@DragonBoi471
They are like the bumble-bee: wings too short for physics to say they can fly.

Discord: Please, do help yourself, Tirek.

@Professor Genki  

 

@Kraggera  

 
by that logic, you would have been a deserter…I think you know the penalty for desertion

I don’t know if anybody else noticed, but Discord was dressed as a waiter in that brief moment of Tirek stopping the pegasi.

Like lambs to the slaughter.

@ArthurHulshizer  
Another thing to take into consideration was that Tirek stopped them in mid-air. Then, when he let them go again, all they had left was potential energy due to gravity. And, it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine that their sudden lack of magic was that much of a shock to them that they couldn’t recover that quickly.

@ArthurHulshizer  
He was stealing magic not cutie marks that was a side effect

This very part of the episode really does not make sense if you think about it. They will still be able to fly. The cutiemark has a label of talent representation, not understanding of flight.
 
It’s a lot like Tirek used his powers to take away the ponies’ memories of how to fly and then take their cutiemarks for extra talents ….for… military training?
 
If real violence was involved they would have a hard time throwing kicks and punches.

@PonyPon  
Also, without the inertial damping power, any pegasus in Cloudsdale unable to spread their wings to turn the fall into a glide is now deceased.

@DragonBoi471  
Magic probably makes up for all the factors that would prevent a real winged horse even of that size from flying.

To this day, I still find it stupid that pegasi need magic to fly despite the fact that they have wings!

Noo, derpi, tirek took his retardedness away

NOPONY THOUGHT TO BREAK AWAY OR JUST SKIP THIS!? I woulda said, “All of us versus a guy who eats what we use against him? Nah, Imma go home.”.

“give me that magic!”

I never noticed Derpy with the Wonderbolts. Perhaps she’s a retired Wonderbolt?

This would have been the perfect chance to include Lightning Dust  
 
What a shame.

The one thing that can be said about Tirek is that he sucks. And, the more powerful he gets, the more he sucks.