Comparing Timelines: Equestria vs. Human World

[FlareGun45 2,221]

Recently, something bothered me about the Equestria Girls universe. It's the timeline and how it connects, or not connect with Equestria's timeline.

Back in EG1, there were pictures of Sunset Shimmer winning the Fall Formal for 3 years in a row! That's Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior, so that means in the events of EG1, she's a senior, and the other Humane 6 are pretty much in the same grade, so that means in the ENTIRE Equestria Girls series, it took place in the SAME year! All those shorts, all those specials, all the same year!

Now for the bigger issue: Twilight's first visit to the human world was between seasons 3 and 4, then her second visit was between 4 and 5, and so on, and 4 Hearth's Warmings went by since then, so that's another 4 years in Equestria time! In Spring Breakdown, it took place between the Movie and season 8, and that's all we got so far.

So here's my theory on this: time in the human world moves MUCH SLOWER than time in Equestria. The two worlds aren't connected like that. So you can think that after Twilight and Spike went into the human world the first time, they came back much much much longer than we thought! Either that, or a few minutes went by. Time's really confusing, and especially when it comes to the multiverse theory. 

I know the devs never thought this through, but it can be quite an annoying subject for people who overthink! Luckily this isn't that important of a subject to tackle. But it's fun to think about! Fanfic writers, your go! :3

[Denim&Venöm 16,464]

It gets even crazier if you throw in the comics. Apparently the Sirens were banished away by Star Swirl 1000 years prior, but arrived in the human world present day. The show doesn't directly correlate but by what we can observe, the sirens don't act like they've been on earth 1000 years either. 

Considering that the pony 6 are all teachers, diplomats and state sponsored militia on top of having careers of their own while HuMane 6 are all teens in high school, I'd say yeah, time does move slower. 

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On 6/30/2019 at 9:52 PM, Denim&Venom said:

It gets even crazier if you throw in the comics. Apparently the Sirens were banished away by Star Swirl 1000 years prior, but arrived in the human world present day. The show doesn't directly correlate but by what we can observe, the sirens don't act like they've been on earth 1000 years either. 

Considering that the pony 6 are all teachers, diplomats and state sponsored militia on top of having careers of their own while HuMane 6 are all teens in high school, I'd say yeah, time does move slower. 

Ideas & Design Works (IDW) never had "access" to the "Bible of the Show" of either FiM or the Equestria Girls Franchises [they do not even had a SINGLE writter who ever worked at Decode HalifaX Media (DHX) ].

-> THE COMICS ARE NOT CANON.

On 6/30/2019 at 6:18 PM, FlareGun45 said:

Recently, something bothered me about the Equestria Girls universe. It's the timeline and how it connects, or not connect with Equestria's timeline.

Back in EG1, there were pictures of Sunset Shimmer winning the Fall Formal for 3 years in a row! . . .

First mistake: Assuming things (there is only 1 "crowning event" per year).

Second mistake  Not paying attention:  The "Last Spring Debacle" Rarity referenced at the end of EQG1 is the same "Spring Fling" event Fluttershy mentioned at the cafeteria while talking about the same "girl" [RARITY] that Applejack also described as being "backstabbed" by Sunset Shimmer previously on that SAME YEAR ].

-> The First & Third pictures of Sunset Shimmer at Principal Celestia´s office corresponds to the "Spring Fling" events on the previous and current year; with only the second one being the previous Fall Formal (happening about 1 year before EQG1).

Third mistake: Princess Luna already told us when was the LAST POSIBLE TIME Sunset Shimmer could had left Equestria (or came back as Princess Celestia hoped): 30 Moon cycles ago (~2 and a half years) before the ~few weeks~ that passed after S3E13 (that is also less than a month from S4E01);  almost ONE FULL YEAR since the pilot of the series: S1E01 (The Summer Sun Celebration). 

-> This is rather UNLIKELY since Twilight was a "little filly" (younger than the CMC) when she got her cutiemark [ Sunset Shimmer left Equestria BEFORE Twilight got it, since they never met each others ]; so it is more likely that it happened on a 60 Moon/months (~5 years) timeframe; as this would allow Sunset to begin classes at Canterlot Highschool at ~whatever grade the human CMC currently are~ [also the "chibi" forms of the humane five on that old, dusty anual school book on EQG1 finally make sense].

4th:  It is "Fall (formal)" on Earth, yet almost the begining of Summer in Equestria (maybe the ammount of days for each year is DIFFERENT between Earth & Equestria?); in any case, the "seasonal seasons" of the planets are NOT in sync [but the flow of time it is the same].

5th:  Wallflower Blush said that she met Sunset Shimmer "in ninth-grade English" (meaning that they could have being on different schedules or parallel classes on previous years); but also that she met Trixie "since third grade" (period); but not necesary at CHS (perhaps in some other elementary school in "The Town" ? ).

6th:  Applejack knows that Rarity´s dream of being a clothes designer dates back to... kindergarden. (from that Rarijack EQG special)

The point is that free education is covered on Earth for youngins.

 

Conclusions:

Sunset Shimmer real age is ~30 years old (same as Maud, Starlight or Sunburst).

The "portal" only translates "species" between planets (but does not compute "ages"); so it is currently using the "median shape" from what it can "see" from its position (facing to the entrance of a Highschool full of teenagers). For the case of Spike, it likely used that other dog seen on EQG1 (just after they arrived for the first time) as a model.

-> The last EQG special has a "suspiciously young" Princess Celestia lookalike...

On 6/30/2019 at 6:18 PM, FlareGun45 said:

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Now for the bigger issue: Twilight's first visit to the human world was ... and 4 Hearth's Warmings went by since then, so that's another 4 years in Equestria time!  ... 

Either: 

a) FiM is showing events from MULTIPLE timelines of Equestria (something that is canon to exist and be real since S5E25)

b) SOME of the Hearth Warming Eve celebrations happened in the distant future and/or at the same time (it requires minor retcons on some visual details, like Twilight´s wings/castle, the CMC cutiemarks, or Spike´s wings).

On 6/30/2019 at 6:18 PM, FlareGun45 said:

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So here's my theory on this: time in the human world moves MUCH SLOWER than time in Equestria. The two worlds aren't connected like that. So you can think that after Twilight and Spike went into the human world the first time, they came back much much much longer than we thought! Either that, or a few minutes went by. Time's really confusing, and especially when it comes to the multiverse theory. 

I know the devs never thought this through, but it can be quite an annoying subject for people who overthink! Luckily this isn't that important of a subject to tackle. But it's fun to think about! Fanfic writers, your go! :3

. (Main, Prime, "canon") Equestria & CHS timelines are always in sync:

[ S4E01 = EQG1 ; S5E01 = EQG2:RR ; S5E26 = EQG3:FG ... ]  

[ ... ; S6E12 (Twilight&Midnight "in mirror" at Twilight´s Castle) = EQG4:LoE ; S6E21 (Starlight´s Test) = EQG4+(3/3):MiMa ... ]

[ ... ; S7E20~24 (Libraries+Pilars+Clover) = EQG4+2:FF ;  S8E01 (coldstart+movie) = EQG4+4:SB ... ]

[ ... ; S8E14 (Rare Artifacts) = EQG4+5:SBP ]