Did Twilight pass on before or after the segregation in G5?

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5 hours ago, Star_Quake said:

But magic disappeared out of thin air and the races blamed it on each other and separated.

Before the movie, none of the tribes knew that the others also lost their magic. Which would mean that the breakup would most likely have had to predate their magic going AWOL. And considering that G4 lore has always promoted a strong connection between "magic" as in "Magic of Friendship" and "magic" as in "magic of magic", it's not unreasonable to assume that may be some connection there.

[Star_Quake 28]

10 hours ago, HedonismBot said:

Before the movie, none of the tribes knew that the others also lost their magic. Which would mean that the breakup would most likely have had to predate their magic going AWOL. 

I totally forgot about that

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On 2021-11-08 at 2:26 AM, HedonismBot said:

A Youtuber by the name of Sawtooth Waves has one interesting theory:

I have seen it, it did Come out after I posted this thred. 

[eventyraren 180]

On 2021-11-09 at 10:52 PM, Star_Quake said:

I think Twilight's legacy lived on, and maybe people were still taught about her because Zipp said she recognized her star.

She saw it on the stalin glass window. 

[Octavian 5,421]

My theory is that Twilight and her friends were too successful. They achieved peace and friendship, but it turned to stagnation; without challenge and stories to bind the ponies together, the magic drained away. When Sunny showed up, she proved that there was magic in these old brands, um I mean bones, yet