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== Princess Celestia ==

** Princess Solara?

** Soleil?

** But "Celestia" is already a reference to the sun. Hell, it's one letter away from simply meaning "Of the sun."

*** As mentioned below, Celestia comes from the Latin word "caelestis", which is an adjective that means "heavenly" or "of the sky" (Sky/Heaven = caelum in Latin); it's very commonly used of Graeco-Roman divinities for obvious reasons. So Celestia's name is very appropriate given her realm of influence, benevolence, beauty and semi-divinity.

* That would leave us with three winged unicorns - one in charge of the day, one in charge of the night, and Twilight [[Meaningful Name|in charge of the time between.]]

** Or maybe ''stars?'' --[[Oh Shit]], what does that mean for the stars that freed NMM?

** Well, her name is ''Twilight'' Sparkle. Some significance maybe?

*** Magical daughter of Luna and Celestia? (Twilight is halfway between Day and Night after all)

 

== Princess Celestia is actually Amaterasu in a horse incarnation ==

* Horses are also sacred to Amaterasu. I mean the real mythological one, not the video game one.

* There is also Kazegami, the god of wind, who is a part of game!Amaterasu and is a horse.

* Another alternative: Maybe Celestia combines ''all'' elements, but that wasn't always the case. Think of it: It is true that she embodies Laughter, but she also embodies Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness and Generosity. Maybe if someone who is a Wielder of an Element dies, his or her personality doesn't just vanish, but somehow "merges" with the personalities of her friends. In the end, when only one body remains, we have the "souls" of all wielders united as one person, in one body, who then ascends to the semi-Godhood of a Pegasus Unicorn form. This would also prevent the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] and of Celestia having outlived all her friends: she hasn't, they're always present within her, as a part of her. Also, one might consider the possibility that Celestia and her friends never had the sixth element. It was hidden as a spark within Twilight after all. So, in her, the personalities of only five wielders are united. If this happens to the wielders of all six elements, the result will be a ''literal'' Goddess. (Or something like that.)

** Or perhaps she ''does'' embody all six and is attempting to create another goddess, as in the Mane cast are being set up so they'll merge.

** There's a pair of stories where an Evil!Twilight, at Evil!Celestia's urging, attempts to kill off all the other bearers so she can take over their elements, but I've never seen one that took a "happy" spin on the concept.

** Funny, I always got the idea that Celestia could use all the Elements of Harmony singlehandely, if not with the same might, thanks to be a god. And that's why she could only seal Nightmare Moon in to the moon instead of completely reforming her sister.

Remember the [[Justice League (animation)|world made of cardboard]]? Celestia is that powerful. If her attack was too strong, it would have destroyed Canterlot Castle and killed everypony inside. She believes that her own defeat with little destruction will be preferable to defeating Chrysalis with massive destruction. This will probably lead to an [[I Am Not Left-Handed]] moment where she does unleash her full power out of sheer desperation.

** Alternately, the Beam was a telekinetic desperation attack. Celestia's [[Power Of The Sun|sun-based powers]] are more likely the [[Death From Above]] / [[Kill Sat]] type, using those indoors is out. She probably could just teleport Chrysalis to the Sun, but with Shining Armour in play she would need her full attention for that. She was trying to overpower Chrysalis for long enough to cast something nasty and underestimated the boost from [[The Power of Love]].

 

== Princess Celestia is the [[Parody Religion|Invisible Pink Unicorn]] ==

 

== Celestia and Luna are refered to as Princesses because they actually are Princesses. ==

* So the Creator Ponies are this universe's incarnation of the [[Cain and Abel|two eternally fighting brother entities]]. [[Fridge Logic|Wait...]] So Mom and Dad [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|fight a lot]] before [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|going to their room to "rest" for a few hours]]?

* It seems that with the mythology theme pervading the series the creator gods are probably equine versions of [[Greek Mythology|Gaia and Oranos]].

* Or it could be a buffer from Celestia to maintain her humbleness. While she is a God and quite likely the mightiest being in the Verse (probably second to old Luna [she ''did'' need the elements of Harmony to defeat her]), she realized that even a God can become drunk with power and adoration or the lack of it. So she declared herself a princess, ''a power to be'' instead of a Queen/Empress, who already has absolute power and created the entire Monarchy to divide ruling and responsibility and to mantain a tight check in her ever since.

* Or it could be the obvious: Equestria is a principality, and who rules those if they're female?

 

== A twofer: Luna and Celestia aren't ponies, but horses; horses are basically "cave ponies." ==

I realise quite a few fans would ''slay'' me for suggesting such a thing, 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 [[The Lord of the Rings|Tolkien's]] elves-- "enlightened" beings who wield extraordinary arcane powers and cannot die of old age, but are still vulnerable to disease, weapons, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|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}}.

 

== The Reason We Never See Celestia and Luna's Parents is because of Copyright Laws (spoilers for [[YU+ME: dream]]) ==

 

== The Princesses came into being from ponykind's belief in them. ==

** Alternately, they came into being ''during'' Discord's reign. As things were hopeless, they turned to their deities, or possibly just refused to give up or the like. Their hope and unity united into a form they'd all agreed on to represent it, Celestia and Luna.

 

In both universes, it's visible form consists of black/dark purple blobs. It can take a story's minor protagonist and make ''her'' disappear from the plot altogether, making her the [[MacGuffin]] (like Princess Celestia, or [http://alanwake.wikia.com/wiki/Alice_Wake Alice Wake]). Luna has the power to bring eternal night, and Nightmare Moon!Luna plans to do so (unlike Normal!Luna).

 

 

That she didn't carry away any permanent damages of sanity after said possession can be explained by the fact that the DP only 'touched' her (just like [[Alan Wake/Characters|Alan Wake]]), which means that it was able to control it's thoughts and perception, but did leave enough liberty for her to use her special ability, this being controlling the night-day cycle (as opposed to Wake's writing talent).

*** Even though Twilight Sparkle read that Nightmare Moon was the sister of the unicorn that raised the sun, she may very well not have known that Celestia was that unicorn. The book only said that the elder sister "took on responsibility for both sun and moon" and that harmony had been maintained in Equestria for generations. It never said that it was the same pony doing the maintaining.

**** Fair enough. Also, this sort of supports my overall point.

 

== Nightmare Moon is magically aged-up version of Luna. ==

As they are so rare, any time an Alicorn is born, it is taken by the royal family and raised in the palace. Why? Because like how a baby unicorn has little control over it’s telekinetic magic, an Alicorn has little control over it’s [b]EARTH-SHATTERING[/b] magic. It needs to be raised away from the rest of ponykind, first off to control it, secondly to avoid forming emotional bonds with it’s still-mortal parents and siblings, and finally, to figure groom it as a possible heir to the throne. Celestia and Luna are considered “sisters” because Luna was found when Celestia was still a foal. When the two of them matured, all subsequent alicorns viewed the pair as adoptive aunts.

* Alicorns are allowed to marry, but there is a good chance that they are sterile. Prince Bloodblood comes from Celestia’s biological family (they were all unicorns)

 

== Prince Blueblood gets his title from the old Unicornian royalty, not his relation to Celestia ==

 

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