Mama Lion

HA! Good point. LOL. No. I had several points that, taking each on their own, I wouldn't think this. But taken all together...It makes more sense for only a year to have passed.

Can you give me an example? I guess I'm unfamiliar with it. I also thought of Rainbow Dash's quest to join the Wonderbolts as another example.

I don't have an issue with the Mane 6 getting into relationships or even becoming alicorns. I, personally, believe that having significant other is an important part of growing up, and considering that they have already started making their relationships to each other more mature (more of an adult female relationship vs a child female relationship), them finding significant others would be one of the next steps. However, I wouldn't want to see an entire season devoted to it. I would like to see it as a background storyline. Maybe something that is casually mentioned, like "how was your date last night with X" "it was fun..." Spike interrupts with a message from Celestia... As for the alicorn angle....it would have to make sense. Twilight becoming an alicorn, made sense (I saw it coming from the end of season 2 and it was cemented at the end of the second part of the Crystal Empire when Luna and Celestia shared the "look"). Especially given the amount of the stars from Twilight's cutie mark pop up all around Equestria. However, I don't see any more alicorns being created. What would make me "quit"? Meh...probably won't. Unless they ended the series in a way that left me thinking, "WTH just happened?" Even then, I'll probably go back and watch older episodes and might avoid the final one...the the OCD side of me itches just thinking of that. At this point in time, my daughter is so into "ponies" that I probably won't be ABLE to stop watching...even if I wanted to. XP

Okay, so after having watched all four seasons and the movie for the nth time, I started thinking about how long the show has taken place in. We might think that it has been four years, considering that we have had four seasons, however, allow me to open up some possibilities for you. First some groundwork: We know that the show doesn't follow a chronological order...Winter Wrap-up (a spring episode) aired and then a few weeks later Fall Weather Friends aired (a fall episode). As with any show, anything that happens in the first few episodes can be ignored in later episodes (The CMC being friends in the first part of the first episode and Luna looking different after she was changed back from Nightmare Moon and how she looked in any episode after that.) Those two points being made, let me get on with my theory. I think the first three seasons and the movie were all within one year time span. *gasp* "What's that you say?" "Impossible!" Not entirely... First point: Rarity''s career. Despite the fact that over the course of the first two seasons, Rarity had multiple ponies make comments about her clothes and ask to feature or wear her clothes, we never see her advance beyond her Ponyville store until season 4. It is then that we finally see her gain recognition for her clothes (Rarity Takes Manehatten) and finally get Sapphire Shores her costumes for her tour (For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils). Three years seems like an awfully long time for Rarity to finally be able to attend Fashion Week with the way Hoity Toity and Fancy Pants fawn over her dresses and to get Sapphire Shores' costumes made and to her. And while it could be a second commission from Sapphire Shores, it doesn't seem likely when Rarity makes the comment to Sweetie Bell about how important this commission is. Second point: The Summer Sun Celebration Applejack brings up how important the celebration is for the Mane 6. Why haven't we seen at least a comment about the other years' celebrations....unless this is only the first anniversary of when they became friends. Which would also make sense when it came to Celestia's comment about Luna. Which brings me into.... Third point: Luna's absence in the first season Why not show her helping out more in the first season. Yes I realize she was given more screen time due to her being a fan favorite, but it also makes sense that she would be "keeping a low profile" until Nightmare Night. Then she comes out of seclusion and starts to reintegrated into society. June to October folks (assuming that the Summer Sun Celebration is the Summer Solstice and Nightmare Night is Halloween). Fourth point: Spike's Birthday Spike comments in Secret of my Excess that it is his first birthday since coming to Ponyville. But that episode is halfway through the second season. Fifth point: The CMC I think this is the most compelling point. The CMC still don't have the their Cutie Marks. Four years would be a long time for fillies to go without a Cutie Mark. Especially when Diamond Tiara makes the comment about how "waiting for your Cutie Mark is, like, so last week." (Call of the Cutie). So why aren't more people concerned about. They aren't just the "last in their class" anymore if this takes place over 4 years. They would be the laughingstock of the school and (I would think) the adults would be concerned about their continuing lack of Cutie Marks. Now...I know what some may say, "But in Applebuck Season, Applejack mentions that her relatives were only there for the reunion and it can't be the same reunion because...(insert reason here). True. But I said earlier, early parts of the show may not match up with later parts. AND if it is only a year between season 1 and the movie...this allows for why there has been "another" reunion before the 100 moons. Also...my head cannon is that the Apple family that is in the first episode are there for the Summer Sun Celebration...NOT the Apple Family Reunion. Feel free to prove me wrong or support me by posting your own dissenting or agreeing statements. I love it if you guys would tell me what you think of my theory.

Interesting. What if the reason she and RD are so close is because RD's family was her host family in Cloudsdale...