To be fair the comic state sombra has been lied for his lifetime, tortured for a day every year, and being forced to betray his only friend, he get a right to get very pissed off
But comic isn’t confirmed canon, what do I know?
Maybe that’s not universal. She is probably a sorcerer so she uses her Charisma score for magic. Celestia may have her spell casting keyed to Wisdom or Intelligence.
@docarrol
Not really. Suppose Celestia can do that and takes away the light from some country that is giving Equestria grief. All she’d really get from it is other nations sympathizing with her enemy, sanctions and one hell of a drop in public opinion. I’m not convinced Celestia can pull this off without harming her nation as much as her enemy.
This is also because I don’t think that Celestia is that powerful inside Equestria to be able to muster the popular to keep in power if she tries to pull that off. Even if she can convince the general equestrian population that “it’s necessary”, I’m sure the nobility has business with outside interests.
@moonlightaveger
Well, she does control the physical movement of the sun; and the moon, while Luna was away. It’s been speculated in some of the fanfic that they can direct one or both to simply not rise and/or shine on other countries. That would be a heck of a “political and diplomatic” disincentive.
@Background Pony #4AAB
I understand where you’re coming from. I just don’t see Celestia as particularly powerful in that sense. I think that her “power” is likely more political and diplomatic than raw magic might.
No no. Starlight said that her magic is tied to her emotions. Other ponies’ magic? We don’t know.
What I see is this: Twilight’s magic is probably tied to her emotional state, Starlight is tied to her emotional level.
How is that different? Twilight’s magic depends on whether she’s angry, happy or excited. Starlight’s magic depends on whether she’s mildly annoyed, very annoyed or triggered.
I’m wondering if this is a setup for Starlight’s eventual triggering and her finally achieving ‘Princess Form’ without becoming an alicorn herself. She’d probably be the first Unicorn Princess.
But comic isn’t confirmed canon, what do I know?
It’s pretty bullshyay.
right? all you can do is edit it but if you wait 5 min you can’t edit it anymore
Oh crap. I accidentally replied to the wrong comment and I don’t know how to undo it.
>comparing My Little Pony to Steven Universe
Excuse me. I need to go kill myself.
It doesn’t have to. One can easily dig up or make rule sets for point-based or cool-down based spell casting and apply it to MLP easily.
As far as MLP goes, vancian magic don’t apply.
I think she’d take a bit more direct approach.
Not really. Suppose Celestia can do that and takes away the light from some country that is giving Equestria grief. All she’d really get from it is other nations sympathizing with her enemy, sanctions and one hell of a drop in public opinion. I’m not convinced Celestia can pull this off without harming her nation as much as her enemy.
This is also because I don’t think that Celestia is that powerful inside Equestria to be able to muster the popular to keep in power if she tries to pull that off. Even if she can convince the general equestrian population that “it’s necessary”, I’m sure the nobility has business with outside interests.
But this is going WAY off topic, I think.
Well, she does control the physical movement of the sun; and the moon, while Luna was away. It’s been speculated in some of the fanfic that they can direct one or both to simply not rise and/or shine on other countries. That would be a heck of a “political and diplomatic” disincentive.
I understand where you’re coming from. I just don’t see Celestia as particularly powerful in that sense. I think that her “power” is likely more political and diplomatic than raw magic might.
She defended an entire nation by herself for over a thousand years.
Though i do hope we get to see her kick some ass at some point
clearly not
Think that is generalized as all ponies having connections to emotion and magic.
Friendship is magic after all.
What I see is this: Twilight’s magic is probably tied to her emotional state, Starlight is tied to her emotional level.
How is that different? Twilight’s magic depends on whether she’s angry, happy or excited. Starlight’s magic depends on whether she’s mildly annoyed, very annoyed or triggered.
I’m wondering if this is a setup for Starlight’s eventual triggering and her finally achieving ‘Princess Form’ without becoming an alicorn herself. She’d probably be the first Unicorn Princess.