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2012-04-29, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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What's the context of that exchange, again? I'll have to take another look at it, and I don't have an hour to spare rewatching the finale.
Anyway, I'd say that Prince Blueblood would be proof that not all princes and princesses are alicorns. My headcanon is that "Prince(ss)" is simply the highest noble title in Equestria. Being an alicorn is simply a rare genetic anomaly (or possibly a form of chimerism, where a pegasus and unicorn zygote fuse together in the womb). Due to their association with Celestia, alicorns are treated as sacred, and they often are allowed to bypass the usual "rules" and gain a noble title, but it's by no means a strict "alicorn = princess" association.
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2012-04-29, 12:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, you could say kindness is a virtue because it does have a cost to its giver--they've giving up an easier, more carefree life in which they don't have to mind others, but I was sort of playing devil's advocate. The statement "most people see virtues as sacrifices" is culturally relative. You can decide what the virtues are, but in the end that's all it is, relativism. Though I'll admit that you can find a moral common ground with enough debate and free speech, some attitudes and virtues are mutually exclusive and can't be consolidated like that. A better way of doing it, I think, is by determining the end results of actions and deciding which actions lead to better outcomes. Murder is bad not because it shows in its actor cowardice, rashness, and the inability to solve problems nonviolently, but because most people don't want to die, and murderers have a habit of killing people. You have to go back to the open debate and free speech, but this time find what people want to happen, not what they want to be; you'll find that most people want the same basic things out of life, and that there are a lot of ways for them to get that. I never traced this conversation to its root, so I don't know how much of a tangent this is from that, but it's certainly still related to ponies somehow, right?
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2012-04-29, 12:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Twilight says it to Cadance when they're playing together, in the flashback where Cadance is introduced.
Anyway, I'd say that Prince Blueblood would be proof that not all princes and princesses are alicorns. My headcanon is that "Prince(ss)" is simply the highest noble title in Equestria. Being an alicorn is simply a rare genetic anomaly (or possibly a form of chimerism, where a pegasus and unicorn zygote fuse together in the womb). Due to their association with Celestia, alicorns are treated as sacred, and they often are allowed to bypass the usual "rules" and gain a noble title, but it's by no means a strict "alicorn = princess" association.
Also, this seems to imply that "prince" is just a title, as having it be both for both genders would be too confusing. Perhaps male alicorns do not exist?Last edited by Sean Mirrsen; 2012-04-29 at 12:35 PM.
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2012-04-29, 12:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-29, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ultimate image dump time!
Since this dump will contain a ridiculous number of images (over 60), I'm going to break it up it into seperate posts (are there any forum rules about how many pictures you can post in one go?)
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2012-04-29, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks. *rewatches*
Alright, from the context, Twilight and Cadence are talking about how lucky they are to know each other. "Regular old unicorn" does contrast with "princess," but it could just as easily mean "unicorn without a noble title" (or at least "unicorn with a noble title that isn't as impressive as 'princess'"; filly Twilight's definition of "regular" is probably a bit skewed). She's clearly impressed that someone of Cadence's status would stoop to her level.
Well, so far there is no term, used in-universe or by Word of God, for "alicorn", which is strictly a fan term (and actually used to mean something else entirely, even if related).
My personal theory is that alicorns were historically royalty, being more powerful than everyone else, and thus any female alicorn would immediately be made a "princess".
Heck, maybe that's why Cadence is so willing to downplay her title. She was actually born to a commoner family, but was made a princess simply because she had both wings and a horn.
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We'll combine the two. Normally, an alicorn commoner would be "adopted" by an existing noble family. Cadence, however, was born to a remote commoner family, and was not discovered until she was in her teenage years. By that point, she was willful enough to rebuff the nobility, who could not countermand her orders, as she technically outranked them. Cadence thus effectively founded her own noble house by virtue of being a winged unicorn. Unfortunately, House Cadence has no money beyond what Cadence manages to earn for herself (or borrow from other noble houses), and I can't imagine she has much experience managing finances...
Her True Love for Shining Armor is really quite fortuitous. House Sparkle gets a massive boost in status, while Cadence gets some much-needed funds. How very, very lucky...
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2012-04-29, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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During the pre-Equestria years (and possibly during the early days of the nation as well, leading up until Discord took over), "King" was an accepted title that was apparently superior to "Prince/Princess", as is shown by Princess Platinum being introduced as the "daughter of the Unicorn-King" during the conference scene in Hearth's Warming Eve.
(My headcanon concerning him and the fact that he never appeared is that he had gotten sick or something due to the unusually-long-and-cold winter, which meant that he had his daughter sent to the meeting of the Three Tribes in his place. Perhaps he would have been shown if the episode was longer.)
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2012-04-29, 01:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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On the other hand, if Faust has said anything about whether Cadence was originally supposed to be a princess at all, it's escaped my notice.
Incidentally, one of these days I'm going to post pony-crossover pics with, I dunno, Golden Sun or Bridge of D'Arnath or Manta's Gift or something. Just as retribution for all these crossovers with things I've never heard of that keep going unlabeled and unexplained.Level 4 Bibliophile/Level 3 Bard, working toward the Bibliomancer Prestige Class
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2012-04-29, 01:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Image dump the second. I think I can get away with these. I'll leave the rest for the next page.
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2012-04-29, 02:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-29, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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why does everyone say winged unicorn?
why not horned pegasus?
because it would be too easy to write horny pegasus? 8pPonies not only make ME want to be a better person than I was before they entered my life, they make me want to HELP OTHERS be better people too.
And that is a GOOD thing by any definition.
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2012-04-29, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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This is MY BOOK! And I'm gonna READ IT!!
I'm going to do what I do best; Lecture her!
Looks like nominations are finished for that category. So let's move onto another one...
Season 2 Pony Awards!Note: This is dramatic in the literary sense, not who hammed it up the best.
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2012-04-29, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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I know. As I was watching, I was thinking, "Rarity's right! Stop bothering her and let her work in peace, Sweetie Belle! I mean, honestly! Ugh! This is just like my brother; why can't he leave me alone for once?!"
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2012-04-29, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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My nominations are;
HOLY **** 'CADENCE' IS EVIL!
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2012-04-29, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Random thought of the day:
If we ever see Celestia and Luna's father in the show, he should be voiced by Brain Blessed (if nothing else it would explain a great deal about Luna).If brute force isn't working, that just means you're not using enough of it.
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Nice.
3 other possibilities:
-The Sparkle family is rather influential or is rising in society, so Cadence' family thought it was a good idea to create tight bonds
-Cadence isn't the only or first child, but rather #4 or #5, and her status isn't that high, and it's not beneath her to babysit minor nobles or high commoners
-Cadence wanted a opportunity to makes out with Shining Armour
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To be exact, the pilot episode states that they use their unicorn powers to raise the sun and moon. If one uses that to "prove" that they are officially called Unicorns in the show, one might as well say that they are Pegasi, because they use their pegasus powers (i.e. wings) to fly.
Last I checked, Hasbro's official term for the race was "Pegasus unicorn", though at least one storyboard artist (Sabrina Alberghetti) refers to them as "Alicorns".
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Well I finally finished the season finale and I am pleased.
Also I see Season II Ruined my Fanon has finally been chosen as a title name. So tell me, how did season 2 ruin your Fanon?
For me it ruined:
There were only two alicorns*
The Royal Guards are useless
Abacus quiet Luna
God-Alicorns
*Special mention goes to this.
A moment of fridge brilliance for this one because we knew this as early as Lesson Zero. During Twilight's nightmare of Magic Kindergarden we saw an alicron foal, we thought it was just an animation error but really it was an early warning of the finale.
Regarding why Princess Candence was a foalsitter here is how I imagine it, she sees Shining Armor at the castle, love at first sight happens and to get close to him she volunteers to be Twilight's foalsitter.
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2012-04-29, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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I went with this interpretation for quite a while and would still be willing to go with it now. There are a couple things that imply greater power though. One being the fact that Celestia did nothing (except discreetly send the letters), which makes me think that if he wanted to, Discord could have just zapped her into dust. 2nd is the way he picked up all the ponies at the end even with the elements of harmony on and they had to be saved by Twilight's bubble, which implies that if Discord felt like it he could have just taken control of them at any time (except for Twilight, who apparently vexes him).
I'm going to remember this one.
Sadly, if you take a look at much of history, it means exactly what you might think it means.
New headcanon. Aotrs is actually a pony princess. His special talent is being a lich. Discuss.
There's actually two distinct things here. One is people, especially right after the show came out, who would respond with "why would anyone in their right minds ever want to watch this?" It became common to respond to those people by telling them that actually it was really good and they should check it out. A more recent phenomenon (and one that I haven't seen much outside this forum) is people actually saying that it's too popular and they're tired of ponies everywhere even though they don't really mind the show. I feel much more sympathy to that but it is kind of weird that people get more annoyed with ponies than with Star Wars references or Firefly references or [insert your favorite popular show here] references.
Possible, but it does strike me as unlikely. Cadence and Shining armor looked surprised when their love magic worked. I don't think that was something ponies had drawn on previously, or if it was, it had been lost and forgotten. Now, in the wake of the wedding, perhaps there will be magical research into how to draw on the power of love. But that would be new for Equestria I think.
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I was going to say something about this, but then you went and said exactly what I wanted to say. Bravo sir pony princess lich. Bravo.
This is my headcanon. Particularly knowing that Blueblood was originally intended as a duke, I assume that prince is just a title but princess has a dual meaning as royalty and as being an alicorn.
1. Twilight Sparkle getting her color restored in Return of Harmony part 2.
2. Rainbow Dash getting saved by Tank and riding in to the finish line slowly.
3. Fake Cadence sending Twilight into the floor.
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2012-04-29, 04:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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