Luurilka

Alicorns could have a different growth rate than normal ponies. Cadance could have looked like a 12 or so year old in the flash-back, when she was actually hundreds or thousands of years old.

Just my two cents: Season finally or Lesson Zero.

I'd step down from power...

This map gives no scale to base size off of. Those mountains could be Everest-size, or little more than steep hills. Also, this map has little evidence of being an accurate map of Equestria.

Given their technology level, 160km/h seems far too fast. The trains shown were steam trains, and from what I've heard, they go about 55km/h. Use this speed and keep everything else, then Equestria is 5473911 km2 ,about half the size of the USA. But, I doubt that everything else you said is accurate.I'd imagine that Canterlot would likely be near the center of Equestria, for ease of communication since it's the capital. Also, I doubt that Ponyville is actually 1320km away from Canterlot, considering that Canterlot can be seen from Ponyville. I find it more likely that the train just took from late afternoon to early morning (about 12 hours) and there was some sort of delay that made the trip take so long. According to this, in extremely clear conditions, one can rarely see more than a couple hundred kilometers. Given that Canterlot is fairly easy to see in the distance, it's probably no more than 100km away. If I use 100km as the distance between Canterlot and Ponyville, and make Canterlot in the center of Equestria and Ponyville on it's edge, then Equestria is 31416km2​ , about the size of Italy. Over analyzing FTW!

Given the different laws of physics in Equestria (ie. magic) Equestria's probably in a different universe.

Curse this geography! I live to far away to go!

Alicorns cold just age, both physically and mentally, at a different rate than most ponies.

Or Alicorns could stay young for a very long time, and then suddenly become an adult. So although she looked 15 or so, she was actually around 1000 years old. Unlikely, but possible.

Not being concerned with age and gender roles = step before child molestation. This logic sickens me. But, as hard as it may be, I will tolerate her.

Well done. This about what I've been thinking as well. Having the ponies realize this and then try to help the changelings would make a great episode idea. Maybe she wasn't glad that other ponies were miserable, but instead that the changelings could feed. Also, enjoying seeing other people suffer isn't necessarily evil, it's only evil if one actually does hurt others for no reason other than enjoyment.

Probably Fluttershy, since I can relate to her more than the other ponies.

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