What in the world of Equestria?

[SharpWit 2,673]

4 hours ago, Soaring Symphony said:

My headcanon is that Equestria is a post-apocalyptic Earth in the distant future and the land that would become Equestria was once North America.

Ah, following the route of adventure time. Would that make the portal to the "Human World" a sort of time machine then?

[Soaring Symphony 372]

On 5/4/2020 at 1:55 PM, SharpWit said:

Ah, following the route of adventure time. Would that make the portal to the "Human World" a sort of time machine then?

Probably.

Heck it could be that bringing magic from Equestria into the human world is what eventually transformed it into Equestria to begin with.  I know that's a bootstrap paradox because it begs the question of where the magic came from in the first place, but then again "It's About Time" happened which showed Twilight getting info on where to find a time-travel spell from her time-travelling future self, so I guess bootstrap paradoxes are somehow just okay in this universe?

Idk.

Edited May 5, 2020 by Soaring Symphony

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My headcanon? The world Equestria takes place on is Earth in a parallel universe.

[Lnx1ynight16 771]

On 2018-04-27 at 2:06 PM, SharpWit said:

That's exactly what I was considering when I made this topic. I just didn't word it very well. I no longer think that's the case though. We also have these to go off of.

Stained glass image of a globe from the old intro.

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This map that was on the cover of a book in Capper's house in the movie. It doesn't quite line up and I have no evidence for it, but I think that might be an inland sea which could be the equivalent to our Mediterranean and laybetween Griffonstone and the Dragon Lands. 

This was the map table as of Season 5.

And here's the most recent, Season 8 episode 6 version of this table, which we see briefly for the first 2 seconds of the episode. Sorry it's not of good quality. I tried to outline land masses as best I could.

And of course the current official map.

It's nice to get a bigger view of the world but I kind of miss the older map where we could base it more off of our world. Also I hate Starlight's village is located. You can have areas of desert in northern areas next to the ocean if you're pinned between mountain ranges like Eastern Washington, USA and it's neighboring region tot he north, Eastern British Columbia, Canada, but the mountain ranges in those places bar you from ocean access, where as Starlight's village has an open bath to it in the east, and a large body of fresh water to the west which I assume is meant to be the equivalent of the great lakes region!

We still have our work cut out for us 

That’s very interesting 

[SharpWit 2,673]

1 hour ago, Lnx1ynight16 said:

That’s very interesting

>Awakes to activity on old topic

I think I may have shared this elsewhere, but I have since learned that "Our Town's" aridness in an area otherwise lacking in dessert isn't impossible.

They're located just North East of Neighagra Falls, and importantly some larger lakes which could be representative of our Great Lakes.

Singapore, Michigan is a ghost town on the East side of Lake Michigan. After the Great Chigago Fire in 1871, the area was stripped of its forests to rebuild homes. What they didn't know was those forests acted as a buffer for the strong winds that blew off of the lake. With nothing to stop them, those winds carried vast amounts of sediment that formed dunes against the buildings in Singapore, and began to bury the town. It was abandoned in 1875, though a yacht club still operates on its shore.

It's not perfect, but "Our Town" is technically near enough the right geographical features, and close enough to a real world equivalent for this oddity to occur. I don't believe it's what the show actually had in mind, but it works! 

Edited November 24, 2024 by SharpWit

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,571]

This is something out of curiosity.  What is Dodge Junction?  

[SharpWit 2,673]

10 hours ago, ZiggWheelsManning said:

This is something out of curiosity.  What is Dodge Junction?  

Oh you gave me a rabbit hole on a Workday before Thanksgiving!

I'll get back to you 

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The first screenshot is from an earlier season 2 episode. The official map was designed after season 2.

My guess is that the globe was just designed specifically for this episode and not in any way meant to be the canon equestria map.