First of all, she knew Celestia and Luna since they were foals. Second, they all live in the Alicorn lands. This could explain the comics although I can chalk it up more to a disguise spell than getting her powers back just as she confronts Twilight.
@Twiny
Actually, that’s a common misconception, the Princesses’ response is that Equestria had never seen the birth of an Alicorn, so it either means that there hadn’t been a naturally born Alicorn since the founding of Equestria, as far as the Princesses knew, which would make sense considering they both predate Equestria, and might not have been in touch with Skyros after leaving, or else it would mean that it was the first time that an Alicorn was born, rather than ascended, in Equestria itself - both of which make sense based on the established lore
Also, I realize this is the 6th comment in the chain - I try not to do that (or the 13th comment) to avoid the jinxies, but I felt this response was too important to save for later. Anyway, BING BONG, BING BONG, BING BONG (I hate having to do that, haha)
Yeah so basically in summary Opuline, Celestia, Luna, and Flurry Heart are the confirm natural born Alicorns.
And Twilight, Candice, and Sunny are the only known ascended Alicorns, not counting Cozy.
This is all Canon because of the book, that was sort of dismissed as non-cannon because of the Sisters response to Flurry Heart’s birth (which now we can recontextualize as them being confused how there was only one Alicorn involved in conception) , but G5 just reiterated it.
@Background Pony #BB47 Exactly, people saying that a pony being born an Alicorn contradicts G4’s lore obviously don’t know G4’s lore as well as they insist
Spoilers for the new chapter of G5: But apparently she was born like that…not the most satisfying of answers, but sadly G5 is been altering a lot of the lore established in G4 for fun, while piggybacking off of it at the same time.
Ahhh, make sense.
Actually, that’s a common misconception, the Princesses’ response is that Equestria had never seen the birth of an Alicorn, so it either means that there hadn’t been a naturally born Alicorn since the founding of Equestria, as far as the Princesses knew, which would make sense considering they both predate Equestria, and might not have been in touch with Skyros after leaving, or else it would mean that it was the first time that an Alicorn was born, rather than ascended, in Equestria itself - both of which make sense based on the established lore
@Jonny Manz
@manticorpse
And Twilight, Candice, and Sunny are the only known ascended Alicorns, not counting Cozy.
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Exactly, people saying that a pony being born an Alicorn contradicts G4’s lore obviously don’t know G4’s lore as well as they insist
Someone hasn’t read the journal of the two sisters. I forgot where, but an alicorn civilization was played around with for a long while.
Edited because: Spoilers (oops)