Talk:The Last Problem/@comment-28905659-20191019172538/@comment-25563752-20191022023705

Two things about the "Twilight will outlive her friends" thing.

First, Twilight is NOT immortal. Neither were/are Celestia, Luna, or Cadance. It was stated that teh lifespan of an alicorn of Celestia and Luna's level is 50 years is equal to one year for them. So those 1000 years of ruling was only like 20 years to them. Withy Twilight now having Celestia and Luna's power, it's safe to assume that her lifespan has become the same as there's. It's unknown what Cadance's lifespan is since she's not at the level of power as Celestia and Luna, who are practically goddesses.

Second, it seems that Twilight is grooming Luster to be her replacement the way Celestia did to her. If this is the case, then when/if Twilight gives her power to Luster, then she would likely revert to an ordinary lifesapn. We don't see Celestia and Luna in the epilogue, so it's possible that without their god-like power, they eventually died of natural causes without thier longevity (this was like 20-30 years in the future). So if the writers say that Twilight won't outlive her friends, once she gives her power to Luster, she probably won't.

I'd also like to address this in case anyone asks. Why would Twilight choose a successor so early when it took Celestia over 1000 years. I have two theories on this.

First is that it simply took that long to find someone suitable. Perhaps Twilight was the only one who proved to be worthy in the end. Sunset Shimmer was obviously another candidat, but that didn't work out. So maybe Twilight just happened to find a worthy successor in Luster early on.

My other theory is that Celestia simply didn't look for a successor until Twilight and Sunset came along because she was waiting for Luna to be freed from the moon, and didn't want to ahnd over rulership until she fixed things with her sister. When the time approached for Luna to be freed, Clestia began looking for a successor. The first was Sunset, but when that didn't work, she turned to Twilight, who proved to be worthy.

So yeah, despite Twilight's longevity, it's very plausible that she won't outlive her friends. I mean, sure she'd be the last one to kick the bucket, probably by several years, but still.