Talk:My Little Pony The Movie/@comment-30358957-20171018182644/@comment-26423071-20171103212631

That's a Doylist explanation, not a Watsonian one.

In case you are not a Troper, "Watsonian explanation" = "in-universe explanation" ("Derpy has cross eyes because of a birth defect"). "Doylist explanation" = "out-of-universe explanation" ("Derpy has cross eyes because the animator made a mistake").

What's the Watsonian explanation for the Pillars not being in this movie?

In-universe, why didn't the Pillars try to fight Tempest Shadow and the Storm King?