LeeseyBoy

I TOTALLY agree that the episode are not chronological :3 but i still believe that it has only been one year since s1 e1 to s4 e1, for what celestia said at the ssc and because i think it sounds pretty logical as for the 'moons' thing, i think it is an arguable subject and we could be here all day arguing about it, so i think maybe it's just an open thing where people can make their own judgements. for all we know, moons might mean fortnights

I'm not saying that every apple was in the first episode reunion, im saying that this was indeed a reunion, none the less. my family holds reunions once a year, but we dont have every single one xP but Granny Smith says the reunions every 100 moons BUT as for the whole family together, then i agree that it could have been yeeeeaaarsss since they all got together it is never revealed that this is apple blooms first reunion, and we can tell cause she appears in one of the pics for the reunion, but it could indeed be her first reunion with every member in it now, the pics may be miss leading, as there are hardly any of the picture infront of the barn, so i like to imagine granny smith skipped a few, otherwise there has never been a reunion with younger applejack/big mac, which we know there has been now, i agree the days in month may be bigger, but i dont agree that its been a number of years since episode 1, cause otherwise nopony has aged as the episodes go on, cause they all look fairly the same, especially the cmc.

The only thing i can think of that moons could mean, other than days, that still makes sense considering ages is weeks, that way it would consist with ages of characters and such. that way apple family reunion would be once every two-ish years. if it were months it would be 8.3 years, which doesn't help with the characters cause that would imply that pony ages are much longer than ours. as for discord, that story happened before nightmare moon, which was said to be '1000 years ago' from episode 1. the only reason i can think of discord saying 'thousands of months ago' is because the script writers are not thinking about things like this, and over looking it, like a lot of programs do. one minute moons could mean days, the next it means years. for all we know, moons could just mean 'really long time' but never be specified :/ and the reunion before the one in Apple Family Reunion IS NOT filly applejack, but IS episode one, cause applejack says herself in 'Applebuck season' when twilight ask 'what about all those relatives i met when i first came here' Applejack replies 'they were just here for the Apple Family Reunion', so a moon is NOT 8 years. if it was, then ponies age VERY well xD

We also need to remember that it IS the sisters who decide when the moon and sun appear because of the story of Nightmare Moon being factual in their world. Luna wouldnt put down the moon, showing that she has FULL control over it, which is different to how are world works clearly. Also, it is Celestia who decides the seasons for that she does the Summer Sun Festival, where she decides when the sun rises to start summer EQG might be set in our world but it we can say that it can ALWAYS have a different cycle to that of Equestria. It is impossible to confirm as it IS made for children and this depth is not intended BUT it sounds more likely to be 100 days since the last reunion than it is to say 8 years considering apple bloom is the same age as she is in s1 e1 and s3 e8

A few things here. If we ignore the fact the sisters raise the sun/moon, then theres alot we can just ignore like the fact granny smith said '100 moons'. also, if we count appleblooms first reunion as the one that took place in ep1 s1 (applejack says in s1 e4 that this was a reunion) then that means its been 8 years since s1 e1 till s3 e8, and applebloom has aged 8 years, which clearly she hasn't, unless in s1 she was 2 xD we need to consider that season such as winter are there purely for entertainment purposes, everypony enjoys a bit of snow now and then seasons are cause by weather as well as solar/linear cycles, so its not only celestia/luna who decide winter/spring etc but also the Pegasus's at the weather factory. If we ignore anything, then that isnt a fair argument. the rising of the sun/moon by the sisters is a HUGE part in MLP, it's shown/mentioned in a LOT of episodes.

I'd like to point out that Celestia doesn't say exactly 'its been a year' BUT it is heavily implied in the last few minutes when she is about to raise the sun, she wouldnt repeat herself every year saying 'it is no longer with a heavy heart but with great joy' and talk about Nightmare moon because that would be silly Also, another thing that should be taken into consideration is in every episode the moon is shown, it has been a FULL MOON! since the sun/moon dont follow the solar and lunar cycles, due to them being raised and set by luna/celestia when needed, we can say that 30 moons isn't going to be like in our universe, where we have to wait a long period of time for a full moon. In their universe, the moon appears when needed, no moon cycles along with the sun thus i say 30 moons just means 30 days.

Okay, lets assume this. MLP is set with a different sun, moon, and possibly yearly basis. No month's are mentioned, yet days(monday, tuesday) are mentioned. So, maybe we can assume their are 100 days in a year BUT then that would mean that the apple reuinion is coincidentally on the same day as the rising of the summer sun celebration (S1 E1, Elements of Harmony Pt1), which is just too likely to happen, BUT we have also got to concider the Grand Galloping Gala. In S2 E9 'Sweet and Elite' Twilight mentions that the GGG is coming close, even though it's presumed to be a yearly thing, like most formal events are. Considering the GGG was in S1 E26 'Best Night Ever' we can assume that years are most probably closer together. HOWEVER the CMC members have appeared not to age, otherwise they'd most likely have their cutie marks. In S4 E1 'Princess Twilight Sparkle', It's revealed by Celestia it has been EXACTLY ONE YEAR since the first episode, where the last raising of the sun took place. This would mean that Twilight has only been in Ponyville for 1 year! With this evidence, we can now presume that the episodes are not in chronological order, and take place and different times then shown. Most likely would explain alot of things, like why winter last one week (S1 E11 'Winter Wrap Up), we can now say that if we put S2 E11 'Heath's Warming Eve' before 'Winter Wrap Up' it would make more sense. And we can also assume 'Sweet and Elite' goes somewhere before 'Best Night Ever'. We can also assume that since Season 1 Episodes were reveled to take place every tuesday, then we can say, without putting in the theory of episode order, that S1 took place in 182 days. Now, putting in the theory of episode order into place, we can now say thing like 'take away this episode and add these episodes' BUT we must remember that every episode of Season 1, 2 and 3 INCLUDING Equestria Girls, takes place in only ONE YEAR!!!!! so, by this theory, I can say that when Granny Smith said '100 moons' She meant '100 days and nights' UNLESS!!!!! *yes, there is more* we take into account Twilight Sparkle NEVER appeared in the episode whatsoever(S3 E8, Apple Family Reunion). If we put my theory of episodes not being in the right order, then maybe, JUST MAYBE, we can say that this episode takes place AFTER or DURING S4. But thats really just pushing it