Maybe the bones grow into those areas as the filly enters adulthood? Scoots' are just ordinary feathers for the time being

edited 9th Feb '12 12:11:22 PM by gingerninja666

The new episode has not aired on TV yet, and some fans want to wait before seeing it then. Please use spoilers when talking about it.

Well just think about May the Best Pet Win, where Dash gets one feather trapped under a rock.

A feather.

And then she has to wear a bandage and ride on tank on the way back to the finish line. You have to admit. It makes sense.

My theory makes sense

So do I. I'm not looking at plot spoilers

edited 9th Feb '12 12:12:39 PM by gingerninja666

Pegasi have bones in their wings... Birds' wings in real life also have a few bones, but they're hollow so they can be light enough to fly properly, like the rest of the bones in a bird's body. Not too far of a stretch.

It looked like a single feather to us but underneath it was probably some flesh and skin.

There might be additional scaffolding between bones and feathers. It'd be more like pulling hair out of your skin.

And ginger, I don't think that would work. Tissue grows around bones, not the other way around.

Or, well, might as well throw around 'magic did it!'

edited 9th Feb '12 12:14:55 PM by Crowind

I am tempted to draw a series of pictures showing how bird wings work, but I am lazy, so here is a link to someone else's diagrams instead:

How bird wings work.

Note that the actual flesh and blood part of an ordinary wing is very small compared to the overall size. Most of the flight muscles are located in the chest rather than the wings themselves, but safe to say, pegasi are different from this.

Since they have fucking bones sticking out where their feathers should be.

FYI, this is how bat wings are supposed to look like◊.

And this is what the show thinks that pegasus wings look like.◊

See how they stick out, not at the "wrist" portion of the wing, but right at the "elbow" junction, and are completely unattached to anything.

edited 9th Feb '12 12:25:34 PM by Sessalisk

I really liked the expressions each of the ponies made in the show. They were so funny! Especially Cheerilee's annoyed expressions and Bedroom Eyes. But I think one of my absolute favorite parts was during the song when Applebloom and Scootaloo's heads popped up, bobbing in time to Sweetie Bell's singing. It was just so darn cute! Not to mention all the potentially horrifying screenshot potential, like the one of the CMC between Twilight's legs.

edited 9th Feb '12 12:18:54 PM by CDRW

Doesn't pulling out even one feather from a bird fuck up its ability to fly for ages?

Ah well, not like Scoots is gonna need it

Can't you just spoiler the whole post rater than a few words? It makes it so much easier to ignore XD

edited 9th Feb '12 12:19:23 PM by gingerninja666

No, not really. A lot of birds will moult their wing feathers one or two at a time, and it affects the way they flap their wings (choppier motions or more flapping than usual), but usually it doesn't make them unable to fly.

Still, if you pull out a whole shitload of feathers, it can fuck a bird up for years.

One other thing about the new episode. It proves once and for all the Big Mac is THE MOST POWERFUL PONY IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

edited 9th Feb '12 12:28:11 PM by WillKeaton

It's my revenge on people going overboard about spoiler killing.

Ooh, you're gonna catch it if you don't cover that up!

edited 9th Feb '12 12:30:30 PM by CDRW

Oh for the love of Luna's great aunt dark matter, at least try to be nice people, we have two more days then we can talk all we want, you're scaring away the spoiler avoiders, i.e. you're scaring Kegi away and I like having him around.

I just wanted to talk about wing science. :(

I'm also tempted to leave too. I'm actually trying to stand on principle here and not exploit human error

I was nice until it went from "keep everything under spoilers" to "you're not allowed to talk about it."

Please don't post anything that isn't completely spoilered out about the new episode. Or I'm out of here until it airs.

Oh, I'm fine with talking about it under spoilers.

edited 9th Feb '12 12:38:17 PM by gingerninja666

Oh right, sort of forgot I don't have my spoiler-blocker thing on, carry on.

I'm watching the new episode right, and HOLY CRAP, Caramel is STRAIGHT!!!

I just realized something...

• S2E17 "Hearts and Hooves Day": Episode leaked on iTunes
• S2E18 "A Friend in Deed": Song leaked on YouTube
• S2E19 "Putting Your Hoof Down": Title leaked on IMDb

It's a trilogy of leaks!

Regarding the feather thing: Yeah, there are some bones in there, but I'm pretty sure that Dash has more than 3 feathers per wing. Applebloom just pulled one of the feathers that wasn't attached to one or something.

Actually, there's something I've thought of, courtesy of all the zombie rage.

There are parasites that infested ants and take over their brain so that the ants climb onto grass stalks and just sit there waiting to be eaten by, say, cows. Say, Equestrian ponies haven't eaten unprocessed grass for years. One day some crazy/lost pony eats grass outside of Equestria, and the parasites encounter ponies for the first time. Instead of dying by competition or what have you, pony magic caused the parasite to transform into pony-brain-infesting parasites.

If that's a common occurance with them, we now know why Scootaloo can't fly.

edited 9th Feb '12 12:49:06 PM by CDRW