What would have happened to the mane 6 if the Sonic Rainboom never happened?

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Pinkie's memory is......inconsistent at best unless you believe Pinkie is Jesus("And that was how Equestria was made"). Taking Pinkie's statements about her past literally is like taking Dash's comments about her speed seriously or Twilight's self-deprecation seriously.

 

But you took her statement about living on a rock farm literally How's that any different? You're saying her memory can't be trusted...but your entire argument is based off of her memory and telling about her past.

 

What even, dude.

Edited November 11, 2013 by ghostfacekiller39

[Hive King 2,001]

But you took her statement about living on a rock farm literally How's that any different? You're saying her memory can't be trusted...but your entire argument is based off of her memory and telling about her past.

 

What even, dude.

Flashback is better than a statement IMO. Of course, you could be right but we don't know enough about Pinkie's past to decide. I like the Pinkie is Jesus theory though

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Flashback is better than a statement IMO. Of course, you could be right but we don't know enough about Pinkie's past to decide. I like the Pinkie is Jesus theory though

Flashback or statement, it still doesn't change the fact you said her memory is inconsistent and can't be trusted, but that was the entire base of your argument. You don't have one anymore. You took it away yourself by saying that.

 

And I know, right? Pinkie would be an awesome Jesus.

[spacestorm 183]

When I saw this Thread I immediately thought of that http://monsterbunnies.deviantart.com/art/Friendship-Never-Happened-EQD-Feature-360816287

 

But it still remains a problem with NightmareMoon and other villains. So probably the result would be catastrophic. Unless Celestia would find other ponies at place of mane6 who could use EoH.

[CondescendingPig 0]

If the Rainboom never happened, Twilight would probably a grumpy friendless pony in some sort of study as she would have still managed to get into the gifted unicorns thing, just not Celestias star pupil and I'm pretty sure one of the reasons, albeit a minor one, Sunset left was because Celestia had another student. So perhaps Sunset would have been the student but no t a princess because on that tree thingy, twilights and all her friends along with the royal pony sisters, cutie marks were on that tree. This could also be irrelevant due to change of destiny. Somewhere in the Equestria girls universe, the dazzlings wouldn't be there because Sunset caused the whole magic thing and since she's not there the other world friends were ever torn apart because it was Shimmer lady who separated them. Sunset might be a princess, Twilights probably a professor that's very grumpy but has a prince brother who's married to Cadence. Apple Jack would most likely be on the farm, but there could be a small chance she'd still be in Manehatten. AJ would probably realize her destiny was to live on the farm because she'd miss it too much. Pinkie would have to stumble across something happy one day. It's impossible not to, she might run into a party while shopping in pony ills or something. Fluttershy would fall down to the ground during the race and still realize she specializes in animals. You don't need to scare animals to find your special talent, do you? I don't even know what to say with rainbow dash, I'm pretty sure her whole cutie mark is based upon the rainboom. Of course, nightmare moon would be there and I doubt twilight could do anything to try and stop it, sure she has knowledge but sh might be kind of skeptical? You can still live in night though, just use your magic to grow plants and the rest is fine unless Luna was something of a Dictator. Cadence and armor would still have gotten together and most ponies would have different cutie marks seeing as rainbows works around the rain oom and twilight a revolves around her friends. This whole answer was probably terrible ad not making much sense but I'm tired and just wanted to do this

[Rainboom Dash 1,055]

I think it'd be interesting to do a "what-if?" type episode one day showing what would have happened had the Rainboom never happened. Obviously everypony would have gone their separate ways and not fulfilled their destinies.

[Pastel 7,630]

Except for Twilight, I don't think many things would have changed. Her sonic rainboom just precipitated things that would have happened anyway (Fluttershy would have found her love for animals a bit later, same thing for Rarity and the jewels, Applejack and the farm etc.)

For Twilight however: she wouldn't have passed the entrance exam, so she probably wouldn't have become Celestia's student and she wouldn't have met the mane 5. :/

Edited March 30, 2015 by Blobulle

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

While it's possible that they still would've met, I kinda have my doubts on that. Its very possible that Nightmare Moon would've returned and actually won; however Celestia would've combatted her one way or another.

 

Without the Mane 6 meeting up it definitely would've made things MUCH more difficult for everyone.

[sweetolebob18 728]

I did see a post about this on YouTube (ICR who, I'm bad at names & it has been awhile)  Their "what if" had Dash winning the race, just not going fast enough to make a Rainboom

Fluttershy  Still knocked off cloud & interested in ground.  But the animals wouldn't have been scared & she wouldn't have learned she could talk to them.  Still, would have learned eventually & gotten same Cutie Mark.  (How can something change your life & make no difference?  F & D both managed it)

Dash  Won the race & perhaps gotten a somewhat different Cutie Mark.

The others, it likely changed their lives

AJ Still homesick, but stubborn.  Maybe she would have toughed it out, stayed in city & been a city girl.

Rarity  Would not have known of gems.  Costumes OK, but not spectacular.  Would she have stayed w her dream of being a fashionista or given up, feeling she could never reach the top?  (I.E. How hard would she work feeling she would never be more than adequate?)

Pinkie  Would she have stayed on the farm & become like Maude?  Or eventually have left, seeking she knew not what?  Cheese Sandwich got his Cutie Mark from a Pinkie Party.  Would his life have been different as well?

Twilight  Without the Rainboom, she would not have been Celestia's student.  Perhaps not been admitted either.  As a lonely, bitter egghead perhaps she became a Dark Wizard (angry that she failed because she choked)

Edited March 30, 2015 by sweetolebob18

[PinkBunny 0]

   Well, since the Mane Six were still fillies, they could have easily adapted to the atmosphere around them. I'm not saying that they would be happy, but I'm sure that they would at least be content. (I'm saying this because some people in the forums are saying that they'd just be "miserable," and that being the end of it. I'm going to do it a bit differently.)
  With that taken into consideration, here's how I think the Mane Six would turn out if the Sonic Rainboom never happened.
 

Twilight Sparkle: She'd still be very studious and smart, but she would fail the test/initiation to Celestia's school. She would most likely have to attend another not-as-prestigious school, and would still live in Canterlot, never meeting the rest of the Mane Six as she never became Celestia's pupil. She would study a lot like she always did, so I think that she would have a quill or scroll cutie mark of some sort. She would probably just own and live in the Canterlot Library that she used to live in with Spike before she left.

 

Rarity: Since Rarity wouldn't have found the gems inside of the rock, she would have slowly made her way back home, (Probably in a very bad mood by then) and kept designing dresses. She probably wasn't as inspired, though, so she wouldn't have gotten the diamond cutie mark that she has. Just like Twilight, she'd still have her respective talent, (Fashion) just less potent probably, and more average. Because of this, I conclude that she'd most likely have a scissors or fabric/cloth cutie mark, discovering her talent later than she did with the rainboom.

 

Rainbow Dash: Rainbow probably would have won the even without the Sonic Rainboom, and might have still gotten a cutie mark, but since the Rainboom didn't happen, the cutie mark probably wouldn't pertain to Rainbows at all. It might have been a "finish" flag, (One of those checkered flags, I don't know the proper terminology) a lightning bolt, or Rainbow might have even stopped racing then because she couldn't get the Sonic Rainboom. She could have started working full-time at the weather factory and quit racing altogether. Then her cutie mark might be a rainbow waterfall or a couple of clouds. She would stay at Cloudsdale most of her life, unless she decides to move.

 

Fluttershy: Since the Rainboom wouldn't have scared the animals, Fluttershy wouldn't have been able to tell the animals that it's alright, and earn their trust. Instead, Flutters probably gave up on the animals as they ran off, and became more interested in the agriculture. She might have gotten a cutie mark of a flower, (Posey? 0 - 0 ) a tree, or something else nature-like, like a clover or branch. Just like in the show, she would have stayed in Ponyville, since she liked the nature.

 

Applejack: If AJ never saw the rainbow pointing to Sweet Apple Acres, she would have left the window and continued her life in Manehattan, possibly until she grew up. She might have liked it, she might have not. I know she was a farm pony, but since their destinies could be re-written because of the Sonic Rainboom not happening, then AJ could actually like the life in Manehattan and start to adapt to their customs. (Hence my opening paragraph) Who knows, maybe later in life Applejack sees Rarity on one of her trips to Manehattan to start a new boutique, and they become friends? It's possible. It could also be possible that AJ could start her own boutique! (Dang, someone needs to write a fanfic about all of the possibilities!) If AJ didn't like the Manehattan life, and decided to go back despite the Rainboom, then she probably would still get something apple-related. It might not be the same, who knows? But if she DOES like Manehattan eventually or even if she decides it's worth a shot right after she turns away from the window, her cutie mark could be something like an orange, or even something fashionable, like a tiara or necklace. 

 

Pinkie Pie: If Pinkie never saw the Rainboom, there are a few differences that would occur; most evidently, her hair would stay straight. She might still be glum, or she could still keep trying to make her family happy. Another case where people said that she would be "miserable," she could still accept the rock business. She might later, after experiencing the farm life more, want to stay a rock farmer. She could find something interesting that could change her destiny, perhaps a pink rock, like a rose quartz, morganite, or pink tourmaline. That could become her cutie mark. She might stay at the rock farm for the rest of her life, or until adulthood, or even if, like Applejack, she left at a younger age. She could even move to Ponyville and sell the beautiful gems she found at a stand, (Like the Apple's apple stand) if she ended up liking the business but not really liking the atmosphere of the rock farm. 

 

  These are my theories for what would happen to the Mane Six if the Sonic Rainboom never happened. Please tell me anything you would like me to know, and point out any flaws that I have in my theories. Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed! ^ - ^

[heavens-champion 1,905]

Well, if we put the Cutie Re-Mark into consideration...

Yeah. Crystal War, Changeling Invasion, Eternal Night, World of Chaos, Tirek destroying everything, Flim Flam Brothers running a megacorporation, and... something turning Equestria into a wasteland.

[Prospekt 11,018]

Well, if we put the Cutie Re-Mark into consideration...

Yeah. Crystal War, Changeling Invasion, Eternal Night, World of Chaos, Tirek destroying everything, Flim Flam Brothers running a megacorporation, and... something turning Equestria into a wasteland.

 

Really any of those things could've happened. I'm not sure quite what triggered those specific alternate timelines, though. They were never the same each time Twilight and Spike tried to stop Starlight.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Prospekt

[heavens-champion 1,905]

Really any of those things could've happened. I'm not sure quite what triggered those specific alternate timelines, though. They were never the same each time Twilight and Spike tried to stop Starlight.

Indeed. And who knows? There might be parallel universes of those timelines.

Sure hope Chrysalis Timeline Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash aren't dead.

[Justin_Case001 4,881]

Well, let's say there's an infinite number of realities, which there may well be.  In that case, everything would have happened without the rainboom.  I mean literally, every single thing that's possible would have happened in one reality or another.  Every Cutie-Remark apocalypse would have happened.  In fact, an infinite number of apocalypses would have happened, with or without the rainboom.  An infinite number of realities where everything is hunky dory without the mane six being friends would have happened.  An infinite number of realities in which Twilight becomes the totalitarian dictator of Yakyakistan would have happened.  There's an infinite number of realities in which Fluttershy is a faster flier than Rainbow, but there's a whole lot more in which the opposite is true.  Or not.  We have no way of knowing if one is more likely, or the "norm".  In an infinite number of realities, Fluttershy fell from the cloud by happenstance, and the animals got scared by an earthquake, and she got her mark anyway.  Twilight just happened to figure out how to magically hatch the egg, and passed the test.  AJ just happened to figure out where she was meant to be without a sign from above.  Rarity's boulder tipped over and cracked on its own.  Pinkie just randomly had the idea to throw a party without an external inspiration.  And Rainbow won the race anyway, and got her mark (it doesn't necessarily have to represent a rainboom).  And, of course, there's an infinite number of realities where they got different marks altogether.  The point is, it's impossible to speculate what would have happened.  Technically, there is no "would have".  What happens happens.  The ponies' universe is deterministic, magic or not, time travel or not.  (I'm having too much fun with this, btw.)

 

*EDIT*  Oh....my...FRIGGIN....CELESTIA.  The moment I've dreamed of and thought would never come.  Today I am a Crystal Pony!!!!

Edited September 1, 2016 by Justin_Case001

[Usual Crypty 4,706]

Well, we can imagine that somewhere there would be some other mane 6

Or mane 3, or mane 44. XD

 

[Twilight Frost 271]

an episode already answered all of this. They would all be a part of the military fighting off the advancement of king sombra. 

[heavens-champion 1,905]

an episode already answered all of this. They would all be a part of the military fighting off the advancement of king sombra. 

That would imply Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight were drafted or volunteered.

[Twilight Frost 271]

That would imply Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight were drafted or volunteered.

 

The episode implies they were all drafted. 

[heavens-champion 1,905]

The episode implies they were all drafted. 

Applejack didn't look drafted.

[Princess_Bellalatanya 1,052]

if the mane never formed "the cutie map would come true and the elements of DISHARMONY would rule

[Twilight Frost 271]

Applejack didn't look drafted.

 

Probably because she wasn't a soldier and they were using her farm as food manufacturing for the war cause. Not all of them have to be in a uniform on the front lines. Rarity wasn't fighting but putting her ability to use making uniforms for new soldiers. RD and Pinkie DEFINITELY was drafted that there is no doubt. 

[Princess_Bellalatanya 1,052]

my worst fear of all ,i love u cadence 

 

my worst fear of all ,i love u cadence 

this is another disaster

[heavens-champion 1,905]

Probably because she wasn't a soldier and they were using her farm as food manufacturing for the war cause. Not all of them have to be in a uniform on the front lines. Rarity wasn't fighting but putting her ability to use making uniforms for new soldiers. RD and Pinkie DEFINITELY was drafted that there is no doubt. 

I think Rainbow Dash volunteered.

[cmarston1 5,959]

Applejack probably would have gone home anyways after getting sick and tired of the city life.

Fluttershy would eventually discover her talent for raising animals, but it would take a lot longer for it to happen.

Rainbow Dash would fail the race, and possibly never become a wonderbolt.

Rarity wouldn't have gotten the gems to put on the dresses, but I think she too would inevitably discover her talent for dressmaking or whatever.

Pinkie Pie would get a cutie mark in rock farming.

Twilight wouldn't have gotten accepted in to Celestia's school for gifted unicorns and Sunset Shimmer would have been Celestia's student instead.

[bluseymoe 258]

There would be no equestria. Simple as that. Pretty much cements Rainbow Dash as best pony too.