ggg-2 3,553 July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 It's implied that Granny Smith is extremely old and in fact is canonically stated to be older than (and actually helped found) Ponyville. Her Aunt Applesauce is even older than Granny. And Pinkie has plans for her parents' 50th and 100th anniversaries. (that last one might just be Pinkie being Pinkie but hey, she literally has a 6th sense for these things) So, are Earth Ponies just really long lived? 3 Don't be a nerd. Join the herd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
碇 シンジン 27,431 July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 Quite interesting observation, I'd say that it is a possibility since they are physically more durable and contain more physical energy. 4 Rarity Fan Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOneComrade 1,091 July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 That is simple yet brilliant and I accept it as fact 2 href="/monthly_02_2014/post-8308-0-69609200-1393191794.png"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grepper 3,192 July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 I don't know if they are longer-lived than the other races. I haven't seen any examples of old unicorns or pegasi, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Firemane 309 July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 I've actually had a theory about this that dictates that Auntie Applesauce could've potentially seen the fall and return of Princess Luna; i.e. be at least 1,000 years old. Just bear with me, a lot of this hinges on potentially erroneous information and I'm grasping pretty greatly here, but what the hell, it was fun making this. Anyway, Granny Smith had a direct hoof in the founding of Ponyville, this much we know. Twilight also said that Ponyville was founded "hundreds of years" ago thus Granny Smith would be "hundreds of years" old. For the sake of argument, let's just pin it to between 200 and 400. Now, we saw a flashback of Granny's that showed her to be roughly Applejack's age. Auntie Applesauce looked the same as she did when Granny is older. Not to mention that she's been around so long at that time that her original name has been lost to the obscurity of time. Considering that Auntie Applesauce is looks older than Granny Smith and looked that way when Granny was young. So, she was already "hundreds of years" old at that time, older than Granny is now. Let's say between 400 and 700 years. Add that to Granny's age, Auntie Applesauce could be around 1,100 years old. Thank you and good night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,538 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 When have they said Ponyville existed for hundreds of years? At most Ponyville is probably even younger than Granny Smith so Ponyville wouldn't be that long lived either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastel 7,630 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 I guess you mean long-lived compared to pegasi and unicorns. But we don't have any proof they have a shorter life expectancy than earth ponies... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daring_Do 552 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 Nah, it's just an inconsistency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdogz1999 551 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 Well I think that Earth Ponies can live for a very long time. So long that some ponies may have lived through the banishment of Luna by Celestia in which of course happened 1000 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt .45 259 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 I don't know if they are longer-lived than the other races. I haven't seen any examples of old unicorns or pegasi, though. In "Sonic Rainboom" an elderly pegasus suggests to Rarity that she should enter the contest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daring_Do 552 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 But if you want to roll with this, what if this is how Celestia's lived so long - The earth pony part of alicorns? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,538 July 6, 2015 Share July 6, 2015 (edited) I don't know I mean if earth ponies did live longer than the other ponies than shouldn't Applejack and Pinkie Pie still be foals since they age slower? Maybe Granny Smith is actually magically gifted and nobody knows and she will pull a Master Roshi on us? Edited July 6, 2015 by cider float Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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