That could be the princesses' other special talent: Neutralizing magic.
The mane cast might be able to do it if they used the Elements, but there isn't really any in show reason for them to do so.
Maybe Luna was fighting Nightmare from within, and managed to hold her still for a while?
I like to imagine she was thinking "Oh I remember this rainbow, you can't dodge it at all, shoot..."
I'm a college student! I don't have time for this!
I think it was a combination of shock that the elements reconstituted, combined with trauma flashbacks of the past thousand years.
I'm a college student! I don't have time for this!
Besides, maybe it was a homing rainbow. She could teleport away, but it would just follow her.
But that would've been awesome to watch!
Nobody will see through my disguise... this time...
Sorry, by "straight on", I meant facing to the side, not facing the camera. There are a lot of points where they face directly towards the camera.
It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"
And that's the story of Bert's blanket!
I still wish we could see exactly what happened 1000 years ago. Cuz I'm imagining some epic out and out Shonen type battle between Luna and Celestia
"Schneizel! So you ARE the
puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge
Tealove is best pony
I just noticed that ponies appear to have a sort of notch on their back legs where it connects to the body.
It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"
By the way,
my first attempt at drawing a sprite
◊ is done. It's partly based on Desktop Ponies.
The hard part is the legs. I could barely get it to look decent while standing still, so I have no idea how I'm going to do the animations.
It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"