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Consider: Starlight, born an Earth Pony, but she committed some crimes against magic and science to graft a magical artifact onto her forehead to act as a horn.

It's very rare for Earth Ponies to have Talents in complex magic, so when it does happen, it can either be a source of great inspiration and creativity, or a disruption and "challenge" to the "natural order". In the case of Sire's Hollow, there was a major economic divide between the wealthy Unicorn children like Sunburst who were all pushed to go to Celestia's school if they showed enough magical ability, VS the Earth Ponies who made up the working and servant classes and sent their kids to the local public school. Sunburst's Cutie Mark was what set his path in stone; up until that point, he'd struggled as a student, and was one of the few Unicorns to go out of his way to befriend an Earth Pony. But of course, she couldn't go with him.

This is what started Starlight questioning the structure of their town, the power of Unicorns over the other "races", and how much work went into maintaining those pipelines. Her distrust for Cutie Marks comes from the fact that while Sunburst was "loved" but actually got torn away from everything he loved for his talent, people just saw her as confused about her role in society - a waste of a talent.

So, if everyone was so sure an Earth Pony couldn't be as strong as a Unicorn, she'd just have to prove them wrong, by bridging the gap with her "wasted" talent. Y'know the staff she used for the Cutie Mark spell? She started growing that tree as a small child, and carved a horn for herself out of its wood, along with the staff, which she could use to weave more complex spells. This means that, since the horn isn't part of her body and can't feel pain, she is not held back by the limitations of migraines, inflammation, general brain fog and the like that usually comes about as a side-effect of overusing magic.

However! This also means she's not very good at telling when the rest of her body is overloaded, and will brute-force her way through spells that would've concussed a natural Unicorn several times over, only noticing the damage it's done well after the shock wears off and she's ready to pass out. Over time, the fibers of the horn grow into her skin, connecting more closely with the rest of her skull; she refuses to acknowledge that it's starting to hurt, not just when she's using it, but *constantly,* because her body is struggling to adapt. It was supposed to make her stronger, she can't give up now! After everything, she can't stop until she's proven her point - proven she's worth more than they ever expected, that she's better than them, that she knows what she's doing and they were wrong for letting her slip through the cracks like that.

So what if it's destroying her in the process? They didn't care then, why should she care now? She's stronger now! She's not a weak little fully who can't defend herself, she's Starlight fucking Glimmer and no man nor mark will tell her what she can and cannot be! Hell, she was actually doing a bit better when she first lost faith in Cutie Marks, because for a moment there, she started to genuinely believe she was worth something beyond her talent...

She's not just "what would've happened to Twilight without friends". She's "what would've happened to Twilight if she were born in a slightly different circumstance, which made people see her talent and intelligence as a threat instead of nurturing it to be exploited later".

Earth pony Starlight Glimmer has SO MUCH POTENTIAL as you’ve shown written here! I love the idea of Starlight tapping into magic that her body isn’t used to or made for and it’s consequences

Every pony species has magic. It’s all about how it’s channeled through the body and their base magical alignment. Starlight Glimmer would be a rare example of a pure magic alignment for an earth pony. And all she’s heard in her life is how much untapped potential she has and how it’s being “wasted”

The staff and her “horn” being created from the same material is a brilliant idea! And the horn digging into her skull is a fascinating idea.

Fun Fact! Generally speaking, the higher up in the atmosphere you are, the more magic potential you have; and if you have a way to express it? Then you get what unicorns and reindeer have!

While unicorns can openly express their magic with their horns, Pegasus are technically the most magical of the tribes (and possibly of most species) due to their high altitude. Cities on clouds and such. Thats how they control the weather, that’s how they can fly with such smaller wings, that’s how they’re faster than most other species. They may not have horns to levitate shit with pure magic, but it’s getting expressed Somehow here

Look at it like this. Dragons live on high up valcanos and caves, Kirin live on the Peaks of Peril, Reindeer live on mountain tops. All have magic abilities! Unicorns used to live in mountains, but nowadays thats faded away. They’re weaker, less magical than they used to be in the older days. There’s a reason Canterlots on a mountainside folks, there’s a reason why the best, strongest unicorns study on a MOUNTAIN

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Canterlot Midwives

Introducing the three midwives featured in my recent post Miracle. These are the lovely ladies that delivered Twilight's son Meteor Star, minus Dr Sternsaddle, who I will design and post about soon. They are co-workers and good friends through work, but that's not all they have to their characters. . .

Precious Pacifier, 25 is a earth pony of soft, sweet nature and tall, wide stature. She's a caring individual, endlessly kind and charitable, always loving to give a helping hoof, or a word of advice, and has a soft spot for young foals. Because of her strength and big hooves, she is a total klutz, which makes her self-conscious and awkward around others, she isn't shy but she does dread social interaction if it means she might make a mess of herself.

It is in helping expecting mothers and delivering foals where her confidence comes out, she thinks herself too clumsy to handle the actual baby part of her job as a midwife, but she'll be there to cheer a mother on and is in charge of watching out for the baby's head and determining what needs to be done at any point in the labor process.

Outside of work, she and her husband, a unicorn named Spector, are young newly-weds —at the time of Meteor's birth— and very happy together. Though Precious often finds herself not at all snooty enough, or even more, too big, for Canterlot, and she might be better suited to the countryside, the capital city has always been her home and she's not leaving it anytime soon. ( I obviously did not draw her quite big enough to be all that's stated above, but just pretend she's massive compared to the others, shhh )

Sweet Dreams, Age 29 is a unicorn of poise and elegance, and though she may seem a bit regal and imposing at first glance, she's really not an unpleasant or unapproachable pony. Quite the contrary, she's the type of pony that exudes peace and comfort to those in her care, her job being to soothe her patients, melt their worries away, make them comfortable, sometimes even to the point of lulling them to sleep, which is especially handy when dealing with her client's newborns. She's witty and has a silly side to her, the ladder of which comes out when faced with anything cute and cuddly, making her an amusing sight to see when she gets excited over being able to handle the foals in her care.

Dreams is also known for her tasteful fashion sense and ability to pull off just about anything. Her unusually long tail is praised, as having one is a lost unicorn trait that is rarely seen in Equestria these days and was once considered beautiful and a sign of good breeding. Her hooves aren't actually cloven as that's also a rarely seen trait, but she had a bit of carving done on them to give off a similar appearance, ( it's a more cartoonish version as opposed to deep cloves, as cutting deeper than the hoof wall can be painful and damaging to the inner parts of one's hoof ) so she needs to get them redone every so often. She is also married and has been so since she was twenty-two.

Her husband is also a unicorn, a soldier for the Royal Guard, named Well Wish, and they have a three-year-old daughter called Valentine. Oh, she's also the older sister of Fond Feather ( Featherbang's purple fan girl ) and Dear Darling is their cousin. Their parents fostered Darling, who was close in age with Fond, so Fond and Darling were always closer to each other than they were with Sweet Dreams who was much older, and because of this, the two sisters are nearly estranged today.

Soft Hoof, 30 is a unicorn with a more quiet approach to things. She has a thick Prench accent and is hard to understand, because of her dialect as well as her strange more philosophical way of wording her sentences. She is the one that handles foals the most, her name implying her gentle touch, and graceful care. She's well versed in caring for foals and highly trusted. She being hard to communicate with isn't much part of helping with the mothers and their wellbeing, but will help with the foals and direct mothers on anything about caring for them that they might be unsure of or clueless about.

Her hair was once completely blue, but she started going white early, a trait she accepts whole-heartedly. She prefers her hair how it is now, as it gives her a more unique appearance from her mother, who she was once identical to and whom she has a complicated relationship with, one more negative than not.

Softie, unlike her co-workers, is unmarried, child-free, and content with both, her job giving her all the fulfillment and precious baby love she requires. She lived in Prance until she was twelve, is an only child, and in her personal life she often does chalk art on the streets of Canterlot and preforms violin for her local yoga group, as well as participates in said exercise, always one to practice self-care and meditation. She's friends with Tree Hugger and they often meditate, practice fortune telling, and study crystals together.

After watching longingly from the sidelines as all her friends found love, got married, and started having their first foals ( something Twi

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Precious Pacifier, Sweet Dreams, and Soft Hoof as well as Meteor Star and the entirety of the Hopes'nDreamsVerse belong to me.

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Unicorn Study! I wanted to write down some headcanon bullets and it seems wrong to do it on DeviantArt at 2 am lmaoo

A LOT of information after the break!

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An MLP Original Character!

Created by me.

(and this^ is a picrew version of them)

Blinding Vision

Is a: Unicorn (but has recent Kirin lineage ancestry, if that is possible in MLP)

Unsure of gender? Maybe genderfluid?

Appearance: Has big hooves. Long skinny tail and a hardy practical mane, both of which are reddish-pink in colour. Long eyelashes, and orange eyes. Their coat is a dark, but minty, green

Born: early in Celestia's reign

Lives in: a warm cliff-side cave on the Eastern coast of Equestria

Their job is as a deliver of spells, some of which they make themself.

Personality: Passive (usually), easily hungry, not notably intelligent, very high self-esteem

Likes: poetry, flower-gathering and darts as hobbies

Unicorn Headcanons

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Unicorns are medium sized, often taller than pegasi and shorter than Earth Ponies (though variations are so common that the average is only that via an entire population). Unicorns are known by their ability to use their magic directly, conducting pure energy through the horns on their heads. Traditionally the ones who raised the sun, moon, and stars, nowadays unicorn jobs range from creating magical electricity for the cities to run, to fine work such as detailed stitching, writing, and accounting. Unicorns tend to be the "nobility" of Equestria as well, a bias that has persisted since before the Royal Sisters came into power. This is a combination of trickery (counterfeit coins used to be a HUGE issue - a unicorn would enchant a copper bit to look gold), investing, and blackmail. Types of unicorn: -Common: The common unicorn is the most frequently found nowadays. With smooth hooves, a plain tail, and a straight, often rounded horn. -Traditional: The traditional unicorn is known by their cloven hooves. The lion's tail and sharp, curved horn were also dead giveaways, but the hooves are what really set them apart. This added mobility over other pony races gave them a double advantage to fine textile skills, which meant before the advent of public education, only rich ponies and unicorns bothered to learn reading and writing. Unicorns can persist with a range of traits from the common to traditional unicorn, like a straight, sharp horn, or cloven hooves. Sometimes, traditional unicorn traits show up in pegasi and earth ponies as a nod to a distant unicorn ancestor. Magic Types: -Aura -Electric -Shaped Sparkles -Angry Magic types are a mix of personal style and power - most ponies tend to use pure aura magic as it is the fastest and simplest. However, some spells, such as Cadence's love spell, require shaped sparkles (in her case, hearts). When a unicorn is angry, they tend to flash the three other types at once in a jagged mess of magic - spells cast this way are powerful, but tend to go wrong very quickly, often just blowing up in the unicorn's face. Magical color is often the same as your eye color - though 5% of unicorns have different colored magic! Stronger spells become brighter, and while they still match your eye color, the brightness can get to be so much that it appears white. Horn Breakage: Breaking one's horn is a painful, often traumatic experience. 1 in 5 ponies will break their horn, though luckily, most of these breaks happen to foals with weaker magic. Regrowing a horn can take up to a year, during which time you cannot use magic. Magic that comes out of a broken horn has no conduit, and often emerges with explosive force, as we've seen with Tempest Shadow. Doctors will need to remove the magic buildup once every week to prevent it from leaking out and breaking your healing horn. Unfortunately, in older and stronger ponies, attempts to remove magic every day for a healing will made the magic grow stronger and stronger, leading to an explosive discharge of magic that permanently shatters the horn, and can often kill the unicorn involved. For older ponies who lose their horns, the general recommendation is a prosthetic. Magical prosthetics, while looking easy, are the hardest to achieve, for first you have to learn to control your magic with a broken horn (when it often wants to explode out). However, this control can allow your magic to grow even stronger than it was before you broke your horn, because the focus itself becomes magical, creating a multiplied effect. Metal prosthetics are the most common, with a cap that slides over the break. These allow a unicorn to remove the prosthetic at the end of the day, and are often stylized in gold, silver, and steel. Spirals on these horns are often done in a repeated pattern of one's own cutie mark to bind it to their magic. Crystal prosthetics can often be the most powerful, as a fast growing crystal is grown around the break, and then shaved down into the shape of a horn before the crystal's growth is magically halted. The crystals bounce the magic around as it is cast - leading to stronger magic overall. However, this method is dangerous, as the crystal cannot be removed when it itches, and sometimes, the crystals will start growing inside and along the rest of the horn. The first recorded instance of a crystal horn occurred in the Crystal Empire - before the Great Betrayal, Sombra grew a crystal horn for the pony Gradient Glitter, who was a young teen at the time. Gradient later left the Crystal Empire and became one of Equestria's first prosthetists. **NOTE THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW CANON**

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Image ID: tumblr user "thatonesongyouretryingtoremember" replying to a post that brielfy shows "With how intense Twilight's surge was when..." saying in response "I thought the horn was antler material" :End Image ID

I can see multiple options for unicorn horns! Antlers make sense. They even grow Velvet that would probably be the same color as their fur. Unicorn horns in mlp fim could be Antlers that just usually never lose that Velvet unless injured. They could also be like rhino horns! Made of what the hooves are made of and what hair and fingernails are made of, keratin. This would also make since for color. And maybe if enough magic is used within their lifetime can bleach the natural color away from their horn. So alicorns would have white or clear horns!

There is also the possibility of unicorn and alicorn horns just being made of fantasy materials. Or things that shouldn't naturally be growing on equines because of fantasy logic. Like pearl horns, or diamond horns. I can see Celestia with a variety of stone or crystal horns. Obsidian would be neat because of the sun being somewhat related to lava kinda thing. But i like my Celestia's more fire/solar and flower themed. I like giving her Sunflower cutie marks!

Guys i will always love the unicorns in mlp so much and my ponysona will always be a unicorn bc magic. Like flying? Farming? Eh. But magic? I love magic. And I know they all have magic but unicorn magic. Ahhh.

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