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#342026 darkabomination Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:18:41 AM from the Deepwoods

I've always been wondering, just how useful are unicorns in daily life? Most earth ponies are kinda screwed as far as lifting and depositing items. At least pegasi can fly to make it easier and potentially can grab small objects with their wings.

For all the earth ponies strength and affinity for nature, they're severely hampered without unicorns to levitate objects or use a massive amount of team effort.

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#342027 storyyeller Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:19:12 AM from Appleloosa

Pegasi feathers look a lot more durable than the real thing anyway. They may not need preening.

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#342028 Japanese Teeth Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:20:27 AM from Meinong's jungle

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#342029 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:21:07 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Teamwork is magic I guess. Equestria pony hooves are pretty flexible at any rate.

edited 21st Feb '13 8:21:14 AM by edvedd

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#342030 Kyler Thatch Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:21:37 AM

Most earth ponies are kinda screwed as far as lifting and depositing items.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. They seem to be able to grab things with their hooves (or on occasion, their tails) just fine.

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#342031 Ace Of Scarabs Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:23:53 AM from Singapore

Also AJ uses the nail-grooves in her horseshoes just fine :V

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#342032 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:24:24 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Equestrian ponies can hold anything they damn well want.

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#342033 Great God Pan Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:25:23 AM from The Woods. Where else?

'Tis the magic of Sticky Hooves.

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#342034 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:26:42 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Or everypony has mutant spider powers.

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#342035 The Freeman Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:26:50 AM from Hialeah,FL.

I thought it was flexy limbs. Like rubber.

edited 21st Feb '13 8:27:06 AM by TheFreeman

#342036 darkabomination Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:26:57 AM from the Deepwoods

I'll grant that hooves in this universe can work in a pinch, but it still seems like cartoon physics are the only thing making it work.

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#342037 darkabomination Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:30:28 AM from the Deepwoods

And yes yes, I know a show about talking candy colored magical ponies isn't the best case for hard science, but at least pegasi and unicorns have somewhat of a set of standards to work with. Unicorns have always been depicted as mystical or enchanted in some way and pegasi have always had their wings, but earth ponies... I'm just not sure.

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#342038 Ace Of Scarabs Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:33:02 AM from Singapore

I always imagined they'd reversed-engineered lizard feet before we did and have rubber-soled horseshoes with lizard's-feet contouring for such things.

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#342039 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:42:40 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Lizards are Magic?

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#342040 Applelight Limited Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:43:41 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ preening

Something tells me it's not something a Pegasi would do in public...it's like a human shaving their pits in a public toilet.

@ earths

Oh this, my wonk.

I'm actually getting better with it now, as MMC showed without a doubt that E Ps can have super plant growing skills. And I've heard a theory that the Pie family have 'reverse' EP powers...they can turn the land barren to produce rocks...

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#342041 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:44:40 AM from Over there. Maybe?

It's like Timmy's mom from Fairly OddParents then.

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edited 21st Feb '13 8:44:48 AM by edvedd

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#342042 kegisak Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:48:38 AM

I still prefer to think of it as amping magic. They probably have a specialization that they can 'grow' that varies from EP to EP but is probably at least semi-family based, but you will got offshoots like Pinkie and Big Mac who have different amps.

Honestly, I do like the think of E Ps as having normal hooves but just being good at using them. Mostly because I like the idea of someone trying to use their hooves and completely flubbing it, like Twilight did in WWU, trying to put on her saddle manually.

#342043 edvedd Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:50:18 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Horses putting on their own saddles is kinda weird if you think about it.

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#342044 the Librarian Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:55:30 AM from his own little world

I actually had a dream about ponies last night ^3^ More specifically, Shining Armor going to show Filly Twilight something that had some kind of significance to the Royal Guard. I don't really remember what it was, I just remember Shining and Filly Twi XD

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#342045 Applelight Limited Thu, 21st Feb '13 8:59:31 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Who here has seen Wreck It Ralph?

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#342046 kegisak Thu, 21st Feb '13 9:01:15 AM

-raises hand-

#342047 Applelight Limited Thu, 21st Feb '13 9:02:40 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

First of all, isn't it beautifully awesome?

Second of all, Felix has a power that I'd like to explore in ponies...fixing anything. That magic hammer of his could be a good unicorn spell.

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#342048 storyyeller Thu, 21st Feb '13 9:03:31 AM from Appleloosa

But unicorns also use their mouths and hooves.

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#342049 the Librarian Thu, 21st Feb '13 9:03:55 AM from his own little world

But Apple, that also brings up the problem of his powers, he can't break anything.

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#342050 Applelight Limited Thu, 21st Feb '13 9:07:39 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

That's true...

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