That is legit the most amazing theory I've seen till now about how Equestria fell apart.

I think Opaline lied about Luna and Celestia. I don't trust her at all. I wonder if something corrupted magic itself, so Twilight had to store it in crystals so it could still be used but without harming anyone. I think it made Twilight too weak to lead, and no one was able to take her place. Ponies started to fight over the crystals and it was split apart.

Actually, now that I think about it, what if Opaline was one whole pony, but used her magic to split herself into three for her causes? We've seen Nightmare Moon/Luna do this, so it's not impossible that she did this.

This would explain why Opaline was so vexed when Sunny didn’t want to be an alicorn full time. After being separated for so long it must have been awful not feeling whole

9:53 i deciphered the text to say "a unicorn galops far to excape scary rumors"

Great theory! I would also think that the shield is reason why sunny doesn't have her full alicorn form, otherwise, she would be teleported away.. (Plus how twilight can speak with her only through hologram) Which makes me think we could actually see twilight and the other alicorns somewhere in the future

It could also explain why twilight and other unicorns aren’t around opaline spreading mistrust about alicorns as well maybe they had to go to skyros or learned about it then. Also to what you said around 19:00 maybe it could explain her motives of taking over equestria as three personalities having the focal point of “I must protect my type of pony” to a combined twisted version of that desire and closer to “everything is mine, all magic is mine” it could also explain why she thinks alicrons are so superior to anyone else as well like three sense of importance filled ponies coming together maybe integration didn’t go well

And also, Skyros may very well be the alicorn town mentioned in the book “Journal of the Two Sisters”. If I recall, said town was where Canterlot was founded later on

I think the pink palace is the crystal empire castle because if you look the crystal empire castle, you will notice that it has the form of the pink palace, also if there is a diffrences; I could tell that if the crystal empire castle had some new modification, that means that it could be the crystal empire castle

is it possible discord could is the spider? I haven't read them, but i know he is alive in the g5 comics. He could have created the bubble, which would explain why it still protects equestria even after Twilight's pasing. (In season 3 when they protected the crystal empire, it was physically draining to create a protection bubble for one city, so imagine how strong that magic would need to be to protect all of equestria for centuries. Discord is the only creature we know to hold such a high magic level to maintain the spell for that long. Great theory by the way :)

I love the idea that Skyro’s is a shooting star. I always imagined it as a floating island(Due to Angel Island from Sonic and the Skylands from Skylanders. Lol) But it being the Wishing Star is even cooler! It adds to the mystical element behind Alicorns.

I wonder if the alicorns returned to the wishing star , and if other races are unable to enter equastria for the same reason (changelings) or what happened to the outside kingdoms ejdjjdd (crystal empire,etc)

4:50 Yeah, when I saw the episode and Opaline talked about Skyros, I immediately presumed it was the place where all Alicorns, live, a place kinda like the hidden village where the Kiren's live except more well hidden since I also assume that no pony, or any other creature for that matter, other than the alicorns know where it is. 9:35 To me the white unicorn with the pink mane and tail kinda looks like Celestia. I'm not sure who the earth pony or the Pegasus is supposed to be. I'd like to say its Twilight and Luna but it just simply doesn't match. Everyone knows Twilight was born a Unicorn, not an earth pony. I heard a theory that the sisters, Celestia and Luna started off as Twilight, born with either a horn or wings but the other grew out eventually rather than brought about with magic. The Pegasus could be Nightmare Moon because of the black and white almost but that also doesn't match with the timeline either. So obviously these two must be separate ponies that we don't know of yet. Plus, since Luna and Celestia are sisters, I would also assume they were both born as Unicorns.

7:30 I think the bat named Dawn was Twilight or maybe her student Luster Dawn. But since we haven't heard of her in the whole serie, i think it's more likely to be Twilight. 9:30 It's curious how thoses three guardians look like Opaline, Celestia and Luna. Your theory would be a big twist. I see nothing that suggest that Skyros wasn't part of Equestria. It was a city, not a land. 17:22 No, the cristals didn't arrive from a star, it was a star that broke into the cristals. Meaning that the original star don't exist anymore. 20:12 Thoses moods swings aren't really out of place or weird so they don't prove anything. Also, i question that the Prisms cristals are the cristals of the legend since, according to the tale, the three cristals were REBORN as ponies. Meaning that the cristals are now ponies and don't exist in their cristal form anymore.

I have a potential theory that I'm not sure is going to work, but could be plausible. That being, Equestria was wiped out in an event known only as "The Great Calamity" Opaline was a student of Twilight's who was turned into an alicorn after discovering a form of magic that hadn't even been seen before, and she seemed to be next in line to inherit the Equestrian throne, something that went to her head. When word of the comet and the resulting unity crystals reached her, she saw it as her ticket to ruling Equestria, so she went to retrieve them. She then brought them to Twilight, who had wanted to have the crystals stored for future use. However, it was here that Opaline would show her true colours as she attempted to use the stones against her. After a scuffle in the halls of the throne room, Twilight has Opaline banished from Equestria. However, what Twilight didn't account for was that Opaline had expertise in the field of magic that far surpassed her own. Suddenly, some alarming news comes out of the Dragon Lands stating that the Dragons had their magic sapped. Twilight knows this to be a distress call, and flies down to the Dragon Lands, only to find them in ruins, with very few survivors. Twilight was shocked and bewildered about how all of this could have happened, as Tirek was still encased in stone, meaning he couldn't have been responsible. Soon, similar reports were coming in from the other races. The Changeling Hive... Griffonstone... Seaquestria... all devastated and with their magic robbed. Little did Twilight know, this was all orchestrated by Opaline. Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Opaline used an illusion spell to impersonate Twilight to give an announcement that contained very racist rhetoric, claiming that there was no magic to be found in friendship or diversity, and that it was a mistake for Equestria to open up to the world. In actuality, this was a scheme by Opaline to socially engineer the ponies of Equestria in order to destroy Twilight's credibility, taking advantage of racial tensions that had already been bubbling underneath for a while up to this point. She also planned to turn the pony races against each other so that she could rule over them in a reign of terror. By the time Twilight returned, she was met with hordes of angry ponies either trying to hunt down Twilight or fighting each other. Equestria was now embroiled in a civil war with each race trying to gain supremacy over the other. But then.... it starts snowing... in the middle of summer. This is because the war has caused the windigos to return, threatening Equestria with an eternal winter. Twilight returns to the throne room to find Opaline, cast in an aura of flame. Opaline tells Twilight that it is too late, and that the power of friendship has led to Equestria's demise. At this point, Twilight's friends had long since passed away, and the same could be said of the former princesses and Discord, because although they could perceive themselves as "immortal", their lifespans are still limited. As such, she has no other option but to face Opaline alone. A fierce fight ensues, which ends up destroying Canterlot, all while the other towns in Equestria are blown over and buried under several feet of snow and ice. However, Twilight ends up losing the fight, fatally wounded as Opaline stands over her. With her last bit of strength, Twilight assembles the unity crystals and casts a very powerful spell that absorbs all the magic in Equestria and stores them into the crystals, which are then cast off in random directions, and she also manages to send Opaline into limbo. With that, Twilight dies on the spot, having done what she could to protect what little remained of old Equestria. While this new spell would result in the windigos being banished once more, it would also result in Equestria losing its magic. The unicorns would lose their magic, while the pegasi would lose their ability to fly. Since there is no magic holding the clouds together anymore, Cloudsdale dissolves, causing many of the now-flightless pegasi to fall to their deaths. While the Crystal Empire would survive for a little bit longer, it too would eventually collapse as the eternal winter set in (remember, no magic means no crystal heart). As the snow and ice thawed, the three races went their separate ways, with the unicorns going into the former Everfree Forest (where they would found the town of Bridlewood), the earth ponies to the coast (to what would eventually become Maretime Bay), and the pegasi to the ruins of Canterlot (which would eventually become Zephyr Heights). Eventually, the earth ponies and pegasi would industrialize, becoming modern, technologically advanced societies, while the unicorns, who had long relied on their magic to do basic tasks, became a technological backwater. Of course, there were still those that held on to the core beliefs that Twilight had adhered to, and it would take one such individual,. Sunny Starscout, to change the status quo of this new, divided Equestria. Also, timeline-wise, I would stick with Gen 5 being set 1000-2000 years after Gen 4 and call it a day. Because by that point, the Era of Friendship (FiM) would be viewed as "Ancient Equestria" in the same way that everyone in that era viewed Early Equestria, before Nightmare Moon was banished. This is similar to how the Roman Empire (the peak of Classical Antiquity) is considered ancient to us in the modern age, when the Romans themselves probably would have considered the Egyptians as ancient. We could consider the fall of Equestria here as analogous to the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, and it took almost thousand years for Western civilization to rediscover what had made them great (culminating in the Renaissance). Again, this may not be possible, but still plausible. Also, I know that some would say that this timeframe only took a few centuries, but I think 1 to 2 millennia is more likely. What do you think?

This video is amazing ( I haven’t finished it yet but it reminds me of the days of G4 Theory haha)! I love the idea of the Guardians being Opaline’s true form. But, watching you break down Elder Flower’s story really made me think… I think the magical bat Dawn in the story is Celestia because she is the elder, leader, and guide for the Alicorns of Equestria. She is the one who helps set everything into motion. The word bat is used again but with the word ‘greedy’. It’s clearly Opaline, needs no explanation if you watch the show. Fruit in the story represents magic or unity since the Greedy Bat wants to eat it. Fruit comes from Trees so fruit represents magic or unity from ponies and creatures. So, this leaves the Spider. It cannot be a pony or creature because it is not described as a Bat or Fruit. It weaves a web to keep Opaline at bay, she is barred from Equestria. The Unity Crystals may have been apart of this web. I believe the Spider is the Tree of Harmony since it is non-pony and the only entity from G4 that has spun inter-generational webs of prophecy and protection. It created the Elements of Harmony and the Unity Crystals work similarly to those. It’s possible that’s why we never see Opaline in G4 because Dawn/Celestia and the Spider made their web moons ago…

What if... What if Opaline still has not quite "united"? Look, if I remember it correctly, the main theme of this show is Unity, acceptance. It would be logical for the main villain to be an opposite thing, yeah? But nit in the traditional way, I think. 🤔 Every alicorn in the g4 had its purpose. Celestia and Luna was there to guide ponies, be it as a ruler in the light of day sun, or as a dream mentor in the light of night moon. It was the reason, why three tribes invited them in tbe first place, yeah?) Cadence? Love and dedication to someone. Twilight? Friendship. But do you remember, what happened, when one of them forgot, what thier purpose was? Act of jealous and pity, creation of Nightmare Moon. She didn't want to guide, she wanted to rule, to possess. "Take what rightfully hers". In the end she was "purified" out of this desire, becoming her "younger" self, because of luck of her magic. What if Opaline in some what same state? She doesn't remember her true purpose, or doesn't want to accept it. She united physically, but not mentally. It would explain her mood jumps, her point of view and her physical body (of course it also could be render problems of flowy mane, but whatever. :') )

Damn, I wish the fandom was nearly a passionate as back in G4. I totally missed the book about the guardians. Makes me wonder if Secrets of Starlight will touch upon the guardians

Not necessarily feedback however, I've seen someone say the hologram of twilight was the tree of harmony and I think that's quite cool, it makes sense as to why she wasn't how we seen her in the finale! And I also just realised when misty teleports she's surrounded by mist

the best option is to think of g5 as an au

maybe the earth pony ran because they didn't want to come together and be evil and the rumors were warnings about what the unicorn and Pegasus were planning to do.

So, if what you're saying is true about the bubble keeping out all alicorns.... Does that mean Sunny's magic isn't alicorn magic? Because she's able ta go in and out of the bubble with no problems. Also, doesn't Elder Flower mention seeing ponies changing into other ponies or something like that at the royal wedding?

7:42 Dawn is Luster Dawn. The spider is Twilight Sparkle since she "weaved the web" aka the dome of protection/the protection spell. I don't think Opaline was born an alicorn as she claims. I think she forcefully became one via dark magic and was angry when no natural alicorn accepted her because of her evil ways so she learned that there's no point to this friendship thing and longed for power instead; feeding into the darkness that caused her to turn to dark magic in the first place. EDIT: maybe she was originally one of the guardians and desired more power which is why she's ana elemental alicorn and maybe that's why she mentions growing up with The Two Sisters since they're kind of elemental too with the whole sun and moon thing? The earth ponies had no magic back then and her symbol is on the earth pony side during when the guardians meet again. Her mane being white could be because she has lost herself. Magic manipulates the mane of an alicorn. 8:12 I think you're right about the crown! The pony on the right has feathers and is an alicorn.

A very interesting theory. Let’s see how things play out. I wonder if they would hide lore like the guardians solely in the background and straight away make it important to the canon. They’d probably have to foreshadow it a little more by saying something directly about the guardians first.

YOU! Who the heck are you?? Where did you come from?? This theory was AMAZING and would totally make her wild mood changes and cartoony Saturday morning supervillain persona justified! What an excellent theory!

10:47 WAIT the three ponies COULD be Opaline (the pink and blue) celestia (white and pink) and loona (dark shades) like that kinda fit well considering how the color scheme is literally canon. could it be?

NGL, I just wish things had been more simple. This analysis is solid, don't get me wrong, but a show like this should have layers with an apparent throughline, not chronic ambiguity. Personally, they should have just gone simple- Make Opaline a Nightmare Flurry Heart, let the mane 6 pull a S1E1 G4 on her, and reset her to a tiny, clueless horse they have to teach. Don't bring her on as a main cast member, dont go easy on her, make her earn it, and strip her of her Princess Title somehow. Its not as elaborate, but it feels like what G5 has the capacity to handle, and the bronies would have loved the Sith Lord Jar Jar take, I suspect.

I really like your story/theory.~ I believe it makes sense and is creative with what they've given us. And the details like about Skyros... Impressive results 😊 If some of it were to be true it would definitely be nice

I think there is other event that some of them come from Make Your Mark and the others are ideas .Opaline was banished from skyros and I think the shooting star broke into the unity crystals and one of them with one of the guardians probably fall in the crystal empire ,when the dispute of the guardians finish, they decide to go to create their own town with their species but some of their species stay in ponyville for a good reason, Opaline want to take all the dragon's magic and became a fire alicorn, twilight take all Opaline's magic and hide it from her and she place all of the Equestria's magic in the crystals but she also place the dragon's magic in the dragon stone so she create a shield in Equestria and the shield start to be destroy when Sunny and her friends restore the magic. this is some that supposed to be related with your story of Opaline and the Guardians.

This is interesting also i think Misty became a decendant of Sunshine Shimmer or Starlight Glimmer

I still the Spider might be Discord and thats why hes a Spider in the story and not a Bat. Fluttershy was Flutterbat at one point, and he would do anything to protect her by the end of the series. Plus, if all of magic was threatened, his may have been included so maybe thats part of why he helped make the protective bubble?

A thought I hadn’t herd was maby the spider is zecora or another powerful zebra

Here's an idea. What if the reborn guardians are Izzy, Pipp, and Sunny?

Wait this is amazing! The idea of opaline being separated into three ponies is so interesting and it fits in with one of the main themes of the generation: unity despite differences/we are all the same. Honestly I love this

I hope Skyros will give us a lot of answers to our questions The Lore of My Little Pony is really exciting to follow

well changelings had technology to deceive example changing hive tunnels in g4. perhaps it work on some changeling technology to deceive :D

I really like your theory. The only thing I'd like to mention though, is that it is already known Opaline has items like the necklace she gave Misty, which can corrupt ponies when worn.

adding an edit here but i didn't change anything else - actually seeing it written out i realize this entire comment seems pointless but if anyone was curious, i could bring up why i think opaline was a unicorn that turned herself into an alicorn since it adds something actually transformative lol 9:50 i wonder if it says "a unicorn plagued all of equestria with scary rumours" or something along those lines, that one word definitely does look like it says plague and we know that's what chrysalis did pretty easily before it also contributes to my idea that opaline was born as a unicorn, and is syphoning dragon magic to turn herself into a fake alicorn just because she wants that pursuit of power

If you u go 10:38 u can only notice the bridge the earth pony is in and the bridge from opalines castles is the same

I think this is a pretty good theory, but there are still some bits of lore from MYM that I would like to mention. 1. In chapter 2 ep. 2 the Twilight hologram says that once Opaline tried to steal all the magic in Equestria. 2. Elderflower tells Sunny and Zipp that the togethertrees can only be created when ponies come together trough true friendship. 3. It was stated multiple times that it was in fact Twilight who created the invisibubble. 4. In Elderflowers story the spider was informed about Opaline by a bat named Dawn ( probably Luster Dawn ). 5. I' m not a 100% sure, but I think it was said that Twilight actually created the crystals, again not sure. Also random question do you think the alicorn on the cover of the alicorn book will have any signifance?😯🤔🤔🤔😉

This is a really well made video and theory, I'm interested to see what you guys plan on doing next

I think the spider is twilight bc the spider put a web around the bat to protect it and keep the greedy bat out, which stands for twilight putting a invisible bubble to protect pony kind and to keep Opaline out

Please let this be real this is a wonderful theory i fucking love it

This theory seems shaky to me. I think the “falling star” is actually more likely to be twilights death. Twilight gave up her immortality to attempt to trap the ponies magic so they would stop hurting one another until they could regain the magic of friendship. I think Celestia probably gave up her immortality when she made twilight an alicorn and Luna lost hers when she transformed back from nightmare moon. That would explain why Celestia decided to groom an heir, not wanting to live without her sister after being without her all those years. I expect it took Luna some time to come clean to Celestia that she was aging but it explains why her image changed so significantly after her first appearance.

Loved this video! Awesome and well put together theory, I can't wait to see if it's actually what happened!

I like how this theory accounts for Opaline's absence in G4! Great work and I hope its true!

The comics also have some good details. Including how many years there is between gen4 four, and gen 5. I will only say there’s a unicorn in gen 5 that was alive before discord was free from stone, and in gen 5 he’s old but not too old. I think more people should read the comics. It can hold a few details needed for the questions many have.

what if the spider is the tree of harmony and the together trees are its seeds as we see in gen 4 after its destruction the young 6 help it regrow in the ruins of the castle of the two sisters and that its roots are super powerful and obviously grow very far so when you work together to bloom a together tree its just its roots growing and sprouting. also i feel like this new place in chapter 6 is a part of the crystal empire as its has alot of snow and we see on the floor a mural similar to the one under the castle also the trees seem to be made of crystals and the aura is very similar to the aura the crystal heart produces and is based in love and happiness. also crystal ponies is a dead give away. also is it just me or does oplalines castle look like midnight castle (from gen 1 or 2 i forget|) escape from midnight castle. also that castle belongs to tirek so i mean theres that link plus theres more links to previous generations like gusty the great from the grogar era and thats a reference to gusty from gen 1 and grogar from gen 1. also the smooze from gen 1 is referenced by discord when he brings the smooze to the gala as a plus one. so we know that all gens are linked so maybe to find awnsers instead of looking forward and waiting we need to look in the past plus opalines castle is so spelling 1900s disney princess vibes

This is an extremely good theory. I love this theory, you have quite the eye. You’re extremely insightful!

That sounds crazy and awesome. I like it!

Awesome video!!! I like the theories you propose. I love the connection of the Wishing Star and the Crystals and also the theory of the 3 guardians and Opaline, I still think the 3 guardians are more like a symbolism, but your theory can also work perfectly! I also was creating one (it's a little bit long): Opaline spent some time hiding and studying how Equestria is protected and started working from the shadows, dividing Equestria in order to avoid the magic of friendship (Unity magic) to work against her, she also plants with the help of another pony/ponies a Together Tree to create a connection that allows her to move around Equestria. Her plan was successful and soon all the 3 pony kinds were fighting each other, until Twilight decided to get involved meeting and battling Opaline and maybe defeating her, draining her of all her Fire Alicorn powers, but can't banish or send her to the Tartarus because Equestria was already falling apart, so Opaline flees and swears revenge. Twilight then decides to use a special crystal from the Wishing Star, maybe she used alicorn magic to remove a part of it, which fell to the ground and the other part altered its course, hence, it appears over Equestria from time to time, then Twilight creates the Unity Crystals and store all the magic inside, as a way not only to protect it from Opaline, but also to make all 3 pony kinds work together to save Equestria. There was a period of peace and each race of pony would name a leader that would keep the crystals safe and its magic running, but sadly even when they try to work together, the 3 pony kinds kept fighting, magic starts to disappear and all the nature in Equestria would start to go wild and try to take over (I think the windigos were erased completely at the end of season 9, so a new threat would appear) forcing all 3 kinds to retreat and divide in 3 main cities, Bridlewood, Zephyr Heights and Maretime Bay. In a last effort to keep peace, ponies try to establish connections between those main cities (as seen in My Little Pony: A New Generation and also in Chapter 5) but the damage is already done and soon they become distant, even cutting all the ways to communicate with each other. Twilight gives the leaders of each race a part of the Unity Crystals, and almost at the same time, she or another entity creates a magic bubble that protects and hides Equestria from Opaline; the 3 pony kinds are now on their own. Now alone, each race has their own crystal with a small fraction of magic, they start to develop holidays around the crystals, and due to the fact that the Unity Crystals came from the Wishing Star, the crystals started granting them wishes, such as changing the weather for the unicorns (as seen in the Winter Wishday special) in order to help them compensate what they are missing from the other pony kinds, later some lore is created based on the Crystals were they are seen as "guardians" who protect the different kinds. Nothing last forever and after some time the magic from the 3 crystals starts to reduce and then it disappears, a new era of Equestria without magic is starting, slowly all 3 races learn how to work without magic and the memories of Equestria as a peaceful land full of magic start to fade and are considered now only a tale. And thats basically it, it is just a small theory I had and wanted to share, watching your video also made me connect some ideas and Im so glad someone is finally talking about the connection of that book from Winter Wishday and all the lore of G5. I really enjoyed watching it! As a suggestion for a future video maybe you can also talk about the relation between the Prisbeam and the Unity magic or whats the purpose of Sunny's lantern and its connection with the Unity Crystals.

i really like your theory/story of events! the images used were also so cute. altho i have a few points -ponies have longer lifespans than humans, since they follow the cartoon lifespan rule. considering alpha and haven are likely in early 50s, itd be ridiculous to say elder is near that. shes likely 100-120 like granny smith is. -opaline is the one that caused twilight to use the crystals according to discord, so theyd have to be together that that point

season 6 ep25,26 queen chrysalis have throne block all magical except changeling magic. changeling make a invisible bubble perfect sense. changeling improve starts swirl spell in season 9 ep4. In the ep make nonsense how everyone was doing magical went queen chrysalis throne was there.

The spider was Twilight because she was the one who cast the shield spell.

My theory: Elderflowers bat theory, I think Luster Dawn is the bat, following the theory Twilight gave away her immortality to Luster Dawn to not ‘outlive her friends’. I had some thoughts that Dawn the ‘bat’ aka ‘Alicorn’ was dealing with Opaline’s return and seeked help with the spider - who I somewhat believe could be chrysalis. She is quite webby and does put her victims into cocoons, it is a reach though. This is said considering you said the spider is probably not a pony, although I feel like the use of ‘bats’ was for alicorns in general. Since all three of them are technically ‘alicorns’ horn and wings, but chrysalis being the spider. The reason I suspect chrysalis is because I feel like she would be the only one left after g4 all passed away, and would also be the only one to possibly know anything about Opaline since she had issues with celestia and luna long before she was introduced in g4. That being said I also don’t think chrysalis would willingly help Luster Dawn, I feel like Dawn had no one else to turn to and in desperate times, Chrysalis probably told her how the two sisters dealt with it at the beginning of their reign. This is a big reach but a theory I haven’t seen yet.

Could G4's Windigos be the Guardians? Opaline "grew up" in Skyros with Celestia and Luna in Skyros, became jealous, and "at some point" moved to Equestria. If she moved to Equestria when she was still young and jealous (if she was jealous, I doubt she would have chilled out in Skyros for a thousand years), then most of the other stuff have happened at least a thousand years *before* Twilight's reign. Opaline probably left for Equestria even before Celestia and Luna (that could explain why Opaline didn't make the journey in one piece - she was very young and her magic too immature, while Celestia and Luna made the journey later when their magic was more mature), and therefore most of the other stuff could have happened even before Celestia's reign. There were two times the races feuded and split - in the Hearth's Warming Eve backstory, and between G4-G5. All this stuff about the Guardians could be referring to the first time the races split, in the Hearth's Warming Eve backstory. That story has three Windigos, who could be a form of three guardians after they turned bad! That means the crystals were already ancient when Twilight discovered them, which is quite possible. It also means Opaline was chillin in Equestria for a thousand years, but at the same time, Luna was chillin on the moon for a thousand years, and Discord was chillin in stone for a thousand years, so that's not so far fetched. In fact, maybe Twilight messing with the crystals awoke Opaline - leave it to Twilight to not be able to leave something dangerous alone and/or for an experiment to go wrong!

i think the entirety of g5 is just stories already told in g4 but written badly T_T

This is a very interesting and well thought out theory! Im excited to see how the show progresses, and if any of this ends up being accurate 🤔

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If the spirit of harmony, which looks like Twilight, made the "web," that would explain why Opaline blames Twilight Sparkle. I'm so GLAD! You brought up the story that seemed random from the older lady. I hadn't thought of how it could be significant. It makes me appreciate the writing of the show a bit more even though the emotions themselves that it makes you feel are woefully lacking. I would say I don't think I buy the idea that she was 3 ponies put together, but how else would she plant the harmony tree? My question, then, is how did she get split into 3 when she fell? And why didn't Celestia and Luna get split into 3 when they came down? I hope this means we get to see a positive character arc for Opaline, though preferably written without the Starlight Glimmer commune-style "smiles" the characters have been showing lately. I look forward to seeing what they do with it!!

Love the video! I've only had some thoughts on who the spider is, i think it has to be a species known to use magic, not just have racial magic. Changelings have never expressed magic outside transforming themselves, kirins are similar to using magic but only specific kinds. We know that sheilding magic is something ponies can do (shining armor and candence use a bubble literally) and artifacts (the crystal heart makes a bubble to fight the wild winds away from the crystal empire). We can mark off artifacts- spider is a speaking living creature. I do think it //could// be a pony. Bats eat spiders, opaline wants to prey upon the ponies, and we have several EXTREMELY talented unicorns who could perform this magic. I think the ask was very difficult as well because this bubble clearly removed ALL alicorns and i feel the spider wouldnt do it unless explicitly asked. The ponies who would be strong enough all have very strong bonds to twilight (starlight is my main go to as being the strongest unicorn in the entire series period and her upcoming episode, but shining armor and luster dawn also are considerations) and if it was discord he also considers her a really great friend. I dont think it was the spirit either (if anything i think the spirit of the elements may have been the bat that asked if not twilight) because sealing the bubble ALSO sealed the ALICORN spirit of the elements which is why we only got that recorded transmission. Doing the bubble = limiting/killing/storing the elements of harmony magic. Imagine being asked to save equestria by basically putting yourself in solitary confinement indefinitely by the people you helped saved for THOUSANDS of years! Basically we know the spider has to be able to do it themself, it wasnt a group effort. Most other species in g4 have not expressed the ability to do magic shield. the bubble displaced and prevents all alicorns from being within and alicorns are symbolized by bats. alicorns are considered a species different than ponies and can prey upon them to eat their magic, and bats eat spiders. Ponies have been shown to be strong enough to create bubbles (shining armor, gusty the great). I dont know if it could be discord because honestly it would work (especially having to ask post-fluttershy) but i dont see discord fitting into the metaphor of a bat and a spider. Discord was originally a predator to the ponies, playing with them for his amusement, so if it were him id imagine the metaphor would be to a predator of bats instead as he played the most with celestia luna and twilight (because he knew they could keep him in check if they wanted). They are more equals. I guess with the spider being a predator to other insects works for discord, spiders arent insects afterall theyre a unique classification but discord is a one of a kind, plus i think we need to focus on the relationship between bat and spider and not spider to insects XD either way theres a few reasons i think discord fits but not completely, like a puzzle piece that will lay flat but doesnt fill the hole perfectly. My personal bet? I think its starlight. Starlight has proven to be a stronger unicorn than twilight and has the inventive mind to make many new spells (she did in her main intro, new time spell that bested starswirl, cutiemark magic when no one else knew how to mess with it and didnt catch a disease). Shes a pony with magic opaline would want to consume, shes close to twilight and would know the gravity of the choice she has to make, shed be the right age, she has the power to do it alone, she has an episode hyped up ABOUT HER? I also think if luster dawn was supposed to be the next alicorn there is even a chance that luster dawn was the one who asked starlight (they would have been close as twilights first and maybe second pupil) and would also not give twilight the blame for the nerf to equestria. I genuinely love the idea that opaline is the star that shattered, i never would have considered that. Let me know what you think of my hypothesis/guess on the spider. I think changeling makes sense for the metaphor, i just think a pony might be more likely. Thanks for the refreshing theory!!

What about skyros: The ancient alicorn civilization? And why can't luster Dawn and her friends to stop opaline arcana? Lastly did the animators and writers of G4 really did change they're minds of making alicorns immortal?

I really like this theory, perhaps the guardians represent aspects of personality such as the Id, the Ego and the Superego.

8:30 it could be the castle of the 2 sisters

OKAY after I watched this and had read the comments I am highly positive that your story ir 100% possible! Thank you so much for your work and putting all the puzzles together oh my god 💀

The guardians could be Celestia, Luna, and opaline before they got their Alcorn status. I think I remember the sister saying that they weren’t born à la chords. And seeing Celestia and Luna in 3-D as children is incorrect. In 3-D, Celestia had her rainbow main colors when that should be in correct. Celestia got her rainbow mean when she banished Luna to the moon. Or, at the very least, when Celestia was young, she had a pink mean, I’m saying that Celestia could be the unicorn guardian, Luna could be the Pegasus guardian, a Pegasus, who touched the stars or something. And opaline could be the earth pony guardian. Celestia her opaline from trying to take the magic for herself, because opaline was jealous of the other two pony races. Elder flower said that there was a bat named Dawn, and that could be Celestia. If means can change as the ascend to alicorn status, then opal leans blue hair could have become white when she became an à la corn. At least she kept her blue undertones. I just really think that the three guardians with Celestia, Luna, and opaline before they became Alcorns.

This theory is really interesting!

That was some sick anaylsis. I loved the first half of your video. It opens a lot of possibilities.

All I'll say is that theory was just incredible. And puts things into perspective.

la verdad creo que tendria mucho sentido y conaiderando que opaline dijo "este no es el final" entonces seguro vuelva y veremos más de su historia

others have mentioned this, but i also believe the guardians are less literal. in the comics opaline can be seen as the culprit behind conflict between pony types. additionally, i believe the timeline is much longer than 200 years (for no reason, so i could be wrong) and thus the stories that have been passed down are not 100% accurate. this is why elderflower’s stories are more abstract, and legend-like rather than extremely factual. this is why in the book, some things (like 3 separate ponies representing opaline rather than the one pony that she is) are not entirely accurate to what has transpired. i also believe that elderflower’s mention of moondancer is a reference to G1 rather than G4. you made a great point that the art of the three ponies are the same colors as opaline, but considering the unicorn spreads a “scary rumor,” i believe that these could all be “sightings” of opaline, or she more literally transformed herself into a unicorn or a pegasus to create disunity. i think the rest of your theory is great, and you can discard this comment if you’d like, but it’s something to consider. im not sure how the unity crystals fit into this with this adjustment, so i could be wrong, i just wanted to throw my two cents in. one possible explanation is that the guardians were pre-existing, and opaline disguised herself as those ponies, which coincidentally match her color scheme. in other words, there was a pink unicorn in charge of the unicorns, and opaline disguised herself as that unicorn to create conflict. overall, a lot of information is presented here that i have never considered, so you’re doing something amazing compiling all of this information. just some thoughts based on what you have said. thank you for this video! (p.s. the art in this video is great. i love the art made of the three guardians! looks great!!)

In google search Celestia was 10,000 years old. And are we to expect that Discord is no longer around someone who is immortal? But we have seen what happens when Discords body is destroy his spirit remains, we have seen it when Starlight tried to destroy his body. So, he is affected by a different magic, he does not share magic like the ponies, the only one who can take his magic is the bell from the final series, otherwise there is no way else for him to lose his magic, and he lives in a different realm, but the chaos and distrust would attract his attention since he's the spirit of chaos and disharmony. and what happened to the wendigos, whenever there is hate or mistrust against the 3 pony's tribes, there is always this story about a winter that never leaves, everyone was froze, so how is that possible and even in the gen 5 movie, all these ponies hating on each other, how come they were cover in snow. I am hating gen 5 so far. I am trying to understand but it's confusing the timeline makes no sense. But how can Opaline have known Luna and Celestia as foals. when that would mean she's a lot older than they claim because like I said looking things up. Luna and Celestia 9,000 years old and 10,000 years old, between the two sisters alone, something just doesn't make sense at all.

I enjoyed this video. I wonder if your theories become true in the future of the show

you just became zipp irl

Now I'm even more confused than I was

wait i never noticed smthng and idk if anyone has mentioned it but are those glasses elder flower wore the same ones that DJ Pon-3 wore?

Alicorn fusion, alicorn fusion!!

I love this theory I really hope it's confirmed

As for me, it’s absolutely not canon, because Opalin most likely invented a connection with Celestia and Luna. After all, as we know, Luna and Celestia initially had magical manes (Celestia had multi-colored ones, and Luna had a translucent part) which is the same time in the story of Opalin as Luna pure blue mane, and it is also lighter. If she was not in Equestria, she could not see the Moon in a weakened form, which means she could not imagine it either. This means Opalin is younger than the royal sisters. It is almost impossible to be born an alicorn, so Opalin was most likely a simple pony, which Having seen the alicornization, Twilight wanted to repeat her fate, which is why she became a student, for example, with Twilight, but due to the fact that she did not make her an alicorn, Opalin hated her and wanted to destroy her. To do this, she began to quarrel with the ponies until they used magic against each other, while Opalin would devour her like Tirek. Becoming an alicorn by absorbing enough magic. like Cozy Glow, she went to fight with Twilight. But Sparkle made crystals that prohibited the use of magic (consciously). The ponies took the crystals with them and separated. (They still had cutie marks because there was a ban only on conscious magic) The story about the guards is most likely fairy tale. The wishing star is most likely an ordinary comet, and the alicorn star is probably located in the west, since the MLP world map is not complete and ends at the “Unknown West”(English from translator lol)

OK, I have a problem with this theory, because if what you said is true then how come Opaline appeared in the disguise form of a shadow Unicorn in the flashback of Discord's story and started to cause the division between the Earth Ponies, the Unicorn Ponies, and the Pegasus Ponies which took place during the events of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic huh? Explain that? Opaline being the 3 Guardians truly makes no sense at all.

where did you get the pictures from story 2?

the three gradians merged into an alicorn using anime? i don't remember this ever happening

the part where Opaline was alone it reminded me of sticheiens story from the pony of shadows

Can I know where I can watch Gen 5 MLP?

as someone who works with the old - Elder Flower is definitely much older than her 60s. I’d place her in her late 80s at the youngest. Keep in mind, 50 is considered middle aged and 60 is only ten years older than that. 60 really ain’t that old.

Great theory 🫡

I call my grandmother's sister my Great Aunt, not my Grandaunt, so I don't agree that the grand is implied. As such I would interpret Moondancer to be the sister of Elder Flower's Great Great Great Grandmother, rather than her 4 greats grandmother, eliminating one generation from the equation.

The wishing star is from G3 not G4. That was introduced in Runaway Rainbow.

8:34 crystal empire?

thats a good theory

yes this theory makes sense the three guardians are opaline

thanks for using my catch phrase

Cool theory

What about the G5 comic where the 5 (before Misty was added) Met Discord himself who guarded the abandoned city of Canterlot? And stole one of the unity crystals in an attempt to destroy them and the magic with them? He told the whole story where life was euphoric after Twilights rain then a shadow pony that legit looks like Opaline herself entered and started to create distrust between ponies, then afterwords distrust got too intense and Twilight separated all the magic of equestria into 3 crystals to restore balance. I have yet to read further into the comic series but all that info was gathered in book 1 of the comic

8:44 , ok so the thre crystals were opaline, celestia and Luna Maybe it happened in the crystal Empire 😮

Ну и как финал... О котором авторы теории наверняка думали, но сказать не рискнули. Хоть страна и называется Эквестрия, но, скорее всего, это другая планета. Не Эвкус. А три поселения пони это три колонии. Звезда Желаний это, скорее всего, космическая станция, которая находится на орбите новой планеты, которую колонизировали пони.

Your story actually could make a lot of sense.

2 diff stories Story 1: at beginning Story 2: 13:10

Are the book pages real?