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Very few unicorns are as powerful as Twilight and the princesses. All unicorns are capable of performing magic but only a few are very skilled at it. It takes years of education and practice to be a very powerful unicorn. The most basic trick that unicorns can do (and one of the first ones they learn as a foal) is telekinesis and most are only limited to picking up objects like pens, cups, books, small tools etc. It takes a lot more skill and magic to pick up heavier objects (like huge boulders). Spells like teleportation, phasing through solid objects, force fields, etc. are limited to the highly skilled unicorns which only make up about 30% of the unicorn population.
 
This became my headcanon after I have noticed many bronies boasting that unicorns are a lot better than pegasi and earth ponies as well as many people making unicorn OC’s who’s magic capabilities can compete with Princess Celestia. (It shows your OC doesn’t have to be an alicorn to be a Mary-Sue.) I also highly doubt that all or even most of the unicorns in MLP are as powerful as Twilight or Celestia. The same applies to pegasi and earth ponies with their respective abilities. Most unicorns are not as powerful as Twilight, most pegasi are not as fast or agile as Rainbow Dash, and most earth ponies are not as strong as Applejack.

@gasmaskangel  
Yes, I can agree with this quite nicely.

@gasmaskangel  
Headcanon accepted.
 

Here’s one that just popped into my head and is completely half baked and likely completely wrong!
 
Pony cuteness is actually a the result of several evolutionary advantages. Ponies are small but quick, allowing them to more easily evade predators, they have extremely large eyes which are also good for spotting and then fleeing from various things that want to eat them, and they tend to retain a lot of fat allowing them to survive in areas without magically controlled weather, at least for a time.

@Randomosaur  

@SeraphimDawn  
Please forgive me for whatever I do  
When I don’t remember you

@PonyPon  
Also, I believe that Sombra himself was long dead, gone. The only driving him was the evil itself that completely took over what is left of him. Which leads me to believe that the crown he was wearing had something to do with all this. I think it was a magic artifact.

@PonyPon  
True but she had just transformed from looking like Cadance into an insectoid pony monster in a burst of green fire, which is the universal sign for evil. I doubt there would have been that much long term fallout from basically just incinerating Chrysalis.
 
Yeah some ponies might have been freaked out, but it sure as hell beats having a pack of emotion eating shape shifters running the place.

@The_Mungoman  
They barely knew Chrys. Sombra had bad history to bury him.

@SeraphimDawn
 
“OH MY SWEET CELESTIA, CELESTIA! YOU KILLED QUEEN CHRYSALIS! YOU’RE A MONSTER!!”  
“OH MY SWEET CELESTIA, CADANCE! YOU KILLED KING SOMBRA! YOU’RE A HERO!!”

Celestia lost against Chrysalis on purpose to prevent herself from using to much force that would result in fatality. Killing Chrysalis was not her intention, but to subdue her to leave. Things did not go as planned. Imagine what people would think about Celestia, whom they’ve always knew as as kind and merciful ruler, had she chose that lethal approach when dealing with Chrysalis, in front of a large crowd.

@MonkeyDzyrax  
I like the idea of prosthetic horns for insecure ponies/horses.

@Background Human  
Perfect.
 
@MonkeyDzyrax  
Even more perfect.

King Sombra is a Horse not a pony. and his horn isn’t real its an ice cream con that he puts on to look cool

@The_Mungoman  
If I had to guess, I’d say Generosity. Which would nicely tie into how the Nightmare Thingy latched onto Rarity in the IDW arc.

@Background Human  
So I guess Nightmare Moon is… Honesty, perhaps? I mean, she declared her intents and purpose loud and clear for everyone to hear…  
Or maybe she is Generosity, for wanting to share her “beautiful” night with everypony…
 
I’m just spitballing here.

@Background Human  
Oh, I like this one.

This one I came up with while working on an MLP card game:
 
The Elements of Harmony are appropriately named. They represent elemental forces in Equestrian magic that even the villains of the Ponyverse draw strength from. For example, Discord is tied to Laughter, being a prankster at heart, and the Changelings are empowered by their Loyalty to each other. The reason dark magic is so dangerous is because it’s not associated with any element and can thus be used by completely amoral monsters like Sombra.

I’d imagine the Legend of the Mare on the Moon is known throughout the ages to many different cultures, such as the Griffin Kingdom and the Saddle Arabians. Many cultures have their own versions of the legend.
 
Pinkie Pie took mechanical engineering sometime in her life.

@SpacePaladin  
Why does everyone think The MLPverse hates Blueblood? In The show its shown That All Thw Nobles are as Awful as him except for Fancy Pants.

@YetAnotherBrony  

 
I would think that would require Fourth Wall breaking powers on her part, since Blueblood doesn’t actually seem despised in-universe, or at least, not on any sort of large scale. In that scenario, Blueblood actually doesn’t understand her affection toward him.

Luna and Celestias Mom was Killed by the Satan of MLP

@PonyPon  

 
The “Plot Twist” is actually one of the sexual moves in the Pony Sutra.
 
@PonyPon  

 
Princess Luna also deeply cares for Blueblood, since they both know what it’s like to be hated by everypony.
 
@Itsthinking  

 
I will be very surprised if this isn’t canonized in Season 4. Hell, almost all the fanfics involving the two of them are like this!

@ClownDicks  
yes.

@gasmaskangel  
What, the vampire bit or the troll bit?