>>25594918yfw Twilight prevented the war from happening in their timeline by going back in time and leading Twilight to become paranoid about a war in the future
Pones natural state is war.
They are presently in a rare golden age.
>>25594918
>mfw this was predicted seasons ago
>Tirek got out in this episode
>Now this
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>>25594918
Why doesn't she have wings?
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>>25594918
This bothers the shit out of me:
They first had this episode that established that the pony universe has a fixed timeline; Twilight going back in time to warn herself is the reason she went back in time to warn herself.
Now, apparently, the pony universe is on a dynamic timeline where you can go back in time and change things in the past in order to change things in the future; Starlight going back in time to stop the first sonic rainboom.
And why not throw a grandfather paradox in there.
You don't change the fundamental rules of the universe, that's storytelling 101.
>>25596234
Twilight went back a week. Starlight went back years.
>>25596251
Also she was trying to tell twilight something, you know the bookworm who couldn't shut up about science theorys when given the chance
>>25596251
Don't matter.
In a universe with a fixed timeline, these events were already established. Starlight going back in time to change things would ultimately lead to her going back in time to fix things.
Sure, this IS what happened now, but all those alternative timelines should never have been.
>>25596324
>A certain chain of events lead to Twilight pissing starlight off
>Starlight goes back in the future an interrupts this chain, meaning:
>Twilight never pissed Starlight off
>Starlight had no reason to go back in time to stop the sonic rainboom
>Since she never went back in time and changed things, the sonic rainboom happened
>We're back at the start of the paradox
Although I really liked the alternate timelines, this is why you don't fiddle with dynamic timelines in storytelling.
>>25596324
Since there's no Spike or Twilight when the two go back to the same time, only Starlight, I assume they're going to a new timeline each time. I.e. Equestria is in a multiverse and you can't erase or create timelines. They're all equally valid.
>>25596234
I think that's what Starlight changed about the spell, Starswirl put safeguards in place on the spell to prevent the caster from accidentally distorting the timeline. Starlight removed those safeguards and added bits about always affecting herself as well, with disastrous consequences (like almost all advanced magic come to think of it)
>>25596324
>all those alternative timelines should never have been.
Cue Zecora:
>The meaning is far worse, I see,
>For it is we, who should not be.
>Race to the map while we hold her back!
>Stop Starlight and put the whole world back on track
A world that Should Not Be, Zecora realized as much.
>>25596412
Grandfather paradox >>25596412
>>25596421
I'm a afraid that it's no good explanation.
Where were these safeguards when Twilight used the spell the first time then?
There were none, because there was no point in having them. The timeline was fixed, and Twilight going back in time to talk to herself was meant to happen.
>>25596435
Meta zebra is best zebrachangeling resistance timeline best alt timeline
>>25596234
Maybe the re-worked version of Starswirl's spell was strong enough to ignore causality?
>>25596435
It's also implied that they're time is becoming more unstable in the way the map and world changes. In the Sombra timeline, most ponies who should be friends at least have met each other, the map is legible, etc.
As Twilight keeps failing, the map and table become corrupted and damaged, many of her friends are just not around at all, and the world gets shittier. By the time she drags Starlight along, the world is just randomly dead, the chairs are gone, and the map isn't glowing.
If you take Reflections to be canon (yes, I know, it sucked), then Starswirl had a habit of messing with things that could destroy the Universe as a side effect, and he also pulled back from edge at least once. Starswirl's time spell isn't likely to make a change that can't be lost in the shuffle, so maybe he got that far and stopped.
>>25597216
>It's also implied that they're time is becoming more unstable in the way the map and world changes.
Nice, I didn't catch on to that, but it seems you're right.
>>25597216
>most ponies who should be friends at least have met each other
But they didn't. Applejack directly says that she doesn't know anyone from the M6(except Rarity, but that's because she lived in the same town with her).
>>25597356
RD & Pinkie
>TFW Anons'a are legitimizing Anon in Equestria fics
>>25595850
She will give up her wings to Starlight Glimmer as the new Princess of Equestria in Season 6.
>>25596234
>interacting with your own past exclusively vs. meddling with someone else's
>changing a week where literally nothing important happened vs. a life-changing moment for some of the most important ponies in Equestria
Future Twi could've done virtually anything besides injure or kill her past self without messing things up.
>>25595571
this.
the very important message was
"there's a pony called Starlight Glimmer, chief of a community/village far away from here.
go to this place, and kill her. don't ask any question, do what I say."
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>>25597374
Well the salute seemed more customary than anything else, it doesn't necessarily mean they've actually met per se, just saluting a fellow soldier or something like that.
