History Headscratchers / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicSetting

It bugs me that Rainbow Dash's cutie mark-indicated purpose in life seems to be being an overly competitive racer/athlete with a superiority complex. And Episode 13 has her actually ''cheating'' at contests, until the very end when [[spoiler: it stops [[IncrediblyLamePun behooving]] her and costs her (and Applejack) the race]]. What kind of lesson is she supposed to be teaching?

** He's as old as Twilight's entrance exam. That and age is massively subjective around creatures like dragons. They're supposed to be long lived, even [[IncrediblyLamePun neigh]]-immortal.

** A lot of it is explained [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dragonTrue.htm here]]. After all, Hasbro owns both ''MyLittlePony'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

* Is it me or is this series more RetroUniverse then the typical ''MyLittlePony''. The series has always mixed old and new, but this show is just all over the place. Medieval times, 1800s, early 1900s, modern day..

*** [[StarWars Skywalker?]]

** It might be worth noting that, though this [[CompletelyMissingThePoint misses the point]] of your question a bit, that the reason Twilight lives in the local library is because she ''wants'' to, not that she can't afford her own house. And Pinkie probably lives above Sugarcube Corner because...well, she's [[SweetTooth Pinkie]].

** I could be mistaken, but I don't recall them using "anypony" for non-ponies. (Update from Headscratchers/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicMeta: In "Putting Your Hoof Down", Fluttershy says "Plenty for everypony" while feeding her pets.)

** For the same reason why most of us don't live in literal stables.

*** Or there may not be, after all. By the time the Mane Six even discover the Elements of Harmony, they've evidently gone unused and left to fade into legend for quite some time, and whether Celestia is even ''capable'' of inflicting fates such as banishment to the moon or being turned into a statue on anyone without drawing upon the power of the Elements again remains dubious at best. So thus far what little evidence there is would point more towards no such gallery of imprisoned horrors actually existing in Equestria in the first place; for all we know, Discord and Nightmare Moon really were ''it''. (Possibly {{Jossed}} as of "It's About Time" with the revelation and implications of the fact that Cerberus exists and usually guards the Gates of Tartarus. How much imprisonment there actually has in common with being hit with the Elements of Harmony remains a matter of speculation at this time, though.)
* Since WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty made a cameo, does that make them canon? Because I really hope not and that they're just ponies that happen to look like Rick and Morty.

*** Or there may not be, after all. By the time the Mane Six even discover the Elements of Harmony, they've evidently gone unused and left to fade into legend for quite some time, and whether Celestia is even ''capable'' of inflicting fates such as banishment to the moon or being turned into a statue on anyone without drawing upon the power of the Elements again remains dubious at best. So thus far what little evidence there is would point more towards no such gallery of imprisoned horrors actually existing in Equestria in the first place; for all we know, Discord and Nightmare Moon really were ''it''. (Possibly {{Jossed}} as of "It's About Time" with the revelation and implications of the fact that Cerberus exists and usually guards the Gates of Tartarus. How much imprisonment there actually has in common with being hit with the Elements of Harmony remains a matter of speculation at this time, though.)

** I can assume that The FiM Mane Gang (and yes, I'm including Starlight Glimmer) are probably in their early-to-mid 20s in human years.

** "Baby Cakes" answers this one. If a pony has a certain pony race in their ancestry, their children can be of that race, even if neither of their parents is. So, for example, if a unicorn had a pegasus grandparent, and had a foal with another unicorn, the foal could be a pegasus or a unicorn. If the unicorn had a foal with an earth pony, the foal could be any of the three. This works even if the relative is distant ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar according to Mr. Cake, anyway]]).

*** I think you just found her last name. Look at the events of the Grand Galloping Gala. She didn't go nuts, her lineage just showed through![[FauxHTMLTags [/WMG]]]

*** Or there may not be, after all. By the time the Mane Six even discover the Elements of Harmony, they've evidently gone unused and left to fade into legend for quite some time, and whether Celestia is even ''capable'' of inflicting fates such as banishment to the moon or being turned into a statue on anyone without drawing upon the power of the Elements again remains dubious at best. So thus far what little evidence there is would point more towards no such gallery of imprisoned horrors actually existing in Equestria in the first place; for all we know, Discord and Nightmare Moon really were ''it''. (Possibly {{Jossed}} as of "It's About Time" with the revelation and implications of the fact that Cerberus exists and usually guards the Gates of Tartarus. How much imprisonment there actually has in common with being hit with the Elements of Harmony remains a matter of speculation at this time, though.)
* When MLP: FiM is set in? Keep in mind this show aired in 2010 to 2019 and and since there's a Equestria Girls spinoff, I mean the pony world of Equestria. To my knowledge, I don't think I remember seeing Pinkie Pie using a iPhone, or Spike web-surfing on a laptop or Fluttershy using a iPad or something but there's magic and books so maybe it could be probably sets in 15th century, or 2005, 2010, or something? Yes, I know it's a cartoon and sets in a world full of pony and non-human creatures but I need some answers surrounding the MLP: Friendship is Magic's timeline.