Rainbow Dash vs Applejack

Borrowing my format, eh? ;)HardworkingIt is true that Applejack can be, at times, more hardworking than Rainbow. However, this isn't necessarily a good thing. I would argue that AJ spends too much time into trying to work hard. In "Apple Buck Seasons", she did in fact work while refusing help from her friends. She was caught up in her pride and was so determined to finish the job that she ignored them. She also lied to Twilight about needing her help with the farm (going so far as to breaking her element of honesty again) and was even scolded by Twilight about being too determined. This is not a sign of a best pony. The best would have an equal balance between work and play, while making her friends a priority as well. We cannot seriously buy Pro's claim that the more hard work one does, the better she becomes, because it can, in AJ's case, be taken too far.Rainbow Dash has a better balance between work and play than Applejack does. Contrary to Pro's assertion, Rainbow is quite hardworking. An example of this is in "Hurricane Fluttershy" where RD trains hundreds of pegasi to get in shape for creating a hurricane to bring water up to Cloudsdale. She was the one who began the event, planned it out, and worked each pony until they were in top condition.Pro states that RD is lazy and slacks off sometimes. I challenge him to find a single example of her doing such while she was supposed to be doing her duty. There is a difference between slacking off and resting: the former requires deliberate refusal to do a job while the latter is for relaxing when you need it. I suspect my opponent of confusing the two, since they are similar but not the same.A pony who goes as far as breaking her element just to get a job done in a certain amount of time while ignoring friends and family simply cannot qualify for being this best. Rainbow would never do this. She (Pro admits) has more empathy towards ponies, and always puts her fellows first, unlike Applejack. AJ works way too hard in comparison which is really a bad thing, not a good thing.AthleticismRD beats AJ at hoof-wrestling competition in "Fall Weather Friends", as well as beats her at tug-of-war, and finally is declared the strongest pony in Equestrian in the rodeo portion of their competition. Rainbow trains everyday, using her wings to zip through the sky and is well-known for her speed and agility. In the hurricane episode previously measured, her wing power is clocked at 16.5 which is stronger than all the other pegasi. Applejack may know how to use a lassoe and use her hind legs, but when it came to rodeo games that Rainbow hadn't trained for, she still won.CaringI have already shown how AJ doesn't always put her friends first such as in the apple bucking episode in which she works way too hard and gets too prideful of herself. Rainbow does put her fellow ponies first, one example being asked by the Shadowbolts to be their captain or remain loyal to her friends in the second episode of the series. RD chose her fellow comrades.Rainbow isn't the element of ambition. She's the element of loyalty [http://mlp.wikia.com...], andloyalty is more important than honesty since honesty is focused on telling the truth as actually being attached to the individuals that one cares for. AJ isn't even that honest either, so her element doesn't really fit her. I've shown two examples in which she's broken it.RD = the best.