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The main reason I sided with Applejack is it's her farm. She's the one who gains or loses from the decision they make. So while I still do think Applejack's argument of "play it safe, remove the threat, keep what you have" is stronger than Fluttershy's "take a risk, invest in the threat, potentially receive gains later", honestly whoever has the stronger argument simply doesn't matter: it's Applejack's farm. She owns it. It's not like it was Applejack and Big Macintosh arguing over what to do; Fluttershy and the rest of their friends have no stake in the farm whatsoever. If Applejack wants to play it safe and remove a threat to it, rather than invest in the threat on the chance that it pays off in the future, that's her decision to make and Fluttershy has no say in the matter no matter how much it bothers her. Besides, Fluttershy tends to make poor decisions when she thinks an animal is cute (Swarm of the Century) or when she's trying to look out for it (Bird in the Hoof), while Applejack has dealt with destructive vampire fruit bat infestations in the past, so that ALONE I think gives Applejack the stronger argument :P

Though, that's not why the episode doesn't make sense. The episode doesn't make sense because its own moral runs completely opposite to what happens. The moral, spoken word for word, is "You shouldn't let anypony pressure you into doing something that you don't think is right. Sometimes you have to tell even your closest friends 'no'." Yet Fluttershy spent the episode pressuring Applejack into doing something she didn't think was right, and was shown to be in the right for it, while Applejack spent the whole episode telling her closest friend no yet was shown to be in the wrong for it. And, that's not even getting into why don't they move the bats to a sanctuary elsewhere, like , plant some apple trees, and bring them apples until said trees grow, or relocate them to a wild grove of apple trees elsewhere. or how Twilight Sparkle thought they could take advantage of the better apple seeds from the apples the fruit bats eat after she mindfucked them into not eating apples anymore, or why losing a massive swath of her farm would make Applejack more inclined to risk what she had rather than double-down on playing it safe until her farm recovers, or why they thought [a solution using a mirror would work on a vampire](/514660). The list goes on, but it's still a fun episode XD

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The main reason I sided with Applejack is it's her farm. She's the one who gains or loses from the decision they make. So while I still do think Applejack's argument of "play it safe, remove the threat, keep what you have" is stronger than Fluttershy's "take a risk, invest in the threat, potentially receive gains later", honestly whoever has the stronger argument simply doesn't matter: it's Applejack's farm. She owns it. It's not like it was Applejack and Big Macintosh arguing over what to do; Fluttershy and the rest of their friends have no stake in the farm whatsoever. If Applejack wants to play it safe and remove a threat to it, rather than invest in the threat on the chance that it pays off in the future, that's her decision to make and Fluttershy has no say in the matter no matter how much it bothers her. Besides, Fluttershy tends to make poor decisions when she thinks an animal is cute (Swarm of the Century) or when she's trying to look out for it (Bird in the Hoof), while Applejack has dealt with destructive vampire fruit bat infestations in the past, so that ALONE I think gives Applejack the stronger argument :P

Though, that's not why the episode doesn't make sense. The episode doesn't make sense because its own moral runs completely opposite to what happens. The moral, spoken word for word, is "You shouldn't let anypony pressure you into doing something that you don't think is right. Sometimes you have to tell even your closest friends 'no'." Yet Fluttershy spent the episode pressuring Applejack into doing something she didn't think was right, and was shown to be in the right for it, while Applejack spent the whole episode telling her closest friend no yet was shown to be in the wrong for it. And, that's not even getting into why don't they move the bats to a sanctuary elsewhere, like , plant some apple trees, and bring them apples until said trees grow, or relocate them to a wild grove of apple trees elsewhere. or how Twilight Sparkle thought they could take advantage of the better apple seeds from the apples the fruit bats eat after she mindfucked them into not eating apples anymore, or why losing a massive swath of her farm would make Applejack more inclined to risk what she had rather than double-down on playing it safe until her farm recovers, or why they thought [a solution using a mirror would work on a vampire](/514660). The list goes on, but it's still a fun episode XD