{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark (ceruleansparkold)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Aug-11 08:09:17 UTC","author_name":"Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark (ceruleansparkold)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/ceruleansparkold","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/372490","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2171\" class=\"url\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">sparklepeep<\/span><\/a><\/span> My personal explanation of Unicorn magic is that everypony has magic, but can't project it outside of themselves, unassisted. Pegasi use it for their oddly inertialess flight and gravity-defying hovering. Earth ponies use it for their legendary endurance and strength. Pinkie uses it to...be Pinkie Pie. For Unicorns, the horn is essentially a conductor, so blocking magic at the neck would stop them from casting because the horn wouldn't have access to any reserves....but that doesn't have anything to do with the story, which I admittedly haven't actually read."}