I think Celestia is responsible for every major war since the dawn of time. No wonder the Legion of Doom despised them all

@Olle Selin no. He didn't do anything. You literally have no proof of ANYTHING and just want to blame everyone but her. She was jealous and lost control of herself. It is literally that simple.

@Olle Selin no. He left them long before that happened. You wanna blame everyone BUT Luna despite it all being on her.

@Olle Selin no it doesn't. Being birthed at point of a day/night doesn't change or add on anything.

@Olle Selin no it doesn't. Being birthed at point of a day/night doesn't change or add on anything.

@Olle Selin The show never told us about what time they were at and that has NOTHING to do with what we're talking about.

@Olle Selin The ponies slept in her night. It wasn't a single pony at all. She got jealous from that. That is what provoked her.

It kind of makes me wish that Luna never had jealousy, because personally I really like the night time. It’s best for romantic walks, dinners and movies. It’s the best time to be awake and not get surrounded by loads of annoying people lmao!

@Olle Selin Do you have a source on that? I've never read the comics or books but in the show, not only is there nothing to suggest that he had anything to do with that but there's at least a 50 year gap between him sealing himself away and Nightmare Moon

@Olle Selin Maybe but there's very little to back this up other than that he was their teacher.

@Olle Selin Maybe but there's very little to back this up other than that he was their teacher.

@Olle Selin I can see both sides. You can see the deeper issues that Celestia and Luna really have with other throughout the show. Celestia has always been a controlling big sister all throughout their childhood and when Luna finally has a chance to stand equal, the ponies sleep through her night, take her for granted, and the gap between the sisters has only widened. It's not Celestia's fault. But it's not just a case of "Luna was jealous and petty". The issues that caused Nightmare Moon had been bubbling over their whole lives.

@Princess Juliana Yeah, and he's probably in a chair eating popcorn.

@Princess Juliana Yeah, and he's probably in a chair eating popcorn.

@Princess Juliana thanks, he probably is laughing right now.

@Princess Juliana thanks, he probably is laughing right now.

@Sara Colon Which he? If you're talking about Discord, then you're 100% right

@Sara Colon Which he? If you're talking about Discord, then you're 100% right

@Princess Juliana I don't know why but I feel like he is enjoying it.

@Princess Juliana I don't know why but I feel like he is enjoying it.

@Olle Selin Yeah your right, and they do fill many of the plot holes in the show.

@Olle Selin Yeah your right, and they do fill many of the plot holes in the show.

Ah, politics. Even in fiction, it still manages to create chaos discord has entered the chat sipping tea intensifies

Ah, politics. Even in fiction, it still manages to create chaos *discord has entered the chat* *sipping tea intensifies*

@Olle Selin I use to have them when I was a little kid, but I'm not really a fan of the comics or books, because they are never mentioned in the show.

@Olle Selin I'm glad we can agree on something.

@Olle Selin I'm glad we can agree on something.

@Olle Selin okay your dead right on that.

@Olle Selin okay your dead right on that.

@Olle Selin Okay, first of all, the comics are not canon. And even if he was lied to, does not excuse anything he has done.

Or maybe, for example, the bug queen is too prideful to ask for help, and Tirek started a war because of his greed, and selfishness, nightmare Moon started one because of her envy, cozy glow most likely started a war, because she is envious of the fact that other creatures are powerful than her.

@Jaanhavi Funny joke, but we really don't know who did. I think it's safe to say, the villains were the ones to cause the wars because of their envy, pride, greed, and selfishness.

@Olle Selin No she was not. Celestia helped young ponies get an education because of her school, she has a lot of successful students, twilight, sunburst, sunset, and cadence. Also, her other students have stable jobs.  And she helped her sister become good again, because of her school. So your theory has no base, it is just you think. It is not canon. Oh and give me an example, how she used gifts for her own personal game?

@Olle Selin What? Celestia is a great ruler? Nightmare Moon is horrible. And Celestia has no self-pride.

@Olle Selin What? Celestia is a great ruler? Nightmare Moon is horrible. And Celestia has no self-pride.

@Olle Selin how? Nightmare Moon could have killed every creature? Celestia had a duty to her kingdom, and she chose to protect her kingdom. That's honorable.

@Olle Selin Let me think about it, nightmare moon is more powerful than luna and Celestia, so yeah she could have taken over, and kill everybody, thanks to eternal night.

If it weren't for her self pride Celestia would've made a decent ruler

If it weren't for her self pride Celestia would've made a decent ruler

@Olle Selin Your right, an alicorn should not be envious of her sister and try to kill her and her people.

@Sara Colon i'm just saying that an Alicorn should not do such a thing

@Sara Colon i'm just saying that an Alicorn should not do such a thing

Olle Selin, fine. Why do you hate Celestia? Did you even watch MLP?

Olle Selin, fine. Why do you hate Celestia? Did you even watch MLP?

@Olle Selin For protecting her kingdom? For choosing the best way to save her sister? If anyone it should be Luna ton go to jail.

@Olle Selin How? She's shown to be very loving of her sister? She gave her a second chance. Celestia is not a coward sure I do think she might have been afraid of some things but she overcame them. Also if she did not help Luna or comfort her, luna would be angrier.

@Olle Selin Yes, they are but some like luna, lose their way, and make bad choices. But given the chance, they change for the better.

@Jaanhavi You do Realize that you Just said All Wars AFTER Luster Dawn. Right?

@Jaanhavi You do Realize that you Just said All Wars AFTER Luster Dawn. Right?

Celestia Wasn't Alive since the Dawn of Time, She's ONLY About 10,000 Years Old.

Celestia Wasn't Alive since the Dawn of Time, She's ONLY About 10,000 Years Old.

@Olle Selinif her dad abused her, Celestia would comfort her and put a stop to the abuse.

@Olle Selinif her dad abused her, Celestia would comfort her and put a stop to the abuse.

@Olle Selin How? There is no evidence that Celestia took advantage of her privlieges as the only ruler.

@Olle Selin How? There is no evidence that Celestia took advantage of her privlieges as the only ruler.

Olle Selin, She's not horrible, she's very helpful, she helps twilight by sending her the letters, so she could not give up hope. And she is willing to forgive others and give them a second chance.

@Sara Colon i thought Alicorns were supposed to be noble creatures with ethical choices

@Sara Colon i thought Alicorns were supposed to be noble creatures with ethical choices

@Olle Selin Okay, In my opinion,  he chose fine. And why would Celestia try to become cooler than luna? You're being biased to Celestia, why don't you like Celestia?

@Olle Selin Also, she had to banish her, she could have killed luna (which she would never do) or imprisoned her for life. Plus, Celestia was not able to make her sister good, so she chose her best option by banishing her. Once she found twilight, and her friends they would be able to make her sister good.

@Olle Selin nobody made luna do anything! She was born with that special ability.

@Olle Selin nobody made luna do anything! She was born with that special ability.

@Olle Selin Well, just because they did not love her back, does not mean she should kill them with every lasting night.  And when luna transformed into nightmare moon, she acted like a selfish teenager.

@No Name Tho Luna opened her heart to everypony. And they just treated her like some Bart Simpson character

@Olle Selin Celestia has nothing to do with it!!! It’s literally explained in Canon that the subjects slept through luna’s night, which made her jealous, but once again that has nothing to do with Celestia. It’s not her fault that they felt that way, she was just doing her job as Luna was. Sure she probably could have paid more attention to luna’s emotions, but at the same time, she was thrust into the position of being the supreme ruler of an entire country as a child, and could not be everything to everyone. It’s no ones fault that Luna turned. It’s just a lack of communication.

I'd like to hear more about this theory. What brought you to it?<br>I never considered Celestia evil despite Luna's transformation being preventable by her, since the fan-made song "Lullaby for a Princess" feels so true to me.

I'd like to hear more about this theory. What brought you to it?
I never considered Celestia evil despite Luna's transformation being preventable by her, since the fan-made song "Lullaby for a Princess" feels so true to me.

@No Name Tho or was Celestia only making excuses to be cooler than Luna? I guess that's one of the things Starswirl should've thought of before making a big mistake.

@Olle Selin not Celestia. She cannot control the way the subjects saw her and Luna. Luna is the one who got jealous and became a terrorist. Celestia did what a ruler should do, and put her people first.

@Cameo Shadowness who's the one who provoked Luna into war? Who's the one who humiliated her and stole her dignity?

@Olle Selin she didn't betray her own flesh and blood. Luna turned into Nightmare Moon out of JEALOUSLY and tried to KILL her. On top of that, Celestia been mentioned the banishment was one of the things she regretted the most in her life. She didn't betray Luna.

@Cameo Shadowness we're talking about the same horse whom betrayed her own flesh and blood

@Cameo Shadowness we're talking about the same horse whom betrayed her own flesh and blood

@Olle Selin it isn't and there is things contradicting that statement in the show. She may not have been perfect by any stretch but she didn't start every war.

Celestia is responsible for every single war since Luster Dawn

Celestia is responsible for every single war since Luster Dawn

Except there is no proof of that. That is a huge leap in logic.

Except there is no proof of that. That is a huge leap in logic.


Yeah... even my tiny child brain when I first watched the show thought that unicorns were just op. But the show doesn't really go out of it's way to show unicorns are superior so I guess I just forgot about the obvious power difference


i always wondered how earth ponies didn’t get incredibly salty
like, your friends can fly and do MAGIC and hear you are. you can dig a hole in the mud.

i always wondered how earth ponies didn’t get incredibly salty
like, your friends can *fly* and do *MAGIC* and hear you are. you can dig a hole in the mud.


I’ve always been wondering why no one in the mlp universe found it unfair that unicorns had so much more more
Even Rarity a unicorn that had the average magic still had more power then Rainbow and AJ yet she never really used her magic and I never understood why not?
The only time the mane 6 asked for her magic was when her horn was on the fritz and Twilight wasn’t there?
Odd


in my head it was always kind of clear, Unicorns>Pegasus>Earth ponies. No wonder that 3 princesses were unicorns and one was a pegasus


though it doesnt seem to be as applicable in the later seasons, season one did establish that unicorns can only use one or two spells that directly relate to their talents, which honestly balances out the system pretty well


Maybe instead of taking away all magic, you limit it, there's a spell that can severely weaken it that's seen in the equestrian games, if you could lower the potency of it then unless there is no reason to limit magic, you could eliminate the fear of the power of unicorns.


I can't help but think that there is a connection between unicorns cutie marks and what spells they are able to cast easier than others. I don't believe Twilight was able to cast the gem finding spell and Rarity cannot cast the wing spell. Not all unicorns are even equal amongst themselves.


You know... I can imagine ponies could try to grow the horns on heads with bit of science/magic. All ponies have to have the seed of horn, just like man can develop breasts after taking hormones.

Also - horns in nature grow all the time trough animal life. So it's easier to develop horn after enable body through genetic manipulation


Ohhhhhh man im so glad this video was made. For the longest time I pointed out the power imbalances that unicorns possess. I could never pinpoint why other than the demographic of villains throughout mlp and the clear economic advantages. So this breakdown was very needed lol.


I believe Twilight said in the episode with the first appearance of Trixie that most unicorns have fore the most part magic connected to their talent<br>unless your talent is magic in general.

I believe Twilight said in the episode with the first appearance of Trixie that most unicorns have fore the most part magic connected to their talent
unless your talent is magic in general.


My thoughts:
I find the concept of this video super interesting and he’s definilty onto something
Although we do have to keep in mind that magic is limited to their purpose and cutie marks and stuff, besides basic levitation, twilight (pre Alicorn) has to be though if as around the maximum overpowerd-ness a unicorn can have

Fun note: I think earth ponies have some sort of odd magic where things that go on around them... I don’t know how else to deceive it kinda radiate suspension of disbelief. The obvious example is pinkie pie with everything she does but then there is also her pinkie sense, something cheese sandwich also has. Then Applejack I guess seems to have been able to have some ways that require suspension of disbelief I guess like pouring out soil and having plants grow quickly. Idk this is just my theory
And then there is like rainbow dash who can do sonic rainbooms and then making lightning or something without clouds, idk lol


We have seen magic control akin to gun control in “Equestria Games”, so perhaps unicorns, alicorns, etc. have to go through the same horn disablers as in “Equestria Games” before doing things such as boarding planes or entering other arenas.

Though if we say unicorns alone shouldn’t be allowed to use their innate magic, we should forbid those genetically predisposed to becoming more massive and muscular from becoming sumo wrestlers. Plus, there would likely be plenty of backlash from organizations like the National Horn Association.


I blame Sawtooth solely for getting me back into MLP after growing up, thanks my guy 💕


I love ur vids and I’ve been watching for years. I’m also a MLP fan. But the thing is, I think the producers only made the series as a kids cartoon and only wanted to make money. I don’t think they worked out this much and they haven’t thought of any of this stuff.


Well... You do have a point. Unicorns are one of the most over-rated characters other than alicorns and changelings. Also love this theory!


Here's a random thought unsure if anyone would read this but I think that they have their own magical abilities the races do

Earth ponies can grow crops easily and they also appear to be very natrually strong
Pegasi can control the weather
Now this isn't confirmed or anything but I'm going to guess that unicorns don't have spells to do those things meaning without pegasi or earth ponies they would not be able to grow food or handle extreme weather


Sawtooth, you are an inspiration to me. I am working on a fanfiction named "The Destiny of Flurry Heart". It was created thanks to your theories and stuff. I am a huge fan. You never disappoint.

please give me the link when finished i wanna read it


Three things. One, great video and theory. Two, that last bit about every pony becoming alicorns seems reasonable, however the way you addressed it concerns me ever so slightly.

And three.... can someone explain how rainbow power works?


Cozy glow literally has a very good motive as well as expression. The alchemy and bits theory was also good and earth ponies/Pegasus ponies can use a special ring or bracelet or a brooch to make themselves magical whenever they want, but I think the earth ponies and the Pegasus ponies do get magic after G4 and they go insane with power and thus unicorns have to sacrifice their power to make Equestria equal and each pony race gets divided because of this event and mistrust everyone so..... MLP G5 theory


Obviously, the Unicorns are actually High Society. I wouldnt believe these horses owns, Gucci, Coach and other big expensive stuff.

Also, im so confuse what Sawtooth is. I want a whole video just about Sawtooth Waves.


Sawtooth, please never forget (like 80% of all bronies seem to do) that we mostly deal with rare outliers, unicorns who have extraordinary abilities.
Twilight can basically learn anything, as long as it's written in a book, even before becoming an alicorn.
Rarity's spell for discovering gems is basically her unique ability.
I don't even have to mention Starlight in here.
Snowfall was compared to Starswirl the Bearded, a legend

Unicorns who can do things like teleportations and alchemy, are about 1 out of 10, even WITH Celestia's school for unicorns, using a spell even such as the mustache spell would require weeks of practice to even shoot out the correct spell, much less make it work.

In the show, we mostly see outliers to the rule and I saw this reflected in the unicorn avatars of bronies: They're more powerful than they have any right to.
Admittedly, I shouldn't be one to talk about being more powerful than one has any right to. As a pegasus who can summon arcane fires of different uses at will ...

Sawtooth, please never forget (like 80% of all bronies seem to do) that we mostly deal with rare outliers, unicorns who have extraordinary abilities.
Twilight can basically learn anything, as long as it's written in a book, even before becoming an alicorn.
Rarity's spell for discovering gems is basically her unique ability.
I don't even have to mention Starlight in here.
Snowfall was compared to Starswirl the Bearded, a _legend_

Unicorns who can do things like teleportations and alchemy, are about 1 out of 10, even WITH Celestia's school for unicorns, using a spell even such as the mustache spell would require weeks of practice to even shoot out the correct spell, much less make it work.

In the show, we mostly see outliers to the rule and I saw this reflected in the unicorn avatars of bronies: They're more powerful than they have any right to.
Admittedly, I shouldn't be one to talk about being more powerful than one has any right to. As a pegasus who can summon arcane fires of different uses at will ...


The way I've always seen it is that unicorn magic is simply the most versatile. Every race has innate magic, which is why I always feel miffed when earth ponies get discounted. Their innate magic is the biggest in terms of raw power. Strength to change the land, connection to the Earth. We see Big Mac pull an entire house without much effort at one point in the show.  That's Earth Pony magic, (of which Big Mac is especially blessed). Unicorns aren't the best, they're simply the most varied. They're the jack of all trades race


The banning of alchemy actually does make sense. If we all look to the anime Fullmetal Alchemist, in the anime it was stated that creating precious minerals with alchemy such Gold, Silver, or Platinum was prohibited by law. So I wouldn’t put past the equestrian government to do the same thing.


I think a few others have pointed out that the skill floor on magic is higher than expected and most unicorns don't get much further than telekinesis and their talent. Ontop of that, even those are usually shown to have some limits unless the pony in question is notably good in magic. There's also Starlight's childhood friend (Sunburst i think?) Which proves that even with study and talent, only certain unicorns can be exceptionally powerful. But in the same vein, exceptional pegasi (like RD) can do things that magic just need too much skill to do. Same goes for earth ponies who reach a certain strength.


Good theory and well thought out. But I can counter alot of your claims. Yes SOME might have done that but only if that was their special talent, rarity is one of the few unicorns that would be able to use that gem finding spells, same with alchemy spells, snowfall was considered one of the most powerful ponies in her time and even she had trouble doing it. I think it was pretty balance the whole time, with a few anomalies like twilight who's talent WAS magic giving her a kinda unfair but destined advantage.


You know I actually thought about the unicorns being able to fly. It makes me wonder if alicorns are even necesary....


Making A LOT of suppositions (the franchise lore haven´t been particulary extensive on it), taking in account what we saw in the series and comics, seems that we can consider the earth ponies as the "farmers and artisans" caste with a strong conection with nature, the pegasus as the "warrior" caste with strong conection with teh sky, and the unicorns as the "intellectual" caste with a strong conection with magic. This doesn´t means that your tribe determines you destiny absolutely, but it condicionate it.

Apart from that, I don´t think that the "magic talent" of unicorn can be something unfair (leaving aside that nature is not fair by definition) for some reasons:
-They still need to interact with the rest of the tribes, so the magic is not omnipotent in this world, or at least can suffice all the needs. Sure, you can fly, control the climate or grow plants with magic, but it probably be much more difficult, uncomfortable and inneficient than doing it "naturally".
-Although all unicorns can use magic, the talent to use isn´t widespread. Only a bunch of unicorns can achieve truly powerful magic feats. Most of them only seem capable of use the telekinesis (like sunburst) or some specific additional spell (like rarity).
-I haven´t seen any unicorn achieving any remarcable physical feat, only earth ponies and pegasus, and some pegasus or earth ponies having "magical talents" (like fluttershy or pinky pie).

Probably the idea was that the three tribes have differents talents, and if you analize the separately then it may seem unfair, but you have to see all of them in context.


Could the inequality of magic nd time it takes to learn be the reason why in the MLP there's a lack of magic


Cozy glow is just a bratty little pegasus but still a amazing villain

@Caleb Prescott I prefer queen crystalis both as a villain and reformed

I hate her she the worst villain I ever seen

@Olle Selin it would be really cool to see her reformed


It would make sense that some unicorns used magic to become rich, but I don't think unicorns are inherently more powerful then other ponies.<br>Sure unicorns have the most potential, but most unicorns can't use spells to find gold or other valuables only unicorns that are specialist in that area by either having a specific cutiemark or by studying could do that.

It would make sense that some unicorns used magic to become rich, but I don't think unicorns are inherently more powerful then other ponies.
Sure unicorns have the most potential, but most unicorns can't use spells to find gold or other valuables only unicorns that are specialist in that area by either having a specific cutiemark or by studying could do that.


I have a feeling your planning on a “What would Equestria be like if all of the pony race were alicorns?”

I’m definitely wrong but I have a feeling..

I have a feeling your planning on a “What would Equestria be like if *all* of the pony race were alicorns?”

_I’m definitely wrong but I have a feeling.._


We need to remember that magic is a learned skill, the amount of magical power a pony has is not inherited. If this were the case Twilight Velvet and Night Light would be exceptionally powerful and they're not. They're just regular ol' unicorns.

Twilight mentions in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" that she poured herself into learning about magic, she had to actively seek out that information and we see that her first attempt at levitation (turning a book page) took quite a bit of effort and concentration. Twilight dedicated her life to the study of magic. We see her attempt to use different spells and practice casting them throughout the series. It's mentioned in Boast Busters that she knew and could use a total of 25 different spells, which must be an exceptionally high number of spells for any one unicorn to know. But we also see that this power is something she had to develop over time. Her first attempt at teleporting (Friendship is Magic part 2) left her dizzy, her second attempt (Ticket Master) left her dizzy and torched Spike to a crisp. With concentration and dedication she could teleport with ease, but once again in Dragon Quest she tries and fails to teleport her friends away from danger, needing a breather and a second attempt.

Sweetie Belle could hardly lift a broom and that was with Twilight as her teacher (Twilight Time); later she had difficulty lifting keys to free Troubleshoes from his jail cell (Appleoosa's Most Wanted). Sunburst has just about as much magical knowledge as Twilight and he can't do ANY of it, he does not posses the skill set required for anything in practice. Starlight Glimmer mentions that she studied a specific spell for years but it was easily deflected by Twilight who learned that magic is best harnessed when you are among your loved ones (or your support system). Starlight Glimmer didn't have faith in friendship or in anything outside of control and bitterness which limited her magical ability. It's only when Starlight accepts friendship, help, and guidance that she fully harnessed her power. Which isn't to say that's all you need to be a successful/powerful unicorn, but it does imply two things:
1) Magical prowess is earned.
2) Magic at it's most powerful when it is nurtured with time and patience.

Looking at "The End of the End" when the unicorns gather to lift the Mane 6 and bring them to safety it takes a small army of unicorns to preform a levitation spell and a shield spell, neither of which last very long.

In the era before Celestia and Luna's reign it took 5 unicorn sorcerers + Starswirl to lift the sun in the morning, which DRAINED all of the magic from those 5 sorcerers (Horse Play). There is a limit to what unicorns can do, how far they can expend themselves, and how much innate magic is within them. There are magic dampening spells (The Equestria Games), magic dampening rings (2, 4, 6, Great!), beings and items that steal magic (Tirek, The Tree of Harmony eliminating the Mean 6, Queen Chrysalis' throne, Staff of Sacanas, Bewitching Bell, the Human 7 can also eliminate magical threats).

I'm willing to say a solid 99% of unicorns do not posses the innate ability to preform immense magical feats. This includes Unicorns who go to Magic School; Minuette, TwinkleShine, and Lemon Hearts do not display the same amount of raw power as Twilight. There are only a handful of unicorns who can use magic in the same way Twilight Sparkle can and for those who can't there are still limitations and boundaries set on them by nature, artifacts, regulation, and perhaps by law as well.


I thought the same thing, but I'm guessing that only a few unicorns have great magic abilities.


I always thought it was a bit unbalanced. While earth ponies and pegasi have their own specific 'magic' and most unicorns are limited with their innate magic (Such as rarity using the spell to find jewels but doesn't seem to have the capability of Twilight or Starlight), those granted the gift of well, magic, are at an extreme advantage. We've seen them TRY and take over or exact revenge due to their inflamed ego as a talented unicorn- Sunset, Starlight, Discord to some degree, etc. Twilight was able to become Celestia's student only because she saw the young filly's intense magic power. The school where Twilight attended was only for unicorns with said immense magic. This could mean that unicorns with the gift of magic are rounded up in these schools so they can harness their magic as well as keep them from becoming Starlight 2.0. Saying this, the school is in canterlot in order to have all the great magic wielding students near the royals- either because unicorns are seen as elegant or elite and tend to be upper class, or because the royals need to keep an eye on them. Could be both. Now, of all these magic possessed individuals- only the most elite seem to be picked as Celestia's student. Never an earth or pegasi. Always a unicorn with potential to become an alicorn. So do you have to be a unicorn for even a CHANCE of gaining power? There may be other ways, certainly, but seeing how the system favors unicorns, I'd say that there's some sort of speciesism or classism going on.


What would you say about alternate theory connected to love-poison?
What if I would say that princess in the book was nopony else but Chrysalis herself. After she was afected by the potion for to long so the spell was impossible to reverse (like happened to Big Mac and Cherile) someone tried to seperate them anyway. Who knows, mabe even Celestia herself had to interfere (that would explain why they looked like if they had known each other for so long and so on...).
Magicaly induced thirst for love that Chrysalis lacked after losing connection to her prince could theoreticaly cause her to need that love for sustain more than food (aslo it explains how both her and prince lived despite ignoring everything around, including food, to look into each other's eyes).
Hope you will like this theory :3


I feel like the actual reason unicorns just creating tons and tons of gold wouldnt be because its abusing magic and is unfair to those who cant use it.<br>Its because inflation would run rampent. Its not unlikely that at some point something similar to the Great Depression happened in the pony universe because of greedy unicorns.

I feel like the actual reason unicorns just creating tons and tons of gold wouldnt be because its abusing magic and is unfair to those who cant use it.
Its because inflation would run rampent. Its not unlikely that at some point something similar to the Great Depression happened in the pony universe because of greedy unicorns.


I always wondered about the magic used by unicorns and the fact that they could make useless objects into something useful. Then I started to wonder if they used this as an advantage in the economy. Thanks Sawtooth for making this video. Love all of your content!


imagine how much more powerful the average earth pony would be if they were taught to hone their race-specific skills just as pegasi and unicorns are. what powers would they have? terraforming? super strength? controlling/manipulating plants beyond agriculture? i’m very interested


Unicorns (as far as I remember) use only a small amount of magic. And few can use many powerful spells. There is the University of the Gifted Unicorn and, as we know, not everyone can graduate from it. Only a few are able to replace other ponies in their work, and why should they? (Variation: Celestia plows the field)


they brought up a pretty good point about unicorns, and it got me thinking if Equestria functions similarly to our world with politics and different classes. Alicorns are all-powerful, near gods, "undying", they rule over Equestria, and from what we've seen- their heir is most of the time a *unicorn*. Canterlot is a unicorn-dominated city, and because it's closest to the castle, that might also be the reason why it's been just unicorns so far. We know pegusi can become alicorns, and for sure Earth ponies, but its mainly unicorns we've seen become alicorns (like Twilight and Luster Dawn) but I digress. What we see in the show is pretty equal, no one is held at a higher status than anyone else aside from alicorns, but just think about it- in further ancient Equestria, unicorns were the ones who controlled the sun and the moon before Celestia and Luna, so they could've been held at a higher status, 1st or 2nd class maybe. Pegasi controlled (and possibly still do control) the weather, so their contribution to society could be held at 2nd or 3rd glass. Earth ponies are the agricultural ponies, they have a green hoof when it comes to any type of crop or livestock (I doubt they eat meat though), and with their involvement with food, they might be 3rd or 4th class, they don't possess any physically magical features like a horn or wings. Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this, I like to apply real-world logic to things I like to kinda experiment with how the world could function if it actually existed. Sorry for the little book in the comments


twilight has specified that most unicorns have very limited magic ability and can only use magic related to their talent, and telekinesis. twilight and starlight have magic AS their special talent, but most of the stuff they do is something other unicorns could never achieve – twilight even says she was the only unicorn in all of ponyville who knew how to teleport. telekinesis seems useful for multitasking, but we see that other ponies have no problems doing things without it (even things that you'd imagine would require fingers, like playing the cello...), so between earth ponies' increased endurance, speed, and strength; and pegasi' flight abilities and extra prehensile limbs, i think the stakes are pretty even.


I personally side with the theory I read somewhere (in a fanfic that I can't remember the name of) which theorized that magic spells (IE uniquely unicorn magic) are extremely energy costly and in the days before agriculture and other more advanced forms of food production unicorns simply didn't/couldn't regularly make use of their magical potential as a race/subspecies. Kind of like how agriculture allowed for the rise of cities and more complex societies in our own world.


Sawtooth:between you and me the obvious solution is for everyone to become alicorns , but I don't think society is ready for that.
Also Sawtooth: Yet
Me : dying 😂


That's why during the flashback of Equestria beginning, unicorns appeared to be more noble and first class. I'm not surprised that those said unicorns also looked down on other pony races.

It's a good thing that these racist traits are no longer exist in the modern Equestria community (as far as I remember) and that ponies are more open to each other. Well, I guess they are still less opened to non pony kind but that's what season 8 & 9 are for. To show that friendship is beyond race and culture. That's a pretty good message to send.


I was thinking about this a lot and I've came to a conclusion that unicorn magic would be more balanced if most of unicorns could do only a few simple spells.
And i think this is how it works.
In one of episodes twilight said that a regular unicorn know only a few spells. And most of unicorn characters have only used simple spells like telekenesis. Not all unicorns become magicians because it takes a lot of studying and not everyone is interested in it or don't need it. Unicorns just have a lot of potencial that not all of them use.
Rarity can seek gems because it's her talent. Twilight could easily repeat this spell because she is a magician. Spell that give ponies wings was very complicated even for twilight. Spell that let ponies walk on clouds was used only by twilight and starlight and all of these of spells were never used by any other pony. A spell can't give any pony earth pony abilities. Alchemy was op because animators didn't think of a balance or it was too hard and expencive to use for profit or she didn't finish that spell.
Most of upperclass ponies are unicorns propably because they look fancy so animators used them more.
Most of op spells were used only by professional magicians


i actually ended up making this idea my headcanon for cosy glows villainy- along with a few other things added on.
so imagine. a child (probably not with a good family life considering how cosy came out /j) from the equestria girls world comes through that mirror portal and learns about magic in equestria and wants to learn about how to use it. then she finds out that unicorns basically have an advantage over everypony else and as she came out of the portal a pegasus she gets upset, claiming its not fair. with a bit of research and a bit of teaching (you know, like a school. of the thing thats been fueling magic ever since the beginning of this show.) she collects artifacts in an attempt to drain magic from equestria so everyones more equal like the original lack of magic in the human world (before twilight and sunset happened anyway). she thinks shes doing everypony a favor, but she's still a child, so she doesn't realise that nopony else thinks like she does over the balance of magic in the pony races.

but thats enough rambling from me.


When I was little, I used to think "how they live in peace being such different ponies?" Because, If I was an earth pony I would be SOOOO sad of being so weak close to unicorns that can make MAGIC


When Chrysalis was talking to the firework ponies about using their magic for better things, the firework ponies had never thought of being higher than the other 2 races, and they were already sharing their magic with the other races with their firework show. And magic is used to keep food from going bad, unicorns must have shared their magic for that and probably many other things too. No one has ever shown anything against unicorns in the show except for when The mean three were splitting the tribes apart, I think Canterlot is just a coincidence.


Interesting video once again but, I have a question about something shown briefly in the earlier seasons of mlp. This was when tree hugger was shown this strange alternate universe with puppets in it by discord. Am I the only one who wanted to see what it would’ve been like if tree hugger was ACTUALLY thrown in... lol. Yea, that’s all I have to say and I think maybe a theory video more on that sounds cool.


i think, unicorns have different skills. like in real world there are average people, smart people and a few geniuses, unicorns’ magic varies from simple telekinesis to the power to ruin economy. and it's logical to assume that most of the unicorns have primitive skills.


It would honestly be interesting if this was touched on in G5, since the pony races are divided by then


I actually had a theory on this myself. My theory is that cutie marks balance the overpowered magic out. You see as twilight said in an episode(idk which one) very few ponies have their cutie marks as magic. So that means all unicorns that dont have their cutie marks as magic have relatively less power compared to others. So that means that there would be very few overpowered ones. Those overpowered ones like twilight would become Celestia's students and would be trained to better equestria.  And those who chose to deflect from that path(like sunset) would be subdued by Celestia or another student like we have seen.

I hope this made sense i just had a random thought about this


The power of Magic depends on the Pony itself. Trixie is a good example: she is an unicorn but besides a few trix she cant really do Magic. Twillight also had to learn and practise. In the first Season she had Problems with Teleportations witch she later does perfect. And btw. Pegasies also have Magic: the Ability to walk on Clouds and controll the weather is they Part of Magic


I feel like this could have been avoided if it was established that unicorns cannot or are not allowed make themselves fly, control the weather, grow food, and other things associated w/ pegasi and earth ponies. Even if some of those things would be very taxing and only achievable to the more talented and powerful unicorns, it probably would have helped. How they would have explained it, I don’t really know. Maybe it was magic only the other races could perform or there are laws against unicorns using that kind of magic?

Though banning certain kinds of magic might create issues what with forbidden magic seemingly always attracting people (or ponies in this case) who have no moral issue with abusing the system. Also potential legal loopholes...


I like that you thought about this. The Video is great.👍🏽💗
I sort of support your theory.
I think that Unicorns have a big advantage over Earth Ponys and Pegasi, but that has never been a problem in  Equestria  (except Cozy Glow but that is kinda a different story...), because it is, well a different universe than our world. Earth Ponys and Pegasi also have properties that make them special.


there is an mlp comic were Princess Celestia uses an amulet that changes her into a pegasus so she can go around equestria as a "regular pegasus" so she can see how her subjects think and act when the Princess isnt around


One solution could be to rather than using artifacts that have there own magic, allow no unicorns to use their  internal magic


I can see two possible solutions. Well one present solution and one other more direct solution.

1) From a writing perspective a Unicorns magic seems directly linked to their cutie mark talent. Rarity can manipulate objects with her magic at a very fine dexterity since she's handling smaller and more fragile objects all the time, while a unicorn with say a sculpting talent wouldn't be anywhere near as skilled at handling such objects. A pearl diving unicorn would have a way easier time casting spells manipulating water or providing breathable air compared to one with a skydiving talent. Etc. But then we come up with 'generational savants' like Starswirl The Bearded, Twilight, Starlight, who have a direct talent for magic as a whole.

While Pegasi and Earth Ponies all have the same base 'magic', flight and cloud manipulating, and super strength/natural athleticism. Which can then be combined with their talents. While Unicorns basically start and stop with their horns.  I would like to see more magic available to the former two in the form of potions and artifacts though yes. :3

2) Make magic learnable for ALL ponies. But with a clear difference in implementation. Unicorns would still have a inherent link to magic so they can just learn the basics of a spell and 'force' it to function. But Pegasi and Earth Ponies could also both learn the same spell but require casting it beforehand to store it in an object for later use, such as a wand, staff, scroll, etc. Which could be keyed to only function for the pony that made it specifically.

Or, humorously enough, I could see an alternative setting in which the Unicorns were actually less magically astute than the other two races. Because they have 'innate magic' they didn't bother digging deeper and learning the twists and turns of 'doing it right'. While the other two pony races could have because it was literally the only way for them to cast the spells at all. Making the unicorns strange outsiders by comparison, giving them a true mystique once more, as they live more in the wild since their basic power simply makes needing to settle down and build a deeper society unnecessary.

Think of how many people would absolutely leap at the opportunity to exist in nature with practically no risk of disease, injury, starvation, thirst, or boredom. Why spend generations figuring out complex rituals when you can just 'zap' your problems aside after all.


Hmm.. I have a question... It's been buzzing around in my mind for a while now..

From where do you think the magical artefacts in equestria come from? And how do they possess the magic? And many more...

But what do you think?


The thing people tend to forget when talking about the power level of unicorns is that we tend to view a biased sample. Twilight was an extremely gifted unicorn (allowing her to attend private school for gifted unicorns as Princess Celestia's personal student), Starlight is similarly gifted albeit less formally educated, and Sunburst, while not naturally gifted, has spent most of his life studying magic. An average unicorn can do a few basic common spells (e.g. telekinesis) plus a few spells related to their talent that come naturally to them (e.g. Rarity's gem-finding spell), but learning other spells is difficult and most unicorns lack the will and/or the power to do so. And of course this means that most unicorns can't master the spells required to fly, walk on clouds, or farm. The situation is still unbalanced, but it's not as unbalanced as people sometimes think.

But either way the question of what to do about that imbalance is a thorny one. It's easier to bring down born to fortunate circumstances than it is to raise up those who weren't, but that kind of fairness is nothing to strive for. We need look no further than the show to see that--bringing everypony down to the same lowest common denominator is what Starlight's cult was all about, and there's no ambiguity about that being a bad idea. But arranging a society where every citizen is free to enjoy their gifts and use them to benefit themselves and society but restricted from using them to exploit others is easier said than done.

(And as a side note, the elite in Canterlot are mostly unicorns because the population of Canterlot is mostly unicorns. Equestria is generally poorly integrated--remember that in "Flight to the Finish" the CMC identified Ponyville's multiracial population as the thing that makes it special--and there's a lot you can read into that, but it doesn't mean anything nefarious has to happen for the elite of a unicorn city to be unicorns.)


A few things I'd like to add:
1. Although unicorns can use magic to fly and walk on clouds, it is achieved only by the most talented of unicorns. And I'm pretty sure that using magic to fly won't be nearly as fast and agile as pegasi.
2. You forgot that pegasi can control weather and ONLY BY PEGASI. We've never seen a unicorn control weather. Although everybody knows that Rarity once tried to control weather, it was never successful. Same goes for earth ponies growing crops. We've never seen a unicorn successfully use a spell to grow crops either.
3. Believe it or not, earth ponies and pegasi can CAST SPELLS without artifacts or potions. You've seemed to miss a small detail in Magical Mystery Cure. When Twilight reads Star Swirl's unfinished spell, it successfully changed the destinies of the other 5. Look closely and you can see that Twilight did NOTHING with her horn. She only read the spell aloud. Such spells can be casted by the other 2 tribes as spells like the one we saw of Star Swirl does not require any unicorn magic. All you'd need to do is to read the spell aloud.

Heck, in the ENTIRE episode Twilight didn't really use her unicorn magic to do something specific. All she did was read the unfinished spell, made the other 5 realize who they are and completed the spell. So if Twilight was a pegasus or earth pony or if somepony else was in place of Twilight, despite someone from the other two races, what only matters is that you need to have a good understanding of friendship.

Case closed.


Not all unicorns have an unfair advantage. Some unicorns' magic is more powerful than others. I think that more laws could be put into place to limit what more powerful unicorns can do. Look at Sunburst and Starlight for example. Starlight is really powerful, while Sunburst....well, like Trixie, he's good with magical illusions. Sunburst knows a lot about magic, but can't do most of the things he knows can be done. Starlight on the other hand is almost as, or even more, powerful as Twilight. Twilight is an alicorn and she was almost beat by Starlight in battle. Some Unicorns are more powerful than others and in some cases, more powerful than an alicorn. If there were more laws put into place that were to limit what unicorns could and couldn't do then maybe that could make things a little more balanced.


Yeah this is a classic case of the writers focusing too hard on one group and leaving the others to fall the wayside. Something similar happened in Naruto where the Uchihas/Sharingan became OP because they kept adding things to it while the Hyugas/Byakugan never got anything important.

That's why I like to make Earth Pony OCs a bit more since you need to get more creative with their magic and abilities. One of the OCs I'm writing a fimfic about is an Earth Pony detective whose skills allow him to sense magic through the Earth and track others easily.


In my storyverse, where "magic in the real world" is a thing, MLP would have been created with a more balanced system to begin with based on the real world's magic system: magic is so ambient that cases could be made that all ponies have innate magic.  Also, because there are real clans of people who can turn into different ponies (including unicorns), there would have been incredible pressure to equalize all the pony types humans can turn into so there's no fuel for real-world discrimination between shapeshifters.
That's not to say it's perfectly balanced though.  Notice I said "all the pony types humans can turn into" - unicorns are on that list, but pegasi aren't - humans cannot turn into anything that has more limbs than they do.  In my storyverse's version of MLP, pegasi are the most magical ponies (when you're not counting alicorns), and you can tell by the things they can just do without even thinking hard: flying and walking on clouds.  "Wait, flying?  How is that a magic thing, they have wings!"  But they're still ponies, and as we see in the show they are still very nearly as strong as earth ponies; by the most technical definition of mass they're too heavy for the wings they have, at the wingbeat-per-minute rate they're shown to use, unless they're getting a boost in another way.

In my storyverse, where "magic in the real world" is a thing, MLP would have been created with a more balanced system to begin with based on the real world's magic system: magic is so ambient that cases could be made that _all_ ponies have innate magic.  Also, because there are real clans of people who can turn into different ponies (including unicorns), there would have been incredible pressure to equalize all the pony types humans can turn into so there's no fuel for real-world discrimination between shapeshifters.
That's not to say it's perfectly balanced though.  Notice I said "all the pony types humans can turn into" - unicorns are on that list, _but pegasi aren't_ - humans cannot turn into anything that has more limbs than they do.  In my storyverse's version of MLP, pegasi are the most magical ponies (when you're not counting alicorns), and you can tell by the things they can just _do_ without even thinking hard: flying and walking on clouds.  "Wait, _flying?_  How is that a magic thing, they have wings!"  But they're still ponies, and as we see in the show they are still very nearly as strong as earth ponies; by the most technical definition of mass they're too heavy for the wings they have, at the wingbeat-per-minute rate they're shown to use, unless they're getting a boost in another way.


I never saw them as overpowered. Unicorns don't blast magic everytime something happens. Not to mention only ponies with magic as their talent are very skilled. I see it as a scale of professionalism, like how most people couldn't run as fast as someone in Guinness World Records.


Even Chrysalis say Unicorn was powerful in ep. sun setback

She says it as a racist term and trying to get the other unicorns on her side.


You know, this sounds silly, but when I was younger I thought about wether it would be better to be a Pegasus or a unicorn(lol I was young okay?). I decided it was better to be a unicorn because <b>I would be able to make myself fly using a spell</b>

You know, this sounds silly, but when I was younger I thought about wether it would be better to be a Pegasus or a unicorn(lol I was young okay?). I decided it was better to be a unicorn because *I would be able to make myself fly using a spell*


Hmm.. I would like to say, that there are still limits even to unicorns. Let’s say, we only know Twilight. Yes, she is pretty strong, but that doesn’t make other unicorns strong too. There also can be kinds of different unicorns. For example, Mistmane. They are from different culture, have different horns, etc. Even different spells, sources, magics.. <br> Also, in a episode ( Rarity looses her mane ) Twilight and Starlight have said.: “we can’t just appear things out of nowhere. It has to come from something (someone) as a source. (They tried to give her mane, but other pony lost their mane as the consequence.)  So even if they might be overpowered, there are still limits to everything. I wouldn’t say, that this also implies to earth ponies or pegasi, that only depends on their physical strength all together..

Hmm.. I would like to say, that there are still limits even to unicorns. Let’s say, we only know Twilight. Yes, she is pretty strong, but that doesn’t make other unicorns strong too. There also can be kinds of different unicorns. For example, Mistmane. They are from different culture, have different horns, etc. Even different spells, sources, magics..
 Also, in a episode ( Rarity looses her mane ) Twilight and Starlight have said.: “we can’t just appear things out of nowhere. It has to come from something (someone) as a source. (They tried to give her mane, but other pony lost their mane as the consequence.)  So even if they might be overpowered, there are still limits to everything. I wouldn’t say, that this also implies to earth ponies or pegasi, that only depends on their physical strength all together..


I like how in G1 the unicorns had powers that fit their names. Like Fizzy could make bubbles strong enough to hold a pony


I think by taking the magic out of Equestria, the unicorns will be at the lowest scale society ( if we consider that there is a hierarchy in ponies culture ), because the ability to cast spells is what defines a unicorn. Same thing will happen if pegasi lose their ability to fly.


The Solution is actually Getting Rid of Magic,
Just like Star Butterfly Destroyed Magic in Mewni to keep the Peace,
Twilight should Destroy Magic 👀


What if the problem goes all the way back to Gusty the Great? As we've seen in Equestria's history, ponies were not always in charge. In fact, we saw that it was Grogar who had first ruled over them though tyrannically. Even further, we see that he mainly did this with the help of his magic bell, one that could absorb, capture and transfer magic to and from others.

Here's an idea I have. What if after taking the bell and banishing Grogar, Gusty used it to give unicorns more power than than their other pony peers. It would make sense seeing as it was able to turn Cozy Glow into an alicorn after all. We also have to remember that the time of Gusty the Great happened long before the three pony tribes came together in unity, so the chance of this power imbalance happening out of potential prejudice is possible. Especially since we don't know all that much about Gusty's true character.

This would mean that maybe Gusty sealing the bell away may have been for more selfish reasons than we first thought. It may not have simply been sealed away to be kept out of evil's grasp, but also to ensure the other two pony tribes (as well as any other "less magical" creatures) couldn't use it to re-level the playing field.

Gusty the Great may have singlehandedly planned for unicorns to become as well as be seen by the others as the "master race" this whole time!


I personally found it interesting that in the show you don’t really see unicorns doing much magic other than levitating objects and finding gems (rarity). So I thought to myself that maybe they have a system where higher class magic like teleportation, and other spell casting things that we see twilight, starlight and other power unicorns do are either mostly classified, or you need some type of License or approval to learn such magic. It would make since to make sure there aren’t too many overly powerful unicorns overthrowing the balance of mostly everything. Not to mention the few that might be corrupted by their power and cause a lot of problems. So that’s why even small spells like teleportation isn’t even a common thing to see with the average unicorns.


The main thing is here is: Twilight, Starlight, and sunburst are magical scholars (with starlight and twilight having graduated (maybe in starlights case) and sunburst dropping out), but we don’t know what the common unicorn is able to do outside of abilities pertaining to the talents tied to their cutie marks. Because twilights (and maybe even starlights) talents were magic, it could be why they were so OP.
Yes, there are artifacts that could enhance a unicorns magical ability (I.E: trixie with the alicorn amulet.), but not much other than that. While unicorns (admittedly) dominate the “magic department”, Earth Ponies seem to dominate the strength department, and Pegasi have flight and endurance since they control the weather.
It’s not so much of an “imbalance”, but it’s more or less trying to figure out how magic works in this world. And with the staff that worked on G4 now turning their attention to G5, I doubt we’ll get any clarification on how it all is supposed to be balanced upon the 3 pony tribes.


I think part of the problem is how the show emphasizes Unicorn Magic, and never really defines the magic of Pegasi and Earth Ponies. Sure, it does partially define Pegasi, but not really Earth ponies.

There could be other disparities and things at play here. Perhaps Earth Ponies are more resistant to magical change, being closer to reality? Perhaps Pegasi, who live in the sky, have resistance to high / low temperature changes (consider the freezing problem in Iron Man 1).

The show NEVER got into how the world works in various situations, and it became easier just to "blame magic" on things rather than go into fuller detail into how each thing works (Which is probably why the starting seasons were stronger than the later; because there was a preset in place that could be taken from-- before the show went off the rails trying to find its footing once the first / old storyline wrapped up).


this take is definitely something and i probably would’ve never thought of it to be an issue. but i’d like to point out that just because they have a horn does not mean they’re all trained in magic. take your average unicorn, they probably aren’t the most stilled with certain spells. i do agree unicorns can and probably are more powerful than all ponies but it does take a lot of practice


They have spellcasting magic because it is their innate characteristic, just like being a pegasus or an earth pony... if they're made like that, it is fine, each pony group has a purpose and is fit for its way of life. Yes, the others can use magical artifacts and the unicorns can have their innate spellcasting magic. Those horns have to serve for something. And also, not all of them are interested in using it to learn highly powerful spells, most of them don't have that talent and use only basic magic like telekinesis. I don't see any problem, if they have that characteristic they have a purpose in it and the other ponies live just fine with their own purposes. If they have lived like that for all their history, it means their social dynamic is balanced and natural. Then of course, fights can always happen and magic does make them powerful - if they have cultivated it - but I like the three races to be each unique with its characteristics and abilities... they need each other.

Lastly, "making all ponies alicorns" sounds exciting at first, but reflecting on it, it would only mean that everyone is overpowered all the time and it would bring chaos 🤔


Well it seems like to me, earth ponies have the most power. They control the food 🤤. Also, if we wanted to be brutal we could rip off a unicorns horn or tear off a pegasus wings. What're u gonna do? Steal an earth ponies legs?? I believe earth ponies were the first type of pony until they got some type of evolution. Because u can't evolve about food 🤤


One thing came to mind about artifacts and potions/brews. Which is; how long does take to make them? Since potion would most likely have to, well, brew for a certain length of time or something might go wrong, or you need a very specific ingredients that might only grow in certain place or during certain time-window, like some plants that bloom only during full moon or something. And does it need to fresh or preserved?
And artifact making would most likely depend on the potential of the maker, or the materials which conduct magic well enough to make the thing work. Iron for example is usually an "anti magical" in some works, being "kryptonite" to fae in some folklore.

But it might be different if all the materials and knowledge are already available, which might also lead to problems...


I always noticed how all the unicorns seemed more upper class and rich than the other pony races, especially the earth ponies


I just love that even friendship is magic and equestria girls are over this guy is still making videos about them


Actually- I'm not so sure about this one. From the looks of it, most unicorns(like trixie) aren't as skilled in advanced sorcery like Twilight or Starlight. I feel like it's not magic that makes it unfair between the three tribes, but the ability to use it. So there could easily be a solution to that. Ponies could evolve so that all types had a source of magic. Or adapt to 'sameness' where everyone had the features of earth ponies but were able to use magic like, let's say, from hooves.


...ya know, I've always had a feeling that Unicorns seemed to have a bit more going for them than the other two<br>But I never actually thought of it like this

...ya know, I've always had a feeling that Unicorns seemed to have a bit more going for them than the other two
But I never actually thought of it like this


This reminds me so much of the play ‘An Inspector calls’ written in 1945 by JB Priestley. He wrote the play became he wanted a equal and fair society. The unicorns would be upper class like the Birlings and Gerald Croft. I think the Pegasi would be middle class and because the earth pony’s were responsible for all the food in Equestria, they would be working class like Eva Smith from the play.


I always thought the same thing. Glad you discussed this.


ive always thought like..... unicorns could just use their magic to steal things lol. what even stops them??seriously they could just grab something from someone's house without having any way to know they did it


well keep in mind that while all unicorns have magic, that doesn’t mean they all actually use powerful magic. teleportation for example takes years of practice and is done by few unicorns in the show. also keep in mind that earth ponies & pegasi also have magic, just in a different way. and earth ponies are the main food resource, and pegasi do a lot more than just fly around, they control the weather and all that stuff. i think all in all it evens out pretty well.


One thing I didn't like about the magic was that they'd say everyone has it but you have to figure out the outlet or a way to utilize it if you're not a unicorn.


Maybe the 3 types of ponies is to keep the magic balanced for all equestria so their wouldn't be a way to balance out the unicorn magic without the balance being broken 😁


While we're talking about class divides, I think we're glossing over the real issue... The bovines. Cows and sheep are sentient, can speak, have desires, and...examining equestrian society...they are definitely hardly being treated the way they deserve.

 Applejack's family "owns" a flock of sentient sheep, and they are treated with hardly an inkling of respect or even acknowledgement. Cows seem to have it better, they're not confined to pens and forced to sleep outside. But still, you don't see boutiques for them, doorways built for their build and etc. It's just not right. What do you think?  Are they worth a video?


hey Sawtooth
if we talk about unicorns there's a question: Why some of them have diffrent bodies, more like princesses? Fleur de Lee, Sassy Saddle or Tempest Shadow. is there option that they had a potential to be princesses or they are from royal family? idk but i can't find any information about this and i think that's something deeper. especially when you said abot dominating highest social class by unicorns. Maybe you can make a video about it as You are specialist :)
brohoof and thanks for this material!

@Sawtooth Waves  yes, i thought about them too, but it looks like Troubleshoes is just a different species (coldblood horse imo) like ponies/horses from saddle arabia
and bulk biceps is just pegasi on sterids, even his eyes or behavior shows that something is wrong with him 😅
theese mares are obviously ponies and have body type designed for princesses so maybe something's up

i think it just comes down to different body types. the same phenomenon can be observed in earthponies like troubleshoes or pegasi like bulky biceps


The Tirek situation makes me think everyone has magic, it's just that unicorns have a way to use it without artifacts and the like


I just watched an entire video on systemic pony racism... And I liked it.


I like the thought of Celestia making everyone alicorns to maintain balance


In defence of pegasi, while unicorns can mimic their abilities it's rather clear that the unicorn spells are far inferior to the real deal. Even Twilight Sparkle, one of the most powerful unicorns in Equestria, had considerable trouble with the wing spell, and the resulting wing spell was incredibly fragile compared to true pegasus wings. Not to mention that this spell also doesn't give the recipient access to weather manipulation, and the last time we saw a unicorn try that with their magic the chaotic result likely made Discord proud. Earth ponies though... yeah okay, they're kinda screwed. We have as many examples of them being no stronger than the other ponies (Rainbow Dash and Applejack being evenly matched in their competitions for example) as we have of great feats of strength, and their ability to influence plant growth is... extremely vague. Earth ponies have always been the forgotten tribe of the three in the show.


Perhaps the three pony tribes are actually more equitable than what we give them credit for. Pegasus can alter the weather, fly and stand on clouds, something that most unicorns can not. Earth ponies are show to have a much higher physical capability than unicorns and for some reason are the only ones capable of growing sustainable food. Between inherit environmental control and consumers/resource control, having magic seems far less superior. Being able to cast difficult spells is something only a fraction of unicorns can do, so if they have some simple spell casting benefits perhaps it isn’t a problem. Great video thanks sawtooth waves!


Yeah I think you nailed it with the alicorn thing but to become one you have to create new magic and then you'll be automatically boosted with magic that teleports you to the weird place or drain magic from all the tribes (or maybe discord) and then boost yourself with it. But that would require ponies to sacrifice their magic. And make a new magic I think some ponies wouldn't be smart enough or will be too lazy so I think only some would make it (propably Twillight's students and mane 5) But I still think there is a solution is set some limit to the artefacts like grogar's bell to not drain all the magic, but just the right amount to transform a pony into an alicorn.


I think you overrate unicorn magic, after all very few of them, if any, can really match Twilight in sheer raw power and most of them still do regular work like the other tribes and the rich elite are only a small percentage of them. I think you forget the benefits of the other two tribes, and how Equestria is a system of codependency to one another, that brings makes them better the one singular tribe alone. The Pegasus can control the weather which is WAY more then what the unicorns can do, and in the way more massive scale(then entire country ) and helps to makes the climate much more stable to produces more food with little risk to crop failures and making sure that everyone have accesses to clean water. The earth ponies are the work horses of the Equestria they are visibly the most industrious and seem to have an intuitive understanding of their surrounding, especially plants which allows them to produce even more crop then the other two tribes and the pegasus weather control makes it even stronger industry. This in turn allows more ponies having to do less subsistence work and to follow more leisure pursuits, especially the unicorns more of them can dedicate time to learn magic or other academic pursuits which allows them to better improve their existing infrastructures. If anything the unicorn are very dependent on the other tribes to survive. If they really wanted to the Pegasus could easily drown or starve out their droughts the other tribes into submissions, and the Earth Ponies hardiness could easily probably beat the other two and can easily produce their own food way easier then then the others.


Salution to the problem:
Take the overpowered magic away from unicorns give them the power to teleport along with the ability levatate things and others but not them selves
The only race of pony worthy of any other magic are Alarcons in my opinion.


The thing is tho, ALL ponies, and creatures in general, have inate magic inside of them, unicorns are just able to let it out and learn to use it better. We've seen this be true because we've seen teirek take magic from them, hell the magic from pegasai gave them the magic to fly--
We've also seen that magic is what makes a monster, a monster.
If the earth ponies and pegasi used object to let that magic out, they'd be just like unicorns


I disagree for once (with that overpowered) most unicorns have there limits.

Most unicorns can just move Objects (mostly smal Objects)

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The things there talented in.


I think it was telling that one of the first things ol twilight does is completely curb stomp any reason Earth ponies farm, she manages to harvest nearly an entire apple acre on her own and it barely looked like an issue for her. and this was in episode 4.
Later, rarity is shown to be able to repair a wheel in a literal second, so repair jobs are out
construction and Demolition? Magic surpass bare hooves, it can take half a day for more than 2 dozen earth ponies to Build a barn, leave just one unicorn and they could do it in a day or less, and with a team? done in an hour.
Earth ponies... really don't have much. Pegasus at least have the innate power of could controlling.


Another solution is using an external force to limit magic. For example, in the season 9 episode where Rainbow Dash headed up the buckball cheer team, Celestia mentioned rings that, when worn on a unicorn's horn, blocked their ability to use magic.
Alternatively, the shields used by the Storm King's soldiers were clearly made of some kind of magic-resistant metal.
A synthesis of technologies like these could create a system where the innate magical abilities of unicorns are entirely negated.


Well, i don't really think that there's a problem. As far as we know, magic Is Indeed innate in unicorns but, at the same time, we know close to nothing about what the avarage unicorns can do aside from telekinesis. Of course there are the ones like Twilight and Starlight, but there are also other examples, like Starburst, who knows a lot about unicorn's spell, but he's still uncapable of casting the wide majority of them, making more suitable to teach instead of practice the art.


You know what I find interesting
Unicorn magic and any sort of magic couldn’t change a ponies mane easily, it was a hard thing to do
But Trixie turned Rarities mane into another shape, texture and color
Probably just a plothole but I just realised this 😂

But she was wearing the alicorn amulet when she did it.


I think the extreme sides of magic are exclusive to only very talented magic users like Starswirl, Twilight and Starlight. Most ponies like Rarity and Sweetie Bell only have minimal uses for their magic. I think Pegasus being able to control weather is a HUGE advantage to all the land. And earth ponies are far stronger and more attuned to the earth, thus the food control and why most flower ponies are earth ponies. I think Winter Wrap Up showed that Twilight sucks at pretty much everything BUT magic.

It's my personal head canon that Alicorn magic is a sperate magic powered by eternal principles. There will always be Night and Day, Love, Friendship and Hope. That's why I believe gen 5 doesn't have magic or a kinship of Friendship. The Alicorn associated with that thread of magic is gone. Food for thought.


Maybe with enough unicorns, they can create a spell to turn everypony into an alicorn. But you need magic from all three species to make an alicorn, so maybe you have to have enough unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies in a friendship to cast a spell that can only be cast with all three present, and then they could give alicorn powers to everypony.

Technology may also make magic obsolete.

But I think everyone should stay content whether they are unicorns or not. The real joy of life is friendship (which gives them magic), and everyone has access to that.

Also I do want to mention that earth ponies have the magic of strength.

And they could all become like Pinkie. She has super speed and can teleport, break the fourth wall, pull things out of some other dimension, and use her science skills to build contractions to let her fly.


I blame Twilight and Starlight for ruining Unicorn powerscaling. In almost all other cases Unicorn magic is relatively mundane and they tend to have to cheat to reach anything impressive (Alicorn Amulet anyone?) - but Twilight is just plain busted and Starlight had to be similarly busted just to compete with her.


I think all that needs to happen is to ban unicorns to have posions or artifacts


That depends on their character .If the unicorns were good and kind then they wouldn't have used their magic in a way to just become rich but if they bad then they might have tried to use their magic for the gold


Why are they literally the matpat of the mlp world-

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This is like the exact plot of my own mythical horse story 😳 where my unicorns rose to power and dominance for magic and there's a regular horse and pegasi resistance


I really want everyone to become alicorns to solve this problem I was thinking about that for a while and also wouldn't that rise the population of Equestria cuz alicorns live longer and plus when they get old like Celestia they are gonna be really really tall.

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Pegasai use magic to allow them to fly and walk on clouds naturally. But it also allows them to move clouds and control certain types of weather. (The more severe, the less they can control it.)
Earth ponies have a stronger natural magical connection to the ground under their hooves and can even use it to help plant growth, control crop yields, and have a better basic stronger physic than the other two races.
Unicorns do have the ability to use magic more openly, but to match a pegasai or earth pony's natural abilities takes a ton of time, trial and error, to get it just right. Also a deep understanding of just how magic works and a more natural connection to magic is needed to do this.

Most unicorns, though given basic instruction on how to use their magic, never take it as far as Twilight, Sunset, Starlight and Sunburst. (Who is more scholarly than practitioner.)
And all of this can be applied to each race as there are exceptionally gifted ponies, such as Rainbow being able to outfly (at least by word of mouth) an Alicorn in terms of speed. Pinkie being able to continuously break dimensional barriers as if it was nothing and leaving no residual side effects. (That we know of...)
And going back to Starlight, being able to almost match Alicorn magic blow for blow.

Yes, unicorns of the past did exploit there ability to use magic more openly, forcing earth ponies to give them food and pegasai to move storm clouds away.
It was no different than how slaves were used and eventually released from their masters by way of a war of some sort or governing body declaring their freedom.

I'll leave this here as a starting off point.
Thoughts? Opinions?


I literally was thinking about this the other day!

The 3rd president of the U.S. was a brony, they don't teach you this at school.


Did Cozy Glow really take away all magic tho? Day-night cycle was still working, hinting Celestia (and maybe Luna) still was able to use magic.


Like that out look. That would make a lot of sense. My OC my be part Nightmare and Changeling. I would have to agree that Unicorns do have a way more powerful position then most others. As for everypony or every creature becoming a alicorn variant. Well that would open up some new and interesting creature looks. Careful a powerful Draconequus could be swayed for just a opportunity to have fun one day. Although if everything had equal access to magic on that level then could true peace be achieved or would it fracture into something worse than we could imagine? Hmmmm... interesting thought experiment. Excuse me I need to find a portal to this alternate universe and explore it a little bit deeper.


Unicorns are the basically the psychic type in Gen 1; virtually unrivaled every way.


I have always been a bit angry when I see unicorns using magic to fly. Like, it's supposed to be pegasus's thing

:(


How to solve the problem: create wands in Equestria that work like a horn


Well, if unicorns can use magic whenever they want, and earth ponies can use potions and artifacts, the one talent pegasi have is probably speed, like the sonic rainboom. So far I don't think there is a possibility for a unicorn, even with a fly spell and accellero, to achieve a sonic rainboom. Starlight has used a speed spell but I don't think it's as fast as rainbow dash can go in a sonic rainboom. And sonic rainbooms are probably powerful because they work like a shockwave.


This first-glance lack of balance in magic is the reason dark magic exists.

Or at least that is a concept behind one of my head canons. Back when three tribes weren't yet united unicorn magic while less sophisticated than today was still great military asset. Pegasi could Counter that by weaponising weather. This left earth ponies with just their hoof and maybe spears. So they started looking into foreign magic, magic not meant for ponies. This poorly understood alien magic then became illegal after equestria former properly and as it has place with poorly understood energy in our universe, those foreign arts become known to commoners as "dark magic"


4 comments)
1) So you're finally reading the comic books, Sawtooth Waves?
2) All lot of unicorn spells they've shown throughout the series, only "gifted" unicorn like Starswirl, Twilight, or Starlight especially can perform them.  The spell that any unicorn can perform is the levitation spell.  So, yes, in a way Alchemy, like what Zecora does, and magical artifacts in a way can balance out the magic between magical and non magical creature.
3) Pegasuses in a way actually are magical, because they don't just walk on clouds they can also naturally manipulate what clouds do with their own free will.
4) I think the movie and maybe a few comic books confirmed that having a broken horn or being mentally ill in a way can alter what spells a unicorn can do, but in dangerous ways.


I think most specialised spells are only a thing for unicorns with a corresponding cutie mark. The ones, who got magic as cutie mark, are broken though.<br>I assume it balanced out in pre-sister times due to their best mages having to burn themselves out to raise the sun and moon. So basically the alicorn sisters are to blame for everything.

I think most specialised spells are only a thing for unicorns with a corresponding cutie mark. The ones, who got magic as cutie mark, are broken though.
I assume it balanced out in pre-sister times due to their best mages having to burn themselves out to raise the sun and moon. So basically the alicorn sisters are to blame for everything.


Pegasi control the literal weather. We saw what happened when a unicorn tried to do that. It wasn't pretty. Weather control is kinda... big. And don't sneeze at the ability to impact how crops grow with magic. I'm pretty sure without the work that Earth Ponies had put in at the start the whole of Equestria would be in the hunter-gatherer stage and never have left.


I think the earthponys and Pegasus should just find a way how get magic to flow through them like rainbow dash and the sonic-rainbom maybe this is just a suggestion . Or maybe everyone should just get a element of harmony that gives them the power of all four tribes but not turn them into alicorns


Imho (as almost everything on internet is, just not humble or honest sometimes)), this inequality is not as obvious as you show. There are not so many real magicians, not amateurs, among unicorns. The really strong magicians among unicorns are those whose talents belong to the study of magic. But since we are in the field of theories, I can openly state that magic can be carried out through the hooves, as can be seen from the example of hoofokinesis! :D And through the wings, obviously.
So the inner magic (which, I am sure, all three tribes have, otherwise Tirek would have nothing to suck out of the pegasus and earth-ponies) can come not only from unicorns, but also from the other two with the dragon-winged half of the tribes

Although you have already been told this by many other comments, so mine is just a small addition to this already large amount...


I don't see a lot of unicorns punching through solid rock... That being said, manufacturing and selling magical gadgets could be a huge help for anyone who isn't a unicorn.


Well in the world of Equestria it's revealed earth ponies do have a special type of magic unique to them. They have a green thumb. They have a strong connection to nature allows them to manipulate and bend it naturally. The Pie family grow rocks, Which is a natural process that usually take hundreds of thousands of years and they can grow rocks in less than a single life time. These rocks are used for all sorts of things. Sure a unicorn may be able to make a spell but without understanding the material the unicorn's magic will always be second compared to the real material. Pegasi can manipulate and control the weather, Again while a spell can be used for that it's not as effective. We have seen one Pegasus alone take care of a WHOLE kingdom as shown when Rainbowdash cleared the sky. Each pony has it's strength and weakness but if you broke is down any pony can learn magic like Zecora. But the unicorns having their magic dosn't impose any issue in balance as they have to work harder for their magic to be applied. As stated back before the sun and moon became tied to Solestia and Luna it took many a unicorn to raise the sun into the sky. While on the other hand earth ponies and Pegasi have always manipulated the weather and grew crops from the soil. Look at magic now compared to the time before the hearth warming. If earth ponies wanted they could farm metals like gold!

Rant/Idea
Now I wanna make an earth pony named Solidago [Goldenrod], Gold fur and golden main. He is a bit of a stud from moving all the heavy metal, but awkward when it comes to talking to people as he lives alone on his metal farm where he farms gold and silver! He likes to show off his nugget collection.


I’m late to the party and others have already mentioned it, but only very specific unicorns are OP. The only universal unicorn spells are levitation and making their horns glow. All other spells are related to their talents.


In the episode (Boast Busters), we find out that unicorns can only perform magic related to their cutie mark. Twilight and Starlight have magic as their cutie mark


It's just suprising how equestria managed to survive in a such fragile society. It's basiclly the same before and after equestria exist the unicorns are always the nobles while the pegasus are the knights. The earth ponies are just peasants.


I think you're underestimating how powerful weather control is.  Also, unicorns are limited by several factors: First that unicorn magic requires significantly more study than the other two tribes, and second that I think you're overestimating how powerful unicorns actually are.  It's strongly implied that the vast majority of unicorns are closer to Rarity than to Twilight, only knowing a handful of minor spells, mostly related to their special talent.  Twilight and Starlight are the exceptional outliers, not the norm.


I think the fact that unicorn have this much magic isn’t a problem since we saw that the vast majority of the unicorn population only or mostly use levitation spell on objects. When only a few minority uses more than one spell or have more magic abilities.


The 2 good things and bad things.
Cozy’s:
“Everyone thinks Unicorns are so great! What about the earth ponies, the winged, and THE HUMANS!
That’s why there should be know magic!”
Stairlight:
“... .”


Magic: exists
Cozy glow:…and I took that personally

Magic: *exists*
Cozy glow:…and I took that personally


I think this was actually originally intended to be addressed looking at the Faust Bible.  For that reason I think this is a fair one to debate both inside and outside of canon.


Yeah as a kid while watching this show I’d always be like: “if I was a pwony I’d wanna be a unicorn bc of their magic!”<br>But now thx for showing me it in a different lense great vodeo

Yeah as a kid while watching this show I’d always be like: “if I was a pwony I’d wanna be a unicorn bc of their magic!”
But now thx for showing me it in a different lense great vodeo


Aside from that episode, I don't see why it isn't addressed how unfair unicorns have it, with just how strong their magic is.


Well since it seems like Gen 5 is going to be picking up in the far future of where Gen 4 left off, and we know that the synopsis says that magic is gone from Equestria, it's quite possible that unicorns currently don't have magic, and that their horns are just a way to differentiate them from the other tribes at this point. I don't think I understand how magic would just disappear though, but I guess that's something we'll just have to find out.


I'd argue that most ponies DO have an unfair advantage because of their special talent. The average pegasus wouldn't be able to fly as well as RD, and the average earth pony likely wouldn't have the same connection to the land as AJ. Similarly, the average unicorn wouldn't have the same proficiency with magic as say Twilight or Starlight. And we have seen non-unicorns use magic before, via the Elements, Zecora's brews, etc. It's not a stretch to say that ponies who bear a magical artifact and practice magic in a way that doesn't require a horn could be just as if not more powerful than the average unicorn, who can likely only do basic levitation and teleportation.


Interesting vid but it seems it chooses to ignore that the power balance seems to be: all ponies have innate magic, but unicorns are the only ones that could use magic in more than two ways; Earth Ponies are the strongest of the races and they're the only ones that can produce food; Pegasus magic allow the to fly and hover, and manipulate the weather by manipulating the clouds, and are the second strongest race, but they invested in militar knowhow; Unicorns are the weakest race and use to be very prideful.

The average Unicorn can only use techniques (spells) related to her talent, Rarity can find jewels because her talent is beautifying everything with gems, for example, only levitation, telekinesis and producing light seem to be spells that any Unicorn can use, the problem is the unicorns whose talent is Magic, to these ones there's no limit to what they can do since it's in their talent to do so, it's like the case of the Uchiha Clan, they all have an extreme skill ceiling by virtue of their genetics, but not all Uchiha has tapped in that potential, in similar fashion the reason we see Unicorns as OP is because several of the main characters we see in the show are very powerful Magic Unicorns (Twilight, Sunset, Starlight, Sci-Twi, Starswirl, Trixie to a degree) which makes Unicorns look more powerful than they really are in reality


All ponies have inherent magic it is just used in different ways between the 3 races. Yes Unicorns can use spells but there are things that they can't do or can't do as well as Pegasi or Earth ponies. For instance Pegasus can control the weather/ clouds much better and Earth ponies grow crops better. not to mention if you look at it another way each races has something that magic boosts. Unicorns are usually the smartest, Pegasi are usually the fastest, and Earth ponies are usually the strongest.


I think unicorns being the most powerful and successful because of what they were born as is a fine allegory to how much of your life in the real world is determined by your birth conditions. There will always be those who have an unfair advantage in life because of who they were born to.
HOWEVER, since MLP's society is meant to be a utopia that overcomes humanity's greed, they recognize that the people who are born to less are not lesser as people, and so they share their bounty and gifts with all to make things better for everyone.
Sure canterlot is still filled with unicorns and there are greedy ponies around, but the overwhelming majority of ponies use their skills to uplift each other


I love this person's videos sm. just started watching them but I'm so invested already ^^


I think unicorns are inherently more upperclass. But we have seen that, in a sense, ponies are okay with it. Their talents are connected to the kind of pony they are. They live in communities based around their species and you rarely see couples who aren't the same kind. They exist, but are uncommon. In our world, this would be racism. But in Equestrian society, they don't see it that way. Everyone is all friends even if their talents and lifestyles ultimately result in self segregation


Imagine a pegasai who could create mirages anywhere they went, cause air vacuums or create one or more forms of weather like lightning on a small scale by storing that magic in themselves. Earth ponies making stone golems, sneezing powders, or light weight gem armor. Yeah pegasai and earth ponies have passive magic but having more amazing things even if limited by prep time would balance things. The other way is saying most unicorns is cannot learn magic unless it related to their talents, those with magic as a talent would be exceptions.


I agree with everything except the banning of alchemy despite the proof, cuz I feel like they still do until now but with more stricter rules, like maybe you need a licence for alchemy.


Our friends always joked about Unicron's having "the privledgeeeee" especially when they would eat using a fork with their magic xp


I kinda wish different breeds of pony were more different to each other. Like earth ponies are stocky, stronger than the other ponies. Pegasus' are fast but exceedingly light and unicorns are somewhere in the middle


All ponies have a pool of magic in them.  What differentiates Unicorns is that they can actively tap into that magic.  For Earth Ponies and Pegasi, their magic is passive.  Of course, Unicorns have passive magic in them too, but their horn allows them to directly access their pool of magic, and in fact, unlike with other species, their special ability indeed requires them to actively draw on it.  Learning to fully unlock that potential through spells also takes much time and study.


I don't think so. . . Unicorns do have innate magic, but I'm betting that most unicorns didn't have talent in the area of magic. Starswirl the bearded (his apprentice Clover the Clever?), Snowfall Frost, Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer, and Sunset Shimmer are all we know of to have so much magical power and even back then during the time of snowfall frost, it seemed most unicorns didn't use their magic for anything more than levitation spells on things if at all.  And rarity's special talent seems to be finding and working with precious gems and metals, something I think not many people have a special talent in.  It seems more like unicorns achieved high social status and being richer by working harder at being on top of trends and gaining money through more unmagical means.
Not to mention, if you look at it like this, not many pegasi or earth ponies seem to be interested in gaining fame, power, and money.  There are exceptions, The Rich Family and Cozy Glow, but most seem content at being more down to earth or working high up in the clouds and never giving a thought to social status.  That being said, who's to say there are not a higher class of pegasi, just they haven't been featured as they prefer to live in wealthier pegasi cities and not "mingle with common ponies."
There are a lot of factors going against any magical way for unicorns to get rich.
1) Unless you have talent in magic or finding precious gems and metals, you weren't likely to succeed if you tried.
2) Based on how most unicorns act over the ages, we can assume they didn't use their magic in such ways.
3) It seems like, especially based off of cities such as Canterlot, unicorns were the only race to put priority on being rich and socially inclined.  Most of the other races seem to not care.


I haven't seen the entire video but with only the introduction a know that cozy glow may have partly the right to do what she did ( PARTLY) obviously it's not a good reason for it but still pony magic-based racism is a fact that i hope they delt with


I wish there was a season 10. So much could have been done. So many ideas, no future for them though. I wish some independent animators could continue FIM ... Wait a minute, could sawtooth continue FIM??? 😁 I mean, why not?  You can implement whatever theory you want and call it canon!


Even if Unicorns could have advantages thanks to magic, not every Unicorn could do that. An unicorn needs to learn magic and spells, so they need access to that knowledge. Moreover, not every unicorn have a special gift that is magic, Rarity doesn't do magic like Twilight.


"Between you and me, the obvious solution is for everyone to become Alicorns. But I don't think society is ready for that one."

 Society, you mean fandom?


Oddly enough I think there is already an answer cutie marks. Society is built on a hierarchy of power. We see lots of nonunicorns using magic with out artifacts or spells. And in a society where your destiny is put most important there really isn't a problem of one pony having an upper hand most of the most famous and successful pony are earth ponys or Pegasus. Like rara or photofinish and thats because of there cutie marks. Yes there good at what they do but without there marks they might have been looked over or not as highly considered. Cutie marks seem to keep them all in line and on the same playing field. Infact that may be what's causing chaos in mlp g5 with a society based on species instead of cutie marks the world wild break easily and quickly. And if ponys didn't want there mark or wanted to be form there own society's bases on race the magic that seams to hold them altogether would be fractured. Leaving pony's with only half there destiny or a fraction of there life's purpose


starlight's evil motive + cozy's evil plan = someone who wants magical equality and is taking from villain's of the past to do so (aka using cozy glow's whole stealing magic plan)<br>tbh that sounds like a great villain if you ask me

starlight's evil motive + cozy's evil plan = someone who wants magical equality and is taking from villain's of the past to do so (aka using cozy glow's whole stealing magic plan)
tbh that sounds like a great villain if you ask me


I feel like to actually make all things even things that you can do everyday like growing crops and etc you should take that power of that away from the Alicorns instead of letting them keeps that when I got to wait just what I think


4:24
Sawtooth: Between you and me, I think the most obvious solution is for everyone to become alicorns.
Me: Laughs Hysterically Oh Sawtooth you are so funny!

4:24
Sawtooth: Between you and me, I think the most obvious solution is for everyone to become alicorns.
Me: *Laughs Hysterically* Oh Sawtooth you are so funny!

@Sawtooth Waves OH MY CELESTIA, YOU ACTUALLY REPLIED TO ONE OF MY COMMENTS! 😸


You also can't forget some unicorns only specialize in magic that their talents come from. And rainbow was able to use a small amount of magic when she does a sonic rainboom, and these are just a few examples of how it makes it fair among the races even if it isn't by much


If I remember the episode and story was using the goo for a potion, it could be that the mane reason that most of the upper class is unicorns because of their cutie marks, think about it:
Cuties marks defined the destiny of a pony, it could be some cutie marks make more money then others. I mean we see all kinds of job in ponyville, not all those jobs pay the same bits, let’s take rarity’s dress making: she may ask for let’s say 30 bits per dress, this is because fabric, gems, needle and thread, and many other things that rarity use added up together is expensive, especially if she was to make mistakes(she’s not flawless.) and let’s take another job for example.
Now let’s take.. the fan and couch sell’s pony(Rarity’s bad man’s day I think)
He isn’t making the couches or the fans(most likely) so it’s more likely less expensive because he’s not making them.
Another pony(quill and inks) most likely the pony got them from another place, maybe ponies who works with quills and ponies who work with inks.
Magic won’t always mean wealth, remember: the oranges?… sorry. I’m kinda just going from one idea to another…


Saw this video and was like YES HE'S FINALLY TALKING ABOUT G5
but no........
But this is great too!
Also I think if everyone would become an alicorn, we could also start fair elections.


I love this video.Tho i have to say that i dont quite agree that unicorns are to overpowerd, after all about 99% of Unicorns only ever perform a levatation spell and only some like Starswirl and Starlight seem to rly stick out of the mass. Even Twilight wasnt as powerful as those two before she became an alicorn. 🤔

(Sry for bad gramma)


Indeed. Cozy Glow the Anti-Magic Activist. How did I not ever think of that when writing my fanfictions?