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#274551 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:28:10 PM

If their sun was weaker, then it wouldn't be giving enough heat to warm the world when moving in a normal day/night cycle.

#274552 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:30:23 PM from Meinong's jungle

Except we don't know that it even does move in a natural day/night cycle, or whether it even produces heat in the same way. Maybe part of Celestia's magic involves diffusing the heat equally across Equestria or something. Or it's just closer, so the fact that it isn't as strong doesn't matter.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:30:40 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#274553 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:30:48 PM from Chicago

Also, MAGIC.

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#274554 Meta Four Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:30:49 PM from home

There's enough heat from the sun for Ponyville to be in a temperate climate zone with four seasons.

Except the four seasons are also controlled by ponies and oh dear I've gone cross-eyed.

MCs on the paper with their murder metaphors need to deal with the literal resurrector.

#274555 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:32:31 PM

Okay, yeah, I'm just operating on Like Reality Unless Noted here, and the sun moving via magic instead planetary rotation wouldn't need to change how things work otherwise, but other explanations are perfectly plausible, if complicated.

#274556 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:35:09 PM from Chicago

As it revolves around the planet, it is reasonable to assume that it is less massive than the planet, and thus probably powered by magic instead of fusion.

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#274557 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:35:35 PM from Meinong's jungle

I kinda assumed that "unless noted" clause kicked in the moment it was established that Celestia has control over the sun. When you have a magical winged unicorn moving the thing herself, I think pretty much any pretense of realism goes out the window.

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#274558 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:37:04 PM from Chicago

MLP isn't really Like Reality Unless Noted.

It's ostensibly very close to being a utopian society.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:37:13 PM by condottiera

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#274559 storyyeller Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:37:10 PM from Appleloosa

Maybe every race beleives that they are secretly the ones controlling the sun.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#274560 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:38:05 PM from Chicago

Like in Rock-A-Doodle, except not.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:38:39 PM by condottiera

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#274561 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:38:36 PM

Well, my threshold for things being "noted" is a bit higher, but it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

#274562 storyyeller Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:39:29 PM from Appleloosa

I was thinking more like Pyramids.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#274563 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:40:15 PM from Chicago

I dunno what that is.

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#274564 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:42:54 PM from Meinong's jungle

Well, time for sleep.

Goodnight everyone.

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#274565 Whatshisgame Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:43:12 PM

Who's the guy in the pic?

Ace Reporter Moses from New Zealand, according to EQD

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Technically we already had one.

we've only seen one mule

Two, actually: the mule from "Applebuck Season" & "Hurricane Fluttershy" and Mulia Mild.

EDIT: 'Night, JT.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:43:40 PM by Whatshisgame

#274566 storyyeller Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:45:47 PM from Appleloosa

It's a Discworld book where the people simultaneously beleive that numerous different gods raise the sun each day. They end up fighting over it like a football.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#274567 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:45:56 PM from Meinong's jungle

I thought Mulia was a donkey that just happened to have a Punny Name.

Going to bed for reals now.

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#274568 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:46:51 PM

It wouldn't be much of a pun if she wasn't a mule, though.

#274569 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:48:18 PM from Chicago

I never read that one.