#340676
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:12:46 PM
from Meinong's jungle
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Forum Archive (nuked Western Animation thread)
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#340677
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:14:32 PM
from riding the wave
Cadance was probably born to the last queen of the Crystal Kingdom, and was sent away, Ilana-style, when the coup was staged by Sombra. She then spent that millennium being raised to maturity (which is long for her kind), in the relative safety of Equestria.
So Cadance is Superman? I thought Applejack was Superman!
#340678
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:17:05 PM
from Sterrance
C'MON AND SLAM! AND WELCOME TO THE JAM!
#340679
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:17:12 PM
from The Underground Facility
Naw, she's Ilana Lunis.
Of course, the major differences are that her grea evil was defeated shortly after her flight from the kingdom, and that her show wasn't cancelled right as the status quo shifted and things started getting really interesting.
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#340680
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:22:57 PM
from Meinong's jungle
@Gex: The hilarious thing about that is in a crossover fic I was writing a while back (which I have now given up on) actually included "ascension to the alicorn tiers via quest bed" as a plot point.
#340681
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:24:15 PM
When Twilight was a filly, Cadance looked to be a teenager. She at least appears to be aging normally. We still need more info, though.
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#340682
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:25:59 PM
from riding the wave
Hoofstuck had a vision of a possible future where Rarity was god-tier and therefore an alicorn.
#340683
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:30:35 PM
from The Underground Facility
Well, it could be that the daughter of the last queen was sent away, and Celestia and Luna carefully preserved both the knwoledge of he kingdom, and the blood of its royal line, in preparation for the day they could both be restored. And Cadance is the current member of the royal line of the Crystal Kingdom.
edited 17th Feb '13 5:31:06 PM by Enlong
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#340684
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:31:02 PM
from Appleloosa
well hello everyone i would like to join your thread please
Welcome to the thread! Sorry I've been busy today.
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#340685
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:38:28 PM
"First you get incinerated, then you go to space and watch YouTube clips of yourself. Then you become a princess."
~ edvedd
#340686
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:43:21 PM
from the Deepwoods
This has always confused me. If it takes six ponies to wield six Elements of Harmony how could Luna and Celestia do it? The only explanation I can come up with is that the Elements form around those they choose and compliment the wielder's strengths and abilities.
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#340687
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:47:17 PM
from The Underground Facility
I think that two is the absolute minimum for hem to be used with anything appproaching their full potential, seeing as the underlying force behind them is harmony and unity
When Celestia was forced to use them by herself, she was only able to imprison Luna instead of cleansing her.
edited 17th Feb '13 5:47:51 PM by Enlong
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#340688
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:47:34 PM
from Over there. Maybe?
I'm beginning to think that the ethereal plain of YouTube runs on the same magic that Trxie was using to show her flashbacks in Magic Duel.
I still don't know who was holding the cameras though.
edited 17th Feb '13 5:47:53 PM by edvedd
#340689
Sun, 17th Feb '13 5:54:17 PM
"First you get incinerated, then you go to space and watch YouTube clips of yourself. Then you become a princess."
~ edvedd
#340690
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:04:05 PM
from the Deepwoods
Awesome, the only thing the MS America bits were good for were the extra Mane Six snipits. More pony, no matter how small is always good.
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#340691
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:06:07 PM
from Meinong's jungle
@Dark: My theory is that it doesn't matter how many ponies you have as long as all the races are included. Celestia and Luna were apparently "natural" alicorns (in the sense that they were born that way rather than ascending), so they counted for multiple races. So without any alicorns, you could have as few as three ponies, as long as there's one of each race. Although even with unicorns I'd assume you'd have to have at least 2 became it's impossible to manifests those qualities with only one person.
edited 17th Feb '13 6:07:12 PM by JapaneseTeeth
#340692
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:08:18 PM
from the Deepwoods
Yay, there's that catchy opening sequence. Can anyone confirm the opening was cut in the broadcast version to give them 32 seconds of extra time? I think the episode with the opening added is a bit over 23 minutes which would be a little too long for TV broadcast.
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#340693
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:09:45 PM
from Somewhere Far Away
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#340694
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:15:07 PM
from The Underground Facility
I know this is a continually-repeating topic, but which Elements do you think each sister used during their time with them? Let us assume that one of them was commanding the sixth element, even if they didn't have a name for it (or truly knew it was around) at the time.
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#340695
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:15:32 PM
from the Deepwoods
Now with the season finale, I've thought of a theory. Luna and Celestia were part of a previous Mane Six with Celestia a unicorn and Luna a pegasus who were born the same way the Cake babies were. Either the original Six wielded the Elements the next down a line in a long tradition, or somehow created the Elements using Celestia's spells in or as a counterbalance to Discord's chaos while ruling over Equestria. Shaky, but stranger theories have popped up.
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#340696
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:18:27 PM
from the Deepwoods
The reason why we don't hear about the other 4 is because Luna and Celestia were the only ones who ascended leaving the others mortal. That, or Starswirl was the original wielder of the Element of Magic.
edited 17th Feb '13 6:20:19 PM by darkabomination
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#340697
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:19:49 PM
from The Underground Facility
Pfft. Like Celestia would take the throne without comissioning a stained-glass window commemorating every single time her team did something.
Stained-glass windows are to Celestia what barns are to Applejack.
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#340698
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:28:22 PM
from Meinong's jungle
@Dark: If Star Swirl were the element of magic, it means he'd have been able to fix the spell, because Friendship = Magic in this setting.
As for which elements Celestia and Luna had, it's always been my headcanon that Celestia had Kindness, Laughter, and Loyalty, while Luna had Honesty, Generosity, and Magic.
#340699
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:32:43 PM
from The Underground Facility
It would be fitting that Luna had Generosity, considering what led to her fall.
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#340700
Sun, 17th Feb '13 6:35:08 PM
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Then why did the spell effect the Elements like that? What was he trying to do?
That is something that I still can't wrap my head around.