MLP Head-Canons: What are the "rules" for your fanon universe?

[An Old Head 4,816]

They ain't dead. They were in "Magical Mystery Cure" at the coronation.

 

And there is probably something special about Pinkie.

 

If there weren't the instance of Twilight Sparkle having her mane get every bit as poofy as Pinkies with her horn still poking through, or flat-haired Pinkie, I would suggest that the art style of the show would hide a regular-sized horn under her poofy mane.

 

Although I don't really reckon if being "half of a pony race" is a thing, other than having carrier genes to pass on to offspring.

 

Oh, they were? I'll have to re-watch that, didn't see 'em. That's great news n.n I wasn't going to assume their death straight away, though. That was one of many options.

 

Pinkie being part Earth pony, part unicorn would make for a very interesting fan fic.

[GuillermoGage 246]

Oh, they were? I'll have to re-watch that, didn't see 'em. That's great news n.n I wasn't going to assume their death straight away, though. That was one of many options.

 

Pinkie being part Earth pony, part unicorn would make for a very interesting fan fic.

fucfanfics. The notion that Pinkie is more special than other earth ponies is already an established fact.

 

I also reckon, based on "Oh my stars, if I'm dreaming, do not wake me up."(Rarity, from "A Dog and Pony Show") and "I'm in crystal heaven!"(Sweetie Belle, from "Just For Sidekicks") determines that Rarity and Sweetie Belle have some sort of belief system about the heavens and the stars, and they are not just saying that as an expression.

Edited March 7, 2013 by GuillermoGage

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

- The Mane 6 are not the only bearers of the Elements of Harmony other than Celestia and Luna; They are simply the most recent. The Elements attune themselves to new bearers after the previous bearer passes on. It is possible for each bearer to be a different age, gender, or race, and they can go their whole lives without knowledge of their abilities. The Mane 6 are the first "activated" bearers of the elements since the Royal Sisters.

 

Fallout: Equestria (which is my headcanon, by the way) actually had the very same interpretation of the elements.

 

It makes sense, when you think about it. If the elements were passed from the princesses down to the mane 6, then theoretically, they could be passed down to any pony that showed the requisite virtues.

[pinkiefan1287 610]

Here are a few of my ideas.

 

Pound Cake can still fly

 

Pumpkin Cake can still use magic.

 

Queen Chrysalis and the Changelings are still evil.

 

Scootaloo does have parents, but they are always busy with work. Also their both earth ponies. She also can't fly because of a disability.

 

Sweetie Bells magic will activate when she discovers her talent.

 

Fluttershy has parents, but they live in Cloudsdale and can't get away from work to visit.

Edited March 10, 2013 by pinkiefan1287

[Twinhead B 482]

Fallout: Equestria (which is my headcanon, by the way) actually had the very same interpretation of the elements.

 

It makes sense, when you think about it. If the elements were passed from the princesses down to the mane 6, then theoretically, they could be passed down to any pony that showed the requisite virtues.

 

Honestly, I've never read it.

 

To me it just makes sense though. Surely the Mane 6 aren't the only ponies who have represented their respective elements in the past, and it wouldn't make sense if they were only ones able to use the elements other than Celestia and Luna.

[Ficta_Scriptor 165]

Head canon? Yummy! Big wall of text? Sorry... but now that I think of it, I have a lot of head-conon theories.

 

- Alicorns are not necessarily immortal, but they can lengthen their lifespan with age spells if they so wish.

- Celestia and Luna are actually beyond the 'alicorn' level of Cadence and (NO-ONE ELSE) and are virtually immune to all known diseases.

- Magical Mystery Cure never happened. (Subject to change if season 4 convinces me otherwise)

- Cutie Marks are actually a cause of being linked spiritually to Celestia and Luna. Griffons/dragons/beasts don't get cutie marks because of this. Zebras have the potential to because Celestia is genetically linked to the inhabitants of Zebrica. Ponies that are banished from Equestria inherently lose that link and as such, cannot acquire cutie marks. This severed link also carries on through the bloodline. (This is how it is in my fanfic 'Legacy: the End of Harmony')

- Many of the ponies alive today are descendants of Celestia and Luna.

- There is a level of bitter resentment amongst some earth ponies towards unicorns and pegasi.

- Celestia and Luna are both over 10,000 years old.

- There have been numerous element bearers over the course of Celestia's lifetime.

- Scootaloo's wings do not work properly because of a disability, and it is likely that she will never be able to fly.

- Rarity is the only member of the mane six who isn't a virgin.

- All members of the mane six are straight.

- Fluttershy's parents are still alive, same as Rainbow Dash's. They just live far away.

- Scootaloo's parents are both dead and she mostly lives either at the orphanage or stays over with Applebloom.

- When we aren't looking, the ponies cuddle each other in really adorable ways that our hearts couldn't possibly handle.

- Discord secretly loves Fluttershy, but she doesn't feel the same way.

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

Starswirl the Bearded had cursed both the Everfree castle and also including  the Everfree Forest after failing in friendship.

 

The mirror pond had been used to create a Changeling army, and the Changelings comes from outer space.

Edited March 9, 2013 by Ulrik Raben

[PoniesPlease 365]

Derpy is actually Starswirl:

 

He was too strong a unicorn and wasn't fated to become an Alicorn, so he went nuts and Celestia and Luna locked him in the body of a genius baby, most of Derpy's genius is allocated to keeping Starswirl at bay, thus rendering her 'retarded'.

 

Starswirl also had an obsession with muffins.

 

 

OH! and Celestia and Luna are the equine embodiments of their respective celestial bodies. 

 

I.E. Celestia IS the sun, and Luna IS the moon.

Edited March 9, 2013 by PoniesPlease

[Pumpkinbot 69]

Oh, boy, headcannons! *blasts a hole in a wall with cannon*

...Wrong cannon?

 

• Earth ponies' magic is subtle and mostly has to do with their hooves, like how AJ was able to hold the marshmallow stick things in her hoof when having a sleepover with Twilight and Rarity.

• Only mares can become alicorns 'cause biology.

- Simlarly, there are non-ruling princes, like Blueblood, and ruling princes, like Shining Armor. This explains why Blueblood wasn't mobbed by strangers during the Grand Galloping Gala, yet Shining Armor is apparently just as famous as Cadence in the Crystal Empire.

• Humanized, (or rather, if the Mane Six didn't share the same basic body in Flash,) Pinkie Pie is the chubbiest, Fluttershy is the skinniest, Rainbow Dash is short and wiry, Applejack is muscular but also has a bit of chub, Rarity has a slimmer figure, and Twilight's somewhere between Rarity and Pinkie Pie.

• Magic doesn't run off a mana or magicka system like in RPGs, but rather works just like physically exerting yourself. If you just sprinted a marathon, your telekinesis isn't going to lift much.

• Twilight used cheat codes to max her intellect stat, which is why she's so good with magic. Celestia secretly knows, but hasn't confronted her about it yet.

• Celestia and Luna kept ther mouths shut about the Mane Six friend-lazering Luna and Discord so they won't get mobbed by strangers. Though everypony knows Twilight at least helped un-evilify Luna, as of Magical Mystery Cure, but she's a princess now, so hey, doesn't matter much now.

• Ponyville was so dangerous in The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well because it was poorly written and everypony held the Idiot Ball some unicorn's spell went awry and made everypony unlucky, or something.

• Pinkie Pie's physics breaking powers are only Rule of Funny, and not necessarily canon. The end of Magic Duel, when Pinkie shatters the fourth wall, isn't canon, and is there because it's damned hilarious.

- Similarly, Pinkie's lineage has zebras -somewhere- in there, and she won a genetic lottery with getting a ton of that zebra magic in her.

• The Sonic Rainboom does not break the speed of sound, but rather the speed of magic, which is the fastest a spell can travel. When Rainbow Dash used her Sonic Rainboom as a child, this released magical radiation that affected ponies that were about to get their cute marks, such as Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy. The magical radiation unlocked with Pinkie's genetic (and very faint) zebra magic. The magical radiation was too far to affect Applejack, which is why she is relatively normal and non-dramatic, in comparison to Dash's brashness, Twilight's spasticity, Rarity's dramatic tendencies, and Pinkie's...Pinkie-ness.

 

I think that's all, but I'll add more, if I think of it! It's mostly just covering up unexplained plot points that bug me, anyway.

Edited March 10, 2013 by Pumpkinbot

[crazitaco 596]

here's some of my wild theories

-there's two tiers of alicorn. the goddess/god tier with celestia and luna. and then mortal tier. twilight and cadance will NOT live long like celestia and luna and are not supreme beings like them.

-magical flowing manes are the true mark of magical god power. nightmare moon's mane was massive and out of control, but when was defeated and returned as luna, her mane was like that of a mortal pony because she had been stripped of all her power. only when celestia could trust her sister enough to restore her power again did luna's regular mane return

-zebras and crystal ponies have their own unique forms of magic. crystal pony magic is more of a subconscious indirect thing controlled only by their emotions, while zebra magic is a more focused on the spirit and earth rather than on magic "spells"

- cadance is the last direct descendent and the natural born heir to the crystal empire. over the thousand years that the crystal empire remained lost, Celestia protected that royal line in Canterlot, so when the empire finally returned the rightful heir could take over. Cadance's crystal heart cutie mark is the mark of the princess and isn't earned, but inherited. This is because its a necessity for the crystal princess to spread love in the event that she needs her people to activate the crystal heart.

-king sombra is actually HALF DRAGON. this is why he barely speaks and does so in a deep gravely voice like adult dragons do, and even occasionally roars. this also explains why he looks the way he does (fangs, red/green slitted eyes, unusually brutal looking horn) and why he starts licking his chops when he sees the crystal heart. dragons like to eat gems and crystals, and he wanted to eat the crystal heart. perhaps he used the crystal ponies slave labor to mine gems for him to eat? its not explained what it was used for. also his shadow form makes him appear more serpent-like than pony like.

Edited March 12, 2013 by crazitaco

[Apocalyptic_Unicorn 240]

I usually don't agree with how Vinyl is depicted in a lot of fanfiction. For example, I hate how Vinyl is often depicted as a drug taker, and promiscuous.
 
My headcanon goes something like this:

- Vinyl doesn't take drugs and doesn't sleep around
- Scootaloo has parents
- Octavia is British
- Cadance and Twilight aren't equal to Luna and Celestia, or rather, are Alicorns but aren't Princesses
- Alicorns CAN be found, just aren't as common as the other 'races'
- Rarity isn't flirtatious or a tease on purpose
- Lyra doesn't know what Humans are, she was just sitting like one by coincidence
- Fluttershy and Dashie both have siblings
- Humans used to exist thousands of years ago, much like in Adventure Time

Edited March 11, 2013 by Apocalyptic_Unicorn

[Limey 524]

- Farm animals can't really talk or have an intelligence comparable with humans or ponies, this was only used as a plot device in the show. (Seriously, if they really were sapient life forms, then surely the Apple family along with all other farmers in Equestria could be considered as Slave owners, and maybe even murderers if they need to provide for meat eaters, such as Griffins.)

[Anadu Kune 668]

I have theories, but try to stay away from head canon. Canon suggests something that is an unmovable fact in your mind. I dont want that type of thing interfering with my enjoyment of the show. 

though I did/do have theories some of which were disproven . An example of such was that of the season finale which I posted to this forum some time ago. I also had many theories on Luna before season two some of which were confirmed most of which were demolished.

[100 beasts kaidou 321]

-Blueblood took adventage of Twilight naiveness and stole her virginity wich made SA hate him and not invite him to the wedding.

-Luna and Cellys Aunvle killed there parents and vowed to return.

-Most rappers are Donkeys and mauls in Equestria

[TwilizzleFoShizzle 95]

 

Celestia is hiding something that will be huge in the future

YOU DON'T SAY?

 

well I think celestia used to date discord, and that Rainbow had only her father whilst growing up, and that Scootaloo is an orphan, blah blah blah, cliche stuff like that. 

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

I usually don't agree with how Vinyl is depicted in a lot of fanfiction. For example, I hate how Vinyl is often depicted as a drug taker, and promiscuous.

Well, she has a blue mane and plays electronic music. Therefore, it stands to reason that she must be the biggest junkie/whore in Equestria.

 

It's only logical.

[. eris . 1,661]

We all expand a little on canon: some of us verbally, others in fanfiction, and still others in fanart. Sometimes it's a ship that's been hinted at, or other times it's a scene that should have been expanded upon but wasn't. Whatever the instance or example, we all have some form of headcanon. Leave logic at the door, because this is the thread in which to share your own personal canon!

 

Mine are as follows:

 

Rarity x Fancy Pants: Let's forget about Blueblood. [i already have.] I've always liked these two together, even over Fleur de Lis. Despite being enjoyable, I believe Fancy Pants and Rarity have a little something going on, and he visits Ponyville occasionally to drop by Carousel Boutique.

 

Rainbow Dash's Family Raised Fluttershy: We haven't seen much of Fluttershy or Dash's backstory, except that they were close growing up. I have no adequately explained reason for this piece of headcanon, except that it makes for an extremely good fanfiction idea.

 

Applejack Is An Orphan: This is quite obvious. We haven't seen AJ's parents, nor have they even been mentioned. It's my belief that they are in fact, thoroughly dead.

 

Fleur de Lis is Blueblood's Sister: No explainable reason for this either, except that they're the epitome of gorgeousness for both sexes, which sort of puts them together. They're also roughly the same age, I think. #shrug

 

Octavia Is OCD: I love her, she's my favorite pony, but for some reason I see her as extremely OCD, and disliking physical contact. I don't know, something about her droll expression makes me think "obsessive compulsive disorder". I also think it would make her character quite a bit more interesting.

 

DisPie: Why do I even have to explain this?

 

So what about the rest of you? What's your headcanon, odd though it may be? As you can see, I'm no poster child for sane ideas.

[Friendship_Cannon 1,676]

I sometimes have to think about Pinkie Pie and Vinyl Scratch being related to each other (I won´t specify in which kind, fantasy is a gift everyone has to use for himself). Both of them are so to call "party animals", and to me they are th coolest ponys in the known Equestria. Though they don´t have any optical equities I am quite sure that they are of the same kind (and if it´s only a spiritual bond).

[truth is life 76]

Most of my headcanon revolves around fleshing out the rather vague history of Equestria we're provided by the show. As such, there's a bit much of it to neatly summarize here, but for instance I think of Hearth's Warming Eve as an extremely distorted version of what happened when ponies discovered Equestria, not an accurate retelling of events, and Celestia and Luna emerging later in Equestrian history, after Discord.

[Goose 181]

I don't think too much about the characters' backstories. My "canon" consists of fixing little things I don't like, such as new vs old Derpy (old Derpy is canon), or Princess Cadence's name (it's Cadence, with an E!)

 

I kinda like the idea of Screwball being Discord's spawn though, heh, cute.

[Doc Ginger 86]

The majority of my 'head-cannon' and continuity thoughts revolve around the changlings and other nations besides. We know there are at least 4 sovereign nations: Equestria, Saddle Arabia, Crystal Empire, and the Changlings. I always thought about the possibility of the changlings not just having a tea party at Canterlot, but waging a war that we didn't see with Canterlot simply being the lynchpin.

 

I have been exploring my headcannon in the Fanfic I have been writing but It all revolves around the thought that there IS a war going on outside Equestria, and that Celestia is just protecting her subjects from it by shall we say... 'Sequestering' the knowledge about it. I always fancy that's why Luna always seemed to be gone during S3, and potentially that's why since the beginning of the season Twilight's training was accelerated. 

 

Maybe a bit childish I think, what with all the 15 year old buys on these forums thinking nothing but fighting cross-overs but this is my thought, and I enjoy trying to flesh it out

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

I'm really reluctant to have any head canon, because I know it's eventually gonna be disproved and it'll break my lil' old heart.

 

Doesn't stop me from doing it anyway.

• There are several other kingdoms throughout the world. Some are ruled by alicorns, others are ruled by other races, like the Griffin Kingdom.
• In the period between Luna's banishment and the beginning of the show, there was a war with the Griffins, but there's a treaty in place. No real evidence to support this, I just think it's a cool idea.
• Centuries ago, when the Crystal Empire was a prosperous kingdom before Sombra showed up, it used to have a Crystal Princess, much like Cadence is right now. That much I know has to be true, what with that one crystal pony proclaiming that "the crystal princess has returned". [From here it gets kinda dumb].

So why wasn't she able to stop Sombra from taking over?

 

 

Ba Boom.

 

Now, the Prince Guy wasn't trying to screw over the Empire or anything. Like the legend said, he just wanted to get himself a princess and foolishly made a love poison in an attempt to do so.

 

Unfortunately, he made the decision to give the poison to a princess that was tasked with safe guarding one of the most important kingdoms in the realm; if it goes down, all of Equestria might fall with it. So a good amount of sorrow and unhappiness overtaking the realm, Celestia and Luna head off to take Sombra down, which they do, but not before he makes the Empire vanish for a thousand years.

 

As for the chaos reigning part of the story, that's obviously Discord. Not sure about the dragon thing, but I'm sure we'll eventually see a dragon nemesis FROM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO!!!

 

 

But happened to the princess?

 

Well, after having her love and mind twisted and fumbled with while her kingdom and subjects fell, maybe she lost all sense of love.

 

Maybe she went a step farther and could no longer comprehend what real love actually is because the ability to feel real love was dashed from her soul.

 

Maybe she grew to hate love and saw it not as a genuine emotion and necessary for happiness, but as a thing to manipulate and use against others, as it was to herself.

 

Maybe she became heartless and cold. Cruel, even. Forgot the pony she used to be and lost her identity and conscious.

 

Maybe in her rejection of love, she failed to realize how much she'd need to feel loved.

 

But she could no longer feel love.

 

To her, it's just something she feeds off now.

 

Please ignore the Hub logo, it's the most dramatic image I could find.

 

Yeah.

[Doc Ginger 86]

 

But she could no longer feel love.

 

To her, it's just something she feeds off now.

 

Please ignore the Hub logo, it's the most dramatic image I could find.

 

Yeah.

THAT. Made my night. You sir can count yourself as having one fan of your head cannon for I truly enjoyed your conspiracy theory on the origination of the Changling Queen.

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

My headcanon is a general mishmash of wildly different fanfics that come together to form something of a cohesive narrative.

 

And yes, FO:E is one of those...

[SparklingTwilight 109]

Well, there's this - 

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/19256/why-pinkie-pie-smiles

That whole story. Sometimes I forget that didn't actually happen. 

Also, Scootaloo is an orphan. I'm sorry, I'm such a sadist. XD

Anyway, other than that, I don't really have any others. I'll post when I think of some...

OH YEAH! Just remembered! 

 

 

 

• Centuries ago, when the Crystal Empire was a prosperous kingdom before Sombra showed up, it used to have a Crystal Princess, much like Cadence is right now. That much I know has to be true, what with that one crystal pony proclaiming that "the crystal princess has returned". [From here it gets kinda dumb].

So why wasn't she able to stop Sombra from taking over?

 

 

Ba Boom.

 

Now, the Prince Guy wasn't trying to screw over the Empire or anything. Like the legend said, he just wanted to get himself a princess and foolishly made a love poison in an attempt to do so.

 

Unfortunately, he made the decision to give the poison to a princess that was tasked with safe guarding one of the most important kingdoms in the realm; if it goes down, all of Equestria might fall with it. So a good amount of sorrow and unhappiness overtaking the realm, Celestia and Luna head off to take Sombra down, which they do, but not before he makes the Empire vanish for a thousand years.

 

As for the chaos reigning part of the story, that's obviously Discord. Not sure about the dragon thing, but I'm sure we'll eventually see a dragon nemesis FROM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO!!!

 

 

But happened to the princess?

 

Well, after having her love and mind twisted and fumbled with while her kingdom and subjects fell, maybe she lost all sense of love.

 

Maybe she went a step farther and could no longer comprehend what real love actually is because the ability to feel real love was dashed from her soul.

 

Maybe she grew to hate love and saw it not as a genuine emotion and necessary for happiness, but as a thing to manipulate and use against others, as it was to herself.

 

Maybe she became heartless and cold. Cruel, even. Forgot the pony she used to be and lost her identity and conscious.

 

Maybe in her rejection of love, she failed to realize how much she'd need to feel loved.

 

But she could no longer feel love.

 

To her, it's just something she feeds off now.

 

Please ignore the Hub logo, it's the most dramatic image I could find.

 

Yeah.

I had a headcanon very similar to that one, but words can't describe the coolness of yours. Congratulations, I am now stealing your headcanon. You can have my old one, which is about 20% less cool than yours!