Friday, April 12, 2013

The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic "Silmarillion" Theory


A Princess who can alter her appearance at will and a Changeling Queen...
A Princess who rebelled against her elder sister... not present when the Queen attacked the kingdom...
A Princess unaffected by the potent Elements and a Queen who would topple a god...

Hi, everyone! It's Jen and yes I'm still alive and blogging on here. I should really see to my DA account, but....
You guys are probably wondering about the meaning of the picture right?
I was watching a review on YouTube by BronyCurious and Anthony C where they covered the Season 2 Finale of MLP:FiM. A good review that totally wrecked my love over that episode, to be fair, but what REALLY BLEW MY MIND was what was said at the end of the video.
BronyCurious connected some dots together using J.R.R. Tolkien's unfinished work The Silmarillion as a base and likened Princess Luna of MLP to Melkor of the Valar.

  • Melkor rebelled against his brothers, the Valar, Luna did so too towards her sister Celestia.
  • Melkor was imprisoned for eons for his crime before repenting, Luna likewise.
  • However, Melkor was only feigning repentance and sought to steal the light of the world... What if... Princess Luna too...

In the season 2 finale, The Queen of the Changelings, a sentient race of insectoid-like ponies who can change their appearance  infiltrated the kingdom, disguised as a pony. When she finally revealed herself, her power was so great that she was able to defeat Princess Celestia, the immortal and powerful ruler of the Kingdom who could raise the sun. The queen was surprised at this development, curious enough, though she was expelled from the kingdom soon enough by our "mane" cast. Later that evening, Princess Luna, absent from most of the story's events, reappears...

It's an interesting theory, so I drew an image similar to the image in the video. Here is a link to the video here and the theory goes from 27:54 to the end of the video at 32 minutes. Check it out for yourself and come to your own conclusions, dang it! :)

Signed the girl who officially named her YouTube page as Catwithpencil,
Jen