@Badwolf

Hmm... you don't suppose we could get Bat Jesus to wake them up? I mean, we'd have to check and see if he's done patrolling Proteus from the Lizard Bot Twos, but maybe someone could build some sort of mystical symbol of which could either contact Bat Jesus himself or wake up the unicorns, thus cutting the middleman.

@Bad What are you talking about? We're not geocentric like Equestria.

Is Equestria actually geocentric? They do have comets.

Also, based on an informal count, it looks like we had 930 posts in the last 24 hours. Not bad

@ Crow: Give me some time and I'll fix that.

@ Storyyeller: They could just be induced by Luna for fun.

edited 24th Feb '12 11:20:02 AM by Badwolfwho

I think once you've got someone you recognize as controlling the sun you basically have to do anything they say whether you like it or not.

My best guess is that Celestia and Luna both have supreme power, but that they each have a ministry underneath them that handles day-to-day minutiae and things like that. Goddess or no, Celestia can't stamp everything that needs to be stamped even in a kingdom as small as Equestria, so there have to be ponies who help with that.

Yeah, I'm guessing that they delegate a lot of their responsibilities and only step in when things go off the rails.

@Arha Pretty much the reason the Earth ponies gave the Unicorns food in the Hearth's Warming Eve play.

@JT Yet, Celestia is always busy

Today's just been depressing so far, and it's only halfway through.

Ended up getting shorted an hour of sleep because I woke up only to find that my cell phone/alarm clock died on me. Had to spend more time than I needed awake just to charge the stupid thing.

Then I go into work at my mom's tattoo shop. I do the supply check as usual, opening her cabinet, when I turn around and the whole thing falls down on me. All of the supplies spill out, red ink splatters everywhere including my clothes, and the bandage container shatters. What results is 20 minutes of cleaning while the cabinet's stabilized for use.

All in all, I REALLY need a pick-me-up at this point. Something I haven't already seen.

Or ya know...Celestia just flashes her horn and say "Yep, all me. I did that.(lies)"

"Sheesh, Twilight, I'm almost as big as her; How's she gonna gobble me up?"◊ - Pinkie Pie, Luna Eclipsed

Mmmhmm, right Pinkie.

Maybe the ministers always need to run their decisions by her? So her job is essentially hitting something with a yes or no stamp, and then she gets called up fro really important stuff?

Thing is, do we know she always busy? She can take time out of her day for a surprise visit, at least.

Just because she is delegating some functions doesn't mean she is not busy. Most modern Heads of State can attest to that.

It seems to me that Celestia is the kind of person that would want input from the average pony, so she would at the very least have some kind of Senate or Parliament. There was certainly one before her and Luna came around (Chancellor Puddinghead)and I doubt they would disband it after coming to power.

@kegi Everytime we've seen her indulge in free time, something has always called her away.

Yeah, yeah, I know you can justify it, it's just the impression I'm getting.

Forgive me for wanting Celestia to be competent

edited 24th Feb '12 11:33:20 AM by gingerninja666

I think she's plenty competent...normally whenever we see chaos it's the common pony that causes it XD

One needs not perform every single function of government to be a competent Head of State/ Head of Government Ginger.

edited 24th Feb '12 11:34:03 AM by Mio

Am I the only one who thinks someone needs to make a version of Smile Smile Smile without all those little spoken comments between the verses edited out?

I'm sure she's very competent. She's had a thousand years of running the kingdom smoothly on her own, after all. =) She doesn't handle everything, but she must still have responsibilities. Even the tea party in "A Bird In The Hoof", which by all indications was a planned event scheduled weeks in advance, lasted an hour, tops, before she had to go back to Canterlot.

Being able to spend time with Twilight and her friends at the Gala must have been a major relief... not to mention that she gets to relax with her sister now, too. =)

@ Mousa

Scary thought isn't it? Pinkie with the snake like jaw...

Didn't the mayor have to see her in that ep

I'm off to read sum FE. See you all later.

Bye, Ginger.

So, what's Prince Blueblood, The Magnifent's actual authority? Does he manage Canterlot or is he a second route of getting something authorised just under Celestia in the food chain?

edited 24th Feb '12 11:55:51 AM by Badwolfwho

So...I'm alone in my "Celestia would have a congress/parliament/senate body to help her with her administration of polices and what not deal?

The clarify I still think the power would undoubtedly be tipped in her favor, but goodness of the ruler aside, a goverment system without checks and balances makes me...uneasy.