Talk:Twilight Sparkle/@comment-20047155-20130930191657/@comment-10390252-20131001065704

For what it's worth, I like this idea and have shared this thought on more than one occasion. It would take away the ridiculous "discovered new magic" trigger and would explain Twilight's anomalous base power levels.

I'd go one step further - Twilight was born a proto-alicorn that looked like a Unicorn. No-one knew her potential until her entrance exam. Because of what happened that day, only Celestia knows for sure exactly what she saw when she entered that lecture hall. Maybe Twilight ascended when the magical wave-front from Rainbow's Sonic Rainboom washed over her and so Celestia hid that under a glamour and altered everypony's memories. Ever since then, Celestia has been working very hard to ensure that Twilight grew up to be a Cadence and not a Sombra or Nightmare Moon.

IMHO, 'naturally high potential exposed so a sudden burst of high-energy magic' is a lot better than the rather odd explanation given at the end of Magical Mystery Cure. It also makes it easier to understand how Cadence (who was born a Pegasi) could have ascended because it's difficult to imagine how a Pegasi could 'discover new magic'.