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I support twilicorn. I don't like anything else about Twilicorn except for Twilicorn itself. Not the episode or how it was introduced.

I'm the type of heartless sociopath/psychopath that would banish my siblings away for thousands of years > I think it's a good idea to keep me away from positions of power. I think Celestia still had control over the elements back when the Nightmare Moon thing was going down, so if the elements could purify her in the pilot, why couldn't Celestia do that a thousand years ago?

ty·rant [ trənt ] absolute ruler: an absolute ruler who exercises power cruelly and unjustly authoritarian person: an unjust and oppressive exerciser of authority ancient Greek ruler: in ancient Greece, a ruler who took control of a state without legal sanction and governed with absolute power By definition, Celestia is not a tyrant. I think we can all agree on that. troll [ trōl ] drag baited line through water: to fish by dragging a baited line through water, or from the back of a boat moving slowly troll in one area: to troll a particular area, or for a particular type of fish look for something: to attempt to find something I don't think this is the "troll" definition we are looking for. "Being a prick on the internet because you can. Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent by-stander, because it's the internet and, hey, you can." Nope. I am a master of cynicism and sarcasm (I lurk 4chan all day), so I can say, without a doubt, she is not a troll. As for enjoying it, I have to say I do not. Inferno48 and emeraldshadows (on the my old community) ruined it for me with their...(can't think of a nice word to use)...hate for celestia. Regardless, I feel this s just another one of 4chan's "le epic maymays XDD". I just deal with it. Also, I am very glad this thread didn't bring any of the NEW LUNAR REPUBLIC crap with it.

Overthinking things is fun. You should see some of the Pokemon conspiricies, they're even more far-fetched (or really, just awesome, outside the box thinking). But yeah, you are reading too much into it, there is nothing wrong with that though. Mind if I do use that as a fic idea? I never thought of that. Perfect idea for a fanfic there; unicorns once know how to raise the sun and moon, but the practice was lost over the years once the princesses took over. Overthinking for the win! "alicorn master race", not "earth pony master race" You're doing it wrong. But in all seriousness, those are some really cool theories you came up with. Plan on coming up with more any time soon? Well, if this theory was true, the raising of the sun and moon are natural processes like in the real world. So maybe the unicorns-rose-the-sun-and-moon thing are just lies as well. If so, you have to wonder what Luna and Celestia are thinking. I'm too much of an idiot to make up a plausible conclusion though.

You seem to be missing to the point of my topic; this was saying that it is possible that Luna raising the moon and Celestia raising the sun can be untrue, that is was a lie of sorts for them to get power.

A few weeks ago I there was a small discussion on the nations of the show's world on /mlp/. I can not remember exactly, but one anon brought up a point that the whole Luna raises the moon and Celestia raises the sun thing could be false (similar to how ancient rulers would claim to have divine and magical powers). Can't think of much more to say, so what do you think?

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/03/editorial-currency-in-equestria.html Eqd did this editorial on it. Amazing how good this is compared to their journalism. I will say that this conversion is likely flawed, as there is a difference in price between imported goods (which is the reference for .this editorial) and hoof-grown goods. But yeah, this is pretty much the only reference for this I have. Enjoy. Also, I was taking what you said literal, though it was probably a joke.

It is just a figure of speech, think about flame wars; they are petty argument that, at best, only hurt feelings. Yet they are still called wars. If people panic, it only shows their immaturity; this the internet, where many things are exagerated for the sake of comedy.

Hmm, Lauren Faust wanted Twilight to become an alicorn? I hate to be rude, but a citation is needed. I am certain that she wanted her to be a princess, not an alicorn. It seems that to the writers, "alicorn" is synonymous with "princess".

In my opinion, the Twilicorn situation is immature, but the people that are not content with alicorn Twilight (like me) have legitament reasons for not liking it, or feeling it should not have been done. I would go in to detail as to why I am not supporting Twilicorn, but this isn't the topic for it. All I'll say is the least they could have done is keep it secret until the episode aired. (Seriously, who does Hasbro's marketing?)

It seems that the nature of copyright infringement as applied to song parodies varies, as per the variance between the original lyrics and the modified lyrics. This would also explain why, out of CaptainSparkles' 4 parodies, only Minecraft Style has come under legal fire. Back on topic, since I can't listen to music at the moment, can someone clarify whether or not Babs Seed is actually a parody of Bad Seed? Even if it is, I doubt it is similar enough for legal actions. (May have just answered my own question there)

You seem to be on to something. But - I may be wrong in thinking this - it would seen that the song was made in 1966, while the episode aired in 2011. That is forty-five years difference, and most people have forgotten about the song, now if this was a Beetles song or a modern song, the situation would be different. I want to say that parodies aren't subject to copyright, but I'm no legal wiz. Minecraft Style is a parody that fell under legal action, and if I have interpreted the situation correctly it's the same as this one. Hasbro is pretty lucky.

I agree with @Luna Moonshire bleeping makes it seem like they're swearing, but it seems very likely that things such as this is common-place there. I doubt the kids watching think much of it. Now imagine if all stations got censored like this O_O