Talk:Magic/@comment-24468230-20140809195143/@comment-24468230-20140810033050

I just thought of another possibility. The poem might have used the word "mared" because Equestria is a female-dominated society. Just like our male-dominated society sometimes used the word "he" to refer to a person of indterminate gender (i.e., "If anyone is caught breaking the law, he will be arrested"), it's possible Equestrians use (or used to use, in the pre-politically-correct era) the word "she" in such situations.

Or maybe "mared" was just used to fit the meter. "Stallioned" doesn't rhyme well. :)