We know that two ponies of one type can give birth to ponies of another type. What would happen if two pegasi living in Cloudsdale gave birth to an earth pony or a unicorn? They would need to leave their home because their foal cannot walk on clouds.
>>42894805probably? IMO a bigger problem is delivering a foal in Cloudsdale
>>42894821I imagine pegasus hospitals come equiped with a constant cloud walking spell to stop babies from plummetting to the ground
>>42894805The interesting part of this is that this is apparently due to mixed ancestry. So it wouldn't have been a wide spread problem until the three tribes thoroughly merged.>>42894864Magic is a lot less silly than safety nets hanging beneath the city, kek. I really like the idea of pegasus locations having unicorn technicians staffed to make sure the magic is maintained and working.
Wonderbolt academy was partly set up on flatten out mountain top, I feel like the most safe option would be to do the same for pegasi hospital or at the very least building a separate maternity wing.
>>42894805This was partially answered over a decade ago.
>>42894933kek
>>42894917Pegasi are a proud bunch. Can you image what damage it could do to your reputation if anypody found out you gave birth on the DIRT?! Enchanted clouds are a safety net and a workaround of the culture of delivering on clouds. It'd be culturally taboo to NOT give birth in the sky
>>42894981Imagine how many foals got fucking splooted before cloud walking spells were a thing
>>42894933>umbilical cord bungee jumpingThat sounds extremely painful for both mare and foal
>>42896006That was the point back then, it was to prove that you were confident of your pure lineage by fully believing the baby would be born a pegaus.Anyone who laid with beasts (aka. other tribes), or had an ancestor that did, suffered the possibility of having their foal drop down. Thus purging themselves from the gene pool.Of course, giving birth to other races stopped being such a big deal in recent times, but tradition and culture remain.
