Zephyr Heights is Canterlot

[eventyraren 180]

I am not joking Zephyr Heights is canterlot.

[Rushing cash 836]

Thats a pretty cool detail. I am interested in how it happened, did the pegasi take over by force? Somehow its all Zephyr breeze fault . 

[Landi 600]

Considering that the city looks almost like a mix of Cloudsdale and Canterlot, I had wondered if something along these lines was the case. As for why the pegasi moved from Cloudsdale to Canterlot, it most likely has something to do with the magic being gone, which would unfortunately make Cloudsdale uninhabitable. They probably chose Canterlot due to being near Cloudsdale and due to being fairly high up. After moving to Canterlot, it looks like the pegasi changed most if not all of the buildings to look more like the buildings of Cloudsdale (the architecture being Greek/Roman inspired). Now I wonder if the unicorns had already left for the forest before the pegasi came, or if the pegasi took it over while the unicorns were still living there. Also, I wonder what some of the other pegasus cities/towns will be since I find it unlikely that every pegasus in Equestria lives in the same city.

On more of a side note, it's sad to see Cloudsdale could be completely gone. That city was my favorite location in G4 due to how unique and interesting of a location it was. Unfortunately, the city got hardly any screen-time throughout the series, making it wasted potential. I was hoping that Cloudsdale would be featured a lot in G5, but it seems like that won't be the case now. I do wonder though, if and when Equestria regains magic, would the pegasi potentially want to build a new cloud city that resembles Cloudsdale? 

[JMTV99 1,352]

Hmmmm. This should be interesting.

[Steve Piranha 29,420]

5 hours ago, eventyraren said:

I am not joking Zephyr Heights is canterlot.

It would make sense, considering that’s the only mountain side settlement shown in show

[Skylight Scintillate 2,014]

Well, this certainly is interesting. It would make sense that Cloudsdale no longer exists when magic disappeared. I wonder what happened to Canterlot though. Also, why is it called Zephyr Heights?

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Ocean Wavedream

[Misty Shadow 7,858]

I absolutely love Dr. Wolf's Zephyr Breeze theory, that would be comedy gold. Can't wait to see how this plays out. 

[Toastypk 923]

I'm really wondering what caused this to happen.

Or what happened to the original castle.

[Tom Gallagher 33,581]

Great to see familiar locations and I’m glad the Canterlot Castle was kept. I’ll miss Cloudsdale a great deal though. 

I hope Ponyville is alright. 

[Toastypk 923]

36 minutes ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

Great to see familiar locations and I’m glad the Canterlot Castle was kept. I’ll miss Cloudsdale a great deal though. 

I hope Ponyville is alright. 

I dunno. I don't see it here.

[Savy 5,077]

Zephyr Heights already looks a lot better than Canterlot anyways

 

Honestly I kind of prefer Zephyr Heights lol

[Steve Piranha 29,420]

2 hours ago, Toastypk said:

I dunno. I don't see it here.

Canterlot was at the side of the mountain. Zephyr Heights is clearly at the top of it. The waterfalls seems supportive on the theory tho. Anyway, nothing confirmed, but makes sense. We have wait until release and see how Equestria evolved anyway

[Dark Qiviut 22,392]

Well! That's a neat little detail. And I echo others here that it highly suggests that Cloudesdale has become uninhabitable due to magic being central to the city. Zephyr Heights resembles their ancient homes, and with them being pegasi, having a home in the clouds makes sense.

One thing's for sure, Equestria has certainly changed over the centuries. I'm really curious to how much has changed and why…

[SharpWit 2,627]

I find it fascinating that they were able to take the seat of power for the former nation. That warrior pegasus heritage versus the posh elitism of unicorns must have really come into play with the loss of magic, but then what about the royal guard? Did they simply disband, fight among their ranks? Suffer a destructive defeat prior? So many questions!!!

Almost at the height of importance, is whether this dominance is more the result of cultural differences, or if there were certain advantages still maintained by wings even in the absence of flight magic.

I am disappointed by flight magic being a thing, because while it gives us something to explore, what about the numerous other species that could fly? Are batponies, griffins, changeling, and so on all ground bound too? The world feels somewhat,,, smaller when you factor that possibility, regardless of the exclusive focus on ponies.

[Rising Dusk 27,578]

Strange random thought... But what if Cloudsdale, when magic disappeared, FELL on Canterlot?  Then Zephyr Heights was what they built with the remains of both cities?  I'd hate to think the magic to fly just poof and suddenly all those pegasi fell right through the clouds without warning.  Hopefully it was more gradual. 

[TransPirate 121]

I do believe that it is the same mountain but I feel like people are forgetting that Canterlot City/castle was on the side of the mountain, not even particularly high while Zephyr Heights is clearly built at the very top.