Talk:Magical Mystery Cure/@comment-4905253-20130214121423/@comment-15617-20130214172902

Do people genuinely think this will happen within the canon?

It's wonderful that people are thinking up things like this, but you must remember the tone of the canon - they would never go down a tragic direction like this, people simply wouldn't allow it...several here don't like this Alicorn direction because of fears like this, like things like immortality come with the package no questions asked....but that's silly.

Alicorns don't even really have that much development; it's all subjective within the canon enough that, especially someone like Twilight's case, they can easily get away with making exceptions with a little creativity.

Perhaps when she transforms, all she gets is the wings...some people think she'll get a massive boost in power, but maybe that's not the case at all - even if she does grow stronger in the future, perhaps she still needs training and experience (exactly as she does now)...as for longevity, maybe she'll have an exception there too - it depends on your head-canon, but Cadence very often has a normal lifespan like anybody else...she is physically the same size as ponies after all.

My point is...people have fixed futures outlined for Twilight, and that's silly because no journey is fixed - Maybe she gets massive longevity but wants to give it up, or even wants it later on...maybe she tries to rid herself of being an Alicorn through Discord but wants it back....She has wings now, but Rainbow Dash can probably fly circles around her anyday...heck, maybe she's a terrible flyer; she wasn't born one, that's for sure.

Their are so many possibilities, and with the tone of the canon, they writers would never dare go some routes -- Twilight is not going to live for thousands of years after her friends die...they wouldn't put that in a show "for little girls"; in order to compensate, Twilight would have to avoid the various pitfalls of being an Alicorn that people usually think of, which will be interesting to watch.