Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-10390252-20140625221547/@comment-26943476-20141217163405

Are you honestly saying that holding life and death in your hands doesn't make you stand out?

Earth ponies are the ONLY ponies capable of growing food. They literally control the other race's lives if you think about it. Add to that their ability of strength, stamina and their connection to nature. They also are the ponies that turn harsh, desert and otherwise uninhabitable land into towns and cities. Ponyville, founded by Earth ponies, is an example.

It's easy to judge that Earth ponies aren't special at first glance, which many of the fandom sadly do, but look deeper and you'll see that they're the founders of civilizations and the ponies who have to provide for other races, or they'll starve. What's also sometimes irritating is that lots of fans just see Earth ponies as manual labour and workhorses. Ponyville, a rural town, obviously has lots of farmworkers, and since FiM is set there, it's also easy to believe all they do is manual labour, which is somehow degrading?

Also, although Unicorns can life objects with magic and do SOME spells, they cannot do much more than that. Unicorn's magic is ALWAYS linked to their talent, which is why Twilight is so good at it. Just because you're a Unicorn you can't just do any spell you see fit, otherwise you're kinda ignoring what the canon depicts. Name me 5 Unicorns that have the same amount of magic as Twilight in the show. I can only think of Star Swirl, who had less since he couldn't master friendship, and Sunset Shimmer, who also has the same problem. Unicorns CANNOT just make a pair of wings and fly off, that's ignoring the obvious fact that their magic is only linked to their talent.

If you think about it, Pegasi are basically Earth ponies with wings and no connection to nature, as they just move clouds around. Again, most Pegasi cannot fly nearly as fast as Rainbow Dash, otherwise there would be thousands of Wonderbolts or none at all.

Lastly I will state that I believe every race of pony has a unique magic that DOES make them special, and although some races don't contribute a massive amount to society on the whole (*cough* Unicorns *cough*) they are all equal in their magic amounts.

Just defending what I feel is a problem in the fandom and them judging physical differences by looking at ponies, then deciding who is more special.

TLDR; Earth ponies are freaking special :P