look what I found on my tumblr! Me over analyzing cartoons again!
Regarding whether or not Equestria is on earth...
I actually had a huge discussion with a friend about this. We both agreed that this show takes place somewhere in the future on earth. The reason for our conclusion is that first of all several places in the world we live in today are referenced. It’s unlikely that these names would even be referenced at all if they lived on another planet. Another deciding factor is that there are animals from our world in theirs, which is unlikely to happen if they lived on another planet/universe. Probably the biggest deciding factor though is how they have human tech available to them. While they don’t have high tech computers and weapons, they have items that were made for humans such as saddles and carriages. It’s unlikely that a saddle would have been made without a human there, as they were made specifically for humans to hitch rides on them. The architecture is also similar, things like cupcakes are present and the food that they have there, such as the chips, soda, and sandwiches, are all reminiscent of modern day foods. There’s also the language. Language is by far the biggest deciding factor here. With the way that English was created and has evolved, there’s no way in hell that any creature would be able to simply learn it without some sort of interaction from a human. It’s just impossible for something like this to happen. Unless the history of Equestria was exactly like that of humanity, the language they would speak would be wildly different. This asks the question though of why do these ponies even exist and where the hell are the humans? We hypothesized that humans were purged around the time Discord came along, as he ruled the world with an Iron Fist until Luna and Celestia came around. The slaughtering of innocent people would no doubt cause chaos, and that’s all Discord wants. We were not able to think of why Discord or ponies would even exist, but we agree that humans were somewhere on the timeline.