Private Pansy wasn't a very good pegasus.

Alicorn guards.

Private Pansy is a turrible soldier.

Cutest soldier, but still turrible.

I'm imagining a trio of ponies, one of each kind, encountering a low cloud in their path: the Earth pony and unicorn pass right through, but the Pegasus smacks into it

I just wanna know why someone like her even became a soldier... or even why Hurricane seems to like her as much as she did.

Unless she was conscripted

Maybe it's like South Korea, but all Pegasai had to do military time.

I've tried to headcanon other racial abilities for non-pony races before, but I couldn't think of anything for Zebras. Zecora hasn't show any unusual powers, and we don't know much about their culture.

I do have headcanon for Donkeys, though. If you look at Cranky's flashback to the Gala with Matilda, it's done in a black and white silent film style, which (to me) implies that it's even older than Granny Smith's flashback in Family Appreciation Day (which simply used faded sepia tones rather than no color at all). Taking into consideration that both Cranky and Matilda were still adults in the flashback, and were only just starting to show signs of old age in the present, I'm led to believe that Donkeys are very long lived, with an average lifespan at least twice as long as the average pony, possibly longer. Of course, this is all baseless speculation on my part.

@ginger Given that ancient Cloudsdale or whatever seemed to be a Spartan society, that would mean they "dispose" of the weak children. But maybe the winter was causing population loss, and they needed as many soldiers as possible.

Ye gods, giving birth to something that size...

edited 3rd May '12 5:39:46 PM by SkyStrike

This conversation reminded me of this for some unknown reason...

Fun old stuff.

I'm operating under the assumption that they were historically male(Although much of Equestria does lead to believe it's a matriarchal society; this analogy works just as well either way but it was male to begin with so it's the easiest to identify with).

Hurricane and Pansy were in an army similar to the sacred band of Thebes.

For the unawares, the sacred band of Thebes was the elite Thebian fighting force. It was one of the most feared armies of its day, able to fight off even the legendary spartan warriors despite being only 300 strong. In it's final battles, the sacred band fought to the last man, some even choosing to commit suicide rather than be captured. The sacred band of Thebes was comprised of 150 homosexual couples.

The idea is that the couples would fight more ferociously to protect their lover, and never run for fear of looking cowardly to their love. It worked amazingly. It would explain why Pansy and Hurricane operated together in spite of Pansy not being really inclined to move through the ranks, although it does have a bit of unfortunate implications regarding their relationship itself.

Also a couple pages ago I was skimming through and I thought I saw a post that said 'there is no canon, only terror'. Which is unsettling, but kind of awesome.

edited 3rd May '12 5:42:34 PM by kegisak

Or maybe the characters were just Flanderized over time

That funny logic on how Alicorn are made.

Speaking of which, Celestia where are you!!!

edited 3rd May '12 5:47:09 PM by DavidtheMouse14

I can see why Ginger likes Red Eye. That hiding the sheild trick is pretty neat.

Or maybe Hurricane was such an incompetent (Fiery trouble causer) commander that the higher ups wouldn't dare give her anyone important under her command. Thus Pansy is the only soldier that she leads.

So Hurricane and Pansy were lovers? Makes that supposed kiss on the nose in the S2 finale suspicious....

edited 3rd May '12 5:52:29 PM by TheFreeman

Given that she's treated as the leader of all the pegasi I find that unlikely. If somebody as incompetent as Puddinghead could end up leading the earth ponies, it's certainly possible.

edited 3rd May '12 5:46:11 PM by JapaneseTeeth

@kegisak You always pop out of nowhere with the those lengthy thought out post ya know that?

@kegi Wow, that's a cool strategy.

Also, someone pointed out that after they were unfrozen, Rarity and Twilight (forgot their character's names) snuggled instead of hugging or highfiving.

@Freeman I'm pretty sure that the supposed "kiss" was just wishful thinking on the part of shippers.

One thing I love about the frozen leaders is that when we see them being thawed out, they have different expressions to when they were first frozen

edited 3rd May '12 5:49:48 PM by gingerninja666

@Chad: Well really, I post those long things pretty much all the time anyways. But yes, it's a good way to join into a conversation.

For however long I'm here. I'm exhausted - I barely got any sleep last night and had to get up early.

My best guess is that all pegasi were expected to serve as soldiers.

I started to really like Red Eye at end of his life.

Think Pegasi used the weather as a weapon?