History Headscratchers / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicGeneralCanon

** Right,sentient beings. That's my point: Ponyville is right next to the Everfree Forest, a place with [[BearsAreBadNews giant bears]], [[MixAndMatchCritters manticores]], [[TakenForGranite chickens that can turn you in stone by looking at you]], Timberwolfes, Hydras and insects able to devour whole towns, and yet no one has problems with that, apparently. And yet dragons,who are smart enough to have a conversation with are the UltimateEvil that can't even be studied?I'm really finding that difficult to believe.

** Luna sleeps during the day, but that doesn't mean she sleeps for the entirety of daylight hours. Luna may not need many hours of sleep. "Do Princesses Drram of Magic Sheep" showed her already aware of the tantabus's escape from her dreams, so she may have been awake because she was troubled about that (hence her panicking upon arrival). As for "A Royal Problem", Luna isn't really "shattered" so much as she is cranky. Celestia's cutie mark may have helped her be energized during the day or she may have used a spell to refresh herself. Finally, the episodes where we see her out and about during the day are either special occasions, a crisis, or a quick scene (ex: her flying in to see the photo of the cutie mark crusaders that Celestia receives). It's not too hard to believe we simply don't see much of Luna on a regular day because that'd be boring.

** Most likely none of the above. odds are they can't ctoss breed at all.

*** Honestly, I don't think Celestia was going to punish Twilight, at least nothing beyond getting lectured on her behaviour. She just took the others' interruption as a chance to expand the lesson to all of them.

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*** So, the guard pegasi are white-coated and the guard unicorns are grey-coated. It has been suggested on 4chan that the armor which grants uniform coat coloration also grants uniform size and musculature. This would free up the recruiters to look for the most loyal ponies who are willing to fight and die for Equestria, even if they're not in the best of shape ala Steve Rogers, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. (This also means some of the guards might be [[Disney/{{Mulan}} mares in disguise]].)

* So weird question about [Half-HumanHybrid Changelings and possible hybrids]. Say if Ocellus and Sandbar fell in love. They've been married for the past couple of years and want to try for a foal, but there's no record of Pony-Changeling hybrids. So, Ocellus turns into a Pony mare. Would this make their baby a full on pony? Or a Changeling because that was it's moms, and therefore it's, original state? Or would we get an actual Hybrid?

* So weird question about [Half-HumanHybrids Changelings and possible hybrids]. Say if Ocellus and Sandbar fell in love. They've been married for the past couple of years and want to try for a foal, but there's no record of Pony-Changeling hybrids. So, Ocellus turns into a Pony mare. Would this make their baby a full on pony? Or a Changeling because that was it's moms, and therefore it's, original state? Or would we get an actual Hybrid?

* Luna sleeps during the day, but that doesn't mean she sleeps for the entirety of daylight hours. Luna may not need many hours of sleep. "Do Princesses Drram of Magic Sheep" showed her already aware of the tantabus's escape from her dreams, so she may have been awake because she was troubled about that (hence her panicking upon arrival). As for "A Royal Problem", Luna isn't really "shattered" so much as she is cranky. Celestia's cutie mark may have helped her be energized during the day or she may have used a spell to refresh herself. Finally, the episodes where we see her out and about during the day are either special occasions, a crisis, or a quick scene (ex: her flying in to see the photo of the cutie mark crusaders that Celestia receives). It's not too hard to believe we simply don't see much of Luna on a regular day because that'd be boring.

* So,does Spike get a salary from Twilight,or is a "You work and i'll feed you and let you sleep here" kind of situation?

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* How exactly does Luna's circadian rhythm work? She patrols dreams during the night, when everypony is asleep, so it's easy to assume that she's nocturnal. However, several episodes show her out and about during the day with no issue. "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep" starts and ends with Luna asleep, so it's not like she's up and about 24/7, though that same issue shows her able to immediately react to Twilight's scroll during the day (as in, she teleports there immediately after it's sent to her). "A Royal Problem" tries to have both; when the conflict is being set up, Luna is shown utterly shattered after her DreamWalker duties, to the point she can't give Celestia the time of day. But once the cutie marks are switched, she's wide awake for Celestia's duties, only conking out once it's time for Celestia to take the night shift. I'm not sure how to make sense of it anymore.

* This may sound a little cold but...is Twilight really a good guardian/caretaker/big sister/whatever to Spike? She isn't particularly aware of his feelings (it is jarring that the others realize he is worried about being replaced despite knowing him for a fraction of the time Twilight does), keeps going out to do fun things and leaving him behind (as mature as he is - or at least [[PingPongNaivete can be]] - he '''is''' still a kid) and frankly leaving him out of her birthday and letting him fall in cold water while laughing are two KickTheDog moments (doesn't help that he got sick after that). Yes, she saved his life, but she would jump in harm's way to [[ChronicHeroSyndrome help somebody she has never met before]]. I'm not calling her a monster, just... not out for the job.
** Spike's worries about being replaced are similar to Twilight's worries about disappointing Celestia, with added effect because Twilight is a big-sister figure to him. As for keeps going out to do fun things, leaving Spike behind- Spike is roughly the age of the CMC. Ergo, it's an Equestria thing, not Twilight being incompetent. As for leaving Spike out of her birthday- considering that Twilight was acting somewhat drunk in that episode (it was a poor decision to gatecrash the garden party, and her dancing...) it's possible alcohol was served at Twilight's party, making it a good idea to do something separate with Spike. As for after the Winter Wrap Up, Spike had been nagging her to use magic, which got Twilight told off by Applejack, while Spike was joining in the criticism. She probably felt Spike deserved a short dip- as for the laughing, considering that Twilight knows she can levitate Spike, Spike is actually in very little danger- Twilight can easily fish him out. Under those circumstances, laughing at someone doing something stupid when them getting seriously hurt is impossible is actually appropiate.
** The fact that is allowed in Equestria to let child roam free doesn't mean it should be done:in TheLastRoundup Twilight was gone for 2-3 days(depending if a night passed before they were hired,but one surely passed between Applejack'promise and breakfast);at least the CMC have Others family members when their sisters are away(okay,except Scootaloo,but I blame the writers for not letting us know something about her).And anyway,how do you think he feels about being costantly left behind by the only ponies he know well(and don't try to tell me about Snips and Snails: we have seen them talking once and they annoyed him like the rest of us)and that he kept helping,by the way.About Twilight's birthday there is no proof that the drink were spiked:her dance is actually fairly realistic for someone who probably had never danced before(I'm not ashamed to admit I wouldn't do better) and they didn't need alchol to ruin the [[TheBestNightEver last party]].Also considering that in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' he had to glue himself to a photo of the birthday to pretend to be here,I'd say they didn't do one just for them.And last,I don't care if she can take out him with magic:leaving a kid fall in cold water is not a funny thing:it's not like pushing someone in a pool in a hot summer day;and also she apparently let him in long enough to get sick.

** Perhaps, but we don't really their legal standing, perhaps Spike is legally Twilight's adopted brother, or she's her legal tutor. Remember that they're both under the wing of their God-Empress, so even if outsiders have a problem, the local authorities will be able to explain the situation.

** Twilight seems to be his employer, rather than caretaker. She's concerned about his wellbeing, but she certainly isn't raising him.
** No,just...no!You can't live with a kid and pretend you don't have any kind of duty toward him.And you can't call someone "friend" and brush him off except when he is doing something dangerous.

* Sorry for delving into potentially [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls non-canon territory]], but why is it that Celestia doesn't tell the ponies who ''hold'' the elements of harmony about some threat to Harmony until they show up? Surely, if these new threats are happening because of a power shift due to the Elements of Harmony changing ownership, then shouldn't Celestia be aware of what might happen and tell the mane six what kinds of dangers they might face?

* Why is Princess Luna so small? Originally fannon seemed to have settled on Celestia being one thousand years older than her because of her entrapment in the moon as of S4E1&2 "Princess Twilight Sparkle" we know that's not true.