The Hidden Lore of MLP G5 - The Legend of the Guardians

[@jaanhavi0_0]

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

[@RoyalFantasyofficial]

i agree i get the story

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@meganphipps4648]

You mean “equestria divided"

[@moonbowcraze1632]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

Yes that's a possibility.

[@chromiakocosmos8888]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

"I think Opaline lied about Luna and Celestia. I don't trust her at all." The question is: Why would she lie? Misty didn't know Celestia and Luna until Opaline told her about it. "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." That's actually a strong possibility, it would explain the drastic and out of character decision Twilight made.

[@Gottobun_Kimetsu5172]

@@GrimWolf001 Like what, within a kingdom because of a simple banishment, there will be future betrayals behind, it would not surprise me if there are traitors in Skyros Island

[@dragonpokemonlover237]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

That's actually a goo reasoning.

[@SouhailAdal]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I compared the both images... but the crystal empire has only 1 big blue tower at the center of the city. The Pink palace has 3 tower and they are almost the same height. So this place is completely "new" when we talk about lore.

[@randomnessal6811]

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

[@alyarin9000]

The first word of the second line REALLY looks like an "Eq"

[@GrimWolf001]

"A Unicorn gallops across Equestria spreading rumors" seems like the correct interpretation. And It was thanks to your help.

[@fredlenka_rory]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

They are possibilities! Thank you for your comment.

[@burra007]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

It's most likely. Thank you commenting!

[@andapandacongufanda]

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

[@zoetheartist13]

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 :)

[@GrimWolf001]

That was a good theory... but recently I checked Twilight's message and now I know the spider can only be two options: Twilight herself or the Spirit of Harmony. However I like the idea of Discord being the spider... But his power even if it is great is not limitless, He was drained of his magic twice in the show, and once in the comics (by Pinkie Pie herself).

[@zoetheartist13]

@@GrimWolf001 That's a good point, if all magic was removed, he would be powerless as well. although, this makes me wonder why the protection bubble thing works if all magic is supposed to be in the crystals. Also, just curious how does the message eliminate discord as a possible spider candidate? At this point I like the tree theory the best. I'm gonna be kind of disappointed if it turns out it was just twilight lol 😆

[@adventurekitty101]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I'm really glad you like it. Let's hope it becomes true.

[@lorrie873]

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. :') )

[@GrimWolf001]

I really like that approach. Opaline as a corrupted version of her true self, sound very interesting and quite possible.

[@anthonymatzat6992]

Plus by having eternal night,nightmare moon in fim,and now cozy glow as opaline in make your mark could be a empress alicorn fire element mare,and rule over everything,and eclipse everything as being a true goddess mare,,but I notice in each generation of mlp except 2 has a dragon that assists the protégé pony,and their group of 5 ponies of all 3 tribes of ponies,also notice the numbers 6,5,4,3,4 magic trees,and 6 elements of crystal fire,water wood,earth,and metal,and magic,same as in our world' s Asian mythology,so could mlp use these magical talking little horses as mirroring us humans,cause remember in fim equestria girls twilight went from alicorn mare to human by passing through. a crystal mirror that was a portal between alternate worlds called earth',and remember in equestria girl movie one sunset became a fire demon,and twilight demon of the night in the 3 Eg movie,and the sirens in eq2 absorbed dark emotional magic of humans to become strong again,just like opaline did through the dragonstone which drained sparky in make your mark missing the mark,and all this has been repeated in every generation of mlp except 2,so could this repeat in generation 6 mlp if,and when created by hasbro,or will the my little ponies get a live action movie like gi joe,and these magical talking little cartoon horses come to our earth,and help us with our problems like in the live action transformers movie series where the autobot,and deception robots come to a version of our earth,and what if the little ponies came through crystal mirrors in small towns on every continent,so alot of folks thought they were dreaming,especially when the little ponies started talking in each of our nations languages,and even normal horses,and ponies were spooked by the brightly-colored coats the little ponies had on their bodies,and glowing crystal tattoo symbols on their rear flanks,and so most big city populations of us humans weren't aware yet of these little ponies and let say this main movie was broken down into 6 movies as chapters to match what will become generation. 6 mlp in probably 2027 at the end of generation 5 mlp tell your tails,just theorizing what might happen when g5 mlp has truly trotted off into the sunset,and what hasbro plans to do cause April 2024 is 40 years from g1 mlp special escape from midnight castle aka firefly's. adventure when these little ponies after shifting from pretty ponies first trotted. across our screens as mostly a female centric,and now mostly everyone as fans across the world cartoon pony show ,and so hasbro could be at a crossroads where their little cartoon ponies go from here,whether its more generations such as 6,or a very big movie as live action to send the ponies out,like other series of books,movies,and tv have when they reached this point,but I feel unicorns are 1960's-70's types,earth ponies are 1980-90's types,pegasi are 2000-2010' s types,and alicorn's are 2020-2030 types if these little ponies mirror us humans with our last 50-60 years as generations, if we viewed each other through a crystal mirror as mare twilight did in fim equestria girls g4 mlp,and portals as Crystal seem to be throughout mlp as 5 generations,and probably more,reminds me of Lewis Carroll's through the looking glass in his story about Alice in wonderland,since in g1 mlp the pony lands before becoming pony equestria were named dreamlands,and this where the idea for minty,snuzzle,and blue Belle as the dreamlands came from in the g5 mlp special Briddle wood stock,and why at the end of the festival the ponies sang about the ponies uniting in diverse friendships.

[@daliaal-shamari848]

the best option is to think of g5 as an au

[@GrimWolf001]

Its an option yes, but the challenge to prove its connected its enticing. The legend of the guardians was so beautifully hidden, it makes me think the writers are not as sloppy as we think.

[@volcanorabbit]

@@GrimWolf001True. Now that Make Your Mark is basically over, the writers are probably going to focus on applying lore to the comics and Tell Your Tale with more careful thought. Producers forcing the quick production of story often leaves room for big gaps and plot holes, so even if the writers are still under the same pressure they can at least coordinate the lore (and hopefully retcon or clarify what doesn't make complete sense) better with two schedules instead of three

[@silvonamo9699]

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)

[@GrimWolf001]

"I wonder if the alicorns returned to the wishing star , and if other races are unable to enter equastria for the same reason" It's a possibility. "What happened to the outside kingdoms" It's possible that when they saw that Equestria was preparing for a Civil War, they decide to cut relationships with them. So I guess they are OK, and living peacefully.

[@imaginations_animations4928]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you for you observations and comments.

[@whimmii]

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…

[@GrimWolf001]

That's an impressive deduction! One that I can root for! Let hope it's true. After I made this video I started to re-analyze Twilight's message, and I came to the conclusion that the spider can only be Twilight or the Spirit of Harmony (The tree of harmony pony form). Thank you very much your comment, and let hope it's true.

[@ShayminLover492]

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?

[@unicorn_xxx3424]

omg I love that!!!

[@GrimWolf001]

Your theory would make a great Fanfic, one that I would love to read. However in order for your theory to work you will need to completely ignore Skyros existence, that has been confirmed not only by Opaline, but also the book found in Zephyr Heights and Spike. You will also have to ignore the connection between Elder Flower and Moon Dancer, that give us the time frame of events. For the way the magic was lost in you theory there is no way it can return later. and you sent Opaline to Limbo, How does she return? To make a plausible theory, you need to find facts and connect them into logical sequences, since we don't have all the information, we need to "assume" (insert facts we don't know for sure but are possible to occur) the blank spots and make a logical connections. We can't discard facts, just because they are inconvenient. We need to find them true or false by inference. In any case, thank you for sharing theory with us. Hopefully the things I said will help you craft better theories and hopefully you'll decide to put this theory to digital papel onto a fanfic.

[@ShayminLover492]

@@GrimWolf001 Even so, we can definitely agree that there was probably some massive disaster that Twilight couldn't fix that forced her to seal away all magic. It could have been a threat from the inside, or it could have been from a foreign force. It kinda parallels the Fall of Rome in a way. To be frank, I'm not too familiar with Gen 5.

[@GrimWolf001]

@@ShayminLover492 I just upload a video today that may answer what happened to the magic, you will be either too satisfied or too disappointed with the answer.

[@snookerdooker471]

Honestly the only alicorn that could be alive during g5 is flurry heart because well she was a baby and if she just inherited cadence’s genes then that might extend to her immortality as well and discord should not really be dead he should be immortal and since his magic comes from something that isn’t pony related he could’ve had his magic stolen from opaline like how the other creatures had their magic stolen as well as for cadence celestia and Luna they are probably dead they probably wouldn’t survive without their immortality or long aging like celestia looks the same she did from when she turned discord to stone and banished nightmare moon. Luna only looked different because she was in a weakened state from being turned back this is why she looks how she does in the season four premiere flashbacks. Yeah twilight definitely had to have been forced to seal magic and create new worlds for the remaining creatures to keep them safe and put spike in charge of the dragons because she trusted him and he was her only friend after the rest of the mane six passed away.

[@burra007]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I honestly doubt it, but not discard the possibility if they do.

[@Gottobun_Kimetsu5172]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Considering the trend of My Little Pony they will not throw all the the lore in one sitting. They will probably give it to us bit by bit.

[@Gottobun_Kimetsu5172]

@@GrimWolf001 Yeah I have the same opinion as you 💘

[@efaristi9737]

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.

[@psychotophatcat]

If Celestia and Luna were naturally born alicorns as G5 shows, then I don't think Skyros was a city in Equestria. In G4, they both expressed shock that Flurry Heart was the first naturally born alicorn /in Equestria/. If they were both born as alicorns, it would stand to reason that where they were born wasn't part of Equestria, right?

[@GrimWolf001]

"I see nothing that suggest that Skyros wasn't part of Equestria. It was a city, not a land. " We have nothing that suggest it was a city or that it was part of Equestria either, but Alicorns are EXTREMELY rare in Equestria, so the place they come from must be really exotic, and far away. " No, the crystals didn't arrive from a star, it was a star that broke into the cristals. Meaning that the original star don't exist anymore." This is true, that's exactly what the text says, but let's say the "star" is not Skyros, but Opaline herself. What ponies witnessed is her arriving to Equestria splitted into 3 crytals, and that would leave the one question: Why Opaline came from the Sky? "the three cristals were REBORN as ponies. Meaning that the cristals are now ponies and don't exist in their cristal form anymore." Again you are right about the quote. However, the word "reborn" was one that I had doubts when clearing the text. I decide in inherit the translation from Depribooru (That's why I mentioned in the credits), but even if the word is actually reborn. I might think the author might take its liberty to say the crystals and the ponies are bonded. As I explained in the justification part this is a slippery slope. I will not pretend that I have all the answers or that this theory might be a complete failure, but it seems there are connections, even if they are not the correct ones. Again Thank you for watching the video and commenting it means a lot to us.

[@efaristi9737]

@@GrimWolf001 True but there is also nothing suggesting that the city/country was full of Alicornes. Maybe there was just Celestia, Luna and Opaline. Personnally, i dislike the idea, Being a Alicorne originally meant ascending to a superior status through work and merit, it had to be earned. That's why it was special. If it's just a specie of overpowered ponies, that water it down. Not to mention, why wouldn't Celestia and Luna not mention that it is possible to be born a Alicorne at Flurry Heart birth, even if it never happenned in Equestria ? Good question if it's her. But i noticed that the Unicorn and the Pegasi shared many ressemblance with Celestia and Luna when they were young. Celestia used to have a pink mane and Luna to have a bit brighter blue fur. What if the Three Cristals are Opaline, Celestia and Luna ? Well, true, i can see the reasoning. You're welcome. I actually like your theories ^^

[@efaristi9737]

@@psychotophatcat It didn't show that, it show that Celestia and Luna were Alicornes at a young age. It doesn't say they were born like this. But then, why wouldn't they mention that at Flurry Heart birth ? That it is a first in Equestria but happened in their homelands ? why doesn't they correct Rarity when she said that she thought that Alicornes wings had to be earned ?

[@GrimWolf001]

"True but there is also nothing suggesting that the city/country was full of Alicornes. Maybe there was just Celestia, Luna and Opaline. " Perhaps not FULL of Alicorns, but there most be some others in Skyros besides Celestia, Opaline and Luna, since in her story she mentions: "Everybody Loved them! But I saw through ther act". Meaning there were others besides them. "Personnally, i dislike the idea, Being a Alicorne originally meant ascending to a superior status through work and merit, it had to be earned. That's why it was special. If it's just a specie of overpowered ponies, that water it down." I can see your point, but I don't have a conflict with it. Since even if they are born gifted. Those gifts can be achieved through work and dedication. "Why wouldn't Celestia and Luna not mention that it is possible to be born a Alicorne at Flurry Heart birth, even if it never happenned in Equestria ?" My Headcannon says: All natural born Alicorns were born in Skyros and through the breed of other natural Born Alicorns, I don't think there are many instances of ascended alicorns, and probably none of them actually decided to have a family as Cadence did. So in conclusion... they didn't know it was possible to create Alicorns outside Skyros. "Good question if it's her. But i noticed that the Unicorn and the Pegasi shared many ressemblance with Celestia and Luna when they were young. Celestia used to have a pink mane and Luna to have a bit brighter blue fur. What if the Three Cristals are Opaline, Celestia and Luna ?" I'm not gonna deny that is a possibility, but it leaves many questions opened. If Opaline was an Earth Pony how did she recover her Pegasus and Unicorn parts? What Happened to Celestia and Luna's earth pony, unicorn and pegasus parts?

[@AnnaSmith-nj2lh]

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.

[@renamon5658]

I think twilight chose a earth pony unicorn and pegasi to take the crystals and run and hide while twilight held opaline back

[@-ZH]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

Perhaps it was planned to have more stories about it in the future. Who knows? Thank you for your comments.

[@azzah3961]

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

[@maplered5042]

Yeah, Tree of Harmony did same thing before

[@AlexandraPlotnikova1]

It was real Twilight, but Hasbro forbade G5 creators to make Twilight in her final form

[@GrimWolf001]

i know I said it was a changelling, but I hope to be wrong, because if he hologram is the spirit or harmony, that would be COOL! Also thanks for commenting!

[@azzah3961]

@@GrimWolf001 amazing video ♥️♥️

[@choirunnisak888]

Zipp looks gorgeous on the thumbnail, side swept mane fit her the best

[@Hypertextz]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

We still need to see who the "spider" and "Dawn" really are, lately i've been closing the option for the spider to either "Twilight" or "The Spirit of Harmony" and if the spider is Twilight... there is a small chance that Dawn is Luster. I didn't see the feathers, but they don't seem like wings... are you sure the figure is an Alicorn?

[@SouhailAdal]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I agree with most of what you say... I'm curious, why do you think one of the crystals landed on the Crystal Empire? Also Thank you for you comment.

[@SouhailAdal]

@@GrimWolf001 if it is the pink palace is crystal empire castle, that could probably means that one of the crystals and guardians landed somewhere in the crystal empire and the other too far from the crystal empire, also in Chapter 6 episode 1, Spike tell that Opaline was bannish and Twilight create the dragon stone with the dragon's magic. I could say that the guardians dispute finish, their species go with them but some of them will probably stay in ponyville until Opaline will create a dispute with the earth ponies, unicorns and pegasus If you don't understand, you can answer . if you want, could you make a video about Starlight Ridge's story and I don't know what if Starlight Ridge is related to Starlight Glimmer because of the name of the last Make Your Mark special.

[@Skelepony]

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?

[@GrimWolf001]

I think the shield might only protect the perimeter... preventing other alicorns from accessing. Once inside, they can use Alicorn magic. Elder Flower watching other ponies changing, could refer to the Canterlot Wedding, or any other Changeling Wedding, let's remember the changelings adopted pony customs.

[@Technilogica2019]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Go ahead! I'm curious about what you think

[@Bee_814]

I thought that the second word could be palace but that makes no sense.

[@TwiceSmittenOnceShy]

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!

[@GrimWolf001]

I've been a fan of My Little Pony for 12 years, but there was too many theoryst and reviewers on the fandom that I didn't feel the need to participate. But this finding of the Guardians needed to be known and no one seemed to be aware of it. I'm glad you like it, and thanks for the kind words.

[@unripetheberrby6283]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Lets hope I'm on the right track. Thank you!

[@crys_cornflakez]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I'm really glad you like it!

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

Hey, I'm the girl who talked to you about the script, I don't know why but it doesn't make me replay under our previous conversetion, so if u wanted more infos about it you can reply here. Hope it works :)

[@GrimWolf001]

Ok. When you are ready please send the link here.

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

Sorry It took so long to answer. I'm still ending It, so I was wondering if It was a problem for u to wait for some other days, and I was wondering if I could send It to u in another Way, maybe on IG. Again thank you

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

And btw It took so long cuz I was still having that problem that didn't make me replay, but now I think that I fixed It. Again Sorry for the issues

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

And btw if the IG thing Is fine for u I don't wanna put u under pressure I'm gon give u my IG, so u don't have to post yours, I think it's the least I can do for the help u're giving me❤️

[@GrimWolf001]

@@MirkaLettera-ny4ek I can wait, don't worry about.

[@casseroledragon3277]

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?

[@GrimWolf001]

That might be a good posibility. Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@NinjagoPowerRanger21]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Maybe from Starlight Glimmer, we don't know for sure if Sunset Shimmer ever returned to Equestria. Thank you for your comment!

[@imjustagirlletmeliveomg]

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?

[@GrimWolf001]

It could be if you can explain why they are normal ponies instead of Alicorns. A lot of people have mention that, and is not a bad idea actually.

[@imjustagirlletmeliveomg]

@@GrimWolf001 honestly there are a lot of plot holes in g5

[@GrimWolf001]

@@imjustagirlletmeliveomg You are right... But let's suppose this theory is true and for some reason Celestia is just a unicorn and Luna is just a Earth Pony and the don't explain Why? Would that be satisfactory?

[@imjustagirlletmeliveomg]

@@GrimWolf001 there is one thing that bugs me, why according to opaline's story, they were all already alicorns but in g4 they said that a birth of an alicorn is beyond their understanding and they were very clearly not alicorns since birth. either opaline is lying or this is a major plothole. and if this the three ponies from different tribes happen to be opaline celestia and luna, my theory is that being guardians of the different tribes and their deeds granted them alicornism (?) (I'm sorry english ain't my first language) so like yk how some extraordinary or heroic motive/accomplishment alicorn them up or smthg, maybe that is how they become alicorns AND opaline was lying about her side of the story and a place like sykros doesn't actually exist (maybe she just took the name from a daring do book) and it actually just doesn't exist.

[@GrimWolf001]

@multistanbitches957 I guess you have heard of this one before, but if Skyros is outside Equestria, and all of the Alicorns comes from Skyros (Or were made there), the birth of an Alicorn outside Equestria is something neither Celestia or Luna knew that could be possible, also... Cadence was a made Alicorn, so they probably didn't know if the Alicorn gene could be transmitted. The surprise would be doubled if the wishing star and Skyros are the same, because Flurry Heart would be the first Alien born in the planet. Skyros is cannon, and apparently the book they found on Chapter 4 "Alicorns from the past confirm it" and you might want to see chapter 6 for confirmation.

[@Kittenmax15]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

That is true. A zebra is not a Pony and could fit into the description of the theory. However except for Zecora, most of the Zebras do not dwell in magic. So if its not Zecora, i don't see much possibilities is another zebra. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

[@fernandosantana3164]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I know, later in the video, I made that connection, but first I need to state the look similar. Because the fact is: "The look similar". Thanks for commenting.

[@theevinlander6417]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

It's true. How do you think the inclusion of these items change the theory?

[@theevinlander6417]

@@GrimWolf001 Yeah, sorry about that. Funny enough, I kind of thought to further expand on Opaline's necklace theory earlier, but couldn't use edit for some reason. Basically, I believe, be it through necklace or other enchanted items, Opaline somehow convinced ponies to take them as part of a scheme to divide Equestria. Though, this I believe only being part of her plan, while causing the first true pony division by pointing out and blowing out of proportion either a greatly exaggerated or fake incident between two of the pony races. It makes me wonder as well, if these enchanted items would have been slightly different, as a sort of two part plan. Activating the effects only when she pulled off the incident between some of the pony races.

[@GrimWolf001]

@@theevinlander6417 Wow! That actually is a really good theory. Actually Misty's necklace affected everyone around her. So, manipulation via enchanted items could be a real posibility. Thank you for sharing thins with us.

[@theevinlander6417]

@@GrimWolf001 Oh, I thought the necklace only affected the individual, rather than affecting nearby ponies with a sort of area of effect enchantment. I could be wrong, but it looked like the main ponies of G5 only changed individually whenever they wore the necklace. I'd also say it's why they were freaked out whenever one of the ponies began to wear the necklace. Not to mention, Misty was around them a few times with the necklace without any change. Also if I did, sorry if I misunderstood that part of the reply.

[@silvonamo9699]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@TheNutters768]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I'm also following the comics, but many fans dismiss them as non-cannon, that's why I didn't include them in this theory. But I'm aware they align with many events of this and other theories. But you got me intrigued. Who is this unicorn you are talking about? Most interesting is the fact that you identified it as a male and that's a rare instance.

[@TheNutters768]

@@GrimWolf001 the unicorn at the light house that told them the story of discords mirror :) a slightly old stallion The comics definitely shouldn’t be dismissed by so many, as they could have so much more material to use when trying to figure out their theories and stuff like the lore, where the 3 towns/cities are and all that.

[@ranixcz4087]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Yes, you got me! Thanks for the comment!

[@Birdsflight44]

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.

[@moonrose221]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

On that case Izzy Pipp and Sunny would be 200-300 years old. However, they could be descendants from the Guardians. And if they are, Misty would be a better candidate than Izzy, since there is an air of mistery sorrounding her. Thank you for your comment!

[@m3g4n3720]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

We are hoping it's true. Thanks for your comment!

[@Murdockchern]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

We still need more information to be sure about that. But who knows (Probably the writers, but asking them is cheating)? Thanks for commenting.

[@anakinxpadmewolfygacha9305]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

There is a strong posibility that Opaline's, the Wishing Tree and Zephyr Height's trees are sprouts from the tree of Harmony. We need more information to estasblish a connection between the Crystal Empire and Starlight Ridge, it could be fun project for the future. Opaline's Castle looks like a the smallest tower of Midnight Castle, that place was huge and consisted of 6 Towers. We have to be careful when making assumptions to previous generations. Gusty was a G1 pony, but she didn't lead an Army against grogar, and while the amulet is a reference to the Rainbow of Light, this is a different artifact and it can have other rules. Thank you for sharing your thougts with us.

[@bobbelluwu]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I guess it will take a while but perhaps a video about the Cutie Marks in G4 and G5, How they work, what the symbols means etc. But if you have suggestions, I will gladly accept them. Thank you so much.

[@Gottobun_Kimetsu5172]

I hope we can see what Skyros looks like, the Alicorns must each have their own element, if Opaline is the element of fire, so we will inevitably have other powers among the most powerful in the history of My Little Pony the opportunity to meet other new characters soon

[@ValentinothegoatWish]

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?😯🤔🤔🤔😉

[@ValentinothegoatWish]

Also I think i would make a lot sense if the earth pony guardian was thé one behind Opaline's togethertree, considering it and the castle seem way closer to Maretime bay than Bridlewood and Zephyr Heights.🤔

[@GrimWolf001]

Those are excellent observations, let me complement them: 1. It's true, However Opaline plan was set in motion before she became Opaline. Starting with her unicorn counterpart spreading rummors. 2. I think the Together trees were planted by the guardians before they had a fight with each other. 3. Actually the only one who knew about the invisibubble was Opaline and Misty, and its natural that Opaline thought that Twilight was the culplrit, since she as the only one aware of her. 4. We are still trying to determine the identity of the spider and the true identity of "Dawn". Twilight is present in both dawn and dusk, so it's possible that it's either her or Luster Dawn. But until we have more information tis is still speculation. 5. The statemen is: "Twilight put all the magic of Equestria in the crystals" and she has full credit for that. But they never mentioned where the crystals came from. Also if the crystals come from Opaline, that would explain why her cutie mark is a representation of them. Thank you for you comments and observations.

[@budgetblame2120]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

In certainly give the possibility of the "spider" being a changelling a reasonable chance. Thank you for comment.

[@deadkatval]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

It's a good theory, but it needs more facts. Certainly is a good plot for a fanfiction I would love to read! Thanks for sharing your theory with us!

[@rowanrawlz1871]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

In the comics appears a Unicorn with no features, but Opaline's hairdo. However is possible that this character is the Unicorn Guardian. And after she crated the crystals, there was a time of peace but then another disaster occurred. I think the second disaster was the comming of Opaline. This would also explain why her name is not known in Equestria. I couldn't find any age reference for the ponies, except that Fluttershy is a year older than Pinkie Pie. That's why I'm using human lifespans. Thank you for your comments and observations.

[@rowanrawlz1871]

shes shrouded in shadow, and claims to be a uni, but i could very well see it be opaline whos trying to cause a divide, esp since shes wearing a cloak. as for granny smith, they state in the show that ponyville was founded like 100 or so years ago, and in another ep granny smith states she helped found the town @@GrimWolf001

[@rowanrawlz1871]

@terraburnham9281 the g5 comics are very relevant to the lore yea

[@GrimWolf001]

Who said it? I have to admit I didn't think the comics, had any significant connection to the show, but after checking the facts. It seems the comic's writers know more about Equestria than we thought.

[@FenrirFluffyFreyja]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you very much! And thank you for commenting!

[@ricchardmartinez5153]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

That would be very interesting and very cool. However, if its like that, the suerpego of opaline is agonizing or almost death since she is guided almos entirely by her desires for power. Thank you for commenting.

[@ricchardmartinez5153]

@@GrimWolf001 Right, so maybe if is like that maybe that could be the earth pony part.

[@speedingyew3048]

And just because of what you said at the ending before closing it off I'm subscribing

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@bruisesandmuffins]

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!!

[@GrimWolf001]

"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. " Not entirely thurth. Changeling also made the Amulet of Aurora that controls tides, Chrysalis created the Mean Six and the Anti-Magic Throne, that's complex magic that probably needed study. I don't know if the growing magic of the Kirin counts. It's more that just floaty magic. " "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. " So you thinks Bats are specifically Alicorns?. That's a good supposition, I consider it less likely since Dawn was surrounded by other bats. meaning that there were enough of them around, and it seems Celestia and Luna decided to retire after Twilight's Coronation. Again, this doesn't prove anything, but is a point to consider. "I don't 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! " Recently I found a shocking revelation. The possibilities of Twilight or the spirit of harmony increased dramatically after analyzing the message from Chapter 2 more calmly. However I like your candidates for the Spider. "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. " Those are really good reasonings! "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!!" Thank you very much for sharing your theories, with us. Some of them need a bit more of refinement, question more each statement in order to prove if is real or not. However the reasoning is solid.

[@evanrhildreth]

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!

[@GrimWolf001]

That's certainly a possibility! I like it! Thanks for your comment, lets hope this is true.

[@MasonMcBride-x8o]

That sounds crazy and awesome. I like it!

[@GrimWolf001]

I'm really glad you enjoy it.

[@CuriouslyCute]

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!!

[@GrimWolf001]

That's an excellent question and here is a headcannon answer. Celestia and Luna were allowed to go to Equestria, but not Opaline, so she figured it out that by splitting into thre ponies she could go to Equestria, or by brute forcing her way out of skyros she became three ponies. Thank you for commenting.

[@cherrybee_1399]

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?

[@GrimWolf001]

They are the same model as the ones DJ Pon3 wore, we cant know it they are the same. For the moment it's just a cute reference.

[@minkyway86]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I'm glad you enjoy it! Thank you for your comment!

[@mayowhishes]

Heyyy you made your way into my recommendations without me looking for you, congrats on getting algorithmed 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉

[@mayowhishes]

I've seen you in discord and thought ab looking up your channel but forgor, glad KZbin found your channel for me haha 🤗

[@GrimWolf001]

Well I owe YT one! thank you for watching the video and sharing your thoughts. It means a lot to me.

[@cheesyspaghet]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you! Let hope this turns to be right.

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

Wait i have a question. We know that Flurry Heart by now is the only born alicorn, so if Skyros is the alicorn Land, is Opaline born as an alicorn, but we didn't know, or did sh become one?

[@GrimWolf001]

Sorry for taking this long to answer. We don't know for sure if Opaline was born or made an alicorn. However is heavily implied that she was born as an Alicorn since she grew up in Skyros, and it seems "Made" Alicorns requires that ponies have certain maturity to transform. For What I understamd Skyros is not part of Equestria... If it is the Wishing Star, it might not be even part of the planet, and that makes the birth of Flurry Heart "beyond the understanding".

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

@@GrimWolf001 don't worry, I didn't want to put you under pressure, thank you for your answer ❤. So if I understood, in Skyros Is normal to be Born an alicorn, but in Equestria Is rare, so Flurry Heart birth Is something extraordinary, correct me if I'm Wrong. I Just wanted to know for a script I was writing. Again thank you very Much for your answer and your beautiful videos ❤❤❤

[@GrimWolf001]

@@MirkaLettera-ny4ek That is correct. Share your script of video here when its done. I would like to see what is about.

[@MirkaLettera-ny4ek]

@@GrimWolf001 the First chapter Is done, when u want I can send It to you (as soon as I translate It in english), you only have to tell where to send It. It Is very nice of u to care about It, thank u so much❤. The only thing Is that I don't have as videos, because I can't draw and neither use IA (🥲) but I'll try to fix It. Again thank u :)

[@GrimWolf001]

@@MirkaLettera-ny4ek I'll give you a "bad" advise. Send the URL in a reply to this comment. Most youtubers don't like that... but I'm not "most youtubers".

[@sydneyjo1039]

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!!)

[@GrimWolf001]

Why would I discard a comment like this? I think it's great you share your thought with us. It's true that Opaline might impersonate the guardian to create conflict, however I don't think her personality would allow her to do undercover work, since she is too bombastic, she evens get angry with misty when she discover the ponies don't know who she is. I also don't think the Moon Dancer they are talking is the G1... since we know for a fact that she is only 6 generations apart from Elder flower. Unless somehow G1 and goes after G4... and that wouldn't be completely impossible since in G1 we have all the ponies united. Actually I think "Pony Tales" is situated 40 years in in the past of G5.

[@sydneyjo1039]

@@GrimWolf001 you make a good point about opaline having too bold of a personality to go undercover. as for G1, i'm not sure the reference to moondancer was meant to reveal any sort of timeline, from my point of view. i believe it is a G1 reference because G5 has a lot of them, including minty, bluebelle and snuzzle for the bridlewoodstock special. i can see how it could be a G4 reference, but i feel the writers would be more intentional in choosing a G4 name if that were the case. or maybe they intentionally chose a name that is in G1 and G4 to mess with us 😂

[@bribri2925]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

Celestia's rainbow mane, and her status as alicron can't be classified as mistakes, there is more evidence that they are true, than otherwise. Lately I heard a lot about the possibility that Celestia Luna and Opaline are the guardians, but it creates a lot of questions that are hard to explain. We know they were alicorns in the beginning when they became guardians they change to simple ponies, so what happened to the rest of their alicorn parts? Also Celestia and Luna were already in Equestria when the crystals arrived. I'm not saying it's impossible, but we need more information to consider the possibility. Thank you for sharing your comments!

[@Old.atlqntls]

They only said no alicorn was born in Equestria, but they arent from equestria

[@bribri2925]

@@GrimWolf001 awwww frick, sorry for the bad grammar. I spoke it and I was dead tired to edit it! I intended to come back and edit it, but forgot. I didn’t expect anyone to see it, let alone understand it. Sorry for the bad grammar!

[@GrimWolf001]

@@bribri2925 Think nothing about it... I already fix my answer because it also had a lot of typos

[@forestgrump4723]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

That it's an interesting possibility, except for the fact Twilight put all the magic in Equestria into the crystals, but then we are assuming the unity Crystals and the crystals from the star are a different sent, and the Twilight in the message is the spirit of Harmony. Let's see how it turns out. Thank you for your comment.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

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?

[@GrimWolf001]

Assuming you are considering everything said in the video: 1) Skyros is still the ancient, but still not abandoned Alicorn civilization. The only new thing about it is that instead of being an Island or a continent its comet that orbit the planet. 2) If the time line we established is true, Opaline Arcana, entered the scene between 60 to 120 years after Luster Dawn made new friends. Luster Dawn never met Opaline Arcana, she only met the Guardians. 3) I'm not a G4 writer but I'm could safely say that If they are not Immortals, at least they have a of thousands of years. Opaline Arcana, should have 1200 to 1400 years considering she has a similar age as Celestia and Luna and we Know Celestia at least ruled on Equestria for 1,111 years at minimum.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

@@GrimWolf001 that hologram twilight sparkle is NOT the real twilight sparkle, so that means twilight sparkle is still alive somewhere in G5

[@GrimWolf001]

@@ronaldpagar6513 There is no way to affirm or deny that Twilight Sparkle is still alive. There are no facts that can help us infer that.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

@@GrimWolf001 but we will have to find out in chapter 6

[@GrimWolf001]

@@ronaldpagar6513 I'm not sure Chapter 6 has all the answers we seek. But something would be nice.

[@TheRogasylumMLP]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I like your theory. It needs more refinement and more facts to support it, but theorizing like this, helps us develop a real life skill: Problem Solving. Here are some questions to take in consideration for your theory: Why Opaline despise being a threat to Equestria wasn't known by the ponies in General? What happened during the Guardians last reunion? Why did the guardians lost their purpose? Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@TheRogasylumMLP]

​@@GrimWolf001 Thank you!! I must admit that some of the events were a little bit difficult to place in this theory, but I will keep working on it, also I will take into consideration those question you wrote. Im waiting for Chapter 6 to be released and show more things to work with.

[@lizcorvese512]

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 🤔

[@GrimWolf001]

Let's hope it is, but even if it's not, it was fun to speculate about it. Thank you for your comment.

[@GlowColourNails]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I think you should elaborate on that comment. Because I feel even if the G4 and G5 are connected the mood, the world, the themes, are different enough. For example: unity is not the same as friendship, friendship is something personal, while unity is something social. Yo don't need to befriend someone to be on the same cause or goal. Anyway I'm glad you commented on the video. Thank you!

[@justinmoga2971]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

We do not have a clear image of the castle of the Two sisters, except for the alternate world where Nightmare Moon was ruler of Equestria, but I bet the castle has been modified for that world. However, even if the tower are more similar to the ones on the illustration, the profile of the castle doesn't match. The tower are far apart one from another, while in the castle of the two sister there are much closer. Let's just say it is a "maybe" but with no real way to confirm it. Thank you for your comment.

[@justinmoga2971]

@@GrimWolf001 we also have one from the whole star swirl and shadow man goy from. Season 7

[@GrimWolf001]

@justinmoga2971 Well I search for the reference you mentioned in episode 7, the palace is pink but the castle profile do not match with the one in the illustrations neither the the shape of the tower. But who knows? Maybe I'm just being picky about this.

[@briannaconde5068]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Right now there are only two contenders... Twilight Sparkle or the Spirit of Harmony. They both have reasons to protect the ponies... but one fact that is important is that the "Spider" also put the shield.

[@buzietenth2110]

This theory is really interesting!

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@cyberlord1922]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you! And thanks for the comment.

[@indioaracristinacastro8126]

yes this theory makes sense the three guardians are opaline

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@indioaracristinacastro8126]

@@GrimWolf001 😉

[@DuskLight-nr3uw]

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)

[@GrimWolf001]

And when did I said it was cannon? I'm just taking the facts and putting them together in a theory. I can be wrong. Thanks for your comment.

[@DagnieJ]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I agree, however the aging process depends on many factos, the lifestyle, health, genes, etc. I have I personally have seen people even younger than 60 with less health that elders of 80. I had a boss at work that at age 34 his hair was completely white. But anyway, 60 is probably the "yougest" a person can considered "elder" even if the laws in my country says its, 55. Thank you for you comment.

[@manuelbejarano5761]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Seguramente veremos más de ella en el futuro.

[@serenitytoepper]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I was planning to share some of my headcannons with you that would explain some of your questions...until you mentioned that you hated the series. That made me think... because none of those answers I could give you are from the show itself... are just theories... Imagine, that I answer those questions... would they change how you see the serie? Or just reject them, waiting for the show writers to explain them? I know the movie and the series do not explain many things about the past generation, it's not their story to tell. It's the story of a new group of ponies understanding what "unity" means.

[@serenitytoepper]

@@GrimWolf001 I'm really trying to understand. But I can't. And now spike is back? I'm just extremely confused and honestly I really don't like the mix of technology and magic. Because every show or series I've ever watched shows that technology and magic does not mix. I don't know but the one thing I love about mlp from gen 1 to gen 4 is that it was about magic and adventure and truthfully it was a beautiful escape from my today reality. Now pony have cell phones i mean come on that's like humanizing them even more and I don't like that either. But if you think you can explain it to me. Perhaps you can help me understand timeliness.

[@GrimWolf001]

@@serenitytoepper I can make aa video about the timeline, and perhaps some shorts about some of the topics you want to know... but I think you are giving some of this topics too much importance when it doesn't have it. I mean... I sympathize with you that the inclusion of technology might be a bit upsetting, but in the end from G1 to G5 All ponies are representations of innocent humans in their journey to learn about themselves and humanity, and the reason it feels like an scape is because we don't feel the menace of being wrong or fail, the ponies learn, we learn. For me, at least, Magic doesn't have to be supernatural, Magic is about the changes in reality, and a Time Machine, is a magical device even if its fueled by science. Don't let this unanswered questions ruin your fun. Try to enjoy the story as it is, allow yourself to have fun.

[@sooftieboiii6454]

​​​@@GrimWolf001 No offence but is there any theory that tells How did all the creatures disappear yaks, Griffins, changeling,etc and what about discord and cadence, twilight ,luster dawn, Celestial, Luna and where is caterlot the old caste, taturus the statue of the villains the mane 6 and the other mythical beasts like chimera, ophiotaurus , Cerberes etc.

[@GrimWolf001]

@@sooftieboiii6454 Theories are a lot... but hints to what really occurred to them none.

[@KenDoStudios]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

It didn't, but that's what the evidence suggested. Only time will tell if our theory was right. One last thing... In the Chapter one, Pipp describes the Alicorns as a mix of Earth Ponies, Pegasus and Unicorns. Technically it's the ONLY time it has been stated in that way, since the franchise started. Don't you think its weird the writers actually put it like that?

[@mlpnewbeginnings]

Wow! That’s interesting. I didn’t realize that was the only time that was stated

[@Kaustubh20079]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Its a possibility, but the palace in the illustration is not the Crystal Empire's. Actually that palace is different from any other seen before. Thanks for the comment.

[@merrialicehobbs5344]

I love this theory I really hope it's confirmed

[@GrimWolf001]

Let's hope so!

[@magnapopus]

Alicorn fusion, alicorn fusion!!

[@GrimWolf001]

Fuuuuusion! Thank you for your comment!

[@TiMoThY211991]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

There are rules and naming conventions for this kind of things. You might not agree with them but that doesn't make them false. Here it's a article about the naming convention of geneology: blog.genealogybank.com/genealogy-101-understanding-family-tree-relationships.html Thank you for comment.

[@TiMoThY211991]

@GrimWolf001 The article in question actually proved my point and disproved yours I'm afraid. Take a look at the chart under Cousin Kinship Terms: Degrees and Removed; It has no "grand" prefix for aunts and uncles, and the sister of the grandparent is listed as Great Aunt.

[@jefferykelsey]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I can explain. Don't you think it was a little weird her features were obscured? The only recognizable features we see is that she is a unicorn and her hairdo. The reason is because what we are seeing there is the Unicorn Guardian showing some features of the true Opaline. Later the same unicorn will get into a fight with the earth pony pony guardian starting the separation of the tribes. I hope you find this answer satisfactory. There is also the possibility that I'm wrong, but still seems possible. In any case. Thank you for commenting.

[@jefferykelsey]

@@GrimWolf001 Seems completely fair enough but what if Opaline isn't 3 Guardians but actually just one fully formed pony who is not only a "False Guardian" but who also changes from one form of pony to another which could explain her appearance as a Unicorn Pony, she must be some kind of Alicorn Pony who can change her appearance from Alicorn Pony to Earth Pony, then from Earth Pony to Unicorn Pony, and finally from Unicorn Pony to Pegasus Pony and vise versa. And spiders are not insects, they're arachnids and I can tell because insects like ants and bees for example have 6 legs, arachnids like spiders and scorpions for example don't, for they have only 8 legs. And I usually believe that Discord is the spider since he's a Draconequus and not a pony, but if that spider is in fact a changeling, then that changeling must be Thorax. But I doubt the Spirit of the Tree of Harmony is the one sending the message through the Unity Crystals, because it has to be bound to the Crystals themselves in order to do so but it's not, it's still bound to the Treehouse of Harmony. And I have a theory of why Twilight Sparkle now looks what she was upon both gaining her wings and gaining her own Castle in Ponyville after Tirek's defeat and no longer looks what she does in "The Last Friendship Problem", the reason for it it's because she sacrificed her new appearance in order to stored all the magic into the Unity Crystals through some kind of spell, and it's also possible that she also must of sacrificed the aged appearances of her friends as well and resorted them back into their youthful appearances, and now that I mentioned it, this spell will not only be used to sacrificed both Twilight's new looks and the old aged looks of her friends, it will also cause both Twilight Sparkle and her friends to be cursed and become magically frozen in stone for many moons until something unexpected happens that will break the curse and they will be free from their stony slumber.

[@GrimWolf001]

@@jefferykelsey "What if Opaline isn't 3 Guardians but actually just one fully formed pony who is not only a "False Guardian" but who also changes from one form of pony to another which could explain her appearance as a Unicorn Pony, she must be some kind of Alicorn Pony who can change her appearance from Alicorn Pony to Earth Pony, then from Earth Pony to Unicorn Pony, and finally from Unicorn Pony to Pegasus Pony and vise versa." If I am wrong, I am wrong, but there are a couple of factor to consider for that possibility, first the three guardian were never seen together at the same place, Opaline should have a way to transport faster between the cities without using the friendship trees and was convincing enough to make believed everyone that she was 3 good ponies... My main objections for that possibility is that Opaline is lazy pony that doesn't like to put the effort into things, and has a bold personality that would prevent her from acting like a good pony. But as I said... I can be wrong, and it's possible. " And spiders are not insects, they're arachnids and I can tell because insects like ants and bees for example have 6 legs, arachnids like spiders and scorpions for example don't, for they have only 8 legs." I know... I also mentioned in the video... also ponies and draconequs aren't bat's, the only thing they share with the creatures is the fact that they are mammals. "I usually believe that Discord is the spider since he's a Draconequus and not a pony, but if that spider is in fact a changeling, then that changeling must be Thorax. But I doubt the Spirit of the Tree of Harmony is the one sending the message through the Unity Crystals, because it has to be bound to the Crystals themselves in order to do so but it's not, it's still bound to the Treehouse of Harmony". Let's remember that the crystals were tampered with, and that tampering might include the condition of magic through unity, with help of the spirit of Harmony. "I have a theory of why Twilight Sparkle now looks what she was upon both gaining her wings and gaining her own Castle in Ponyville after Tirek's defeat and no longer looks what she does in "The Last Friendship Problem", the reason for it it's because she sacrificed her new appearance in order to stored all the magic into the Unity Crystals through some kind of spell" That's a good possibility, and one that I can respect. "it's also possible that she also must of sacrificed the aged appearances of her friends as well and resorted them back into their youthful appearances, and now that I mentioned it, this spell will not only be used to sacrificed both Twilight's new looks and the old aged looks of her friends, it will also cause both Twilight Sparkle and her friends to be cursed and become magically frozen in stone for many moons until something unexpected happens that will break the curse and they will be free from their stony slumber." And this is were left the facts and we introduce unnecessary elements to the theory, and don't get me wrong, as a story that sounds good but we don't have proof that the council of friendship are still alive... Also turned into stone? Why no transport them to limbo? Also there is a gap between the separation of the ponies in their conflicts. While it was not included in the video because it was too long... in the cover of the book of wishyhhoof we can see a plant and Zephyr Heights, that simbolizes the pegasi and earth ponies, and the book was in possession of an earth pony which means it was available for consumption for any race previously.

[@markcummings4281]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you for the information I completely forgot about that detail... But we never said that the wishing star was from the G4... did we? Can you tell me where it was said?

[@BraeMartin-sw6xk]

Your story actually could make a lot of sense.

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you!

[@pecugihan]

8:34 crystal empire?

[@GrimWolf001]

At first I thought so too. But his place has three towers, in a column structure, The Crystal Empire is a single pointy tower like the Eifel Tower and it's usually represented in blue.

[@Bluetiful_]

Now I'm even more confused than I was

[@GrimWolf001]

Perhaps I can answer your questions what are you confused about?

[@Alexandr2222]

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.

[@GrimWolf001]

I suspect the culprit it's G.M. Berrows since she adapted the stories to the television... but who knows. While a space station is a bit futuristic for the setting, I also think is a city or colony living in space through a comet that orbits the planet. But Hey there were stories about "Space Pirates vs Alicorns" and "Pinkie Pie Going to Space". Perhaps there is something there. Thank for the comment, but please, try to keep it in English' so everyone can read it.

[@Alexandr2222]

@@GrimWolf001 "Мы таким делам вовсе не обучены, И кроме как на русском не могём чудес". =)) Одним словом - я глупо буду выглядеть, если попытаюсь написать на языке которым не владею. Но, вроде как, электронные онлайн-переводчики уже не новость.

[@kimsturm9638]

Honestly I don’t believe the writers came up with such a conclusion. It will way more simple and stupid… unfortunately G5 isn’t as intelligent as G4

[@GrimWolf001]

Maybe my whole theory is wrong and I'm missreading this whole thing, but the fact that is enough information that can be linked together tells me there is at least an intention and Lore behind the G5.

[@CosmicPotato740]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

I didn't include the comic, since many fans do not consider it cannon. However, the events align perfectly with the comic. In the comic, we see a unicorn pushing Fluttershy. aside, it looks like Opaline, but her features are obscures, This is because she is the Unicorn guardian. After the separation of the tribes peace returned. But if you look closely there are mostly earth ponies in the picture. Finally Discord says that Fluttershy didn't witnessed the worst... that it was Opaline's return and the the creation of the shield.

[@CosmicPotato740]

@@GrimWolf001Ah true… Also what helps your theory is Opalines Cutiemark resembles the same shape and color as the unity crystals. The purple unicorn crystal the blue wings for pegasus and the white dot in the center

[@GrimWolf001]

@@CosmicPotato740 Can you believed me when I tell you that I didn't notice it? Perhaps this theory has more weight that even I suspected.

[@CosmicPotato740]

@@GrimWolf001YOU DIDN’T NOTICE? 🤣 that’s cool, But yea that caught my eye as ‘Why does her cutie mark represent the unity crystals so similarly something don’t add up here.’

[@-Ducky.plays-]

Is it just me or does that unicorn guardian look suspiciously like rarity Pegasus look like that one Pegasus from starlight glimmers = village And the earth pony look like Izzy from next gen

[@GrimWolf001]

I can't agree with your comparison for the unicron and earth pony guardians, but I agree that the pegasus gardian, looks like Night Glider from Starlight's village. Thank you for the observation.

[@-Ducky.plays-]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Can you be more specific?

[@azurablack5422]

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 💀

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you for your comments. They mean a lot to us.

[@mayowhishes]

11:30 twilight creates the unity crystals; the three shooting star crystals turned into the guardians themselves If both sets of crystals are one-in-the-same Maybe their spirits dispersed and became pony magic and twilight slurped them back into their crystals ?

[@GrimWolf001]

The credit Twilight takes is putting all the magic of Equestria into the Crystals... not that she created the crystals.... and yes basically dived her her magic and her alicorn self. Thank you for your observations.

[@annyikioi4511]

Can I know where I can watch Gen 5 MLP?

[@GrimWolf001]

It's officially streaming on Netflix. If you have the opportunity, to subscribe at least for a month to the see the episodes, you help the creators.

[@annyikioi4511]

@@GrimWolf001 Oh Great, thank you 👍

[@MagdalenaBarszczewska]

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

[@GrimWolf001]

Thank you! I sure hope so too.

[@KenDoStudios]

thanks for using my catch phrase

[@GrimWolf001]

What catchphrase? Oh my god! You are going to sue me right?