From the newest episode ''Triple Threat'', Ember, Twilight and Starlight get into a heated argument about their similarities. Of course, neither mares are all too happy about the comments made by the dragon princess.
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They might be similar in few ways, but they differ in multiple others.
They both can't get a stallion.
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They don't need one. They have each other.
Man, if Ember ever met Amethyst Star and Sea Swirl...
Sure, Starlight's a dark-mirror expy of Twilight, but no more so than Sunset Shimmer or Trixie or Moon Dancer or Tempest Shadow. And Sci-Twi probably tops that category. But I guess Starlight's the only one Ember knows about, and her color palette is vaguely similar to Twilight's...
(...and she has an introverted personality, lives in the same castle, and is similarly epically overpowered, and tends to reach for dangerous forbidden magic as a first solution, and has a light stripe in her hair and darker hair than coat color, and studies magic as a hobby, and has cast time-travel spells successfully, and has mind-controlled ponies on a whim and pulled cutie marks off other ponies, and her dad has a two-syllable name ending in "light", and her own full name is four syllables in trochaic tetrameter comprising two words each of two syllables, and she went most of her life before learning about friendship as an adult...)
...but that doesn't mean they're alike!
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They could be related.
Remember Pinkie Pie and Applejack.
Looking back, I think Twilight and Starlights father are the exact same shade of purple. And have the exact same interests......
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Ha!
So true. Although, you have to wonder on why. I mean, when Twilight became an alicorn and a princess, wouldn't you naturally assume that all the stallions come knocking on her door?
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Like they do with Celestia and Luna?
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When you have her overprotective brother, the princesses, her best friends, her parents, Spike and Owlowisicious.
I may have not seen this episode, but there are times when people are alike - yet aren't relatives.
It all comes down to exposure - that is probably what they should've told Ember: that while yes, they are similar in many traits, they are also different in many others.
Of course, this being comedy written by regularish writers, it'll in all likelihood drop flat.
Still, it was interesting to read. Thumbs-up for characterization, and the fav for it being well-written.
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A lot of fic writes this off as "Ponies have been trying to snuggle/suck up to Twilight ever since Celestia claimed her as a student, and Twilight's either learned not to trust any kind of intense romantic/friendship approach from near-strangers, particularly ones in Canterlot, or is just that intensely oblivious to it all."
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Ah, the pressures of fame that come with royalty. Imagine being so famous that you can't even walk out of your front door without someone recognizing you straight away and asking for either a photo or an autograph! Being a celebrity, whether some people may like it or not, always has its drawbacks. Come to think of it, some certain celebrities in the real world have actually gone as far to call it quits due to their fame and take their own lives because of it. It's sad and unfortunate, but it's also a true and horrible fact.
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Yup. Given the show's first episode, I rather imagine Twilight kind of dodged a lot of that by mostly staying indoors for much of her life and not socializing, and most Canterlotians thus not really knowing what she looked like. Possibly to the point of not remembering that Celestia had a student at all, or at least remembering it only as a distant fact rather than something that might apply to the unfashionable purple pony trotting past them with her nose in a book. If anything, their attention might even sometimes be further yanked away from her and towards the baby dragon on her back.
I’m not sure that technically speaking, unicorns and alicorns are separate species. After all, Shining armer and cadance had flurry, and one of the most widely accepted definitions of species refers to organisms that have been separated so that they can no longer produce viable fertile offspring.
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Don't forget the Cakes. Two Earth Ponies with a Pegasus and a unicorn as offspring.
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FireLight is three sylables
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...not in any pronunciation I've run across. Unless you're stretching "fire" out to "fi-yah"...?
This makes me want to find a fanfiction where they find out they are actually sisters.
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i'll check the dictionary
yeah you're right, fire is one syllable
this has been, MJP vs. Grammar
*enter chapter-name here*
Needs a chapter where Ember informs them she can't tell the difference between Luna, Rarity, or Granny Smith.
unicorns, check
purple fur, check
darker purple mane with two different colored streaks in it, check
special talent is magic, check
socially awkward, check
tend to use magic to solve problems, check
had to learn lessons on friendship, check
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No, but Shining Armor & Vinyl Scratch look a lot alike.
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I was referring to the fact that those three characters all are played by the same voice actor.
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Ha! Badum-tsst! (Still, does nopony fancy a princess or an admittably adorable unicorn?)
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Remember when the CMC were finding their special somebody during that fiasco of Big Mac and Sugar Belle?
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I do, but it was all a misunderstanding. Even still, I have no clue how old they are. Attend most, I'd guess either thirteen or fourteen. I wouldn't say they were deep into their teen years. Kinds makes me wonder a little, really.
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Might be where Spike's age is,
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Well then make it Gyro & MJP vs Grammar because fire is two syllables...
Fye-yer or Fye-yar or Fye-ah.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fire
At the bottom, under Pronunciation.
Still, good analysis by Geminii.
And that's the story on how pony's discovered that dragons are naturally nearsighted and colourblind, and likely have thermal vision anyway so most pony's would look the same regardless. not much heat to see in a horn or feathers....
Actually, that would explain a lot now that I think about it more deeply. Thermal vision would be a very probable evolutionary trait of dragon's, especially seeing as many reptiles possess it without having the innate affinity for fire dragons do. Would also explain, there sociality, the bigger the hotter the dragon the more it stands out it them. Celestia would be a literal inferno to them, and her size would make her recognisable to them as well.
some one should work on this concept. I'll have to think on it more.
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I dont think thats true in canon, but its completely fascinating. Please tell me more. That is a really good idea for a fic about the dragons of MLP. Now im imagining your scenario in connection to how dragons literally bathe in lava.
Im hooked on your idea now.
From that day forward, Twilight wore her crown until the end of the series.
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NightLight is Light blue with darker blue hair, Firelight is dark purple with teal hair, how exactly do they look similar?
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No. I mean Twilight herself and Firelight are pretty much the exact same shade of purple.
So, Ember can't tell between Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. It's not just a Twi/Star thing.
Embers just racist.
It's kind of like how certain etchnic groups see the differences in their own community but find it hard to see in others. It's mostly based on who your raised around, the differences stand out to you because you brain is trained to look for them.
In MLP there is a very dominant body type, some ponies really stand out like Bulk Biceps or Trouble Shoes. But dragons tend to be much more varried in body types. Ember really doesn't know the ponies well so she has yet to adjust to paying attention to things other than proportions to quickly recognize ponies., And dragon stubbornness prevents her from admitting it. Admittedly a pretty long explanation for why the joke makes sense