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I was talking about the same size as they are in the current time, not the same size as each other.
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She and Luna were the same size >1000 years ago when Discord was sealed
Nah, Luna was still the Little Sister back then as well.
your current filter.She and Luna were the same size >1000 years ago when Discord was sealed, so Celestia is probably maxed out. Luna might still have growing to do if being in the moon put her in effective stasis.
I wonder if Celestia will live for another thousand years if she will continue to grow taller?
I don’t really think it’s necessarily in Celestia’s personality to view life like that. Sure, friends passing away is sad, but the time spent with a recently passed away friend is miniscule compared to the total amount of time spent with them in the first place.
Becoming sad or lonely over millennia isn’t an inevitability.
@TexasUberAlles
And I agree that the comics have actually done a good job here. Much as I would love more existential discussions on the show (and now have a mental image of Celestia talking to Gummy while all the ponies except Pinkie look at her in confusion), the comic does manage to capture some of the feeling of her (likely unending) burden.
I’ve always gotten the impression that Twilight and Cadance weren’t quite Actual Alicorns– who I assume are functionally immortal in that they won’t die of old age, something would have to actively kill them– but have vastly longer base life expectancies than any unmodified Pony of the Three Tribes ever could.
I really do feel like it’s part of the reason she teaches
That’s one of the few areas where I really think the IDW comics have enormously outpaced the show; they make it abundantly clear that Celestia is just lonely as heck after however many thousands of years of watching everyone she loves aside from her sister wither and die in the knowledge that she herself must continue on for the sake of her nation, and the issues where she’s teaching new students and dealing with students grown old and become teachers themselves really drive home that existential melancholy in a way the show has never explicitly addressed.
You can’t help but think that there must be moments where Celestia is confronted by the sheer vastness of the gulf of time that exists between her and all her subjects. It’s so easy to picture her having a sudden urge for cake made by one of her favorite bakers and asking her guards to get some, only to find out that the pony she’s talking about died before they were even born. I really do feel like it’s part of the reason she teaches. Because a meaningful connection, no matter how painful it may be to her eventually, is one of the few things that can keep her from losing track of time altogether.
It won’t ever happen in the show, but– assuming Celestia survives the Series Finale (may it be many years from now)– this is pretty much exactly what I see happening in Equestria Actual at some point in the future.
“I know what you’re going through, Twilight. The first few centuries are the hardest.”
“They are?”
“Yes. You’ll see traces of the family you grew up with in every relative. If your friends had foals of their own, you’ll still have living reminders of what you’ve lost. And they’ll know you, and talk to you about them as long as they live.”
“Oh.”
“And then one day, the children of your friends and relatives vanish as well. And suddenly you realize no one but you remembers them. Not the way they actually were, anyway. The little quirks, the flaws, the details that made them unique and special and memorable, replaced with whatever stories survive. And it’s like losing them all over again.”
“D… Does it ever stop?”
“It can hurt less. But there are only two paths moving forward from this, Twilight. On the first, you withdraw from the world to avoid forming another significant friendship. But eventually you’ll find you couldn’t even if you wanted too, because compared to the span of you life most other ponies are brief points of light that shine for a moment in the dark, and are extinguished.”
“And the other path?”
“You live with the pain. You make new friends, you teach, you take on protégés… anything that forces you to remain connected to the world, so you don’t end up watching it go by centuries at a time. And when they’ve gone, you pick up and start again. And again. And again.”
Probably not on her 100th birthday.
You’re not allowed to make cute pones sad.
yea sure… a giant never ending wheat field…
@LadyTheRainicorn
Now I think of Papyrus.
Don’t know what your talking about the others are on vacation at kindly old farmer Bill’s farm where they get to have friendship adventures in his large fields with other ponies like Bright Mac and Pear Butter.