marvelandponder:

• Rainbow and Applejack growing comfortable being vulnerable with each other
  
• Rainbow bragging about dating Applejack 
• Applejack being all embaressed because her girlfriend won’t stop bragging about daring her
• Applejack keeping Rainbow in check with reality, with her ego and such; like, she’d totally be able to find a balance between building her up and keeping her from going full narcissist– AJ’s super kindhearted and at the same time takes zero bullshit
  
• A changing dynamic: sometimes AJ’s the strong voice of reason and sometimes she’s more sensitive; just like sometimes Rainbow needs comfort and other times she’s the protective hero– there is no “guy” and “girl” in the relationship 
• RD sharing her massive insecurities and AJ letting her in on her deep fears of letting her family down or disappointing anyone she loves 
  
• Rainbow being embarrassed to cuddle at first
• Rainbow being a freaking cuddle-monster because HELL YEAH SHE WOULD BE, she needs so much validation and love
• Dash getting drunk (cider) and Applejack taking care of her dumb, drunk idiot
• Rainbow enforcing holidays and teasing AJ until she takes more breaks
• Chilling together like best buds, totally in-sync after years and years (except now they kiss and stuff)
• The competitive part of their relationship growing into a drive to be a team, challenging but also supporting each other because YES
• APPLEJACK HAVING A DAD AGAIN
• Sidenote: right now I head-canon Rainbow’s Dad as a single parent (whether through death or divorce, whatever), but he never wanted Rainbow to feel like less because of it, so he spoils her with praise and love and would totally do the same for her girlfriend
• Granny Smith and Rainbow bonding over stories of doing crazy stunts (Granny used to do high diving, and I figure she appreciates a mare with a bit of spunk to her)
• Applejack’s speak-from-the-heart honesty making her sound like she’s giving these big romantic speeches and Dash teasing her about it
• Applejack being a strong, proud military wife, and the two of them being dedicated enough to put themselves through that so Rainbow can live her dream
• Applejack specifically having a thing for pegasai and/or Rainbow secretly digging how muscular AJ is
• Rainbow “Danger” Dash getting teased for settling down or getting soft; she gets all defensive, like she does, until she realizes she’s still kicking butt and nothing’s really changed– her endgame isn’t happily ever after, it’s living out her dreams alongside Applejack, like a partnership or some junk
• Rainbow being admantly against nicknames in the beginning but eventually calling AJ “babe” when she knows Applejack thinks she’s just plain (OR: because AJ’s sometimes sad about it because she looks a lot like her mom did, and Rainbow wants her to know she doesn’t see that in her), and in response Applejack very, very occasionally is allowed to call her “baby”
• Pinkie being super stoked and dropping hints about marriage so she can plan the wedding for two of her best friends and so Rainbow can be her cousin, too
• ALL their friends (Spike included) being super supportive and giving them advice if they need it

TL, DR: Pretty much everything

These are amazing!! 💕

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Rainbowjack. Appledash? Er Dashie x Aj

spectra-system:

appledash is…. so Pure…

magnusgear:

appledash is the be all, end all of mlp i’ll have you know

True.

its-ruhje:

I’m drawing Appledash and I’m crying. These dorks make me so happy.

You are one of the greats, never stop drawing appledash! <3

lightningflash55:

So there’s a consistent rarijack blog and a consistent twijack blog

…what about appledash?

We post pretty consistently… or are you talking about “ask” blogs with all original content?

whynotfurry:

Hey, if anyone knows some really good Appledash fanfics (preferably a bit melancholic) please let me know. I’m kinda running outta stuff to read…

- Frost

Anyone know some good ones?

captainhotstop:

I could totally she this happening and it make sense. Rainbow Dash does seem to spend a lot of time sleeping/napping on AJs farm. I would also suspect that Fluttershy who likely want Ponyville even earlier(since she fall out the clouds and discovered animal) would have likely played a part in stopping them from fighting. (Fluttershy would have likely gotten some work on the farm with the animals) Then Dash and AJ would have had to set aside their differences because of a mutual friend. This forces them to spend time together in which they learn to like each other. Scratch that its cuter if its just AJ and RD argueing till they learn how much they have in common.

what-in-the-hay:

Honestly, i don’t understand why people hate the appledash ship so hard. I mean, if you have another opinion, ok. But you don’t have to blow up in someones face just because they have another opinion. This dosen’t just apply to mlp either. If someone has another opinion or view, there is no need…

Yep, truth!
I’ve definitely noticed some hate toward Appledash, particularly by fans who prefer other Rainbow Dash/Applejack ships. And the way the “criticism” is often presented (long-winded rants, personal hate messages/attacks, homophobia, etc.) leads me to believe the MLP fandom still has a lot of growing up to do. But I also know that “shipping” tends to be one of the more controversial sides to any fandom, and with MLP having so many characters and possible ships, we end up with many differing opinions.
It’s important to always remember to treat each others with respect and be open-minded! Not just with shipping but in regards to life, too. We are all part of the same fandom, so just try to be civil and don’t stir up drama for no reason.
No one likes ship wars!

magekiton:

the-chibster:

Teach me to ship AppleDash again

When I think about it, AppleDash is all about that unresolved mutual admiration and affection and attraction and tension between the two.  And then something happens, one of them (RD in my opinion) does something sudden and kind of stupid because she can’t say it outloud, like a little kid picking on their first crush.  Or (AJ is how I see it) just finally bursts and has to say something because she just can’t keep lying to herself about it.

After that initial confession, assuming that everything goes well, I can see them dating for a bit, but only because Rarity insists that they simply MUST do things properly.  But it’s kinda silly and awkward and the two maybe have a crisis where they don’t really know if that means they aren’t meant for each other.  But now that they’ve been together they can’t stand pretending that there isn’t anything there anymore and get back together and just end up doing all the fun things they always do together, just with some extra sappy stuff on top.

There is are lots of potentially fun little crises to wonder about how they handle things.  Like when RD joins the wonderbolts and has to worry about leaving Applejack, or how the busy farm life conflicts with how RD wants to just goof off, or if either of their families enter the picture in some way, or once Granny dies, or if something else happens to AJ’s family or farm, or if only one of them ever wants foals, or if both do and they can’t decide on how to handle it.

And through all of this keeping in mind AJ’s honest, hardworking stubbornness, and RD’s lazy, brash, but unflinching loyalty.  Those two qualities combined would make a rock solid pair if they can just get together in the first place.

I think this is a great view of the ship. Anyone else have anything to add?

I think their personalities are different enough to keep things interesting, but similar enough to keep a relationship going long term. They seem like the kind of couple that the longer they are together, the stronger and more in love they become (especially as Rainbow continues to grow and mature on a personal level).

Heck yes!

glasmond:

galleryofmistakes replied to your post “Why appledash though? ….”

Just wanted you to know that your appledash is directly responsible for my GF and I getting together. She fell in love with your photoset and wanted to do her own shoot, called and asked me to be the rainbow to her ‘Jack. Thank you for shipping!

Oh man, oh man, oh man! That’s so adorable and awesome! Would you mind showing us some of those pictures? :D

ragingfeminist:

Yesterday this sixth grade girl I babysit for got my number from her mom so she could tell me that she was bisexual. For an hour she texted me about this girl she had a crush on and at one point said “You know that MLP ship, AppleDash? She’s my AppleJack” and if that’s not the cutest shit get outta my face

That is so sweet! Young love ^.^

kittyhasnosoul:

I just went to look for appledash pics on derp i boo ru and I thought i had left my sfw filter on but i didn’t and THERE IS A SIX YEAR OLD RRIGHT N ED XT TO ME

Friendly reminder that we have lots of SFW AppleDash pics right here!