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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#80501: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:23:29 AM

I figured unicorn magic involves them shaping the energy around their horn to work it into the form needed to cast spells.

edited 13th Jul '14 7:28:20 AM by AceOfScarabs

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#80502: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:24:30 AM

So if it's broken, their magic just becomes an unfocused blast that does god knows what.

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
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#80503: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:33:27 AM

I don't think we have anything to go on besides the fact that the horn glows when they're casting spells, and that's not nearly enough for me to extrapolate from.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#80504: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:39:12 AM

We know that hitting the horn or spreading saliva on the horn shorts out the magic.

EDIT: We also know that fast casting causes the horn to glow red and smoke.

edited 13th Jul '14 7:40:50 AM by Sereg

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#80505: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:41:02 AM

Where did the saliva thing come from?

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#80506: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:51:10 AM

Someone licked their hoof and put out a unicorn's magic, I think.

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#80507: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:52:42 AM

Oh. I don't remember that.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80508: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:54:07 AM

Wonder if there's a risk of two unicorns hitting each other while nuzzling. First kisses have to be awkward.[lol]

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#80509: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:56:25 AM

Man, a unicorn probably couldn't kiss another pony without worrying you'll stab them in the head.

And the alicorns have it worse probably.

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
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#80510: Jul 13th 2014 at 7:59:13 AM

When did the hitting and the fast-casting happen?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#80511: Jul 13th 2014 at 8:05:24 AM

@Unicorn horn break effects: I think it'd either work as a silence, lessen magic effects, or would render spells to be rather randomized.

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#80512: Jul 13th 2014 at 8:06:13 AM

Sweetie Belle hit Rarity's horn in Sisterhooves Social. It may have happened again elsewhere but that's the most prominent.

I don't know about the other thing.

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#80513: Jul 13th 2014 at 8:11:20 AM

Pretty sure it was in Ponyville Confidential, not Sisterhooves Social.

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#80515: Jul 13th 2014 at 8:25:42 AM

And the fast casting happened in Too Many Pinkie Pies.

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#80517: Jul 13th 2014 at 9:09:36 AM

Wonder if there's a risk of two unicorns hitting each other while nuzzling. First kisses have to be awkward.
There's at least one fanfic out there where unicorn horns are erogenous zones.

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#80518: Jul 13th 2014 at 9:12:51 AM

There's also the time when Sombra shut down SA's horn, but it's not clear if that was a physical or magical effect.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#80519: Jul 13th 2014 at 9:14:11 AM

Bumping horns while nuzzling is better than accidentally poking each other in the eye or something.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80520: Jul 13th 2014 at 9:22:47 AM

When you put it that way, that sounds kinda adorable.

Pinkie implied in Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 that Twilight's light from her horn is visible, so if the glow is just their levitation aura being focused, I think other unicorns at least can see it. Though hearing iis a different story.

It would be funny if Twilight needed to stay quiet at night in Ponyville and trips so uses telleportation. The flash and noise set off alarms that wake the whole neighborhood.

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#80522: Jul 13th 2014 at 9:43:57 AM

[up][up]Then again, if they were visible, you'd assume that in "A Canterlot Wedding", somebody would've noticed that Cadance's aura was inexplicably green. Maybe it's only visible for certain spells.

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Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#80523: Jul 13th 2014 at 11:16:13 AM

Maybe the green aura was just for the audience's benefit. Changeling disguises wouldn't be that good if they couldn't imitate the magic aura as well.

NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#80524: Jul 13th 2014 at 11:21:36 AM

@Changeling aura detail: I think it might be for the audience's convenience really. That, or the witnesses are something of colorblind equines, and changelings didn't need to evolve themselves to have different colors for their magic.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80525: Jul 13th 2014 at 11:46:54 AM

Or that is their aura in real time, but because their magic is different from ponies they can't see or detect it.


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