Retcon is short for "Retroactive Continuity". When you establish Continuity Retroactively, you're using Retcon. By saying "Fifth time this week" WITHOUT showing ANY prior meetings, they're establishing Continuity (the meetings between the two) Retroactively (because it happened in the past). It is the literal definition of Retcon. Amazing how people miss this.



"As fr how its pretty clear once can assume that AJ and sugarbelle talked after the whole starlight deal." No, if it is not SHOWN, we cannot ASSUME anything. It's not even HINTED at before that episode that the two had ever met. In fact, they could have used almost literally ANY MARE that had EVER been shown in the show (shit, they could have used any STALLION, too), and there would have been EXACTLY as much to support the relationship as Sugar Belle. Precisely NONE. There was literally nothing to support the relationship prior to it being forced on us. "By the way the apples have done long deliveries before not to mention ponies always travel long distances." So now we're just going to brush aside the fact that five trips TO and FROM her village would take FAR MORE than a week? He walked the whole way pulling a cart. It would take a day to get there and then another to get back. If he didn't leave as soon as he got back to Ponyville (you know maybe he slept or something) it would take no less than two weeks for those 5 trips. It takes HOURS to get to Canterlot from Ponyville by train (and last I looked, trains are just a BIT faster than walking) and her village is TWICE as far, PLUS climbing mountains after the train ride. Yes, the Apples HAVE delivered things a ways before, and oddly enough, they took several days for the delivery. But now Big Mac can go across the continent in a few hours?



"Once again clearly doing deliveries first THEN doing for a mare." Once again, you're making lots of assumptions with literally zero supporting evidence. If her village is THAT strapped for apples, there are cities FAR CLOSER that could have delivered them. This is just a baseless excuse for garbage writing.