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Dr Atlas


"When I get old, I am going to be: Rice. Frisco style." - Ed 2004

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Applejack and Pinkie Pie don't mind looking up to see Fluttershy flying in the sky,
or knowing that Rainbow Dash can rest on soft, fluffy, comfortable pillows while they can't,
or seeing bright, flashing lights that blind and burn their eyes when Twilight perform spells,
or knowing that Rarity can carry things and teleport without lifting a hoof while THEY need to lift THEIR hooves to do that.
Nope, they don't mind knowing that they can't do those things. Not one bit.

But when Discord get's rid of their friend's wings and horns before they head into a maze, and he doesn't take ANYTHING away from them, and their friends freak out, knowing they can't do those things now.
The two earth ponies start realizing some things.
Some very, VERY, VERY interesting things.

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This gun be good.

Fuckin' dirty...z-...ziggers?

heh ziggers

DBison #4 · Jul 27th, 2014 · · 11 ·

this is why if i was a pony id be a earth pony
wings and magic are cool but they make you week
take them a way and your screwed cus you never lived you life without them

Still prefer the Unicron master race

If i was a Unicorn it would be easy yes, but getting up to get a book isnt hard. so if he discord horn removal spray was a thing i'd be pissed, but later on OK

GO DIRT PONY GO !!!!!
:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::ajsmug::ajsmug::ajsmug:

Ahem! I mean, Ground Pony.... more socially acceptable......

Hurrah for Earth Ponies!
According to Faust, however, Earth Ponies do have thier own type of magic. Here's the link: Lauren Faust discussing Earth ponies
I'm not saying this story is bad, on the contrary, I thought this was excellent. Keep up the good work!

Repeating:

Earth ponies have magic in biomancy, geomancy, petromancy, and even myomancy.

The also channel magic through their mane and tails, so that would be...(searches) malliamancy :pinkiehappy:

:pinkiehappy::ajsmug:

Earth ponies are more technologically creative. Look at Pinkie's helicopter!

Yeah. If this wasn't a fanfic then they would be screwed for messing with Discord. Too many people underestimate him for acting all silly and forget he is a very old powerful immortal chaos spirit. Two mortal ponies, no matter how awesome, could actually hurt someone who even Celestia is scared of.

Earth Pony delusion about "honest work without magic" always amused me. I bet without their magic, they couldn't even pull their carts and grow croops "human way", with fertilizers instead of "green thumb" magic.

I don't like this story already just because I disagree with the idea that earth ponies can't do all that stuff better than pegasi or unicorns. There much more adaptable and most of the spells you brought up are things only Twilight had the skill or talent to do, not typical unicorn stuff. Also there's no reason to assume earth ponies couldn't win in a fight, most unicorns special talents don't lead themselves to firing laser beams so its a huge assumption to say they could all do it, ditto with pegasai and divebombing, whereas all earth ponies are going to be physically strong. besides even if they could do those things to a degree magic and flight both work like muscles in that the're useless without being trained so it's a huge leap to say that the earthponies wouldn't be strong enough to just take the hit. You've also completely ignored that earth ponies do have a magic connection to the earth by saying its stuff anyone could do. But it's not, your just ignoring the canon to support your own points and assuming the magic is unnecessary. It's a stupid argument because it's ignoring logic and established facts and it's already ruined the story for me. I mean what's the moral going to be at the end of this? Earth ponies aren't a lesser species and it's bad to be racist. well I already think that so not much point in reading.

Yes, let's be completely insensitive to our friends' mutilation while denigrating ourselves. :ajbemused:

Sorry, not buying it. Neither the headcanon nor the characterization.

finally a story that elaborates on this, although I would be more estactic if they were more in character. And if there was more story, and if your grammar had been improved. but still, a 5/10nonetheless

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:applejackunsure:
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Or AJ and Pinkie just think that and are currently caught up in the moment of not having what their friends have, arguments and jealousy tend to do that...I think.

And deep down inside, I think they're just mad at Discord for not taking their magic away from them, thinking that power's like theirs wouldn't unbalance his game.

And moral? Not all stories need that, this is just entertainment.

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And headcanon? I don't think this way at all! I personally think those two earth ponies would've dashed through and destroy those hedges if Discord wasn't in control of the maze itself. You could say that's him taking away their own powers in a way, but he could've at least mentioned it to them.

As for the characterization....well...ya got me there.
It's kinda hard figuring out how they would act like this on a personal level.
So sorry for being awful on that department
I'll try my best next chapter
I you guys even want one...

AJ has a point. Pinkie doesn't.
Pinkie, and later on Cheese Sandwich, show that some earth ponies are capable of incredibly impossible things. Creating anything from nothing, being anywhere they want to be, premonitions and, of course, their inventions. There are many things Pinkie is capable of that Twilight can't even explain, let alone attempt, and are remarkably not entirely unique to her.

I always figure earth ponies were farmers or builders were for they are stronger, could take a pounding that other ponies can't and can grow food that is not harmful to other.

Oh well, it be intersting to see what the others think about it as well. I think Twilight would make it worst not because she called them weak, but because she points out how valuable they are for the continue survival despite even she despise. Sort of how while the pesants are the lower class near the end of the Dark Ages that became the wealthiest for their were few of that demand went up.

4760541 Pinkie Pie isn't an Earth Pony, she's an Eldritch Abomination.

FINALLY! :pinkiehappy: A FIC WHERE EARTH PONIES ACTUALLY GET ACKNOWLADGED THAT THEY DESERVE SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEIR KIND INTERESTING!!!!!!!!! :twilightblush:

or knowing that Rainbow dash can rest on soft, fluffy, comfortable pillows

Rainbow Dash.

“Being a...mud pony.” Pinkie cringed when she said that, being called a mud pony was a pretty hurtful insult to say for an earth pony.

a mud pony... That sounds like a (now, don't get the wrong idea, Muggle-borns are awesome) a mud-blood from Harry Potter

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This story is funny and with most comedy a little fudging to make the set up pitch take off is fine if it's in acceptable ranges. And this totally is. I really enjoyed the touching argument and them trying to see their own "cool skills" while failing to see their own merits. It was a good set up for their attempts to come next. However successful, or unsuccessful they might be, you've set up a lot of wiggle room for humor with this. This is fun, interesting, and I enjoyed it. So, please give unto us more goodness! In return, you may have a this comment, a star, and a thumb.

I really like this idea :duck::pinkiehappy::ajbemused::facehoof:

Can't wait to see the reaction those two get, from Discord.

I had always entertained the idea that the earth ponies were the tanks of the 3 races. Being in-tune, or "grounded" so closely to Mother Nature, it had granted them a natural strength, capable of shrugging off magic like it was nothing and growing trees in the blink of an eye.
In short, when they hit, they hit hard. :rainbowlaugh::pinkiehappy:

You actually only need Pinkie's Applejack's tags for this story

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Except different usages I figure, with the term Mudblood for muggles being that they have "Mud" in their veins due to the lack of their ability for magic.

I Figure Mud Ponies would be that they wallow in the mud, unable to fly and with unicorns standing higher.

4763549 Same here. My head canon was that they have a natural affinity to the earth. It's not that they are only good for farming, but that they have a connection with the ground, the pegasi have a connection with the air, and unicorns have a connection with...magic?

This is the part where they sue the shit out of Discord for discrimination on racial grounds.

...Eh.

What hinders this is the fact that Earth Ponies obviously do have magic, as stated by Lauren Faust. In an alternate universe this could work, but as it is I'm not buying it.

4760398 So you're saying that they're jealous? That seems very out of character for both of them.

4758313 I know what you meant, lol :trollestia:

In the season 4 finale, it's briefly implied that earth ponies have some sort of inner strength. This reinforces the theory that earth ponies, while without any fancy tricks, are strong and durable.

This fic definitely has the potential to dryly humorous as long as you don't allow Pinkie or AJ to wallow in bitterness, and eventually highlight some earth pony strength and/or endurance. Admittedly, earth pony traits portrayed in the show itself are rather subtle, and too often I think underplayed, like when AJ and Rainbow were evenly matched for ground based competitions. That always bothered me a little bit. But anyway, just keep the humour aspect of fic going, and I'll keep reading!

I enjoyed this, but I'm going what for a few chapters before I favorite.

Comment posted by rogueunicorn deleted Jul 29th, 2014

I think that in Equestria, Earth pony magic is required to actually make the seeds grow, the same way pegasus magic is required to control the weather (yes Rarity was able to manipulate weather, but she did a really shitty job of it, and I have a feeling that any other unicorn would have fucked it up just as bad) and unicorn magic is required to... do whatever.

I think that the reason Discord didn't take anything from the Earth ponies is for one of three reasons:

A. He simply was/is lacking in knowledge about creatures of the equine variety, and didn't realize Earth ponies even had magic of any sort.

B. He was aware of Earth pony magic, but knew that it wouldn't give them an advantage in his setup. For instance, maybe there was a chance one of the unicorns, particularly a powerful one like Twilight, could disable his discordation, and a pegasus could simply fly away, like Rainbow Dash when she was discorded and took her wings back. So he simply didn't bother to take it.

C. This is the one that seems the most likely to me. Remember how in the season 4 finale, Tirek had to steal unicorn magic, and then pegasus magic, before he was able to steal Earth pony magic? My theory is that Discord isn't powerful enough to steal something that isn't physically apparent. Of course he didn't want to admit this to them.

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and unicorn magic is required to... do whatever.

:rainbowlaugh::raritydespair:
Anyways, I think it was a combination of B and C. Still, I agree.

I still like the tryptec explanation. The Earth ponies keep their abilities quiet, when they can earthbend. Or some equivalent.

4769038 no offense to AJ and Pinkie but I'm guessing that it was either theory A or B and that Tirek only stole earth pony "magic" last because they don't really have magic and he was probably just stealing their life force energy and strength. Again, no offense intended for fans of AJ and Pinkie or other earth pony fans. But while watching the episode where Discord takes away their horns and wings i always wondered how earth ponies would feel in that situation. I would walk right up to those unicorns and pegasi and be all "You little piles of ungrateful crap! 'Oh no, our magic is gone! How are we ever going to live? Like 20 minutes of my life is going to be soooo horrible! ' I mean, jeeze, I'm RIGHT HERE, you know? try being more considerate! You don't here me crying about not having magical powers and me and Apple jack here haven't had any for our ENTIRE lives! I didn't know anyone could be so rude! " and then I'd punch Twilight and Rarity in the face and do the same with Rainbow and Fluttershy before grabbing Apple jack and running into the maze at top speed.

It could be that Earth ponies don't have any particular magic, they are just physically superior (higher strength, more stamina, longer lifespans, that kind of thing.)

4771919 I like the idea they have a special connection with the ground.
Unicorns can plant things but only Earth Ponies can make them grow as fast and strong.
But it's fine, after all, you're all inferior to the Changeling master race. Bow down and accept the gift of our...love...

Fighting fire with fire only get’s you burnt

Not if you're fireproof.

I don't think Discord wanted to remind them that they're low class, it seemed more like a... Great Equalizer. Like Death, but less ... death.

I really dislike this idea. It overlooks the fact that removing their wings or horns is actually mutilating them

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That was acknowledged to be a continuity error, Granny Smith isn't supposed to be centuries old. The bit about all the old ponies being earth ponies stands, though. Star Swirl is the only exception I can think of and he was magical as hell, so he's kind of a special case.

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And that they've had those abilities for their entire lives, which means they haven't developed the same skills that earth ponies use to get things done without telekinesis or wings. In Rainbow and Twilight's case, these are also things they've essentially built their lives around.

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