Do alicorns HAVE to be a part of a royal line?

[FierySoul135 19]

Do they really have to be? And do they have to have the greatest reason ever to be an alicorn?

 

What if the reason why your OC is an alicorn is because your original OC (like for an example the one that you use for things other than mlp) has power and can fly?

[RarityFan01 2,444]

I think the main reason that people dislike Alicorn OCs is because they are often written poorly. 

 

I actually have a headcanon that there are bispecies ponies. (Alicorns are pretty much tri-species.) 

 

There are also:

 

Pegearths: Pegasus + Earth Pony. They appear pegasus, but they also have Earth Pony traits. 

 

Earthicorns: Earth Pony + Unicorn. They appear unicorn, but they also have Earth Pony traits.

 

Pegacorns: Pegasus + Unicorn. They look like alicorns but aren't. They are what I think the background pony alicorns actually are. 

 

 

Now, if you want to create an actual alicorn princess OC, it's best to give her some relatable flaws and not make her the major focus of a fan fiction. As long as your OC is realistic (not overly perfect or extremely bad childhood.) then it can be a good OC regardless of species. Though at least have a good reason for your OC to be an alicorn. 

[Wicked Funky 2,955]

I belive that all royalty doesent have to be alicorns, We saw the Royal horses from saddle Arabia, So why could'ent there be pony royalty that arent alicorns?

[Pastel 7,630]

Well the only alicorns we know are all princesses, and Twilight immediately became a princess in Magical Mystery Cure, so I assume they have to....unless they add a non royalty alicorn in the show.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

Well, the Journal of the Two Sisters essentially tells us that there are other natural alicorns out there, so if there is/was a society of them, I don't see how they could ALL be royalty UNLESS there is something I am missing...

[NotoriousSMALL 1,984]

They don't have to be royalty. As far as the series lets on, Twilight's family is not of nobility, but once Twilight became an Alicorn THEN she became royalty. 

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

Well, looking at the general concept I don't see why alicorns HAVE to equate to royalty in Equestria. In the end it assumes that all alicorns are good-natured and not prone to evil.

 

An evil unicorn in power...that wouldn't be pretty.

[Zoraxe 546]

  On 2015-03-22 at 12:07 AM, PATHFINDERCS said:

Well, looking at the general concept I don't see why alicorns HAVE to equate to royalty in Equestria. In the end it assumes that all alicorns are good-natured and not prone to evil.

 

An evil unicorn in power...that wouldn't be pretty.

 

Luna was evil for a while. I think Celestia wants alicorns to just be good, as one of the last of her kind I think she wants Alicorns to only be good ponies. There may have been some outrite nasty alicorns in the past but now Celestia is in charge and she won't have it.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

  On 2015-03-22 at 12:36 AM, Zoraxe said:

Luna was evil for a while. I think Celestia wants alicorns to just be good, as one of the last of her kind I think she wants Alicorns to only be good ponies. There may have been some outrite nasty alicorns in the past but now Celestia is in charge and she won't have it.

 

Fair point; don't know how I forgot about NMM. ^^;

 

However do we have enough info to know that Celestia & Luna are the last of their kind? Granted I can see Celestia thinking as such, but does that have anything to do with them supposedly being the last of their kind?

[Zoraxe 546]

@,

 

I assume they are the last of their kind, they may be other alicorns out there but we know nothing about them.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

  On 2015-03-22 at 1:01 AM, Zoraxe said:

@,

 

I assume they are the last of their kind, they may be other alicorns out there but we know nothing about them.

 

Fair enough, and I can see why you'd say that. In any case, it's not that I disagree as I can't prove that one way or another, but that I am hopeful that there are others aside from Cadence & Twilight ^^

[SCS 7,537]

I don't believe they have to be a part of a royal line, no. Twilight Sparkle was not part of any royal line as far as I am aware, but she transformed into an alicorn when she reached a suitable point in her spiritual evolution.

[Wind Chaser 4,768]

From what the show has given us, alicorns are more likely made than born. Princess Twilight was made an alicorn, and if the chapter books are to be regarded in any way as canon (GM Berrow is now on the show writing staff, after all), Cadance was made as well. The fact that there is no background on Celestia and Luna makes this a bit hazy, though.

 

We don't see any alicorns in the show that aren't royalty, at least not placed intentionally. The background characters that appear as alicorns can easily be written off as animation errors. That's why alicorn OCs tend to be a problem in this fandom; because of the balance of power among the royals and the fact that no non-royal alicorns have been seen.

 

So, overall, I'd stick with the theory that alicorns are made rather than born, and that there are no non-royal alicorns because of that fact.

[Midnight Lulaby 0]

I think so, because before Twilight's transformation, she wasn't a princess, but after season 3, she is. So it seems that the instant you become an alicorn, you're a princess. But I could imagine there being an evil alicorn who wasn't royalty, because, you know, they're evil. (Nightmare moon was royalty, she said so herself, and she is technically princess Luna, and chrysalis, hope I spelled that right, was a changeling, not an alicorn.) So I could imagine there being an alicorn who refused the title of princess, or prince (alicorns can be male, right?) and sort of just...Did their thing, evil or not. But if Celestia would allow an alicorn simply to refuse the crown, I'm not sure, Twilight didn't want to be a princess, but she did anyway, but I think she did that for the good of equestria, rather than because she had to. So, my answer is... Being an alicorn gives you an entitlement to royalty, but if you don't want to be a princess/prince you can refuse.

[~Flash Brush~ 313]

The duke and duchess of Maretonia are not alicorns, in fact I think the duke is a earth pony. They are technically royalty where there are. + the "royalty" in the Griffion Kingdom are probably just regular giffions.

Edited March 22, 2015 by ~Flash Brush~

[UnknownFry 169]

 The fact that there is no background on Celestia and Luna makes this a bit hazy, though.

 

Celestia and Luna were both alicorns long before they were made princesses according to the Journal of The Two SIsters written by Amy Keating Rogers, and they were raised by other alicorns in the process.There probably are some non royal alicorns floating out there, but hard to say one way or the other until the show or any other canon materials addresses it.

 

Alicorns tend to be regarded as being outside the three main tribes and therefore not subject to the same biases and prejudices that earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns do while at the same time embodying the three races because of their unique traits, so I am not surprised to see a natural tendency for the other ponies to gravitate towards alicorns as their leaders. However alicorns are just as flawed or corruptible as any other pony, and one of the biggest issues in show and in the fandom is that there is tendency to place alicorns on pedestals.

 

The franchise places value for royals on merit, and not through inherited titles through bloodlines.

Edited March 22, 2015 by UnknownFry

[ManaMinori 4,146]

  On 2015-03-22 at 2:06 PM, UnknownFry said:

 The fact that there is no background on Celestia and Luna makes this a bit hazy, though.

 

Celestia and Luna were both alicorns long before they were made princesses according to the Journal of The Two SIsters written by Amy Keating Rogers, and they were raised by other alicorns in the process.There probably are some non royal alicorns floating out there, but hard to say one way or the other until the show or any other canon materials addresses it.

 

Alicorns tend to be regarded as being outside the three main tribes and therefore not subject to the same biases and prejudices that earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns do while at the same time embodying the three races because of their unique traits, so I am not surprised to see a natural tendency for the other ponies to gravitate towards alicorns as their leaders. However alicorns are just as flawed or corruptible as any other pony, and one of the biggest issues in show and in the fandom is that there is tendency to place alicorns on pedestals.

 

The franchise places value for royals on merit, and not through inherited titles through bloodlines.

I agree with this. It seems everyone tends to forget that even behind all an alicorn's power and such, they're ponies, just like the rest of the pony races, and therefore, not incorruptible. So they really shouldn't be placed on pedestals, if you ask me.

[FullMetalDash 194]

Alicorns OC are not liked because often they are just plain right OP written or just bad As for the show, While Twilight isn't from a royal familly, Celestia did train her to be her student,which leads Twilight to being a princess. As in the final song of NMM that Celestia sings, it is showen that, Twilight is ready for royalty but to be royal,she must be an alicorn,to show her power. So,it seems that Alicorns are just only royals.(Or you would believe the animation errors of the show)

[I love Jelly Otter 477]

Definitely!

 

 

 

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[Zoraxe 546]

I don't think that 'Alicorn = royalty', but rather that Celestia promoted Twilight to Princess at the moment Twilight became an Alicorn, same with Cadance.

 

But if that's not the case and being an Alicorn suddenly makes you lord over other ponies by default, then that's kind of a weird thing. I wonder if its because maybe Alicorns were the ruling class in ancient History, and that 'alicorn = ruler' is just a remnant of an older time?

[ArcheoPony 76]

I think this is one problem I have with "Twilicorn". Why did she need wings to be a Princess? You don't need high magical power to be a good leader, which she had proven to be several times during the series before being transformed. The whole alicorn=royalty is a load of bull. Alicorns representing elements of the world, protectors, guardians or something more mythical like that is actually far more interesting that them being a bunch of princesses.

[justabug 23]

We had Prince Blueblood the Unicorn. He might not have had any real authority but if a unicorn can be a prince then I think it's reasonable to think that an alicorn can be a commoner or that any of the races can be a princess.

[Lunar Sapphire 30]

When will you pony's ever learn that ALL pony's are the same species!

 

All ponies have the potential to become alicorns.