That's assuming that she's now immortal, though. I personally headcanon that Celestia and Luna are the only immortals in the show, while Cadence and Twilight will likely have a normal or slightly extended lifespan.

...why?

Of course, this is only going to add fuel to the Twilestia ship.

Mainly because I don't think we can make sweeping generalizations of all alicorns when we only have two points of reference.

We similarly have no hard evidence to assume that Twilight or Cadance don't have expanded lifetimes.

And the only way we'll get hard evidence either way would be for the show or someone working on it to address the issue, which I don't see happening for a while. Until then, I'm content with believing that Twilight and Cadence have normal or semi-normal lifespans.

We do already have evidence that they will continue to grow with age, considering that Cadance is by far the tallest mare in the show outside of Celestia and Luna, and Twilight herself gained a few inches when she got her wings. That lends to them being more similar to Celestia/Luna than dissimilar.

Good morning, everybrony. Twilight is Godzilla Jr., and that is why yesterday's episode is so emotional.

Also, the remixes... they begin!

I'd hate to be a brony musician right now... so many songs to cover/remix!

Oh wow, I just noticed: The singe mark Twilight left behind in the floor is the same shape as her cutie mark.

That's pretty cool, actually. I probably should have noticed it earlier, though...

It's beautiful.

What a tweest.

A short story by Jorge Luis Borges. It's about a book with far more pages than its binding should be able to hold—a theoretically infinite number of pages. It's impossible navigate because the pages are in random order, and they seem to change every time you turn a page, and it's impossible to turn to the first or last page. Basically, every time you open the book, you'll find pages you've never seen before, and which you'll never see again.

Hey, remixes can be fun to do!

Also, made a drawing. It was supposed to be for Valumtimes Day, but I got lazy.

Lineart.

Colored with oil pastels.

edited 17th Feb '13 10:47:45 AM by SuperGex

And a guy pretty much ruins his life trying to study it and shutting himself away as he does so.

In regard to Twilight being ranked higher: While her official rank might be higher, it's pretty obvious that she doesn't regard herself as being any better than her friends. She explicitly says that without them she wouldn't be where she is. There's definitely some symbolism in the way she hops off her fancy chariot to walk alongside them at the end of the episode.

The other thing is let's face it: Twilight has been the de facto protagonist from day one. Yes, she's equal to the cast on a social level, but in terms of narrative she's always gotten the lion's share of the attention. Every two-part episode up to this point has been focused more on her than the other ponies. In the premiere, she's the spark that allows all the elements to work. In the Discord episodes, she's the one who recovers from Discord's Mind Rape and restores her friends. In the wedding episodes, she's the only one who realizes something is wrong and finds the real Cadance. In the S3 premiere, she's the one actively pursuing the heart while the rest serve as the distraction. I have no doubt that she views the rest of the cast as peers rather than underlings, but it's not like they've all been given equal billing and Twilight is suddenly the special one. She's always been set apart from the others.

Concerning this:

I don't think that's quite an apt comparison because Twilight is specifically studying to learn about traits that would make her a good leader. She proves herself honest, generous, loyal, etc., and gets the position because those are good traits for a leader to have. It might not be specifically what she thought she was getting, but it's understandable that Celestia would consider her to be a good candidate.

I do wonder if "Alicorn" is synonymous with "Princess".

So, a random thought led to some new headcanon regarding the Starswirl's completed spell. It's the first spell we've ever seen (as far as I can remember) that has an incantation as a casting requirement. Watching Twilight when she casts the spell, it really doesn't show the typical signs of unicorn spellcasting, namely an increase in the glow of the horn or a flashing effect or anything like that. Instead, the incantation reacts with the Elements of Harmony themselves. That leads me to believe that this spell isn't one that can only be cast by a unicorn. Any pony could have recited the incantation and cast the spell, so long as the requirements were met (i.e. bearing the Element of Magic and sharing the friendship and qualities of the other bearers.)

So, basically it's a book that randomly accesses L-Space to reset its visible pages when you open it?

Also I look forward to them touching on the various issues of Promoting Twi, with one of the morals being that no matter what they'll always be friends :3

@Perpetual: Definitely agree with that. It's a magic spell, not a unicorn magic spell. That's why Twilight didn't realize it had done anything. It's not the same kind of magic she usually uses.

Fits quite nicely with my own headcanon about what the spell does. It was intended to create alicorns, but Star Swirl never figured out that the elements are required for it to work. He narrowed it down to something with friendship, but didn't get it completely.

edited 17th Feb '13 11:01:47 AM by JapaneseTeeth

Effectively. Trying to study it in full ruined the man's life, caused his friends to leave him, and nearly drove him mad with the enormity of the task. He effectively became a hermit rying to study the thing. At one point, he thinks of burning the thing, but is afraid that it would create a similarly infinite fire and choke the entire planet with smoke. Eventually, he goes to a huge library, jams the thing in a random position on a random shelf, where he'll never be able to find it again, and leaves.

I'd just set up a robot with a photocopier and record anything intersting that comes up.

If there was one thing that I did like about Lesson Zero was the implication that they would move away from Twilight as the primary protagonist and let it be more of an ensemble cast. While that did happen in the normal episode it didn't quite pan out to the more storyline focused ones, and for that I'm honestly disappointed.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02/magical-mystery-cure-episode-followup.html And final follow up this season. Cereal make good job however.

We know it isn't. See: Platinum.

As for the spell. It gave me the impression that that all spells have incantations. But once you know the words, you can merely think them. Possibly. Maybe. It would make spell books make more sense.

Twilight of course, can work out how to cast a spell just from watching without ever hearing the words.

Not if Princess Platinum is anything to go by.

Darn Swordsages

Well, I've been dropping tumblrs left and right because of people who felt they had to preach about how bad the episode was.