Talk:Magical Mystery Cure/@comment-5924435-20130204123939/@comment-71.234.208.124-20130204155059

Starswirl the Bearded was not under Celestia's command if we're to believe their Yule-time play. Remember? The play told the history of Equestria before the rule of Celestia and Luna. Clover the Clever had been his student prior to serving the unicorn princess of that time. So, no, Star Swirl the Bearded was before Celestia's rule. And as far as Twilight's destiny being obvious, come on now. Surely you must be jesting, or else you don't know how cartoons like this work.

Allow me to explain; My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a show directed at young girls - the fact that it has managed to attract an older audience, which also includes teenage and adult males, is irrelevent. As a show made primarily for young girls it will, of course, cater to their mindset; therefore it is only natural that the main character would be destined for somethig greater than merely becoming a powerful mage in service to the Royal family. The very notion is a joke. This is not an in-depth book, nor a movie with an engaging plot; it is a children's cartoon, meant to play on the imaginations and fantasies of its target audience, ie young girls. So, yes, Twilight's fate was obvious from the onset, at least to me, and to many others whom I have spoken with - frankly it still shocks me to realize that my young son, many of his little friends, and my own adult male friends actually like anything called 'My Little Pony'.

Anyway, some people seem to forget why this show was made and so for this reason suffer under the misguided belief that a children's show would cater to the tastes of adults. I know many adults would prefer stories featuring protagonists that are not princes/princesses in disguise, heroes pre-ordained for greatness at birth, exiled kings, et cetera, et cetera, but this is a children's show with a target audience of pre-teen girls. And what is something that almost every pre-teen girl wishs to be? A princess. So, naturally it follows that Twilight, the main character of the series, would be destined to be a princess.

By the by, as a side note I would like to make one small correction to another one of your statements. The commercials advertising this third season did NOT say that Twilight's skills would merely improve, it said that she would discover her destiny. If that wasn't a dead giveaway I don't know what is.

A'Len