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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Okay, I just noticed that there are pegasii actually controlling the weather. Literally, they are moving clouds around to make it rain and things like that. That is so neat!

So can all horses do that? If I were to fly up there, could I kick the clouds away or make them shoot lightning? Because that would be the coolest thing.

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[ghostgem]

Shishi! I s'pect you probably need wings to get up there to even try! You got some of them?

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Yeah. Well, I will, once I fix the straps and modify them a little bit.

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[elementofloyalty]

Nope, it's purely a pegasus thing. Unicorns change the seasons, earth ponies tend to the crops and the animals, and pegasi are weatherponies.

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[surpriserainbows]

You get up here you can try jumping around and kicking the clouds, but it ain't gonna do nothing man.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Unicorns control the seasons? Are you serious? Like the actual seasons?

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[elementofloyalty]

Believe me, it was just as weird discovering that it DOESN'T work that way on OTHER worlds.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

That blows.

It isn't just a wing thing?

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

How could they possibly control the seasons? I mean that's based on so many other things! Why would they need to control the seasons?

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[elementofloyalty]

Magic. Though here in Ponyville we wrap up winter by hoof, it's an old tradition.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

How does that even work?

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[elementofloyalty]

The pegasi clear the clouds and bring back the birds, while the earth ponies clear the snow and plant the seeds. A mixed team wakes up the animals and gets them moving, and other jobs get assigned as needed.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

So the birds can't find their own way back?

Okay, wait, are you just messing around with me? That sounds like something you'd make up to mess with someone's head.

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[elementofloyalty]

Not messing with you. It's entirely true. I know that's not how it works on other worlds, I've BEEN to them. But it's how Equestria works.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

So basically, unicorns and pegasii control the world. And without them nature just wouldn't happen or whatever?

That's pretty messed up.

[ghostgem]

Straps? Are they fake?

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[elementofloyalty]

More messed up than a late frost killing a bunch of crops, meaning people don't have enough to eat?

More messed up than a sudden storm flooding people's houses and ruining their stuff?

More messed up than a rainless summer causing a drought, drying up the streams and withering plants?

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[tinkertytonk]

It really is the elephant's eyebrow! I'm not entirely sure anypony but pegasi can have at it, though. The Doctor had me bring one of the clouds down for him and he just went straight through. It's bizarre. Ms. Dash told me that every type of pony's got their own sort of talent, though. Are you an Earth Pony or a Unicorn?

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Well, they aren't like actual pegasus wings. But they do work.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Okay, you kind of have a point there.

Except for the fact that the universe is supposed to be chaotic and life isn't supposed to be easy.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

So you've already tried it? Damn. I was hoping if I could just fly up there... [Sigh. Oh well, maybe he can't control the weather, but he'll figure something else out.]

Uh, I'm just a horse. The non-magical kind of horse.

[ghostgem]

Hmmm... Well, you know what I think? I think ya probably need to be an ACTUAL... ah... what'd ya call it... pegasus? Yeah! I think it's probably intrinsic to bein' a pegasus! Though you're sure welcome to try.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

That would be so lame. I mean, what's the different between a normal horse and a pegasus? It's just the friggin wings.

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[tinkertytonk]

Well, erm... perhaps there's a spell? Ms. Cynthia was asking about something for her Pokemon to be able to walk on clouds. Maybe one of the unicorns could do something for you.

Cheer up, though, old boy! I'm sure you've got something else you can do that's equally marvelous. Earth Ponies are supposed to have some sort of nose for things closer to the ground, if I'm remembering properly. Ever thought of becoming an, er... [What sorts of jobs did the Earth Ponies he knew have?] A farmer? Or a baker? Possibly an herbalist? [Zecora counted as an earthly type, right?]

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

You haven't seen the tools that they use for manual labor here, have you?

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[surpriserainbows]

Naw. You have to be a pegasi. It's our "gift", I guess. Earth ponies control the food and plants, we control the weather, the unicorns control everything.