Not sure of the context of conversation here, but tone varies from episode to episode. For comparison, Toy Story in general was a pretty lighthearted series, but that didn't stop Toy Story 3 from being memorably Darker and Edgier than the rest of it.

edited 12th Dec '11 2:26:48 PM by HiddenFacedMatt

Maybe some Horses are slavers who kidnap ponies?

But others are ok.

Have we ever really had a DARK episode though?

Or was Cupcakes somehow made canon while I was wasn't looking?

edited 12th Dec '11 2:34:35 PM by gingerninja666

Twilight's gets Spike a book every year.

I wonder what they were about?

Must be boring stuff like the book Spike never read at the beginning of Luna Eclipsed.

I'm picturing Spike getting caught by Twilight while sneaking a look at a copy of "Playpony."

Spike: Hey! What's Pinkie doing in here?"

Nah, I think I nailed it.

Horses are more prone to the arts of war, and when they were more plentiful, were used as defenders of Equestria from natural predators and as civil protection, until their numbers were reduced by inter-breeding to mere myth over the many millenia.

The Royal Guards are the last vestiges of that tradition, being large and powerful Ponies.

That horses still exist, and in pure-bred form, worries Celestia that some of the less-desirable war-like tendencies still remain. As a preventative measure, She tells them to depart. Not to worry, She'll eventually dispatch a diplomatic team to investigate the matter fully (so a happy ending remains a possibility).

edited 12th Dec '11 2:37:50 PM by pvtnum11

Well, we already know that Pinkie has the best pie in Ponyville.

edited 12th Dec '11 2:39:24 PM by Sydxelia

Twilight: I... wow, she's flexible.

Spike: You should see last months! Rarity was in it <3!

Actually, I'm trying to think of who the most likely pony to show up in a copy of Playpony would be.

Mayor Mare? (in an old issue)

edited 12th Dec '11 2:44:31 PM by gingerninja666

Ah that's better!

ROTFL!

edited 12th Dec '11 2:44:46 PM by ApplelightLimited

@kegi So flexible and adventurous is she, that I like to believe Pinkie penned the Equestrian equivalent of the Karma Sutra.

... and she's the only one who can do half of the crap in it!

edited 12th Dec '11 2:48:27 PM by gingerninja666

Okay, so apparentlyly, Applejack is ten hands tall (ten apples), or three feet.

Using Applejack as 1.0 Ponies tall (not including her real nice hat), how big is Big Mac? Celestia? Luna?

An average horse would be anywhere from 1.5 Ponies tall or more. Usually more.

(Not touching Pony Sutra with an eleven-foot pole.)

edited 12th Dec '11 2:49:26 PM by pvtnum11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JsG7WXyBguM

Anybrony posted this yet?

I don't watch all of it. But we can exept song with Scoot as good singer.

Is that a small horse?

edited 12th Dec '11 2:51:04 PM by ApplelightLimited

She'd have to put a little warning beside some of them, warning less-flexible ponies not to try it!

As for most likely to appear in the magazine... yeah, you're probably right about the mayor. I wonder how that looks in her political career? I wonder if she ever tries to spin it on her resume, or something? Like, 'good interpersonal relations'?

edited 12th Dec '11 2:56:23 PM by kegisak

Scootaloo singing Jingle Bells - that's awesome and cute.

Either that or it's something of an Old Shame of hers. Whether she looks back on it and laughs, or if she's genuinely uncomfortable whenever it's brought up though, I'm not entirely sure.

edited 12th Dec '11 3:04:50 PM by gingerninja666

By definition, a Pony is anything (most anything) less thatn 14.2 Hands tall. So, rounding up to the nearest integer, anything 50-percent larger than Applejack could be classified as a Horse. There are some miniature Horsebreeds that are not considered Ponies despite being the right size for it. It gets a little confusing after awhile.

Suffice for me, a Horse coudl be as much as twice the size of Applejack, as Horses are usually measured to their shoulders. That Applejack 10-hands figure included her head.

It gets worse if you take into account◊ that this pic shows that Applejack is only seven Hands tall to her shoulder.

Then a Horse would easily be double her size.

Even Celestia and Luna aren't that big.

edited 12th Dec '11 3:08:07 PM by pvtnum11

Nah, I'm sure she'd look back on it and laugh. I sincerely doubt she'd consider doing it again, but as long as it wasn't too hardcore stuff I'm sure she wouldn't think too poorly of it. It'd be essentially modeling, wouldn't it?

Some of the larger horse breeds reach 19 hands high at the withers...making them almost three times the size of AJ. And if strength becomes involved, Horses could be like superponies...riping pony stuff to bits without a thought.

Wow, Mousa or kegisak? Could either of you two draw a height comparison?

She might blush, but I'm sure she'd get over it. I mean, ponies are naked anyway.

edited 12th Dec '11 3:16:36 PM by ApplelightLimited

Awww, I LOVED it when the Mayor blushed

How old would you say she is, anyway?

I'm not usually into cougars but...

edited 12th Dec '11 3:17:52 PM by gingerninja666

Anywhere between mid forties and early sixties I guess.

Yeah, a Draft Horse would be ginormous.

A run-of-the-mill one would be less so imposing, but still huge. Quite a bit larger than the Alicorns we've seen.

Unless Alicorns used to be larger in the distant past... Then it would work.

Ah, world-building. Such fun.

She doesn't look old old, but she's has gone gray... or at least started to. But maybe that's just her mane colour.

Offhand I'd say late forties, early fifties?