Talk:Alicorns/@comment-36737085-20191004020749/@comment-31509668-20191015175759

@Twilight the Sandwing-Nightwing

"Twilight will NOT outlive her friends"

I'd like to know how that's justified. Despite nine seasons we know next to nothing about alicorns. We do know that regular ponies die and that their life spans aren't extraordinarily long given Granny Smith. She's quite aged despite only being a grandmother. We've even seen a pony funeral ("Hearts and Hooves Day"). And Applejack is an orphan.

Alicorns are shown to be very long lived. Celestia and Luna haven't aged a day over the thousands of years they've been alive as we've seen in their flashbacks. Is there a difference in the lifespans of those who are born alicorns as opposed to ascended alicorns? If so are Celestia and Luna ascended alicorns or were they born that way? What about Cadence and Flurry Heart who were born alicorns? Will they only live as long and regular ponies?

We've seen that future Twilight has taken an alicorn form similar to Celestia and Luna's complete with flowing mane and tail. Neither Cadence nor Flurry Heart have constantly flowing mane and tails. Then again neither did alicorn Twilight initially. Does this mean that alicorns undergo some form of metamorphosis of which Celestia and Luna represent the final alicorn form? In that case why would Twilight resemble Celestia and Luna in all other respects except lifespan?

Also the quote says that Twilight will not outlive her friends. It doesn't specify which friends. Given that Celestia, Luna and Discord are her friends she could very well be immortal. We did see that the other members of the Mane 6 have aged and Twilight hasn't. It would be horrific if they were immortal but continued to age normally.

I hope the question of alicorns is ultimately addressed somewhere as it is the one great question this series left unanswered.