So... a certain element of John Biles's "Friendship is Adventuring" collided in my brain with the fact that the VA who does Celestia also plays Cheerilee. And produced a bunny.
What if... in order to avoid the kind of thing that happened in "Eternal," Celestia has "normal" ponies as avatars, or sort of siamese soul-twins, to keep her connected to mortal reality as it flows past her. This could take many shapes, including where one or both parties have no idea what's going on.
And... what if Luna had a similar arrangement? And what if Nightmare Moon was the result of that connection being broken, or damaged, somehow? How many poinies might have lived and died over the millenium of the Banishment with a feeling of missing something that they just couldn't put a hoof on, and spent many sleepless nights gazing at the moon and yearning for something they couldn't name?
And what happened to some random pony, somewhere in Equestria, when the Elements purged Luna of NMM, and suddenly that connection "went live" again?
What if... in order to avoid the kind of thing that happened in "Eternal," Celestia has "normal" ponies as avatars, or sort of siamese soul-twins, to keep her connected to mortal reality as it flows past her. This could take many shapes, including where one or both parties have no idea what's going on.
And... what if Luna had a similar arrangement? And what if Nightmare Moon was the result of that connection being broken, or damaged, somehow? How many poinies might have lived and died over the millenium of the Banishment with a feeling of missing something that they just couldn't put a hoof on, and spent many sleepless nights gazing at the moon and yearning for something they couldn't name?
And what happened to some random pony, somewhere in Equestria, when the Elements purged Luna of NMM, and suddenly that connection "went live" again?