Talk:To Where and Back Again - Part 1/@comment-3410511-20161029161344/@comment-24245960-20161030144208

Perhaps the act of manipulating heavenly bodies does not require as much effort for Celestia and Luna as we are led to believe by Celestia's dramatic displays at the Summer Sun Celebration each year. Sure, for somepony who has never done it before, like Twilight when she briefly had the responsibility, it requires a lot of effort and concentration. But for Celestia and Luna, who have been doing it for over a thousand years, perhaps by now they don't even have to think about it anymore. Thus perhaps they were still able to make it happen despite being imprisoned over a magic-negating artifact.