
It is revealed that the horn only amplifies the user's power... meaning that he, and other earth ponies by extension, had natural magical abilities to begin with.
life's just a mood ring we're not allowed to see
Earth Ponies totally have a kind of superpowered sensitivity, like Pinkie's Sense.
That superpowered sensitivity could be what helped Granny Smith work out how the Zap Apples functioned?

Zap Apples were created by an earth pony botanist who also studied pegasus weather magic. Hence the rainbow colors and the electric zing.
You know, like the way Iroh studied waterbending techniques despite not being a waterbender, and came up with lightning redirection.
edited 26th Feb '13 6:09:37 PM by KylerThatch
life's just a mood ring we're not allowed to see
Chickens cant fly... Scootaloo cant fly... therefore Scootaloo IS a chicken
If she were a wild chicken, she could fly.
They could just as easily sit on a bench instead of telephone wires.
Do they really need to perch though when they seem able to just drag up a cloud and use that to sit on?
@ Turtle: No, but it's kind of cute. Those must be some heavy-duty wires.
"First you get incinerated, then you go to space and watch
YouTube clips of yourself. Then you become a princess."
~ edvedd
They could say "We own MLP and all the imagery and ideas associated with it" and prevent people from using their characters in the Con. I'm pretty sure if they didn't want them they could Cease and Desist Cons if they wanted to.
Well the legal issues there are not clear cut, but the threat of a lawsuit alone would probably stop cons from happening.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
I had one that hit my hand once.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
I wonder if Fluttershy helps make sure the birds in Ponyville don't mess the place up with their guano.