Applejack is Best Pony

Just for fun: That was nice. Back to business:1. Putting Others' Interests FirstI'd first like to remind my opponent that "putting others' interests first" was the original point, a few of his subpoints have started to stray into "caring". He still remains for the most part on-base, this is just a friendly reminder.A. Loyalty and Honesty: My opponent points out that Rainbow Dash saved her friends from tumbling off a cliff before Applejack's moment of truth (no pun intended). While this is true, it was not Rainbow Dash alone. Take a look at Friendship is Magic Part 2. You'll see that two other ponies take part in this rescue. Fluttershy, and you guessed it: Applejack. If this act of kindness shows loyalty, then Fluttershy and Applejack displayed loyalty of their own at the same time.B. Mysterious Mare Do Well: i. First of all, having lack of humility doesn't suddenly become acceptable just because your name is "Rainbow Dash". ii. Take another look at the episode. To me, I see no point where a rescue puts Rainbow in peril. I only see Rainbow rushing to get there on time (or perhaps beat Mare Do Well to the scene). As for you, the voter, you should see it for yourself. She doesn't put herself into "peril".C. My opponent's argument states that Rainbow Dash showed concern for the other ponies at the academy. However, the twister was created specifically to stop the other ponies from winning the competition. If she was really putting their interest's first, she would have never let Lightning Dust create the twister, let alone join her. Also, being loyal to the idea of being a Wonderbolt is not putting others' interests first.D. My opponent counters my statement that Rainbow wasn't busy by stating that she handles the weather. "I can clear the sky in ten seconds flat!" -Rainbow Dash, Friendship is Magic Part 1If Rainbow really can manage the sky that quickly, I'm quite sure there wasn't too much cramming involved in order to tear down Applejack's barn. So there's nothing here proving she's putting aside her own interests.E. My opponent thinks Rainbow Dash puts her interests aside to uncover the other ponies' destinies in Cutie Mark Chronicles. However, she had no intention of helping find their destinies by creating the sonic rainboom. Shoot, Rainbow probably didn't even know half the ponies at the time.F. Spike At Your Service: Spike was doing more harm than good by being Applejack's servant. Applejack wanted to put an end to it for the sake of her household and her family. Also, while carrying out this plan to stop Spike from causing trouble, she had no way of knowing that there would ironically be actual timberwolves at the same place and at the same time, nor did anyone.G. Applebuck Season: i. I ignore the statement that Rainbow helped with AJ's chores because all of the mane six ponies helped her, too. this doesn't make her some helpful exception. ii. Because Applejack stopped the stampede, there is no way to conclude that Rainbow bringing the ponies to safety did them any good. But we do know that when the stampede that followed arrived, it caused unconscious ponies in the middle of the road......and that stampede consisted of bunnies. A warning alarm really doesn't seem to do much good.H. Telling Derpy to be careful didn't stop Derpy from being destructive. And my opponent again forgets the reason for not going home (side note: it was not a lie, she clearly stated her intention to come home with money). Applejack said she was going to raise the money to fix town hall, and she was not going to back on that promise.2. MoralsA. -My opponent says that Rainbow would prefer to spend her screen time learning her morals as opposed to Applejack. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think the ponies choose when they get "screen time". If they did, there's probably a lot we would not have seen. -My opponent was also vague on what episode he was talking about, but believe he was referring to Super Cider Squeezy 6000. I didn't catch Applejack being mean. I caught her doing her job and selling cider. I caught Rainbow Dash throwing a fit because she didn't get in line soon enough.B. My opponent says Rainbow humbly accepts their decision to make her wing pony. But if this was the case, she would have never went to the trainer's office to protest their decision, would she? And there's nothing that says Rainbow wanted to help ponies develop new skills. It shows that she wanted to be lead pony because of her own performance.C. Neither accusation my opponent makes about AJ's selfishness is true. In Applebuck Season her intent is to let other ponies go about their business rather than going out of their way to help her. How selfish. And again, in Last Roundup, this wasn't about her. It was about the town. She said she'd get the money, and instead of "hiding" like my opponent accuses her of doing, she takes up a new job.D. The Return of Harmony argument my opponent makes is somewhat confusing. I'll do my best: The order of corruption makes anyone else superior to AJ either. But contrary to what my opponent says, while the other corruptions were inconvenient, RD's caused them all to lose the game, letting Discord take over. Cloudsdale's awesomeness is irrelevant.3. Strength Hind legs: AJFront hooves: RDFlying: AJ is an earth pony with no wings, thus this is an unfair point. So allow me to break this tie:Unable to paste an image, here's a link to it: (http://2.bp.blogspot.com...)Seen is an image of AJ supporting Twilight with her tail.Tail: AJAJ is the strongest pony. 4. DreamsMy opponent's first remark is not relevant to having dreams. I don't concede to it, but I will not argue it unless it is placed in its own fitting category.A. My opponent says that AJ is not successful in selling cider. According to Super Cider Squeezy 6000, at the end of the day, the Apple family ends up having whole chests full of bits (pony currency).B. Applejack's special talent is not pears. She does not have a pear for a cutie mark. I can't name one pony who professes in something not based on their special talent.C. Again, because MLP is that kind of show, it becomes difficult for me to find something RD does that doesn't take her one step closer to being a Wonderbolt. Rainbow will become a Wonderbolt because it's that kind of show. But common sense in all of us knows that more people end up farmers.D. Applejack does have dreams. The difference is, her dream has already been fulfilled. Maybe she didn't aim so high, but to have a stable career at what Brony experts estimate to be the age of 15 is what I would call a dream fulfilled.5. Coolness A. RD can have fan clubs of fillies, that's fine. AJ still has a town of ponies commending her for all she does, having been welcomed to the town hall stage twice [Applebuck Season and The Last Roundup]. Two more times than Rainbow. (This also adds as a fine example of Applejack's superior sense of reality.) B. That dragon statement is an assumption and my opponent knows it.C. My opponent failed to consider that kicking the dragon caused the dragon to be more difficult in negotiations to get out of the cave. It's not that the others were afraid, they perhaps just had more sense.C1. Directing his Urban Dictionary citation to "uncool" people is a display of bad conduct and my voters should take this into consideration.C2. Urban Dictionary has hundreds of user-uploaded definitions for coolness. We can't consider this definition reliable.D. Maybe bringing birds home is cool, but many other Pegasi do it. This doesn't give RD superior coolness, And AJ being an earth pony, she was never given the chance.E. The honor of taking out the trash and RD's intent are both assumptions on my opponent's part. And don't forget the barn raising is what brought the family together in the end. Ego non Latine loqui