My thoughts: Celestia sealed discord in stone, but her spell weakened over the thousand years or so. That Discord broke free shortly after the argument between the CMC was mere coincidence and the argument didn't trigger Discord breaking out. It would have happened anyway.
Also, nice Galaxy Express shirt, Scott.
Why isn't that a thing?
Because Earthponies don't have magic. ¯\(º o)/¯
Interesting, i had wondered about Discord saying : ï don't turn ponies into stone", as if implying that it may had been a form of capital punishment. In fact, im almost willing to believe that Celestia and Luna practiced such a punishment, making the statues in the garden seem a little disconcerting. Great show altogether. What IS a draconiques though.
They most certainly do, unless you think they can just straight up pull a train with leg strength.
It's called horsepower. And you can.
Lauren Faust has confirmed that Earth Ponies do posess magic, albeit an extremely passive one and linked only to the growth of plants and the earth in general, a reason why so many earth ponies till the soil. Now this may be from her, but im not sure if the show treats this stance officially, so we shall see. A bit of that magic may even be used to explain how crazy their endurance is (pulling a train non stop through the night and day at galloping speeds, or in AJ's case, falling a few stories repeatedly and hardly being winded)
Personal theorem: Celstria could have easily destroyed Discord when he sealed him, but doing that would remove the chaos from the world and make it a pretty dull place all said (rock farms, rock farms for all).
My thoughts: Celestia sealed discord in stone, but her spell weakened over the thousand years or so. That Discord broke free shortly after the argument between the CMC was mere coincidence and the argument didn't trigger Discord breaking out. It would have happened anyway.
No, I think the argument definitely helped Discord break out.
However, as you said, the spell weakened over one thousand years, and so the argument was only powerful enough because the spell was already weak.
Holy crap. That was the most memetastic, inside joke episode EVAR. Double rainbow, tap dancing grandma, buffalerinas, flying pigs, and it all finished with A New Hope homage. Chaos Ponyville reminded me so much of Do-do land from the old Looney Toons show. Wow, just too much shoved into 30 minutes. It feels like the final confrontation was a little rushed because of all the gags being thrown in.
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*sighs sadly in remembering that Rachel Maddow is lesbian*
Also, every pony shufflin'
Surprised this hasn't been linked yet.
My thoughts: Celestia sealed discord in stone, but her spell weakened over the thousand years or so. That Discord broke free shortly after the argument between the CMC was mere coincidence and the argument didn't trigger Discord breaking out. It would have happened anyway.
Also, nice Galaxy Express shirt, Scott.
Because Earthponies don't have magic. ¯\(º o)/¯
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However, as you said, the spell weakened over one thousand years, and so the argument was only powerful enough because the spell was already weak.