My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Headscratchers/Season 1: Difference between revisions

** Er, no. The concept is of doing things the ''Earth Pony'' way, just like the founders of Ponyville, before anyone knew what a pegasus or unicorn was. So allowing pegasi to use their talents, natural or not, is simply Mayor Mare [[Completely Missing the Point]].

*** Um...just because ponyville was founded by Earth Ponies doesn't mean that the founders weren't ''aware'' of the existence of other types of ponies.

** Perhaps the reason is that while the tradition probably started as a purely Earth Pony ritual, it has diluted a bit without ponies really noticing it. So the ritual now includes Pegasus elements that has slipped in over time. Another reason could be that the services that are provided by the Pegasi are considered to be essential, while the wrap up could be done without unicorn magic, so that doing the wrap up without magic is a form of [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]. Yet another possible reason could be that "doing it the earth pony way" is just a less confrontational way of saying "no unicorn magic allowed".

** The fanfic [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/story-first-winter-wrap-up.html "The First Winter Wrap-Up"] proposes one possible answer: {{spoiler|The restriction against magic was actually ''self-imposed'' by the unicorns who were involved in the town's founding, after a feud among them resulted in members of each of the three pony types discovering they couldn't live without the other two. The unicorns saw it as a way to make sure that all three types of ponies work together rather than relying on unicorn magic for shortcuts. Pegasi would have been exempt since there isn't any non-magical way to control the weather, hence using their own abilities isn't a "shortcut"}}.