The Real Reason Why the Unity Crystals Were Separated

[Misty Shadow 7,867]

So I was re-watching the Make Your Mark pilot tonight...and guess what? I realized that it's been explained right from the beginning why the Unity Crystals were separated. In the MYM pilot, Sunny says this when she witnesses the magic of the Unity Crystals becoming unstable and jeopardizing Equestria...

"I wonder if this had anything to do with why the Crystals were separated all those years ago."

Now, recall the fighting she mentions in the story she tells of how the tribes separated in The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-Over. It's apparent that the real reason the tribes were breaking up here wasn't just because of a little fight. It was very likely because they made the magic of the Unity Crystals unstable, and not knowing how to unite together again and live in harmony after all the damage Opaline had done, they and the Unity Crystals had to separate because they didn't want to put themselves and Equestria in jeopardy. 

Seriously...how did NONE OF US see this?  It was there the whole time. 

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On 2024-05-25 at 2:34 AM, Misty Shadow said:

It was very likely because they made the magic of the Unity Crystals unstable, and not knowing how to unite together again and live in harmony after all the damage Opaline had done, they and the Unity Crystals had to separate because they didn't want to put themselves and Equestria in jeopardy. 

So everything each tribe said to each other was more like a prevention or keep the future generations away from each other, right? 
Also I just realized all the magic-fadeaway explain why there's no Windigos, I didn't read any discussion pointing that yet but my guess is they must be magic-driven.

Edited May 26 by donutmasterjoe

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On 2024-05-25 at 4:57 PM, Starforce said:

It could be possible, but, I admit, I have never understood why the Unity Crystals exist. Why would you put all of the World's Magic inside of some crystals that can be broken, lost, or whatnot? And why would the ponies of the world agree to something like that, instead of Magic being inherent? It leads to more questions, without the Ponies rising the Sun and Moon, the Weather and the Seasons, how did the world go on when Magic was gone?

In the comics, the ponies didn't agree to it - Twilight did it to essentially blackmail the ponies into being nice to each other after Opaline started a race war.

In the show, I'm pretty sure Sunny said something about the Unity Crystals having been created to keep the magic from being stolen by Opaline (though Sunny didn't mention her name).

Either way, it raises the question of why "fire up the Elements of Harmony and toss Opaline in Tartarus" wasn't an option (or some other less drastic measure that wouldn't end up screwing over all of Equestria).

[Misty Shadow 7,867]

4 hours ago, HedonismBot said:

In the comics, the ponies didn't agree to it - Twilight did it to essentially blackmail the ponies into being nice to each other after Opaline started a race war.

In the show, I'm pretty sure Sunny said something about the Unity Crystals having been created to keep the magic from being stolen by Opaline (though Sunny didn't mention her name).

Either way, it raises the question of why "fire up the Elements of Harmony and toss Opaline in Tartarus" wasn't an option (or some other less drastic measure that wouldn't end up screwing over all of Equestria).

No, she did it to protect the magic they were going to lose from Opaline stealing it. The comics explain that the ponies still have their magic and that they didn't lose it because of the Unity Crystals.

They lost it because they split apart in a world where friendship is magic. Also, in the last season of FiM, the Mane 6 didn't even have the Elements of Harmony anymore, they needed all of Equestria to come together in order to stop the Evil 3.