>>24150 So is the dad Mr. Cake?

>>24180 I think so. He knocked both of them up at the same time, so they ended up delivering on the same day. In the episode, Cup Cake is recovering, but Pinkie Pie is pathologically energetic, so she's up and about in the nursery, celebrating with the foals. It's why Redheart doesn't kick Pinkie out when she's dancing around the newborns, the mothers are allowed to see their babies, even if visitors have to wait outside.

>>24150 How would they hide that?

>>24292 Same way they keep Apple Bloom's parentage a secret: Everypony agrees to keep their lips buttoned.

>>24579 But even Pinkie never mentioning it?

>>24643 Pinkie Promise

Technological progress is so sporadic because when something is seen as good enough, like steam trains or film reels, it's simply settled on as a near unchanging standard. Sure, some places may have more advanced stuff present, but that's because a local pony had enough ingenuity to make something better and share it with their friends. Whether it then spreads from that localized area comes down entirely to if ponies from elsewhere both happen to see/use it and like it enough to want to bring it to their friends as well instead of just seeing it as something special this particular place has to itself. On a similar note, I think the feel like the tech-based aesthetic that would have the best chance of catching on and really sticking in Equestria would be cassette futurism. I base this on nothing more than it somewhat fitting with the notion of finding something that works well then leaving it alone I stated prior and its 80s era connection coinciding with the era that my little pony as a franchise started. >>3396 Like real life, facial expression will go a long way to helping make body language much clearer. >>14860 >Think how many other small valley towns like Ponyville there must be that the mane characters would have no reason to know about or reference. The tabletop gaming player in me sees this as a good thing because it leaves plenty of space in the setting for writers to carve out their own little spots. When deciding where one of my steel donuts came from I decided he hailed from a mountain village in the crystal mountain range about directly above where Manehattan is written on the map there.

>>3035 >>3038 >>3051 Ponies don't seem like the type of race that would field large, organized national armies simply because having that degree of a command and power structure isn't something they're able to do. Local militias and volunteer defense groups seem much more likely and only used for as long as they're absolutely necessary.

>>28930 yes, this. cutie remark shows equstria can be centrally mobilised if necessary. but practically, most rely on various elite forces, like pillars of equestria or elements of harmony, for concentrated tasks to avoid full-blown war

A mare would only accept a man brave enough to stomp a roach with his barefoot