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"Once upon a time, before Celestia, Equestria was suffering terrible hardship. Raising the sun every morning was so hard it took five great sorcerers plus Star Swirl the Bearded to do it. And every day, the unicorns helping Star Swirl would use so much magic they lost their powers forever."
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Oh wow.
I accept this sad headcanon. It's quite a logical conclusion that this would have happened to Celestia's own mother.
Makes me wonder if there's more to the story. She's not an only child, after all.
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I'm glad you liked it. I wondered how people would react to that bit of headcanon. The math demanded something like it, though. Five a day for over three hundred days a year. They need unicorns.
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What I liked most about the show introducing this fact is that it makes the 3 tribes deal more fair. Earth ponies and pegasi had the full time occupation of growing food and tending to the weather, but unicorns seemed to control the sun and moon and go about the rest of their day with ease.
But once you introduce the idea that each year nearly 2000 unicorns sacrifice their lifetime of magic for the sun alone... I can see how the other tribes would respect that.
At the same time, I can see how it would make the unicorns pretty stuck up and "holier than thou".