Rockymoo

If Applejack wins I will take all of you to a rodeo and give you foot massages the entire time.

Times change, man. People start looking at different characters from different perspectives and think "Dude. Like, I never noticed it before, but that pony is totally radical!" Quite frankly, I'm happy our little cowpoke is getting more love. It's about time, eh squiddy? Shaquille O'Neal is worst pony and if you disagree you are objectively wrong.

You know, I'm kinda neutral on the Pinkie vs. Rarity issue. I love 'em both to death. ...Though I picked Rarity just for Ghostie-poo. Oh, hop off your soapbox, Harmy.

I wonder what the exception was with Ponyville. Maybe she just does a teaser the first day then does a legit show the following day. It would make sense, since she wouldn't have the chance to in the case of, say, an Ursa fucking her night up.

*Adjusts fez cap and puffs pipe* Oh, hello there. I didn't see you walk in. But since you're here, let me tell you a little story I wrote back in '78 in a Denny's bathroom. So sit back and grab a snack, because your sorry ass will probably be here for a while. Now, to address the question itself: What IS it about Trixie that makes her so popular? Now, I am but one brony(Though debatably the most committed Trixie fan), so it's impossible for me to speak on the rest of her fandom's behalf. I CAN, however, list the many reasons why I find her so loveable. Funnily enough, other Trixie fans can relate when I mention these, so it must not be a coincidence. *ahem* Where was I? Oh yes, that's right. *shuffles papers* Let's start with the more simple perks of hers. For one, and almost anyone can agree with me on this even if they're not a fan of hers, the color scheme. Blue is an aesthetically pleasing color in general, especially Trixie's deep shade of cerulean. The silver mane plays off of it well to boot. In brief, they did a pretty top notch job at picking her colors. She looks hella fly. In addition, her attire. Being a magician, it would make sense that she wear something flashy, right? Well, something you have to consider is hardly any ponies wear legitimate clothes, let alone as early as the sixth episode in the whole damn series. I mean, you saw AJ for the first time and you were like "She got a hat and ain't that somethin'", but then Trixie comes in with a hat AND a cape. Granted, I'm not a big fan of her hat, but that's not enough to hold it against her. She only wears it like 30% of the time anyway. *ahem* moving on. In her second appearance, she took on a much darker look, sporting some creepy-looking sorcerer robe. It looked awesome on her though, trust me. But yeah, couple that with her amulet and you have one hard-ass talking horse you're dealing with. It may have seemed impossible to make the mane 6's template look badass, but she pulled it off. Well-played, Larson. Well-played. This one speaks for itself(pardon the pun) for the most part, but I might as well cover it anyway: her voice. I mean, just listen to it. It encapsulates her personality perfectly. Good ol' Kathleen did a perfect job of painting her as a snarky, show-offy loudmouth that does whatever the fuck she wants. The confidence is overflowing in it. And quite frankly, I find her voice kind of sexy. That's just me though. Now, this one digs a little deeper than my previous points: her flaws. That's right, folks. Buckle up, because we're about to drive head-first into Trixie's psyche. Let's go back to the very beginning. Why exactly does she show off? Maybe she was neglected by her peers or family as a filly. Possibly both. Maybe she was raised in an upper-class home where she spent her entire life showing things off that she didn't earn, hence her lack of desire to honestly train herself in the magical arts and choosing to make less seem like more instead. Who knows? It's a mystery. What IS obvious is she didn't become that way overnight; there IS a deep-seated cause for how she acts. Another well-entertained theory is it's all a facade to cover up a serious insecurity complex. This actually makes quite a bit of sense when you think about it; a travelling mare, never having the ability to reach out and start friendships all on her own. She needs SOMEONE to notice her, but she just doesn't know how to make the right impression. So she does what fits her best: showing off and chasing fame. Keep in mind that she never charged a bit for her shows. Don't you find that a wee bit odd? If it was just a profession and nothing more, that wouldn't make a lot of sense, now would it? The dots are all there. Just connect 'em, sport. Here's a flaw not a lot of people notice: she doesn't think things through. In Boast Busters, it's obvious that the whole story about the Ursa was a crock of shit. Firstly, she mixed up her Majors and Minors. Secondly, "Hoofington"? Seriously, look on the canonical map. It ain't there, captain. And even if it was, what if someone in Ponyville has been there or knows a few people from there? What if they WERE from Hoofington? I'm assuming it'd be in the same general area as Ponyville, since allegedly it too is on the outskirts of the Everfree Forest. A risky claim of hers, to say the least. In Magic Duel, she impulsively spends all of her hard-earned money on the Alicorn Amulet, even despite the shopkeep's warning and the obvious lack of research she did on the thing in the first place. Later on, she accepts a pretty high-risk wager without even seeing if Twilight's "amulet" even worked. Talk about rash. But when it all boils down to it, Trixie's quite the interesting character, and her potential for actually gaining quite a bit of magical strength is obvious. Her arrogance is just a part of her charm, and she's even known to have a sweet side, as seen at the end of Magic Duel. For a character that's only starred in two episodes, her personality is more complex and mysterious than even a few main characters. Trust me, I could go on for days, but I think I've already talked your ear off. Rock on, fellow Trixie enthusiasts. Rock on.

*hides in bunker in case Sugar Cube reads through the thread*

Seriously, where would one even get something like this?

I like to think of Applejack as an original, green-screen gameboy. Tough, durable, reliable, and when people see that shit in public and they're just like "Rock on, man. Rock on."

"When the Berlin Wall fell, everyone realized that Applejack was best Mane 6." -Michael Jordan

I'm actually having fun with it, believe it or not.

Seriously, knock it off. Anyway, the most delicious food in the world is apple pie. Ergo...

It's a competition about cartoon ponies. We're not forcing you to switch political parties or something.

Do I really need a follow-up?

Wingnut, we just went over the problem with giant-ass pictures. ._.

This. This all the way. Wow, everything's tied again?

And our good ol' pal Applejack is officially in the lead. YES. Oh, and be sure to give Rarity some love, too.

We're in it to win it, cowpokes. Never let up.

TWO VOTES AWAY FROM BEING IN THE LEAD, BABY YEEEEEEE-HAW