Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-4899875-20120603013408

What exactly is this connection to animals and nature? I've watched all the episodes and the show never really explains what it is that the earth ponies can do that the unicorns and pegasi cannot; I'd hate to insult an entire race of people, but they come off as being obsolete and as not being unique, because they're basically like unicorns and pegasi, but they can't fly or cast magic; yet it seems like a unicorn or pegasi can do anything an earth pony can. Why can't unicorns and pegasi try to grow food or take care of animals? I don't understand why unicorns and pegasi can't do the earth ponies' jobs. Fan-fics have stated that earth ponies are stronger than the other 2 ethnicities, but I've never seen this in the show. Yeah, Applejack and Big Macintosh are very strong, but I attribute that to a lifetime of hard labor and Big Mac being a freak of nature.