Sarah The Pegasister

Regardless though it IS canon. I mean I see nothing wrong with Granny Smith having lived for that long. . . It's not like Equestria has magical creatures or anything =P

For my fan-fic's 'verse I use the backstory that Sombra was really fascinated by those black crystals so he studied them day in and day out. Well as it turns out the more you're coming into contact with it, the more it corrupts you, and eventually Sombra was fully currupted.

Granny Smith was there when Ponyville was founded. In Winter Wrap up, is states that Earth Ponies have been wraping up winter without magic in Ponyville for hundreds of years.

I don't need them to be twenty or above, they just seem to be. Twilight lives on her own running a library, which presumably lends books to the public. Fluttershy lives on her own and cares for animals. Pinkie Pie rents a room above the Cake's store. Rainbow lives on her own in a cloud house somewhere over ponyville, and Rarity and Applejack both have their own buisinesses. Typically these sorts of things are not something a 16 year old would engage in but this is a different world. Also I'd like to mention that there physical age may be whatever it is, as Granny Smith has been shown to be "Hundreds of years old" so we don't know how their biology works. But their mental age seems like someone in their twenties, because they seem to still have a lot of growing to do, but they are mature and independent.

I don't know but this pegasus needs one! She has shown to have a good voice, if even it isn't entirely as embelished as, say, Rarity's. All I can say is I'd love to see Rainbow have her own song!

I think it'd work in the series but I do have to agree with some of the other people here in that I do not personally think it'd make it better outright. The show, in my opinion, has flourished with so many people not because it has adult themes, but because it's themes of all-encompassing tolerance and happiness strikes home with a lot of people, adults included. For them to just throw that away in lieu of dark episodes where Fluttershy get's killed, or something of that nature would be a waste and a shame. However, if they introduced it subtly and didn't change any of the show's best features then I'd be all for it!

I'm convinced that Equestrian society is more trusting of young people than ours is. For example, the CMC just running around and, at even one point bungy jumping? In our world these children would be thought of as genuinely wronged to not have suppervision for such an activity. However in their world it's just the CMC being theirselves. So in conclusion to this, I like to think the legal drinking age is slightly below all of the mane 6, as they seem to be intelectually old enough anyways.

I guess reffering back to my original post in this thread, I do not think there is such thing as "over-analyzing" like some here do. I think the fictional world of Equestria is more than in the mind of the author, but in the mind of all of the fans. So overthinking it would mean that you have to think harder than hundreds of people if not more.

Some people dislike the rainbow motif going on in season 4, but I personally love it so this episode is an awesome one for me! =D Weird Al, of course, served as a really good opposite but equal to Pinkie, and the dynamic is really awesome. This also opens up room for some Pinkie x Cheese shipping =P

This is where I will politely disagree. I do not think of this show as "just" a kid's show, but rather, it is a show for the whole family. Kids and adults alike can enjoy the show, hence the fandom, and so it should be treated as such. And I think this because time and again the show has proven to be deeper than just "what's today's moral, and how can we shoehorn it into the episode?" I do not think any analysis is to far, even if they are over-thinking it, because the work, in my opinion, has the potential to be bigger than the author's intent. I know a lot of people's view on Equestria is way more well thought out than some of the writers for the show's are. And that's okay because the show is bigger than the author's intent! So no, there is no such thing as over analysing in my opinion. And I'll disagree here too. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with taking something very seriously. I like the world of Equestria because it seems deeper than at first glance. It is a place that has intricasities, and I like to think about those things in a very deep way; Probably deeper than the writers of the show ever intended. I do not personally see the disvalue in this.

Can I just say that I really really love Hearts Strong as Horses? I mean it's almost been a week, and I can't get that out of my head! In a good way though =P. As for the episode itself, yeah I really liked it, but it wasn't amazing. The moral was awesome, and I really like the CMC, but, and I can't really put it into words, something was off-putting about it. Not like a mechanical thing, like pacing, or anything like that, but overall I felt like it lacked the same zeal that got me super excited like watching Season 3 for the first time did. Though, this may just be because I've gotten more used to the show, that it isn't really as exciting for me anymore? I hope that's not the case. But adressing the elephant in the room with Scootaloo not being able to fly was a great move for the writers I think. I like how up to this point it wasn't even brought up (and I'm not being sarcastic!) because it means that her physical handicap is not viewed as anything that distinguishes her from other ponies. She is an equal, not any better, nor lesser than other ponies. I'd probably give this episode a 4 out of 5 though.