Peregrine

Energy in the magical sense. Theoretically, if our body was given enough energy to work with and the biological processes to do it, we could reverse our aging. This could obviously be accomplished via magic if she had enough of a magical source.

*monocle* Lies! Lies and embellishment! I've never seen this filly before in my life.

I would think they were naturally long lived too. And no, I wasn't forgetting that creatures use an outside source, but the difference is that outside source of energy is not enough to reverse cellular breakdown over time. Otherwise if we ate regularly, we'd never die. What she would need to sustain herself would be a source great enough to do that kind of thing. And yes, she would need a limited pool, if her pool was unlimited, really unlimited, she'd be God. As in, ethereal all-being that encompasses everything since she's literally just a source of limitless magical power. She wouldn't age, or take damage, or even need a physical body.

Then again since friendship IS magic, she could just feed off of happiness like some kind of overbloated emotional tick. 8D

HEY ITS YOU.

Celestia draws her energy from the sun. Was that stated somewhere? I never saw that. I only saw that she raised the sun. If she does do that then one could argue that she could last as long as the sun lasted.

Well the problem with that is that she would still eventually fade. If she were a being of fallible flesh then she would still begin to break down over time, because she'd be subject to the laws of entropy. The healing energy would still be coming from a being who is indeed slowly perishing, so she would receive diminishing returns slowly as her spells grew weaker.It'd be like trying to fill a bucket further with the water that's already in the bucket, y'know? The water doesn't get any higher, and still evaporates over time. She would either need to be siphoning energy from an outer source, or be immortal already. Ya, the body breaks down over time. She would only be able to heal herself bits at a time. But, as said, depending on the type of spells available, she could perhaps use age reversal on her body. Or maybe it's just like Tuck Everlasting. Yes, but to cause that kind of regeneration she would need to draw energy from an outer source, and convert it into a spell that could reverse the degeneration of her cellular structure. She logically could not do that from herself. If this was the case, she'd need some sort of well of eternity, or other object to continually renew her lifespan.

Well the problem with that is that she would still eventually fade. If she were a being of fallible flesh then she would still begin to break down over time, because she'd be subject to the laws of entropy. The healing energy would still be coming from a being who is indeed slowly perishing, so she would receive diminishing returns slowly as her spells grew weaker.It'd be like trying to fill a bucket further with the water that's already in the bucket, y'know? The water doesn't get any higher, and still evaporates over time. She would either need to be siphoning energy from an outer source, or be immortal already.

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While this is all well and good, as we know from any other major cartoon series, usually small hints or vague concepts of these sorts of things are provided then built upon by nerds who love realism. Nerds who, for instance, devised a helmet and hoofboot set specifically designed to maximize potential offensive capability of a quadraped equine. Nerds like me.

In regards to religion and mythology in the context of this little playworld, I'd have to advise against it. I quote Peter Molyneux on religion: "If I include religion in my games, I'll either offend someone with my ignorance, or insult them with my irreverence." Unless you're fashioning a world personally a la Tolkien in which you purposefully want it dominated by the One God, or a more dualistic setting a la Robert Jordan, its best to just leave it a blank mystery. Seeing as how this is not our world, and many, many of us are screwing around with it, the most agreeable choice to all those involved would be to simply leave it a mystery, don't you think? For that matter I definitely see deific parallels in the idea of Celestia. She even refers to twilight as "her faithful student," which is of course awfully close to the commonly used Christian line "Well done my good and faithful servant." However, seeing as how it is indeed a children's show, I would be willing to surmise that Celestia was simply intended to be magical royalty, and nothing more. We can observe that she displays multiple traits lacking divinity, such as vulnerability, as we saw in Sonic Rainboom where she shrunk away from that cloud splat that hit her throne, and that she could be conquered by her little sister, and a lack of immortality given that her sister is obviously younger than her and can age. It is far more likely that she is just similar to the pegasi in the sense that her job is a control over the astronomical aspects of nature and her access to magic allows her to lift the sun and the moon.

GENTLEPONIES! BEHOLD! COOOOORN! What has science done! D8 Welcome d00d(ette?)

Being the nerd I am I can't way to see the world fleshed out more. More fantastical creatures, cultures, governments, social hierarchies, and definitely more of the military. A lot of the art I do draw is of potential warponies and what kinds of weapons they'd be able to wield. Though I ruin everything with realism. :B

Haha yes I don't get what was so enthralling about the series either. At first viewing my assessment was "A decent kids show, but I don't see the adult appeal." After watching 5 episodes it started to grow on me (like cancer I might add) and soon enough I'd seen every episode, half of them twice. I still can't explain why I like it. Usually I prefer shows with adult subtext like Nicktoons, but for some reason I just like this show.

Thanks d00dz. I was linked to this place by another member who's username on here I dunno. I'll have to find her.