Where The Apple Lies, various thoughts · 9:43am Oct 9th, 2016

Let me just say, that pun. That was a fun something, with some interesting things to note.:3 As always, unto the thoughts!

—In which the reason "AJ never lies" (if she can help it) is expanded on, showing what sort of reasons she has for valuing honesty. She doesn't never lie, ever, but clearly she's aware of the risks she's taking by doing so. We're also getting some insight into how AJ might feel sometimes. How overshadowed she herself might feel. And in which we learn Big Mac used to be a talker with a listening problem. This probably was the first event that changed Mac into an introvert, and personally I think it gives credence to a certain headcanon of mine.
—Apparently, Spoiled's last name used to be Milk. Other than questioning the states of her parents, it does make me wonder; why did she take the name Rich? Before now, ponies never seemed to necessarily have a common surname when either marrying or being born into a given family. Though the majority of Pinkie's family shares the name "Pie", then we've got Cloudy Quartz with a remarkable lack of Pie to her name. And the writers claim names don't work the same as in our world. I guess it must be a varying thing. Maybe she was able to change her name due to Filthy's wealth? Speaking of Spoiled, why the nose job she clearly didn't have during her younger days?
—And I spotted Derpy after what seems to have been an eye surgery. I guess that means she didn't always have a lazy eye? Poor Derps. I wonder what the story behind that was?
—AJ was rather scrawny-looking when she was a teenager. If that's not normal and what a growth spurt fixed, I figure she must have been training quite a bit since.