The Fortunato

As of late, I've decided to give the series another go. I've started at the beginning with the Friendship is Magic episodes, and I plan on gradually working my way through the entire series again. While I was watching some of the earlier episodes, I began wondering how different it must have been for the guys behind MLP back then. I mean, back then, they thought that their audience would be composed of young girls, and now they know that their audience is composed mainly of teenage and adult males. This got me thinking... What if bronies never existed? What if we all just judged the book by its cover, and never sat down to watch an episode? Without the aforementioned male fan base, how would the show be? Would it even still be around? Where would you be without MLP? I find it interesting to dwell on what could have been.

I guess she didn't get my ingenious Luna reference. Oh well, at least you guys will!

I see. Perhaps my phrasing of the title was a little bit rash. I thank you for revealing the error in my ways. I'll remember your post the next time I delve into a more sensitive topic on these forums.

I don't think that I really tossed the word around as you claimed I did. In fact, my statement pertaining to the questionable hype of Luna as a character actually had some objective grounds to stand on. I often see people possessing a strong affinity for Luna, an affinity stronger than the ones they have for the Mane 6. This is questionable, as we have seen practically no character growth or development from Luna over the four seasons of the show. In fact, she's only had a single episode to herself in the entire show. We rarely see her, and when we do, she's often in the background, behind Celestia. I'm also a bit surprised at the fact that you took my subjective opinion as fact. This makes me wonder if this is something you do all the time. Would you have produced a similar reaction to the statement "hotdogs are good"? Or what about "cats are cool animals"? In fact, according to your own logic, you have no right to declare Luna to not be overrated, and in fact, no one does. If we keep this up, we're going to be getting into paradoxical territory soon. The phrase "Luna is overrated" is an opinion. It is not a fact, and it will never be a fact. That fact that it's an opinion is objective (wow, that was a really weird sentence). We are all entitled to our opinions, just remember that. I apologize if I stated my opinion in a sort of "matter of fact" way. I wasn't maliciously attacking Luna's character, I was trying to hold a civil discussion. I like Luna, I think she's a good character. I really like her backstory. It's just that I was just a bit skeptical of the gross amounts of praise her character has been getting. I wanted to see if all this praise stemmed from her being relatable. I've never had a brother or sister. I've never had a shadow to live in. I wouldn't have known.

Uh oh. You've opened a can of worms with that one! I'd recommend getting out of your house, seeing as it'll probably get hit by four airstrikes in the next ten minutes or so. Bronies are nothing short of the Gestapo when it comes to Derpy.

Throughout my two years in the fandom, I've always wondered why so many bronies form such an affinity for Luna. I mean, if I had a nickel for every time I've seen someone declare Luna to be the best princess, or even pony, I'd have... Well, I'd have a lot of nickels. I just don't see what's so engaging about her character. Maybe it's the fact that others have had to live in the shadow of their siblings, and they can easily relate with Luna? I don't know. Maybe you guys can help me fill in the blanks here. Oh, and if Luna just so happens to be your favorite princess/pony, I heavily implore you to participate by replying to this topic. Thanks guys.

Well, the first clips of MLP that I ever saw came from Sonic Rainboom, but the first episodes I actually sat down to watch were the Friendship is Magic episodes. Kind of a boring response, but it's the truth.

Yeah, I find the fact that Twilight is attracted to Flash to be really disgusting. I mean, imagine if you just pulled out some random guy from our fandom, turned him into a pony, and threw him into Equestria. Do you honestly think that he, with his human mind, would be attracted to ponies? Actually, don't answer that. But seriously, Flash is probably the worst thing in that movie. He's just another generic, guitar-playing, muscle car-driving douchebag. I think everybody can agree that the movie would have been stronger without him. Also, he doesn't really have any purpose in the move. Any one of the other Humane 6 could have showed Principle Luna those photos. Hell, they could have all come in at once. It would have reinforced Twilight's trust in them, to the point where she would finally be able to reveal her true self to the others. It'd of been better than that lazy writing trick they did with Pinkie.

So, I've been thinking about this for quite a while. Unfortunately, my efforts have only left me with even more questions, and no answers. So it's pretty apparent that Celestia plays a huge role in overseeing the prosperity of Equestria and all of its equine inhabitants. It's not like those huge Suns on her flanks symbolize her extreme talents in being a solar energy engineer, they symbolize her ability to raise and lower an entire star! I mean, imagine if Celestia just poofed out of existence for a year or so (sorry Law of Conservation of Mass). The crops and plants wouldn't be able to perform photosynthesis or cellular respiration, and they would all eventually die (unless the unicorns could produce a kind of pseudo sunlight, but I'd imagine that it would extremely strenuous to pull off, as plants need constant sunlight). Since the ponies are all herbivores, they would be forced to consume the other animals, such as the cows. When the cow population becomes extinct, the ponies would have no choice but to turn on each other, undertaking gross and heinous acts of cannibalism (apparently horses can digest meat). Not to mention the fact that this chaos ensue in an ice-covered, frostbitten Equestria. Actually, that would make for a really cool fanfic. Someone get on that. So, uh, yeah. Praise Celestia. You can see that her role in Equestria is huge, to say the least. But anyway, getting back to the point. How did she get her cutie mark? There's a throng of other questions that accompany this one. She probably got her cutie mark after she realized she could raise and lower the Sun. But in order to raise a mass as large as the Sun, she would need the ultimate form of magic: alicorn magic. This would mean that she would have to be an alicorn prior to her getting her mark, which means that she might have been born as an alicorn. Not to mention the fact the our glorious leader, Lauren Faust, tweeted that she, in her head, imagined Celestia and Luna being born as alicorns. Now to astray for just a bit, I consider there to be two categories of alicorns. Alicorns with moving manes, and alicorns with still manes. Okay, I couldn't even type that with a straight face. But seriously, two groups: alicorns that were born alicorns, and alicorns that became alicorns after they were born. Wow, I just used the word "alicorn" about 58 times in just this paragraph. Woops! 59 now. Anyway, I'm going to make the assumption that only alicorns can give birth to other alicorns. I mean, we haven't seen any new alicorns who were born as alicorns around Equestria, as of late. So that means that Celestia and Luna had to have been born of alicorns. So if that's the case, then what happened to Celestia's parents? Did she even have parents? Was she always just there? Did she even acquire her cutie mark, or when the universe began, and she was there from the star, did she just have it? Was there even a period where she didn't have her cutie mark? Was she even ever a filly? Alicorns are immortal, so if she did have parents, where did they go? Why did her parents even have fillies if they were immortal, and they could just raise the Sun and Moon forever? UGH! So many questions, and so few answers. I hope that you can help me out by giving me your thoughts, as I'd really like to hear them. This is such an interesting topic, and I hope that I've provoked some extensive thought into this matter.