My Little Pony XLIIV: Season II Ruined My Fanon!

[Tiki Snakes]

You realise all that does is tempt me to commit a few atrocities, just to show I will, right?

It's okay to be an Antihero, Bleakbane.

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Kyouhen. Tiki. Dudes. I thought we were pretty cool. But no, here you are, sticking a knife in my back. You know all that's gonna do is get him to beat me senseless.

Speaking of...

Yeeaaaargh!

If you don't want him to keep doing it, you should do something about it. You're only the victim for as long as you want to be.
You do realise of course that he only does it because he knows you can take it, right? It's his way of showing that he cares.
Huh. Apparently I ship BleakReaver. How did that happen?

[erikun]

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

Now joining the Cadence-makes-Smartypants picture as personal headcanon.

[otakuryoga]

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

I prefer this one. especially panels 3, 9, and 12
though i would TOTALLY go for the Gummy episode too

[Luka]

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

That's why you run away after you do stuff

[Alabenson]

Could somepony please tell me why Alabenson seems to have lost the ability to communicate in a coherent manner?
MARGLEFLARGLE RASUMANGABAH!

Daniel Ingram - Composer/Songwriter



Saw this on facebook a moment ago. I don't know what the Leo's are... but i dont like them already. thats a horrible thing to do and our own master of music is rightly upset.

...Ah, that would it explain it. *twitches* Igor, I think we'll be skipping the Friendship portion of this assualt. FIRE THE OIC!

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That was certainly cathartic.

[Bayonet Priest]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

Lyra is married to Bon Bon.

Derpy is Dinky's mom. Carrot Top is her roommate.

There is a city called Stalliongrad.

There's more but that stuff is important, listed in order of importance. Only the Derpy-Dinky-Carrot Top connection has been strained by Season 2.

[Beacon of Chaos]

Darn Thanqol, causing me to not post because I'm reading world of darkness rulebooks and scheming about how to run a changeling game mumble mumble mumble

Hey, anypony potentially interested in a changeling game that I'll probably get going in another week or so that Thanqol will be playing in?

Not interested in playing, but I'd be interested in following, if you wouldn't mind posting the thread?

no Chancellor Puddinghead and Smart Cookie? RACISM!

It's not my fault the artist hasn't drawn them yet! Geez.

Okay fine, how about this one?

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Wait, how many ponies in this thread play MTG?

I do. Or used to, anyway. All of my friends who I used to play with have moved away, so I play maybe once a year. :/ The last expansion I remember getting was a couple of Zendikar boosters, and I never used the cards I got.

The universe is telling me something here. I was just going to force everyone here to stare at my latest work because I spent 5 freaking hours on it. And everyone's talking about MTG when I show up. So...

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I am so pleased with how that turned out.

Awesome!

[Eakin]

BTW, for all these nomination catagories, can I suggest the catagory of "Pinkie Pie's Biggest Hole in the 4th Wall Moment"? The catagory for her strangest wall-breaking moment ever.

Do we have to limit it to season 2? Because I don't think she's topped "hey, that's what I said!" from the end of Over a Barrel.

Otherwise I'll go with "Where did that even come from?" when the flowerpot falls in About Time.
Other nomination would be "Tough crowd" "Tell me about it!" during her stand up routine

Favorite AppleJack moment: "I didn't learn nuthin', I was right all along!"

This gets my nod as well.

[Kd7sov]

Okay fine, how about this one?

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Fascinating. Their body and head shapes are G4, or at least more G4 than any previous generation, but the scope of their marks suggest G1.

(Incidentally, I am now really curious about Smart Cookie's mark.)

[Kyouhen]

So apparently today's Pinkie Pie's birthday. Which amuses me because as soon as I finished eating breakfast I was overcome with a terrible urge to bake a cake. It's currently cooling before I coat it in delicious frosting and consume it.

[Gadora]

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.

Woah, you have a Manta's Gift crossover handy and you haven't posted it? C'mon Zahn is awesome!

Daniel Ingram - Composer/Songwriter



Saw this on facebook a moment ago. I don't know what the Leo's are... but i dont like them already. thats a horrible thing to do and our own master of music is rightly upset.

From their website:

Congratulations!

Through a system of peer adjudication, with final ballot tabulation by Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants, we are pleased to confirm the following nominations for the 2012 Leo Awards. Your nomination is important in highlighting the strength, diversity and talent of British Columbia’s film and television industry and allows us to celebrate artistic excellence within our community.

Fascinating. Their body and head shapes are G4, or at least more G4 than any previous generation, but the scope of their marks suggest G1.

(Incidentally, I am now really curious about Smart Cookie's mark.)

Now that you mention it, the old styled cutie marks are a nice touch. Why shouldn't historical figures have some sort of tie to old generations of the show/toys?

[Tvtyrant]

So apparently today's Pinkie Pie's birthday. Which amuses me because as soon as I finished eating breakfast I was overcome with a terrible urge to bake a cake. It's currently cooling before I coat it in delicious frosting and consume it.

You should share pics

[Raz_Fox]

Darn Thanqol, causing me to not post because I'm reading world of darkness rulebooks and scheming about how to run a changeling game mumble mumble mumble

Hey, anypony potentially interested in a changeling game that I'll probably get going in another week or so that Thanqol will be playing in?

Sir, I am currently beset by deadlines and misfortunes and a mind shifting, seeking to find its footing; I have already sworn allegiance to the epic sagas of Heroes of the Fall, and dreaded Thanqol holds my signature in blood regarding the Perfect Arrow. I have no skill with the world of darkness, being more comfortable with unrealities than possible realities, more comfortable with the stories of gods and magicians in worlds unrestrained by mortal law and fact. This world is, after all, so very big that I find it hard to fully understand, unlike worlds that can be shaped with pictures and ideas.

However, if you would still have me, I profess myself greatly curious about Changeling. Even more than Mage, it is much lower-powered than I'm used to, but - as one of my favorite shirts says - myths and legends stir my soul. If you will have me, sir, I am yours.

[Maxtronaut]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

For example, I have in mine that bearing the Elements will, eventually, turn the Mane Six into alicorns themselves (which was inspired by one fic that had them, essentially, being immortal).

Stuff like that.

Prepare for rather small info dump.

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If you've ever heard the story of Alicorn Faust, that's my major point in my personal fanon.

Other things:

R.D isn't a lesbian.

Africa exists in the pony world.

Griffons live in their equivalent of Europe.

Equestria is actually a country on Pony Earth. (Hey, I can't think of a better name.)

Luna was corrupted by an outside force to become Nightmare Moon.

Meh. Those are my general beliefs. I don't really have a detailed fanon. :/

[Kyouhen]

You should share pics

And Kyouhen said, LET THERE BE CAKE!

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And it was... sub par actually. Not entirely sure what happened, but it went all flat and deflaty instead of poofy like they normally do.

[Maxtronaut]

Lyra is married to Bon Bon.

Derpy is Dinky's mom. Carrot Top is her roommate.

There is a city called Stalliongrad.

Basically this stuff too. Great minds think alike?

[Anarion]

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

Now joining the Cadence-makes-Smartypants picture as personal headcanon.

Lyra is married to Bon Bon.

Derpy is Dinky's mom. Carrot Top is her roommate.

There is a city called Stalliongrad.

There's more but that stuff is important, listed in order of importance. Only the Derpy-Dinky-Carrot Top connection has been strained by Season 2.

I agree with these pieces of fanon. I also hold that Tavi and Scratch are living together either as a couple or at least as an odd couple, possibly depending on what day of the week it is.

Not interested in playing, but I'd be interested in following, if you wouldn't mind posting the thread?

However, if you would still have me, I profess myself greatly curious about Changeling. Even more than Mage, it is much lower-powered than I'm used to, but - as one of my favorite shirts says - myths and legends stir my soul. If you will have me, sir, I am yours.

Duly noted. I'm still reading the books and manically scribbling notes (it's WoD so it has to be maniacal), so there is no thread as of yet. I should be through them within the week however (I am slowed by also playing through Phoenix Wright, Trials and Tribulations), at which point I will get things running post haste.

So far Thanqol is definitely playing, Raz and SiuS are in, and Phoe has expressed an interest by proxy. I could probably handle up to 2 more people if anyone wants, although I also think 3-4 is a perfectly fine number.

[Gamerlord]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

Hmmmm....

Now joining the Cadence-makes-Smartypants picture as personal headcanon.

Lyra is married to Bon Bon.

Derpy is Dinky's mom. Carrot Top is her roommate.

There is a city called Stalliongrad.

There's more but that stuff is important, listed in order of importance. Only the Derpy-Dinky-Carrot Top connection has been strained by Season 2.

These, and Twilight's family is some sort of nobility.

[Emperordaniel]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

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- The "France" that Fluttershy mentions twice (!!!) in Suited For Success is the home of the griffons
- The Prince and Princess from Hearts and Hooves Day are Celestia's and Luna's parents
- Due to her... unusual condition, Derpy has the best eyesight in all of Ponyville
- Pinkie Pie didn't participate in the Running Of The Leaves because everypony knew she'd win within seconds if she was admitted (if she can easily get ahead of Rainbow. Danger. Dash. at times, it's not implausible to assume that she can easily win something so small as a race )
- It's 1:00 AM, so I think I'll stop for now.

[thubby]

fillies and gentlecolts, i give you infinite derpy.

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[SiuiS]

{Phoe said she'd think about it}

... Phoe wants to play?

Yeah we do. Look at the cost of, say, boating or camping as a hobby and then quit your whinin'.

Pooh, lost Amarion's quote and didn't notice...

Well, it was only one book, but then the Changeling thing happened. So, yeah.

But as Starscream once said to Blaster "it is better to be a living coward than a dead fool."

Also, I appreciate the desperate attempts to appease my ego with Spike/Rarity, so I'm totally giving him a pass.

Hmm. There is the ego appeasing.

Likewise, however in this instance your inadvertant vocabulary gave Anarion Ideas.

Ah well.

You realise all that does is tempt me to commit a few atrocities, just to show I will, right?

It's your own fault really. You decided to be our sanity and cohesion. Narratively, youre the hero. Constantly thwarting the plot of the week to flood your ship with rainbows or steal your biscuits.

Hmm. I'd watch that.

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It's all about comparatives.

The Reapers are a crippling threat to the ME unverse, but in comparison to the Aotrs, they are completely out-classed.

Jack O'Neill is an awesome soldier, but he'd be just out of his league against Son Goku.

Most "Badass Normals" merely display a higher level of capability than the people they are immediately associated with, which in roleplaying terms would equate to simply being higher level (or that their superpowered compariots are under-optimised. Superman, for instance, could be arguably said to be functionally unoptimised on account of his own preferences not to utilise the full breadth of his potential abilites.) If you have an individual that actually has the same level of skill or work ethic (or resources¹), then, as they say, no duh, the one with the additional powers will win. (If Sasuke Uchiha had Rock Lee's personality, he'd basically be completely unstoppable (And Naruto would be an even more hilariously awesome series).) Real (un)life is not, in fact, balanced so that the people with superpowers are always counterbalanced with not trying as hard as the non-superpowered ones. Real (un)life is also not balanced like a game (video or tabletop) or a story in which the protagonist only faces enemies in their own rough order of magnitude.

The assertation that an unaugmented human (i.e. that does not have access to spiral power or some such) is capable of dealing with situations through sheer "manliness" (a concept which I find inherently distasteful to start with) is a microscopically more refined version of the one that said "courage alone can replace tactics, planning and overwhelming firepower" prevalent up to the early 20th century in many military forces, and which inevitably resulted in catastrophic casualties.

Badasserymorale/determination is important, yes, but it is not a substitute for flat-out superior capabilities, no matter how much people may wish it otherwise.

Aha. Yeah, I would've bungled that something fierce.

Kyouhen. Tike. Dudes. I thought we were pretty cool. But no, here you are, sticking a knife in my back. You know all that's gonna do is get him to beat me senseless.

Speaking of...

Yeeaaaargh!

Being beaten by your higher-ups must be the Red Spear version of challenge coins. Hopereaver has so many, could you imagine how cumbersome they'd be If they we're actual coins?

EPIC. I'm proud that I knew what it was based on before reading the footer. Also, my first reaction was "So Raphael is Lyra?"

It makes sense, if you first translate through Ninja Turtle.

Just jumping in to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.

Score one for integrity!

I've not been following the thread closely enough to comment on the shenanigans.

Nopony has. It's all actually an elaborate game of chicken, to see who breaks first.
"I fire my laser at you!"
"I deflect it!"
"what? How?!"
"I uh... Stole the Plans from Bleak Despair once, and... Rigged them to work off earth pony magic?"
"... Oh, yeah! I remember that! rassunfrassun"

I prefer this one. especially panels 3, 9, and 12
though i would TOTALLY go for the Gummy episode too

Personally?

Trixie's gone. I'm glad she's gone. There is no way she could actually maintain canon and still be what everyone wants from her. Unlike Luna, who didn't have z canon to stay true to, Trixabelle Lulamoon would be a disaster.

That said I'd love for Trixabelle to be polite, well-read, and startled that ponyville holds her stage act against her. "Seriously? Even Luna knew I was kidding about being the greatest unicorn. I mean she and Celestia were RIGHT THERE. You ponies are funny."

Okay fine, how about this one?

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What? No, Princess I am spoken for. Don't give me that look. Don't give me that look. No. No! I won't. No, I'm not. Temptation is for the weak-willed.

Stop shaking that at me!

[Alabenson]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

For example, I have in mine that bearing the Elements will, eventually, turn the Mane Six into alicorns themselves (which was inspired by one fic that had them, essentially, being immortal).

Stuff like that.

This is going to take awhile; I’ve amassed a collection of fanon sufficient to write at least 4-5 fanfics (listed in order of sane to ponysane):
Lyra and Bon Bon are married

Dinky is Derpy’s daughter; The mare seen with Dinky during the Sisterhoof Social is Dinky’s foalsitter. Carrot Top is Derpy’s neighbor.

Octavia and Vinyl Scratch are roommates.

Twilight comes from an extremely well-to-do Canterlot family.

Fluttershy has an unrequited crush on Big Macintosh; Big Macintosh has an unrequited crush on Twilight Sparkle.

Warning, the following fanon is particularly nuts, and formed from fanfics I may or may not write sometime in the unforeseen future, proceed at your own risk.

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Dragon’s ability to grow via greed was an ability given to them by Discord; as a result, dragon society devolved into the vicious, petty and scattered form seen today (which is more or less what Discord wanted to happen).

Princess Celestia had spent the last several generations planning for the return of the Elements of Harmony, ensuring that specific ponies were living in Ponyville (and that there was a Ponyville) when the time came for Nightmare Moon to escape.

Since she banished Nightmare Moon, Princess Celestia has taken on personal students who either had truly unique levels of talent, or had special magical talents that could become dangerous without proper guidance. Twilight Sparkle was the 30th such student.

Spike is not the only dragon in Equestria: a few of Princess Celestia’s students have had dragon assistants, and they have remained in Equestria, taking pony-form, to watch over their pony friends and family. Said dragons are led by a dragon who has been Celestia’s assistant since prior to Luna’s banishment. One of these dragons happens to be Fluttershy’s great-great-grandfather.

During his initial reign over Equestria, Discord was backed by a dangerous cult of ponies who reveled in his chaos, five of whom he personally tutored in chaos magic, rendering them immortal. Four of these students are currently imprisoned by Princess Celestial; the fifth was sealed away by Discord himself.

[Pokonic]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

For example, I have in mine that bearing the Elements will, eventually, turn the Mane Six into alicorns themselves (which was inspired by one fic that had them, essentially, being immortal).

Stuff like that.

Prepare for rather small info dump.

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If you've ever heard the story of Alicorn Faust, that's my major point in my personal fanon.

Other things:

R.D isn't a lesbian.

Africa exists in the pony world.

Griffons live in their equivalent of Europe.

Equestria is actually a country on Pony Earth. (Hey, I can't think of a better name.)

Luna was corrupted by an outside force to become Nightmare Moon.

Meh. Those are my general beliefs. I don't really have a detailed fanon. :/

Well, here is the great country assignment post.

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Griffons are Germans (or now French, not sure anymore.)

Donkeys are Eastern Europens, more Czech than Russian (Stalliongrad would be a rough mix of ponies and donkeys.... and perhapes bears. ), and Mules are generaly made the traditinal way. Heh.

Sheep are Scots, say what you will, while Goats inhabit the ever-lovely area known as Fleece.

The french equivulent are well, Deer, because I cannot pass up a Prance pun.

South America contains Llamas, with Alpalcas living primaraly in Mexico. North America would have (naturaly) Buffalo, with Moose living up there in the Unnamed Frozen North. The Inuit are polar bears, if only to make coca-cola jokes.

I could let the stand-ins for the Middle East range from the sterotypical Camel to others like the Onager. Perhapes if we let ponies have nice things, there could be Arabneighans running around, too.

Zebraca would have zebras, yes, but there are plenty options here. Rhinos inhabiting a place called the Horn Of Zebraca? Check. Elephants and giraffes, hippos and gazells, all of those could be decent ways of spicing up the place.

Asia is a harder place to fit in steriotypical creatures compared to the former examples, mostly because I have seemed to have dried up on hoofed mammels. I am tempted to place Mongolians as Dimond Dogs (using captured local Mules from up north as forced mounts), but found it more appropriate if they where instead Centaurs. I mean, how else would they shoot bows? Indian reprisentitives, I am afraid, have been regulated as Cows. Japan is inhabited by...Seaponies, along with Indonisia and others.

The Chinese are Dragons, quite feasably because Spike mentioned the Fu-Manchu beard in some episode, but mostly because of pure bias.

Australia makes me scrach my head. I would just type "Kangaroo", but that makes me feel rather wierd to call the natives of that land actualy inherently different than the rest of the world. Anyone from that blasted wasteland sandy deathtrap willing to lend a hand here?

Oh, and ponies are British.

[Beacon of Chaos]

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

Honestly, mine is quite simple. Celestia and Luna are immortal but not deities; Derpy has two daughters, Dinky and Sparkler; Derpy likes muffins but is not obsessed with them; Lyra and Bon Bon are dating; Lyra isn't obsessed with humans, she just sits funny; Trixie will eventually return to ponyville, and will have completely forgotten Twilight.

Speaking of Derpy, here's a cute and simple Derpy story.

What? No, Princess I am spoken for. Don't give me that look. Don't give me that look. No. No! I won't. No, I'm not. Temptation is for the weak-willed.

Stop shaking that at me!

The only way to get rid of temptation is to give into it.


And then I found this:

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"I got the hooves like Jagger! I got the hooves like Jagger! I got the hoo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooves like Jagger!"

[Kd7sov]

Woah, you have a Manta's Gift crossover handy and you haven't posted it? C'mon Zahn is awesome!

Well, no. I suppose I shouldn't make threats I can't carry out. It's just that's one of those fandoms that doesn't get a lot of activity, so I tend to assume nobody's ever heard of it.

Now that you mention it, the old styled cutie marks are a nice touch. Why shouldn't historical figures have some sort of tie to old generations of the show/toys?

That is an excellent point, and one I hadn't considered in those terms when I posted that.

[Ravian]

Warning, the following fanon is particularly nuts, and formed from fanfics I may or may not write sometime in the unforeseen future, proceed at your own risk.

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Dragon’s ability to grow via greed was an ability given to them by Discord; as a result, dragon society devolved into the vicious, petty and scattered form seen today (which is more or less what Discord wanted to happen).

Princess Celestia had spent the last several generations planning for the return of the Elements of Harmony, ensuring that specific ponies were living in Ponyville (and that there was a Ponyville) when the time came for Nightmare Moon to escape.

Since she banished Nightmare Moon, Princess Celestia has taken on personal students who either had truly unique levels of talent, or had special magical talents that could become dangerous without proper guidance. Twilight Sparkle was the 30th such student.

Spike is not the only dragon in Equestria: a few of Princess Celestia’s students have had dragon assistants, and they have remained in Equestria, taking pony-form, to watch over their pony friends and family. Said dragons are led by a dragon who has been Celestia’s assistant since prior to Luna’s banishment. One of these dragons happens to be Fluttershy’s great-great-grandfather.

During his initial reign over Equestria, Discord was backed by a dangerous cult of ponies who reveled in his chaos, five of whom he personally tutored in chaos magic, rendering them immortal. Four of these students are currently imprisoned by Princess Celestial; the fifth was sealed away by Discord himself.

Hmm I like the last bit. Tell me if you ever get to writing it

[RdMarquis]

Lyra is married to Bon Bon.

Derpy is Dinky's mom. Carrot Top is her roommate.

There is a city called Stalliongrad.

Agreed. That, and Scratch and Octavia are friends. Also, the other races have their own homelands, which are fantasy counterparts to real world countries (the changelings are nomadic, though). I like to think they might have their own tribes, like the ponies, but at that point I'd be missing the point of the fanon question.

[Aotrs Commander]

It's your own fault really. You decided to be our sanity and cohesion. Narratively, youre the hero. Constantly thwarting the plot of the week to flood your ship with rainbows or steal your biscuits.

Hmm. I'd watch that.

Huh. You know, he does consider himself the protagonist, or at least eligable for the whole Shonen protagonist power-ups...

And with that piece of logical flattery, you do redeem yourself once again SiuiS. Consider yourself also spared...

Being beaten by your higher-ups must be the Red Spear version of challenge coins. Hopereaver has so many, could you imagine how cumbersome they'd be If they we're actual coins?

It certainly toughens you up, I'll say that! I mean, it's like intensive combat training every day! You can't simulate that sort of beating... I must be getting loads of near-death expereince, to coin a Rolemaster phrase. So when someone else hits me, by comparison, it doesn't... hurt... so.. much...

...

...

Oh my Lichemaster.

You...

All this time, you...

I don't...

Keep telling you it's for your own good, Hopereaver...

Out of interest (and from the title) what is people's personal Fanon?

Well, since you (foolishly) asked, a recap, then:

Celestia and Luna are full-out goddesses, it's just that Celestia has spent so long in peace, and has become so powerful, that she is unwilling to go all-out without very good reason (so she won't accidently kill anyone, even her enemies, because she's trying to like Superman good); she's basically got a thousand year's XP lead on Luna (she could have fought Nightmare Moon, but just couldn't bring herself to fight her sister again.) The reason she can't use the elements anymore is because she has done things in the past that she bitterly regrets, which has made her leery.

Spike is a slightly different species to the other dragons, and "Baby Dragon" is his species, not necessarily his age (I put him as older than the CMC, in mid-to-late teens, the latter being more late-preteen/early teens. Certainly of an age where he is endowed with enough adult responsibility to look after himself and do a job without adult supervision (i.e. not really a "baby" at all, as I refuse to beleive Equestria has no child labour laws, nor that Twilight or Celestia would be so irresponcible if he was actually a full minor.) Spike's breath weapon is duel-type - regular fire and the teleport breath he uses on the scrolls (which with time and practise, he could extend to other things and even use as an offensive power - by simply not selecting a destination). Because teleport-fire is simply too cool not to exist.

Discord is flat-out Evil, as are those dragons, though to varying degress. Nightmare Moon's plan to cloak the world in darkness would have brought a cataclymic disaster, collapsing the world's ecosystem and leding most of the population to starve.

While they live in caves, dragons are essentially a diurnal species, and would have suffered just as much as everyone else (as even dragons cannot solely subsist on gemstones alone for extended periods).

Ponies follow a lot of real-world equine conventions, being highly-strung, sleeping comparitively less (Spike gets tired because he has more human-levels of need for sleep, whereas ponies need compartively little), there is a skew in gender towards the females side of the equation. (Luna's isolation began when the ponies moved away from the more traditional equine continuous activity cycle when they began to develop the trappings of civilisation (farming etc) to a more diurnal one better suited to the tasks at hand. Thus Luna found more and more ponies, instead of being equally active during the day and night as natural equines are, began to spend all the nights sleeping.) Ponies can be vegetarian, but are not strictly herbivorous (see hot dogs, eggs - required for baking among other things).

Ponies have superpowers (though that's more-or-less canon). (Specifically, phenonimal strength and resiliance to damage way outside their size class, even in relatively unbuff ponies like Twilight or Rarity.)

Pony genetics and the general mixing of pony breeds in societies over the centuries mean it is entirely possible for a pony of any breed to come from a pony of any other breed, though not always probable. One in every thousand or so foals born to pegasus and unicorn parents (possibly some particular gender conimbation of same) leads to an alicorn, though this is not a garentee of power (makign these alicorns different from the royal alicorns).

Ponies can have considerable longevity, as evidenced by Granny Smith, who may not actually be Applejack's grandmother but her great-great- (etc) grandmother¹.

Derpy is a bright, cheerful, single mother with at least two children (Sparkler and Dinky), ex-military and older than she looks. She's a bit daft and unfocused most of the time, but woe betide if you get on her bad side (or between her and a muffin...) She does a lot of odd-jobs around Ponyville, including air-mail-pony, removal pony and crime scene investigator. Carrot-Top is her best, and frequently slightly bemused, baffled and slightly stressed, friend.

Doctor Hooves is obviously one of this relaties Time Lords, but having a bit of a quiet rest between wearing adventures. He probably is friendly with Derpy, though not in a romantic way.

One of the other nations out there are the Cusith, a quadruped canid race with a not dissimilar amount of magical talent to ponies, but fall much more on the evil side of the equation, and have frequently been thorns in Celestia's side over the centuries. (Yeah, no basis at all for this one, but it's just cool.)

That's a fair chunk of it, anyway...



¹She was around at the founding of Ponyville, which Twilight has said has been doing Winter Wrap Up without magic for "centuries." From the apparent anologues with modern Equestria (approximately 1940-1950s technology or there abouts, maybe 1960s at a push) and the time of Granny Smith's zap apple flashback (seemingly 18th-19th century) I extrapolate she is probably about two hundred, and possibly considerably more.)

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