i keep thinking about like how old the mane 6 are meant to be like i could definitely watch twilight through the lense of she's basically a university student (so young adult 18-25 in the first few seasons) and that also fits the other mane 6s like little jobs they have early seasons - rarity starting a business but not having much reknown yet, fluttershy looking after animals, pinkie helping out mr and mrs cake while being a freelance party planner, rainbows weather pony stuff, aj working on the family farm
and when twi gets her wings celestia says "you've done smth that nopony has done before" and like i could defo see that as her getting her phd basically cos like for a phd u have to present new knowledge to ur field of study












