My vision on the episode "bats!" · 12:27pm Feb 14th, 2015
I noticed something. You probably know how everyone says Applejack turned into a bully in the episode? Yeah? No? Oh... But anyway.
I saw something I didn't see in anyone mention what Applejack might feel. It all like Fluttershy is right, Fluttershy is being bullied... Blah blah.... But in all the analysist episodes I saw, this was not mentioned in one of them. And I have seen some: FOB Equestria, Gibbontake, Jerry peet (I saw something in one of his videos), Ilovekimpossiblealot, MLP-silver-quill. But those are just some I follow on youtube.
But take a look at this: Applejack Apple, born and raised on that farm. She puts so much care in her farm, her family who needs the farm to live. They need that farm for food, for living! And when the vampire fruit bats attack, the first time. They almost lost everything, ther family almost lost, but luckily they build themselves up again. (And don't say that "but if they build themselves up again, they can do it again!") well the thing is, who knows how long that tooks!! It could have taken years for all we know!
Bu t also! Applejack seeks help in her friends, but the one that can help, the one that has been "bullied" says no! You would be pissed if you life work get ruined infront of your eyes! You see them ruin everything you worked for your hole life, get stolen away from you right infront of you! You would be pissed! And then having one of your closet friends, the one that can help, the one your work need to survive says no!
Of course Applejack gets pissed, she is freaking.... Raging! But yes I agree that Applejack could have listened a little bit, but when your life's work is in danger, it's hard. It's hard to get things in, you get so stressed and worried that nothing reach to you and you end up doing the first thing someone says can help, you only listen to thouse who didn't refuse to help. many think that Applejack was short headed (if that makes sense) but I think Fluttershy was short headed too, she didn't understand how important the farm is to Applejack, I know that she knows Applejack care for the farm, but WHY?! She still said no and, and!! Oh Celestia!
"I made a (promise?) (I don't remember what she said "wale, whale?") not to use it unless (uhh, something important!)" like she don't know how much the farm mean to Applejack!
And then, Flutterbat..... Seriously? I saw how fast that taken in, just like *poof* then you can see almost thousands of fanart on nett. I don't hate Flutterbat, or Fluttershy. It's this had been bugging me since the episode came out. Okey, Fluttershy isn't my favorite pony but, she is my eight fave of my top 10
Give me your comment on bats, was Applejack low headed r was Fluttershy being selfish?
P.s sorry Fluttershy lovers!
I Agree I didn't like that they made Applejack look like a bully. I've watched this and I've also watched: "After the fact Applejack appreciation day", and "After the fact Somepony to watch over me". Look at them if you want but somewhere is one of them, Silver quill says that Applejack is like the reason of the group. If somepony has a problem or are out of line, Applejack is kind of the one to pick them up. So when Applejack has a problem they make her have a... real? problem.
Because in Applebuck season: She is so stubborn (understandable) that she messes up the town TWICE and makes RD crash (TOO FAR!), She is over protective to Applebloom (Understandable) but so far over protective that she is baby proofing everything and Applebloom ends up running away (TOO FAR!), She is afraid to admit she lost the rodeo and runs away to earn money (Kind of reasonable) probably will never come back after the money is sent and she runs away AGAIN and risks getting her and six other ponies killed by a TRAIN! (TOO FAR!), and then in bats she is mad and upset about her farm being raided by bats and she doesn't know what to do because this is the first time she has 'seen' it (Reasonable) Bullies fluttershy because she doesn't agree with her and causes her friend (by accident) to turn into one of those apple sucking beasts (REALLY?!)
Just because Applejack is so awesome at who she is that when the writers give her a problem, it's a problem who makes her look: insane, awful, and makes her go crazy all because she really kind of doesn't have a flaw except for stubbornness and regular life problems because she is like the real life kind of pony.
I LOVE YOU APPLEJACK, YOU DESERVE AN ACTUAL, NORMAL, PROBLEM THAT DOESNT MAKE YOU LOOK TOTALLY INSANE OR MEAN!!!