Midnight Blossom

If I was my main pony oc it would have likely been on the cheek and I'd look up at my adopted mother and be like "Thanks momma, but what was that for? All I did was say the stars and moon look lovely tonight. You did a really good job." Then smile up to princess Luna. If I was my human self I'd smile and kiss her back before letting her know that most members of my species are rather close minded and disapprove of relationships outside their own race and/or religious beliefs let alone outside their own species. Especially when the one in question resembles a non-sapient species on our world. Then I would show her the post I just quoted in this post as another who recognizes this and ask if we could go back to equestria where she would likely be less likely to get hurt and ask if we could bring the others who felt the same way with us.

Some very great theories and ideas everypony. It's nice to get a sense of how others feel on the matter. Though i sense that what ever ulterior motive Celestia may have had. Helping a young filly with immense magic learn to control it properly seems to be the common thread between them all. For this i point to my reference about a close friends pseudo adopting their child's best friend. They tend to look after the child as if it were their own when the child is left in their care. and some times the come to think of the child as one of their own in a way. I've had this happen with my best friend when i was little. We'd spend so much time together at each others house, be it just hanging out or sleep overs, that their parents started treating me like one of their own children. My parents did the same to my friend. We were such close friend we may as well have been siblings. Often when either family would go to like an amusement park we'd invite the other to come with. I remember one night I couldn't sleep and I sat on the couch staring outside as my friend slept at the other end (they fell asleep watching the movie we just finished). My friends dad saw me just sitting there staring outside and asked me "hey kiddo what's on your mind?" we sat there and talked for about an hour before i finally felt calm enough to fall asleep on the couch. When i woke up both my friend and i had been tucked into the two twin beds in their room (yes i had my own bed to sleep in at their place. it's how often we spent the night at each others) Point is it's not uncommon for someone to have maternal or paternal feelings for a child that isn't their own. Even when they know full well that said child has loving/caring parents. It I'm not sure if Cadence was her foal sitter, before Celestia took twilight in or after. If it was before perhaps Shining had already been accepted into the guard by that point and Cadence saw Twilight and offered to be her foal sitter. It may have even been before Cadence was officially a princess (considering how Twilight didn't recognize her full name when she was introduced as PRINCESS Mi Amore Candenza)

Hello everypony, This is something i have been wondering about for some time. Partly because of the familiarity Twilight and her friends are allowed with royalty even before her brother marries Cadence, or Twilight herself becomes a princess. Aside from the occasional bow when greeting the princess most of the time when Twilight greets or even speaks to Celestia it doesn't come across as one who is truly addressing royalty. It honestly feels more like to Twilight Celestia is something more, like a close friend or adopted family member, before she's the ruler of Equestria. I've tried searching to learn a bit more about the relationship between Celestia and Twilight Sparkle but i end up coming across fan fictions that put their relationship in more of i romantic regard as full grown ponies. This as you can guess by the title of the topic did not help me in any way shape or form. So I came up with a few ideas and was wondering what you all thought on the matter. Now we all saw during "The Cutie Mark Chronicles" that filly Twilight's brief outburst of innate magic caught the Princess' attention. But what do you think made her decide to take young Twilight as her PERSONAL STUDENT who would live with her at the castle (or at least on castle grounds), instead of say recommending her for courses higher than the ones she was currently in with say an occasional lesson or progress report in front of the princess every so often to check on her progress? The answer choices I put were the one's that I thought might seem more probable or likely than some of the other ideas I had, and would just as easily explain why twilight not only acts the way she always has around Celestia, but also why Celestia just seems to chuckle at some of the things twilight does. 1. Celestia took Twilight as a student PURELY for academic reasons. She felt that with the potential the young filly showed, only a select group of teachers, and herself would be able to truly foster the magic that lay within the young filly. Because of this she felt that staying at the castle would be easier as it would guarantee that Twilight never missed a course, that she would have access to the most extensive library for her studies, and that the princess could monitor her closely and help when she struggled. The familiarity would come as the princess would likely try to instill in Twilight early on that though she may be the princess, while Twilight is her pupil she is her teacher and mentor first. Thus she should be treated at such BEFORE being treated as the ruler of Equestria. 2. It's been said that Celestia has prophetic dreams, but no one is certain how often, how clear, and how far all of her dreams are able to see. Nor do we know how much of EVERY such dream she remembers throughout the years. It is possible that at some point in time Celestia had such a dream that showed her a young pony displaying great magic, and then parts of the future beyond that where a young pony wielding great magic would do great things for the land of Equestria. It may not have shown her who this pony would be, hence Sunset being her pupil before Twilight, so when she saw Twilight's display it may have reminded her of the dream she once had, and she hoped that Twilight might in fact be the pony she had seen in her vision (much like she would have for Sunset). Hoping this was the case she would have tried to help guide young Twilight down the path she felt would lead her towards the events she had seen in her dreams. 3. When Celestia saw Twilight's display whether it had been an intention display or not, it reminded her a bit of the power her little sister had. Perhaps she thought that without proper guidance, and influence the young filly might turn out to be like her sister had, and she would be forced to make yet another hard choice for the fate of Equestria. Because of this and her own guilt for the events that may have led up to Luna's decent into becoming Nightmare Moon she may have decided to take Twilight under her wing and do what she could to ensure that such a fate would not befall the young pony. (Kind of a "She has so much power. Just like Luna. What if she turns out like she did. Will i have to banish her too? Will I allow another pony to suffer for something I could have prevented?") 4. Celestia has been around for over 1000 years, much of that time she spent alone. Not physically alone mind you as she is the ruler of the land and had duties she must attend to and all. But on a personal level after Luna's banishment to the moon she felt alone. (It's very easy for one to feel alone even when surrounded by those who profess to adore you. Various celebrities mention such feelings all the time,) Perhaps when she thought about how to help Twilight with her magic, at the same time she was hoping to gain a friend or someone to keep her company in the castle that wasn't there simply out of a sense of duty, or responsibility, but rather someone who wanted, to be there. Wanted to spend time with her not as a symbol of status but to learn, and look up to her as a pony not a princess. 5. This one follows a kind of similar thought start as number four did, Though rather than wanting a friend or companion, Celestia felt a more maternal desire to look after and help young Twilight. She'd see herself as becoming like an adopted mother for twilight (kind of how growing up your best friends mother might say you're like an adopted child of theirs because of how close you and their child are and how often you're at their place. They'd treat you like their own child and fret over you if something happened just as they would with their own children) As a pony who holds within her tremendous magic Celestia would be able to understand some of the things Twilight would go through as a unicorn whom also had within her great magic. She'd likely teach her in more of a way that a mother would teach their child than a teacher would a student. As Celestia helped young twilight grow into the alicorn she is today it would have been like raising a daughter for her. Personally I feel like option 5 comes the closest to what the true relationship between Celestia and Twilight is like. Every time I look at the way the two of the act around each other, it seems more like a mother-daughter type of relationship than a teacher-student, ruler-subject type of relationship. Even after Twilight becomes a princess the interactions between the two don't seem to change. I think the only reason she refers to Celestia as princess at all is because she knows that's how she is SUPPOSED to refer to her especially when around other ponies. Though this theory might put a bit of bias as to her being chosen for ascension to princess as i think the ascension was gifted to her by Celestia herself as she was the one who showed up before twilight when she ascended. In a way like "I helped raise her, I've watched her grow and accomplish many things, overcome many trials. I think she is ready for this" and then does something that causes twilight to ascend (personally I think the magic involved in ascending a pony to an alicorn is something that likely requires two or more alicorns to be present to achieve. which would be what she was referring to when she told Luna, "She will succeed at her task. And when she does, we'll know she is that much closer to being ready." ) Anyways, these are just my thoughts, the thoughts, or a tired pony who should have been asleep long ago. I'd like to here everypony else's thoughts on the matter. Feel free to participate in the poll, expand on any choice you might make, or if you select other feel free to give your theories on the nature of their relationship (in a non romantic relationship manner of course. trying to keep it platonic) Sunset Daisy

I think you'd had to be REALLY cool and a REALLY close friend for her to allow that. From what i remember of gryphon lore in other mythos... they weren't the friendliest when it came to people trying to ride them (the whole pride thing and all)

Well let's see.My favorite characters from the show living with me.... yes please!! I live out in the country, and away from most people, but there are plenty of little critters around so i think Fluttershy would be comfortable here, While they aren't apple trees, I have plenty of trees on my property, and some are pecan trees. I think applejack would like it here, and considering she was willing to work a cherry orchard i don't think she'd be too adverse to dealing with pecans, Discord would be fun cause we could cause so much chaos, and he wouldn't be any worse than some of the housemates i've had in the past with his way of thinking. Luna would be an awesome housemate cause i tend to be more active at night as it is. and i'd love to have somepony to chat with at night, and talk about dreams and such.

Ahh fair enough. so... no keeping derpey from muffins? I mean she DOES need her energy to make the mail runs and everything

NUUUUU We mustn't deprive derpey of muffins!!! *runs off to make fresh muffins* Besides.. i'm not even sure if the one i found was one that was from the set you were looking for.. just thought i'd share what i had found.

Oh, I guess dream beat me to it. Well either way i'm happy you found one. Mane six should not be kept too far from each other. (spending time with friends or going on map quests doesn't count..)

I'm not Sure if this is the one you're missing but i found this today in my searches for MLP plushes to start my collection http://www.ebay.com/itm/My-Little-Pony-Plush-Peluche-Figure-Altezza-17-cm-Rainbow-Dash-Famosa-/151886485493?hash=item235d23d7f5:g:rnQAAOSwBLlVW1wt

I'd scritch behind her ear for her. Trying to haunt my dreams would be too much work. They are already nightmare ridden to a point I doubt she could make them any worse unless she put in way too much effort. My nightmares would probably give her nightmares... Thank you ptsd...

Did anyone else happen to spot the Cranky Doodle Donkey cameos in the latest EQG movie? He's apparently a teacher at CHS. i want to say i saw at least two cameos with him in it. The most obvious being at 37:03 where he's shown teaching his class (with the CMC in it) during Dean Cadence's announcement about the starting of the games. Also Randolph the Butler made a cameo at the beginning of the movie as Sci-Twi was riding away on the bus into the city. I'm pretty sure I spotted a couple other elders making brief cameos in the movie but that might be my memory acting up since i did watch all three movies today.. Did anyone else spot any cameos from the elder ponies of Equestria in the movie?? B.T.W after having seen D.T's mother in the Crusaders episode of the main series i can't help but think she bears a resemblance to the teacher spotted during Sci-Twi's song as she walks the halls of Crystal Prep. (only difference i noticed between the two, was that the teacher had a different hair color. but her dress, posture, etc made me think of Spoiled Rich) Just a few observations i made during the movie. Sunset Daisy

I just re-watched the first Equestria Girls movie (i like to marathon the series and movies at least once a year. put everything together in chronological order and notice any tie in from past episodes, etc. ) and i can't remember if i noticed it before or not but this time when i was watching it, the transformer sound popped out at me. i think it's pretty cool. I think it was Hasbro's way of reminding people that they do have other popular franchises. As far as a MLP/Transformers Cross over/Mashup i think the closest we'll get for a while is the death battle between Rainbow Dash and Starscream. RD facing off against a mech.. yeah.. she just got like %120 cooler. For those interested: https://www.youtube.com/embed/8er83h9Bbn8

If.. I was able to get over my shyness around people.. then I would definitely hug her without fear. I don't think there's anyway I could be afraid afraid of Tia. Heck.. if I was able to get over my shyness I'd hug Luna too! Cause Luna is just plain AWESOME!!

I was actually going to bring up the Doctor's remark, but you beat me to it. Though the idea that earth ponies may live longer than the other races is an interesting idea. Perhaps it's part if not is the unique magic that earth ponies possess. Now hear me out on this for a moment please. We know Tirek stole some form of magic from the earth ponies but it wasn't mentioned what that magic was. We also saw that after he absorbed earth pony magic he also became a lot healthier and looked more in shape and 'in the prime of his life' than he did with any of his other transformations from stealing pony magic. We also know that becoming an alicorn imbues the pony with the magic/strength of all three races, and that by becoming an alicorn their life span is increased. So what if earth ponies possessed an inherent magic that extended their life spans due to a connection to the earth in a somewhat similar fashion to Antaeus from Greek mythology who was immortal and invincible as long as he was in contact with the earth. For alicorns their unison of all three races magic would allow them to draw on this strength in the way earth ponies inherently do while not being required to physically be touching the earth. Just a theory. Sunset Daisy

I thought the episode was a great one, though at the same time I think it could have been a little better in some aspects. I know DT made a big change in her character this episode but part of me feels it was a rushed turn-around... Yes I know they only had oh so much time to cover the whole plot for the episode but seeing her get basically hoof smacked by her 'Friend' then having the same happen by way of her mother.. you would think she'd be a bit more resentful at her situation. Not just 'woe is me' about it. Sure there is the whole half-hearted jabs at the CMC that were more to try and save face in her eyes. But I dunno.. it felt like at that point DT had already gone through her 'transformation' and was just putting up an act. I felt like the chase scene was more her trying to do something to make mommy dearest happy rather than what she wanted. Maybe I'm wrong but that's just my two bits.. Overall I think it was a great episode especially the ending bits where everyone gets to see just HOW MUCH Diamond Tiara had changed in such a short time. And the CMC figures out what they were meant to do. So many times before in the series when they were helping other ponies did it seem like they were on the verge of getting their cutie marks but then they did something silly to ruin the moment. It's good to see them finally realize what many fans already knew about them. And it's nice to see the town's reaction to their new marks. Especially the sisters. I wonder if the CMC will get called upon by the Princesses in the future. A whole new door has opened for the series. Sunset Daisy

Poor AJ.. She felt so out of place and tried so hard to be helpful at the beginning. Glad she found something she was able to do and was able to feel better towards the end. Oh and "I'm such an important pony and far to busy to help *lays on little boat and floats along the river lazily*" that part made me head-desk..