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that makes sense. i can see a few troubles here and there, as there are a few stubborn ponies lol, plus fluttershy who is the opposite of stubborn and maybe wouldn't speak up even when she should. maybe celestia realizes that a monarchy isn't the best way to rule a country and picked twilight (and by extension her friends) to shift the entire system of government. i'm probably thinking too hard about this lol

i mean, it isn't totally canon bad, but the only real saviors of it are snape, regulus black (who we never actually meet) and slughorn...and slughorn just kinda...leaves during the final battle with voldemort...and all the slytherins leave with him. it's like rowling tells you 'hey now, slytherins aren't all bad' and then gives us one big character who isn't, and a handful of extremely minor characters who are alright at best. but the rest of them are written as horrible people or death eaters. either way, rarity wouldn't abandon her friends in a fight against the dark forces.

yeah i can see twilight doing that for sure...she's very good to her friends and recognizes their worth. so in that scenario, would twilight have the ultimate say and just keep their advice in mind, or would it be more like our democracy where twilight may be the president, but everyone else has to agree too?

alot of you have said that twilight doesn't have the right temperament to be a leader, and that's pretty true. but since equestria is (pretty much?) a kingdom, ruled by a princess, an absolute power so to speak, that's exactly the kind of leader you'd want to take over the throne. a dictatorship can be ok as long as the dictator is benevolent. an absolute ruler that doesn't want to rule won't go power hungry, and a ruler with not much charisma or confidence would be much more inclined to do what's best for the country instead of themselves. twilight, i dont think, would ever go into POWER HUNGRY MODE. i think she would always stay a very humble pony who tries to do what's best for equestria, and the fact that she can always listen to her friends' advice is a really good trait in a leader as well. i think her biggest problems would be making public appearances, foreign relations (because she's kind of a weird spaz sometimes lol), and being less prone to getting stressed out. when times are tough though (crystal empire, for example), she's always been very competent, and she doesn't let the stress get to her, and she's always got what it takes to solve the problem. it's only when dealing with deadlines or other ponies that she has issues. i'm not sure if celestia is grooming her to lead...i can see it, and i've been wondering about it a little myself. also, celestia lets twilight stay in luna's room! maybe if luna ever goes off the deep end again and becomes nightmare moon, twilight would take her place?

Oh this is a cool idea! Rarity could probably go into Ravenclaw too. I think she'd be very insulted by being put in Slytherin and would tell the hat no. She does have alot of qualities that make a Slytherin though. Which isn't inherently bad...except that in the canon world of HP, apparently Slytherins are mostly just evil, bad people (which I've always found a little ridiculous). Also you guys don't think Applejack would be in Gryffindor? She's brave, loyal, and honest, and she's definitely a mare of action like Rainbow Dash. Dash - Gryffindor AJ - Gryffindor Pinkie - Hufflepuff Fluttershy - Hufflepuff Twilight - Ravenclaw Rarity - Ravenclaw/Slytherin... it's hard to put any of them in Slytherin! If that house wasn't so canonically BAD, Rarity fits...but she is a very nice pony and tries to be a good pony just like the rest of them (and unlike the usual Slytherin clientele)

for a nice pony, sure. for trixie, i'd be really surprised if she did tell the whole town sorry. it takes more modesty than trixie has developed (and possibly ever will develop) to put herself out there and admit her wrongs to everyone. however i do like the idea of her eventually being on good enough terms with twilight to help save ponyville (or wherever in equestria), and maybe we'll see some more character development from trixie. but i think she's a slow learner hehe. this episode did portray her as really villanous...but i'll put the blame on the amulet. i wonder if we'll see it again... also i just joined, so i hope its ok that i'm just posting out of nowhere in here...