Sunburst isn't a wizard, he's a sage. The worth of a sage is measured by their magical knowledge, not necessarily their ability to use it. A sage is actually a far better choice of magic tutor for a pony like Flurry Heart than a wizard. Also I think it's a missed opportunity that Sunburst and Starlight never teamed up to solve a problem, Sunburst providing advanced spells for Starlight to cast. Especially since there's an episode all about Starlight longing for old times.
*7:47** FUN FACT!! Cadance was canonly a pegasus that became an alicorn in her teenage years. (Stated in the comics) That's why her wings have a gradient and Twilight's doesn't!* *Also any pony can become an alicorn, we even saw Big Mac become one. . . 💀*
@@KageTenshiiRyuu*I've heard that she may have been the reincarnation of her since her cutie mark is a crystal heart but that's about it! I don't think they're related because Cadence parents aren't royalty.*
@@albahooves5645 *And why wouldn't the comics be canon? A lot of Easter eggs from the comics have shown up in later seasons. I don't get how a official comic by Hasbro wouldn't be a form of lore especially when it revolves around Cadance's past???*
The question of born alicorns vs. ascended alicorns is something of a debate among the fandom. Lauren Faust (the creator of the show) said that Celestia and Luna were born alicorns, but Faust left the show fairly early in the run, and later writers didn't necessarily stick to her original plan on a lot of things. (For example, she originally said that Rainbow Dash wouldn't be well-suited as a sister/mentor to Scootaloo, but later writers gave Dash more character development to make the relationship work.) There's also a book called "The Journal of the Two Sisters" by show writer Amy Keating Rogers which tells of the early days of Celestia and Luna's reign at the founding of Equestria. It indicates that they were born alicorns and are the last of what may have been an all-alicorn tribe, but it doesn't go into detail. The book is not strictly canon to the show but it doesn't directly contradict anything in canon. Many people took Luna's line "The birth of an alicorn is something Equestria has never seen" as confirmation that Luna and Celestia are ascended alicorns, and Flurry Heart is the first alicorn ever born. However, the wording is ambiguous. According to the book I mentioned above, Celestia and Luna were around before Equestria ever existed, as were their possible tribe. So Luna could have just meant that no alicorns have ever been born in Equestria, but they may have been born before Equestria. Cadance's backstory is never given in the show, but according to other sources she was originally born as a pegasus who ascended while she was still very young, and Celestia adopted her and brought her to Canterlot to raise as a princess. Celestia and Luna's backstories and whether they are born or ascended have never been officially confirmed, and to this day you can still get people in the fandom arguing over it.
i think they earned them because of what they said about the baby, they literally said being born an alicorn is unheard of so this only makes sense but yeah, it is really confusing and i guess besides that they're is not entirely a real answer because of the amount of changes in their like, well in the writing, but i just believe in this because to me it just made the most sense
Actually Luna and Celestia being born alicorns was confirmed in generation 5, there’s a scene with them as babies, being alicorns and we are told that there is an entire place of only alicorns
@@CyanHope G5 is also chock full of other fandom ideas (like the earth pony magic, Ive seen and used that exact form of magic for years prior to G5) so take G5's info with a grain of salt, because NONE of the G4 writers have joined in on G5 as far as I'm aware.
I'm firmly in the camp that they meant it's never been seen since Equestria was founded and that Celestia and Luna were definitely born alicorns. My personal headcanon is more that they were manifested into the world as semi-divine beings rather than being born to actual parents and alicorns being able to reproduce with non-alicorn ponies is something they've never seen/knew was possible.
Twilight's mother is voiced by Tara Strong, and Twilight's father is voiced by Shining Armor's voice actor, but just for this episode. In a future appearance they have different voice actors and larger speaking roles.
In a book written by one of the MLP writers and the IDW comics cadance was born a Pegasus who was a lost relative of the previous ruler of the Crystal Empire. She defeated an evil sorcerer with a new form of love magic became an alicorn and was taken under Celestia's wing. I think Fluryheart was born an alicorn because the alicorn transformation must mutate genes.
I mean if it didn't change her on a genetically modified level, those parts she gained from becoming an alicorn would've disappeared when magic was stolen or taken. Also, we do know what an alicorn looks like when their wings and horns are just magic and not part of them.
It’s so funny that every other opening episode has had to do with a big threatening villain and then season six the main cause of the problem is a dang alicorn BABY, the writing somehow still holds up better than a lot of children’s shows now days
Can we put some respect on Spike’s name, please? THIS is his season, this is the one and unfortunately the last and only season where our little dragon gets to shine!!! Also, his dynamic with Starlight is the best!
Yes, earth ponies and pegasi can become alicorns too, Princess Cadence was actually confirmed to be a pegasus before she became an alicorn ( not mentioned in the show itself though ). Though technically we've never seen an earth pony become an alicorn in the show before, I would assume it would be the same for them too, it only makes sense right? Also, the thing about baby alicorns, this isn't confirmed but alicorn genes are obviously genetic as seen here, and it's just a matter of no alicorn princess has had a baby before.
It's practically confirmed it's by genetics, equestria at the time never had the reason to pursue much on science because magic was an all time high. Centuries later equestria now has science because magic disappeared. And in an alternate universe, science was dominant while magic was scarce, that universe was similar to the equestria girls where it was from a mirror portal.
That's my reaction to the baby being born and she's also an alicorn. When my cousin's daughter was born 2 years ago, I was so happy to become her aunt 😍😍😍🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
a lot of bronies hated when this episode came out because prior to this episode, it was commonly accepted that celestia and luna were born alicorns, but then this episode happened and stomped all over the lore introduced via the books EDIT: chat lied to you, cadence was a pegasus before becoming an alicorn, hence why her wings were small when she babysat twilight
There's no given explanation for Flurry Heart being born an Alicorn as far as I know, but the most widely accepted reason by fans is that it's just the result of the mother being an Alicorn. That said, you have to remember that the fandom has _a lot_ of ideas just about Alicorns. For example, one surprisingly common theory is that some ponies are born with the inherent potential to ascend to Alicornhood, and if a pony is not one of these 'nascent Alicorns' then they can't become an Alicorn. This idea alone has spawned sub-theories that fit into it. For example, a portion of those who subscribe to the 'nascent Alicorn' theory also believes that a spell would logically exist to detect nascent Alicorn potential in a pony it's cast on, and a portion of those who believe _that_ also believe that Celestia only takes nascent Alicorns as personal students. Whether that's just her own policy or her school's policy depends on who you ask. Looking at just this one theory and the sub-theories it spawned within it, you can understand the need to take fan ideas with roughly their weight in salt.
Yes, any tribe(Pegasus, Unicorn, Earth) can become an Alicorn. Candance was a pegasus and got a horn. alicorns are made by blasting said pony with magic of all three tribes (yes, that includes Earthponies. I know you don't think they have any, but they do. super strength and connection to the earth. most farmers are Earthponies) they're called ALLicorns for a reason :)
And so your journey through season 6 begins Scoot! "The Crystalling" parts 1 and 2 is yet another pesonal favorite two part season premiere of mine! It was very interesting to learn that the Crystal Empire has a traditional ceremony that celebrates the birth of a new foal! And like many others I quite shocked when I first saw that Shining Armor and Cadence's baby was an Alicorn. In fact my theory as to why Flurry Heart was born an Alicorn is because not only is her father a Unicorn, But Cadence used to be a Pegasus before she was turned into an Alicorn and so it's because of that I believe that Flurry Heart is a genetic mutation...At least that's my theory. Anyway, I it was also intriquing to see Starlight take on her first official friendship lesson of reconnecting with Sunburst, And I loved that she grew her hair out! And of course all of the things that Starlight did to stall her friendship lesson made me laugh especially when she made that face at 5:45 makes me call her "Starlight Glimmer you old schemer" Every time I see the part where Shining Armor is half asleep, I'm like "Damn, He looks like he hasn't slept for a week" but that's one of the burdens of becoming a parent never getting a good night sleep again. lol And I also couldn't believe it when Flurry Heart accidentally shattered the Crystal Heart, Though the fact that she cried over being taken away from Pinkie Pie wasn't all that surprising just as is was no surprise that Flurry really seemed to really like Pinkie Pie, And it's easy to see why she would since Pinkie Pie is good with children! Anywho, I really enjoyed this reaction as always Scoot!!!
The foal being born a alicorn is mildly possible 1. Dad is a unicorn 2. Mom originally was a Pegasus 3. Mom was given the right of passage to be an alicorn Which means the DNA gene was strongly Alicorn and so poof the foal is an alicorn as planned. #pinkiesense
It's generally understood that Cadance was originally a Pegasus Pony, so it seems that even an Earth Pony can become an Ascended Alicorn. I'm pretty sure that Celestia and Luna are naturally-born Alicorns, but they also seem to be from outside of Equestria. It is also possible that Ascended Alicorn's do not have the seeming immortality of the Two Sisters.
Whoever was hating on sunbursts beard is wrong dude, it’s iconic! Also it is stated in other fim material that cadence was born a Pegasus and it’s never explicitly stated about Luna and celestia but based on what they said, they were not born alicorns. I think based off the lore of the entire show, any pony could be able to acend to Alicorn status, no matter the species, because it’s the infusion of a pony with ALL the pony species magic.
Starlight very quickly becomes a fan favorite throughout this season. She makes a great addition to the mane cast. Her attitude and bluntness kind of speak the mind of the viewers in a way lol
Starlight's role is kind of up to interpretation. Some see her as the 7th mane cast member, others dont. I personally do due to whats to come in the future. But i cant say more =p
So I'm sure the comments are flooded with "Cadence was a pegasus" and the back and forth on if Celestia and Luna were born alicorns vs became them, I think a key word used by Celestia was "in Equestria" Equestria is the country not the world and there already existed a concept of alicorns with the hearts warming special showing the banner with Alicorns on it, in the journal of the two sisters it heavily implies that Celestia and Luna were born before the founding of Equestria (but were still young) and if I remember right mentions how they age differently and get their cutiemarks much later in life the non alicorns. All this is to say Celestia says "in Equestria" but her and luna likely weren't born in Equestria so both Flurry being the first and Celestia and Luna being naturally born can both be cannon since they likely weren't born in Equestria and since we see no other Alicorns other then Cadence and Twilight who rose to being Alicorns we could safely assume they are the last of the Natural born Alicorns which is why they don't have any real information about it.
@@haravinyl from what little we are given it seems Celestia and Luna were the last natural born Alicorns prior to Flurry. Now this could mean anywhere between Alicorns need very specific conditions to be born in (could be why most of them seemingly died off) or with only the two sisters left with no Alicorn men there just couldn't be hope of an Alicorn born again (or at least one with the power and lifespan of Celestia and Luna) that's all speculation of course. But she could of also meant that as they don't understand how a unicorn and a created alicorn (who was born a pegasus) had an alicorn baby. of course in the end the cannon gets kinda wonky between the books, the show and what Faust said before she left vs what the writers did after but I wont go into specifics incase people are watching for the first time with Scoot I was just explaining with the context I knew from the books and comics that the show fails to explain (like Cadence being a pegasus)
I think just baby ponies in general are strong af. just like Mr and Mrs Cake's twin. We saw them being randomly good at magic and flying. so babies in general are already strong. So imagine an alicorn baby 😭
They make it seem like only unicorns can become princesses but there’s a novel that tells the story of how Cadence became a princess and she was originally a Pegasus.
But there's a small change in the opening - Starlight Glimmer is added at the end. In G5 there's an earth pony - Sunny Starscout who can temporary gain pseudo alicon powers. I guess they can do it only in certain circumstances for a short period of time. Fans have theorized that becoming an alicorn is somehow related to huge surge of magic...a both parents of Flurry Heard have very strong magic. I guess one also should have very strong magic of themselves in order to support that state.
Here’s my theory, normally through out the show everyone describes the Crystal Empire or the Crystal heart as “light and love”. So you know how Cadence is the princess of love? I think Flurry will become the princess of light, and this explains why she was born an alicorn because she gave everyone light/hope on her crystalling. Idk tho, and I’m pretty sure there’s a video on it.
Cadence was a Pegasus and of course twilight was a unicorn. We don’t know what celestia and Luna were before it pretty much confirms that any pony species can become an Alicorn , even an earth pony
@@johanluisrivas8016 that’s what was said at the start of the shows release, but then they backtracked on that when flurryheart was born so we technically don’t know which is the truth. Many continuity errors
yes ponies, pegasus, and unicorns can all be an alicorn. princess cadence was a pegasus and a another character was a ponie (not spoiling how) no there not in MLP.
6:36 This is the first time I've ever seen anyone who was *genuinely* surprised by Flurry being *born* an Alicorn. I was more surprised by the *massive* wings.
In one day, Sunburst went from having nothing to being godfather to a princess and recovering a great friend/ex-communist girlfriend PD: Adorable mutant baby
Series are canon. Even G5, until Hasbro says otherwise. So alicorns are a type of the ponies. They live on a far land and have strong magic. In theoretically any kind of pony can become an alicorn. It's easier to understand if you understand the magic of Equestria. Magic is something what's beyond nature. It can change and form things. If you are powerful, you can turn an orange to a frog. There are written spells, thoughts, many ways to make magic. Unicorns use their horn to channel this power. Pegasi has this magic in their body to make them able to walk on clouds and usually interact the weather. Earth ponies use their magic to grow crops faster for example, but it's not that active magic until G5. Ponies counts are magical creatures, they are able to use it.
There are theories that there are indeed other Alicorns since the beginning of Equestria's ancient history but were never of, leaving perhaps Celestia and Luna to be the only ones of their kind to descend upon Equestria and eventually became their rulers since they were fillies. Because of this, they have no knowledge of how an Alicorn came to be that not even they know about their origins cause they were descended on Ancient Equestria at such young age, and along with the whole realm, they have never seen or experience of how an Alicorn is born. The two sisters origins are still shrouded in mysterious as we don't know where they come from, how they come to be, nor how they become princesses. Not even they were aware of. Cadence started as a pegasus when she was a filly until her strong admiration to spread love and happiness to everypony's hearts makes her worthy of a princess, which led to her transformation as an Alicorn by granting her a horn, and eventually her ascension to becoming a princess of love. This is also what happened to Twilight when she fully understands friendship, granting her wings and elongated her horn. Thus becoming an Alicorn and a princess of friendship. It is said the two sisters are pure Alicorns given their divine appearance and immense power to even move the sun and moon. Twilight and Cadence are said to be Pseudo Alicorns, given that started as ordinary ponies till their metamorphosis and they don't have the ethereal flowing manes like Celestia and Luna. But they are still capable of doing powerful forms of magic. Flurry Heart may just be the first natural born Alicorn to be witness in the current present time of Equestria, where nopony, not even the two sisters has ever seen happened long since before the beginning of Equestria until now. She may have been born through genetics with her father being a unicorn and her mother who was once a pegasus. Nevertheless, she is the first natural born Alicorn to be born in her current generation.
I honestly completely get how starlight feels i mean of course she'd be concerned how people would see her when she basically started a cult that takes pony's free will away then started messing with time just to screw over twilight of course she'd be terrified of what others think of her
02:49 - It sure looked like he hit her on his way out here, but I don't remember him hitting her in the previous episode. It could've felt like it in memory which just added to her resolve. 06:26 - SOUPRICE! Larsoned from the get go! XD Also, her eyes are not that of other baby ponies, and I think bigger. All these things that were off-putting for many bronies, and dubbed *it* The Demon Spawn. 07:11 - And... ok... BIG Debate around this one. I believe it was stated somewhere that Celestia and Luna were naturally born Alicorns from some far away Land of Alicorns. Some believed Cadence to also be born an Alicorn but later heard she was just a pegasus transformed. Now the wording here is odd if one considers Celestia and Luna being Alicorns all their lives. "Something Equestria has never seen" which would be true as they were born before the founding of Equestria. "It is beyond even our understanding" seems odd, but may be because they've never witnessed such a thing themselves as they left this Land of Alicorns before they (were allowed to) saw any other Alicorns being born. I mean, one doesn't really witness one's own birth... right...? 09:21 - Spike channeling that Twilight freakout energy... 15:16 - Now now, I'm sure many bronies would definitely call her "dumb filly". xD 16:30 - Lies always come back to bite ya. 20:54 - "Any explanation as to how she was born like that?" M A G I C ! Well, seriously, her mother is an Alicorn (even if not born one) so DNA does what DNA does. -blame celestia- But with that said, can you imagine if Twilight got a child of her own and how it would look?
Celestia and Luna were unicorns prior I believe, Cadence was a Pegasus as she has a fade to her wings unlike the others. This is mostly just theory material for Celestia and Luna because of their wings but I believe it was confirmed Cadence was a Pegasus in the comics. It’s never talked about in the actual show. There are differentiating factors for each, not sure what it is for an earth pony though.
(1:42) Dash’s face towards Spike be like, “NOW who’s the show-off?” 🤣 (20:12) At this point, I like to believe only Twilight’s idol Starswirl the Bearded is the one notable wizard of MLP’s lore. Sunburst is more of a sage who can still conjure up magic in the most unique of ways.
Personally, I thought she was born an alacorn because she represents the parent child bond kind of how like shining armor and cadence, represent love between partners and how Celestia and Luna represent love between sisters
I forgot that Twilight can remember any spell at a glance, and Starlight can upgrade or combine spells. Oh, it's a shame that Sunburst can't use spells like Starlight and Twilight
It was never exactly explained why Flurry Heart was born an alicorn, but there is a theory that makes sense to me We know from the show that all ponies possess magic (thanks to magic unicorns can use spells, pegasus can fly, and earth ponies are physically strong) The theory is that a pony becomes an alicorn if they possess large amounts of all three So Flurry Heart having powerful parents whose magic of love saved the Canterlote from changelings and having connection to Crystal Heart that takes its power from love and hope of everyone in Crystal Empire makes her have large amounts of magic thus making her alicorn
So in the book twilight sparkle and the crystal heart spell it was said that cadence before becoming an alicorn she was a pegasus as for celestia and luna its been confirmed the new gen 5 series that they aren’t from equestria they’re from an alicorn civilisation beyond equestria so thats why they said “the birth of an alicorn is something Equestria has never seen” so yes other species can become alicorns not just unicorns ( 7:26 )
7:40 No, any pony species can become an alicorn. Candence was originally a Pegasus, and if you look closely that’s why her wings are different than all the other princesses. She has a pink to purple tint in her wings bc that’s what happens to pegasi who become alicorns. Celestia and Luna were born unicorns. That’s why THEY themselves were so shocked about Flurry being an alicorn bc like they stated “No alicorn has ever been *born*” according to them. SPOILER BELOW: And as for earth ponies, I don’t wanna spoil anything anywhere but we learn in a different MLP series that it *is* technically possible
Honestly as someone who doesn’t care much for Starlight (due to her reason for being a villain sounding stupid to me), I will say that she grew on me in this episode. Hoping she gets better throughout the season
Last comment last time whit king sombra the crystal heart so that was doing the work keeping the snow and ice out the magic dome was keeping king sombra out "Seeing them do shit together is so cool tho we don't get to see it to often" What every brony complains about and when celestial and luna finally do something they say "look the princesses finally doing something for once"
Sunburst isn't a wizard, he's a sage. The worth of a sage is measured by their magical knowledge, not necessarily their ability to use it. A sage is actually a far better choice of magic tutor for a pony like Flurry Heart than a wizard. Also I think it's a missed opportunity that Sunburst and Starlight never teamed up to solve a problem, Sunburst providing advanced spells for Starlight to cast. Especially since there's an episode all about Starlight longing for old times.
*7:47** FUN FACT!! Cadance was canonly a pegasus that became an alicorn in her teenage years. (Stated in the comics) That's why her wings have a gradient and Twilight's doesn't!*
*Also any pony can become an alicorn, we even saw Big Mac become one. . . 💀*
The comic is called The Crystal Heart Spell.
Was she related at all to Princess Amore? I still am confused on that part.
@@KageTenshiiRyuu*I've heard that she may have been the reincarnation of her since her cutie mark is a crystal heart but that's about it! I don't think they're related because Cadence parents aren't royalty.*
Fun fact: comics are not canon. ;)
@@albahooves5645 *And why wouldn't the comics be canon? A lot of Easter eggs from the comics have shown up in later seasons. I don't get how a official comic by Hasbro wouldn't be a form of lore especially when it revolves around Cadance's past???*
Starlight grows on people a lot after this season, in my opinion.
She’s my favorite character 😅
Starlight, Rarity, Sunset, Luna and AJ are my top five characters.
Starlight my wife y’all
@@murderman7265 Starlight, Sunset, Aj, Pinkie, Discord, and Luna are my all time favorites.
@@Peaches501 Another Discord fan. Thank you.
The question of born alicorns vs. ascended alicorns is something of a debate among the fandom. Lauren Faust (the creator of the show) said that Celestia and Luna were born alicorns, but Faust left the show fairly early in the run, and later writers didn't necessarily stick to her original plan on a lot of things. (For example, she originally said that Rainbow Dash wouldn't be well-suited as a sister/mentor to Scootaloo, but later writers gave Dash more character development to make the relationship work.)
There's also a book called "The Journal of the Two Sisters" by show writer Amy Keating Rogers which tells of the early days of Celestia and Luna's reign at the founding of Equestria. It indicates that they were born alicorns and are the last of what may have been an all-alicorn tribe, but it doesn't go into detail. The book is not strictly canon to the show but it doesn't directly contradict anything in canon.
Many people took Luna's line "The birth of an alicorn is something Equestria has never seen" as confirmation that Luna and Celestia are ascended alicorns, and Flurry Heart is the first alicorn ever born. However, the wording is ambiguous. According to the book I mentioned above, Celestia and Luna were around before Equestria ever existed, as were their possible tribe. So Luna could have just meant that no alicorns have ever been born in Equestria, but they may have been born before Equestria.
Cadance's backstory is never given in the show, but according to other sources she was originally born as a pegasus who ascended while she was still very young, and Celestia adopted her and brought her to Canterlot to raise as a princess.
Celestia and Luna's backstories and whether they are born or ascended have never been officially confirmed, and to this day you can still get people in the fandom arguing over it.
I feel like maybe celestia and Luna were born alicorns but didn’t know they were born it or something
i think they earned them because of what they said about the baby, they literally said being born an alicorn is unheard of so this only makes sense but yeah, it is really confusing and i guess besides that they're is not entirely a real answer because of the amount of changes in their like, well in the writing, but i just believe in this because to me it just made the most sense
Actually Luna and Celestia being born alicorns was confirmed in generation 5, there’s a scene with them as babies, being alicorns and we are told that there is an entire place of only alicorns
@@CyanHope G5 is also chock full of other fandom ideas (like the earth pony magic, Ive seen and used that exact form of magic for years prior to G5) so take G5's info with a grain of salt, because NONE of the G4 writers have joined in on G5 as far as I'm aware.
I'm firmly in the camp that they meant it's never been seen since Equestria was founded and that Celestia and Luna were definitely born alicorns.
My personal headcanon is more that they were manifested into the world as semi-divine beings rather than being born to actual parents and alicorns being able to reproduce with non-alicorn ponies is something they've never seen/knew was possible.
Twilight's mother is voiced by Tara Strong, and Twilight's father is voiced by Shining Armor's voice actor, but just for this episode. In a future appearance they have different voice actors and larger speaking roles.
Cadence was a pegasus before she became a princess! she earned her horn
Imagine telling that to some random person that doesn't know MLP ;3
@@KyuuDesperationexcept he does, did you watch the video you clicked on?
@@SourNSpicy1 do you know there are different kinds of comments that can or cannot be related to the video exactly?
@@KyuuDesperation You are so rude bruh gtfo weirdo
In a book written by one of the MLP writers and the IDW comics cadance was born a Pegasus who was a lost relative of the previous ruler of the Crystal Empire. She defeated an evil sorcerer with a new form of love magic became an alicorn and was taken under Celestia's wing. I think Fluryheart was born an alicorn because the alicorn transformation must mutate genes.
I mean if it didn't change her on a genetically modified level, those parts she gained from becoming an alicorn would've disappeared when magic was stolen or taken.
Also, we do know what an alicorn looks like when their wings and horns are just magic and not part of them.
@@KyuuDesperation
I mean… we could use G5 as an example of what you described, Sunny Starscout.
Not that I really like that version.
I never understood the hate for Flurry Heart. As a defender of her. She’s adorable and I would protect that filly from any hater.
It’s so funny that every other opening episode has had to do with a big threatening villain and then season six the main cause of the problem is a dang alicorn BABY, the writing somehow still holds up better than a lot of children’s shows now days
Can we put some respect on Spike’s name, please? THIS is his season, this is the one and unfortunately the last and only season where our little dragon gets to shine!!! Also, his dynamic with Starlight is the best!
7:47
In G5 it happens that an Earth Pony became a princess and Cadense was actually a pegasus and layer became an alicorn :]
Yes, earth ponies and pegasi can become alicorns too, Princess Cadence was actually confirmed to be a pegasus before she became an alicorn ( not mentioned in the show itself though ). Though technically we've never seen an earth pony become an alicorn in the show before, I would assume it would be the same for them too, it only makes sense right?
Also, the thing about baby alicorns, this isn't confirmed but alicorn genes are obviously genetic as seen here, and it's just a matter of no alicorn princess has had a baby before.
It's practically confirmed it's by genetics, equestria at the time never had the reason to pursue much on science because magic was an all time high. Centuries later equestria now has science because magic disappeared. And in an alternate universe, science was dominant while magic was scarce, that universe was similar to the equestria girls where it was from a mirror portal.
i know im totally cheating by using this, but does Sunny Starscout count? haha
12:23 in the mlp comics it said that princess Amora the first crystal princess created the crystal heart (Candace is the second crystal princess)
18:31 "I erased all of time and space with nothing but a quill, a used parchment, and a big table. And the table did most of the work!"
That's my reaction to the baby being born and she's also an alicorn. When my cousin's daughter was born 2 years ago, I was so happy to become her aunt
😍😍😍🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
a lot of bronies hated when this episode came out because prior to this episode, it was commonly accepted that celestia and luna were born alicorns, but then this episode happened and stomped all over the lore introduced via the books
EDIT: chat lied to you, cadence was a pegasus before becoming an alicorn, hence why her wings were small when she babysat twilight
We finally get to see the baby! 6:23
There's no given explanation for Flurry Heart being born an Alicorn as far as I know, but the most widely accepted reason by fans is that it's just the result of the mother being an Alicorn.
That said, you have to remember that the fandom has _a lot_ of ideas just about Alicorns. For example, one surprisingly common theory is that some ponies are born with the inherent potential to ascend to Alicornhood, and if a pony is not one of these 'nascent Alicorns' then they can't become an Alicorn. This idea alone has spawned sub-theories that fit into it. For example, a portion of those who subscribe to the 'nascent Alicorn' theory also believes that a spell would logically exist to detect nascent Alicorn potential in a pony it's cast on, and a portion of those who believe _that_ also believe that Celestia only takes nascent Alicorns as personal students. Whether that's just her own policy or her school's policy depends on who you ask.
Looking at just this one theory and the sub-theories it spawned within it, you can understand the need to take fan ideas with roughly their weight in salt.
Yes, any tribe(Pegasus, Unicorn, Earth) can become an Alicorn. Candance was a pegasus and got a horn. alicorns are made by blasting said pony with magic of all three tribes (yes, that includes Earthponies. I know you don't think they have any, but they do. super strength and connection to the earth. most farmers are Earthponies) they're called ALLicorns for a reason :)
also a unicorn can be almost as strong as one. it doesn't matter how much magic one has, they wont turn into one without help(Celestiadid it to Twi)
And so your journey through season 6 begins Scoot!
"The Crystalling" parts 1 and 2 is yet another pesonal favorite two part season premiere of mine! It was very interesting to learn that the Crystal Empire has a traditional ceremony that celebrates the birth of a new foal! And like many others I quite shocked when I first saw that Shining Armor and Cadence's baby was an Alicorn. In fact my theory as to why Flurry Heart was born an Alicorn is because not only is her father a Unicorn, But Cadence used to be a Pegasus before she was turned into an Alicorn and so it's because of that I believe that Flurry Heart is a genetic mutation...At least that's my theory.
Anyway, I it was also intriquing to see Starlight take on her first official friendship lesson of reconnecting with Sunburst, And I loved that she grew her hair out! And of course all of the things that Starlight did to stall her friendship lesson made me laugh especially when she made that face at 5:45 makes me call her "Starlight Glimmer you old schemer"
Every time I see the part where Shining Armor is half asleep, I'm like "Damn, He looks like he hasn't slept for a week" but that's one of the burdens of becoming a parent never getting a good night sleep again. lol And I also couldn't believe it when Flurry Heart accidentally shattered the Crystal Heart, Though the fact that she cried over being taken away from Pinkie Pie wasn't all that surprising just as is was no surprise that Flurry really seemed to really like Pinkie Pie, And it's easy to see why she would since Pinkie Pie is good with children!
Anywho, I really enjoyed this reaction as always Scoot!!!
The foal being born a alicorn is mildly possible 1. Dad is a unicorn 2. Mom originally was a Pegasus 3. Mom was given the right of passage to be an alicorn
Which means the DNA gene was strongly Alicorn
and so poof the foal is an alicorn as planned. #pinkiesense
It's generally understood that Cadance was originally a Pegasus Pony, so it seems that even an Earth Pony can become an Ascended Alicorn. I'm pretty sure that Celestia and Luna are naturally-born Alicorns, but they also seem to be from outside of Equestria. It is also possible that Ascended Alicorn's do not have the seeming immortality of the Two Sisters.
So you're saying it's possible FLURRY HEART IS STILL ALIVE?! HOLY SHARK!
@@KyuuDesperation It could well be. Although we might not be able to find that out before Hasbro has access to her (after?) next year.
8:14 I searched it up. And YES Earth Ponies CAN become Alicorns but it's VERY RARE
Also, the opening DID change. Starlight is in it at the end with the rest of the citizens of Ponyvile 😁
There is a place called Skyross where alicorns live and they also get born there as one
Whoever was hating on sunbursts beard is wrong dude, it’s iconic! Also it is stated in other fim material that cadence was born a Pegasus and it’s never explicitly stated about Luna and celestia but based on what they said, they were not born alicorns. I think based off the lore of the entire show, any pony could be able to acend to Alicorn status, no matter the species, because it’s the infusion of a pony with ALL the pony species magic.
Celestia and Luna were born Alicorns, it was confirmed in generation 5
So about becoming alicorns, Cadence was a Pegasus before becoming an alicorn, so i would assume that earth ponies can become them too.
Yay, the cutest baby pony has been born. And I can't wait for s7 ep22 😅😊
Starlight very quickly becomes a fan favorite throughout this season. She makes a great addition to the mane cast. Her attitude and bluntness kind of speak the mind of the viewers in a way lol
I may be no villain, but I find Starlight's awkwardness towards friendship very relatable
Can't wait for Scoot to see more of her
Sunburst just knew about magic but Starlight was the one with absurd potential
Starlight's role is kind of up to interpretation. Some see her as the 7th mane cast member, others dont.
I personally do due to whats to come in the future. But i cant say more =p
We passed from a Cult to Flashpoint Pony version to DA BABY.
So I'm sure the comments are flooded with "Cadence was a pegasus" and the back and forth on if Celestia and Luna were born alicorns vs became them, I think a key word used by Celestia was "in Equestria" Equestria is the country not the world and there already existed a concept of alicorns with the hearts warming special showing the banner with Alicorns on it, in the journal of the two sisters it heavily implies that Celestia and Luna were born before the founding of Equestria (but were still young) and if I remember right mentions how they age differently and get their cutiemarks much later in life the non alicorns.
All this is to say Celestia says "in Equestria" but her and luna likely weren't born in Equestria so both Flurry being the first and Celestia and Luna being naturally born can both be cannon since they likely weren't born in Equestria and since we see no other Alicorns other then Cadence and Twilight who rose to being Alicorns we could safely assume they are the last of the Natural born Alicorns which is why they don't have any real information about it.
right after that, luna says "it is even beyond our understanding" so what would that mean??
@@haravinyl from what little we are given it seems Celestia and Luna were the last natural born Alicorns prior to Flurry. Now this could mean anywhere between Alicorns need very specific conditions to be born in (could be why most of them seemingly died off) or with only the two sisters left with no Alicorn men there just couldn't be hope of an Alicorn born again (or at least one with the power and lifespan of Celestia and Luna) that's all speculation of course.
But she could of also meant that as they don't understand how a unicorn and a created alicorn (who was born a pegasus) had an alicorn baby.
of course in the end the cannon gets kinda wonky between the books, the show and what Faust said before she left vs what the writers did after but I wont go into specifics incase people are watching for the first time with Scoot I was just explaining with the context I knew from the books and comics that the show fails to explain (like Cadence being a pegasus)
I think just baby ponies in general are strong af. just like Mr and Mrs Cake's twin. We saw them being randomly good at magic and flying. so babies in general are already strong. So imagine an alicorn baby 😭
Cadence was a Pegasus before she became an alicorn, so every one of the three species can be a Princess
They make it seem like only unicorns can become princesses but there’s a novel that tells the story of how Cadence became a princess and she was originally a Pegasus.
This season has my favorite finale then season 9 is a close second, and for my favorite season opening it is season 8
Honestly this season finale is dope as hell
@@njivwathomassilavwe2056Yeah, I love it. It is just so fun, the dynamics of the main cast in it are just perfect.
@@njivwathomassilavwe2056One of my favorites!
I think Sunburst is Sunset's brother. Their names are similar, they have the same color and both of them used to be students of Celestia.
*Sunset
If she were to dissapear before sunburst got his cutiemark that agegap be crazy like he never mentioned her
@@Live_LaZa That's probably why he never mentioned her, he might not even know she exists.
But there's a small change in the opening - Starlight Glimmer is added at the end. In G5 there's an earth pony - Sunny Starscout who can temporary gain pseudo alicon powers. I guess they can do it only in certain circumstances for a short period of time. Fans have theorized that becoming an alicorn is somehow related to huge surge of magic...a both parents of Flurry Heard have very strong magic. I guess one also should have very strong magic of themselves in order to support that state.
Here’s my theory, normally through out the show everyone describes the Crystal Empire or the Crystal heart as “light and love”. So you know how Cadence is the princess of love? I think Flurry will become the princess of light, and this explains why she was born an alicorn because she gave everyone light/hope on her crystalling. Idk tho, and I’m pretty sure there’s a video on it.
Any pony race can be a alicorn, Cadence was a pegasus before an Alicorn.
Cadence was a Pegasus and of course twilight was a unicorn. We don’t know what celestia and Luna were before it pretty much confirms that any pony species can become an Alicorn , even an earth pony
We know, the sisters were born as alicorns
@@johanluisrivas8016 that’s what was said at the start of the shows release, but then they backtracked on that when flurryheart was born so we technically don’t know which is the truth. Many continuity errors
@@LuciesCafe They never really backtracked, they just left it ambiguous
No, you don't have to be a unicorn. Actually, Cadence was a Pegasus before she was an alicorn.
I am a fan of Starlight's story ark throughout the rest of the series.
yes ponies, pegasus, and unicorns can all be an alicorn. princess cadence was a pegasus and a another character was a ponie
(not spoiling how) no there not in MLP.
I swear Sunburst and Sunset were siblings.
That or maybe cousins.
They are
@@makcarr60no they arent its not canon
6:36 This is the first time I've ever seen anyone who was *genuinely* surprised by Flurry being *born* an Alicorn. I was more surprised by the *massive* wings.
In one day, Sunburst went from having nothing to being godfather to a princess and recovering a great friend/ex-communist girlfriend
PD: Adorable mutant baby
Series are canon. Even G5, until Hasbro says otherwise. So alicorns are a type of the ponies. They live on a far land and have strong magic. In theoretically any kind of pony can become an alicorn.
It's easier to understand if you understand the magic of Equestria. Magic is something what's beyond nature. It can change and form things. If you are powerful, you can turn an orange to a frog. There are written spells, thoughts, many ways to make magic. Unicorns use their horn to channel this power. Pegasi has this magic in their body to make them able to walk on clouds and usually interact the weather. Earth ponies use their magic to grow crops faster for example, but it's not that active magic until G5.
Ponies counts are magical creatures, they are able to use it.
I wonder how Starlight felt getting her mark.
Starlight isn't part of the mane 6 because she doesn't understand friendship so they replaced her with sunset which made the canon mane 7
Starlight isn't part of the main 6, sunset is only part of the main 7 in eg
@@quinn9667 I know sci twi is part of the mane 7 in eg
@@Ryujinsfuturewife MB I meant starlight my auto correct always wants to talk abt twi😭
Throughout the show's run, it's kind of up for interpretation if she is a main cast member or not~
There are theories that there are indeed other Alicorns since the beginning of Equestria's ancient history but were never of, leaving perhaps Celestia and Luna to be the only ones of their kind to descend upon Equestria and eventually became their rulers since they were fillies. Because of this, they have no knowledge of how an Alicorn came to be that not even they know about their origins cause they were descended on Ancient Equestria at such young age, and along with the whole realm, they have never seen or experience of how an Alicorn is born. The two sisters origins are still shrouded in mysterious as we don't know where they come from, how they come to be, nor how they become princesses. Not even they were aware of.
Cadence started as a pegasus when she was a filly until her strong admiration to spread love and happiness to everypony's hearts makes her worthy of a princess, which led to her transformation as an Alicorn by granting her a horn, and eventually her ascension to becoming a princess of love. This is also what happened to Twilight when she fully understands friendship, granting her wings and elongated her horn. Thus becoming an Alicorn and a princess of friendship.
It is said the two sisters are pure Alicorns given their divine appearance and immense power to even move the sun and moon.
Twilight and Cadence are said to be Pseudo Alicorns, given that started as ordinary ponies till their metamorphosis and they don't have the ethereal flowing manes like Celestia and Luna. But they are still capable of doing powerful forms of magic.
Flurry Heart may just be the first natural born Alicorn to be witness in the current present time of Equestria, where nopony, not even the two sisters has ever seen happened long since before the beginning of Equestria until now. She may have been born through genetics with her father being a unicorn and her mother who was once a pegasus. Nevertheless, she is the first natural born Alicorn to be born in her current generation.
Cadence was a pegasus before she became a alicorn and celestia luna was a unicorn before they became a alicorn
Celestia and Luna were born alicorns, it was confirmed in generation 5
@@CyanHope but they weren't cus they didn't looked like there older selfs there looked only a little different
6:28 She’s so cute 😭❤️
7:50 I don’t know about earth ponies but cadence was born a Pegasus
The crystal heart was cut from an ancient crystal under the empire
I honestly completely get how starlight feels i mean of course she'd be concerned how people would see her when she basically started a cult that takes pony's free will away then started messing with time just to screw over twilight of course she'd be terrified of what others think of her
"Pinkie is odly good at walking on two" hahaha.......I wonder why......
I remember being shocked watching that ep for the first time 😭LIKE SHE IS OP
02:49 - It sure looked like he hit her on his way out here, but I don't remember him hitting her in the previous episode. It could've felt like it in memory which just added to her resolve.
06:26 - SOUPRICE! Larsoned from the get go! XD
Also, her eyes are not that of other baby ponies, and I think bigger. All these things that were off-putting for many bronies, and dubbed *it* The Demon Spawn.
07:11 - And... ok... BIG Debate around this one. I believe it was stated somewhere that Celestia and Luna were naturally born Alicorns from some far away Land of Alicorns. Some believed Cadence to also be born an Alicorn but later heard she was just a pegasus transformed. Now the wording here is odd if one considers Celestia and Luna being Alicorns all their lives. "Something Equestria has never seen" which would be true as they were born before the founding of Equestria. "It is beyond even our understanding" seems odd, but may be because they've never witnessed such a thing themselves as they left this Land of Alicorns before they (were allowed to) saw any other Alicorns being born. I mean, one doesn't really witness one's own birth... right...?
09:21 - Spike channeling that Twilight freakout energy...
15:16 - Now now, I'm sure many bronies would definitely call her "dumb filly". xD
16:30 - Lies always come back to bite ya.
20:54 - "Any explanation as to how she was born like that?" M A G I C !
Well, seriously, her mother is an Alicorn (even if not born one) so DNA does what DNA does.
-blame celestia-
But with that said, can you imagine if Twilight got a child of her own and how it would look?
Pound and Pumpkin Cake's wings and horn, compared to Flurry Heart's , I feel very sorry for Cadance.
Celestia and Luna were unicorns prior I believe, Cadence was a Pegasus as she has a fade to her wings unlike the others. This is mostly just theory material for Celestia and Luna because of their wings but I believe it was confirmed Cadence was a Pegasus in the comics.
It’s never talked about in the actual show.
There are differentiating factors for each, not sure what it is for an earth pony though.
They were born as Alicorn (the sisters)
There is theory that has not rly any ground of being true but its that sunburst is brother of sunset😅
HOLY SHITE FINALLY YOU UPLOADED ANOTHER MLP VIDEO I WAS LITERALLY DESPERATE
YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!! NEW MLP REACTION!!!!🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶〽️〽️〽️〽️〽️〽️〽️〽️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️💀💀💀💀💀
(1:42) Dash’s face towards Spike be like, “NOW who’s the show-off?” 🤣
(20:12) At this point, I like to believe only Twilight’s idol Starswirl the Bearded is the one notable wizard of MLP’s lore. Sunburst is more of a sage who can still conjure up magic in the most unique of ways.
Man, I'm loving these reactions!😊
Spooky scary Skeleton that shivers down your spine
17:06 I think it should be Cadance going out and telling them. They would listen to her
Starlight was my favorite character.
Personally, I thought she was born an alacorn because she represents the parent child bond kind of how like shining armor and cadence, represent love between partners and how Celestia and Luna represent love between sisters
Spike is such an instigator bruh
I forgot that Twilight can remember any spell at a glance, and Starlight can upgrade or combine spells. Oh, it's a shame that Sunburst can't use spells like Starlight and Twilight
Omg one of my fav episodes is finally here hooray!!! 🎉😊
When you wanted a spike song when twilight was being tested you get one this season ep 16
It was never exactly explained why Flurry Heart was born an alicorn, but there is a theory that makes sense to me
We know from the show that all ponies possess magic (thanks to magic unicorns can use spells, pegasus can fly, and earth ponies are physically strong)
The theory is that a pony becomes an alicorn if they possess large amounts of all three
So Flurry Heart having powerful parents whose magic of love saved the Canterlote from changelings and having connection to Crystal Heart that takes its power from love and hope of everyone in Crystal Empire makes her have large amounts of magic thus making her alicorn
So in the book twilight sparkle and the crystal heart spell it was said that cadence before becoming an alicorn she was a pegasus as for celestia and luna its been confirmed the new gen 5 series that they aren’t from equestria they’re from an alicorn civilisation beyond equestria so thats why they said “the birth of an alicorn is something Equestria has never seen” so yes other species can become alicorns not just unicorns ( 7:26 )
Cadence was born a pegasus
cadence was a unicorn before she got her wings
Yo, scoot my guy. There is an anime I used to watch called "Yo-kai watch." It's actually really good, I would recommend it to you.
On Patreon he’s on the end of season 7 already me oh my
7:40 No, any pony species can become an alicorn. Candence was originally a Pegasus, and if you look closely that’s why her wings are different than all the other princesses. She has a pink to purple tint in her wings bc that’s what happens to pegasi who become alicorns. Celestia and Luna were born unicorns. That’s why THEY themselves were so shocked about Flurry being an alicorn bc like they stated “No alicorn has ever been *born*” according to them.
SPOILER BELOW:
And as for earth ponies, I don’t wanna spoil anything anywhere but we learn in a different MLP series that it *is* technically possible
Celestia and Luna were born as Alicorns, there are comics, books and G5 to prove it.
Here is the Princess of Merchandise!
season 6!
Honestly as someone who doesn’t care much for Starlight (due to her reason for being a villain sounding stupid to me), I will say that she grew on me in this episode. Hoping she gets better throughout the season
Last comment last time whit king sombra the crystal heart so that was doing the work keeping the snow and ice out the magic dome was keeping king sombra out
"Seeing them do shit together is so cool tho we don't get to see it to often"
What every brony complains about and when celestial and luna finally do something they say "look the princesses finally doing something for once"
Any pony can become a alcorn princesses earth pony would grow a horn and wings,
Peasus would grow a horn and like twlight unicorn would grow wings
This was enjoyable to ep again forget how good it was
7:53 Yes c'mon Sunny!
Can't wait till you get to the end of this season hehehe
Scoot a few suggestions for some reactions: Ever after high, Lolirock, Winx club, Avatar TLA
20:18 if you were about to go into surgery, and you found out the person operating on you had never done a surgery before, would you trust that?
Wait till you see who starlights first new friend is
Let’s gooo!!🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Oh starlight my love...I think her backstory is pretty badly written but I think her growth and personality make up for it 100%
FINALLY I’VE BEEN WAUTING, AND WAITING
Waiting*
(Ik I did it for comedic effect)
Idk abt an Earth pony, but Im pretty sure Cadence used to be a pegasus, so I'm assuming it goes for any race
0:34 Scoot, you mean Mane 8, because there are unready Mane 7, and that is Spike
Spike doesnt have a mane so he isnt mane 6 maybe 7.5
Spike doesnt have a mane so he isnt mane 6 maybe 7.5
Why did rarity try to catch flurry with a butterfly net? She's not a fairy godparent
Rarity. Don’t be like Mr. Crocker. Please!