You remember how I posted about this in 2021?  Neither do I!  It was totally planned for World Cup 2022.  Yup.  100% intentional.  Anywho, meet another anonball team, this time with a coach.  Left to right, back row: @ask-summer-epos @aerialaim @ask-jetstream @unlocktheaskblog @whirlwindflux @flashtheponyofwind Front row: @nicholausc @aura-answers @ask-canterlot-academy @diode-the-skunk Here’s an alternate with slightly different cropping

ask-canterlot-academy ) vapor hazel ask) here a winter hat for the cold weather

Shutter Ghost: Aww, thanks! A little ghost hat! I love him so much!

She went for it! :O

pbelase talk more abt mlp the idea of actually delving into stuff like what u posted is so interesting to me. sits with my chin in my hands and kicking my feet like we're at a sleepover. if u ever wanna infodump I'm Here

giggling twirling my hair and then taking out a massive binder of thoughts i've had since 2012

idk if you mean my thoughts on magic as a whole or on starlight but ur getting BOTH. big warning, i'm going to take this neon cartoon very seriously.

magic in g4 is wildly overpowered and there's this huge underlying inequality between the pegasi and earth ponies compared to the unicorns - which is reinforced in how the show portrays class, wealth, and nobility. The upperclass Canterlot consists mostly of unicorns, and nobility that hasn't earned their status and instead inherited it (Duke Blueblood). honestly, you could make the case that the unicorn's old role of raising the sun and moon (and therefor the crops) allowed them to maintain control over the earth ponies. In the few earth ponies we do see in Canterlot, they're mainly put in typically lower class associated physical intensive labor work. Notably, we see a group of earth ponies striking in one episode, implying that unions exist in order to prevent exploitation of these groups (notably, fancy pants speaks negatively about them because they're delaying a swan thing, a superfluous ceremony that is purely for fun and not at all necessary).

But back to magic! magic TRUMPS the other ponies' abilities. we see it can turn back time, control weather, give ponies super speed and strength, help them FLY?? anything a pegasi or earth can do, a unicorn with enough magic and training could arguably come in and do (perhaps even better than them!). When i used the example of the bakery in canterlot, i was drawing from the show. there's a scene where Starlight is able to ice a cake in seconds and Mrs. Cake asks if she's trying to put her out of business to which...yeah! could an earth pony be able to match that level of output in a unicorn dominated city? sure, someone brought up the idea of artisanal goods, but could that really compete with fast well crafted baked goods that take a fraction of the time an earth pony product would take? the answer is no. the artisanal goods would be the exception, not the norm.

Unicorns in general have a huge advantage in coordination, we see that they dominate the arts scene. They're capable of doing precise stitching for clothing, something that a pegasus or an earth pony would need to do by mouth and wouldn't be able to match the fine motor skills that magic can do. An earth pony can only sew by mouth, a unicorn without any magical training can sew multiple at once. They're at a huge disadvantage comparatively!

That leads us to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, just unicorns. Earth ponies and pegasi are completely blocked out from attending a prestige academy headed by the queen of Equestria herself on the basis that they can't do magic. We know that Celestia uses the school to scope out proteges...but that means only unicorns are considered.

now this is where Starlight comes in and look. listen. i love a good hypocritical villain but if you want to claim that she has a point in the show, ur wrong. Cutie marks don't automatically make you good at something, they don't disqualify you from other talents, and they definitely aren't limited to talents (some are personality traits!). Most importantly, they're what makes you feel fulfilled and happy. Starlight's ideology is flawed and in the show, this is how it's portrayed, and that's good.

But gotdamn. her backstory suuuuuucckkss. you can't write your friend a letter? can't be a penpal? come on starlight try a little harder. I mean they hardly stay unequal, writer's pet- i mean starlight can little outpower an alicorn princess.

so like. if you want her to have a point, she should've been an earth pony against magic. Starburst goes to an academy she's barred from tending, letters that she has to write are cumbersome and difficult because she has to do it by mouth, a lot of her labor options are limited by her capabilities - i mean come on! listen to me people, the enemy isn't cutie marks, the enemy of g4 inequality is magic.

Twilight Sparkle, “The Alchemy Pony”

[Image ID: a redesign of Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony. She’s a cool-toned purple unicorn with a curly dark purple mane and tail, filled with multicolored streaks of blue, yellow, and pink. Her eyes are pupil-less, pale blue, and glittery. She has a blue star shaped mark on her snout, and her horn fades to glittery blue at the tip. Her mane is pulled into a messy ponytail and split as frizzy bangs in front of her face. She wears a pair of glasses on her snout, a blue shoulder cape with a golden star shaped pin, and four pairs of purple shoes with baggy grey socks. Her cutie mark has been changed to a partially eclipsed moon obscured by sunset-lit clouds. End ID]

When Twilight was much too young to remember anything, she was discovered abandoned by Queen Solaria. Solaria took Twilight in and raised her, and when Twilight showed great aptitude for alchemy, she was enrolled in the Royal Canterlot Academy and became the personal protégé of the queen. Now that she’s graduated, Twilight travels Equestria carrying out research in hopes of discovering the mysteries of lost magic. With her always is her faithful companion Spike, a tiny evil dragon who is so ineffectual at being evil that Twilight has never even noticed that he’s evil at all.

Twilight’s appellation, “The Alchemy Pony,” grants her the ability to subtly interface with the four elements of earth, water, wind, and air without using spell components. Her powers make her uniquely attuned to alchemy, and along with her eidetic memory and great passion for knowledge, make her an excellent magical scientist. And to that end, Twilight is a bit of a mad scientist, constantly experimenting and following crazy new hypotheses wherever they take her. She has a bad habit of being out of touch with the feelings of those around her, which sometimes means she dominates a conversation by infodumping about alchemical sigils, and sometimes means she might experiment on people without asking permission first. Twilight is easily excitable, passionate to a fault, and curious about the world and her place in it.

Twilight’s true identity, of course, is none other than the reincarnation of Queen Selenia herself! Released from her prison on the moon, she fell back to earth as a foal, having entirely forgotten who she is or where she came from. Solaria, fearing her sister would once again rise to try and usurp her, raised Twilight to be her apprentice to try and keep an eye on her, and to be a better sister the second time around.

Bonus little evil dragon baby :)

[Image ID: a digital sketch of a redesign of Spike from My Little Pony. His new design resembles a cross between a japanese dragon, with hair and horns, and a gecko. in the sketch, he floats in mid-air and grins mischievously. There’s a second smaller sketch of him in a simplified style, looking angery. End ID]

Twin character commission for @ask-canterlot-academy ! B^)

commission for @ask-canterlot-academy !! commissions are open!

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Fanart of Rasazy Nightlight from @ask-canterlot-academy !! I think this comic is so fun and enjoyable! 

ask-canterlot-academy ) vapor hazel ask) you like coffee ☕️?

ask-canterlot-academy ) vapor hazel ask)

Have any pets?

charcoal: No i don't have any pets maybe at some point i might get one

ask-canterlot-academy ) raven loona ask here books on monsters

Shutter Ghost: That's so generous of you! And these look antique, too! Thanks!

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Alternate cropped versions without the amazing anon coach and with the first row removed to see the other characters better.  Here’s the original. Left to right, back row: @ask-summer-epos​ @aerialaim​ @ask-jetstream​ @unlocktheaskblog​ @whirlwindflux​ @flashtheponyofwind​ Front row: @nicholausc​ @aura-answers​ @ask-canterlot-academy​ @diode-the-skunk​

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