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Anonymous
#2625
1 year ago
Poor normal ponies..
Anonymous
#2631
1 year ago
They're called Earth Ponies, and their Special Ability is Strength and Endurance.
Anonymous
#2652
1 year ago
It never was stated in new show, tho.
Anonymous
#2655
1 year ago
Their special ability is a connection with the earth, just as with the pegasi and the sky. There be a reason you don't see many unicorn or pegasus farmers.
Anonymous
#2661
1 year ago
*fyre-flye 4 days ago
"While not magical like the other pony types, Earth Ponies do have a connection to the land that other types do not. In Equestria, growing food and tending animals (Fluttershy's talent with animals is unusual for a pegasus, I always imagined she feels more at home on the ground than in the sky) is just as necessary, as managing weather and magic. Perhaps more important, don't you think? They are ponies, not people, so perhaps appreciating each other as equals is not so difficult for them."

Comment is on her deviantArt, currently page 21, I think. The more you know...
Anonymous
#2694
1 year ago
So...
Earth Ponies = Proletariat/Serfs.

Unicorns = Intelligentsia; in some cases KGB or Politburo inner circle, as is the case with Twilight.

Pegasi = Aloof nobility. Ones that weren't purged probably turned into Party sycophants.

Princess Luna = Trotsky.

Princess Celestia = Stalin.
Anonymous
#2696
1 year ago
^ this. And also why its so important for them to find their place in socity based on their cutie mark.
Anonymous
#2701
1 year ago
And ponies that never get their cutie marks are, obviously, exiled to the Everfree Forest to go live with the exiled ethnic minorities.
Anonymous
#2703
1 year ago
Without the Earth Ponies = Unicorns and Pegasuses starve to death, lack shelters, have to deal with wild animals, and have no medical care.

Without Pegasuses = Bad weather. Maybe. Who knows, perhaps everything will work on its own.

Without the Unicorns = Getting that book on the top shelf at the library would be harder. No fireworks. Sloppy handwriting unless you have a dragon pal.

Without the Princesses = We still haven't seen them do squat. Celestia would've gotten killed by a bunch of bugs. Useless immortals.

If you ask me, it's the Earth Ponies who keep things going. They're not anypony's slaves, but are their own free ponies.

Personally, I prefer a incompetent Equestrian society over a dark, communist Equestrian society.

Except when it's Space Cowboy Spike and Big Dash/Naked Apple taking on that dark, communist Equestrian society, and winning.
Anonymous
#2704
1 year ago
What if ponies without Cutie Marks are only exiled because they are free?
What if ponies without Cutie Marks are The Question(s) in their world?
What if ponies without Cutie Marks can obtain powers that go beyond that of Sun and Moon?
What if ponies without Cutie Marks are the Joes, the ones that shall Light Up The Night?
Anonymous
#2705
1 year ago
Goddess has two ds.
Anonymous
#2735
1 year ago
Some of the greatest Pegasi in history came from Cloudsdale. That doesn't mean that all Pegasus Ponies are from there.

I'm guessing the same applies to Canterlot. It's a sophisticated society but I doubt that it's a unicorn-only place. (unlike in G3.5 where Earth Ponies and Unicorns were segregated, with unicorns "belonging in Ucrania")
Anonymous
#2738
1 year ago
If a pony doesn't have a cutie mark he/she could be…
A. One that hasn't discovered their talent
B. A multitasker
Anonymous
#2743
1 year ago
Oh man oh jeez oh man.
TROTski is already a valid pony name.
Stalin is pretty close too you just need another l.
Anonymous
#2757
1 year ago
Josef Stallion?
redweasel
#2759
1 year ago
twilight is unusually gifted even for a unicorn, in magic. compare for instance rarity and pinkie pie, and it becomes clear that unicorns don't always have more magic.
Anonymous
#2761
1 year ago
This show needs new types of ponies and I'm going do that!!
Anonymous
#2776
1 year ago
SEA HORSES?!
Anonymous
#2783
1 year ago
G1 had Sea Ponies, yeah
Anonymous
#2786
1 year ago
Earthpony Rights! I call for a Ground-Panther movement!
Anonymous
#2792
1 year ago
Centaurs!
Anonymous
#2856
1 year ago
It seems that most unicorns do the same amount of work as Earth ponies, but have different jobs.
Applejack does more labor work than Rarity, for example, but you saw Rarity in Suited For Success working very hard on her dresses. It's just what their good at.
Twilight Sparkle may be more powerful, but we generally just see her studying or giving advice. When she does use her powers, she does something epic like fight an Ursa Minor.
Anonymous
#2861
1 year ago
"fight"
...
....
I'm pretty sure if Twilight had used her magic in such a direct way, she would've gotten herself mauled to death.
What she did wasn't fighting in the least.
It was called using her brain, which is something everypony has.

Also, the only medical ponies in Ponyville are Earth ponies.

Personally, I see it a bit this way...

You would want a Unicorn to preform a delicate surgery.
You would want a Earth pony to be a Physical Therapist.
You would want a Pegasus to be whatever those cool guys that come when you dial 911 are called.
You would want the Princesses to be the hospital directors.

...Why am I doing a comparison with ponies and hospitals?
Anonymous
#2874
1 year ago
^ That's a good question, sir.

> twilight is unusually gifted even for a unicorn, in magic.
> compare for instance rarity and pinkie pie, and it becomes clear that unicorns don't always have more magic.
Well, my friend, as we can see in the end of ep02 she is pretty much close with Celestia (she didn't bow before her and they made some hugs), so, I believe, she is her personal student. May be a niece?
Anonymous
#3036
1 year ago
I have a friend who's a fan of G1, and she told me that all Unicorns have magic but only Magic that applies to their special talent. (Though every Pony has a Special Talent, Unicorns actually use magic, but again it's only limited to their special talent)

Twilight's talent however IS magic, hence why she's unusually gifted at it.

Though whether or not this is a deus ex machina sort of loop-hole/cop out that makes things easier on the writers, or something that has "sue" written all over it, is debate-able.
Anonymous
#3427
1 year ago
Twi referred to Celestia as her "mentor" and "teacher" at different points, so one presumes that she was getting direct lessons from the goddess, yes.
Anonymous
#6705
1 year ago
I always thought Earth Ponies have better strength than Unis and Pegasi. Have you seen A.J vs Dash in their little Iron Pony competition? She friggin' broke that 'Test-Your-Strength' bell.
Anonymous
#7039
1 year ago
A little WMG i foud on TV Tropes

Earth ponies bless the land.

Word Of God (via Lauren Faust's deviantART account) says that earth ponies are not the have-nots of the world, but rather have greater strength and endurance than the other types; and moreover they have a strong connection to the land and its plants and animals in the same way that pegasi have a strong connection to the sky and weather. (Fluttershy is an odd duck pegasus for getting along with animals so well.) So the guess is that earth ponies sort of 'bless' the land they're working, just by being there. A farm run by earth ponies will generate more and better crops than the same land run by unicorns. This could also explain the tradition of not using magic in the Winter Wrap-Up — by putting in the hard work to bring in spring by hoof, they make the whole area more fertile for the rest of the year.
Anonymous
#11476
1 year ago
WHeere is my pont rpg
Anonymous
#15255
1 year ago
Last panel should read:

LEARN GRAMMAR, ARTIST.
GODDESS IS SPELLED WITH 2 D'S YOU MORON.
Anonymous
#15269
1 year ago
That is more of a spelling mistake than a Grammar mistake you idiot
MuffinHunterX
#25436
1 year ago
If we assume Twilight has abnormally high magic potential and as Celestia is training her personally it may mean that in every generation of ponies Celestia selects someone who is gifted in magic and trains them as a back-up in case anything happens to her and/or Luna.

If some freak accident killed one of the celestial sisters her death would upset the balance of nature so having someone ready to be a receptacle for the princess' power would avoid the worst-case scenario. Even though the plot point was basically abandoned after the pilot it’s been implied that Celestia knew Twilight was an Element of Harmony beforehand which may mean she could handle a massive influx of external magic.

Hypothetically say Twilight and the others hadn’t been able to beat Nightmare Moon and Celestia would have been forced to intervene and reseal her in the moon again, it’s not unreasonable to figure that controlling both solar and lunar duties was a strain on her that after a thousand years was starting to take it’s toll and she wished to either:
a) reach out to Luna and restore the balance or
b) pass the nocturnal duties to Twilight
D_Pony
#38572
1 year ago
^^^^seems to be cconfimed >>8275