Pony (pony)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jan-13 19:58:02 UTC

  1. # Assuming @#Celestia is responsible for guarding ponies' daytime exertions like her night time counterpart guards their nightly activities, !Celestia may have insight into and influence over her subjects' daytime thoughts. For example, # could detect if a pony were about to commit a crime, throw a surprise party, or pick their nose. I imagine she uses such insight to prevent major disasters and, most applicably in the show, to test and teach her subjects important lessons. I think this must necessarily come with limitations. Just as Luna either can't or chooses not to influence all pony dreams, Celestia likewise allows nature to take its course in many cases, otherwise her ponies wouldn't learn as much and she may as well be a (well meaning) tyrant. Of course, assuming this is the case, we're left to wonder why Celestia didn't intercede sooner during the Chrysalis fiasco.

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