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Why was Big Mac so quick to dismiss AJ's ideas?


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Yes, both were young impulsive teenagers in Where the Apple Lies, but Big Mac has been implied many times (and outright confirmed by show staff just as often including by Peter New himself) to be the most intelligent member of the entire Apple family. You'd think he'd be willing to listen to reason.

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I think he'd listen to reason, he just doesn't ever hear good reasoning. We see it I need Applebuck season when Applejack tell she him she can get all the apples harvested by herself, and we all know how well that went.

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Well, being intelligent and being reasonable don't necessarily always go together. He dismissed AJ's idea in the episode because he knew Granny wouldn't like it, which she didn't. If BM was the most intelligent back then, that could have given him a bit of an ego possibly.  He's the "Smart" one with all the good ideas, why should he have to listen?

 

Now he's more reasonable and much more willing to listen obviously, which this episode clearly helped teach him.

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Ponies aren't automatically born experienced and wise for their age. It takes years for ponies to learn lessons.

 

It takes time, patience, understanding and experience to actually realize that your opinion or approach, might not be the best nor might it be also correct or it might not be best suited for a situation. They were younger after-all, it only seems natural that they would try things out their way before finally listening to each other for a change.

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This episode bothers me for this reason. I get that they're trying to push a moral here, the whole "be a listener" thing, but I really don't like the way they go about it. They take it to extremes; Mac goes from the pony that dismisses everyone's ideas all the time to the pony that barely ever talks, and something about that just rubs me the wrong way.

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In his mind, Big Mac believes that his ideas and his alone are the best ones to go with. Since the rest of the Apple Family have declared him the smartest among them, it gives credence to the fact that he believes he knows what's best. Applejack does bring youth to the table in addition to wild ideas that Big Mac views as being difficult to implement, yet he has experience that he feels is necessary and won't put the family into any kind of financial trouble.

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