Which Friendship is Magic characters are still around in My Little Pony A New Generation?

[@VcSaJen]

I don't think Discord have much concern about being "alive", as he showed to Starlight in "A Matter of Principals". As long as magic comes back eventually, he can recreate his body.

[@galactical3110]

There was some official art recently, can’t remember where from but it shows the G5 Mane 5 exploring an abandoned Canterlot, Sunny appears to be holding what seems to be Discords horn (the one on his head), suggesting he may be gone.

[@bobraekevelt7953]

@@galactical3110 that could on the opposite hand mean he can come back seeing discord can regenerate from 1 part of his body once he has enough magic supply.

[@bobraekevelt7953]

@@galactical3110 we have seen that multiple times when he changes to other forms and also when he sends his hand of on his own.

[@lunasquib]

@@galactical3110 well I think Discord is pure magic so once it returns he probably returned? Or he never faded and just left his physical body once he could

[@galactical3110]

@@lunasquib good idea! Imagine what it’s be like if sunny and the gang met him ✨

[@1MZZZ]

What if starlight was still around after twilights friends was deceased and therefore she tried casting a spell but turned herself and twilight into a stone. ahh so many theories!

[@StratagemHorse]

Well, that does sound like a very Starlight thing to do indeed...

[@lilSpykey]

Starlight is definitely someone who would figure out immortality in fact she probably has offscreen before the show ended who knows

[@antoinedowning2378]

@@lilSpykey as soon a pony becomes an Alicorn thrill live as long as they want

[@lunasquib]

@@StratagemHorse it does thats why it seeks cool but idk would also be dark to realise twilight and starlight outlived their best friends

[@bluhearts5216]

I'm pretty sure there was an episode with Starlight mentioning in passing that she was a Fair bit older than Twilight herself (like 200) and this might not be necessarily true due to other episodes being canon. So she could actually be immortal

[@eddie-roo]

If I remember correctly, Alicorns are extremely longevous, but they’re not immortal

[@DinosaurNick]

True and we dunno exactly how old Celestia and Luna are ... but it seems to have only taken 20 some years for Twilight to grow to Celestia's height ... grant it she was older than Cadance was when becoming an alicorn as we see teen Cadence as an Alicorn... and yet when Twilight in an adult Cadance is still shorter than Celestia ... but maybe cause not as much time had passed for her... maybe Cadance was only an Alicorn for 10 years by that point... while we see Twilight after 20 years... Anyway, I got off topic there... The fact that the story of Equestria's founding mentions unicorns used their magic to raise the sun and moon before Celestia and Luna came. Then the fact Luna was imprisoned on the moon for 1000 years. It's safe to assume Celestia is thousands of years old. However, Luna is smaller than Celestia even after 1000 years. So did she stop aging on the moon? Or did magic revert her back to her innocent youth? I feel like she was only a few years old, like 20+ and less than 100, and going to the moon kept her from aging in appearance. That also makes sense as I imagine Celestia controlled day and night alone before her sister was born and took over the night. This also explains Celestia being able to control Day and Night for 1000 years by herself. We see at the end the sun setting by itself and then G5 has day and night moving on its own. I think Twilight invented a magic object to control the sun and moon automatically. If that's the case, magic did still exist even after it was gone. But it was only in magical items.

[@jemimach2741]

@@DinosaurNick I think why the size difference l is because that Celestia is older than Luna (it's pretty obvious, I guess). And between Cadence and Twilight, I think it's about their occupation, Twilight as a ruler of Equestria, Cadence as the ruler of the Crystal Empire, considering that Equestria is much more bigger than Crystal Empire, I think somehow Twilight as the Ruler Of Equestria, is bigger cause of her Occupation. That's just my theory though

[@eddie-roo]

@@DinosaurNick if I recall correctly, celestia and luna gave twilight a magical tool to control the day and night cycle when they went on vacation.

[@StratagemHorse]

That's one of the things never explicitly stated in the show. We know Celestia & Luna have been around for over a thousand years, but the term immortal is never used in the actual show.

[@StratagemHorse]

@@eddie-roo They indeed did

[@alexanderwolf1984]

Actually we do have a slight clue as to their state of being while in statue form. If what discord says is true they are still very aware of their surroundings but not able to move, so a fate I feel far worse than death.

[@StratagemHorse]

If the spell indeed effects them the same way as Discord then, yea... that'd be pretty awful.

[@alexanderwolf1984]

@@StratagemHorse I WAS FROZEN FOR 1000 YEARS WITH AN ITCH THAT BEGAN IN YEAR 42! Needless to say....what was that...yes....we do need to fill all the swimming pools with jello

[@emsiyes]

@@alexanderwolf1984 NO NOT THE ITCHING

[@alexanderwolf1984]

@@emsiyes yes, the itching for 1000 years!

[@emsiyes]

@@alexanderwolf1984 imagine the pain AAAAAA

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

I could see discord being so distraught after his -wife's- Fluttershy's death that he turns back to chaos to try to forget about it

[@yondaime500]

What if the magic wasn't completely gone? It was stored in crystals from each of the pony tribes, so maybe it was just pony magic (and that of those animals from Zephyr Heights who could fly for some reason). Some people say that Twilight is still alive, and is the reason why magic was lost (although the specifics of her motives for doing that vary from one person to another), and didn't lose her own magic. I think it's interesting to note that Equestria in G5 is safe and hasn't been taken over by any evil forces, despite having been isolated and defenseless for possibly many centuries, which suggests that someone or something had been protecting it. Unless literally everyone who might want to take advantage of this situation is already dead or otherwise incapacitated.

[@StratagemHorse]

I've been thinking about the possibility that it's only pony magic which disappeared, however, I don't think that's the case. We've only seen 2-2.5 non pony species using magic, all of them bearing some resemblance / possible relation to the ponies. The species in question being Kirin, Changelings, and (kinda) Hippogriffs. We have seen no other species being able to use magic. Other than that, there are only specific unique creatures using magic; most of them villains (Discord, Tirek, "The Shadow" (Pone of Shadows)); as well as the reindeer and (kind of) Spike. So it'd seem that magic is mostly related to (extended) pony-kind. If other beings still had magic, it would most likely had been mentioned or shown in the G5 movie. As you said, Equestria wasn't taken over by anyone/anything. Now, it's possible that outside forces simply weren't aware of the ponies loss of magic; after all, sun and moon still function, and even the ponies weren't aware that the other tribes had lost their powers. So maybe other threats simply didn't attempt to attack as they weren't aware of Equestria's relative defenselessness. A protector in the shadows (be it Twilight, Discord, or whoever) would be an option too, though I hope they won't go for that, as that has the potential to cause endless moral dilemmas. And yea, I know the "Evil Twilight took away magic and is now mad at Sunny" idea. Not a huge fan of that one either; plus I can't see Hasbro pulling a 180 on the previous generation's main character and turning them into a villain; so while it's a somewhat entertaining thought, I do not consider it at all likely. Closing remark: I personally went with the "all magic was gone" idea as it does away with the problem of why no super-villain took over the land; it seemed the most obvious solution. Also, it's more TV-Y compatible than other ideas, heh.

[@yondaime500]

@@StratagemHorse Yeah, Twilight as a villain seems unlikely, but I think it would be cool if well written. Like a more impactful version of Nightmare Moon, with a richer backstory and a more morally ambiguous motivation, instead of just wanting to destroy everything. In any case, the state of Equestria in the movie feels very artificial. The pony tribes are completely isolated from each other and apparently unaware that other types of creatures exist (if they still exist), for who knows how many generations. The movie sort of acknowledges that with the memory stone Easter egg in the background, but I don't know if they are actually going anywhere with this. It feels like the writers just decided to force this situation to fit the story they wanted to tell, without worrying too much about the logic of how it would come to pass or how it would last for so long. That is what made me start looking for explanations like Twilight or someone else pulling the strings from behind the scenes. But I guess we'll see what they come up with for the series next year. I was also wondering if there are other pony settlements besides the ones we see in the movie. If so, how do ponies travel between them without crossing other tribes? And if not, how did the population of Equestria drop so much? That can turn dark pretty quickly, but that fanfic has already been written anyway. I guess the TV-Y explanation is that the movie takes place around the triple frontier of the tribes' territories, so I'll go with that for now.

[@mmstudios4538]

@@yondaime500 for manipulating things behind the scenes, I would have to say it would probably be Discord. He is the only being with powers suited for creating this kind of environment as well as powerful enough to keep new threats out. I could see him doing something like this as a final request from fluttershy. As for Twilight being the one to take away magic, it works if you look at is as a last ditch effort to stop the tribes from waring and destroying each other

[@Theatricsanddramatics]

​@@yondaime500 The writers didn't even make the horrible looking Twighlight model accurate either. When she goes to do that magical warning recording, her model looks the same as everyone else's, even though we SEE at the end she has grown and has a crown, peacefully living on to that point. But when she records it... she still looks young... so did she predict the future, or?-

[@Dr.Oofers]

@@Theatricsanddramatics could just be the animators being rushed and having to reuse a normal pony base model to at least have something to resemble twilight. The special was rushed, who knows if Hasbro told them to include twilight at the last minute.

[@VcSaJen]

Chrysalis heard of Grogar, so I must assume she lived during the ancient times when he was a well known legend, not just obscure children's fairy tale.

[@KidPrarchord95]

Even if we disregard that, Celestia also seems to have known Chrysalis at some point in the past

[@atherflame7626]

If Sombra comes back again he is going to become the new William Afton

[@damiondraws8538]

Discord could have lost his magic but kept his immortality. For all we know, his immortality could be attached to his species like dragons rather than his magic. I mean, he is a draconequus. For all we know, that species is immortal or at least long living like the dragons. It would also explain why he couldn’t solve everything with his op magic, because he has none. And instead of him appearing as a villain or a good guy, he could just be some wise old sage character living in flutter shy’s old home. Maybe it could be overgrown and a tree could have grown through it, which would make for a very fun design. We have plenty of hollowed out trees for houses, but what about an old house where a tree grew through it? Would make for some nice silent lore. Plus having discord as a wise old sage type of character would work pretty well with the possible stories for g5. A fan favorite story route people hope for them to go on is a journey through equestria, giving us a view of what it’s become, as the characters search for clues of the past so they can learn forgotten lessons to help them in the present.

[@eagletgriff]

If i saw discord like that id cry lowkey

[@unidentifiedwalkingperson]

Yeah. A draconequus is a mixure of all sorts on animals, including *dragons.* It's possible that he has the ability of a dragon to have a naturally long life-span.

[@shattermind9355]

I would ugly cry.

[@break_the_galaxy]

This hits differently after the comics. I love your idea about him living in Fluttershy's old house but I'd be lying if I said I'm not bawling like an idiot after reading this

[@keepyourennardandillkeepmi5155]

He's in the books

[@Tarpick]

I think discord turned himself into stone after fluttershy died

[@Greenboi32]

In one of the comics Discord is shown to be alive, but aged, meaning he may not have all of his magic NOTE: In that same comic, it's shown that the alicorn at the end of Make Your Mark caused the feud between the pony races

[@DaCrzyBeatMare]

I guess to contradict your idea of the Alison's being gone at this point, it doesn't explain why opaline is still around when it's been said that she basically grew up around Celestia and Luna

[@sykeassai]

There is one pony you overlooked. But the second one is StarSwirl who is properly passed on anyway despite his incredibly unusual longevity. The first is Starlight. Well, it is more than just Starlight. But Starlight armed with Star Swirl's spells. Herself and or Sunburst could be entrusted with Star Swirl's longevity secret. (which may or may not be an immortality like spell) She has also proven herself to be adept at time travel magic. This would make one of them (most likely starlight) to appear as living in G5 while having actually died a long time in the past. Not that I propose her role would be particularly big, But as a well experienced headmistress of the school of Friendship, she would be well placed to provide a crucial emotional or knowledge boost when the G5 group may need it.

[@efaristi9737]

what longivity secret ?

[@eddie-roo]

I really hope OC McNoticeMe doesn't come back

[@remjashin1924]

@@efaristi9737 a longivity spell is a spell that draws the length of time something or someone will live, giving them temporary immortality in age

[@efaristi9737]

@@remjashin1924 i know or at least can guess, what a longivity spell is, i'm not a idiot, thank you. I meant when did Starswill ever mention that he extended his life through magic?

[@omega9216]

@@efaristi9737 he has been aroud since before the unification of the 3 tribes and even then he was known as THE BEARDED meaning he was old when Equestria was founded and before Celestia and Luna ware even born, who knows how long he lived

[@ashleighstangeland7488]

If they do bring flurry back... Have her aged up and maybe since Tara did do her crying noises... Maybe have Tara voice her?

[@Greenphantom16]

I mean that could be pretty expensive it would be fine for her to have a different voice actor to considering she is all grown up now and probably hit alicorn puberty.

[@ashleighstangeland7488]

@@Greenphantom16 I mean yeah it could... I suppose

[@Cindie4321]

the conclusion i always drew about alicorns was that they lived as long as the subject of their cutie mark. cutie marks may be an enigma still, but the effects seemed straightforward; celestia and lunas magical fate-dentity were connected to the actual sun and moon in the sky. twilight was a, if not THE, major conduit for some of the most powerful magic in equestrias history (all of it friendship based, no less). and cadence was... less clear, it seemed she may have been connected to the crystal heart, OR could have been the alicorn of love, and alongside shining armor was a marker of a different kind of love than friendship, as well as parents to flurry heart, who, born in the crystal pony kingdom, would eventually rule it as the obe with the connection to the crystal heart. so celestia and luna could very well still be kicking, since the sun and moon are, obviously. twilight may or may not be (depending on if you read her life purpose to be magic based or friendship based) and could either be just some weird giant purple lady in a library somewhere OR dead after the last of her friends died. cadence is also a maybe, whether she dies after shining armor does or lives as long as flurry heart. and flurry heart is going to be alive as long as the crystal kingdom, so, take that for what you will. love the concept and how you handled it though. im excited to see how things shape up

[@peppermintplushy]

Weird giant purple lady 😂😂😂😂

[@Greenphantom16]

Damm imagine the main 5 stumble upon that library twilight has gone insane and reads all the books she can get her hands on and is always wanting more and Sunny is questioning her life choices and the other 4 are just confused and scared.

[@SecurityBreachShowfanMatt]

Hate to say it cadance Is the princess of love kinda kinda

[@Ellesiumss]

I think luna was became older and looked like celestia, but celestia died. It makes luna living somewhere alone or moved on.

[@1withthelion]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and I'm hooked, you have a perfect ASMR voice, it's very calming and I found you at just the right time. I will definitely check out more videos in the future

[@Random12098]

If discord, is still around, he's gonna be crying because Fluttershy is gone

[@Sobeitut]

I'm just gonna say that I think your channel is very underrated. You seem to put a lot of effort into your theories !

[@StratagemHorse]

Thank you very much!

[@voidstarkitty8452]

I've always thought that if Discord's realm wasn't affected by the loss of magic, the the dream realm wasn't either and Since most of Luna's magic seems to only really exist in the dream realm (Unless it escapes like the Tantabus) Luna might still exist there, and that the Tantabus and possibly traces of Nightmare Moon might also still exist. That would also explain why ponies aren't plagued by nightmares. Considering how important Luna's job was, (not saying Celestia was unimportant, but there were other ponies who could move the sun nd be a good leader) I have a feeling thing would go badly with out her.

[@Comnislasher]

>Considering how important Luna's job was Uh, no. Her job is utterly unimportant. Ponies spend thousand years without her and didn't have any problems at all. In series ponies had exactly one problem with Dream world and nightmares - Tantabus. Who, you know, created by Lune herself.

[@1MZZZ]

What if twilight just removed magic from all pony kinds as she saw them fighting and she couldn’t fight that without her deceased friends therefore having no choice but to remove the magic. She had the idea of crystals as an idea so she stored everyone else’s magic into them. I think she is still alive as argyle has a NEW condition of twilights feather. If it was an old feather, why isn’t it in messy condition and why inst it dusty. Half broken etc.

[@StratagemHorse]

Maybe. Personally, I don't think it overly likely though; as no one except for Argyle and Sunny had even heard of Twilight. I just can't imagine her removing herself from the world this much.

[@MEDIAFIRR]

@@StratagemHorse hi make a video on the windigos

[@StratagemHorse]

@@MEDIAFIRR already did, it's part 2 of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnVZJKYrs6lhck

[@nobitches4207]

i remember the creators saying twilight doesnt outlive her friends.

[@Cynemi.star.]

I believe that after Twilight's friends died, something happened that made the 3 ponies (pegasi,unicorn,earth ponies) fight. In heartswarming, Twilight decided to plan something that included all the princesses but it went wrong and only brought back the windigos. Since the only known thing to defeat the windigos is friendship, Twilight doesnt have any other choice but to take the magic of everypony (including herself and her friends) but her friend's magic and herself turned into the form of their element and she combined them to the 3 crystals we know now. She tried to suck up the windigos with the crystals but she couldn't do it alone, so all the other princesses helped by tranferring all their magic to the crystal and standing by her side. She successfully banished the windigos along with herself and the princesses forever. This would make how their isnt any sign of windigos or how the sun and moon can set by itself. Sure Luna and Celestia could still be alive but wouldn't the other ponies know who they are? Because even if Celestia and Luna retired, after Twilight dies (I heard she's not immortal) someone has to take her place and the 2 sisters are the only choice. Sure another princess can rule over but she would still die and someone has to take her place and what if their wasnt any alicorn left? It just doesnt add up.

[@minavetrhus8453]

Skip if you don’t wanna read me rant about magic I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure pony magic and everything else magic are separate things in a way. They had to unite the three tribes of ponies to get their magic back, but i don’t see in any way how that would make a difference to anyone else. Sure, if a creature that feeds off of pony magic like tirek did; they would be stripped of that magic and I can respect that point of view, but changelings feed off of love regardless of what species it comes from like thorax befriending spike. No pony involved. I don’t know the lore behind grogar since I haven’t seen and memorized all the seasons of all five shows, but I’m pretty sure his magic has something to do with his bell while also being partially separate from it. Don’t know how that works on his age. Discord is in a way immortal since he exists as long as magic exists and other magical creatures doesn’t stop existing just because of some pony crystals in this universe. At least that’s if my theory is correct. My point is that it probably doesn’t come down to time after conflict with most of the other magical creatures. It’s on personal lifespan with/without ponies depending on your magical dependence on them. An example is the wendigos. I think they fed on hatred between ponies in general or pony kinds (earth pony/Pegasi/unicorn) and went away with it. They were dependent on either pony magic stemming from hatred or magic stemming from hatred in general. Or just hatred. But they disappeared when there wasn’t any hate left there. Hence my theory of what could and what would. It just depends on what their species needs to survive and for how long excetera. Rant over.

[@JoshuaDDales]

Alicorn lifespans could be as long-lasting as the purpose the alicorn in question has in the world is needed. And unless Discord turned himself into stone, he could be hiding in the chaos dimension, unable to leave during the period when magic was basically non-existing. I have a whole idea on how Twilight and the magic could leave, but that would require a dedicated video to discuss properly.

[@ashleighstangeland7488]

As for Discord it's clear that he is only in Equestria for Fluttershy mainly... If Fluttershy and him ended up together like I predict they hinted at in season 9s finale then if Fluttershy passed its probably very likely to predict that discord would feel he had no reason to live anymore and thus died with Fluttershy.... Spike well spike saw Twilight as a mother like figure, he loved Rarity, and he was super super close to Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Starlight, Ember, Smolder, Thorax, Shining, Cadence, and Apple Jack if he Rarity POSSIBLY got together he probably passed when Rarity did.... If not then it's safe to assume that he stayed around for as long as Twilight did possibly to help her grieve or in a body guard type way aka to help keep her safe... But spike whether he died with Rarity or stayed with Twilight I see him dead either way cause if him and Rarity were together he like Discord wouldn't have handled the loss of a mate and then died with her if he wasn't with Rarity then it's safe to assume he stayed with Twilight but as Twilight eventually would've given either Luster or Starlight alicorn status it's safe to assume if not with Rarity Spike would've died with Twilight.... But the begs to question what about Twilight's personal student Luster and Starlight... Which one would become Alicorn? I mean Starlight, Trixie and Sunburst are probably around the same age as the mane 5 aka Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie, Rainbow, and AJ if that's the case I dont see Twilight making Starlight an Alicorn unless Twilight approved of Starlight making herself young again... Therefore I think Luster became a princess before magic died and if she did maybe cause Twilight sensed magic disappearing maybe to save Princess Luster Dawn she sends Luster to the Crystal Empire with Flurry if my theory is true it's possible that Luster Dawn is still alive but as a princess like Flurry

[@soul_raider7624]

Discord could also be like idk just be wallowing in Fluttershy's old home. . . I feel like that's what someone like him would do tbh

[@ashleighstangeland7488]

@@soul_raider7624 maybe.

[@FantasticFawnleap]

Dude 😒😒

[@ashleighstangeland7488]

@@FantasticFawnleap what?

[@FantasticFawnleap]

@@ashleighstangeland7488 Why just why!?

[@huwutao8726]

*Magic Disappears* Discord : Oh no im disappearing Brb *Magic Comes back* Discord : Well im incredibly lonely... TIME TO PLOT A NEW GAME FOR NEW PONIES TO PLAY WITH MUAHAHAHAHAHA im really lonely....

[@atiredperson3421]

I think that with Crystallis, like how changelings feed off love, that love helps them stay alive, and something tells me that there won't be that much love left with magic gone, so maybe she could even die before cozy glow does

[@avqraz]

i dont think alicorns are immortal but can def live to over 1000, but in g5 when all the magic was gone for some reason (idk much about g5) it probably took away the magical long lifespan of an alicorn instead of the alicorns giving it up

[@avqraz]

oh and also discord is probably alive because he was in the g5 comics

[@fredbearchannel976]

It’s sad to think that the other mane 5 are dead and that twilight is alive

[@aris1562]

Actually In season 10 we see that chrysalis is actually almost free so they didn’t even lasted more the. 1 year or 2 maybe it was months but I am still feeling sad for cozy glow being turned to stone

[@StratagemHorse]

I see... I'm quite behind on the comics to be honest, haven't read season 10 yet, maybe I should get to that. Though I gotta say, it seems weird that these three would be able to break free in such a short time span, considering that Discord (who is more powerful than them) was petrified for over a thousand years.

[@aris1562]

@@StratagemHorse well you will see why they did on season 10 and you gotta think about how discord escaped to understand how chrysalis is breaking free

[@jacktaylor9217]

Hey how about Greek mythology monsters like the Titans

[@elinbird00]

There’s a season 10!??

[@aris1562]

@@elinbird00 yes it’s on the comics

[@HannahBanana-w7t]

Honestly i think pumpkin cake and (idk the other baby name) is in g5 cuz they were just babys in g4 for the whole show! And furry heart ofc but who is moving the sun and moon now? Flurry? Or someone else?

[@LuxicCardinal]

woah, i WAS not expecting you quiet calm voice. to say i am happy is an understatement. (great video too!)

[@StratagemHorse]

Thank you!

[@espurrcat]

This is a great video, and might I say your voice is really relaxing lol

[@IllusionMaster17]

Actually in the upcoming G5 comics it was revealed that both Sombra and Discord are back.

[@v.v365]

My theory about Alicorns is that they’re not just magically immortal, but that they instead have a magically extended lifespan, meaning eventually they do die, but maybe an Alicorn death is more along the lines of fading into the ether

[@dssagamersmh9554]

my theory might be a bit extreme, but, I thought: what if Flurry Heart is Opaline? since Cadence is gone the crystal heart could also be since it served to spread Love and Light (Cadence and Flurry) and without cadence it could be gone, so Flurry got corrupted by King Sombra (explains the dark colors Opaline has) and moved to Canderlot since nobody lived there anymore and also because of the extreme cold. as I said it's a bit extreme but explains how there's a alicorn and why it's evil

[@CalledBugs]

I'm thinking more like Flurry Heart is the ancestor of Opaline. The fact she's being the villain is either Flurry got corrupted first or Opaline are originally evil

[@wilddream6041]

The new “alicorn” sunny toy says some stuff about somber

[@soul_raider7624]

Sombra?

[@blocks1198]

If discord is effectively a manifestation of chaos , like how the spirit of harmony is a manifestation of harmony then id say its likely that even if discord, being such a magical being died or straight up ceased to exist when magic disappeared so long as there is some chaos in equestiria i would say its likely discord would eventually reform from that once magic returned, whether that's the same discord with all the same memories or a 'new' discord called into existence in the same way but with a separate set of memories and experiences is up for debate.

[@GhostFlare75]

It Was Actually Shown Recently That Spike Is Still Alive And Is Apparently king Of The Dragons

[@bigpigofficial]

Source?

[@WhimsyDrawzStuff]

@@bigpigofficial he was shown in chapter 6 of g5, alive and on screen meeting sunny and the others

[@bigpigofficial]

@@WhimsyDrawzStuff thanks

[@renamon5658]

Spike is now dragon lord in g5

[@funnatopia704]

Ponies are naturally Tribalist, as evident by the fact that Equestria, on numerous occasions, was almost _ripped apart_ at its _seams_ because a disagreement broke out between a group of ponies. In fact, the only reason the tribes united and founded Equestria in the first place was because they'd all die otherwise. Equestria was created through an Alliance that was formed out of survival, not a new-found desire for friendship. Equestria was doomed to crumble eventually due to the ponies themselves.

[@featherpony]

If the spell sealing Cozy/Chrysalis/Tirek failed... wouldn't the spell sealing the Pony of Shadows (which was not Stygion but the shadow creature, itself) be released from limbo? Because Twilight had to break Starswirl's spell to open the gateway.

[@vikashchandra7626]

There is 10% chance that discord could come back but as evil because his dear fluttershy passed away

[@emobeaner]

Fun facts i figured out opaline the new alicorn in G5 has a very very similar color palette of furry if the color are inverted almost as if "she turned to the dark side" if she did yk, and to her being born an alicorn could be bc shining armor is a unicorn and cadence was i think said to be a pegasus so i think it could be that yk, since all other ponies are of the "same kind"?

[@XxXSealightXxX]

Ive been scrolling down but i have not seen anything about flurry heart! Hello! She was born an alicorn! So she not in there?! Bro even discord is somehow alive.

[@fabledgalaxies1952]

One of my favorite things is that if you look at twilight’s wiki (I think it’s twilight’s) one of the people who worked on g4 has said she doesn’t outlive her friends, which could be taken one of two ways: either they all went down together or as is also said “the ponies have been exposed too all sorts of crazy magic, who knows how it’s affected them” implying that the magic of friendship has made them so connected to Twilight that they share her immortality and I think that’s just neat :)

[@lonelypancake5979]

Then that means something took them all out in one swoop…

[@StratagemHorse]

An alternative idea in that regard that just crossed my mind: Twilight 'sharing' her immortality with her friends causes them all to have 'less' immortality, so they all just get to be longer lived instead of immortal.

[@soul_raider7624]

Them taking down Chrysalis who escaped (again) and at the same time losing their lives woyld be pretty poetic, since their final battle would be up against someone who loathes love and Friendship

[@NightCloudI]

That last theory doesn't seem very believable when you look at the last episode where Twilight is a full grown alicorn and the rest of her friends are clearly getting older. My theory is that the mane 5 dies eventually and Twilight is left alone, but after enough time for her student to be prepared to rule Equestria, she passes her immortality to that student who succeeded and became the new princess of Equestria just like Celestia did with her and then she passes on to be with her friends.

[@Oak_Eggar]

Idk where to write this so I’ll write it here It’s not much but the realisation that gen 4 ended 4 years ago actually hurt me, I felt tears The wrap up was good, I got over my issues with it, I was just salty about it, now I’m just sad honestly, there’s characters I would’ve loved to see more of, and from what I’ve seen, g5 isn’t living up to it, might need to rewatch at some point

[@corythompson2118]

I could actually see twilight sparkle still alive somewhere. And she hasn't aged a bit and she is living in her own little decorated cave. and she is somehow watching the mane 5.

[@PaperEater12]

My simple answer, it’s dragons

[@HeyItzGreen]

My theory is that they lived until magic was gone because I think that they are immortal as long as magic is still around but when it was sealed away they lost the thing keeping them alive so they started to pass one by one

[@peppermintplushy]

The whole King Sombra getting blown up was just funny

[@SenpaiTamaki1]

The Crystal Empire has their own form of magic with the Crystal Heart, so they could still be around.

[@Tar_Pick_Piano]

Well both discord and spike are alive

[@thezeldalovingbrony7930]

I have something else to put into the mix. If Tirek was trapped in Tartarus for centuries with literally no magic and in his weakened form then surely he has to be immortal. I mean at the beginning of Twilight's Kingdom when we first see him he's even weaker than his weakened form so he surely must be immortal. I'm sorry if I've missed something here, but something doesn't quite add up to me.

[@ConscriptReporting]

What if the main ponies aren't really dead? What if after the loss of Magic, the Mane Six's bodies got sucked into the Elements of Harmony (which could possibly still exist in G5) and in the elements, they got trapped, forever waiting for another pony to "reactivate" the elements and set them free. Or what if the ponies are really still alive, as in alive and breathing in the G5 universe? Maybe the loss of magic destroyed the G5 pony's taste of time? Making them confused that the G4 timeline was thousands of years ago when it is actually just a few years ago? So many questions, so little answers

[@sergioandrescontreras5251]

Great video. Most of My little pony friendship is magic characters might be gone, their live on in our hearts.

[@thescienceguy7569]

i finished watching all the available episodes and all the alicorns are probably alive with or without magic maybe not Twilight because Opaline herself has been alive since celestia and luna were kids and she did mention alicorns as "immortal rulers"

[@SpidaMez]

a theory of mine, is that g4 takes place around 150-250 years before g5. If you look at the technology in g4 its looks to be around 1850s, 1900s era technology. Looking at the technology of g5, phones, modern houses so i can gues current time, 2020. Unfortunately my theory gets broken when a line in G5 states that twilight lived in a ancient time period. Idk

[@LuvieDraws]

i agree with this

[@aaamogusthespiderever2566]

I mean, it didn’t say how ancient I think

[@SpidaMez]

@@aaamogusthespiderever2566 Ancient means time before recorded history. G4 was obviously recorded, with books and stuff. Another theory is that G4 was an extremely long time ago, where all the recordings of that time was lost by then. It also makes sense, because it would take a lot longer to build stuff as a pony (remember the have hoofs, so its 5 times harder). That means less invention, industrialization and urbanization

[@StratagemHorse]

Good take. I think what makes it hard to really estimate the time frames is that 1) Equestria suffers from "Medieval Stasis", where things don't seem to progress much at all (compare the few scenes we got from the times of the pillars to modern / G4 Equestria) and 2) G4 mixing tech levels. They got a wild west settlement like Appleloosa (~1800s), but at the same time there's Las Pegasus with roller coasters, intercom devices and more modern DDR machines than G5...

[@SpidaMez]

@@StratagemHorse Yeah hard to tell

[@Taku0]

i think discord is still around. he can sense magical imbalance can’t he, he probably would have noticed that magic was slowly disappearing and left equestria

[@LordofFullmetal]

Grogar is actually a major villain in the original MLP show that I grew up with - and I'm pretty sure, iirc, he doesn't live in Equestria. He lives somewhere else. They make a very big point of saying he doesn't live in "Ponyland" (it's not called Equestria at this point; I don't remember its original name, but this is very much pre-Equestria. Fun fact - there's also a character living in this time called Gusty, who has the same cutie mark and colouring as Gusty the Great; so it's probably the same character). So it's entirely possible that he could return.

[@KertaDrake]

I personally think that the trio who ended up as statues might have gotten free before whatever happened to divide the species... Really, Cozy Glow and Chrysalis would have been perfect to cause a divide. Chrysalis just disguises herself as ponies and randomly carries out acts to fan the flames of racism, with Cozy Glow helping from the pony side, while Tirek sits back and eventually tries to steal magic again during the chaos and suddenly there's an actual reason why removing magic entirely is a good idea to Twilight, since it's the only way to stop Tirek and put an end to the more destructive abilities being used by ponies against ponies like weather magic, unicorn spells, and earth pony strength!

[@ronaldpagar6513]

Excuse me, I have News for you the special will be come out next year in 2022 which is spring or fall and that way we can get more answers and questions about what happened to it and some of the characters alive

[@StratagemHorse]

Looking forward to the upcoming G5 specials and TV show. It'll be interesting to find out what canonically happened.

[@christinewhoyt]

actually the special is this spring. :) There will be two series "Tell your tale" will be available on youtube, and will be 2d and be like a slice of life, but the "Make your Mark" series will be 3rd and look exactly like the movie. And I think "Make your Mark" is supposed to be the actual series and this one has a special which is coming out on the 26th of May. The actual series is somewhere in September. And another special on November 26 and yes it's Christmas themed and I think the name of that special is "Make a Wish" and I think somewhere in the world there is a foundation with that name but I could be wrong. And yes I just realised your comment is 3 months old but I'm too lazy to delete the whole paragraph.

[@FlowerofMidgar-0]

Alicorns I dont think are immortal, Celestia and Luna were in power way longer then they should have been and admitted that, but Twilight im pretty sure was a different story, I think the rulers said that Twilight would not reign as long and would also not be immortal *Not specifically in these words but still the same concept*, and the fact of everything going on in G5. And if we are just talking about Discord without magic, there is the possibility where he disappears, not because magic left, but because he lost personality, he lost his magic, which partially makes him who he is.

[@dangamertop9253]

I think that since Discord is an embodiment of pure chaos, and chaos will be around forever, he should be immortal. If he dies somehow though, then there will be a new creature of chaos created by nature.

[@MinaMongoose55]

He is going to in the idw comics

[@xanosdarkpaw1]

You're missing one pony. Fluttershy. If Discord is still alive, so is Flutttershy because I don't see her dying while he has anything to do about it.

[@StratagemHorse]

But would Fluttershy want to stay around forever after her friends, her animals and the 42nd descendant of Angel Bunny had passed on? Looking at it from the Fluttershy/Discord angle, I think it would be more likely for Discord to become mortal for her rather than her becoming immortal for him.

[@umbreonfan0369]

@@StratagemHorse reminds me of a fan comic I saw on deviant art. Discord talked with death to get rid of his immortality because he realized fluttershy would die.

[@nicnakneo]

Here over a year later: Discord is still around in the G5 comics

[@althea_sirius]

How different would this list be if it's proven that ponies live much longer lives than humans? Ex; Granny Smith. Some other bronies like joshscorcher brought up some good points.

[@StratagemHorse]

Ah yes, the Granny Smith / founding of Ponyville / Winter Wrap Up argument... Overall, I don't think that a longer life-span would change things much. The timeline stretches, what was assumed to be a hundred years might become three hundred, or one thousand, but in the end, it's just numbers that change. Not to disregard that theory, but, I personally think that this was kind of a faux pas by the show writers: Ponyville is within spitting distance of the capitol city, which we know was founded very early on in Equestria's existence (Luna referring to the "Royal *Canterlot* Voice), yet PV was only founded a few centuries ago? Unlikely. It's deep within the heart of Equestria, so it's most likely a lot older, possibly as old as Canterlot. To me it feels like one of the many instances in which the writers just made things up as they went, without any deeper thought about consistent world building. Or another way to look at it: if Ponies did indeed have significantly longer life spans, then there would still be some ponies around who either witnessed things like Nightmare Moon or heard about such events from parents / grandparents who were alive at that time. But no, it's all ancient history remembered by no one.

[@voldy3565]

Relating to this, I hate it when people directly compare the ponies' lifespans to real life animals. They're obviously different. I mean, imagine how depressing it would be to only live like 20 years as a sapient, intelligent creature. Their lifespans are the same as ours, if not longer.

[@Rainbow__cookie]

@@voldy3565 they are very intelligent creatures and they have a hospital and meds too that makes them live longer

[@voldy3565]

@@Rainbow__cookie Yup. Again, just the same as us.

[@Knight_2000_ytandtwitch]

In the G5 Comics Discord is still alive

[@Sunnydaze081]

4:32 he appears in one of the g5 comics

[@DinosaurNick]

Discord snaps his figures and causes ... discord. The very notion of "Why don't he snap his figures and fix problems" is silly cause he has chaos magic ...

[@StratagemHorse]

He does have control over his magic though, and chaos != evil. So he could cause chaos whilst still saving the day. Like how he deflected Sombra's magic by turning his attacks into confetti and other non-sense. Just turn Tirek into a banana and cause glowing arrows with the text "I cause the bad smells" hover over Chrysalis whenever she transforms to blow her cover. Or something like that; I think there are options there.

[@electrobob992]

Oh and any victim of the cockatrice, since I'd imagine that any victim of them would possibly exist as stone. Possibly able to return in a future moment using magic or a friendly cockatrice willing to turn them back. Great... Now that makes me imagine some characters might have used one to save themselves when magic was getting destroyed, maybe even in pieces to be assembled at a later moment..

[@soul_raider7624]

You saying this just reminded me of that princess that Sombra scattered throughout Equestria. . . I forgot her name but she's probably still alive just scattered, y'know?

[@voriaeveningflame]

Here's another possibility for Grogar: He could be in limbo. I also thought of a theory that would help explain some inconsistencies with the cutie marks in G5: the majority of magic in Equestria may be gone, but that does not mean that it's gone in the entire world. As we learn after the G4 movie (and when Tirek was introduced), there are lands outside of Equestria. Considering that the Storm King had some magic and that we don't see any other creatures like him in Equestria, he could be from elsewhere. The planet could still have magic, it's just very weak in Equestria. That would also help in explaining why so many ponies continue to receive their cutie marks and that they're present on just one flank instead of two.

[@Awildsalamenceappeared]

So far spike is the only one we know alive

[@coremagpie9221]

I don't know if this supported by the cannon, but I think it is, I headcannon that the Changeling leaders have extended lifespans. I think Chrysalis probably used most of her lifespan in the past, but Thorax might still be alive, or have only died recently.

[@nebulaquatic]

while not canon, the gen 5 IDW comics confirm that discord is still alive sadly I doubt he'll appear in the main series, but if he does then damn I'll be surprised. also as for Chrysalis she might show up in in the gen 5 IDW comic, since at the end of issue 102 on the last page it shows chrysalis starting to break free, with a pony looking at her saying "she's early" and at the bottom of the page it says "the end for now" while I doubt she will appear in the main series ,there is still a chance she might appear in the comic. but yeah I feel like that is a hint that we might see her again because, why show her breaking free on the last page with the words "the end for now" and not do anything with it?

[@benhuether5474]

I was really hoping that we would get a "Secret of my Excess" moment with Ember before the show ended and saw what her Emberzilla form would have looked like or at least seen her future self in the last episode. "EMBER SMASH!!!"

[@renamon5658]

In chapter 5 of mym there is a unicorn who said her great great great great aunt was moondancer

[@princesscadance197]

Legit, I'd like to see some post-credits scenes with a grown Flurry. They had a solid few episodes where she was the star of the show, for better or for worse, then nothing is really done with her after that.

[@seandragon9130]

The ending was good and Twilight is ready to become the new ruler of Equestria. But in the mids's Of the ending It was kind of sad that Chrysalis, cozy glow And Tirek Did not get reform But instead They got turn to stone. That make me so sad and upset I wish the writers and hasbro would Give them Second chance and god reform. But instead they didn't. How did You feel about them get turned to stone and did not get reformed. do you feel sorry for them Just a little bit.

[@catalinaargyriou8603]

Flurry Shart as twist villain. giving the fans what they want

[@tristanwilliams4180]

i think Spike might be still alive because Dragons can live Thousands of years

[@blairrebholz1474]

If spectrum stick around to explain to them who they were, they might rebuild them, but they might have to go to Spike to ask them who they were, but might go to her. They were many of the villains had him and his friend

[@laranovelletto8694]

I always headcanon that Twilight's magic got weaker after the other mane 6 deaths And thats why she couldn't stop whatever made magic disappear and separated the tribes again

[@inspector920]

Twilight maybe still alive!

[@blairrebholz1474]

You forget sometime magical theory, disappear way before discord came into the picture he was still in case in stone

[@ritasanchez773]

The three characters that I think are still around are discord flurry heart and spike. Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t discord a god? I’m pretty sure he would be unaffected by magic disappearing from equestria. For flurry heart, my theory is simaliar to Stratagem. Because she was born a alicorn she is a true alicorn. That means she is immortal and she’s probably some where out side of equestria. Last is spike. I’m pretty sure that spike and the other young dragons are still alive. They’re probably off in the dragon lands, watching the events of G5 unfold. Maybe these three will come back later in G5. No one really knows.thank you if read this far.

[@StratagemHorse]

Discord is described as a "spirit" of chaos and disharmony. No creature is ever called a god in Friendship is Magic. Whether or not they simply used the term spirit instead of god to avoid upsetting certain people isn't clear though... So yea, if Discord is indeed supposed to be a divine being, he would still be around most likely. Spoiler: And apparently he is, at least according to the G5 comics. /Spoiler

[@lilchaos9212]

Something that intrigues me is how long dragons live. In the later seasons we saw with the Pillars that dragons like Torch and who we assume is Ember's mother are full grown and Torch looks identical to how he is in modern day. And this is +1000 years ago and before the Pillars left when Celestia and Luna were young students so Torch more than likely could be far older than Celestia and Luna themselves. And we saw how much things changed between the Pillars time and Twilight's time, so the idea of Gen 4 and Gen 5 being around 1000 years apart makes sense, I mean compare it our world and compared the 1910s to the 2010s. So logically Spike and the other dragons being around does make a lot of sense.

[@-ZH]

Thoughts on the Spirit of Harmony (in the treehouse)?

[@StratagemHorse]

Good question... If she's a 'real' spirit, the actual manifestation of harmony itself, then she should still exist imo. Actually, the destruction of the Tree of Harmony and her subsequent weakening might actually have caused the lack of harmony (and thus disappearance of magic) we saw in the G5 movie... On the other hand, if she is 'just' the voice of elements... well, I guess she might come back then at some point to guide the Mane5 (who'll kinda be the new element bearers I suppose). Yea, I think she's still around (or will be around again). Sure, we know next to nothing about what and how she is, but seeing how she apparently lived on in the treehouse (and that allegedly being turned into the big tree we saw in the movie...) I can see her making a return. Maybe as some sort of guide / 'questgiver' for the Mane 5. Like Celestia or the friendship map.

[@Draxzaer.]

I got it! So ppl are always Debating if alicorns were Immortal or not just like twilight Because Her and cadence Were made alicorns And celestia and luna Didn't Age Much in 1k years But on opalines backstory They were kids too So If im correct, every alicorns grow up but when there grown Or Hold a strong amount of magic ( Possibly ) They would Become Almost Immortal like they would probably Live for 3-5k years Especially Flurry heart as she Was born an alicorn Comment if i missed anything?

[@Hanyoumaru]

The biggest question that has to be answered is WHY magic is gone, And for that, I have a theory: It could be possible that someone from the HU-mane Universe found out about the pathway from Canterlot High (or possibly some other place, since we know that magic has been connected to other places in that world.) But due to one event or another, they ended up causing trouble in the Mane universe, and thus Twilight had to cut all connections between the two worlds and cover up the events to make sure nobody else would cause more trouble like that again, but due to the various tribes only knowing the results and not its origin they'd blame each other for what happened and as a result, Friendship (and subsequently Magic) would start to fade from the world, But the knowledge that came from the other world remained. Thus it would explain why the world looks more Advanced than before but the "why's" and "How's" are Not. Granted, I would assume that Magic ITEMS would not have lost their inherited power (since, while it CONTAINS magic powers It can't "leak" (for lack of a better term) it without a (metaphorical) Hole that would drain it.) After all, if magic was lost "naturally", it wouldn't be possible to re-awaken it again, but the movie showed us that the power was only inaccessible, not lost. If it WAS lost some creature would have done so on purpose. (why they would try to steal it in the first place I do not know, but that's beside the point.) After all, the movie showed us that the power was just inaccessible, not gone.

[@StratagemHorse]

Interesting theory. I wonder if we'll ever get a canonical explanation as to why magic disappeared though.

[@lunasquib]

I feel like Spike and Smolder and most dragons we met are still alive

[@Keetsoona]

Better way to explain instant and permanent: Say someone throws a magic blast at you and you put up an anti magic field that is permanent, they can no longer use magic attacks. If they throw a magic blast at you and you cast it out with anti magic, the blast disappears but they can still use magic.

[@rose_playz7]

all princes are alive alacorns? luna and Celistea are at the moon and sun and Twilite is misstry i think she might be trapped or she sacrificed her life for Equestria the three cristals one eart ponys and pigacie and unicornds soo it all makes sence kind of ig

[@DJGEM-pz1pj]

The background music I heard it all before because I use it for I could go to sleep

[@TernaryTomcat34]

I mean considering the fact that we now know that opalin is celestial and Lina’s sister Luna twilight flurry heart and people might still be alive

[@crkfan100]

I know this was from 2 years ago but keep in mind granny has been around since the start of ponyville (I really don't know how old she is)

[@blairrebholz1474]

How do you do 3-D question discord and also have dragon skin

[@Tarpick]

Grogar made all the evil in ecrestrea

[@BoyTrain872]

Discord because he’s a creature that lives forever and has already been in the G5 comic book series so far so I think he might be part of that show…. maybe… I guess.

[@Kuksiko]

With chrysalis cozy and tirem, they are in stone that was made by discord and chaos cant die