Ace Analyst: A Tale of Spiders, Bats and Alicorns

Spiders, Bats and Alicorns, Oh my! In Chapter 5 of Make Your Mark, the eccentric Bridlewood mare Elder Flower, told us the story of the past. What's the signifiance of this story? What does this wacky tale reveal? Find out today!
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Luster Dawn Song: • Luck Rock - What's Goi...

[@VcSaJen]

1. Opaline was never "trapped in her castle". While she was denied access from Equestria, she could walk whereever outside of it. 2. Why Twilight Sparkle is a "Spider", while every pony is a bat, including Opaline?.. Is she no longer a pony at this point? Or was it not Twilight, but Discord or Spirit of Harmony or a new character?

[@mylife-23]

There's a chance that the twilight in the hologram is the spirit of harmony

[@lartcheche78]

My theory too

[@btsrosaline3559]

I don’t think twilight is dead

[@mylife-23]

@@btsrosaline3559 i never said she's dead lol

[@Mirthful_Panda]

Yeah, I’ve heard that theory going around

[@ronaldpagar6513]

​@@mylife-23thank you for saying that because people said that she's still because of the ending of G4

[@heatherkramer3139]

Couldn't Opaline just taken a location that already had a tree? The castle didn't originally belong to Opaline, maybe previously belonging to one of the other alicorns-Flurry Heart's home before taking over the Crystal Empire, Cadence's home after returing from the Crystal Empire throne, a side home for one of the two sisters, or Twilight's castle.

[@amberschertz8241]

Protecting the nest was probably a reference to protecting her baby. I think Sunny is Luster Dawns offspring.

[@terraburnham9281]

hmnmm interesting theory

[@lartcheche78]

I think it's Luster dawn that did befriend Opaline at some point. But things went wrong and Opaline turned her back on her and went on doing her whole manipulation things, all of this leading me to the fact that all of this is... ANOTHER FRIENDSHIP PROBLEME !!!

[@terraburnham9281]

oh no lol not again

[@shane5326]

It's very unlikely Misty helped Opaline grow her Together Tree. Maybe, it was Luster Dawn and/or some other ponies she tricked into helping her.

[@somerandomdude7785]

The story of the Bats and the Spider is similar to the story of the Cybertronian Primes. Heck, the bat that refused to get along with the other bats is similar to Megatronus, a renegade Prime who would later become the Fallen.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

That's so cool

[@MaidenOfHusbands]

Heard a theory that that the spider is the Tree of Harmony (hologram Twilight in g4), because of the spider legs representing roots. The bat being named Dawn, is too obvious for us to think about the dawn pony from the last episode of g4. That bat could easily represent Princess Twilight, because dawn is honestly another form of twilight, and because it's strange to have a bat represent a unicorn, Dawn, and another bat representing an alicorn, Opaline. And there's genuinely no way in hell Dawn from the last episode is an alicorn, that just doesn't make sense. Dawn can't possibly become a princess over something friendship related, because at that point almost every pony and creature would be an alicorn. Starlight glimmer would be an alicorn when she saved everyone from the Changelings. She can't be an alicorn for anything friendship related, because there's already an alicorn representing friendship and everything about friendship. People need to realize that Twilight became an alicorn because she literally invented new form of magic. Just like how cadence and the other princesses are princesses over something very specific. To be an alicorn, it has to be very very specific that no other Pony could probably ever do. Like how Celestia and Luna are the only ponies able to move the sun and moon with their own magical abilities. Or how princess cadence represents romantic love and can literally spread romantic love wherever She goes. They represent a form of magic. Luster Dawn being an alicorn just doesn't make sense. Dawn is probably just a witness of it all. So you got two bats that represent alicorns, and then you got the spider that represents the tree root of the Tree of Harmony. I genuinely believe this is the most possible outcome for that story. If the other bat does happen to be Luster Dawn from the last episode, imma feel like it was a copout. For the bat being surrounded by other fat to rid of her just like her, they could still represent Twilight. It probably isn't speaking in a literal way, but more in a friendship way. Or, they could be signifying how Twilight is a part of the royalty in Equestria, so she's surrounded by other alicorns like Celestia. Or maybe, Twilight probably visited scyros or whatever the alicorn place is called.

[@VcSaJen]

Unicorns and Alicorns are the same species (pony).

[@MaidenOfHusbands]

@@VcSaJen Okay, and Pegasi and Earth Pony is the same species as Alicorns

[@aquasparx4015]

Saw another youtuber predict a theory that the Tree of Harmomy theory was involved and was actually the hologram that spoke to our Mane 5.

[@joeleo3732]

Is the 'Spider', Twilight Sparkle or the Tree of Harmony?

[@mylittleponytoys]

maybe when twilight did what she did she reverted back to her old form and she would still remain enough magic to keep Opaline out

[@TangleHamain]

7:12 Someone had the theory that this isnt Twilight's, but its the Tree of Harmony's message. Digital looking being? Check, Taking on the form of young adult Twilight? Check. Guiding the next generation? Check, Looks all crystal looking and is linked to crystals? Check.

[@dinahgirmai4014]

I agree because the hologram doesn't look like Twilight because in my little pony friendship is magic it shows she is a alicorn after finding her destiny and she keeps growing and growing and then becomes a big and strong alicorn. And on the last episode of my little pony it shows Twilight being a full grown alicorn . Twilight was with the spirit of harmony but it looked exactly like Twilight but her younger alicorn self.

[@dreamstrange8992]

I still 100% believe dawn is princess celestia, expessicly with the fact we see opiline with luna and celestia in a flashback while opaline was griping about them, and dawn being so associated with celestia as shes the one who raised the sun, twilight being the bat with the inivasbubble. Like I don't know why luster dawn would be the one to ask twilight for the invisabubble but i see celestia doing it. We never got confirmation on how long alicons live and if opline is alive and was the same age theres a storng possiblity (as we saw in gen 4) that celestia once again pawned off all her problems onto twilight

[@GianneCliff]

My theory is that opaline can't defeat discord, Celestia,Luna and Twilight by a fight/battle/magic battle, but she may have defeated them by outsmarting them

[@GrimWolf001]

I do have Headcannon that explains why the races got separated. How Opaline planted the tree, but it's so crazy... that It couldn't be nothing but true.

[@arceusflute369]

I'm on the edge of my seat, don't leave me hangin...

[@GrimWolf001]

@@arceusflute369 I will not, but I'm doing a video about it. It should be ready in two weeks, and I can't tell you much... because its really hard to believe.

[@GrimWolf001]

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[@TS_Tiziano]

Are you sure this isn't Batman and Spiderman? :(

[@user-uo1fp9yx7i]

i want my little pony generation 6

[@ronaldpagar6513]

​@@user-uo1fp9yx7iseriously, stop!? It's not entirely confirmed by Hasbro yet

[@user-uo1fp9yx7i]

@@ronaldpagar6513 but i want to princess twilight sparkle coming back in generation 6 and generation 7

[@renamon5658]

​@@user-uo1fp9yx7ig6 might be a different universe. And you got to wait till 2033

[@user-uo1fp9yx7i]

@@renamon5658 😔😔

[@Nico-lb2qe]

Even tho the latedt theory is when spike said that opaline turned into a fire alicorn. Meaning the backstory she said to misty isnt real. She became an alicorn stealing the fire from the dragons, she was never really born as one. Skyros might be real but she being there isnt

[@mayowhishes]

Who would help opaline grow a together tree? I can think of three villains who just happened to be frozen in stone, very angry, easily able to be freed by an alicorn, easily convinced to join her evil side, already infected with ideas that friendship could benefit their evil plots... Chrysalis Tirek and Cozy Glow !!! my beloveds

[@mayowhishes]

Sorry, I used voice to text for the last paragraph that's how Google decided to spell their names LMAO

[@mayowhishes]

I also think that obilene used starlights cutie mark yoinking spell and the Halloween episode ? Capitalize oh my god, The next thing we're getting is called secrets of starlight

[@mayowhishes]

Oh, if opinion was friends with chrysalis, chrysalis has a thing against our lights. So maybe since Opaline is reclusive and needed a way to gain power Chrysalis was like hey what if you stole this move This b i hate used to do and then They go and find starlights spells and steal all her spells

[@kasiavalies8241]

This is waht i think: dawn= twilight. Greedy bat opaline. And the spider= twilights friends😊

[@ronaldpagar6513]

But why luster dawn and her friends aren't stoping opaline or the young six, starlight glimmer?

[@renamon5658]

Wait till the secret of starlight

[@luneidae]

unless Starlight & the Young Six also became alicorns, they probably all have died of old age by now

[@ronaldpagar6513]

@@renamon5658 but starlight glimmer is Dead already and there's no way that she's still alive somewhere in G5

[@sweetdreams1028]

@@luneidae that’s not even possible for the student six to be turned into Alicorns, because they’re not ponies, excluding Sandbar of course. The only one who is undoubtedly gonna live way longer is Smolder, based on how dragons seem to live longer than the other species.

[@terraburnham9281]

2:07-2:11 made me laugh

[@DJSkywalker716]

It is rather unfortunate things are so jumbled with G5. However, i think youre basing this off an inccorect time frame. Currentl we still have limited understanding as to how long ponies live, yet you used human ages. While normally that wouldnt be an incorrect assumption we know quite well that ponies can live rather long lives. Look at Granny Smith for the best example. Sure she had passed by The Last Problem, but she was there as a young mare for the founding of Ponyville. While she may be an outlier, we should factor the idea in that ponies could live much longer than humans, doubly so or maybe more with good health conditions. I just think the time line is being set in stone for these series a little too soon and may need to be looked into even further.

[@rainbowbrush8658]

Hehe. Chapter 6 completely obliterates this theory.

[@yondaime500]

G. M. Berrow and the other writers must be proud that they managed to keep bronies busy for so long with their little fable that doesn't really say anything new. 3:15 you know the Abyssinians are cats, right? It would be weirder if they did get along with the dogs.

[@MrConredsX]

Comics are not canon so they shoudn't be used for any theory

[@alyssakays367]

G5 just keeps getting worse and worse 🤦‍♀️

[@BobHershey]

Your analysis shows more attention to detail than the writers for Make Your Mark ever did. But that's not too surprising considering they're writing stories for today's Tik Tok generation of kids whose attention span is too short to remember from one episode to the next, let along one chapter to the next.

[@AaronKnight-fe1vm]

I think is so bad storytellings writing that I don't care I have my own ideas in which does honours the mane 6 and yourg six etc g5 is in reality 2000 5000years in the future and in my one is better so Detentions if moondancer is the great great great and a dozens more nieces so she is not seen as a liar or crazy old pony just different to storytelling

[@user-uo1fp9yx7i]

i want my little pony generation 6