Midnight Oil

Let me go through this.

 

Firstly, Celestia's Ballad was more or less referring to the very beginning of the show, when Twilight arrived in Ponyville and was forced to make friends.  That's why you see different scenes from past episodes playing in the background during the song's refrain.  

 

But she wan't in the first half of the pilot. She didn't show up until the very end.

 

 

 

 

Celestia may have trained her in the ways of magic, but she didn't want another Starswirl.  She wanted someone who was gifted with magic AND could understand the Magic of Friendship, and so began Twilight's three-year "thesis" on the Magic of Friendship.

 

My theory is that she knew about Twilight from her days in Canterlot High. She was keeping an eye out for a pony named Twilight who looked like the girl she met centuries ago.

 

 

 

Secondly, the Canterlot Wedding episode had terrible writing.

 

No argument there. Wasn't a fan of MMC either.

 

 

 Cadance and Shining Armor came out of nowhere, and both were haphazardly inserted into the story.  However, a good question you bring up is why is a princess babysitting a filly who has not yet demonstrated any sort of special ability?  The only logical answer I can come up with is "because the writers said so, and if you want to sell a new toy, what better way to make kids want it than to say that she's good friends with one of the main characters AND is married to said main character's brother".

 

True, but the fact remains that she was Twilight's babysitter before Twilight got her CM.

 

 

 

 

Thirdly, my idea as to why Celestia denied the existence of Nightmare Moon was to keep Twilight focused.  If she had confirmed her student's fears, then we all know that she would have spent every waking second trying to find a way to stop her return.  As we all know in hindsight, that was impossible, and without the Mane 6 to wield the Elements of Harmony, Nightmare Moon would have won.  So yes, Celestia did have a plan to defeat NMM that involved Twilight befriending Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie, but whether or not she knew them or their ability to wield the Elements of Harmony is anyone's guess.

 

Hence my predestination paradox theory. Which does have some support in canon. (It's About Time)

 

Fourthly, the EqG universe is just MLP:FiM except in a high school setting where everyone is a human.  Also, most locations in Equestria are puns on existing cities because it's cute.

 

What's the in universe explanation, though? Unless it's a pun on Manhattan in universe too which doesn't make sense unless you buy into my theory.

 

Fifthly, Midnight Sparkle?  Really?  What makes you think she's going to come back?

 

 

Because she said so herself.

 

 

 She only appeared in the third EqG movie and that was because of Sci-Twi absorbing all of the magic of the Mane 5.

 

Someone hasn't seen Legend of The Everfree.

 

 

Sixthly, the Tree of Harmony having Twilight's cutie mark is an interesting question, but let's not forget that the keys to open the Rainbow Power box were all shaped like the Mane 6s' cutie marks.

 

Those were Friendship Horcruxes, though, not ancient artifacts like the TOE.

 

 

 

 Whether or not you interpret that as "they are the chosen ones" or "it's a kids show with occasional lazy writing" is up to you.

 

I don't need your permission to over analyze pony things.

 

 

Seventhly, the creators of Equestria looked like the Mane 6 BECAUSE THE MANE SIX WERE PLAYING THEM IN A PAGEANT.  Could they have looked just like them?  Possibly, but there's nothing in the show canon to prove that.

 

First, there is no need for shouting. Second, we see snowstorms and windigoes that look a little beyond the SFX budget of of an off-Bridleway production company. Thirdly, there is evidence. The episode transitions from the play to the actual events several times in the episode.

 

Eighthly, same as above with the pastiche-Christmas Carol episode.

 

That wasn't a play.

 

 

Conclusion: I believe that you're finding a deeper meaning where there isn't one.

 

 

Well, you haven't given me any rebuttal other than 'IT'S A GURLS CARTOON STOOPID!!!!'  

Guys, I think I have cracked it. This theory explains everything. So you remember in Magical Mystery Cure during Celestia's ballad.

'You've come such a long long way. And I've watched you from that very first day.'

...WHY HAS NO ONE NOTICED THIS?????? What exactly does that even mean?

At first I just thought she was referring to her first day of magic school but:

'To see how you might grow.To see what you might do.'

What.

So she has been watching Twilight since was a kid? But Twilight first met Celestia when she got her cutie mark right? So how could Celestia know about Twilight since her childhood? Cadence. I never really thought about how odd it was that Cadence was Twily's babysitter until Tommy Oliver pointed out, in his and Anthony C's review of A Canterlot Wedding, that Twily did not have a cutie mark in those scenes. So this was BEFORE the scenes shown in the Cutie Mark Chronicles. Why is a Princess babysitting a random child? A Princess who just so happens to be the adopted niece (is that even a thing?) of her future mentor? Is it really just because Cadence is 'civic minded' as AnthonyC suggests?

I think most of you know where I'm going with this. Put simply: THAT CADENCE IS A SPY!!!!

I had this theory kicking around for a while now but I never really took it to it's logical conclusion until I say Legend of The Everfree. And then it clicked. 

It always struck me as odd how Celestia behaved in the pilot. She poo-pooed the idea of Nightmare Moon returning in her letter to Twilight, telling her to 'makes some friends' instead. And what does she say after Twilight frees her sister from Nightmare Moon? 

'I knew you could do it.'

What. How?????? Can she see in to the future? Well not exactly. The reason she knew what would happen is because Twilight told her.

Think about it, all the times Twilight has been in Mortal peril or Equestria was threatened by an evil force. Her seemingly incompetent behavior in A Canterlot Wedding, her apparently nonsensical plan in Twilight's Kingdom she knows because at some point Twilight traveled to the past and told her about it. And we've seen it happen. Ever thought it kinda weird that the human world also has a Canterlot? Or an Everfree Forest? Ever wondered why the cities in Equestria have similar names? Like if you asked a pony from say, Manehatten why the city is called that, what would they say? 

At some point Midnight Sparkle is going to come back. Possibly in the next Equestria Girls movie. And she's gonna bring about the magical apocalypse that turns humans into ponies and griffins et al. And of course Celestia and Luna into unicorns.

Ever wondered why the tree of harmony has Twilight's cutie mark on it? Or why the founders of Equestria look so much like the mane six? Reincarnation, baby. The Tree of Harmony is self-aware and is re incarnating the mane six Cloud Atlas style. Why else would the ghosts of Smart Cookie and Chancellor Pudding-head( I have a theory that Future is actually Luna because she has dreamwalking abilities plus she may be a manifestation of Luna's suppressed self in the dreamescape) team up to help Snowfall Frost?  They are redeeming themselves for their previous lives actions. And who could be in greater need of redemption than the person who brought about the destruction of human civilization?  The pony who's hubris destroyed human civilization, reincarnated first as the founder of the next and second as the one to lead the nation she helped to create!

  That's right, all you bronies that were upset about them redeeming all the villians last season? This entire show has been one giant redemption story for the soul of Twilight Sparkle!

*drops mic*

I have a theory that the Tree is sentient. So it could be suppressing Twilight's curiosity about it. Like the SEP Field from HGTTG.

Anyone here apply to morals of the show to real life?

I suppose you could consider me one of the few fans of MLP who find her fan-given qualities to be... annoying. I personally don't find her "obsession" to be charming. I just see it as something that's more ridiculous than anything else.

Doesn't bother me. It doesn't fit with my head canon but I just let it slide. The 'Lyra is obsessed with hands' stuff gets a bit irritating sometimes though.

Name: Midnight Oil
Type: Unicorn
Gender: Male
Appearance: grey Coat and a black mane.
Cutie Mark: Speech bubble with a yellow plus sign in it
Hobbies: reading, politics, motivational speaking
Additional Details: Midnight Oil was born and raised in Canterlot. He works in the municipal library. He is very a reserved and private pony. He is friends with Moondancer.

I prefer writing my own OCs rather than using background ponies.

I don't really have an issue with people favoring and building up the background characters. The only thing that I can think of regarding this that somewhat bothers me is some of the quirks the fans have given some of the characters. For example, i'm not a fan of the idea that Lyra Heartstrings is obsessed with humans.

Why?

I was hoping for an Equalestria timeline but never got it. Liked the sort of-FO:E timeline, though.