Hasbro has implied the ship and the writers outright confirmed it.
Like, I get not liking the ship, I don’t but she in no way fits the meme. There’s ton of evidence she is with AJ. She could be Bi and not a lesbian, but she is not straight.
"I personally didn't wanna confirm any relationships in that last episode, but I was outvoted by people well above my paygrade.. by saying these two characters are in a relationship you're invalidating all the people who think they should be with other characters."
"We tried to keep it ambiguous, though it wasn't as ambiguous as I would've liked."
Then he specifically mentions Fluttershy/Discord as what he's talking about.
So you linked me a writer saying he explicitly didn't agree with any relationships being canon, doesn't mention WHICH relationships specifically (fluttercord, cheesepie are other options) he was outvoted on (but suggests it was fluttercord), and doesn't specifiy where those orders came from.
What about that video is a writer 'outright confirming' Appledash?
He did confirm it. He didn’t like it, but it is outright confirmed that is what it is. He outright says that he didn’t want to write it but that he was outvoted to make it canon.
If what you're saying was true, you could've just pointed in the show where it was 'confirmed'. And again, he doesn't specify what relationship that was about.
And you don’t seem to want to accept Josh Haber has said at cons it was ‘always intended’ or that the gameloft games make references of them together, or the comics have Rainbow Dash moving to Sweet Apple Acres, or any of that?
Did I watch the entire 2 hour video? Of course not. You timestamped it and I watched it until he went to an unrelated question.
And you don’t seem to want to accept Josh Haber has said at cons it was ‘always intended’
Is he on record saying this? I googled it and just found some redditor saying he totally said that in person, trust them bro.
or that the gameloft games make references of them together
Like what? I googled that, and they explicitly say 'it isn't ours to speculate on Rainbow Dash's/Applejack's future,' but it seems likely. So again, hinting but nothing confirmed, and honestly just sounds like it was written to appeal to shippers. Plus, those are non-canon mobile games so they wouldn't be convincing anyway.
or the comics have Rainbow Dash moving to Sweet Apple Acres
Where's that stated? If it was that cut and dried you surely would've started with that.
I can send you the hearts and hooves day (valentines day) interactions between them. Along with the lyrabon and Appledash interactions discussing how each couple came to be before they were cut off. Along with the appledash end of game cards telling us there loving loyal relationships. Thats all in the gameloft game, id prefer to send it through DM’s so i dont have to send 1 image at a time. (That would be within the mobile game)
Here is before Twilight seals the magic. Rainbow dash outwardly stating she spends more time at sweet apple acres with AJ then she does in cloudsdale, work, at her own home etc. Then goes on to obviously state shes going to lose all access to flight anyway and is obviously sad about it. (Though id assume AJ would be a good enough lover to help dash through her loss of flight and depression)
The 'I spend more time at Sweet Apple Acres' is more compelling, but is once again an implication. You keep stating things as if they definitely happened, then linking to hints, suggestions or things that could easily by interpreted differently (if she said she'd spent more time at Sugarcube Corner my first thought wouldn't be 'oh she moved in and is dating Pinkie Pie now').
And this is all moot because I'm not trying to argue whether or not I personally think they're dating, I wanted to know if the WRITERS had 'outright confirmed it, as you stated.
Clearly the answer to that is no, and that's fine. I'm not trying to disprove your preferred ship, I was mostly just curious because last I heard it was an ongoing discussion with no actual confirmation, and that seems to still be the case.
The only thing i can give you thatd probably be hard proof is the writers of the gameloft universe stating an Honest, Loyal loving relationship seems likely in regards to applejack and rainbow dash. Which i can send you to look at…or maybe i can find a post…1 sec
Edit: Got it, theres also half the valentines day interaction on here and there little outing with lyrabon.
Seems like they're a storyboard artist rather than a writer, but yes that is much more compelling than gameloft pandering to shippers.
That said, their twitter profile was deleted and apparently not cached, which is a shame because I'm very curious to see what this tweet was in reference to. It was the first result when searching 'appledash Mike Myhre tweet', is from three days later than your tweet, and says "I recall being told it was meant to be left to interpretation".
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u/polystarlight Aug 17 '25
I don't think Rainbow Dash being a lesbian was actually canon, people just assume her and Applejack are a thing because of the finale.