>Immortal Alicorn>Is ruler of Equestria>Cant even defeat Villians that are a threat to Equestria worth shitIs she a JOKE?!
>>43131605As a narrative trope, she's Worf. Played up as extremely strong and wise with her history of defeating Nightmare Moon and ruling for a thousand years, so that when villains are too strong for her or manage to beat her, the audience views them as a credible threat for the protagonists to overcome. However, worth mentioning that in this instance Celestia was using raw power against the literal Power of Love, nothing was going to be a match for Chrysalis in that moment except similar powers because of the whole trope that Love is the strongest.How many times have we had this thread? I feel like this site is just autistic people making the same threads over and over again because familiar conversations are as comforting as a weighted blanket.
>>43131657>FiM goes to shit as soon as it starts ripping off Sסy TrekWho could have seen that coming?
>>43131605My headcanon is that she feigned weakness because she's just extremely lazy. Also she wanted Twilight to step up and be her good little lapdog to deal with her problems.
>>43131605worf effect and we have this thread every other week
>>43131605She's a good pony, and she tries.
>>43131822Tourists are not welcome here
>>43133389Tell that to de Lansissy.
Alicorns don't age in the traditional sense but their magic weakens with time. Celestia was once able to singlehoofedly take on any threat, now she needs the support of others.
>>43131605Why does everyone think being an Alicorn Princess equals being a beat cop?
>>43131605>Oh, woe is me! I, the immortal royal who spent the past thousand years raising and lowering the sun and the moon, have jobbed to the villain of the week! Only my student Twilight can solve this problem and learn new things while doing so!
>>43131852Insane cope, I dig it.
>>43131605She deals with kingdom-level threats offscreen every other week, there are just a couple of times that things get out of hoof.
>>43131605First off, if I recall correctly, it was confirmed alicorns are not immortal. They don't even live forever.As for "ruler of Equestria", even in the early seasons, there were hints there were limits to her authority, like how she can't cancel the Grand Galloping Gala, even though she doesn't like it.Now for her power, this was not a problem exclusive to her. In general the show was in a real need of (and I know what I'm about to say might piss off some people) powerscaling: There were many times were there was no tension because we knew nothing about what the characters could or couldn't do, or even if they could be harmed. I'd argue that Discord even had this issue a lot more than Celestia: He’s often portrayed as nigh-omnipotent, with even the alicorns being powerless against him, yet after draining enough ponies Tirek can such him dry, meaning his power is finite and even with that additional magic, he couldn’t beat the power of 4 alicorns and a some nameless magic rock can completely cancel his magic, just like the common magic of unicorns. I guess that the reason her jobbing is more notable than Discord is that at least he gets to show off his strength a lot more, despite the fact that she was in the show since the very start.
>>43131605is she okay?
>>43131605I like to imagine Celestia has someone that retrieves her crown for her after she's done jobbing.
I love Fluttershy's reaction in this scene
>>43136219Only DBZfags give a shit about exact powerscaling. The only thing that matters here is that Celestia was powerful enough that Chrysalis was surprised she was able to beat her, if Celestia wasn't implied to be powerful "even more powerful than Celestia" would have been an empty statement. It's entirely meant to showcase the power of Shining Armor's love for Cadence, not for internet autists to argue about power level rankings.
>>43131852Didn’t Season 9 make this explicitly canon?
