Ruudo Burei

At first, I thought she was pretty funny, but...after more and more of the same, she just became completely annoying, although she does seem very rarely adorable. However, I think that depends on the writer. Anyway, why I find her annoying is due to her usual disconnection with the situation. Being in a very dire or serious situation is not the time nor place to start laughing, giggling, or breaking randomly into song. Sure, that immediate shift can seem funny, but that undermines any of the buildup and tension of the scene if any. Even though it may seem pretty jerkish of me, I actually preferred her in the Magical Mystery Cure (even though logic makes no sense in that episode). Even though most of her "change" was in song, she seemed to be more responsible and serious...you know, despite pretty much failing at everything she's trying to do?

I haven't cried during any emotional scene in MLP yet. However, what really sticks to me as heartbreaking and emotional was the ending of "A Little Snow Fairy Sugar". I really let the tears flow then. QnQ

Consider the entire quote now: Well, then. Does this mean that we should get implications of generations of Pegasi being able to fly and manipulate the rain passing down that knowledge through generations and generations? Answer is "no". Celestia said this during her exposition to Twilight, and she treats these traits as part of their magic. It's obvious that the Pegasi's ability to fly is part of their magic, as they drop like rocks once Tirek steals their magic. By looking at the entire quote, it's easy to see that it's not some sort of passed down technique or knowledge or some kind of adaption that Pegasi can fly and manipulate weather and Earth Ponies are strong and good at agriculture by default. ...Just giving my points using the show's own words and visuals.

I'm pretty sure there was a scene of Tirek implied to have drained the magic from the Earth Ponies at Appleloosa. Series canon says that Earth Ponies at least have an innate physical strength. Series creator basically says that they have an innate magic that allows them to be better working with agriculture and, I suppose, ranching.

Opposable thumbs. ...although...how the heck are ponies able to pick up stuff with their hooves?

So, a friend and I were having one of our usual random discussions, and we somehow got to questioning how Magic works upon being promoted to an Alicorn. Consider each race's innate abilities: Earth PonyConnection to the Earth (this is so vague...)possibly Agriculture, like with Applejack's case? possibly Sensing Random (Un-natural) Disasters, like with Pinkie's case? possibly Sensing Life Energy, like with Tree Hugger's case? (Implied) Innate Leadership skills (Implied) Innate Physical Prowess PegasusFlight Ability to Walk on Clouds Weather Manipulation UnicornAll forms of Active MagicLevitation Teleportation Any manipulation of Life and Elements Able to learn Spells that are innate to other races First Question: When promoted to an Alicorn, do ponies obtain the traits of all other races? When Twilight was promoted, she seemed to have obtained all Pegasi traits. Kind of hard to tell if she obtained any Earth Pony traits, because she has some leadership skills to begin with and can just use Unicorn magic to imitate other race's innate magicks. As for Cadence, she was a Pegasus prior to being promoted. Cadence obtained Unicorn traits; but her obtaining Earth Pony traits are still somewhat in the air, as we don't exactly know what her traits were prior to her promotion. (On a side note, how the crud did Cadence's Love Magic work, if she was a Pegasus prior to being promoted? All instances of her using it was by the Unicorn part of her magic.) Second Question: I've looked into some fan speculation that Twilight and Cadence are pseudo-Alicorns. Unlike Celestia and Luna, who supposedly have all the powers of the three pony races, Twilight and Cadence only have added Pegasus wings or a Unicorn horn respectively. In addition, Faust has stated something along the lines of Twilight NOT outliving her friends, so extreme longevity is not with her and Cadence, probably. So, if they are pseudo-Alicorns, would that mean that they only get some but not all added abilities? In addition, would an Earth Pony being promoted technically be the closest to being a full Alicorn, because they'd be forced to have all the abilities of all three races? Third Question: Because Magic is finite and draws on the user's stamina, how would the pony's magic be affected upon promotion to an Alicorn (or a pseudo-Alicorn)? Would it be automatically increased for the new appendages you have? Would your magic be more difficult to distribute while using multiple race-specific magicks at once? Gaming terms: Does your max MP automatically rise upon promotion, or does being promoted equate to learning a new skill that you don't have enough MP to use frequently and requires a manual raising of max MP through training before being able to be able to use both your old skills and new skills simultaneously? P.S. Sorry, if this topic seems a little strange. I'm a bit of an over-thinker.