Personally, I never understood why you couldn’t have both the science and magic be true in this world. There’s been enough times on the show itself where the princesses have been missing or incapacitated with no interruption in day or night to suggest that whatever world Equestria is on has some kind of orbital situation, but then you also have that time Twilight temporarily had Celestia and Luna’s powers as proof they absolutely have that kind of magical control as well.  
 
A part of me wants to think it’s actually a lot more complicated of a situation, like the planet is too close to its sun and without the occasional magical boost would end up tidally locked with one side always facing the light and one in darkness (swiftly rendering most of the world uninhabitable), and they just dumb it down to the general population as “raising the sun and moon” since that’s what it looks like.

@Spiritus Arcane  
KeK
 
I was just thinking, “oh boy, I bet the Pone version of the FSB was all over that research institute.” LoL

Later: “Scientists Found Dead: Deaths declared accident from falling down elevator shafts onto some arrows.”

Look at the little ponyo. So cute!

@ABronyAccount  
Y’know something tells me that’s a bit diff from raising celestial bodies too.

@shitsandgiggles  
Could save the drama and confusion with a ‘heliocentric orbit’ tag, since she obviously does, like, political bullshit.

Why is there no tag for “Celestia Does Nothing” for art that implies that Celestia doesn’t do shit with the sun or moon

@Ice Star  
All nobility is a sham, sir.

Baby Delta is too cute. Hnnng.

So, in the Ponyo universe… the princesses are a sham, I suppose?