i know this theory is really old but.. an alicorn is _all_ of the races, not just a horn and some wings. they get earth pony magic too if they didn't have it already
You're forgetting an important piece of evidence from the first episode. During the provolone, it is said that Celestia and Luna were "unicorn sisters". While you might be able to chalk that up to the fact that the term "Alicorn" was created by the fandom and didn't exist during the first episode, merchandise released afterwards still refers to them as unicorns when repeating the prologue(ie the phone app)
Well... I wouldn't put much stock into merchandise info (no pun intended), but I did go back to re-watch the prologue. It said that the two sisters "used their unicorn magic", which is something alicorns would have. The only other statement that may suggest they were born as unicorns was when Luna was referred to as "the younger unicorn", but that only provides evidence of Luna being born as a unicorn and we've seen before with the Cake Twins that siblings can be of different races. The only other argument I have is... the book Twilight Sparkle was reading wasn't all that accurate. I mean, if the Season 4 premiere is to be believed, the book got Celestia's hair colour wrong. :p
I agree with the brony notion (go check him out) in that the Alicorns are a race, but their children are born as the other races at random, getting their wings, horn or both at the same time as their cutie marks or a bit earlier.
Ash7 oct That's quite a stretch. If that was the case, I doubt it would be "beyond their understanding". If Celestia and Luna had been born alicorns, I doubt they would have been so shocked to find out it was possible.
I think you're forgetting one crucial fact. you can't know about something that happened when you were a baby. Of course Celestia and Luna would have no idea how an alicorn baby is because there hasn't been one since their own births. and they're definitely not going to remember their toddler years
But yet, wouldn't their parents have told about their births? Like, c'mon, my parents bring up at least ten times a year how I caused my mother to puke up her pizza on a family reunion, and made everyone scramble out of the house at midnight to go to the hospital.
Guardian Eris Even they can't remember everything as is happened. Everyone has their own biases. And besides that, we don't actually know about Celestia's and Luna's parents
Guardian Eris Maybe ^^' But maybe not. It could have been the norm. For all we know, Celestia and Luna aren't even from Equestria. What if, where they were born, being an Alicorn was nothing strange? Then, it wouldn't come up. Even if they had been born in Equestria to normal ponies, it may not have come up. At a certain point, they probably stopped seeing the sisters as Alicorns and would most likely spend their time with the sisters as natural foals. It happens. Like adaption and such. People get so used to seeing the kid around they don't tell them they adopted them.
Clearly, Celestia's mane effect is a Alicorn magical ability. No one else has that weird wavy thing going on. And she didn't want to talk about it when Cranky asked.
And Mistmane? Though she is a Changeling.. not that Chrysalis isn't Celestia mother or something (she totally is.. or would be in future as time travels) alongside Sombra being her stepfather, as he is Chrysalis husband. Did I mention that structurally Equestria is continuation of Crystal Empire?
My bet is that neither Luna or Celestia were ever anything beside alicorns... however, they had never been born either! Someone (like Starswirl) or something (like the Tree of Harmony) could have created them this way, alicorns yet not *born* alicorns. It would explain their immortality, which is something that has zero explanation thus far in the show...
BlueTeller In the Two Sisters Journal, Celestia and Luna were tracked down by the six founders (the six in the first Hearths Warming episode), to have the two of them lead since they were basically a mix of the three tribes. The two of them were apparently close to or fully adults without cutie marks when that happens. The event that lead to the two of them getting their marks, was an exhausted (and suddenly grey haired) Starswirl explaining that the unicorns fucked up raising the sun that morning, and so the two of them found their marks while rectifying the situation. The wiki that I read that from didn't say anything about their births or parents, but the book is supposed to be their journal from the beginnings of Equestria. It makes sense for them to NOT recap their own life from kindergarten age all the way to them starting the journal. The journal is supposed to be for themselves after all. Also, it kinda helps the writing team avoid early life details for the two of them, since the chance is too great that they'll fuck it up somehow, and the past of the sisters becomes the new midichlorians(sp?) of the overall nerd culture. Also, it maintains SOME mystery around the two sisters. Cadence starting as a Pegasus, is probably there to set a precedence for ascension to alicorn, explain why Cadence was nowhere to be found with early Equestria conflict, why Cadence was a teenager when Twilight Sparkle was a filly, and to say "Cadence and Shining Armor are about the same age. Cadence isn't cradle robbing with a vengeance, and Shining isn't married to someone that's significantly older than his grandparents".
Shame that it isn't exactly a canon anymore, despite that it was written by one of show designers (also it is quite old). Proves? In Tirek episode Celestia say that Tirek doesn't know about forth alicorn princess. But how he know about third one? Tirek was imprisoned thousand year ago so it mean that Cadence was there (also her real name is Mi Amora Cadenza.. so she is princes Amore). In fact possible explanation of her young age is simple.. she was still young back then (as she is clearly based on G3 Rarity) and turned in stone by Sombra (who was a legal ruler so stepfather?), but her seal break when all other start collapse what lead to most events in the show (worth to point out that all those seals were put by elements but start collapse due the seeds of chaos, so it suggest that Sombra also did use that power.. whet isn't so weird if you look on "alicorn powers" when Twilight made time sight potion..). After that Cadence was put in they distant family for safe-keep. I also add that interpretation form this book contradict several solid theories, so it is new midichlorians.. sort off. Most legends in the show are deliberately unreliable and it is sort of a legend. Comics on the other hand may exist somewhere in the MLP multiverse.
I think Celestia was born a unicorn, if not an alicorn. Just think about it, she seems to know all of these spells and seems to have supreme knowledge of magic. I mean sure she has been an alicorn princess for more than a thousand years, but so has Luna. Luna doesn't show that same knowledge as Celestia. And alicorns are a combination of earth pony, unicorn, and pegasi so Celestia is probably a part of an earth pony that has visions, not born an earth pony. Luna on the other hoof I think was born an earth pony. She always seems to be interested in what ponies are doing in smaller towns like Ponyville which were created by earth pony settlers. Why, because she was an earth pony, and she wants to help her own kind and remember what it was like before she had all of her responsibilties as princess of Equestria. Just a theory, but I think it might be possible.
Horses are awesome Well, celestial could be thousands of years old, you never know; so she could originally be an earth pony, but just have spent most of her time studying?
Good point, but why couldn't Luna. I mean, sure Luna could not be as interested, but Equestria was in a weak state after the attack of Discord, and faced other dangers, as well as Equestria was forming new towns all the time. (Proven by how Granny smith was alive when Ponyville was made.) So Celestia would be really busy, especially if she was running her magic school then.
Another thing that supports Luna being an earth pony is the fact that she has a marking around her cutie mark, from what we have seen only earth ponies have markings/birth marks on their bodies. For example Pip and Trouble shoes (around his mouth and nose). I know this is a weak idea but i have literally not seen any unicorns and pegasi with them.
You can be an alicorn without being a princess. being an alicorn means you have extremely powerful magic. not every alicorn has to be a prinsses. there is a video somewhere or part of an episode or equestrian girls idk where sunset shimmer basic ly becomes an alicorn because she had a horn but she also had phoenix wings. a lot of people were saying she was a princess because she was an alicorn. but she still wasnt, she was just an alicorn. but a human alicorn witch don't make sense because when rarity an twilight ponied up they didn't have horns. wait, does this shape look like sunset to you? ^ (gasp) it looks like a unicorn horn and it's a triangle. do you know what that means?
+Tommy Ozment (gasp) you got it. yeah I spent so long typing that comment that when I found that I didn't have an actual triangle so I was relieved when I found that
Just one problem. If celestia and Luna became alicorns BEFORE getting their cutie marks, what achievement made them worthy of becoming alicorns in the first place!?
Makes sense, even now with the new episode with Starswirl He was a magic teacher, specialized to training princesses/alicorns, and there's also the episode with Celestia's birthday, where the kids say, narrating the story, that there were six advanced unicorns to raise the sun before they found out celestia could do it, and that's how she got her cutie mark (don't know about Luna tho) and connect that with this theory and you'll get a very accurate story i guess
I think lauren's words needs to be mentioned here. Keep in mind the crystalling was made years after she said that so that might have been forgotten or changed over time along with the fact that lauren wasn't the one who wrote the that episode. so the point is anyone can change the facts based on how they can make the story work. if the princesses were born alicorns then they would know how to handle flurry heart and that means the crystal heart wouldn't have been shattered, the barrier between the cold snow and the crystal empire wouldn't have been broken and they wouldn't have needed sunburst because the crystal heart never needed fixing, somewhere in the story at least 2 things could've happened, 1 lauren changed her mind to fit the story or 2 the writer for that episode forgot about that informatin.
or MAYBE, the two sisters were babies when they were babies and they didn't take care of themselves, or didn't need to. (*COUGH* Celestia's teaching method)
I actually like this, altough the journal of the Two Sisters as main evidence is still questionable since it states that the Tree of Harmony is already there before StarSwirl went to limb and we know from Shadow Play that's not the case, it's still useful but it can't be the only evidence.
Queenie of Queens Yes, that may be so. However, Lauren, while the creator of MLP, left the series production. Whatever she says doesn't mean it's true because the people who are in charge of production can change anything they want to when they want to do so. With her no longer helping to write, and Hasbro carefully watching and correcting whatever is created, things can change ^^' after all, Lauren also stated that Luna and Celestia were to be the only princesses. And lo and behold we get Twilight, Cadence, and now Flurry Heart. So yeah, unfortunately her word doesn't really matter anymore because Hasbro is a toy business and will make decisions geared towards the toy business.
Here's my theory. The Alicorn tribe mentioned in the journal (located in Canterlot, being the origin place of the ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE) didn't have children to make more Alicorns, what they did do was select worthy foals from other tribes and trained them to become Alicorns. This explains Celestia and Luna not being born Alicorns (you could argue this but every argument I've seen has been really flimsy and doesn't make sense in the context.) but still having an Alicorn tribe and have them become Alicorns before getting their cutie marks, AND them not knowing Alicorns could be born.
in my headcanon celestia and luna were born alicorns. but, if they WEREN'T born alicorns, i believe celestia would be born a unicorn and luna would be born as a pegasus.
The only thing that goes against this theory is that their teacher was Starswirl. It could be possible that they were born into the royal status, were taught magic by Starswirl, were given a test, passed it, and became alicorns. Since Starswirl mostly knew about magic and friendship, it's possible he thought Celestia and Luna magic and friendship. I don't have the Journal of the two sisters, so this is mainly from the show.
If Celestia an Luna weren't born to Alicorn parents, it would explain why they aren't still around. I believe that Celestia and Luna were born of two powerful unicorns who used all of their magic to turn them into Alicorns in order to end the period of anarchy and bitterness that equestrian was in. It's also possible that Those two forementioned unicorns discovered the means of which to turn one into an alicorn, like the magic Celestia used on Twilight. From birth, after being turned into alicorns, the parents probably took the foals around with them, but since alicorn aging is different than normal, the parents probably died while they were toddlers, before they could remember anything.
This seems plausible, but I like the idea that Luna and Celestia came from a land beyond Equestria, hence the whole, "The birth of an Alicorn is something Equestria has never seen." thing.
Well, actually according to da book, when the two were fillies, they FLEW to find all the gems in the mountains to make crowns, so they must've been pegasi at least for them to do so. Also, they would've had to have said something about becoming alicorns in the book, besides, even if they DID start out as earth ponies, someone would've had to turn them into Alicorns. No, star swirled the bearded couldn't have done so, because A. He may not have enough magic, and B. Celestia and Luna didn't meet him until they became rulers
Celestia and Luna were born alicorns! In the 2 sisters book. It said when they were really really young they would use there magic to make crowns out of gems and then fly up to a mountain and play princess with animals as there subjects! And they said that it is beyond there understanding because maybe there mentors didn't tell them about alicorn because they were young and there mentor didn't wanna spoil there young minds. So yeh I'm 99.99 present sure that they were born alicorns.
Phina Baldone Plus, when Celestia said it was something Equestria had never seen, there was a emphasis on Equestria. So this means at least no pony was born an alicorn after Equestria was formed. And we know of no other alicorns, so maybe they are two of the only ones of their kind.
This book is non canon. End of the debate. Though if you ask my about my overly complex crazy nerd theories.. they are in fact from future and it is least insane part of this theory. - Celestia is no one else then future Starlight Glimmer (G1 Star Gleamer ) as both were based on G1 Twilight and they even joke about that in the show.. twice (Celestia on "Italian Majesty" variant owned by Lauren). Plus both have Asperger. Possible names she also could use are also Mistmane (G1 Princess Misty), Star Cather (who is proto-alicorn) and Sky Wishes (G1 princess Skylark). Plus.. did no one notice that Starlight has exact same colors and heir as Flurry Heart? My guess is that she was turn into unicorn and send to the past, so she would learn friendship lesson before she turn in Daybreaker. - Luna is no one else then Trixie (G2 Princess Trixiebelle), her design name was also Serena (G1 Princess Serena). She was based on G1 Ember, who was earth pony sister of G1 Twilight, what they clearly retcon though she could be Mage Meadowbrook and hide fact that she is unicorn for some reason. - Cadence is no one else then Chrysalis (yup.. they even have similar accent). Mean 6 episode drop also huge clue that she could be Sombra (specifically his golem) wife as Empress (of curved horn unicorns.. who aren't obvious changelings) Sable Spirit. They also weirdly hold Chrysalis cleansing or revealing Cadence shadow name. She was clearly based on G3 Rarity. In comic she was also known as princess Amore. Plus she clearly is also G2 Dazzleglow. - Twilight Sparkle was based on G3 Twilight Twinkle (though final name come from G1 Princess Sparkle), but there are also huge similarities between her and G3 Princess Wisteria (Spike literally wait thousandth years for a princes there) and G1 Lickety Split (also fallowed by Spike). Plus considering that she inherited control over Rainbow of Darkness she probably is related to Scorpan aka Sombra aka Gregor aka Shadow.. yes, he use numerous names. Though he still technically is a head of Royal Family as he adopt other princess into it (as alicorns don't get titles from nowhere). And well.. her parents act weirdly when Minotaur mention her being born "under the tree". More find.. - Starswirl the Bearded who is not a part of royal family despite being adopted brother of Starlight as Sunburst (seriously they parents clearly were together in the past). Not only botch are bearded wizards obsessed over books but with mediocre magical power, but Sunburst is only pony about who Starswirld show any care (usually he don't even referee to them by names). Still his name is based on G1 Princess Starburst, G1 Princess Sunbeam, and Princess Silver Swirl (seriously, no one did noticed that they names clearly reference G1/G2 Princess Ponies?). Plus there is enough proves to find out that Starswirl is not only Sunburst but also Discord when he try (based on G1 Mr. Moohick) including fact that Starswirl befriended originally Scorpan (who is prince of north in G1), but ponies get Scorpan pendent (what "coincidentally is also key to elements") from Moohick in G1 and in G4 Discord. Anyway comic mention Starswir being jealous of alicorns, and speal from Magical Mystery Cure was clearly designed to forcibly align someone with the elements.. but in his case it fail as he didn't have a friends, what is also the reason why she didn't become evil despite being as Starswirl affected by darkness, what affect emotions though. For same reason only main 6 can use elements now as tree is possessed by Lord of Midnight Empire (who was also Spike original boss). In end there is in fact 5-7 alicorns depending on counting (plus Sunset).
Which would also bring up a suspicious question: how would the sun and the moon had been raised and lowered before they were able to control them? Would that mean that there were other alicorns before them that did? Or unicorns?
Lauren Faust no longer works for the show so what she says is no longer canon. Besides, if it's in the show then it doesn't matter what any of the producers or writers say.
But it is said IN THE SHOW. Lauren Faust had an image and idea for the show when she created it, but she left it open to change when she left. It no longer matters what she said because it is no longer canon. She is no longer involved with what the writers and producers say and do.
Lauren Faust no longer works with MLP, she left when season 2 ended or began, somewhere in season 2. In season six premiere, Lauren Faust was gone and I guess Hasbro decided to change what Lauren said. Because of Lauren Faust leaving, the writers were allowed to take whatever she said and throw it in the trash. Your comment is wrong.
Holly Dearing I agree when u watch lullaby for a princess Luna is a Pegasus and celestia obviously was a unicorn because there's even a unicorn celestia
Celestia and Lina are based on two sisters from Rescue from Midnight Castle. If so that Luna born as Earth pony despite being Unicornian royalty would explain her jealousy toward sister and why they left in young age. I presume that is reason why they considered Cadence as Pegazi to fit the pattern.. except she was based on G3 Rarity who was unicorn and I doubt it is canon especially as she is Celesta and Luna niece. Celesia could also relate to G3 Star Coather who was pegazi.. though it was before reintroduction of unicorns so considering her unusual design she could be as well a alicorn.
TheRezro Very good point and Valid argument. Celestia does indeed resemble Star Catcher however it was said Celestia was based of a G1 pony named 'Majestic' who was infact a unicorn. I still either stand by alicorn or earth pony.
Possibly, Celestia and Luna are not truly the same type of pony as the Equestrians. We've seen ponies like the Maretonians, and they seem to be a different species or subspecies from the ponies we have been shown in Equestria. What if Celestia and Luna are from a similar type of pony to the Equestrians, yet they are all or mostly alicorns, or at least more prone to giving birth to them? It would make sense, as the only ponies we've seen become alicorns are Twilight and Cadence, Cadence being depicted in the book "Twilight and the Crystal Heart Spell" as being found in the woods as a pegasus by earth ponies, and it is possible she was not left there by Equestrians, but rather by a civilization of alicorns, and she was thrown out due to her birth as a pegasus. Hence, it was much easier for her to become an alicorn than it was for Twilight, who had to be put through magical tests and bear the elements of harmony. Actually, the fact that Cadence, who was possibly from this alicorn civilization, was the mother of Flurryheart lends more evidence to this theory, and could explain her birth as an alicorn rather than a normal pony.
If Celestia was an earth pony then how did she study magic without a unicorn horn like Twilight? Plus,in the first episode it said Luna and Celestia were UNICORN sisters! [your theory is wrong]
@@trueassasymphonie8457 Which made no sense cause Unicorns don't have wings ... I always called them Alicorns cause that's what they are (Look up Alicorn image search. Alicorns existed before MLP picked it up!)
@@thatpersoningenue6280 But they can't manifest it and concentrate the magic like unicorns so they can't do actual active spellcasting, they base their magic on pasive phsyical & harvest abilites
quite a few of you do forget the fact that even if celestial and Luna were born alicorns they weren't born crystal ponies, meaning a crystaling would not be part of their culture. Also the aging difference between celestia and v.s twilight and cadence which is made quite clear. throughout the past seasons cadence aging has been shown as well as twilights, but celestia seem to remain immortal
"Surrounded by Ponies so much younger than us who have their Cutie Marks" "Now that we're Princesses" ... To become a Princess you first have to because of an Alicorn. If they were BORN Alicorns, they'd have to be BORN Princesses (like Princess Flury Heart). Twilight Sparkle BECAME a Princess when she BECAME an Alicorn (Grant it, they had to do the coronation, but that's just a formality to inform the kingdom). So if they became Princesses (like Cadence and Twilight). And they couldn't get their Cutie Mark until AFTER becoming Princesses (because they didn't have that kind of power). Then they had to BECOME Alicorns in order to find their calling.
No. Just, no. The reason behind why they said that was because remember the episode "Hearth's Warming Eve?" The leaders are tired of their land, so they LEAVE and find Equestria. Luna and Celestia were born before it was called, "Equestria". Lauren Faust said these two were born alicorns. Remind you, they're HER characters! Mind blown? CELESTIA AND LUNA WERE NOT EARTH PONIES, YA BIMBO!!!!!!!
I bet princess celestia was a unicorn with her sister luna both were unicorn I think celestia read a spell to turn her slef a princess or some thing I don't know don't be the boss of me
+ILoveDogs AndHorses587 the fandom has agreed that her pink coat is a reccesive gene!! I personally believe it is passed down from her mother's side since her mother is called cloudy quartz, the perfect name for pinkies pink grandmother would be rosy quartz. just saying. get yo facts straight.
Cadence said to twilight "I must tell you I am a little out of practise when it comes to flying" So wouldn't that mean she was something else first? A unicorn perhaps?
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Maybe they have visions as an earth ponies ability because alicorns have all three types of magic (including earth ponies too?) ? If so, they could start off as any type of ponies and gain this ability when they became alicorns.
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yes earth pony magic why is no one talking about that one time I think it was episode 3 I think it was when they had like that fight over the ticket Ticketmaster that's the episode I'm talking about and Applejack uses magic it's really scary I'm surprised no one's been talking about that
Based on Twilight's appearance in the last problem, i think it's safe to say the Sisters used to be unicorns since Cadance didn't have the same magically flowing hair that they do. Cozy Glow's didn't start magically flowing either when she became an Alicorn, but i initially assumed it was just because she didn't legitimately ascend like the princesses did, but the more I think about it....
I think it's more of an age thing rather than an types of ponies thing. Since Celestia and Luna are extremely old alicorns and Cadence and Twilight were younger, I think it's safe to say that the older an alicorn becomes, the more their appearance becomes.. More magical?
The only thing I though when I saw this video's title was: "I wish SlyWit would _finally_ update Paradise! It's been too long since there was a new chapter."
i was thinking that they didnt get their cutie marks because, seriously, who would ever come to think that just one pony could rise the sun or moon when it had been done by dozens before. im pretty sure that it just took a loooooong time to figure out that they could do what was impossible at the time. when celestia said "the birth of an alicorn is something equestria has never seen" could mean that celestia and luna were not born in equestria, and when she said that, it seemed as if she was surprised because she did not think that a fake, spell-created alicorn could give birth to another alicorn
All of your questions is obvious if you think about it. I read the book where that quote came from. Time and time again it is applied that they where earth ponies. When my friends saw the episode, they flipped out, but when I saw it my only reaction to them not being born allicorns was " how did my friends not know this before hand? They read the book too."
Friendship Is Magic Season 7, Episode 1 has established that Unicorns can also have that ability to have visions in dreams. Celestia and Luna being referred to as unicorns prior to the adoption of the term alicorn also help to disprove the idea that the two sisters were anything other then unicorns. Regarding the comics, there are so many inconsistencies in the comics do to bad writing that the comics really can't be used as a valid point of reference.
allicorns need the magic of earth ponies, pegasai, and unicorns to become an allicorn. Its not weird that luna and celestia have the abilies of the three tribes.
If Celestia was a Earth Pony, and Luna a pegasus, then the purple, blue, and white crystals in G5 could represent Twilight, Luna, and Celestia. Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth pony.
I know that this video was uploaded a while ago, but I have to comment now. I don’t think that Celestia and Luna were born earth pony’s. I think that they were born unicorns. Because their mentor was star swirl the bearded who is a unicorn. Celestia and Luna were born before unicorns, pesai and earth pony’s were friends. So if they were born earth pony’s Celestia and Luna would not have been star swirls students. I don’t know if this makes sense but it’s what I think.
Well, alicorns are supposed to include Earth Pony magic, so even if they were not born earth ponies, they might have such senses. Celestia can teleport, and perform great feats of unicorn magic. So it is just as likely as the other races.
I have a fact to add to this theory. According to the books and shows,twilight was a unicorn and cadence was a pegasus. So I'm pretty sure that each alicorn has to be from a diffrent pony tribe, however since celestia and luna have the same blood they count as one princess. BTW this theory is unlikely the truth as it has only a tiny amount of evidence
Probably yes. In a season 8 episode about Celestia's 1111th year of raising the sun for the first time, they said before Celestia Star Swirl and 5 other unicorns raised the sun and moon, but then one day they found out a student named Celestia has the talent to do it herself. I assume then Celestia was still a unicorn, in fact Star Swirl's student. We can't know exactly how old she could have been back then, but if she was still a filly when she got her wings, it would make a lot of sense.
It makes sence. But some people say they would have needed to do something to deserve being an alicorn thus meaning they would have to be a unicorn. which is not completely true. Other ponies can do special things to. Also some say they would also need their cutie mark first. But not everything that is special is worth a cutie mark.
4:35 Alicorns, though, age much much slower than ponies of other races, so them not having their cutie marks while being way older than the ponies that surround them would be normal for them.
Look at Celestia's worry face, along with Luna's 'you sure?' look. They did a similar thing in Equestria Girls when they 'badmouthed' Sunset Shimmer. Note that Sunset was and will be the Queen of the Crystal Empire. But if she returns, Cadance could be out of the job here, so Cadance might not want Sunset to come back. She also wants to keep the image of her giving birth to Flurry Heart. (Note during development Queen Chrysalis and Cadance are THE SAME PONY. "Flurry Heart" ≈ "F.H." ≈ "Face Hugger" is an inside joke) In My Little Pony: Equestria Girls' "Forgotten Friendship", Celestia mentioned EVERY DECISION Sunset Shimmer made, it proves that Sunset Shimmer has a "KIND HEART", no BUTs or IFs. A big departure from "CRUEL AND DISHONEST", but might be true if Sunset took a drastic measure to save the Crystal Empire. She might have to do forceful things and lie to save it. Some might say, "Oh, Celestia said the situation had changed. Oh, Celestia said Sunset is no longer that pony." Remember, Celestia said the situation line with Twilight Sparkle in the group. Celestia never said only the two of them (Celestia and Sunset). Want to include Twilight Sparkle in it? Because Sunset Shimmer is Twilight Sparkle's real mother, and Twilight was present when the Crystal Empire / Crystal Equestria was at its glory. Also in a much more distant past. Celestia got jealous over her older sister, the 'ancient Twilight' (aka Twilight Sparkle's ancient reincarnation). Celestia perceived their mother (the ancient reincarnation of Sunset Shimmer) to love Twilight more than Celestia (hinted with Celestia faking her angry 'Am I not a Great Teacher?' face). So Celestia turned into Day Breaker and attacked ancient Twilight, similar to the much later on when Luna turned into Nightmare Moon and attacked Celestia. A carving of 'Ancient Twilight' can be seen in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic's "Stranger than Fan Fiction". There she is potrayed as a benevolent Nightmare Moon-ish Alicorn. derpicdn.net/img/2016/7/30/1212387/full.jpeg It's Twilight and NOT Luna, due her FIVE STARS and her PURPLE STRIPPED HAIR. "The Fall of Sunset Shimmer" comic also had a tapestry of 'Ancient Twilight', mislabeled as Nightmare Moon. Notice Twilight Sparkle's Cutie Mark there. derpicdn.net/img/2018/6/18/1760508/full.jpeg There you could see how Celestia as Day Breaker, 'break the day'. Considering the whole "Celestia" ← "Caelum" ← "Chisel" ← "Breaker". "Forgotten Friendship" though invalidated that comic's overall storyline. As for Sunset Shimmer is no longer that pony anymore. Imagine this scenario for Sunset: "A powerful pony who is willing to help everyone, without asking anything in return." Now Sunset is a weak pony who have to ask for Celestia's help. She is no longer 'that pony'.
Two points: 1. Their backstory says they CAME TO Equestria...meaning they were not born there. 2. If they were born alicorns that would make them seem more alien to their subjects which would drive a HUGE wedge between them and the common pony.
You should do a theory on why the princesses hair looks majestic but for some reason twilight's doesn't. My theory on the video is that the two sisters were born alicorns. Star swirl mentioned celestisa powers and said they were stronger than his. They said that a bunch of unicorns used to have to raise the sun every single day, but it left them exhausted. It is well know that alicorn magic is the strongest. This is what gave alicorn their godlike status. Celestia would have only been able to raise the sun tho, so she wouldn't have the capacity to create night time, especially when her cutie mark is the sun symbol. That's where luna comes in. Since celestia would've only had enough power to raise the sun, she wouldn't have been able to raise the moon as well. So luna being her sister probably tried her luck at raising the moon and finally got her cutie mark.
Ok so I have something to add to how the sisters were born alicorns: When Luna says "it is beyond even our understanding" That doesn't nesseserily mean that they weren't born alicorns. Think about this for a second: Do you remember being born? Or the first few moments of your life? The big majority of people would say no. So so far celestia and Luna have not seen a alicorn born because as far as we know there aren't any others, so seeing a baby alicorn being born WOULD be beyond their understanding because even though they were born alicorns, they wouldn't of witnessed them selves being born. So Luna saying that does NOT mean they weren't born alicorns. Thoughts?
There is another hole in this theory also, Celestia and Luna out live every other Princess thus far and it is said that Twilight, Cadence and possibly FH will all have normal lifespans and die at a normal pony age (unless they die before that) and so I would think that Luna and Celestia were born alicorns as that would be why they have lived for over a thousand years.
I always thought that Celestia and Luna earned their Alicorn status from Starswirl. They were both Unicorns with stronger magic abilities then the others and Starswirl asked them if they could preform a spell, which they did which caused the moon and sun to rise and set. Then Starswirl pointed out that they got their cutiemarks and proceeded to make them Alicorns.
You forgot that when a long time ago they lost their parents then they found discord after the found people who was fighting over who bring the snow and unicorns tried raise the sun then Celestia raised the sun and that's how she got her cutie mark same as Luna but with the moon. That was a mouthful.
It's been established and acknowledged long ago by Lauren Faust and Amy Keating Rogers that both Celestia and Luna were born Alicorns... It takes seconds to find it with a simple google search...
Cadence was not a pegusus because the first episode she was seen in the fact that she was using love magic means she either was a unicorn at the time or already an alicorn (which is almost impossible because she had to do something to prove she had an alicorn spirit, indicating this type of magic is why she became an alicorn in the first place)then again, this is only MY interpretation, considering the facts I have been given. my only sources are the show and the movies, so people who have more info please correct me if I'm wrong.
I thought that they were born into royalty, so their parents most likely turned them into alicorns at birth with magic. Once their parents passed they were the heirs so they took on the roll of protecting equestria. The Journal of the two Sisters book never actually stated in words that they were born alicorn, although you can say it was heavily implied whenever they said that they were blank flanks because they were alicorns, but that could be easily debunked with my theory that they were switched to alicorns at birth.
I believe Celestia was born a unicorn due to her extensive knowledge about magic not to mention u jave to know about magic before teaching a school for gifted unicorn colts and fillys. On the other hand I think Luna was born a pegusus. She tends not to use magic a whole lot but only when necessary. She also flys to her destination rather than teleport unless its an emergency.
Okay. Pinkie, Maud and Cheese Sandwich are not "normal" for ponies of any race, and furthermore becoming an alicorn obviously gives you powers. Even if we assume visions are an earth pony thing, that would still be no more proof than the fact they have magic proves they were unicorns.
All i know is Celestia and Luna lived for a LONG time and they are almost immortal like Discord and Tyrek so i'm goin with the Allicorn trope and looks like it's confirmed possible there are ponies that are born an Allicorn (Flurryheart)
I think that, Luna and Celestia said that Equestria has never seen a birth of alicorn because. they were born before Equestria was created..and the fact how they said it's beyond their understanding because Their parents must've been very strong and smart so they knew about Celestia and Luna, but Luna and Celestia never knew about it..
Me too. And I think Luna and Celestia are confused about flurry heart having true alicorn genes because Cadance has Pegasus genes and shining armor has unicorn genes, so flurry shouldn't have crazy alicorn powers.
Of course earth ponies have magic. It has been confirmed that they are talented in growing plants and flowers and have a connection to the ground.
Also have more strength that the other
Still not as goodas the others
And they have an insane amount of strength compared to unicorns and Pegasus.
@@randomperson1714 not that much
I still believe they have psychic magic too, but unicorns using it more easily
Funny thing is that even when I was really young, I always assumed they weren't born alicorns, and now everyone's freaking out about it lol
Lol
yeah i also thought of that becuase i saw twillight earn it so i assumed they werent born allicorns
i know this theory is really old but..
an alicorn is _all_ of the races, not just a horn and some wings. they get earth pony magic too if they didn't have it already
twilight: "Princess Celestia, what's your last name?" Princess Celestia: "PIE"
Omgggg Celestia Pie 😂😂
That would be sooo good!! 😂❤️
Headcanon accepted.
I would have said, "CAKE".
What was the sun and moon doing before they became alicorns?
Phesheya Bhembe
Unicorn magic
They moved on their own before unicorns, who forced the sun and moon to their will.
Starswirl and a couple of other unicorns raised the sun and moon before them
There mom and dad
Phesheya Bhembe watch the episode hearth's warming eve
You're forgetting an important piece of evidence from the first episode. During the provolone, it is said that Celestia and Luna were "unicorn sisters". While you might be able to chalk that up to the fact that the term "Alicorn" was created by the fandom and didn't exist during the first episode, merchandise released afterwards still refers to them as unicorns when repeating the prologue(ie the phone app)
Well... I wouldn't put much stock into merchandise info (no pun intended), but I did go back to re-watch the prologue. It said that the two sisters "used their unicorn magic", which is something alicorns would have. The only other statement that may suggest they were born as unicorns was when Luna was referred to as "the younger unicorn", but that only provides evidence of Luna being born as a unicorn and we've seen before with the Cake Twins that siblings can be of different races. The only other argument I have is... the book Twilight Sparkle was reading wasn't all that accurate. I mean, if the Season 4 premiere is to be believed, the book got Celestia's hair colour wrong. :p
I agree with the brony notion (go check him out) in that the Alicorns are a race, but their children are born as the other races at random, getting their wings, horn or both at the same time as their cutie marks or a bit earlier.
Your the best
Everyone is overthinking everything ok was she Borneo alicorn or was she jut lying
Ash7 oct That's quite a stretch. If that was the case, I doubt it would be "beyond their understanding". If Celestia and Luna had been born alicorns, I doubt they would have been so shocked to find out it was possible.
I think you're forgetting one crucial fact. you can't know about something that happened when you were a baby.
Of course Celestia and Luna would have no idea how an alicorn baby is because there hasn't been one since their own births. and they're definitely not going to remember their toddler years
Queenie of Queens yeah, I'd dare any Pony over a thousand years old to remember being a baby XD it's hard enough as a teen
But yet, wouldn't their parents have told about their births? Like, c'mon, my parents bring up at least ten times a year how I caused my mother to puke up her pizza on a family reunion, and made everyone scramble out of the house at midnight to go to the hospital.
Guardian Eris Even they can't remember everything as is happened. Everyone has their own biases. And besides that, we don't actually know about Celestia's and Luna's parents
Auria_Autumn
Yeah, but, I mean, wouldn't their parents have mentioned something as major as "hey, BTW, you had wings and a horn since your birth"?
Guardian Eris Maybe ^^' But maybe not. It could have been the norm. For all we know, Celestia and Luna aren't even from Equestria. What if, where they were born, being an Alicorn was nothing strange? Then, it wouldn't come up. Even if they had been born in Equestria to normal ponies, it may not have come up. At a certain point, they probably stopped seeing the sisters as Alicorns and would most likely spend their time with the sisters as natural foals. It happens. Like adaption and such. People get so used to seeing the kid around they don't tell them they adopted them.
Clearly, Celestia's mane effect is a Alicorn magical ability. No one else has that weird wavy thing going on. And she didn't want to talk about it when Cranky asked.
Lynn Green Well to be fair, she didn't even want to be at that party XD
:D
Lynn Green she has alicorn baldness (comic reference)
And Mistmane? Though she is a Changeling.. not that Chrysalis isn't Celestia mother or something (she totally is.. or would be in future as time travels) alongside Sombra being her stepfather, as he is Chrysalis husband. Did I mention that structurally Equestria is continuation of Crystal Empire?
@@TheRezro Mistmane isn't changeling. She's eastern unicorn like many others in her backstory. It's subspecies of unicorns.
My bet is that neither Luna or Celestia were ever anything beside alicorns... however, they had never been born either! Someone (like Starswirl) or something (like the Tree of Harmony) could have created them this way, alicorns yet not *born* alicorns. It would explain their immortality, which is something that has zero explanation thus far in the show...
Twilight become Alicorn, and those aren't born.. logic is simple.
BlueTeller In the Two Sisters Journal, Celestia and Luna were tracked down by the six founders (the six in the first Hearths Warming episode), to have the two of them lead since they were basically a mix of the three tribes. The two of them were apparently close to or fully adults without cutie marks when that happens.
The event that lead to the two of them getting their marks, was an exhausted (and suddenly grey haired) Starswirl explaining that the unicorns fucked up raising the sun that morning, and so the two of them found their marks while rectifying the situation.
The wiki that I read that from didn't say anything about their births or parents, but the book is supposed to be their journal from the beginnings of Equestria. It makes sense for them to NOT recap their own life from kindergarten age all the way to them starting the journal. The journal is supposed to be for themselves after all.
Also, it kinda helps the writing team avoid early life details for the two of them, since the chance is too great that they'll fuck it up somehow, and the past of the sisters becomes the new midichlorians(sp?) of the overall nerd culture.
Also, it maintains SOME mystery around the two sisters.
Cadence starting as a Pegasus, is probably there to set a precedence for ascension to alicorn, explain why Cadence was nowhere to be found with early Equestria conflict, why Cadence was a teenager when Twilight Sparkle was a filly, and to say "Cadence and Shining Armor are about the same age. Cadence isn't cradle robbing with a vengeance, and Shining isn't married to someone that's significantly older than his grandparents".
Shame that it isn't exactly a canon anymore, despite that it was written by one of show designers (also it is quite old). Proves? In Tirek episode Celestia say that Tirek doesn't know about forth alicorn princess. But how he know about third one? Tirek was imprisoned thousand year ago so it mean that Cadence was there (also her real name is Mi Amora Cadenza.. so she is princes Amore). In fact possible explanation of her young age is simple.. she was still young back then (as she is clearly based on G3 Rarity) and turned in stone by Sombra (who was a legal ruler so stepfather?), but her seal break when all other start collapse what lead to most events in the show (worth to point out that all those seals were put by elements but start collapse due the seeds of chaos, so it suggest that Sombra also did use that power.. whet isn't so weird if you look on "alicorn powers" when Twilight made time sight potion..). After that Cadence was put in they distant family for safe-keep.
I also add that interpretation form this book contradict several solid theories, so it is new midichlorians.. sort off. Most legends in the show are deliberately unreliable and it is sort of a legend. Comics on the other hand may exist somewhere in the MLP multiverse.
it is still canon
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I think Celestia was born a unicorn, if not an alicorn. Just think about it, she seems to know all of these spells and seems to have supreme knowledge of magic. I mean sure she has been an alicorn princess for more than a thousand years, but so has Luna. Luna doesn't show that same knowledge as Celestia. And alicorns are a combination of earth pony, unicorn, and pegasi so Celestia is probably a part of an earth pony that has visions, not born an earth pony. Luna on the other hoof I think was born an earth pony. She always seems to be interested in what ponies are doing in smaller towns like Ponyville which were created by earth pony settlers. Why, because she was an earth pony, and she wants to help her own kind and remember what it was like before she had all of her responsibilties as princess of Equestria. Just a theory, but I think it might be possible.
Horses are awesome Well, celestial could be thousands of years old, you never know; so she could originally be an earth pony, but just have spent most of her time studying?
Good point, but why couldn't Luna. I mean, sure Luna could not be as interested, but Equestria was in a weak state after the attack of Discord, and faced other dangers, as well as Equestria was forming new towns all the time. (Proven by how Granny smith was alive when Ponyville was made.) So Celestia would be really busy, especially if she was running her magic school then.
"Proven by how Granny smith was alive when Ponyville was made"
Wait what? Could I ask about the source?
When it was bring your family to school day for Applebloom and her last option was Granny Smith.
I definitely check that.. after all Ponyvile was created thousand years ago.
Another thing that supports Luna being an earth pony is the fact that she has a marking around her cutie mark, from what we have seen only earth ponies have markings/birth marks on their bodies. For example Pip and Trouble shoes (around his mouth and nose). I know this is a weak idea but i have literally not seen any unicorns and pegasi with them.
sorry i forgot heheh....
Mountain Bunny tempest shadow
Well oh boy, I'm here from the future to tell you about a unicorn named Sunburst who has markings, along with his mother-
You can be an alicorn without being a princess. being an alicorn means you have extremely powerful magic. not every alicorn has to be a prinsses. there is a video somewhere or part of an episode or equestrian girls idk where sunset shimmer basic ly becomes an alicorn because she had a horn but she also had phoenix wings. a lot of people were saying she was a princess because she was an alicorn. but she still wasnt, she was just an alicorn. but a human alicorn witch don't make sense because when rarity an twilight ponied up they didn't have horns. wait, does this shape look like sunset to you? ^
(gasp) it looks like a unicorn horn and it's a triangle. do you know what that means?
*GASP* illuminati!!?!
+Tommy Ozment (gasp) you got it. yeah I spent so long typing that comment that when I found that I didn't have an actual triangle so I was relieved when I found that
Sunset Shimmer pisses me off so friggen much.
If so then why Twilight become a princess? It literally doesn't make a sense if alicorns were a common thing.
Just one problem. If celestia and Luna became alicorns BEFORE getting their cutie marks, what achievement made them worthy of becoming alicorns in the first place!?
Makes sense, even now with the new episode with Starswirl
He was a magic teacher, specialized to training princesses/alicorns, and there's also the episode with Celestia's birthday, where the kids say, narrating the story, that there were six advanced unicorns to raise the sun before they found out celestia could do it, and that's how she got her cutie mark (don't know about Luna tho) and connect that with this theory and you'll get a very accurate story i guess
I own the journal of the 2 sisters they were born alicorns
you haven't seen the crystalling have you?
this was mentioned in the video, don't be so knee jerk...
seems naive . _ .
I think lauren's words needs to be mentioned here. Keep in mind the crystalling was made years after she said that so that might have been forgotten or changed over time along with the fact that lauren wasn't the one who wrote the that episode. so the point is anyone can change the facts based on how they can make the story work. if the princesses were born alicorns then they would know how to handle flurry heart and that means the crystal heart wouldn't have been shattered, the barrier between the cold snow and the crystal empire wouldn't have been broken and they wouldn't have needed sunburst because the crystal heart never needed fixing, somewhere in the story at least 2 things could've happened, 1 lauren changed her mind to fit the story or 2 the writer for that episode forgot about that informatin.
or MAYBE, the two sisters were babies when they were babies and they didn't take care of themselves, or didn't need to. (*COUGH* Celestia's teaching method)
also a lot of people reference the journal, I find it doesn't need to be said
I actually like this, altough the journal of the Two Sisters as main evidence is still questionable since it states that the Tree of Harmony is already there before StarSwirl went to limb and we know from Shadow Play that's not the case, it's still useful but it can't be the only evidence.
Ummmm Lauren Faust already confirmed that they were BORN alicorns
Queenie of Queens Yes, that may be so. However, Lauren, while the creator of MLP, left the series production. Whatever she says doesn't mean it's true because the people who are in charge of production can change anything they want to when they want to do so. With her no longer helping to write, and Hasbro carefully watching and correcting whatever is created, things can change ^^' after all, Lauren also stated that Luna and Celestia were to be the only princesses. And lo and behold we get Twilight, Cadence, and now Flurry Heart. So yeah, unfortunately her word doesn't really matter anymore because Hasbro is a toy business and will make decisions geared towards the toy business.
+Auria_Autumn True but I don't know. I don't think they'd change the lore.
No, she still oversee the project. Also it was her commentary about original design, it could be not actual anymore.
Here's my theory.
The Alicorn tribe mentioned in the journal (located in Canterlot, being the origin place of the ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE) didn't have children to make more Alicorns, what they did do was select worthy foals from other tribes and trained them to become Alicorns. This explains Celestia and Luna not being born Alicorns (you could argue this but every argument I've seen has been really flimsy and doesn't make sense in the context.) but still having an Alicorn tribe and have them become Alicorns before getting their cutie marks, AND them not knowing Alicorns could be born.
in my headcanon celestia and luna were born alicorns. but, if they WEREN'T born alicorns, i believe celestia would be born a unicorn and luna would be born as a pegasus.
Yes, bc luna can fly and raise the moon with her hooves
And celestia can with her magic raise the sun
The only thing that goes against this theory is that their teacher was Starswirl. It could be possible that they were born into the royal status, were taught magic by Starswirl, were given a test, passed it, and became alicorns. Since Starswirl mostly knew about magic and friendship, it's possible he thought Celestia and Luna magic and friendship. I don't have the Journal of the two sisters, so this is mainly from the show.
so how did the sun and moon rise and set before celestia and luna?
A group of powerful unicorns working together.
in hearth's warmig eve it says that unicorns raised the moon and sun before equestria.
+mint animations i know
Before ponies the moon and sun was just moving everywhere and it was crazy lol
there parents moved the sun and moon but they died because of discord so clesteau and luna lreanedhow to move the sun and moon
If Celestia an Luna weren't born to Alicorn parents, it would explain why they aren't still around. I believe that Celestia and Luna were born of two powerful unicorns who used all of their magic to turn them into Alicorns in order to end the period of anarchy and bitterness that equestrian was in. It's also possible that Those two forementioned unicorns discovered the means of which to turn one into an alicorn, like the magic Celestia used on Twilight. From birth, after being turned into alicorns, the parents probably took the foals around with them, but since alicorn aging is different than normal, the parents probably died while they were toddlers, before they could remember anything.
This seems plausible, but I like the idea that Luna and Celestia came from a land beyond Equestria, hence the whole, "The birth of an Alicorn is something Equestria has never seen." thing.
Well, actually according to da book, when the two were fillies, they FLEW to find all the gems in the mountains to make crowns, so they must've been pegasi at least for them to do so. Also, they would've had to have said something about becoming alicorns in the book, besides, even if they DID start out as earth ponies, someone would've had to turn them into Alicorns. No, star swirled the bearded couldn't have done so, because A. He may not have enough magic, and B. Celestia and Luna didn't meet him until they became rulers
Celestia and Luna were born alicorns! In the 2 sisters book. It said when they were really really young they would use there magic to make crowns out of gems and then fly up to a mountain and play princess with animals as there subjects! And they said that it is beyond there understanding because maybe there mentors didn't tell them about alicorn because they were young and there mentor didn't wanna spoil there young minds. So yeh I'm 99.99 present sure that they were born alicorns.
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Plus, when Celestia said it was something Equestria had never seen, there was a emphasis on Equestria. So this means at least no pony was born an alicorn after Equestria was formed. And we know of no other alicorns, so maybe they are two of the only ones of their kind.
This book is non canon. End of the debate.
Though if you ask my about my overly complex crazy nerd theories.. they are in fact from future and it is least insane part of this theory.
- Celestia is no one else then future Starlight Glimmer (G1 Star Gleamer
) as both were based on G1 Twilight and they even joke about that in the show.. twice (Celestia on "Italian Majesty" variant owned by Lauren). Plus both have Asperger. Possible names she also could use are also Mistmane (G1 Princess Misty), Star Cather (who is proto-alicorn) and Sky Wishes (G1 princess Skylark). Plus.. did no one notice that Starlight has exact same colors and heir as Flurry Heart? My guess is that she was turn into unicorn and send to the past, so she would learn friendship lesson before she turn in Daybreaker.
- Luna is no one else then Trixie (G2 Princess Trixiebelle), her design name was also Serena (G1 Princess Serena). She was based on G1 Ember, who was earth pony sister of G1 Twilight, what they clearly retcon though she could be Mage Meadowbrook and hide fact that she is unicorn for some reason.
- Cadence is no one else then Chrysalis (yup.. they even have similar accent). Mean 6 episode drop also huge clue that she could be Sombra (specifically his golem) wife as Empress (of curved horn unicorns.. who aren't obvious changelings) Sable Spirit. They also weirdly hold Chrysalis cleansing or revealing Cadence shadow name. She was clearly based on G3 Rarity. In comic she was also known as princess Amore. Plus she clearly is also G2 Dazzleglow.
- Twilight Sparkle was based on G3 Twilight Twinkle (though final name come from G1 Princess Sparkle), but there are also huge similarities between her and G3 Princess Wisteria (Spike literally wait thousandth years for a princes there) and G1 Lickety Split (also fallowed by Spike). Plus considering that she inherited control over Rainbow of Darkness she probably is related to Scorpan aka Sombra aka Gregor aka Shadow.. yes, he use numerous names. Though he still technically is a head of Royal Family as he adopt other princess into it (as alicorns don't get titles from nowhere). And well.. her parents act weirdly when Minotaur mention her being born "under the tree". More find..
- Starswirl the Bearded who is not a part of royal family despite being adopted brother of Starlight as Sunburst (seriously they parents clearly were together in the past). Not only botch are bearded wizards obsessed over books but with mediocre magical power, but Sunburst is only pony about who Starswirld show any care (usually he don't even referee to them by names). Still his name is based on G1 Princess Starburst, G1 Princess Sunbeam, and Princess Silver Swirl (seriously, no one did noticed that they names clearly reference G1/G2 Princess Ponies?). Plus there is enough proves to find out that Starswirl is not only Sunburst but also Discord when he try (based on G1 Mr. Moohick) including fact that Starswirl befriended originally Scorpan (who is prince of north in G1), but ponies get Scorpan pendent (what "coincidentally is also key to elements") from Moohick in G1 and in G4 Discord. Anyway comic mention Starswir being jealous of alicorns, and speal from Magical Mystery Cure was clearly designed to forcibly align someone with the elements.. but in his case it fail as he didn't have a friends, what is also the reason why she didn't become evil despite being as Starswirl affected by darkness, what affect emotions though. For same reason only main 6 can use elements now as tree is possessed by Lord of Midnight Empire (who was also Spike original boss).
In end there is in fact 5-7 alicorns depending on counting (plus Sunset).
Actually, she is supposed to have Earth pony magic. She's an alicorn, remember?
Alicorn = Unicorn + Pegasus + Earth pony
Actually, they where born alacorns, Lauren Faust said it herself on a Q and A
Which would also bring up a suspicious question: how would the sun and the moon had been raised and lowered before they were able to control them? Would that mean that there were other alicorns before them that did? Or unicorns?
Lauren Faust no longer works for the show so what she says is no longer canon. Besides, if it's in the show then it doesn't matter what any of the producers or writers say.
+IciBlossomlp K, what Lauren says is canon, cuz she created the show. Just because she isn't on it right now doesn't mean anything.
But it is said IN THE SHOW. Lauren Faust had an image and idea for the show when she created it, but she left it open to change when she left. It no longer matters what she said because it is no longer canon. She is no longer involved with what the writers and producers say and do.
Lauren Faust no longer works with MLP, she left when season 2 ended or began, somewhere in season 2. In season six premiere, Lauren Faust was gone and I guess Hasbro decided to change what Lauren said. Because of Lauren Faust leaving, the writers were allowed to take whatever she said and throw it in the trash. Your comment is wrong.
I have one sentence that could blow your whole theory the bits..
They raised the sun and moon when they were little
When I think of groups of unicorns raising the sun and moon, I can't stop thinking of unicorns pulling a muscle while doing it. XD
Well, Cadence was the first known alicorn to have a baby, and there are lands beyond Equestria. So yeah!!!
Luna was a Pegasus
Celestia was a unicorn
you earth pony racist
Not possible and if anything Luna is a unicorn.
Holly Dearing I agree when u watch lullaby for a princess Luna is a Pegasus and celestia obviously was a unicorn because there's even a unicorn celestia
Celestia and Lina are based on two sisters from Rescue from Midnight Castle. If so that Luna born as Earth pony despite being Unicornian royalty would explain her jealousy toward sister and why they left in young age. I presume that is reason why they considered Cadence as Pegazi to fit the pattern.. except she was based on G3 Rarity who was unicorn and I doubt it is canon especially as she is Celesta and Luna niece. Celesia could also relate to G3 Star Coather who was pegazi.. though it was before reintroduction of unicorns so considering her unusual design she could be as well a alicorn.
TheRezro Very good point and Valid argument. Celestia does indeed resemble Star Catcher however it was said Celestia was based of a G1 pony named 'Majestic' who was infact a unicorn. I still either stand by alicorn or earth pony.
Possibly, Celestia and Luna are not truly the same type of pony as the Equestrians. We've seen ponies like the Maretonians, and they seem to be a different species or subspecies from the ponies we have been shown in Equestria. What if Celestia and Luna are from a similar type of pony to the Equestrians, yet they are all or mostly alicorns, or at least more prone to giving birth to them? It would make sense, as the only ponies we've seen become alicorns are Twilight and Cadence, Cadence being depicted in the book "Twilight and the Crystal Heart Spell" as being found in the woods as a pegasus by earth ponies, and it is possible she was not left there by Equestrians, but rather by a civilization of alicorns, and she was thrown out due to her birth as a pegasus. Hence, it was much easier for her to become an alicorn than it was for Twilight, who had to be put through magical tests and bear the elements of harmony. Actually, the fact that Cadence, who was possibly from this alicorn civilization, was the mother of Flurryheart lends more evidence to this theory, and could explain her birth as an alicorn rather than a normal pony.
If Celestia was an earth pony then how did she study magic without a unicorn horn like Twilight? Plus,in the first episode it said Luna and Celestia were UNICORN sisters! [your theory is wrong]
Unicorn is how they said to the alicorns in the firsts chapters of MLP.
@@trueassasymphonie8457 Which made no sense cause Unicorns don't have wings ... I always called them Alicorns cause that's what they are (Look up Alicorn image search. Alicorns existed before MLP picked it up!)
@@DinosaurNick ya i know i was saying the show called alicorns to unicorns with wings in the first episode, I call them alicorns too
@@thatpersoningenue6280 But they can't manifest it and concentrate the magic like unicorns so they can't do actual active spellcasting, they base their magic on pasive phsyical & harvest abilites
Zecora has a Zebra sense
eh and luna as well
and,I WANT THAT JOURNAL!HOW DID YA GET THAT?!
quite a few of you do forget the fact that even if celestial and Luna were born alicorns they weren't born crystal ponies, meaning a crystaling would not be part of their culture. Also the aging difference between celestia and v.s twilight and cadence which is made quite clear. throughout the past seasons cadence aging has been shown as well as twilights, but celestia seem to remain immortal
What program do you use for making your videos??
Theladyblog Hitfilm Express 3 and Audacity
By the way.. Celestia is G1 Twilight and Luna G1 Ember from Rescue from Midnight Castle.. so here you have an answer.
"Surrounded by Ponies so much younger than us who have their Cutie Marks" "Now that we're Princesses" ... To become a Princess you first have to because of an Alicorn.
If they were BORN Alicorns, they'd have to be BORN Princesses (like Princess Flury Heart). Twilight Sparkle BECAME a Princess when she BECAME an Alicorn (Grant it, they had to do the coronation, but that's just a formality to inform the kingdom).
So if they became Princesses (like Cadence and Twilight). And they couldn't get their Cutie Mark until AFTER becoming Princesses (because they didn't have that kind of power). Then they had to BECOME Alicorns in order to find their calling.
DOEW HE NOT KNOW THAT CELESTIAL WAS BORN WITH PINK HAIR?!?!?
@SkylarLovesSpikes AJ In the prologue of the series Celestia has pink hair. So, its canon.
No.
Just, no.
The reason behind why they said that was because remember the episode "Hearth's Warming Eve?"
The leaders are tired of their land, so they LEAVE and find Equestria.
Luna and Celestia were born before it was called, "Equestria".
Lauren Faust said these two were born alicorns. Remind you, they're HER characters!
Mind blown?
CELESTIA AND LUNA WERE NOT EARTH PONIES, YA BIMBO!!!!!!!
I bet princess celestia was a unicorn with her sister luna both were unicorn I think celestia read a spell to turn her slef a princess or some thing I don't know don't be the boss of me
ever see a comment and think ''dang wish i wrote that''
Make a theory on why pinkie looks so different from her family!
Hmm... I'll have to brush up on my high school biology, but that theory should be doable... >_>
+DragonTrainer201 she's adopted!!!!!!!!
+ILoveDogs AndHorses587 the fandom has agreed that her pink coat is a reccesive gene!! I personally believe it is passed down from her mother's side since her mother is called cloudy quartz, the perfect name for pinkies pink grandmother would be rosy quartz. just saying. get yo facts straight.
it was explained that pinkie gets the pink gene from her grandma
+girlybabyhedgehog CALLED IT!!!!
Lauren Confirmed to Sawtooth waves that Celestia and Luna WHERE born alicorns
THEORY TIME ACTIVATE!!!!!!
i just wanna say I think cadence started of as a unicorn coz she did say in an episode shes not really good at flying
she was reaised by earth pony
Cadence: I'm a little out of practice when it comes to flying.
Wait.. Alicorns are some sort of special kind of pony?!
Yup, they are extremely rare.
In the episode where discord ruins candences visit , cadence says " I'm new to this flying thing too" SHE WAS A UBICORN 💥
For a second I thought you were correct
Ugh... Pony generator OC...
Cadence said to twilight "I must tell you I am a little out of practise when it comes to flying" So wouldn't that mean she was something else first? A unicorn perhaps?
nope
the G.M. Berrow books are canon so yes she was a pegasus
She just had to sit on a throne for who knows how many months, or even years, seems logical to me to be out of practice after all that.
MY EYES !!!! i think i saw your oc on your oc sucks .-. if you see the vid follow the advice , all the black and gold and generator style - - - come on make art its fun make your oc in your own style or have a artist do it 0no
That'S why I hate YOUR OC SUCKS!
Him: Princess celestia was an earth pony.
Also him: shows pinkie pie instead 😂
I think they are licorn not an earth pony.
Maybe they have visions as an earth ponies ability because alicorns have all three types of magic (including earth ponies too?) ? If so, they could start off as any type of ponies and gain this ability when they became alicorns.
I subscribed because of his oc . looove it
Oh hey, I take it you've seen my entry in Lightning Bliss's "I'll judge your OC", then? :p
+DragonTrainer201 I don't have an oc , I'll admit I'm a Pegasister and that I keep up with the mlp fandom , but I'm more of an MH girl , I just love your oc and I've gotten to like your channel , maybe I'll make an oc , I just don't know how ;-) :-)
+DragonTrainer201 and no I haven't seen that yet ,
+DragonTrainer201 I disagree
*Mind telling me the Background Music xD*
yes earth pony magic why is no one talking about that one time I think it was episode 3 I think it was when they had like that fight over the ticket Ticketmaster that's the episode I'm talking about and Applejack uses magic it's really scary I'm surprised no one's been talking about that
Based on Twilight's appearance in the last problem, i think it's safe to say the Sisters used to be unicorns since Cadance didn't have the same magically flowing hair that they do. Cozy Glow's didn't start magically flowing either when she became an Alicorn, but i initially assumed it was just because she didn't legitimately ascend like the princesses did, but the more I think about it....
I think it's more of an age thing rather than an types of ponies thing. Since Celestia and Luna are extremely old alicorns and Cadence and Twilight were younger, I think it's safe to say that the older an alicorn becomes, the more their appearance becomes.. More magical?
The only thing I though when I saw this video's title was:
"I wish SlyWit would _finally_ update Paradise! It's been too long since there was a new chapter."
i was thinking that they didnt get their cutie marks because, seriously, who would ever come to think that just one pony could rise the sun or moon when it had been done by dozens before.
im pretty sure that it just took a loooooong time to figure out that they could do what was impossible at the time.
when celestia said "the birth of an alicorn is something equestria has never seen" could mean that celestia and luna were not born in equestria, and when she said that, it seemed as if she was surprised because she did not think that a fake, spell-created alicorn could give birth to another alicorn
All of your questions is obvious if you think about it. I read the book where that quote came from. Time and time again it is applied that they where earth ponies. When my friends saw the episode, they flipped out, but when I saw it my only reaction to them not being born allicorns was " how did my friends not know this before hand? They read the book too."
Friendship Is Magic Season 7, Episode 1 has established that Unicorns can also have that ability to have visions in dreams. Celestia and Luna being referred to as unicorns prior to the adoption of the term alicorn also help to disprove the idea that the two sisters were anything other then unicorns. Regarding the comics, there are so many inconsistencies in the comics do to bad writing that the comics really can't be used as a valid point of reference.
allicorns need the magic of earth ponies, pegasai, and unicorns to become an allicorn. Its not weird that luna and celestia have the abilies of the three tribes.
I like the idea of them originally being earth ponys simply because that way we have at least one alicorn originally from each tribe
3:22 this reminds me of monsters inc. where the monsters go through the children’s closet door to scare them
When I saw that the title said "Earth pony", I thought that it meant that Celestia was on our planet, meaning that mlp's real
If Celestia was a Earth Pony, and Luna a pegasus, then the purple, blue, and white crystals in G5 could represent Twilight, Luna, and Celestia. Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth pony.
I have you wrong,
Correct answer is - *Brony notion*
I know that this video was uploaded a while ago, but I have to comment now. I don’t think that Celestia and Luna were born earth pony’s. I think that they were born unicorns. Because their mentor was star swirl the bearded who is a unicorn. Celestia and Luna were born before unicorns, pesai and earth pony’s were friends. So if they were born earth pony’s Celestia and Luna would not have been star swirls students. I don’t know if this makes sense but it’s what I think.
Well, alicorns are supposed to include Earth Pony magic, so even if they were not born earth ponies, they might have such senses. Celestia can teleport, and perform great feats of unicorn magic. So it is just as likely as the other races.
I already knew this because of that line from Celestia and Lunas line at the begining
You are wrong in the in the first episode they said they're unicorns
I have a fact to add to this theory. According to the books and shows,twilight was a unicorn and cadence was a pegasus. So I'm pretty sure that each alicorn has to be from a diffrent pony tribe, however since celestia and luna have the same blood they count as one princess. BTW this theory is unlikely the truth as it has only a tiny amount of evidence
What if they became alicorns when they were REALLY young
I think equestria was around when they were young.
Probably yes. In a season 8 episode about Celestia's 1111th year of raising the sun for the first time, they said before Celestia Star Swirl and 5 other unicorns raised the sun and moon, but then one day they found out a student named Celestia has the talent to do it herself. I assume then Celestia was still a unicorn, in fact Star Swirl's student. We can't know exactly how old she could have been back then, but if she was still a filly when she got her wings, it would make a lot of sense.
Yes, they were Ali corns, but they mentioned that they were being Taught magic by star swirl in the shadow play
It makes sence. But some people say they would have needed to do something to deserve being an alicorn thus meaning they would have to be a unicorn. which is not completely true. Other ponies can do special things to. Also some say they would also need their cutie mark first. But not everything that is special is worth a cutie mark.
4:35 Alicorns, though, age much much slower than ponies of other races, so them not having their cutie marks while being way older than the ponies that surround them would be normal for them.
Look at Celestia's worry face, along with Luna's 'you sure?' look. They did a similar thing in Equestria Girls when they 'badmouthed' Sunset Shimmer. Note that Sunset was and will be the Queen of the Crystal Empire. But if she returns, Cadance could be out of the job here, so Cadance might not want Sunset to come back.
She also wants to keep the image of her giving birth to Flurry Heart.
(Note during development Queen Chrysalis and Cadance are THE SAME PONY. "Flurry Heart" ≈ "F.H." ≈ "Face Hugger" is an inside joke)
In My Little Pony: Equestria Girls' "Forgotten Friendship", Celestia mentioned EVERY DECISION Sunset Shimmer made, it proves that Sunset Shimmer has a "KIND HEART", no BUTs or IFs. A big departure from "CRUEL AND DISHONEST", but might be true if Sunset took a drastic measure to save the Crystal Empire. She might have to do forceful things and lie to save it.
Some might say, "Oh, Celestia said the situation had changed. Oh, Celestia said Sunset is no longer that pony."
Remember, Celestia said the situation line with Twilight Sparkle in the group. Celestia never said only the two of them (Celestia and Sunset).
Want to include Twilight Sparkle in it? Because Sunset Shimmer is Twilight Sparkle's real mother, and Twilight was present when the Crystal Empire / Crystal Equestria was at its glory.
Also in a much more distant past. Celestia got jealous over her older sister, the 'ancient Twilight' (aka Twilight Sparkle's ancient reincarnation). Celestia perceived their mother (the ancient reincarnation of Sunset Shimmer) to love Twilight more than Celestia (hinted with Celestia faking her angry 'Am I not a Great Teacher?' face). So Celestia turned into Day Breaker and attacked ancient Twilight, similar to the much later on when Luna turned into Nightmare Moon and attacked Celestia.
A carving of 'Ancient Twilight' can be seen in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic's "Stranger than Fan Fiction". There she is potrayed as a benevolent Nightmare Moon-ish Alicorn.
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It's Twilight and NOT Luna, due her FIVE STARS and her PURPLE STRIPPED HAIR.
"The Fall of Sunset Shimmer" comic also had a tapestry of 'Ancient Twilight', mislabeled as Nightmare Moon. Notice Twilight Sparkle's Cutie Mark there.
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There you could see how Celestia as Day Breaker, 'break the day'. Considering the whole "Celestia" ← "Caelum" ← "Chisel" ← "Breaker".
"Forgotten Friendship" though invalidated that comic's overall storyline.
As for Sunset Shimmer is no longer that pony anymore. Imagine this scenario for Sunset:
"A powerful pony who is willing to help everyone, without asking anything in return."
Now Sunset is a weak pony who have to ask for Celestia's help. She is no longer 'that pony'.
Two points:
1. Their backstory says they CAME TO Equestria...meaning they were not born there.
2. If they were born alicorns that would make them seem more alien to their subjects which would drive a HUGE wedge between them and the common pony.
You should do a theory on why the princesses hair looks majestic but for some reason twilight's doesn't.
My theory on the video is that the two sisters were born alicorns. Star swirl mentioned celestisa powers and said they were stronger than his. They said that a bunch of unicorns used to have to raise the sun every single day, but it left them exhausted. It is well know that alicorn magic is the strongest. This is what gave alicorn their godlike status. Celestia would have only been able to raise the sun tho, so she wouldn't have the capacity to create night time, especially when her cutie mark is the sun symbol. That's where luna comes in. Since celestia would've only had enough power to raise the sun, she wouldn't have been able to raise the moon as well. So luna being her sister probably tried her luck at raising the moon and finally got her cutie mark.
You kinda gotta remember the show kinda traded hands and there was only meant to be 2 alicorns to begin with but that changed later.
Ok so I have something to add to how the sisters were born alicorns:
When Luna says "it is beyond even our understanding"
That doesn't nesseserily mean that they weren't born alicorns. Think about this for a second:
Do you remember being born? Or the first few moments of your life?
The big majority of people would say no.
So so far celestia and Luna have not seen a alicorn born because as far as we know there aren't any others, so seeing a baby alicorn being born WOULD be beyond their understanding because even though they were born alicorns, they wouldn't of witnessed them selves being born.
So Luna saying that does NOT mean they weren't born alicorns.
Thoughts?
There is another hole in this theory also, Celestia and Luna out live every other Princess thus far and it is said that Twilight, Cadence and possibly FH will all have normal lifespans and die at a normal pony age (unless they die before that) and so I would think that Luna and Celestia were born alicorns as that would be why they have lived for over a thousand years.
i have a new appreciation for earth ponies and their "senses".
The journal of the two sisters needs an episode of it's own because I am interested in this book.
I always thought that Celestia and Luna earned their Alicorn status from Starswirl. They were both Unicorns with stronger magic abilities then the others and Starswirl asked them if they could preform a spell, which they did which caused the moon and sun to rise and set. Then Starswirl pointed out that they got their cutiemarks and proceeded to make them Alicorns.
I think somewhere in the series it hinted it to that answer
Lauren Faust (sorry if I spelt the name wrong) said they were but it got changed when she wasn't in charge of the show
You forgot that when a long time ago they lost their parents then they found discord after the found people who was fighting over who bring the snow and unicorns tried raise the sun then Celestia raised the sun and that's how she got her cutie mark same as Luna but with the moon. That was a mouthful.
It's been established and acknowledged long ago by Lauren Faust and Amy Keating Rogers that both Celestia and Luna were born Alicorns... It takes seconds to find it with a simple google search...
Cadence was not a pegusus because the first episode she was seen in the fact that she was using love magic means she either was a unicorn at the time or already an alicorn (which is almost impossible because she had to do something to prove she had an alicorn spirit, indicating this type of magic is why she became an alicorn in the first place)then again, this is only MY interpretation, considering the facts I have been given. my only sources are the show and the movies, so people who have more info please correct me if I'm wrong.
she was
get the book and read it
it explains how she became an alicorn
Well, again they are Pegasus,unicorns, And earth pony when they became alicorns if they were even born a normal pony like every one
I thought that they were born into royalty, so their parents most likely turned them into alicorns at birth with magic. Once their parents passed they were the heirs so they took on the roll of protecting equestria. The Journal of the two Sisters book never actually stated in words that they were born alicorn, although you can say it was heavily implied whenever they said that they were blank flanks because they were alicorns, but that could be easily debunked with my theory that they were switched to alicorns at birth.
Applejack can tap a tree and all the apples fall into baskets. That's magic.
I believe Celestia was born a unicorn due to her extensive knowledge about magic not to mention u jave to know about magic before teaching a school for gifted unicorn colts and fillys. On the other hand I think Luna was born a pegusus. She tends not to use magic a whole lot but only when necessary. She also flys to her destination rather than teleport unless its an emergency.
I don't agree with the earth pony Theory but I do like your video good job 👍👍👍
Have u noticed that all 4 princesses hardly use their wings
Okay. Pinkie, Maud and Cheese Sandwich are not "normal" for ponies of any race, and furthermore becoming an alicorn obviously gives you powers. Even if we assume visions are an earth pony thing, that would still be no more proof than the fact they have magic proves they were unicorns.
In the book, Celestia and Luna were born as alicorns. They were already royalty. But Hasbro changed it in the show, but not the books.
That was a really good theory actually. Like... new head canon worthy theory.
All i know is Celestia and Luna lived for a LONG time and they are almost immortal like Discord and Tyrek so i'm goin with the Allicorn trope and looks like it's confirmed possible there are ponies that are born an Allicorn (Flurryheart)
I think that, Luna and Celestia said that Equestria has never seen a birth of alicorn because. they were born before Equestria was created..and the fact how they said it's beyond their understanding because Their parents must've been very strong and smart so they knew about Celestia and Luna, but Luna and Celestia never knew about it..
Me too. And I think Luna and Celestia are confused about flurry heart having true alicorn genes because Cadance has Pegasus genes and shining armor has unicorn genes, so flurry shouldn't have crazy alicorn powers.