Talk:Scootaloo/@comment-1023843-20140113041615/@comment-10390252-20140128170457

@Shadowflicker,

That is definitely not what it says about magic from what I've seen on the show. Earth ponies need to be taught to use their magic and so do unicorns (for example, look at how poor Twilight's magic was when she was a filly). Even a Cloudsdale-born pegasi like Fluttershy had trouble making the jump from cloud-walking to flying so a ground-raised Pegasi like Scoots would likely have even more trouble.

This is why I'm a fan of the orphan/adopted idea because it would make sense for her to have never learnt about how to use air magic if she'd never had a pegasi or alicorn to teach it to her.