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After reading the numerous posts, more and more ideas started popping into my head, so I had to make another reply . Bullets & Magic: I don't think we have to worry about can unicorns stop bullets: if a bullet is fired, they won't have enough time to react, unless "Pinkie sense" is an ability that can be learned. Also, it would be even harder to react to several bullets. So the only (known) way of them being able to stop bullets, is by having a force field around them 24/7. This would cause problems, since (if I've understood correctly) they can't use magic continuously forever. Another thing to take into account is the strength of a force field. Shining armor's force field was strong: it covered a huge area, it had been there continuously for a long time, Shining Armor had been made weaker, and still changelings couldn't break through without continuous pounding by numerous individuals. We also don't know how that type of force field would work if scaled up or down, which makes it harder to predict what a bullet would do. Also, we don't know how hard it would be for an average unicorn to make a force field, and (if possible) how would their magic work together. An impact of a bullet is different from an impact of a changeling. The bullet is traveling way faster, and distributes the force onto a smaller area, making the pressure higher for that area than a changeling pounding on it. This raises another question: What are the properties of a force field? (Is it more vulnearable to forces on small or large areas?) Celestia & The Sun I'm going to assume that the sun that shines over Equestria is roughly the same size as our sun, and that it is the same distance away as our sun is from Earth. In the episode "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", we see Celestia raising the sun (12:20 - 12:27). The sun rises at a very rapid speed. Assuming that Celestia is actually raising the sun, she is capable of moving huge masses at tremendous speeds from a long distance away. Why wouldn't she take the sun (or another planet) and smash it into our approaching spacecraft, destroying it instantly? Nutrition: The residents of Equestria survive on vegetables and fruits. Thus, they need a lot of land to survive. If we would explode a nuclear device in Canterlot, even if it would have a force field protecting it, the radiation would spread across the land. This would make the production of food impossible for that area, or at least much, much harder. Sooner or later, they would run out of food, and would have to surrender.

Another thing to take into account is the number of unicorns/alicorns capable of magic in Equestria. If there would be enough of them, I'm sure that they would be able to teleport or redirect opposing threats away. Would they know what human weapons do or what they are? If they wouldn't they might not consider them as threats, but as interesting objects that need to be investigated. Would the residents of Equestria know about the incoming attack? If they would, then they could keep an eye on potential threats, and have a much better chance of preventing humans from damaging Equestria. If they wouldn't, humans would probably win with a single nuclear device. How does magic work, when two or more unicorns combine their magic? This has an effect on how big threats could they actually neutralize. For example: Could an average unicorn/alicorn alone take control over an incoming missile? If not, how many unicorns/alicorns would it take? There are a lot of things to take into account when thinking about stuff like this. Some of that stuff can't be known, for example information about ponies/Equestria that hasn't been mentioned on the show. Thus, I have no clue what would happen, there are too many variables for my brain to handle right now . This topic is very interesting, I would love to see a presentation about this sort of stuff !

According to MLP Wikia, Granny Smith is named after an apple cultivar called "Granny Smith" (http://en.wikipedia....ki/Granny_Smith). This would suggest that she has always been called Granny Smith, but I'm guessing that she could have gotten that name later, after she grew up. Who knows, the writers probably didn't think about this, since the name is perfect for her: it suggests that she is old, and it has a connection to apples .

None, but that's basically because there aren't any brony-related products that I could buy offline where I live. And all the pony toys have "real" hair, which is never like the hair they are supposed to have, which is the reason I haven't bought those either.

I've never told anyone about MLP in real life. I'm guessing most people here don't even know about the show since it's not translated into my native language, and I know that most people here can't understand English enough to enjoy an English languaged show without subtitles. That's why, to my knowledge, there isn't a lot of bronies here. That makes it harder for me to talk about it: there's no one to back me up. I've only come across two brony references: the first one was a friend of mine teasing (in a friendly way) someone about talking about horses in general, and saying that she's a brony. He was definitely talking about bronies as if being one would be a negative thing. The second one was one of my Facebook friends sending another one a PMV for his birthday, but it was most likely a joke. I've arrived at the decision that I won't deny what I like, but I won't be telling anyone if I don't think it's necessary. That's the reason I probably won't tell my parents about it, there's no reason they need to know, since the show basically doesn't exist here.