Is she bigger than male ponies like Big Mac?

Other question: isn't she (bilogicaly) ekwivalent of fillies like CMC?

^I'm not sure what you mean by biologically equivalent. She's an alicorn, which is presumably a different subspecies, but she's just as humanpony as anypony else. She does have her cutie mark, though, so she's probably closer in 'age' to the mane cast.

- well, it's not really a WMG, since it kind of has to be true, but - alicorns age much slower than normal ponies. Celestia is an adult alicorn in her prime, while Luna is a young adult like the mane six.

edited 11th Jul '11 4:53:33 PM by RedSavant

Are all gods alicorns? or are all alicorns gods? Like are there normal Alicorns out there, or are they all deities of some kind?

I meant she is such young filly for alicorn as CMC are for normal ponies.

x5 Probably about the same height as Big Mac, though she's quite a bit lankier than him.

edited 11th Jul '11 4:59:11 PM by Crowfall

I'm guessing she's in some between stage. Older biologically than the CMC, but not quite an adult.

Like Fillyshy from CMC flashback ?

Nah, a little older than that. Like probably the same age as the mane cast. There was nothing in the two episodes where she appeared that she wasn't close to being an adult.

^She does look rather gangly, but that's where I'd put her, yes.

@Gingerninja: We've never seen an alicorn who wasn't either Celestia or Luna, so it seems pretty likely that it's a mark of divinity - kind of in the same way a lot of mythologies have gods that incorporate both male and female, Equestria's goddesses incorporate elements from all three pony breeds. Of course, the alternative is that there's nothing inherently divine about alicorns, and that they're just rare and insanely powerful mortals who have become the royal family over thousands of years by virtue of being able to raise and lower the heavenly bodies.

edited 11th Jul '11 5:13:50 PM by RedSavant

He can't be adult because she is small when compared to Celestria

That will be tough to answer, unless more appear, or for any other reason the issue becomes relevant to the story. They could just be from a family of rare mutants, or maybe there's an "ascension" process where regular ponies become super alicorns.

@ previous discussion

Why does everyone assume that not seeing dragon assistants everywhere implies that it is a very rare event?

We haven't actually seen many unicorns from Canterlot. And the ones at the gala can easily be explained by a combination of low magical ability/ think it's beneath them/ don't bring their assistants to a fancy gala.

Also, how powerful do you think Celestia and Luna are? as in can they do magic on Twilight's level or above? (Could they pull off mass telekinesis like in Boast Busters for instance) Is their ability to move the heavenly bodies a form of said telekinesis, or is it a seperate spell? So many questions. I know they can't be canonically answered, but I want to hear your thoughts.

I think it's safe to say that Celestia is much more powerful than Twilight. Even ignoring the fact that she's god, she's also the one who taught Twilight advanced magic in the first place.

edited 11th Jul '11 5:23:26 PM by storyyeller

@Death Cloud:That's the thing. She's a lot smaller than Celestia, so she must still have some growing to do, but I imagine baby alicorns look about the same as baby ponies. She's probably older, relatively speaking, than filly Fluttershy, but younger than the mane cast, since they seem to be physically mature.

^Twlight's a good student, but she's still just a student. Celestia is definitely much more powerful than her.

edited 11th Jul '11 5:24:38 PM by RedSavant

They are way above Twilight power. Unless we never see true power of TS.

Horever we never saw true power of Celestia and Luna to.

edited 11th Jul '11 5:27:36 PM by DeathCloud

I just assumed her growth was stunted when she was taken over by Nightmare Moon, so Celestia was probably about the same size 1000 years ago. I figure that growing to god size takes longer than a regular pony's growth. Presumably she'll start growing again now, but there's no telling if growing to Celestia size will only take a few years or the better part of a millennium.

edited 11th Jul '11 5:31:50 PM by Crowfall

And that's another confusing thing: The sisters looked the same size in that book Twilight read at the beginning, but was it really a case of Luna's growth being stunted, or did the artist, who may not have had the best look at them anyway, decide to make them look more similar just to have it be a little more poetic?

Filly!Fluttershy also had odd proportions so that would fit with Luna if she was mid growth spurt...

Maybe the elements of harmony de-aged her to the point before her jealousy was created. So she could have a fresh start

Maybe that's the secret to pony longevity: Celestia transforms into something else when nobody's watching, then when she transforms back, she gets all her youth back.

...But she looked the same in private scenes. Wait... Maybe Celestia's not supposed to look like that, and she only briefly assumes her true form when nobody's looking to rejuvenate herself.

I dunno, but on the topic of phoenixes, their magical fire is often attributed to traveling long distances. So it would make sense that Celly could use that to transport messages.

but other than bursting into flames, does philly actually HAVE a way of expelling said fire?

Sorry if my idle speculation gets a little silly sometimes; I think that last one was based on my musings about how many lifetimes the Pevensies could live if they kept pulling off the same Narnian time travel shenanigans.