History WMG / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicRoyalty

I realise quite a lot of fans would '''[[TabletopGame/WarHammer40000 BLAM]]''' me for suggesting such a Heresy, but just hear me out. Think about how they make use of titles like "Princess"; regardless of their internal reasoning for doing so, such a title still implies a dynastic succession of monarchs, something which can really only happen if said monarchs are capable of dying (okay, I guess you could suggest that Celestia and Luna's parents simply stepped down or something, but where would they be now in that case? would we be expected to believe that the geriatric old King and Queen are rotting away in some isolated castle chamber?). I think it's entirely possible to assume that the Princesses, and by extension, all Equestrian monarchs, are something more akin to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Tolkien's]] elves-- "enlightened" beings who wield extraordinary arcane powers and cannot die of old age, but are still vulnerable to disease, weapons, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever growing weary of life]], etc...that said, the suggestion is not that they're any less powerful in terms of the things they can do-- merely that they are not one-of-a-kind, probably have parents who met some unfortunate end in the very distant past (remember, in the story told in the pilot, Celestia and Luna were already in charge a thousand years ago), and are only immortal in the sense that they cannot die of natural causes.
* Possibly supported by the outcome of Celestia's fight against [[spoiler:the Changeling queen]] in the second part of "A Canterlot Wedding": [[spoiler:Celestia ''loses'' against an enemy who's clearly just about as surprised as she is]].

* Fluttershy: Terminally introverted. Would no want to deal with so many strangers all at once.

* Twilight Sparkle: As the personal apprentice of the Princess, has spent some time in the Royal Court. At the very least, knows ow to handle herself in such a situation.
In short, the only ones Celestia actually expected to want to go would be Twilight and Rarity. Too bad she didn;t factor in ulterior motives...
* Alternatively, she might have been expecting twilight to being ''Spike'' along, since was probably with Twilight for at least some of her time in the royal court and seemed to socialize more in Canterlot than Twilight herself did. Plus there's a buffet. And given the loose timeframe, it's possible that she sent the tickets ''before'' she got to know Twilight's friends very well, hence not considering inviting them.

[[folder:[[spoiler:Princess Flurry Heart]]]]

Princess Celestia is in charge of rising the sun and Luna is in charge of bring the night. So it's possible that Princess Cadance is also in *charge of some major natural event. Maybe she carves the land or controls the tides?

Princess Celestia is in charge of rising the sun and Luna is in charge of bring the night. So it's possible that Princess Cadance is also in charge of some major natural event. Maybe she carves the land or controls the tides?

* I ''KNEW I'' [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike couldn't have been the only one thinking this]]! After seeing Discord [[BreakTheCutie break]] and MindRape five of the Mane Six and remembering reading that LaurenFaust [[WordOfGod said]] that Luna had been turned into Nightmare Moon by evil magic, it wasn't hard at all to imagine Discord played with Luna's insecurities of being in charge of the time phase when everypony's asleep shortly before his first defeat. And while he was defeated anyway, the seeds of doubt were already sowed...

* She's a robot... [[FriendshipIsWitchcraft who will go on a destructive rampage on said discovery of being a robot]]. [[note]] hey, they [[HilariousInHindsight predicted the]] [[IKnewIt first half of the newly weds]].[[/note]]

She flew down from the castle and single-handedly beat down countless Changelings while defending her subjects. Why doesn't she remember it? Because she was sleepwalking at the time. Hence, she made her royal asswhooping with her eyes closed while [[BrianBlessed shouting something incoherent about a petrol shortage.]]

"She remember your heart when Men are fairy tales and books written by Rabbits."

...but instead became the Alicorn equivalent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]] prior to her VillainousBreakdown: She grew incredibly paranoid, constantly looking over her shoulder for possible usurpers and assassins, relying on extremes to dealing with opponents and opposing forces rather than be diplomatic, sleeping with a dagger under her pillow (if at all), banishing anyone who even so much as looked at her funny, isolating herself and forbidding herself from making friends, and dreading each day as if her sister would come back and finish her. It wouldn't be until decades later that she would get over this phase after seeing the effect it has on herself, her subjects and her kingdom.

Assuming WingedUnicorns are some sort of divinity/royalty whatnot of the world, it makes sense that Celestia and Luna are immortal and divine at some level, as they embody the sun and the moon and those aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Cadance could be the embodiment of equinity (humanity) itself, and instead of distancing herself from her little ponies, Cadance lives a mortal lifespan as a mortal pony, then is reborn a new mare, similar to the Dalai Lama or the Avatar of WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender, with her Avatar State being composed of ThePowerOfLove. This one is relatively young, and one of her older selves got in a little trouble with a love potion once.

*** Huh? Equestria is a country which stretches from coast to coast, and Manehattan is on the sea coast. (Seaponies didn't appear in the show proper so far, but the Mane Six visited their underwater kingdom in the ''Under the Sparkling Sea'' book.)

*** On a related note, the only types of ponies in her kingdom are the ones that somewhat resemble her (the Earth ponies, the pegusi, and unicorns). What the hell happened to the Flutter ponies or the Sea ponies? Celestia must be a fan of ethnic cleansing...
*** Since Equestria doesn't seem to have a coast (or at least, the sea hasn't been shown) its possible the Sea Ponies just are not shown because they live elsewhere.
*** The Flutter Ponies were isolationists, they're probably living happily of Flutter Valley.

*** From what I recall the Flutter Ponies always used their powers to counter other beings magic. In other words they didn't have magical powers, but [[AntiMagic anti-magical powers.]]

*** Who's to say that Twilight even knows Flutter Ponies exist? Sure, she's smart, but if they're isolated away from the rest of pony society, everypony might just be unaware of them.
*** Stop denying the obvious! Where do you think the ponies' marshmallows came from?

Celestia mentions Sombra, but doesn't warn Twilight about him or give her the Elements. Keep in mind, Celestia's knowledge of the Empire is also limited, so she likely didn't know of the Crystal Heart either. She and Luna imprisoned Sombra and the Empire vanished, but it's possible Sombra was taken off guard and defeated before he could show off his DangerouslyGenreSavvy to the Royal Pony Sisters. Shining Armor and Cadence didn't seem to know about Sombra's return either until they actually got there (they were on the way when Twilight was dispatched). Celestia may have thought it was possible King Sombra would return, but she believed Twilight and company would be more than a match for him if he did. She didn't know of the traps he'd set or how dangerous they were, or that it'd take an ancient relic to destroy him. Unlike Discord, who's her archenemy, all she knew about Sombra was he was a horrible tyrant and had some degree of black magic she managed to learn. The fact Sombra had set so many traps and how dangerous they'd be, as well as what Sombra himself could do (such as spreading dark crystals across the entire empire in ''seconds'' and nullify unicorns' magic). Finding out he'd come within a hairsbreadth of winning was as much a surprise to her as everyone else.

** {{QI}} taught us that statistically speaking most of Europe is descended from Charlemagne, so...

** Which leads to the {{Fanon}} theory that she's a ShipperOnDeck for all of Equestria.

On a more comical side, Twilight and her friends will be called over to help babysit Flurry Heart as Cadence and Shining Armor get some much-needed rest after spending a good amount of their days following her birth dealing with her unregulated bursts of magical energy. Each of the Mane Six could take turns watching the baby princess over the course of the episode(s); Pinkie Pie's shift will involve CallBacks to when she first babysat the Cake Twins.