How would your favorite pony interpret a term such as "Cold War"?

[InvaderShy 18]

If your favorite pony (Twilight Sparkle, Pinky Pie, AppleJack, princess Luna, whoever it is) hear from a human historian the term "Cold War" how do you think he/she would say or interpret at first instance? 

 

What kind of comments would come from he or she? 

 

If you consider it necessary, include emotional or facial expressions. Or even, you can answer as a dialogue mode.

 

 

[An Old Head 4,815]

Okay then... :3 Pinkie Pie, if she were at her most optimistic, would probably imagine it as a war where adversaries hurled ice cream at each other. Then she would promptly get excited at the thought

 

It would make sense, actually, seeing as in Over A Barrel the weapon of choice was apple pie. I guess ponies need to fight every now and again, but their no-violence ethos means they have to use food. n.n

[Scootalove 10,684]

Rainbow Dash would probably think of a war in the winter instead of a war with actual weapons. Not like I know the learning process of the ponies.

[Declen 118]

Fluttershy would probably think, that in the Cold War the engaged sides tried to terrify each other by freezing innocent creatures to death.

Twilight Sparkle, beeng the creature of order, would say that the whole term doesn't make sence: it is called "Cold War" but it was not a war (main antagonists weren't in a state of war with each other) and local conflicts didn't happen in Siberia or Canada but rather in warm countries like Vietnam or Afganistan.

[duidamasterXD 9,626]

Depends on how war works in Equestria. For all we know, they have had wars and cold wars of their own .

 

If they haven't though, Rainbow Dash might just think of a large scale snowball fight, or maybe a war with Windigoes or something. Or even a war in some snowy location, or during winter.

[True Rarity 1,239]

Rarity would probably think a "Cold War" is a war in which all the ponies shun one another and act coldly toward anyone and anything they come across.

[~Silver Essence~ 2,621]

Rarity would think of it as some ancient battle that involved ice.

 

Other than that, I guess she would say it has something to do with winter, but that's it.

[Koelath 444]

Fluttershy: "Oh no! *frantically runs around handing tiny sweaters to all the bunnies*"

 

...I really want to see that now. Cuteness incarnate. XD

[Commissar Alexer 763]

Considering Celestia's age, i think she would actually know the term. Then who knows what actually happened everything in Equestrias past.

[GlamourDolly 77]

Rarity might think of it as a time of when brave handsome men would go off to fight for their women...a Romantic time..Where people would also dress up glamorous waiting for their men to come back home.

[MichaelxXxTrixie 433]

I am not sure on how they'd interpret it but I can assume they all know what a war is, so they would probably think of it in literal terms as in a war fought in a cold place.

[Broseph 215]

idk, Pinkie would most likely be optimistic about it, or come out with something like "Cold war? Well, I hope they have enough coats and gloves so they don't catch anything!"

Or y'know, something along those lines.

[magnus_orion 0]

We know they have a military, and wars. The power of magical weaponry is also great enough that I could plausibly believe they are already familiar with the concept.

[Fluttershutter 2,138]

Okay then... :3 Pinkie Pie, if she were at her most optimistic, would probably imagine it as a war where adversaries hurled ice cream at each other. Then she would promptly get excited at the thought

 

It would make sense, actually, seeing as in Over A Barrel the weapon of choice was apple pie. I guess ponies need to fight every now and again, but their no-violence ethos means they have to use food. n.n

This was going to be my answer. An ice cream fight would come to mind and then she would immediately organize one.

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[Heart's Desire 181]

Actually, after reading this thread I'm fairly intrigued to know what everyone here thinks of the term "cold war".

 

I assume Fluttershy wouldn't care because most of the animals would be hibernating so they'd be safe. (Because I'm pretty sure most of them would take the word "cold" literally). 

 

I must admit that ice cream was my first thought, too. Pinkie would be all over that.

[Guest]

Because of how the weather operates in equestria I imagine they would take the phrase quite literally. Like the pegasusi make it cold all year round as a protest of some kind.

[Lunatic Cake 1,618]

I don't know why but I could totally think of Rarity saying something like: "Cold War? If we ever get something like that here, I'll be sure to have some fashionable scarfs ready for everypony!"

[Winona the Dog 1,981]

I would think that the ponies would know what a war means though but by human standards they don't know the devastation and casualties that came with it

 

The Mane 6 would be horrified by the amount of destruction caused by a human war.

[Smarts 1,621]

I think Chrysalis would be familiar with war. After all, she is a queen of an entire race of shapeshifters. She had to have dealt with wars as her time as ruler. She'd probably think "Cold" would mean that both sides were uncaring and killed one another without regret.

Edited September 8, 2013 by SmartyPants