That is all.

>>11490241149024

You sicken me.

>>11491321149132

You're just sore that you needed appledash help!

Why do you even try

Not a clop fic

Oh well. I'll still read it

*sigh* another story about to take up the featured box for four days. Oh well, featured ahoy.

inb4 featured

20 bits this is featured by tomorrow.

>>11502561150256>>11502911150291>>11503101150310

sorry guys :(

:(

>>11494831149483

because even the slightest extra ounce of effort I get out of you is worth it

I liked this a lot. And it not being clop is a nice touch too.

>>11503351150335

You're the only writer I know who is sorry to be featured.

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Pinkie_Pie_lolface.png

Anyway, if I know anything about this here community, I don't think it will get featured.

Because:

1) it's not clop.

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Lyra_dealwithit.png

2) It's incomplete. Hence some ponies may put it away for later.

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Scootaloo.png

3) Chapter 1 is 12k words long. And the average length of a featured fic is about 3,5-4k words. The community doesn't appreciate elaborate writing, it seems.

Of course, I wish you all the best (which probably would be if the story wasn't featured, judging by how you reacted ).

EDIT:

>>11503101150310 I'm in! Because of the reasons above.

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Rainbow_dealwithit.png

>>11503981150398

oh, on note 2 I should probably explain--it's only incomplete in the sense I want to continue it. The story is "finished", so to speak.

>>11503981150398  True True and F*cking True...

Also, there's a 4) Author has written so many fics that they get recognized more often and their stories checked out more often.

Yay! stories+ TAW= happiness for everyone!

I love this story so much. It doesn't make any sense, but it's so adorable.

>>11505541150554

howso?

Mission control, the AppleDash has landed. I repeat, the AppleDash has landed.

I love how they're just so casual about everything

They get in tickle fights and buck eachother from one side of the train of the other whilst still responding to their friends like it's nothing

This story was absolutely fantastic. The relationship between Applejack and Rainbow Dash was just like I imagine it would be: playful, competitive and extremely adorable.

I love your SFW stuff. Please write more of it!

>>11507681150768

Yay!

I do plan on doing more SFW stuff. There's only so much porn you can write without a break, y'know?

Is good, and it makes me feel good, and TAW SFW stuff is a damn treat, I say. I still say the train ride, second major scene, is the best bit. Ponies being ponies being cute being fun.

Also, adoratastic and delicious AJ/RD dynamic. Thank you for writing this!

Oh god, that was too great.  Everything was perfect!

Thanks to you, I will now trudge around for the remainder of the day in a daze with a stupid grin on my face.

I'm just a mite concerned for her, is all.

I feel like the comma disrupts the flow of the sentence. Might just be me though.

Ya'll learn that one day

This translates into "Ya all learn that one day" which doesn't sound quite right to me, might just be me again though. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if you already know this, but I feel it's worth mentioning just in case that ya'll = ya all and y'all = you all. "Ya'll" works, but it's slang(not sure if you care).

I just hope I'm going the right thing

Typo.

Also, I felt like Granny Smith was a bit too serious and direct in this story. When portrayed in the show she's eccentric, but wise(kinda). I also noticed that during Dash's dream you spelled artifact "artefact".

Was a great story, I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the smiles.

Heathen

Great job! I love it when you write non-clop, its a nice change :) Thanks you

>>11509331150933

Artefact is totally a valid spelling. It looks wrong, I know. It's actually correct, though!

Ya'll is a legit mistake, thanks, I didn't catch that. As is going. Will fix.

Granny Smith is a totally valid complaint, I think. She seems coherent enough sometimes, but not other times. I just figure this was one of her more coherent times.

>>11509421150942

Unchangable updates do not come through the notification system. Your complaints are groundless! This is also totally self-contained, the incomplete is a "more later probably" rather than a continuation dealie. Also I've always maintained I'll write the next chapter of Unchangable after this, you don't get to complain. You can complain after I write WBHW instead because I'm overdue on that too, though. After that, I swear. I swear on my little pony hooves. It's getting downright embarrassing now.

>>11509541150954

Sorry kits :(

I'll be good and write twidash now

>>11508641150864

No, thank you for reading it <3

I have a lot of happy silly grins to give you before we're even.

i thumbed cos its TAW

Many, many opportunities to use 'somepony/everypony' over 'somebody/everybody' missed so far. I needs my pony puns!

And now to keep reading...

>>11510621151062

The narrator is not a horse, thus they use human terminology. The ponies are horses, thus they use horse terminology.

Or in other words--everypony is in dialogue only.

haha I love how rainbow dash romantic approach sounded SO like her

it sure looked like AJ and rainbow were in some sort of bromance from the start, or.... sistermance or whatever its spelled for girls

I really like the romantic aspect of those two, really looked a lot more realistic than most uber-sweet lovey dovey shippings out there

>>11510041151004

In all seriousness, this is very cute and fun. The game/train scene is amazing. The "if I didn't know better"/"same thing they're always doing" points were super fun. That's kinda one thing that a lot of ship don't ever try to do: _not_ change that characters.

Ignore the words. Alexstrasza must be here because he enjoys your writing.

You are quite strange, TAW... You show regret being one of the most watched members on the site, you dislike being featured. It`s like you don`t want to be noticed...

~G

I love it when I see a new story has been added to AppleDash in my notifications.

I'll read this later

“You say one more word and my favourite cloud'll find a new home where even Celestia can't see.”

I see where you are going with this, but it doesn't really make sense.

Also, this...

She made it three—perhaps four—steps before walking walking straight

[EDIT] I also want to say that Dash's indecision during the sparring match with Twilight was wonderful.[/EDIT]

>>11514311151431

Dash doesn't always have to, though!

And whoops, thanks. Can't believe I missed that.

This was sweet, enjoyable, and as always, well-polished.  Not terribly ambitious, but a nice AppleDash fix, regardless.  As the last three or four [Romance] tagged fics I've been following have all been turning to tears lately, I must say I rather appreciate the fact that this ends up in a happy place by the end of its twelve thousand words.

The characterization of AJ and Dash was entertaining, and fairly true to the show.  That of the rest of the cast ranged from pretty good to a little flat, but no one character besides the two of them really appeared for long enough to drag on the story very much.  The plot is fairly typical, but it is used rather effectively to showcase the interactions between Applejack and Rainbow Dash.  I liked how Dash tried and aborted about a half-dozen different romantic gestures in the space of a few paragraphs.

There was a few spots where I got a bit muddled on what was happening.  There were one or two occasions where I had to back up and re-read in order to figure out whether the characters were flying or on the ground.  And a few lines of dialogue didn't read like they were in response to the line before them.

Perhaps I am wearing my shipping goggles a bit too hard, but did I detect a bit of background Pinkie Shy?  The obscure-ships fan in me is clapping hands and giggling at the mere possibility of a TAW-written Pinkie Shy.  If and when you write a continuation of this story, I hope you give at least passing mention to what happened as Fluttershy went to bake cupcakes with Pinkie.

Whether SFW or not, you write gold, TAW.  I hope you don't feel pressured to make your fics land on one side or the other of that coin, because you are a fantastic author with or without sex.

Rainbow and applejack already had a flirtationship before a relationship, so not much has changed except that they can kiss and all that jazz. Anyways, it's nice to take a break after making clop stories. I like to read clop, but sometimes it's good to take a break for it once in a while.

Incomplete?

Intrigued.

Interested.

>>11503351150335

Not my fault you're good at writing.

>>11510041151004

Y'all'll?

Wait, no clop? Boooo!

Nah, still a good read :)

Writes a SFW story, links to Rats NSFW tumblr.

>>11516151151615

PinkieShy is goddamn adorable and I totally want to tackle it at some point. And yes, they totally cuddled.

>>11521511152151

I try my best :)

The game has some quiddichy influences, but at its core it's much more straightforward.

>>11524891152489

Y'all'll is an excellent word and you can take it from my cold, dead hooves.

>>11540721154072

...eep.

Oh, I loved this story so much. I could read a whole novel of this. I wish more authors approached shipping like this - letting it take its time for the characters to realize what feelings they're harbouring for their object of affection, and not just rush right into "I have to tell her" and then happily ever after.

The way this story builds very heavily on the athleticism  and competitive spirit they have incommon makes their relationship seem even more credible too.

This was a good start to my day, yay

>>11552991155299

Thank you! I tried to take a different approach to the sort of stuff that started to put me off AppleDash in general, so I'm glad to hear it's working out.

Also I knew I knew your name somewhere, I just went and googled it. I love your art <3

>>11553811155381

Oh, thank you for those nice words! And again for the fantastic reading experience this was

>>11552991155299

It's the problem with many appledash fics, sadly (and other ships too but appledash particularly). Just jump straight into the "must tell her! but she won't love me!" spiel and whatnot. Needs to be more of a gradual development, and that's sadly lacking :(

>>11566531156653

Yes! I think shipfics in general put too much focus on the "must tell her" part. We barely get time to get involved in the story before our protagonist is obsessed with an idea of telling her long time, supposedly heterosexual friend of her feelings, pretty out of the blue.I love stories like this which really allow themselves to take their time in a realistic manner, perhaps even occasionally teasing the reader by almost giving us what we want (reciprocated pony feelings) and then denying it. You get so much more invested in the story when its events unfold at a realistic pace, or in a realistic series of events (not all going our protagonist's way) so when the ending finally comes you're so emotional you just grin stupidly out of happiness.

I read this fic first thing when I woke up in the morning. Today was a good day

Excellent story, I really enjoyed it.

I couldn't get the following image from one of the recent ATG posts over at EQD out of my head while reading:

Image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P21ejM-0_NE/UCdA9vxb3GI/AAAAAAAAD6c/zMKxuO-mlQg/s640/decision_making_by_magnificent_arsehole-d5avg9x.png.jpg

>>11568291156829

Oh, exactly! I actually stopped reading shipping fiction for a long time because that sort of thing was so endemic. The first time I read that sort of story it was cute. The second time, a little less so. By the god know's how manyth time, I just gave up.

I'm very glad I didn't add to the pile.

>>11568461156846

I saw that one! It was, coincidentally, after I'd written that bit.

>>11569251156925 Just have an automatic filter built into your head.

I have it turned on all the dang time. I've just about grown an immunity to that sorta

thing, sorta like how I have grown an immunity to the small errors that pop up in stories

like this one. So much so that I don't even notice it half the time.

And another win from TAW.

Nice story, although not sure i'm fully onboard with the RD portrayal.

She does nap a lot, but i always figured it being more about her being fast at her job as a weathermare, and spending so much energy training, that she simply does not have that much energy left after all that, she simply alternates between hyperactive and exhausted, with little time spent anywhere in the middle.

Also, she has black belt in whatever it was she was trying to teach Applebloom, so not like she simply quits any sport other than flying immediately.

Image: http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw129_1301271437530.jpg

I forgot I hadn't finished. thanks for reminding me.

Yeah, this is probably EXACTLY how AJ and Dashie would date. It's just soo them

Time to criticize! Well not just criticize, mind you, but it's shocking because this is the first time that I can actually criticize one of your stories.

Very cute , well-written yadda-yadda you know the drill. I adore your writing and I'm sure you're getting sick of me saying it over and over again.

Here's what you did right! A story that showcases one of the most popular ships in a romantic comedy type setup where the characters are, well, in character. Honestly it's a classic by now, everyone can appreciate a great AppleDash story.

A SFW writing is good now and again. I personally like my clop material, but this is a welcome change of pace.

Also is was just freaking cute.

Here's what you did wrong! .....Really it was the intro that got me. The pacing on the intro was just....eh? When you explained HOW the game was played and WHAT happened...that's great in a story about sports, but...this isn't a story about sports. Well, not entirely. It was just TOO MUCH really.

I found it much better to simply start the story from "“Shucks, Rainbow.” Applejack was tying her hair back with a spare hair band. The purple colour and embroidered R suggested it belonged to Rarity. “I thought for sure we'd win that.”"

The beginning was so bland, so unnecessary it almost made me turn away. Almost. I'm glad I didn't because the rest of the story was BRILLIANT. But really, If I almost turned away in the beginning (Not easy, mind you) others might have as well.

If you cut out everything until the first page break (or whatever you might call that line through the page) I think it'd improve your story.

Although looking at your comments, I'm probably wrong. No one else seems to have this complaint.

>>11688461168846

You could well be right. Nobody else has mentioned it, but I was a little concerned on it myself. There are other sports involved--well, one--so I felt it did have a place simply as a contrast between how Dash could play with Applejack (Top of her game, even when she loses she does so impressively) and how she could play with not Applejack (Slow, ponderous, has time for existential philosophy between punches, so on)

But it may not have worked quite as planned!

I really liked this, never mind the fact that Appledash usually leaves a bad taste in my mouth (until now).

>>11494831149483 BECAUSE TAW IS BUCKING AWESOME THATS WHY

It seems quite intresting ^^ I will for sure put this on my Read later list :D

I love it.

Thanks for sharing.

Reading all these comments has taught me one very important thing.

Apparently TAW SFW is an entire genre in its own right.

I honestly don't know what to say about this.....after everything that has been said I don't know. I loved it and honestly this was the first fic by you I have read. I might read more but it depends on what it's about.

The principal complaint seems to be that this story isn't clop.

Mon visage:

That said, gripping read. It's exactly the length it needs to be and your voice is compelling.

>>11964251196425

Try A Warm Summer's Evening if you're into cute horses being cute and not at any point rutting.

If you are into rutting, try Trifurcate or The Wind Beneath Her Wings. Ignore all else.

I liked the hang-gliding part. till it wasn't fun anymore.

All the characters felt in character and the progression of everything felt very natural and not rushed.  I do have to agree that the first part of the story felt a bit unnecessary and confusing but the rest of the story was fantastic.  I got a little bit confused about the rules of "My Perfect" and why Pinkie and Fluttershy lost but that could have just been me.  I did notice an error or two and wanted to point them out.  I didn't check to see if earlier comments pointed them out so forgive me if I'm just repeating somebody else.

“She's too focussed on her work for that kind of mushy stuff.”

"Focussed" should be focused.

Screw subtlety, I've tried subtlety. I just hope I'm going the right thing, Dash thought as she put the finishing touches to an A.

I'm pretty sure that going should be doing

Keep up the great work!

I have only one complaint, though it is really nitpickety and probably more opinion based than anything. There are two, possibly three, times in the beginning where you use somebody. I find this distracting and out of place especially since you yourself use somepony later on in the story and since somepony is always what is used in the show it just sounds strange to read somebody.

Granted one could argue that somebody is a valid term even in the way of pony canon, but I don't want to argue about that since it's such a minor detail it doesn't warrant debate. I thought I should point it out though. I apologize if this has already been mentioned, sometimes reading pages of comments is tiring, and I didn't feel like checking every comment to see if this has already been pointed out.  

>>12083471208347

Focussed is, actually, correct--at least in British English. Going, however, is not. Thanks!

>>12087891208789

The ponies say somepony, the narrator says somebody.

>>12106051210605

Makes sense.

>>12106051210605

Heh sorry .  I usually know the differences between American and British English but that is one difference I did not know.  Thanks for letting me know .

I hope you plan on writing more :3

>>11568461156846 That picture made me laugh...

Thoroughly enjoyable.  For the train tussle, I kept a imagining a bunch of wacky sound effects from offscreen with heads and limbs randomly jutting out from behind the door frame at odd angles.  

Yay! Entirely SFW, sweet, and awesome romance story. Awesome work once again, TAW!

i hate short stories,  but its TAW, so i finally read it. was nice, but too bucking short.....not that is meant as a problem of the story, just my problem. i don't like short stories. it was a very god story. just too short for me. i hope people understand i'm not criticizing the story.

>>11505791150579

I quite liked it. Thought it made sense from a character POV as well. Seems perfect for those two. :-3

*Grins and claps* very nice. Full thumbs up and fave from me.

Noice. Good fic.

Wow, I commented here already. But that was before I even had the chance to read the story.

Anyway, now that I have read it, I feel the need to leave my proverbial two cents.

You mentioned once in your blogpost (and it was about this very story, if I recall correctly), that your stories lack a certain depth or purpose to them (even if the execution and characterization is very good). To which I say: so what?

Image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/shrug_Luna_apple.png

Fighting Feelings was an excellent and enjoyable read, just because of the execution and characterization. Not every writing has to be as deep as Nietzsche's or as confusing as Kafka's. There has to exist a genre of light, heartwarming stories that bring joy and relaxation when read. This, good ma'am, is where your writing truly shines. So thank you for the pleasant time spent while reading this story. Without it (and its genre), daily train rides to work would be unbearable.

Yes, TAW,  you can do SFW and you do it well. I'd go so far as to say you should consider making some of your longer works clop-optional. As in, Chapter 6 = fade to black, chapter 8 = the morning after, and chapter 7 = clearly marked "explicit", so that readers can get to the plot (no pun intended) without the clop if that's not their thing, because your non-clop work is good enough to stand on its own.

I'm a sucker for sappy AppleDash, and this was awesome.

Cheerio!

A non overly romantic reaction to the confession, it fits, i dont see that done often this being mabey the second fic i have read with that in particular. Still it fits quite well.

Still wondered what happened to the Possible Pinkie-Shy, was hoping for a tip of the hat near the end.

Anycase it's a good read, Thanks

>>16597271659727

The plan was to maybe continue this some time, but that's kinda fallen over a little.

So your daring do mini story jumped the shark. The Fonz would be proud

A nice fic. I liked the relationship you had going on between the two!  But I got a little lost in some of the description of the action going on.  Still, Appledash for the win ^_^

>>20777832077783

Aww, thank you! ^_^

Yeah, neither AppleDash nor good writing are really my strongest areas, and this ended up being quite rushed towards the end (I was getting to the point I didn't want to look at it any more, so threw it out here), so I'm surprised anybody likes it at all. If you can remember off of the top of your head, what were the most confusing things? (If you can't that's okay!)

I've really liked your stories, so I'm glad to have you read one of mine <3

>>20833262083326  "Yeah, neither AppleDash nor good writing are really my strongest areas"  

......  *checks to see how many stories you've written*  49 stories.  Interesting...

Heh, I rarely read fanfiction (Ironically.  I've been in too many fandoms to trust fanfiction anymore >_< Plus, unless there is no shipping, I almost exclusively read Appledash. So write more Appledash =P)  The reason I mention that is because when I told Rat I read your story, he asked why I didn't read one of the, like 12, he recommended, and that was it.

Oh, and I know what you mean about not wanting to look at it anymore.  (I feel that way about what I'm writing right now.)  But the ending does, I guess, FEEL a little rushed.  Let's see if I can remember... the part where Rainbow Dash is trying to confess to AJ, and thinks she get's turned down.  I had trouble telling how Rainbow Dash looked after AJ stopped her from flying away.  She pulled her tail, and then...AJ acted like RD was on the ground and over here, but there was no description saying that (or maybe I missed it), and it was just confusing >_<  Oh, and the part in the bed room with the bed frame.  I didn't know if they were on the bed or on the floor, or how she was pinned.  I guess you can tell exactly where you got tired of looking at your story, hehe.  >_<  Oh, and the sparring going on with Twilight.  And the fact that RD was on the window frame sleeping, and not the bed.

And Appledash is EASY!  Because they are the OTP ^_~  Hehe, I would probably never be able to pull off a convincing TwiDash or Rarijack, so I get ya, but I really do like the dynamic you had with them.  I just think by the end, YOU needed convincing that they belonged together ^_^;

I'm glad you like my stories ^_^  Even though, apparently, you don't like Appledash ;_;  And I know I'll get to your other ones.  I have a bunch of them in my "to read" queue.

>>20840202084020

I don't really consider AppleDash an "OTP", no. I actually used to, but was burned by enough really, really bad fan fiction that I went off them as a couple. You're right I needed convincing that they worked myself, because like, I read so much of it where they just /didn't/ work no matter how hard the author tried. It can be really cute (If you tell tcher I said that I'll be unhappy with you :p), but I just can't see it *happening* in like, 99% of the ways other people suggest. Also, tcher is violently anti-my OTPs enough that I have to be anti-appledash in return!

I'll give this another look over with your criticisms in mind when I'm next feeling like writing, I certainly do struggle a lot with making things crystal clear sometimes, so thanks for pointing out specific parts where I tripped up :)

Uh, if you do want to read more of my stories, I'd recommend not going outside of the "top 4" I have on my userpage. There's a reason why I can't manage to fit the 5th slot. I went from not having written a word since high school to writing 450,000 words in a year, so there's quite a quality gap between my beginning "Fucking horrible" and my current "borderline illiterate". Rat is lovely, but his liking my stories is a great failing of his that we'll simply all have to live with.

>>20846032084603 Yeah, THAT'S why I don't read fanfiction - really bad fanfics can turn you off to certain ships.  It's why I was never into slash fiction before in any other fandoms - it was soooo forced in so many fics.  Now I write it -_-  You just gotta....know when to drop a story before committing to it. ^_^;  I got to the point that I was actually studying stories, good and bad, like the true scientist in me.  Anyways, i'm going off on a tangent.  AppleDash rocks ^_~  And don't punish AppleDash because of Tcherny's great love of the ship!! ;_; And don't be so hard on yourself - I have to assume Rat has SOME taste if he likes my stories ^_~

>>20847152084715

Yes, Rat has good taste in most things :)

Before this fandom I wasn't into fanfiction or shipping at all, and now look at me! A hopeless shipper with far too large a library of works!

I wish I'd taken your approach to it, I just kind of threw stories at the wall to see what stuck. Apparently some people liked some of them, which is okay I guess. It would have made me happier to just have a very few very well received stories, though, I think.

>>20847462084746 But if that's what it took to get you out there and writing and test yours wings, as it were, then that's fine!  I mean, when I started writing fanfiction, it was before this fandom, and I put out some stuff that I'm embarrassed about, now.  But I also like to take my time with stories to the point that a one-hot is taking me months to even finish the rough draft, and that's frustrating, too.  We each have different approaches, and sometimes you just have to get something out of your head and published to make room for another story. No harm in that ^_^  And hello, you have like a ton of followers, so I think you might be doing something right ^_~

Trust me, I have no idea why Stuck is so popular.  I can't even read it without being embarrassed about it.  And I think I feel the same as you - I died when it was feature, and fear every new comment I get.  I think Rat had to tell me to open a comment once because I was afraid to read it >_<  It's...pretty bad on my part, too.  But! We're our own worst critics, as they say.

If you ever wanna talk about stories or writing or need an opinion or two, drop me a line ^_~

>>20847912084791

I suppose so! I can't say for certain whether I'd have continued if I'd spent months on something and gotten little response, the scattershot approach at least let me stand misses without really having to care. I am jealous of you people who can spend months making something *really* good, though. I tend to get sick of things after a few days and just throw them out, rather than taking a break and coming back to them. I should try the other approach for FF's sequel.

You shouldn't be embarrassed over Stuck! I mean yes, you would write it better now, but isn't that always true of everything? Looking back at it without thinking "Man, what was I thinking?" would mean you hadn't improved since, and that would be awful! Stuck is lovely.

If you want to talk, feel free to prod Rat for skype, or google talk :)

I thought I'd go back in time and read some of my old favourites of yours, given the current situation.

It's... Bittersweet. The stories are brilliant and I can't help but feel the world has lost something in your absence.

Image: http://flipvine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bittersweet.gif

I hope this comment is read as intended: As acknowledgement of your absence and a prayer that you take some pride in your amazing accomplishments, as opposed to a plea for you to come back.

I don't need you back. I need you to want to be back, because that spark is far more important to me- err, the world.

>>20846032084603

(If you tell tcher I said that I'll be unhappy with you :p), but I just can't see it *happening* in like, 99% of the ways other people suggest. Also, tcher is violently anti-my OTPs enough that I have to be anti-appledash in return!

HA ahahahah

(i got here on my own, so no hurting callisto!)

And as I just told you on irc, i'm not anti twidash. Heck, it's right behind octascratch, at my #3 preferred ship. They're just both way, way, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY behind appledash.

And I only threaten violence on rarijack and pinkiedash!

I had to stop reading at Twi and RD's conversation about AJ liking RD. The story was awesome up to that point, but several things irked me about that conversation. It seemed like RD couldn't decide whether she was completly aware of AJ's feelings and her own feelings, or whether she didn't even know what Twi was talking about. She alternated between both. Also Twi was spending a great deal of time trying to point out that RD and AJ like each other because a fictional book says they do. How in the hay does some pony go from "what are you talking about" to "I like AJ like that but we're both busy" to "We don't like each other like that, we're just friends" ..and back again in random order? On top of that, they're treating mare on mare attraction as if everypony in equestria is just bisexual by default. It's especially glaring since they were talking about perfect stallions earlier, and it was made apparant that RD has no romantic experience. An attraction to AJ should have been a jarring revelation. -_-0