Talk:Alicorns/@comment-24388922-20160327172002/@comment-27739895-20160328143042

Honestly, Twilight outliving her friends offers great opportunities for interesting (and sad) fan-work but, unless I missed something, I personally see no reason why Meghan's statement would be wrong (didn't Lauren Faust also stated that Twilight wouldn't outlive her friends? Don't quote me on that).

In my eyes, the reason why Celestia and Luna live longer is notably because they age much slower (as stated in The Journal of the Two Sisters) but if we look at Cadance (the only other example of a pony who was made into an alicorn besides Twilight – provided you agree that Celestia and Luna were indeed born as natural alicorns) we see her age at a seemingly normal speed despite her alicorn status. Notably, in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, we see a flashback where "alicorn-fillysitter" Cadance looks like "a teenager" whereas she now is an adult mother. I believe Cadance would still be in her "teenage" years if she had the same slow-aging characteristic as Celestia and Luna. Consequently, I would assume Twilight Sparkle, just like Cadance, would also have a seemingly normal aging process.

Flurry Heart, however, might turn out to have a different aging process since she is a natural-born alicorn.