Bendy 1,821 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 (edited) As a back up plan to make sure her friends don't die due to mortality. While they are turned to stone she can figure out a way to make them immortal since they won't age as stone. Perhaps even by turning them all into alicorns somehow. And let's say her friends have consented to be turned into stone. Edited October 8, 2020 by Bendy Check out my "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" fan fiction on Fimfiction.net under the same username here: Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleButt 8,684 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 I mean if her friends consented to it I don’t see why not. If Twilight is immortal then she would have all the time in the world to figure it out and her friends wouldn’t know a difference in the meantime until she figures it out and unstones them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedonismBot 244 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 "Magic Duel" pretty much states that age manipulation spells are possible, just requiring an extremely rare level of magical talent. So the solution to immortality is likely already there. Hell, for all we know any pony with a moderate to severe case of old could just head on over to Canterlot and get cured - all the old farts we see on camera are just those who've chosen to let nature take its course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_Case001 4,934 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 Hmm. Doesn't seem right to me. I mean, I know her friends consented in this hypothetical, but I still don't like it for some reason. An affront to the natural order of things, I guess. But then again, I'm also a big proponent of improving every possible facet of humanity and the world at large through technology, including tinkering with our genes. So, I guess I'm a bit of hypocrite. I also believe that alicorns are not immortal, just very, very long-lived. I also have a firm position that immortality would be a terrible curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 28,139 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 Why??? There’s absolutely no reason for it. If it’s because of the immortality thing, blame the finale for not thinking anything through 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fhaolan 4,494 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 No, because Discord stated that he was fully aware while petrified. It's probable that Celestia was unaware of this 'glitch' when she did it to Discord, but Twilight should be aware of it now and refuse to use it as a preservation method. Of course that might be because... well... Discord. But without un-petrifying Cozy, Tirek, and Chrysalis to confirm it, you have to assume this is the reason it's a penal process, not a preservation one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Shimmer 4,138 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 I don't know if they would survive that. Discord survived being stone for a thousand years, but he's immortal anyway. A normal, mortal pony might just end up dead. But then again, Twilight did survive being temporarily petrified by a cockatrice In any case, Discord implies that he was conscious while he was a statue. To an immortal being, a thousand years is probably nothing. A mortal would go completely insane, even if they did survive. Friendship isn't always easy. But it's definitely worth fighting for. Twilight Sparkle is Best Pony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gallagher 33,632 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 (edited) Somehow or another, she’ll make her friends immortal. I think we all know them well enough to know that there is no way that Twilight, especially with her new magic, would just sit there and let her friends die. As nice as it was, I like to think that the epilogue from the last episode isn’t canon. They’ll all stay the same age forever! Edited October 8, 2020 by TomDaBombMLP Signature made by the amazing @Sparklefan1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brony Number 42 10,093 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 Immortality would be awesome. But it would be selfish for her to pick only her friends. This is my new signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gallagher 33,632 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 Just now, SpookyBrony42 said: But it would be selfish for her to pick only her friends. I know but if Twilight’s immortal, there’s no reason why her friends shouldn’t be too! If I was any background pony, I’d understand why completely. Signature made by the amazing @Sparklefan1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarston1 5,964 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 No. Even assuming that Twilight is immortal, which the show never really made all the clear, this isn't something she should do. In fact this isn't even something she would do in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedonismBot 244 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Fhaolan said: No, because Discord stated that he was fully aware while petrified. It's probable that Celestia was unaware of this 'glitch' when she did it to Discord, but Twilight should be aware of it now and refuse to use it as a preservation method. Of course that might be because... well... Discord. But without un-petrifying Cozy, Tirek, and Chrysalis to confirm it, you have to assume this is the reason it's a penal process, not a preservation one. Well, Discord did un-petrify himself when the Cutie Mark Crusaders were fighting in front of him. So it's not unreasonable to assume that the magic might have affected him differently than it would a plain old pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Shadow 8,201 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 Um...no. In A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, Rockhoof wanting to be turned to stone was his way of wanting to give up on life. So even if it made them "immortal" it wouldn't be living. As much as I dislike that implication of the finale, there's no proof that Twilight will never die. It's fully possible for her to pass on her "immortality" to Luster Dawn like Celestia did to her, another implication of the finale with Celestia not being present. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedonismBot 244 October 8, 2020 Share October 8, 2020 14 minutes ago, CloudMistDragon said: Um...no. In A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, Rockhoof wanting to be turned to stone was his way of wanting to give up on life. So even if it made them "immortal" it wouldn't be living. As much as I dislike that implication of the finale, there's no proof that Twilight will never die. It's fully possible for her to pass on her "immortality" to Luster Dawn like Celestia did to her, another implication of the finale with Celestia not being present. The idea there wouldn't be to leave them stoned for all eternity like Rockhoof wanted - rather, to keep them from dying and decomposing until a cure for old age can be developed. Like cryonics, only the solution for reviving the patient is already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat-kun 2,531 October 9, 2020 Share October 9, 2020 There are more subarashii ways to obtain immortality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittoni 538 October 9, 2020 Share October 9, 2020 (edited) Is each of them's decision, not Twilight's. Remember that they would be conscious the whole time without the chance to tell someone if they want to follow through with it 2 or 10 or 300y later or not. There's no bell on that grave. And if they would like to be immortal I think they would first ask Twilight if they can be an alicorn or use the age spell or something but I think that would also be cheap, the whole I'm gonna escape death thing. I would guess twilight already decided that she's going to "go" with her friends regardless because at the time we see the Last Problem she's preparing a specific student of her own like Celestia did with her, so that could mean that Twilight's reign is going to be way shorter that Celestia's, and then she'll retire and whatever happens to alicorns when they retire will happen, I just assume they either die or disappear or ascend to the heavens and become a star, idfk... Edited October 9, 2020 by Ittoni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landi 602 October 9, 2020 Share October 9, 2020 No, I really don't think she should. The fact is, death is a part of life. Just cause Twilight is able to use her overpowered alicorness to cheat it, doesn't mean her friends should. They way I see it, is that they lived their lives to the fullest; in other words, they lived their destinies. Each played a major role in saving Equestria, and I'd say they all have quite the legacy. Plus, that kind of immortality seems more unpleasant than anything. So no, Twilight shouldn't turn her friends into stone for immortality. "Here we are, don't turn away now, We are the warriors that built this town" - Imagine Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,599 October 10, 2020 Share October 10, 2020 "Only as a last resort." ... What is this topic? Why would Twilight do such a egoistic thing? Well she stole a pearl, she can do what the he*l she wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluttershutter 2,960 October 10, 2020 Share October 10, 2020 Alicorn aging doesn't make any sense but I'm not convinced Twilight or the other alicorns are immortal. And if they are and they start making other ponies immortal then they'll want OTHER ponies to be immortal and the whole thing will snowball fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycindyhoney 13,339 October 10, 2020 Share October 10, 2020 Immortality is a curse I would not wish on anypony. Thank you Sparklefan1234!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicEnergy 23,247 October 12, 2020 Share October 12, 2020 I don't think she should, as they wouldn't be able to talk to her. *totally not up to any shenanigans* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,599 October 16, 2020 Share October 16, 2020 On 10/8/2020 at 5:40 PM, Megas said: Why??? There’s absolutely no reason for it. If it’s because of the immortality thing, blame the finale for not thinking anything through *Agrees* The finale really forced us to see the thing we all feared Twilight isn't the one to put her friends into stones, and probably would put her enemies into stones as well. I think she will be fine all alone when everypony else passed away, since she has so many books to read! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,599 October 18, 2020 Share October 18, 2020 Okay I have a better solution: Let her friends turn her (Twilight) into stone instead. It is more fun than to live alone, hy herself, forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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