background character.

I don't know what you are talking about. Applejack has appeared in MORE episodes than any other character, even Twilight Sparkle!

http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Character_appearances

Going to disagree there. Applejack has by far the least amount of growth of the mane six; one of her lessons that she wrote to celestia was "I didn't learn anything today! I was right all along!".

AJ has the least ambitions in life (already having a farm that she's working on and nothing beyond that), and little to no flaws that she needs to overcome, with stubbornness being about the only thing she has, and that very rarely runs her into trouble.

 

Not saying AJ is a bad character, but she is virtually the definition of "static character" XD

She is a static character. Her majority of growth has already happened before the series started. She still has flaws, but unlike Rainbow Dash and Rarity, she has no further ambitions for her life, and thus those flaws are more focused on then ultimate goals (because she's right where she wants to be).

As far as SSCS6000, she WAS right all along. How can you learn something when you were right to begin with. It's not fair to use that episode as a means to define her character as far as "growth" or lack thereof is concerned. That episode was not for her to learn something so much as it was for her family, her friends and the audience to take home the lesson. In fact that episode shows how much of a catalyst she is to helping others learn lessons. Silver Quill talks a great deal on this.

Applejack is the most mature of the Mane 6, has all her ducks in a row, is practical and pragmatic, makes due with what she has, cherishes what she has, works hard to keep what she has without complaint while helping others with their own needs/desires at the same time, and overall a down to earth pony. All these traits are not often seen in kids shows, nor is the amalgamation of these traits often seen in real life. As someone being from the USA, I can say that I have never run into someone like AJ unless they are elderly. Most people in the USA are too greedy and selfish to embody an Applejack like nature, and thus cannot relate to her. However, many people know people that are similar to AJ in certain ways. To a degree, Applejack is the OPPOSITE of what most Americans are like, which explains why she is so beloved in Japan, even though she is stereotypically "Southern." But that's for a different topic. Overall, she is a very good role model, and very mature and practical one at that.

To the point where you see blood?)

No, but getting there. I cut them so short I cannot see the whites that normally hang off.

Been forever since I made one!!! Goodness life is nuts....anyways. On Applejack Day, here's to best horse, on an Avery of course!!!

I am currently in a machining program at my local community college, and have access to many kinds of equipment. One such thing is called a shopbot, where i can make signs using Solidworks and Aspire....I'm thinking one of my signs will be AJ on this engine....If I make it, I will post that too!

Here's some progress.....

I keep my nails as short as possible, because it gets really annoying to have long nails....

i don't get candy on nightmare night. I get the discounted candy the next day!

milk chocolate candy is the only thing i am not picky about. i will drink chocolate milk but NOT any synthetic kind. I don't like chocolate much of anything else because it's always too sweet, too rich, or fake tasting.

They were shot out of the show Team Rocket style....Due to their very nature as creatures, they should be reformed and doubt they will return (except for fan shoutouts like ep.100)

Pokemon....really only Pokemon.....

and would be Minecraft (if my computer didn't lag like a sloth)

(I do play other games, but the only the pokemon games do I get extremely excited about and play them nonstop for hours to days on end.)

I do not think it would be a downgrade in quality. The Legend of Zelda games for N64 have been reworked to be beautiful and up to date, perfect for a whole new generation as well as nostalgic fans. I think there is a great market for revamping series that are not near as well known as Zelda, and I would definitely partake (as long as Bubsy isn't touched; I loathed that game).

I believe that developers are already jumping on the bandwagon, and with XBOX Live and PS Network and the 3DS, there are plenty of revamps and remakes already available, with more coming out all the time. As long as their is a market....

Personally I am primarily a Pokemon player. I only recently have opened my horizons into other games (I am not an elitist, I was only given Pokemon and did not have time to explore other games outside of awful and difficult PS and N64 games). The reason why I started to expand out is one day I was locked out of truck near a Game Stop for 3 hours (had to wait for my husband to get done with work), and played the demos in the store. I was enchanted with Windwaker HD, and owning a Game Cube, I went out to buy the Game Cube and realized through this experience what I have unintentionally been missing!

The Cakes have been such a sweet and adorable couple since their first appearance in the show. Being a married woman myself, I actually hope that with time, my husband and I can communicate and understand each other the way the Cakes do. They obviously have been together a very long time. The fact their relationship is strong and resilient with stresses of their business AND the twins (as infants no less) makes them the ideal couple to work to be in my own relationship.

Forgot to mention Pinkie Pie too! Being able to deal with her just makes them a god tier couple!

I do not remember anything from the comics about how Cadence became an alicorn (I own all of them to date). The story is in one of G.M. Berrow's books, Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell. That story basically takes place where Season 3 left off. The story Cadence gives about her past and becoming an alicorn is so forced (it's clique, and honestly compared to what Twilght has done well before becoming an alicorn is far more impressive and deserving of alicorn-hood in episode 2 of S1 than what Cadence did).

And those books I consider less canon than the comics are (and the stories really mess with characters that can get fairly demeaning and insulting to someone who knows these characters from the show). This is something to be expected though, because they are made for elementary school readers, and because mostly girls under age 8 will be reading them (I read these books faster than I go through manga), the stories are more G3 in nature than G4 or the comics could ever be. It's not a bad thing, and the stories for what they are, are entertaining and enjoyable considering the intended audience (hence why I own all these to date as well).

With all that said, I do not consider this story a part of Cadence's characterization. I agree with the OP, and adding the fact of the reveal in the latest episode, I fear we won't see much of her being better characterized in the future.

I would if I knew what my future was going to be, then I would done things very differently and would have come out better for it. I am talking more about my relationships than school itself. I was a 4.0 student, and I wouldn't have changed that But I wouldn't have stayed in my 4 year relationship if I knew I would be with the wonderful man I am with today. Not to say I didn't learn from it, but I think it would have saved me a lot of grief back then.

My avatar says, "yeah sure, I could use the Pony Creator avatar that I used to develop my OC, but I am not going to just sit there and think that's okay. I am a doer, and I want to my OC to be my own." Thus I drew it myself, and I am not a drawing artist by any means.

My Ring tone (makes me super happy and jealous of Canadians)

La Soiree du hockey

My text tone (makes people laugh all the time)

A thing Applejack says

Im currently in school for precision manufacturing (machining), but I was a welder before going back to school. I guess I would say, metaworking is what i do (because I also blacksmith and know foundrywork as well).

What I say tends to be dumber than what I think. Personally, it's easier to "talk" online because it is quicker and easier to type what my mind is thinking because my fingers can keep up with my thoughts a lot better than my mouth ever could (I type 150+ words per minute, i have the nickname of Lightning Fingers amongst classmates).  I am socially awkward, and I do not relate to peers very much at all, so I tend to dumb down my words and overall seem a bit more ditzy IRL unless I feel comfortable around someone (like my husband). He often comments that if I talked like I do around him but in public, I would taken a lot more seriously and respectfully. 

I think the episodes have only gotten stronger, especially comparing Season 5 against 1&2. Didn't have what @RarityFan01 mentioned in Season 1. I think the writing has become very mature, trying to tackle deeper issues than many kids shows I have ever watched for the specific demographic this show is geared towards.

I really liked the episode. It even made me tear up at the end (a little).

The only problem I have are the cutie marks. Especially Apple Blooms'. It does not seem to match her overall color scheme. Plus with all three, the colors within the marks are so similar it looks cluttered from a distance. I think when the CMC are on screen in the future, I think their cutie marks will just be a purple blur unless they are up close to the camera.

On a positive future note, this actually allows for the CMC to further grow and develop. They basically have the same task as the Mane 6, but on a more personal level (not so much Friendship but knowing yourself). If we see more like Apploosa's Most Wanted, I highly look forward to more CMC!

I am not really sure how to compare them, other than the musical aspect.

The irony regarding many aspects of the community and the show itself has me intrigued (the latest episode, Buffy, and the return from the forum b-day)...

It's all about perspective.  Tom's perspective may or may not be wrong. It's all dependent on your own worldview and how you interpret different mediums of entertainment. I have met Tom in person and honestly think he's an interesting person. I would like to talk more to him about more philosophical views, but that's how I feel about anyone I consider interesting. My worldview comes into play and is also subjective in this aspect of how I see others.

I do not agree with his personal opinion of the show's direction, but I also see why he'd respond in such an extreme way considering how he looked at the show to begin with. However, one thing that I did not like at all was how immature he acted in leaving the show behind, especially since he poured his own creativity into the show's fanmade content. His video(s) were degrading and disrespectful to himself and others.

Considering he's around my ago, I have lost some respect for him over his immaturity. But this is where my own perspective and worldview comes in.

ALL ART is purely subjective, and any and all critics of art is completely subjective as well. There is NO objectivity in realm of art. 

As far as how the fandom acts, I tend to stay away from actions and reactions that fall into negativity. I would rather be respectful of people because I desire respect myself. No one should look down on another with the expectation that they will come out on top in an another person eyes. I do not i pull the wool over my eyes in regards to how this fandom can carry itself, but I also do not collectively call out everyone as having done wrong either (as many people do). I will be blunt to those who disrespect me to my face, but as far as the internet goes, I try to go about everything with intelligence, not with a mask, or with every simple thought I have just to get my kicks and not get in trouble IRL) 

I did not see the tornado itself. Coming from Northwoods of Wisconsin, tornadoes are an extremely rare thing, and I never thought one would happen growing up. But then I moved to Rochester MN, and made a friend (who is now my husband) who lived on the border of Iowa and Minnesota, outside of Chester IA.

It was the same line of storms that created tornadoes that tore through Joplin MO in May 2011.

I was visiting my now husband at the time. We were at in grove of trees about 5 miles away from his parents house cutting up firewood for storage. Neither of us knew there were storms scheduled for that day, and it was sunny and clear; a perfect day to work outside. I remember seeing darkness to the west, and told my husband that rain is coming, but I wasn't too worried. I kept on it to know when we should pack up, if we even needed to pack up. But about half hour after I first noticed the darkness, I felt tremendous fear. Here is the best way I can describe WHAT I felt to feel such fear.  I am a very "close to nature" person and so I am very hypervigilant when it comes to my environment. I physically felt the air change. It was like my body was being pressed in on all sides. I had never felt this before, and even though the birds were still singing and the forest seemed unafraid, I was. I told my husband we needed to go to his home. We were done. He was very confused and believed I had no reason to fear anything. At this time the sun was still shining above us. We packed up and went to his home. By the time we got home, the storm had sped up considerably and it had gotten cloudy with light sprinkles. I was in a complete state of fear because the feeling I had with the air was getting worse. I was seriously freaking out and my husband nor his parents understood what I tried to explain nor why I was acting so strange. Within 15 minutes of getting back, the sprinkles turned to downpour and that's when the wind picked up. Within a few minutes after that, we lost power. I remember looking out the window and not being able to see the barn (which was on the other side of the driveway from the house) because the rain and wind was so extreme, and being utterly terrified because of my feelings. My husband tried to calm me down and his family was very much not phased by the weather. About a half hour after the rain and wind started, that's when his parents got worried. There was a low droning sound that was building for a while, and it seemed to break into a roar of wind. I cannot say it was like a "train" sound, because I've heard trains....Trains do not sound like this tornado. It was like the air was shrieking in a low tone that I cannot compare when that humming drone broke. That's when his parents and him got scared and FINALLY made us run to the basement. We weren't down there long before the storm subsided.

Nothing at his parents' were damaged, and they thought little of storm (once they knew nothing was damaged). They actually had never experienced a tornado in all their years living in the area (even though this area is a part of tornado alley). Power returned about 4 hours afterward, and I was taken home. Later we learned that there was a tornado, an F2 tornado that came within a mile of where his parents lived, and it was over 200 yards wide at that time. It completely destroyed a few homes, and completely turned a house 180 degrees, setting it back on its foundation. The elderly man that lived there survived because a bookshelf fell on him and protected him. The house is still there. This tornado was strange because it stayed in the lowest areas of the landscape (usually they jump over it). There is a long, low lying grove of trees south of Chester, Iowa that it completely mutilated.

Here is a video someone took of it. This tornado traveled from Riceville IA to Harmony MN, a distance of over 40 miles! It had lost most of its strength by the time it got to Harmony.

Here is a video of some of the damage, a mile away from  where my husband's parents live. (None of these videos are mine)

Here is the NOAA report of the tornado and other that happened in the same storm.

http://www.weather.gov/arx/may2211

I am now utterly terrified of tornadoes. I love storms, but the feelings I now know associated with a tornado are feelings I will never dismiss. It felt wrong, everything about the feelings I had felt like the world around me was intensely sick. It is not a feeling I ever want to have again. With the renovations we are currently doing our house, we are going to put in a concrete bunker in our basement for tornado weather (with a solid steel door). Coming from a place where tornadoes never happened, It was quiet an eye opener for me, and honestly, if it wasn't such a dangerous phenomenon and felt incredibly disgusting, I would probably still be fascinated with them.