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    Student six stained glass

    By Ittoni,

    I'm going to theorize because I can.
    Looking back on the epilogue my eyes encountered this stained glass of the student six. I have to ask though.. what is going on here????

    What is that creature they are fighting?? a dinosaur??? Are they in space?? what is happening?!
    I feel compeled to create my own story from what is presented here so here we go.
    One day in the magical land of equestria a giant portal opened in the middle of nowhere, and from it a group of creatures from outer space came to invade this new land full of resources, and in their scouting of this new place they found this resource called magic. 
    They tried to steal it from the unicorns with their own weird powers and started conquering some places, including ponyville. But then the student six took refugee in the crystal treehouse and stumbled upon one of the invader aliens and made friends with them because it wasn't really bad but the leader is the one that is bad and is brain washing the others with it's weird justifications for war. So then they make a plan to meet this leader guy because somehow no one else can do it because they were captured or something and they are the only ones that can do it, but then this guy is like "you can't catch meeee" and goes through the portal. And then... our heroes have to go through the portal to the other planet and they have to disguise themselves to not be discovered, but then they got discovered and the bad guy is like "aha! you thought I could be defeated but you were wrong!" and in that very moment when everything looked like it was over for our heroes, Gallus stands up and says something about friendship and working with each other and everyone believes in themselves. So they all get convinced by the speech and everyone gets against the bad guy and they throw them out into a flaming planet for eternity. The student six gain an ally for equestria in this alien guys but they have to go and not conquer planets anymore so the portal closes leaving Equestria safe to live another day. And to commemorate their heroic deed they make a stained glass window that now sits on the throne room corridor. THE EDN.
  2. Ittoni
    I've been thinking... and that's not a good sign. 
    But could it be that Rarity has some crystal pony connections?

    I literally have no evidence other than she likes crystals and precious rocks, that's how she got her cutiemark, and her hair is "special", it has similar gradient to that of crystal ponies.
     
     

     
    Which you could argue that many other ponies have that gradient but in fact there's not that many. Normally the pony's hair is plain.
     (No gradient)
    The only others that I remember seeing with this kind of gradient aside from the crystal ponies are Sassy Saddles (which could be just hair dye), Cadence (the Crystal Empire princess), and Luster Dawn (arguably also Crystal pony descendant).
     
    Though, none of her parents have any crystal pony attributes but it could still be passed on.

    Of course, any connection is probably purely coincidental because I don't think any person could have had this always planned, that would be ridiculous, BUT it's fun to think about and it somewhat makes sense. 
    So there you go.
     
  3. Ittoni
    Aside from the canon this is mostly going to be speculation. (warning: lots of pictures)
    We all know that I love changelings. I mean, they are one of the races that have a pivotal place in equestrian society along with dragons, griffins, hippogriphs and yaks, being by political affiliation or by history, although not always as friends.
    As a race they are very complex and one of the things that stand out the most about them aside from their look is their magical abilities. Their capacity to transform and mimic any type of creature and even non living things to disguise themselves. But that does come with certain important implications. one of this would be, do they just look like the thing they transform into like a glamour or a camouflage it do they actually become what they copy? And if so, doew that mean that they adquiere the abilities of what they copy? Let's looks at some examples.
     
    So how do we know that changelings actually become and adquire the abilities of what they copy? is that even a thing? well yes. At least in some cases we can see how changing into other forms make them actually BE what they transform into and not just camouflage themselves like an octopus will do by pretending to be a rock or another animal (tho they are very talented). We have seen how Ocellus in particular uses this and how it affects her. Her transforming into a seapony grants her the ability to breath and talk underwater when she and Silver Stream saved Yona from drowning. We haven't really seen if changelings can breath underwater without any magical transformation but that would be very unlikely. If she only were camouflaging then she wouldn't be able to go underwater like no one's business. This single moment could be proof that changelings magically become an exact duplicate of the thing the are copying and that's the way they get that thing's abilities.

    Another example could be when she transforms into the giant bug anteater which granted her enough mass and strength to completely smash a part of the friendship school building and later in another episode she used that same transformation to help her carry a big and heavy fountain.

    Another instance is when she transforms into a rock. I actually thought that these were just glamours so it only looked like is a rock, but she actually falls with the consistency, heaviness and sound of an actual rock which makes me believe that her body composition is that of a real rock. Same happened with Pharynx and Thorax. Even changing their size not only to grow larger but to become smaller, at least within a certain range.
    (couldn't find a bigger image)

    we have seen how she is able to transform into other things like her dragon form for example. Does that mean that she would actually be able to breath fire if she wanted?

    The answer is very probably yes, I'm pretty sure she would be able to given the other examples. Why doesn't she do so, or better, why do we never see other changelings go around and copying powerful creatures to simply use their abilities to their full advantage?
    (uh... green magic here from thorax..)
     (Chryssi transformed into a... rather small Roc)
     (Pharynx using the strength of the huge bug monster he transformed into)
     (this guy transformed into Discord. Why are they not using Discord's magic then?)
    Well there's a catch and this is where the theory begins on why we haven't seen any changeling show other special abilities aside from increased strength or other seemingly simple magical attributes, why they haven't take advantage of this INFINITE POWER! My dear friends, it's actually very simple. Some abilities are probably too complicated to know how they work if you yourself have never used it and/or practiced it. Now multiply that for every creature you encounter. Some might be fairly easy to figure out or they come natural with the transformation, but others? Not so much.
    We have seen that magic is complicated to learn and even more to master. That's why your average unicorn will only know levitation and light spells since it's as basic as it gets and they still have to learn how to do it, it doesn't come natural without practice. The same could apply to other things like breathing fire for dragons. Or in case of Discord's magic, Cozy Glow demonstrated how uncontrollable it could be. Either that or maybe it's the first time you see a Draconequus and you're like "well that's a thing that exist" and not even realize that it possesses magical abilities, or how much you could do with them. 

    Magic is haaaaard!
    But then... why wouldn't they know at least one magical spell. Wouldn't that be useful given how possible is for them to transform into other creatures that might have magic? specially ponies and specifically unicorns since it's been shown that ponies and changelings were rival races in constant conflict throughout the seasons since Canterlot Wedding. Also it's theorized that changelings as a whole, not just Chrysalis, could actually have magic like levitation on their own without the need for a transformation beforehand because of the infamous magical aura Thorax displays from his horns in To Where and Back Again part 2, where he is threatening Chrysalis with it like the other unicorns in the scene. And even in Canterlot Wedding when the changelings are using their horns to break though the magical barrier, in their last effort their horns glow with intense magic to finally break it.

     (the one where the horn is visible shows it glowing with green magic)
    Let's put on the speculation and the tinfoil cap because this could be Chrysalis doing since it wouldn't be convenient for her to have her subjects know what they are capable of if she wants to preserve her power over them. Ignorance is a very effective way to control a population were she basically was the dictator and every other changeling was only another cog in the system, all the same, all just there to overwhelm with numbers, all disposable (as much as she tries to justify that all that she does is for her people, she doesn't. She does it for her self interests first using her literal children as shield and weapon). Fear is too another method that goes hand in hand with ignorance, and if Chrysalis wants magic to not be a threat to her throne in the time she was queen, since changelings or at least Chrysalis herself are the only ones that can use magic in the hive with the magic plot chair of anti-magic, she would make sure that practicing magic is taboo, prohibited and unknown. Or even better, make them think they are not capable of doing more than the comet hit magic thing from the season 2 finale, idk. Just like any cult, this can become auto sustainable without Chrysalis having to do more than the usual manipulation afterwards.

     "Just as soon as I drain every last ounce of love from him and show my subjects what a real leader is!"
     (yeah that sounds like intimidation tactics. Also, natural changeling kinesis)
      (seems like Chrysalis wants to have a monopoly on magic knowledge)
    So getting back at why have we never actually seen a changeling use magic or get a grip on other creature abilities. It's just that. A history of manipulation, ignorance, maybe even taboo beliefs regarding the use of magic under Chrysalis reign, to not be able to simply know what creatures have what kind of magic and how it works for every case, to being out of shape from not training the use of magic. For all we know they could also need to constantly shapeshift into the creatures they normally don't see often in order to not forget them. That's why shifting into rocks or woodland animals would be like level 1 because they are so common, and shifting into a giant monster would be more complicated and at risk of forgetting how it looked like or how it worked.

    But aside from that I can conclude that they could be capable of doing any sort of abilities, magical or not, but with the condition that they need to learn how to, just like any ordinary member of the species they are copying.
    As for what is in for changelings magically speaking after the last battle against the villain trio and Twilight's coronation, well... who knows, maybe they can finally practice and explore their natural and gained magical abilities in peace and company of their friends. But that's another story and should be told another time... (for anyone who understands this reference, you are my favorite person now).
    And with that we finish this entry.
    Thanks for reading! Peace out! 
    (PS: The rock Ocellus reminded me a lot of kirby rock form from Crystal Shards and Smash)
     
    Edit: remember that this is speculation so there could be other ways the magic of changeling transformation could work. 
    @Goat-kun came up with the idea that changelings might not get magical abilities from the creature they copy so any magic coming from the transformation would the changeling's own magic coming from beyond the transformation, since they proposed that magic is personal.
    In that sense I proposed that it would be the creature's magic since the creature itself most be compatible with a magical outlet to perform magic in the first place, and because as an example we have Chrysalis's own magic. Whenever she changes into her unicorn form or when she changed into Cadence, her magic aura changed too from the usual changeling kind of opaque glow to the characteristic unicorn semitransparent glow wave and sparkle magic. This would mean that they are using the creature's magic as a conduit.
    In any case we can't really know for sure since there are no more examples of magical displays in the show and in this particular case to make a comparison and know for sure which answer is the most approximate. Furthermore, changeling magic and unicorn magic are very similar to each other regarding spells like levitation. Given the circumstances any answer could be valid.
    You can follow the discussion bellow. Bring your own ideas about this theme too! 
     
  4. Ittoni
    I was thinking (note the time)... are there horoscopes in equestria? 
    We've had other examples of real life constellations in general like Star Hunter's Orion cutie mark. Both Ursas. And the latest one, although not actually equivalent to any real constellation, Rockhoof refers to it as O'Bridles Belt, which could be just a play on words with Orion's Belt, and we have too his story about how he tossed an Ursa mayor so hard into the sky it became a constellation ever since.


    But what about Astrology in specific? Well, so far we only have one direct example of it and it's Twi's dress in "Suited for Success", where we can see clearly in her dress that she has printed the constellations of Scorpio, Aries, Cancer and Sagittarius.
    (thanks shutterstock)
    That's so cool! we found evidence! but how in equestria does that work inworld? 
    We know that horoscopes in our world are to serve as a guide for life and prediction of someone's personality, behaviour, traits, strengths and weaknesses. They serve as a guide to know what to look out for in ourselves, in the things we do, and how to look for compatible others to have a better quality of life. So one can look to the stars for answers if they feel lost in their lives.
    Knowing this then, how does this apply to equestrian lives? 
    I would guess that like in real life, not everypony would believe in the power of stars helping you with how you live your life since, y'know, there's "actual" magic like the one from unicorns (and non-believers like Twilight in Pinkie Keen) and there's also cutiemarks. If you feel lost just look at your butt. But maybe you don't have a butt tattoo yet. In that case it can help little ponies, or their parents, to kinda predict what their destiny/cutiemark is going to be about roughly based on their birth date and family history of affinity. That sounds like it could be useful to predict the names of ponies when they born, which has always been confusing since they seem to fit perfectly with their cutiemark later in life most of the time.

    Another possibility is that maybe the pony is having trouble with reconnecting with themselves, not necessarily their cutie mark. Equestria and pony society puts a lot of value on the individual and how they for being themselves are important to their community, how they don't have to be anything else than themselves because they are all already doing their part by just being. There's a lot of focus on identity and how they all have a role to play that no one else can replace even if they might look similar, every one of them are part of something bigger that wouldn't be the same if they were not themselves. One way people in real life use astrology is to help them define themselves. It obviously shouldn't be used to define one's self entirely just like any other thing shouldn't, but it can help you have some thing's clear about yourself and how that is different from others. Start internalizing what you are and what you are not and what can change to get better, how is that a strength or a weakness you should take care of. It gets you closer to know who you are to yourself and others. So yeah, I can see ponies going to astrology consultations to help them find themselves and better define themselves or get help on how to manage some of their personal traits . Not everyone can have a cutiemark crusader at hand to put you on track again, for that there's other types of professionals too that can help with their own method.
    Finding love is also a very common use for astrology. This one is self explanatory since it could be similar to how you can find people that you can have better affinity with according to your sign. So for the pony believers it could be used as a method to see if they are compatible with their crush, and since we are in Equestria, magic can come in different forms, so astrology could be another type of magic or have some kind of magical connection that makes it a viable option for certain things.
    It would be kinda funny to hear a pony say "i'm a sun Aquarius and Moon Cancer, and according to it i am very sensitive and should be careful for Scorpio types today" or something like that. Although i don't think the constellations have an exact name equivalent, probably. What could be the stories behind them?
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    That's what i have for now . In the end nothing is conclusive as for the show stands but it's fun to toy with the ideas of what are presented to us and if we can expand on something for more world building or explore different aspects of our favorite show that's cool. Read you later on another entry of this pony shower thought's.
    Do you think Grogar was tossed into the sky so hard he became the Aries constellation? (I couldn't find the original artist but here's the source)
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