To start off, true the show was meant for little girls, representing girl power and all that, including equestria being a matriarchal leadership: mayor mare, Celestia, luna etc. however as time went on, that changed and so did the lore, equestria wasn’t all matriarchal, in rainbow road-trip, the mayor was a stallion. In fact the earlier talk for the 2017 mlp movie was actually going to have a alicorn stallion IE: Celestia and Luna’s brother. It was scrapped though. Now can Stallions be alicorns, yes, if a mare can lead, a stallion can lead. Starswirl didn’t understand friendship cause he was locked away for a thousand years, Celestia isn’t pure cause she blamed herself for nightmare moon, Luna isn’t pure either. Shining armor with his marriage to Cadence makes him a prince. Purity has nothing to do with being feminine, purity is to be free from contamination and adulteration. In short the only sort of evidence there is of being a canon Alicorn, is the scrapped story regarding Luna and Celestia’s brother. Unless you count Alicorn Big Mac. I hope this helps, let me know if I missed anything, or any reference material cause I know I might’ve one of which being the journal of the two sisters. Apologies if this sounded like a rant, it wasn’t meant to be.
@@DijosGrove this is debatable. I do think he could be but also at the same time we have to think he has his sister, his wife and daughter. Who are Alicorns it be overwhelming to his parents too
interesting fact, horses in real life are lead by a mare, usually the oldest, while the stallion protects the herd. it could be that in equestria specifically, it is tradition for mares to be leaders and celestia and luna being powerful immortal rulers just reinforced that tradition. we do see that in the beginning of the show, there are only male royal guards and later in the series some time after twilight becomes an alicorn , we start to see not only more diversity in the royal guard, but mares have joined the guard too! i think this was done by twilight's doing
The closest to male alicorns we ever got were the changelings, but without magic from the horns. Even though Shining Armor was naive not believing that Cadance was an imposter, stupidly Celestia disbelieved it too (bad writing probably). Luna would have sensed something was wrong based on her own experiences. Tirek is quite a parasite, he depends on others' energy instead of getting his own, not unlike the Youma from Sailor Moon. Technically Sombra wasn't really a unicorn, he was an umbrum in a pony's body. He would become a real unicorn after giving up his evil ways. Lastly Discord desired a place in power even though he had plenty of chaotic power and even immortality. He wanted to become a princess among the Mane Six.
I do think that if the creators wanted a boy alicorn it would still be able to work in the canon and I think that there are boy alicorns in skyros they just never need one in the show because as you said the target audience is little girls and Milo show girl power but I don’t think that all male alicorns are bad I think everyone can be good especially in mlp 😂
I do think shining armour should be an alicorn, the thought of Cadence having to live hundreds of years without him is so sad, especially considering she is the princess of love
I suppose, if Prince Blueblood cleaned up his act and did something worthy of it, he could be elevated to Alicorn status. I wouldn't hold my breath though! Shining Armor would probably be a better candidate. Historically, the word "alicorn" is simply a term for the horn of a unicorn. I do believe that male Alicorns do (or did) exist in nature outside of Equestria, probably in Skyros.
@@ShadowlordDio According to the Oxford English Dictionary, alicorn is derived from the Italian 'alicorno' or 'alicorne' and can be traced back to the year 1678; however the meaning of "a unicorn's horn" is traceable to Odell Shepard, who used the English word "alicorn" in that manner in his 1930 book 'The Lore of the Unicorn'.
@@otaku-sempai2197 the word is new to enligsh but even the unicorns are called Licorne in French. The winged unicorns or "unicornios alados" in Spanish were also depicted in Nimrud, Irak, 883-859 a. C. And the word "wing" in Spanish is ALA. There is also the antique words pegacornio, oricuerno and unigaso from ancient Spanish In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn, a word derived from the Italian word alicorno,(itself from Latin wing āla and horn cornū) or as a pegacorn, a portmanteau of pegasus and unicorn.
@@ShadowlordDio Well, the term isn't all that new if it can be traced to the late 1600s at least. But, yeah, the concept of a winged unicorn is an old one.
Well, there is baby prince Leon from that French comic. Big MacIntosh in the Ponyville dream. The animation errors. Hopefully when we get to see Skyros, there will be some, maybe even Celestia's and Luna's brother Cosmos.
6:03 I don't think that it's because they CAN'T, but instead because it just hasn't happened yet, that we're aware of. There really isn't any hard evidence against stallions being able to become alicorns, and our sample size of alicorns is so small that it's fairly easy to believe that it simply hasn't happened yet. It SHOULD have happened by now, but it's believable that it simply hasn't. That's my theory about the lore of it. Logically, I think it's because male alicorns wouldn't sell as well to the target audience (little girls) as female ones do, so Hasbro has, thus far, decided not to introduce any.
They probably could become an alicorn, it's just that it's a girls show and little girls want pink girly pony alicorn princesses and not some guy alicorn.
I feel like the Alicorn Genetics are like Calico Genetics. The Male Alicorns are more rare because it’s less likely for them to be born. And on occasions they were born and lived to adulthood, they could’ve been sterile (can’t reproduce), and even if they do, no male will be born an alicorn or with the gene, so the population of male Alicorns that did once exist are now extinct or more rare. If terms of Magical Genetic Manipulation (MGM), basically what Celestia did to make Twilight an Alicorn, Magically turn her into one, males probably lack something in them that would allow them to become an Alicorn. Maybe males just never catch the eye of the Princess better than the ripe pickings she choses. Maybe they don’t have strong enough magic to keep a stable form and either end up without magic entirely or dead. Of course, things can happen, and a male alicorn could be found or exist, but then what? They’re a male alicorn, in a world that’s seemly run by women. They probably go into hiding because of the lack of representation and the judgment they probably receive as the only one of their kind.
The easiest reason to give is that it's a show more oriented toward a female audience, so of course the female characters will get all the cool exclusive stuff (not that it upsets me, but it is the reverse of the shounen effect). There is Prince Leon, but he's not canon.
This is something that I’ve been wondering ever since I noticed it and you know, thinking about it Prince Blueblood who is a prince isn’t an Alicorn which is strange but I think he isn’t for obvious reasons. And as for the King sombra theory the MLP comics may or may not be canon. Trust me, I would 100% agree with that theory if the story wasn’t canon. Who knows. The closest that we have is Princesses Celestia and Luna’s dad but he isn’t an official character. It would’ve been nice if there was male Alicorns ✨
4:25 Actually I don’t think it means it was thrown in the trash. Remember alicorn status and power is EARNED. No one is originally born an alicorn. Especially since Celestial herself says that Flurrie heart is the first natural born Alicorn. If anything it might support the theory. Since someone could have taken his Alicorn status away from him trapping it in the Alicorn amulet. Causing him to revert back into his pre alicorn form. For example forcing him back into a unicorn? Just a theory/idea but it shouldn’t just destroy the theory. Especially when Twilight is literally living proof that Alicorn status can be earned.
Simple in this term, Barbie movie makes it clear that Ken was just that, a Ken. No major importance other than being friends or boyfriends and with limited abilities and knowledge. It's true we may have a future male alicorn but likely the males are just playing their part much like the Kens did in their universe. There is the young six who have Sandbar and it's open to show that males can be more than just Kens when they push for it. Opening a way for males to be just as important as females. On my side, Shining Armor doesn't count. Not that I hate him but what has he done in reality besides becoming a prince?
He's one of the best royal guards in the show, but that isn't very easy to gauge because every character royal guards went up against were either comparable to or surpassed Celestia/Luna. Scaling isn't easy in a franchise where characters have interdimensional powers, yet can probably die from gunshot wounds.
The lack of male alicorns aside, this is kind of an intriguing possibility of exploring Skyros, the mythical alicorn domain. It would likely be best done in comics, and it would be a fascinating addition and expansion on the lore of the MLP universe. It would be something really neat to explore.
Sunburst would have made a good alicorn. He had the knowledge and he had the heart. Other than actually casting magic, he was ahead of where Twilight was when the series started. But the FiM universe kind of sucks because characters are limited by the talents/abilities they are born with, or in the case of Sunburst, not born with.
this is a question i ask all the time, that and how are alicorns made in the first place because the is only one that was born that way. what if a stallion was good at magic and met the criteria to be an alicorn? what if he accidently figured out the spell and now doesn't know how to go about life as normal because that's just unheard of? there's a cool plot in there somewhere for sure.
Before watching video: Its because its a little girls show and the producers never felt like it. Not sure why starswirl was never an alicorn judging by his friendship and extreme power but whatever i guess. Princess = alicorn but prince doesnt apparently. Plotholes. Laziness
There are probably some male Alicorn in skyrus or other lands outside, equestria that's my theory maybe only in equestria females can become alicorns or no males managed to pull up something that are worthy of them becoming one. Or maybe the males didn't want to become alicorns cause they don't want responsibility or to be one kinda like sunny didn't.
Okay if that's the alternate universe and that would mean that in that alter universe it would show him without wings who knows if you really had wings or not in the universe of My Little Pony friendship is Magic
King.. Sombra.. trapped his power in the amulet that's y he don't have it. Idk tho 🤷🏽♀️ They just might be se**st, as well as they are rac**t. I mean non of the other creatures like griffin's were helped, just when Twilight came with her friends to be. There's also that male in one of the ep being very ra**st with the kid's. Triggered me af.. Anyway! I do think males can be, but they just don't be given opportunities to be. Shining could of been good alicorn, but with his male design would look quite wonky I think 🤔 Thats my thoughts..
I disagree it was mentioned in the comics of there being a male ruler in the original comic there was a male ruler of King sombra in a dimension quiet similar to there's.
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To start off, true the show was meant for little girls, representing girl power and all that, including equestria being a matriarchal leadership: mayor mare, Celestia, luna etc. however as time went on, that changed and so did the lore, equestria wasn’t all matriarchal, in rainbow road-trip, the mayor was a stallion. In fact the earlier talk for the 2017 mlp movie was actually going to have a alicorn stallion IE: Celestia and Luna’s brother. It was scrapped though. Now can Stallions be alicorns, yes, if a mare can lead, a stallion can lead. Starswirl didn’t understand friendship cause he was locked away for a thousand years, Celestia isn’t pure cause she blamed herself for nightmare moon, Luna isn’t pure either. Shining armor with his marriage to Cadence makes him a prince. Purity has nothing to do with being feminine, purity is to be free from contamination and adulteration.
In short the only sort of evidence there is of being a canon Alicorn, is the scrapped story regarding Luna and Celestia’s brother. Unless you count Alicorn Big Mac.
I hope this helps, let me know if I missed anything, or any reference material cause I know I might’ve one of which being the journal of the two sisters. Apologies if this sounded like a rant, it wasn’t meant to be.
Shining Armour should have become an alicorn tbh.
Frr
Not imo. It would be overpowered for one family. Having four alicorns.
I agree.
@@DijosGrove this is debatable. I do think he could be but also at the same time we have to think he has his sister, his wife and daughter. Who are Alicorns it be overwhelming to his parents too
Yess! And also star swirl
interesting fact, horses in real life are lead by a mare, usually the oldest, while the stallion protects the herd. it could be that in equestria specifically, it is tradition for mares to be leaders and celestia and luna being powerful immortal rulers just reinforced that tradition.
we do see that in the beginning of the show, there are only male royal guards and later in the series some time after twilight becomes an alicorn , we start to see not only more diversity in the royal guard, but mares have joined the guard too! i think this was done by twilight's doing
Mares joined the gaurd? I don’t remember seeing any mares or maybe it was a quick shot
@@quinnhouk5369 it started in season 7 or 8
@@scorcher69 cool
That theory is way better than mine pwp
@@ashlyn_a4s0n_afton what’s your theory?
Still it was cool to see Big Mac become one in the dream world.
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Bic mac was always worthy to become one 💅
The closest to male alicorns we ever got were the changelings, but without magic from the horns. Even though Shining Armor was naive not believing that Cadance was an imposter, stupidly Celestia disbelieved it too (bad writing probably). Luna would have sensed something was wrong based on her own experiences. Tirek is quite a parasite, he depends on others' energy instead of getting his own, not unlike the Youma from Sailor Moon. Technically Sombra wasn't really a unicorn, he was an umbrum in a pony's body. He would become a real unicorn after giving up his evil ways. Lastly Discord desired a place in power even though he had plenty of chaotic power and even immortality. He wanted to become a princess among the Mane Six.
I do think that if the creators wanted a boy alicorn it would still be able to work in the canon and I think that there are boy alicorns in skyros they just never need one in the show because as you said the target audience is little girls and Milo show girl power but I don’t think that all male alicorns are bad I think everyone can be good especially in mlp 😂
I think that male alicorns exist we have just not seen them
I do think shining armour should be an alicorn, the thought of Cadence having to live hundreds of years without him is so sad, especially considering she is the princess of love
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I suppose, if Prince Blueblood cleaned up his act and did something worthy of it, he could be elevated to Alicorn status. I wouldn't hold my breath though! Shining Armor would probably be a better candidate. Historically, the word "alicorn" is simply a term for the horn of a unicorn. I do believe that male Alicorns do (or did) exist in nature outside of Equestria, probably in Skyros.
Alicorn is from spanish/Latin "ala" (wing) And unicornio 🦄. Winged unicorn. Unicornio alado. Ala-unicornio.-> Alicornio. Alicorn in English ❤
@@ShadowlordDio According to the Oxford English Dictionary, alicorn is derived from the Italian 'alicorno' or 'alicorne' and can be traced back to the year 1678; however the meaning of "a unicorn's horn" is traceable to Odell Shepard, who used the English word "alicorn" in that manner in his 1930 book 'The Lore of the Unicorn'.
@@otaku-sempai2197 the word is new to enligsh but even the unicorns are called Licorne in French. The winged unicorns or "unicornios alados" in Spanish were also depicted in Nimrud, Irak, 883-859 a. C.
And the word "wing" in Spanish is ALA. There is also the antique words pegacornio, oricuerno and unigaso from ancient Spanish
In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn, a word derived from the Italian word alicorno,(itself from Latin wing āla and horn cornū) or as a pegacorn, a portmanteau of pegasus and unicorn.
@@ShadowlordDio Well, the term isn't all that new if it can be traced to the late 1600s at least. But, yeah, the concept of a winged unicorn is an old one.
Well, there is baby prince Leon from that French comic. Big MacIntosh in the Ponyville dream. The animation errors. Hopefully when we get to see Skyros, there will be some, maybe even Celestia's and Luna's brother Cosmos.
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Cosmos wasn't there brother he was there father
@@josephmooney8301 and just where did you hear that?
I never thought about that-
6:03 I don't think that it's because they CAN'T, but instead because it just hasn't happened yet, that we're aware of. There really isn't any hard evidence against stallions being able to become alicorns, and our sample size of alicorns is so small that it's fairly easy to believe that it simply hasn't happened yet. It SHOULD have happened by now, but it's believable that it simply hasn't.
That's my theory about the lore of it. Logically, I think it's because male alicorns wouldn't sell as well to the target audience (little girls) as female ones do, so Hasbro has, thus far, decided not to introduce any.
They probably could become an alicorn, it's just that it's a girls show and little girls want pink girly pony alicorn princesses and not some guy alicorn.
I'm so exited to see this! Since I know this video is going to be amazing!
Same
Maybe in Skyros they'll have new characters which are not just flurry heart but son's and daughters of twilight sparkle
I want it too
@@rvijayasini6480thanks
OMG that would be so cool
@@Awesomeselim who's the dad?
@@rvijayasini6480 what?
Good point
Tbh, there are probably male alicorns in skyrose, and they might make an appearance in MLP MYM
I feel like the Alicorn Genetics are like Calico Genetics. The Male Alicorns are more rare because it’s less likely for them to be born.
And on occasions they were born and lived to adulthood, they could’ve been sterile (can’t reproduce), and even if they do, no male will be born an alicorn or with the gene, so the population of male Alicorns that did once exist are now extinct or more rare.
If terms of Magical Genetic Manipulation (MGM), basically what Celestia did to make Twilight an Alicorn, Magically turn her into one, males probably lack something in them that would allow them to become an Alicorn.
Maybe males just never catch the eye of the Princess better than the ripe pickings she choses.
Maybe they don’t have strong enough magic to keep a stable form and either end up without magic entirely or dead.
Of course, things can happen, and a male alicorn could be found or exist, but then what? They’re a male alicorn, in a world that’s seemly run by women.
They probably go into hiding because of the lack of representation and the judgment they probably receive as the only one of their kind.
I found it weird how Alicorns were only female ponies and not males. Especially since according to G5’s lore there was a city for alicorns
They can. They just have to became ascended masters in magic like how Twilight reached that status.
Remember when Big Mac made himself into an alicorn in a dream 🗿
Lmao
Tru stallion
The easiest reason to give is that it's a show more oriented toward a female audience, so of course the female characters will get all the cool exclusive stuff (not that it upsets me, but it is the reverse of the shounen effect). There is Prince Leon, but he's not canon.
Im soooo excited!!!
I am soo excited for this video its gonna be amazing
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Calm down sweetie
This is something that I’ve been wondering ever since I noticed it and you know, thinking about it Prince Blueblood who is a prince isn’t an Alicorn which is strange but I think he isn’t for obvious reasons. And as for the King sombra theory the MLP comics may or may not be canon. Trust me, I would 100% agree with that theory if the story wasn’t canon. Who knows. The closest that we have is Princesses Celestia and Luna’s dad but he isn’t an official character. It would’ve been nice if there was male Alicorns ✨
Genetically, should both parents be winged unicorns, the offspring will be born with those features - Can't have numerous alicorns outside of Skyros
4:25
Actually I don’t think it means it was thrown in the trash. Remember alicorn status and power is EARNED. No one is originally born an alicorn. Especially since Celestial herself says that Flurrie heart is the first natural born Alicorn. If anything it might support the theory. Since someone could have taken his Alicorn status away from him trapping it in the Alicorn amulet. Causing him to revert back into his pre alicorn form. For example forcing him back into a unicorn? Just a theory/idea but it shouldn’t just destroy the theory. Especially when Twilight is literally living proof that Alicorn status can be earned.
Simple in this term, Barbie movie makes it clear that Ken was just that, a Ken. No major importance other than being friends or boyfriends and with limited abilities and knowledge. It's true we may have a future male alicorn but likely the males are just playing their part much like the Kens did in their universe. There is the young six who have Sandbar and it's open to show that males can be more than just Kens when they push for it. Opening a way for males to be just as important as females. On my side, Shining Armor doesn't count. Not that I hate him but what has he done in reality besides becoming a prince?
He's one of the best royal guards in the show, but that isn't very easy to gauge because every character royal guards went up against were either comparable to or surpassed Celestia/Luna. Scaling isn't easy in a franchise where characters have interdimensional powers, yet can probably die from gunshot wounds.
4:05 "removed his wings make him an normal Alicorn"?
The lack of male alicorns aside, this is kind of an intriguing possibility of exploring Skyros, the mythical alicorn domain. It would likely be best done in comics, and it would be a fascinating addition and expansion on the lore of the MLP universe. It would be something really neat to explore.
Sunburst would have made a good alicorn. He had the knowledge and he had the heart. Other than actually casting magic, he was ahead of where Twilight was when the series started. But the FiM universe kind of sucks because characters are limited by the talents/abilities they are born with, or in the case of Sunburst, not born with.
I know!! Id live to see him as an alicorn he kinda was an alicorn by heart with all that knowledge
Few male unicorns become wizards.
I only know Sunburst and Star Swirl as well
Exciteddddd
this is a question i ask all the time, that and how are alicorns made in the first place because the is only one that was born that way. what if a stallion was good at magic and met the criteria to be an alicorn? what if he accidently figured out the spell and now doesn't know how to go about life as normal because that's just unheard of? there's a cool plot in there somewhere for sure.
Before watching video:
Its because its a little girls show and the producers never felt like it. Not sure why starswirl was never an alicorn judging by his friendship and extreme power but whatever i guess. Princess = alicorn but prince doesnt apparently. Plotholes. Laziness
Either Males are incapable of becoming Alicorns OR their are Male Alicorns but they are just not around.
It would have been great if flurry heart had a alicorn brother
There are probably some male Alicorn in skyrus or other lands outside, equestria that's my theory maybe only in equestria females can become alicorns or no males managed to pull up something that are worthy of them becoming one. Or maybe the males didn't want to become alicorns cause they don't want responsibility or to be one kinda like sunny didn't.
Well in the mlp universe there was a male alicorn called leon he was Celastia's and luna's cousin on the Official mlp Magazine.
In one of season 8 ep grannies one with rainbow dash you can actually spot a male alicorn there when they landed to los pegasus
Let's be fair to shining, He was big mind-controlled By a shape shifter
The real reason is that the alicorns are just girl power 💅
I could definitely see the last reason being it's just a girls thing because of the producers
King Sombra is an Umbrun not a pony
I think sence shining armor married caidence he should become a alicorn a few seconds after kissing the bride
If going be a Male Alicorn in 5G he go be ship with Sunny you know how Shipper are
It's all about Hasbro's toys
Maybe the reason male ponies can’t be alicorns is because they r genetically unable to and their not built for it pwp
Okay if that's the alternate universe and that would mean that in that alter universe it would show him without wings who knows if you really had wings or not in the universe of My Little Pony friendship is Magic
It’s not just too be a alicorn I have too be Erned
King.. Sombra.. trapped his power in the amulet that's y he don't have it. Idk tho 🤷🏽♀️ They just might be se**st, as well as they are rac**t. I mean non of the other creatures like griffin's were helped, just when Twilight came with her friends to be. There's also that male in one of the ep being very ra**st with the kid's. Triggered me af..
Anyway! I do think males can be, but they just don't be given opportunities to be. Shining could of been good alicorn, but with his male design would look quite wonky I think 🤔 Thats my thoughts..
Hey Equestria and pyrrhia are kinda the same no kings
Ur right! And when we have kings in Equetria they are rather villans or killed by some evil female :P
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😠 That's nonsense
I mean it!!
In the comics there was a pony king who was killed by Chrysalis :P
Maybe Celestia and Luna ate all the male alicorns(this is a joke)
Lmaao
Technically discord…
What happened to princess Big Mac??
It was just a dream xD
@@ToonTimeEUA nuuuuuuu
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The video make no sees too me but stll nice nice one
what about big mac? 😂
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I disagree it was mentioned in the comics of there being a male ruler in the original comic there was a male ruler of King sombra in a dimension quiet similar to there's.
The thing is, we never get to know if he had became an alicorn in some timeline. Cuz in the comics it's clearly he's an unicorn
Big Mac-
It was a dream lol
@@ToonTimeEUA true but also technically the first and only male alicorn we have seen in the show
This MFer spitting facts!
I don’t think that it’s important, all alicorns are girls because little girls show reasons.
I mean, Lauren Faust has always said FIM is for everyone. ^^
HEY CELEStIA AND LUNAS DAD IS A ALICORN
Maybe
Are they worthy?
Men have yet to earn their place amongst the gods
Wow...
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😲 Super🦸♀️-duper surprising
Thank 🩷 you 🥰
Because MLP marketing target is girls, that's it
Isn't pony of shadow also an male alicorn
Nope, because hes an umbra
A non-pony race
Yayyyyy!!!
Love it
Hehehe.
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It’s meny males in it ya just don’t sees it
Why male alicorns are dangerous?😮
Bro ur wrong
They are kind
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