ThePreciseClimber

I'm pretty sure the writers will elaborate on the whole power in Season 5. I remember that Cadance wasn't even called a ruler of the Crystal Empire untill Equestria Girls. The whole "Behold! The Crystal Princess" was kinda vague since they never reference that line again. And then you also see Shining and Cadance go to the train station with M6. So what gives? Were they staying or not?

So has anyone been wondering about that somewhat mysterious, dark location from those 2 episodes? It appears to be the exact same place: Now, I know the place is referred to as "Canterlot" in the script and in some official art or whatever but it's never actually mentioned by name in the actual show. Let's assume it IS Canterlot. Then this would probably mark the biggest derp in the series' history. It's perfect daylight in the Old Castle right before the scene transition to this location and after we're done with Tirek manipulating Discord we're back to the castle. Still daylight. We can see Canterlot from Ponyville in multiple episodes. It's pretty safe to assume that if it's daytime in Canterlot the same can be said about Ponyville and by extention the Everfree Forest. And I'm pretty sure it didn't take Twilight an entire night to read 5 bookmarked journal entries. Also - what would Tirek be doing in Canterlot anyways? In such a weakened state? Pretty sure he would start sucking out magic in other places. --- It might have been called "Canterlot" in the script of Magic Duel but since it was never named in the show itself maybe it has been "retconned" behind the scenes? Maybe the crew decided the location would work better as some other town since it's not even all that similar to Canterlot to begin with? So what do you think? Is it the biggest derp ever or just a tiny "retcon" we were never supposed to know about? And the second question - Do you think it might actually be Hollow Shades? It actually does look just a bit like that dark spot on the map of Equestria.