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I so hope that is actually true; I like to think it is.

I'm not getting this to work in other threads see... You need to cut the text before and including the equal sign, so "watch?v=iK-G0cAqUwQ&feature=fvsr" should be iK-G0cAqUwQ (you need to remove the "&feature=fvsr" too). You can grab the needed section from the "Share" feature below the video on Youtube.

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Oh yeah, you guys will be driving from North Dakota to Kentucky, likely driving right by my house half way there, lol. Well good news, the weather should be nice and sunny hear in Chicagoland that day.

Yes, I was stunned he was willing to trade her, but said something along the lines that she get far more exposure if I had her, or something like that. Whatever the case, it is so worth it!

Well if you all want to get real science technical, the outside source of energy that allows her (and everything else) to control would be the Sun, which she seems to have some power over. Sadly in the show we will probably never find out the true age or power limit of Celestia and Luna (or any other alicorn). All we know for sure is they live thousands of years in comparison to decades for the other pony sub-species. They have immense magical powers and probable power over the fundamental forces of their world, although it is likely limited to some degree. I wouldn't be surprised that they are born, age very slowly over time, have offspring, and eventually die, but in a much larger timespan. Besides everyone knows god's name in Equestria is Fyre-Flye

It could be that Trixi's power is no more that based on parlor tricks, although it would be more interesting it was based on the magic of illusion control. I always wondered if Trixi actually changed Rarity's hair to that green bird's nest or just gave the illusion that she did (and thus have the potential to cloud minds). In addition to general telekinesis she seems to be able to control "objects" like rainbows, which normally only Pegasi could. Yet again, it could be all parlor tricks, it just be cool from a story point if she had something much more to her ability. I definitely noticed Twilight's mark as being directly related to the Elements of Harmony, so I suppose it was always her "destiny" from the start to do this and have magic itself be her specialty.

That seems to be a very commonsense answer; it seems to fit the series best too as it doesnt assume anything out of the ordinary, or hidden motives. I think i'm personally hung up with the idea of Twilight being groomed as a successor, all because of that art of 'princess' Twilight. Well we know unicorns all have magical power, but perhaps among the unicorns there are those few individuals who's specialty is magic itself and not merely having magic for the sake of merely supporting their special talent, and these are the most powerful magical users. Celestia (or the alicorns in general) may take special interesting in them and thus train or mentor them to reach their full potential as powerful magic users, Twilight being one of those with this special rare gift (perhaps the only one at this time). I image there could be others (heck, perhaps even Trixi, but unlike Twilight, she cannot see and thus reach her potential because of her personality flaws and her current inability to overcome them).

I LOLed and then I LOLed some more. Man I love the Mass Effect series and this is just hilarious, "Manly Spike" as Shepard.

I wish I had the link but I did see someone asking Lauren about the Earth ponies since Unicorns had magic and Pegasus had power over the weather. She did state that Earth ponies are especially attuned to the land and nature and that is why they focus on farming, growing, animal care-taking, and so forth. Pinky though, her ability may be entirely unique.

I'd say confirmed, two ponies have the hour glass mark. In Sonic Rainboom, one of the competitors looks just like "Dr. Hooves" complete with Hour Glass make but as a Pegasus (and a much younger voice). I suspect that is really based on reuse of templates to speed production time, just as Gramps lacking a mark is likely a small animation mistake (I believe Sapphire in the Diamond Dogs episode is also missing a mark).

So is that every variety from the Hasbro flash game?

Complete with the Rainbow Boomtube of Friendship I see!

Some of us would have to be straight for Rainbow Dash

This is the feeling I get from the series, that they are likely the last of their kind, or at least even the royals of their own sub-species (which, its pretty clear that they are.) Perhaps other alicorns are fading away, or becoming unstable for whatever reason- and thus a thousand years ago Celestia and Luna (pre-argument) decided that the land that was suffering without the benefits of the other alicorns needed to be monitored, and they established Canterlot, and taught the pony sub-species how to tend to the land on their own (in the stead of the dwindling alicorn presence). That would be an interesting concept, even if I doubt the Alicorns will be explored in such a way in the series. It would almost be like Battle Galactica that way where the Lords of Kobal are all gone and humans basically take over and run everything themselves. In Equestria's case, Unicrons for the delicate and sophisticated jobs, Pegasus for the weather and the sky, and Earth ponies for the land and food. This, is better than any reasoning/idea I could come up with; it lends a mortality to Celestia and Luna; some type of limit to their abilities and lifespan. They have to either shoulder the burden of their celestial and lunar responsibilities; or give them up to live a different life (to have a family, or whatnot), they have to shrug off that longevity, and produce some type of heir to their position. That is also a cool idea, as it is possible they would become weary of their current responsibilities, it make also be physically draining over the centuries. The idea of moving on to a quiet life as matriarchs and passing the responsibilities off to offspring is a cool one. Maybe soemthing that only happens every thousand years or so?

There is a scene in the end of episode 2 where there's little baby pegasus ponies putting a ring of flowers around Luna, and they're smaller than Scoots. Ah, you beat me to saying something about it. But here is a photo: I have little doubt Pegasi around Scoot's age can fly, they just cannot fly like adults such as Rainbow Dash, Derpy, or Fluttershy can, instead I always imaged them as slower and somewhat wobbly in their flight. It isn't established that Scoot cannot fly is it? Or just we really haven't seen her fly? She seems to be decent with her wings, after all she did use them to power that scooter of hers.

Managed to snag all the McDonalds ones in one affordable eBay swoop, which is just as well since I don't care for McDonalds and I don't have to explain why i am buying a Happy Meal. Friend (Bramble Rose on here) bought me Applejack from Target I believe, just need to make the right kind of hat for her. My biggest win was the custom Derpy for a commission trade.

Nah! Trust me, i'm only a few years off and I dont feel weird about it. Hang on to the things you love, and dont sell out! I definitely feel weird for that same stated reason, I look at those numbers and think "Really? Maybe I should stop "

I suspect that has more to so with her age as her wings are pretty small, and all Pegesai have to go through that awkward part of their lives in learning to fly as foals

Don't drop this idea entirely Bramble, I think you could easily rework him to fit within the RP guidelines, he has so much potential as a character

That is an interesting concept. After all how do the seasons change in the ares outside of pony populated lands? Perhaps some alicorn(s) does it silently. Also like the idea of some abandoning their duties; perhaps there were many more alicorns int he deep past and they are fading away. Celestia and Luna could even be all who is left of the once former alicorn sub-species.

It is possible there is an entire family, or even families of Alipony, each who influence or control an aspect of nature, even in an abstract way and Celestia with the Sun and Luna with the Moon is just two of them. I will agree though it is likely only the Alipony have extremely long (or immortal) lives and it is possible other ponies live no longer than we as people do (or perhaps only even a horse's life span). It could be Celistia and Luna may someday have offspring they could pass off their responsibilities to, but those are most likely concepts and ideas far beyond the planned scope of FiM.

Personally I am supportive of the idea of keeping actual religion out of the RP world here, even if in a fanfic sort of way such an idea could be interesting to explore. I believe the lore and magic generally found in FiM is certainly enough, and it is everywhere. I often wonder if the Alipony are immortal or just live a very long time, since Celestia is a thousand years old at least since she was around to seal Luna in the first place for her thousand year imprisonment. Also wonder how many Alipony there really are?

I would find a trade fun, my stuff is here to give you am idea of how I draw; if you are interested at all.

Oh mann, that is about the most adorable thing I have seen!