Talk:Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1/@comment-26973802-20140505043107/@comment-5837525-20140505053148

Still not the same. Twilight became an alicorn after three seasons worth of trials and tribulations. When she was crowned a princess, we're meant to feel she not only deserves it but is worthy of it.

Fluttershy becomes an alicorn. Okay. Why? What makes her fit to be a princess? Her love of animals?

Rainbow Dash becomes an alicorn.Why? The sonic rainboom? Rainbow would rather be a Wonderbolt than a princess. And once she is a princess, why bother with the Wonderbolts? It'd be like a step backward.

Pinkie Pie becomes an alicorn. Why? Parties?

Twilight became a princess because, as Celestia said, she embodied the "charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and... leadership of a true princess". She represents the best qualities of her friends.

A change to a series' status quo is supposed to be organic and well-handled -- a transition that viewers can ease into and that comes at a time at which it feels natural and deserved. Six alicorns? Too drastic a change at too soon a time.