Poor Applejack. Always last D':
Updating list.
Oh wait. There's no need to update. My list is still
...in all seriousness, though, here's my (sort-of-not-really) actual list:
1. Applejack: Simply put, she's not boring to me. Far from it. Others find her character bland and dull, but none of them would bother to look deeper into her characterization and find out what's really behind a regular farm pony working for her family at Sweet Apple Acres, eh? I'm not going to bother convincing stubborn fans who insist on calling Applejack boring, but that's just a hint for y'all.
2. Rarity: Some people, again, stubbornly insist on calling her snobby and rude, but you better take notice of several details that you might have overlooked, such as the fact that she is quite generous in numerous episodes, far, far outnumbering the times she had been greedy. However, still looking only at the "Spike deception" thing, huh? Can never satisfy anyone with overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
3. Twilight Sparkle: Alicorn or not, Twilight's personality hasn't changed for me, not at all. Still booky, somewhat socially awkward and maybe a bit paranoid at times. I can almost call people racist the way they started hating on Twi cause she grew a pair of wings. Really. For me, personality matters, not what they look like.
3a. Fluttershy: Tied with Twilight after Keep Calm and Flutter On, where the central focus was finally not of her shy personality, but of her kind side. Though, there'll have to be more episodes like that in order for her to reach a higher rank. Again, I can hardly care less of how "cute" or how ZOMG HER PINK HAIR ZOMG she is. Inner beauty is the utmost importance! Her personality became the tiniest bit complex after that episode, which is why she's tied with Twilight instead of hanging around in the 4th place.
4. Rainbow Dash: Unfortunately, not everyone's going to love this rainbow pegasus, whether she can fly at Mach 9 or not. However, I won't pry at her arrogance. I'm proud to call myself not one of those stubborn fans who refuse to look at only a pony's bad side of their personality and hate on it. Wonderbolts Academy was one of my favorite episodes this season, and (this is a VERY unpopular opinion here) it emphasized her loyalty and positive traits far, far better than Sleepless in Ponyville did. Not to mention more character development. However, she's still hanging at fourth because I mostly find her shoved in my face everywhere I go. Call me a "fake" fan for letting fans influence me; I don't care. That's not the only reason, because I also got irritated by her comment of calling Fluttershy and AJ "slackers" in Keep Calm and Flutter On.
5. Pinkie Pie: Used to be fourth, because the Smile Song is pure amazingness, now hanging at last. Not because of what most people who put her last may say, that her randomness is irritating and her jokes in season 3 are getting bland. For me, it's moreover of her obsession with "DASHIE!!!" and how she doesn't seem to like Applejack as much as the others (shown in Party of One, the Last Roundup, and Too Many Pinkie Pies). Yes, I know that there are best friends within best friends, but still; I really, really didn't like how inconsiderate she was being of AJ's feelings in the Last Roundup.
Oh, and people who say "who doesn't love (pony)?" I can answer all of them.