One of them is a farmer who is pragmatic about looking after her home and family.

The other is a farmer with a tendency to be incredibly stubborn and angry.

So clearly the top one is Applejack and the bottom is Limestone, right?

Let's delve into Applejack and Limestone and figure why they might not be so different from each other after all...

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WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, you might want to do so before you read this post.

Flight to the Finish is something of a mixed bag; it is an episode that made me smile, but simultaneously left me feeling dissatisfied; it should have been more than it was.

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Alrighty, how big are the ponies? I posted a video I made awhile back, where I concluded something like this:

Source

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So, the following blog post is, at least partially based on the writings of others. Primarily, I recommend you peruse SoloBrony’s (unfortunately incomplete) writing on art under ADPA. I must also acknowledge that GhostofHeraclitus wrote a blogpost that has a similar theme in addressing the same problem. I recommend that, after you read this, you follow

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Because I felt like doing this analysis, I randomly went through all of the stories submitted on the site for the last week and did a tabulation of the numbers for various pertinent categories of stories; they have been recorded here for the sake of posterity.

The FIMFiction story numbers were taken for the week prior to 5-20-2014 at 3:00 am Pacific time. There were 550 stories in the sample.

Rating
172 Everyone
248 Teen
44 Teen (sex)
24 Mature (no sex)

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WARNING: The following blog post contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched this episode, you might want to do so before you read this post.

Power Ponies was an excuse for... another superhero episode, far sillier than The Mysterious Mare Do Well. Sadly, it failed at it pretty badly, and managed to make itself bland rather than memorable.

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WARNING! UNTAGGED SPOILERS AHEAD!

This is one of those episodes which does exceptionally well in the first and third act, yet falters in the middle by a sudden and unexplained shift in characterisation. I understand the set up, with Fluttershy taking up a particular archetype for the different types of customers who visit Rarity For You. It's a theatrical act, using each outfit to form the basis of her persona's,

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Applejack is a farm girl... I mean farm mare that works long hours. Does she show signs of workaholism? So what is the difference between a work addiction and a healthy work ethic?

This video was made due to popular demand... 2 years after the fact. Hallelujah!

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An Evil League of Evil forms as baddies come together to stop The Good Guys. It's an old trope dating back to the earliest days of serial fiction, but there's something extra special about the way MLP is using it this season.

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Taking a look at these two very maligned characters and trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

https://youtu.be/1Ea80c9mZEE

If you were to say, "there's an episode of My Little Pony where one of the Mane Six has difficulty accepting the fact that she came in second place," you would almost certainly guess that it was all about Rainbow Dash. One of the most universally beloved stories in the entire series, however, takes this premise, and applies it to Pinkie Pie.

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This is the one, people! The author has promised that this is the chapter where it hits the fan and something finally happens!

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Grrrrrrrrreetings everypony! My name is Mystic Mind, an ex-youtube pony analyst turned fimfic writer. And you know what? I miss the whole analysis shindig. So, I have set myself a challenge: review and analyse every single episode of my Little Pony: Friendship is magic. Some may be shorter, some may be longer, and not all will fill a video's length (which I won't be doing anyway 'cause I hate video editing). But they will perhaps give some good perspective and some new details that may

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I just rewatched the Stare Master. In this episode, Twilight straight up gets turned to stone by a cockatrice. Think about that for a minute.

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After MLP: FiM ended, I embarked on a bit of a personal journey, as you well know. My goal: to look at the show with fresh eyes, and offer you fresh perspectives.

Well, I've been at it for a year and a half now. As I compile my reflections on Seasons 1 through 4, and attempt to turn them into a book, I keep finding myself putting certain episodes off, time and time again.

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Story review #10: No Two Sunsets Are Alike —by ReedHoarse

Character’s:

Sunset Shimmer (Pony): Loved the way she thinks her human counterpoint is hotter and grapples with the idea that she’s attracted to herself. And wonders why her friends think she would be attracted to herself.
But most of all she is pretty close to her canon self and because of that she is my favorite character in the story.

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I recently re-watched Secret of My Excess.

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