LITERALLYYYYY

comfort character? no, im the one whos gonna give them comfort. come here, lets get you some proper love and affection

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47015941/chapters/168018010

Chapter 1 of part 2 of cots is here <3

that stupid fucking orb that i hate

they're not even gonna complete the quest the beacon is gonna rot in their inventories under mountains of soul gem shards

Marbles is rep for all the weird kids who only knew how to communicate through references and quotes from their favorite media

Between TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram. They have to be the most depressing social media’s i’ve ever seen have such a downfall. Especially ever since TikTok got mainstream and normies invading weird kids spaces, it’s been SO boring. Nothing but a bunch of capitalism and depression. Also, why are (q)ra(q)pe jokes so civilized on there?? Why is trying to seem black so normal??

“Bro sybau, goofy ahh. Oh my gyatt!” Bby, just a few months ago you were making fun of black ppl having dreads. Now suddenly you’re idolizing Sexyy Red & Ice Spice?? Stealing our attire & outfits?? Trying to rap??

And. Not only that, they’ve stolen SO MUCH stuff from the weird/queer kid spaces in general,

Fandom Spaces

Furries

LGBTQ

Keyboard Faces

Scenes style

Emo style

Shipping

Editing

And that’s just the TIP of the iceberg, it’s ridiculous. To be frank.

Everybody just wants to be the next “Famous Cool Kid” with 200k likes, 90k followers, praise! Praise! Praise!

Or the next—extremely obvious—ragebaitter, so desperate for attention. I’ve seen puppies more independent than them!

And just one last thing to add onto this: the sudden obsession with lesbians/being inside 24/7.

Now, don’t get me wrong. The LGBTQ community has always been active and accepting, especially ever since 2019. But, what is the sudden obsession with lesbians—i mean WLW/YURI (since they can’t seem to say it??), ever since November of 2024, everyone is suddenly a lesbian. Filming obvious bait thirst-traps for likes,

And it’s always captioned “#WLW”, with the comments of people who are more noticeably teenagers than a sore thumb, commenting “Is this Wuh-Luh-Wuh?” Or something obscene in general. With the same scissoring (COUGH, COUGH, tribbing. COUGH, COUGH.) or ““Get a load of this person!”” I’m trying!” jokes for the 478326 time this week ALONE.

Pooks, you’re a chronically online 14 year old and near-sighted. Please go outside and stop getting into grown folks business, i hate how children vocalizing their views/fantasies on 18+ stuff is also becoming normal ever since 2020. But that’s a story for another day.

And finally, for the “staying inside 24/7” thing: why? Perhaps it’s because y’all don’t have much space or privacy outside. But like, PLEASE still be active in general, YOU GUYS NEED SUNLIGHT?? YOU DO REALIZE THAT??

You can’t be camped in the house 24/7, drinking Dr. Pepper every night while scrolling on Social Media and making fun of people while homework & assignments build up on your record. You actually need to put the phone down, get off of C.AI/J.AI and socialize, please. Even if you just go for a walk or smth.

Keep in mind, these are the same kids who “miss” 2019/2005, yet they do nothing about it.

You can’t get pre-2008 back, but you sure as hell can enjoy pre-2020 and just go outside. Not to play with toys, per-say, but just to enjoy everything around you instead of in front of you.

No matter what your class is, or whatever. Just outside, and socialize with kids your age. Please. Or even read a book outside!

Yes, life is lonely and isolating right now, with everything going on stuff. But sometimes. You just have to get used with being uneasy, you need to learn how to get comfortable with yourself, going outside WILL clear your head. Even if you go outside or exercise for at least 20 minutes, that’s good enough.

Oughh…i’m NEVERR forgiving Social Media/the pandemic for what it did to kids, especially after their most important years of life. NEVERRR.

tiktom

beau it's time for your bimonthly hollyleaf redesign (...)

Source | Day 357

Swiftpaw's Last Fight - 2nd Redraw!

hollyleaf: our lesbianism turns to shit talking and our shit talking turns to lesbianism

the thing about being nonbinary is that you really do start to forget that other people have such strict walls around what is and isn’t allowed for genders. i thought we all agreed that we made that up. could you climb out of the cave real quick and feel the sunshine for a minute.