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Mushi
#491619
10 months ago
i cant think the mane six as adults
Anonymous
#491625
10 months ago
^Why? They should be about 18-20 years old.
Anonymous
#491628
10 months ago
Luna is a godness so she can change her age anytime
WesternBirds
#491630
10 months ago
I've always seen the mane six as young adults in their late teens/early twenties. My guess for the CMCs is around eight to eleven.
Noizeblaze
#491631
10 months ago
Luna is a Time Pony.
Anonymous
#491633
10 months ago
I don't consider them to have human ages. More than likely, the mane six are around 7-13 years old, around a young adult horse's age.
Sean-of-BRONY
#491635
10 months ago
I think it was on a post that I read by Lauren Faust that the mane cast are 12-17
Nemns
#491641
10 months ago
Here's how I view the main cast from youngest to oldest:

Rainbow Dash (17-18?)
Pinkie Pie (19?)
Twilight Sparkle (22?)
Fluttershy (24-25?)
Applejack (27-28?)
Rarity (26-30?)

... but that's just me.
Anonymous
#491642
10 months ago
The mane six are young adults. Celestia and Luna are goddesses, so they're naturally larger than other ponies. Fluttershy was going through a gawky growth spurt at that time.
Nemns
#491649
10 months ago
... wait, Fluttershy said at one point that she was a year older than Pinkie... Eh, fuck it.
Scumbag_Crowley
#491654
10 months ago
@Namns Fluttershy is says she's only one year older than Pinkie, and the fact they're all around filly-age in Cutie Mark Chronicles proves that they can't have that much of an age difference (eight years minimum between Dash and Rarity??? I'd admit Rarity could be the oldest, but only by three years that the very very most!)
Lockstep
#491656
10 months ago
Foals (cutie mark-earning age) I'd guess are 5-8 years old--old enough to think freely, but prepubescent.

I don't know if we've seen any ponies that we could call "teenage." Fluttershy was a late bloomer when it came to her cutie mark, but was still a foal. From what we know she's the oldest of the group, but not that much older than the rest.

Out of everyone, I think Twilight is closest to being a "teenager," followed by Rainbow Dash. That's just a guess based on their personalities, though.
Sono
#491660
10 months ago
keep in mind celestia and luna are hundreds of years old.
Carcer
#491662
10 months ago
Faust specifically never gave the girls chronological ages but said she thinks of their mental maturity in the 13-18 range or thereabouts, if I recall correctly. As to why they're so independent when they act so young, she says "they're magical horses, I don't gotta explain shit".
Lockstep
#491672
10 months ago
My post was in human years, by the way. I think a normal horse becomes an adult at 4 (they don't have a phase comparable to "teenager," really).
Nemns
#491689
10 months ago
@Scumbag_Crowley
Well, I know canon sorta shows otherwise, that's just my impression.
Anonymous
#491692
10 months ago
I thought fillyshy's size was just a shout-out to the flutter ponies

my order is Rarity>Applejack>Twilight>Fluttershy>Rainbow>Pinkie
c4tspajamas
#491695
10 months ago
I like to believe that over hundreds and hundreds of years ago, ponies were actually alot taller, and all alicorns, until they separated into 3 different groups and adapted to each terrain and became earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi.
Lockstep
#491714
10 months ago
My guess is: Fluttershy > Rarity > Applejack > Pinkie Pie > Rainbow Dash > Twilight Sparkle
Lancer
#491832
10 months ago
Whatever their ages, I'd guess they've reached nearly full height, but haven't yet developed the mental and physical abilities of full adulthood (human approx. 30).
PVRyohei
#491845
10 months ago
I believe that the main question is if they age like ponies or human. If they age as humans like i believe, i think that they are 18-21.
gillnavisingh
#491892
10 months ago
WARNING: TL;DR Follows
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Pinkie Pie = Most childish
Rainbow Dash = Less childish than Pinkie
Fluttershy = Pinkie +1
Twilight = Uni Student (approx. 18-22)
Rarity = Experienced Lady with younger sister
Applejack = Experienced Belle with Younger Sister

So Applejack and Rarity are around the same age
Pinkie and Rainbow being the youngest (Pinkie's likely younger than Dash)
Fluttershy and Twilight are probably older than or as old as Rainbow dash, but not quite as old as Rarity or Applejack.

Therefore -

Twilight Sparkle - 18-22
Pinkie Pie - 17-19
Rainbow Dash - 17-20
Fluttershy - 18-20
Rarity - 20-24
Applejack - 20-22

SwB/Scoots/AppleB - 10-12
Spike - 5? (Depends on how long ago Twilight got her Cutie Mark...)

Luna - same age as Celestia in Equestrian Year Zero - Kept in anti-aging Stasis when imprisioned in the moon while her sister's body slowly grew perhaps?
Technically 1000, but body shape similar to Mane6 = Body of 17-24 year old (i.e. Young Adult)
WesternBirds
#491903
10 months ago
^ I think her anti-aging status came from her nightmare moon form bejng a magically accelerated adult form not the banishment.
d715
#491932
10 months ago
^ Maybe its both
Anonymous
#492069
10 months ago
Pinkie's childish, but I don't think she's young because of that. She has a well-established place in Ponyville and is working on a trade. Twilight and Rainbow Dash are the only ones who don't have "careers" yet, so I think they're a little younger than she is.

Fluttershy being the oldest just works. Unless her height when she got her cutie mark was a weird growth spurt (possible), her size indicated that she was older than the rest of her friends.
Vanner
#492157
10 months ago
I always figured Rarity and Fluttershy were the oldest by the fact that Fluttershy is a medical professional, and Rarity a business owner, neither of which is easy to achieve if you're still a "teenager."

I'd go with the upper spectrum of Gilla's numbers for Rarity and Fluttershy, the lowered end for Dash and Pinkie, and the middle for AJ and Twilight.

TL;DR version
Rarity and Fluttershy are in their early twenties (21-23)
AJ and Twilight are right about 20-21
Pinkie and Dash are probably not quite 20, with Pinkie probably being the youngest of the Mane 6
-flood-
#492188
10 months ago
gaiz
Do not base their age depending on their personality/responsibility.

It is official that they are ALL at an age range of 12 - 18

That Fluttershy on the picture is not teenage. Fluttershy's only a year older them them.

If they were all nearly the same size during Dashie's first rainboom, all their ages must be pretty close. I'd say they're all 16/17 with Fluttershy being 17/18.

Heck, they could even be around 14-15 based on the official info.

Don't get your hopes up, bronies. You can't force their age to get closer to yours.

Although, Faust does mention that she thinks of them as "Maturity age" rather than "Actual age".

TL;DR version:
If we're talking facts and technical info, [b]they are not >= 20[b].
-flood-
#492194
10 months ago
^(fix typos)*
Anonymous
#492211
10 months ago
Lauren Faust said that "Luna is not yet full grown, and some sort of evil magic turned her into Night Mare Moon. When she grows to an adult, her real form will not look so much like NMM.
"
Doctor_Whooves
#492252
10 months ago
Facts and technical info about cartoon characters, lololol.

Clearly, by this thread, people can think of the characters in whatever way they please, "official" dA statements taking a secondary role.
Lockstep
#492752
10 months ago
The discussion isn't really about exact ages, but about comparative ages. Of course nobody knows exactly how old they are--they're magical ponies, so we don't know what kind of lifespans they have or their stages of development.

There's nothing to base their ages on except for personalities/responsibilities and Fluttershy being older than Pinkie.

Applejack was last in her class to get a cutie mark, so she may be comparatively older; Rarity is an established businessmare, so it's guessed that she's among the older ones; Fluttershy looked taller than the rest of her friends at the time they all got their marks, so it's not unreasonable to think of her as older. The rest is pretty much guesswork.
Stormy_Hero
#493243
10 months ago
Faust mention that the mane six are around about 16 years old.

fact 2: fluttershy say she where only ONE year older than pinkie pie

fact 3: celestia and luna a special and more like horse than ponies, so the body high is greater than as normal ponies
Anonymous
#493660
10 months ago
In my mind I see it as follows:

CMC: 5-8 (Obvious)

Pinkie Pie: 14 (Most childish of the Mane 6)
Rainbow Dash: 14 (Some months older than Pinkie)
Fluttershy: 15 (One year older but still to young)
Twilight: 17 (Experienced and mature student)
Rarity: 18 (Already with a job)
Applejack: 19 (Taking care of a farm almost on her own, being the most mature of the 6)

Luna: 1000 years old, body of 22
Celestia: 1000 years old, body of around 30
Anonymous
#494539
10 months ago
^keep in mind that Rarity has already thought about marriage
Anonymous
#497483
10 months ago
Everyone is about 21 - 25 years
Private_Derpy
#510720
10 months ago
The last one is "Immortal"
Anonymous
#510732
10 months ago
Luna and Celestia are not a mere thousand years old. That would mean that Luna sent her sister to the moon shortly after they were born, which didn't happen.

A good low-end guess is somewhere around 10,000, and the high-end is around the ages of our own Sun and Moon. That is, in the billions.
Anonymous
#510736
10 months ago
@Flood: yeah, see those "maturity ages" are only a part of the post you're referencing.

The full post is at >>4861.


So, they have teenage personalities, but are grown-ups from the perspective of physical development and Equestrian culture.

Of course, everyone will construe that however they want.
Anonymous
#1233013
3 months ago
Pinkie Pie is a year younger than all of the other ponies, which is reasonable.
Twilight DOES infact have a job, as the local librarian.
Applejack, Rarity, and Twilight have jobs (as I stated above), Pinkie Pie is sometimes a baby sitter and works at Sugarcube corner. Fluttershy is like a vet because she works with animals and helps them.

Rainbow Dash probably has a job as an athlete, as she's almost always practicing new tricks.

Most likely, they all have jobs.