Huzzah!
Bobcat and I totally called it! (For reals this time!) Pony genetics for the win!
Bobcat mate, high-five, wherever you are!
Ahem.
Arr, that were a good 'un.
Prediction: Ponythread pancratic armageddon approaches, if they survive the episode, the resultant fanart will by catastrophic.
(I'm also going to award myself ten points for every pancreatic destruction/cuteness overload I read, when I go back through ponythread.)
I've been around more than enough small children (sisters, nieces, and Mum was a babysitter for a while) to dispel any illusions. Baby are fun - when they're someone else's (especially if you can be the Evil Uncle and corrupt them somethine rotten...!)
(And you, Dexam, have this all to come...!)
I laughed
especially hard when Poundcake dumped his bowl on his head. My sister, as a baby did that once, and we have a truly hilarious picture of her in her highchair, bowl on head at
just that angle, sucking her fingers in that way babies do, and underneath the caption "this is not my dinner, this is a
hat!"
Also, I feel that it must clearly be stated again:
Ponies.
Have.
Superpowers.
Superpowers.
Did you
see Poundcake, a foal of only a month of age KICK THE TAP OFF without even trying? And carry around a fully-adult pony? (Well Pinkie Pie.) At full speed?! And ceiling walking?
And, wow Pumpkincake has some serious magic skills!
Frag, yeah!
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Also, gotta say, Scoot, what are you playin' at, lass? Poundcake can fly already! Little bit of a slow starter, eh?
Or...
Or...
*gasp*
The Cake Twins are
very actual superheroes, even by
pony standards, and...that...means they have
super superpowers!
Ooer.
I...I don't have a reaction for that!
SiuiS! Help!
We still can't say anything concrete about pony
maximum lifespan, except that they certainly mature at a phenominally fast rate! WELL beyond even terriestial equines. I mean, I know horses can walk about an hour after birth, but... First word within a month?
Damn, guys, damn! Ponies not only have superpowers, they are also clearly super-intelligent...!
Also, I wonder if Twilight's apparent prior experience of babies is due to Spike, or whether there's another story behind that (not that the former wouldn't be a story in and of itself...) I'm also guessing that Pinkie is likely the younger of her sisters, or there wasn't a lot of gap between them, as even at a young age, I understood about the workload of babies (and my oldest sister is only four years younger than me).
And that makes me sudden think of you, Raz, and I suddenly I hope you found this episode as enjoyable as I did and not too painful. Still thinking of you and yours, mate, just so you know.
1I now I feel an entirely inappropriate urge to sing "Caa-ke Twins! Frag Yeah!" everytime they show up, and depressingly don't feel sorry in the slightest.