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Magic in Equestria is a very interesting and strange concept. Unicorns can use it extensively, and it affects Pegasi and Earth Ponies in their daily tasks. It is also present in creatures and all throughout Equestria, which leads me to wonder, what is it? Alright, its going to get real complex past this point, so apologies. Ok .Energy in this context I would say is the ability for something to do work. Heat energy is simply the energy of vibrating particles, kinetic is movement, doing work, chemical and nuclear are stored forms of heat and light, which both excite particles into moving, and thus doing work. Simple enough. Why I would say Magic is a form of energy is is what it does. It primarily does work too. In terms of Pegasi, it appears to provide some form of ease in flight. This work done against the gravity of the planet means that work is being done to counteract the force. For Earth Ponies, it appears to supplement their biological strength. For unicorns, the skills we see so far are primarily levitation and teleportation, which is all about the movement of matter, once again fitting this definition of energy. In addition to this, it seems to be used in some machines too. How this energy is generated appears to be inbred into every single pony from birth. It is an essence that appears to be only with ponies and nothing else. Now, the energy theory cannot explain the varying traits and the fact that it doesnt just float around in the air and can be refined and extracted. Thus, I have a theory that would be a little insane. Its a cell, coded with a special particle that provides this magical energy, which is then manipulated by the cell to create differing effects. I would think this particle would be sort of like the Higgs-Boson. The particle istelf is nothing of remark, but the field surrounding it provides matter with mass. Similarly for this "Magic" particle would be generating a "magic" field around it. This could then be manipulated by the cell to provide differing effects, and the manner in which this manipulation occurs could be coded into the pony gene pool as the different races. How this cell and associated particle would work, I have a theory. This particle is everywhere in Equestria, just like the Higgs Boson is in our world. However, this cell in the equine system is able to concentrate and manipulate these particles and their associated fields. It could potentially resonate these fields to create a sort of magic wave, similar to an Electromagnetic wave from the EM spectrum. At particular wavelengths of these fields, it can interact with other particles, and be transmitted through the air or whatever medium it encounters. These can then be concentrated on particular particles for certain effects. Thus, using this, ponies can interact with their environment in ways they cannot see. For Pegasi for example, they could be inducing a high frequency magic wave, which could then interact with the air particles. The heating due to the induced energy could potentially either create air drafts, or mechanically push them upwards by the expanding air. For Earth Ponies, their interaction could be biological. Their cells could be inducing waves as a more powerful form of metabolism, where energy is transmitted directly to the particles in their muscles, which then can be converted back and used in some ADP-ATP reaction catalysed by this magical energy. Then...the unicorns. Its still fits under this theory, even though its more complex. They are able to levitate objects. Something that does not have these specialist cells. There is one possibility. Induction. Just like Electromagnetic Induction, this makes it possible that the energy is induced in the object, creating this same levitating ability of pegasi without having these particular cells. Thus, it would make the unicorn horn...essentially an antenna for this energy. A site of Magic field induction. Transmutation is a little more difficult, but still explainable. It could be a complex form of atom smashing. Basically, its the forcing of two particular atoms together to form a new one, using the attached Magic sub-particle. By inducing it to collide at high speeds, fusion essentially takes place on a quantum scale. The heat blasts from failed magic is easily explained in this theory. Simply, unordered directional induction of this energy would simply heat the particles. Then....teleportation. Hardest to explain or understand. The pony has to move itself to another place, with all its neurons intact. One possibility is acclerated movement at near light speed to the direction. Just using the particles around it as a heat shield, the pony moves in a vaccum state from one place to another at extreme speeds, and makes that signature blast of magic when they disappear and appear again. Why you dont see them in transit is due to the concept of light speed. When you get closer to light speed, time warps to prevent you from ever breaking the speed limit. Thus, this can magnify the apparent speed of the unicorn in question, making the shift almost instant in your perspective. Now, I know these theories bank on there being a huge source of energy to use, since all these actions need impossibly large amounts of energy to work even on a single pony. But then again, our universe is filled with dark energy, that we havent learned to tap into....Maybe they have.

How did you find MLP Forums?: How you became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Hi. Well, its a bit obvious I am not new to this place. But one thing that is new is a new outlook on life and a fresh start. Its time to stop hiding in a shell and step into the light, and no better way than opening myself up to the fandom that has been a core part of my life. My 4 years of sickness is over, its time to be new again. Im becoming more artistic,(looking for inspiration for my pony-banner making, any ideas are appreciated), taking the show waaay too seriously(any ideas are welcome too) and looking for friends for once in many years. (Id like to meet and talk regularly with other bronies) You could say I feel a little like Twilight in the very first episode. In a way.

Money in Equestria is interesting. As of the the most recent episode, all of Equestria accepts the bit as the universal mode of trade, whereas most human countries will make a new currency when they are even slightly different. But its interesting to ask where the bit came from, since we see its use since the old times from ponies like Granny Smith. My suspicion is that the bit is a fiat currency, created to keep all the races of Equestria equal and happy. Let me explain. The way gems exist in Equestria, I suspect they were originally used as a manner of trade, just like humans did with gold. Its hard to find, nice to look at, and is a lot more useable than the barter system, even though that still exists in Equestria. However, when things become money, people will try to circumvent the system in order to make themselves a whole lot wealthier. Since technically the more you find of it, the more powerful you become since you can obtain more things. This is where I find the problem. Unicorns and Alicorns, with their active usage of magic, would be able to identify and collect gems quickly, making them the wealthiest of the bunch. This supports their original ideology as a aristocracy, shown in the founding of Equestria, since they did technically have a lot of the money. Before you ask about why they fought over food just before the founding of Equestria, the answer is simple. Money breaks down in times of crisis, since supplies have to be rationed. Thus, it didnt matter when the Windigoes came, everyone was on their own when it came to food and survival, money wasnt a question. It could also explain why they were, I quote, "Starving and freezing" in contrast to the Earth Ponies and the Pegasi, which only had one of said problems each. Maybe they over-relied on their stocks of gems, that they kept no actual stocks of firewood and food. Also addressing the potential barter system the Earth Ponies had in order for safe weather and the Sun and the Moon cycles from the Pegasi and Unicorns respectively, it comes back to the valuation of goods and services. How do you value one day of clear skies in terms of food? And what about the fact that you need good weather to produce food to begin with? Some form of credit must have existed, promising a certain amount of food in exchange for perfect weather for the year. This would have been the foundations of a currency, the promissory note. Back to the explaination. The Earth ponies would not need to care about finding the gems, since they would simply be able to produce the goods that the rest of the ponies needed. The unicorns would have to use the gems to trade for food and materials that the Earth Ponies are so adept at obtaining. This explains the fact that a lot of Earth Ponies have professions in trading and selling, considering that is the skill they would have needed to get the best value out of their goods, ingrained in their culture from the beginning. They would then use these gems as payment for good weather and the shifts in night and day. The Pegasi would need to focus completely on controlling weather. Any kind of mess-up on their part would result in failed crops, and tension between them and the Earth Ponies. This could be behind the reason all Pegasi value their physical strength so much, since they needed a lot of workers to manage their vital service, which is good weather for the Earth ponies. They would have been paid in return in the crops that were produced. This single-industry centric culture would thus have been created, like the Weather Factory in Cloudsdale, and the fact that they conscript all Pegasi to help in major weather events, like Winter Wrap Up and resupplying the Weather Factory with water, as per Hurricane Fluttershy. This kind of system would have worked fine, except that ponies wouldnt be too happy with the Unicorns, who take on an Aristocratic role and just simply raise the sun and moon, but otherwise just use their gems to get everything else they need. This would carry on past the founding of Equestria, until someone can make a change in this original system. Enter the Alicorns. Since they represent all races, they can make changes without causing undue harm. Thus, one thing they might have done is to make a fiat currency to replace gems, since nobody had anything to lose from the switch. The Unicorns are fine being there, since they would have a lot of wealth through their gems. Many years of trading through gems means they could have built up massive cities and massed stockpiles everything, so losing the gems wouldnt be that harmful. The Earth Poines and Pegasi wouldnt be unduly upset, since they now would have more control over their currency instead of it being managed by a single race. And thats my headcanon on money in Equestria.