History Headscratchers / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSeason9

** Ahuizotl doesn't really have any special powers or knowledge that could benefit Grogar as far as we know, and Grogar seemed to be going for villains who had bigger ambitions than Ahuizotl. As for Pony of Shadows, opening a portal to Limbo may be beyond even Grogar's powers. Alternatively, getting an eldritch being like it to cooperate with his plan may be impossible. Recall the Pony of Shadows didn't want to rule Equestria, it wanted to make Equestria into a reflection of itself.

** They probably want to keep an eye on it themselves, both to learn how to use its power and just for security purposes. Hiding it somewhere outside the lair not only increases the odds of some rando stumbling upon it, but if they want to keep an eye on it, they'd have to keep leaving the lair and going to the hiding spot, which could easily arouse Grogar's suspicion. Keeping it in the lair makes it far easier to keep under watch, right under Grogar's nose.

** They live for thousands of years, and are almost indestructible. If they bred like humans, they'd be a ''lot'' more of them.

** Where was it ever stated the wing size had anything to do with her inability to fly? Plus unlike Bulk who is an actually grown up pony, Scootaloo (as well as the other two)is merely transformed into a grownup pony and as is the point of the episode, this doesn't make them less children or more experienced.
*** Back in the episode Flight to the Finish I recall Scootaloo expressing concern about what if her wings "never grow in" suggesting that wing size has some effect. That said, we see plenty of pegasi smaller than Scootaloo fly with tiny wings, so it may be more that her having small wings as an adult is a side effect of a nonvisual deformity (like something is off about whatever internal magic allows pegasi to fly) rather than the actual cause of ehr not being able to fly.

* When Cozy Glow attacks the Royal Guard, why did she [[ThinkingUpPortals portal then away]] as opposed to blasting them (besides censorship)? She tried to blast the main characters immediately afterward and after capturing them [[NoNonsenseNemesis argued they immediately eliminate them]], so why not on the Guards?

* When the Mane Six were the age of Pinkie's child, their parents didn't look as old as the Mane Six did in the DistantFinale. Some of them did't even look that old in the present. So why make the Mane Six that old?

** Hostages wouldn't work, the whole point was that the others were buying time to escape, no matter what happened to the, as reuniting Twilight and the others was of maximum importance. If that meant sacrificing those left behind then that was the prince to escape. Everyone who stayed behind knew the risks, death was a possibility but that was covered by Twilight's defiant speech at the end of the previous episode, it doesn't matter if they fall as others will take up the fight. The more of them stay behind the more distractions there are for the villains and the longer it will take to capture them all again.

** Who says he doesn't know it's there? Perhaps he fully knows the other three's plans to betray him, and he's just playing dumb so that he can fool them all once they've finished doing his dirty work for him.

*** Because it's not canon anymore. While it may have been the original intent it was not established on the actual show during her run and therefore doesn't count. Even she herself has said as much.

** In hindsight, I worded the earlier entry wrongly. I know that Starlight still has her magic. I was just wondering why the other heroes with no magic decide to stay and help her instead of escaping to the Crystal Empire or Castle of Friendship since they would just be dead weight. As quoted, while they don't need to "last very long", it may just not be "long enough for the others to escape." It might distract Starlight in stalling the villain trio, as she now has to keep an eye on her non-magical friends. Imagine a trio boss fight while you only have one fully functional party member out of 10 members and you have to make sure every single party member lasts for a certain period of time. Wouldn't the smarter idea would be borrowing her the Netitus, while everyone else bails? The Mane 6 got lucky that the villains decided not to use the recaptured heroes as hostages.

** Actually, we now have WordOfGod that [[https://derpibooru.org/images/2256835 it was Celestia who feed Nightmare Moon]] at the start of the series (they're no longer involved in the show, but they were at the time). And if the differences was Discord's plan failed, we've seen Celestia's plan [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 could have failed as well. So why wouldn't Discord call her out on this if he was defensive about it at the time? Any explanations for this beside CharacterizationMarchesOn for Celestia since?

** That was a dream. And Silverstream has expressed a desire to pursue many things, she's a very excitable person.

* In light of the reveal that Grogar was Discord, something that doesn't seem to make sense is him not being suspicious of Tirek, Cosy Glow and Chrysalis having been in Canterlot during Summer Sun Setback, with Discord's remark at the end of that episode suggesting he knew they were there. So why didn't he, as Grogar, question their presence upon his return to the base?

* How come Silverstream's teaching when in Uprooted, she wanted to be part of the Wonderbolts? I'm sure since in the future, there's more peace and all that, the Wonderbolts would allow other creatures to join their team than only keeping it to Pegasi.

** That it took him so long to find the bell suggests that the magic shield and winds around the mountain interfered with his ability to observe the area

* In light of the reveal that Grogar was Discord, something that doesn't seem to make sense is him not being suspicious of Tirek, Cosy Glow and Chrysalis having been in Canterlot during Summer Sun Setback, with Discord's remark at the end of that episode suggesting he knew they were there. So why didn't he, as Grogar, question their presence upon his return to the base?

* So Chrysalis' part of the plan is to [[BitchInSheepsClothing use her Shutterbug disugise]] to fool ponies of all three races into thinking they're against each other. Seems to make enough sense considering [[ManipulativeBastard her aptitude for manipulation]] except for one little detail. How could no one thought to investigate this and try to confirm whether or not she was being honest only to eventually denounce her as a liar? Furthermore, [[WhatAnIdiot why would they just immediately believe that without a second thought]] when Equestria's liable to regain its peace anytime pandemonium ensues thanks to the Mane Six ''and'' various ponies have interacted with each other before without any such issue whatsoever?

** Another part of the answer is that throughout the series the majority of ponies have shown a substantial "herd mentality" when in stressful or negative situations, and quite a bit of naivety that links to a tendency to believe what they are told and to align themselves with their own type of pony for the sake of self preservation. It may well be simply ingrained in their equine instincts and something they will always have to struggle with even as they better themselves. It was even lampshaded by the villains earlier in the season just how easy it was to turn the different pony types against each other.

* Wouldn't it have been a lot easier for Discord to simply invert the personalities of Cozy Glow, Chrysalis and Tirek [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 as he did to the Mane Six]], [[HeelFaceBrainwashing (except to make them good)]]? [[JustEatGilligan It could've saved himself ''and'' all of Equestria a world of trouble]].