Simpler times, simpler racism.

Wow, that Pony Fun Time thing seems to be deliberately pushing Ginger's buttons.

Pegasi Soldier: "I don't hate you. My Commanding Officer's just an asshat."

Earth Farmer: "You know what, I don't give a fuck."

Unicorn Mage: "Neither do I."

And so, the moral is: War is where the old and bitter send the young and angry to die, just to further their own causes.

Perfect for Halloween and Nightmare Night

Fuck it, let's be friends.

And then, the political leaders all decided: "Eh, I'm bored." and ended the war.

And so, Equestria was born.

So, pegasi make up the majority of the Equestrian armed forces? That actually makes sense.

edited 3rd Oct '12 9:32:08 PM by Steventheman

And then they kissed.

Of course, the play as presented in the show left out some important historical details.

Yeah, this basically.

edited 3rd Oct '12 9:34:42 PM by Crowfall

The modern Equestrian Royal Guard is composed of a mix of ponies.

Pegasi provide air tactics, weather manipulation (literal fog of war and weaponized gale-force winds/rain/lightning/hail), and pure mobility.

Earth Ponies are trap specialists, turning the land itself against hostiles. They also have unparalleled camo skills and superior stamina.

Unicorns are the mages and intel, providing support magic and offensive magic-based bombardment. Also Telekinesis gives them better leverage.

For more info about Equestria's Pre-classical history, the fanfic A Brief History of Equestria gives a pretty good glimpse.

edited 3rd Oct '12 9:36:01 PM by AceOfScarabs

War, huh? Yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

@CDRW: That's the hidden bit of history kids don't get to learn about.

And I prefer to believe that they sang the Anthem of the USSR on stage, simply because I find it funny.

edited 3rd Oct '12 9:37:10 PM by Steventheman

@Kyler: It's also good for freeing the oppressed and repelling invaders.

And that's how Pinkie Pie got her cutie mark!

Oddly enough, "Hearths Warming Eve" was the one adventure episode that bypassed the "Like You Would Really Do It" portion of my brain and had me genuinely concerned for the cast's survival.

Even though it was only a play?

Well, they could have gone the "And then they all died, which is why friendship is really important."

Also, I'm going to bed. Goodnight everyone.

You could say who's to blame, say who's the mare in this cautionary tale.

G'night JT :D

@Ace: That would be a pretty good setup for a first person shooter with ponies.

I think that was part of it, really. Since they're historical (or perhaps entirely fictional) characters in-universe, they're expendable in ways that the Mane Six aren't.

Granted, that probably wouldn't fit the tone of the rest of the series... But the part where Pansy, Cookie, and Clover know that they're going to die, and they decide to do so as friends rather than enemies, and then they actually get frozen all the way up to Clover's horn—it got me so caught up that I temporarily forgot that they can't die because it's a cartoon for preteen girls.

Well, Twilight HAS died before. Got petrified by a cockatrice.

@Ed: I want a ponified Dungeon Crawl (Stone Soup) fork with playable ponies :V

Really? It never even occured to me that the characters in the play might die.

Given the severity of the winter and the fact it was so bad they were actually willing to abandon their kingdoms, there must have been offscreen deaths due to freezing and starvation.

I was expecting the leaders to actually stay dead...

And the war.

edited 3rd Oct '12 10:00:40 PM by Steventheman

They may have found the promised land, but the Earth Ponies will still have a complete loon for a leader.

edited 3rd Oct '12 10:13:50 PM by edvedd