Was Starswirl Around back When Discord Was? · 7:55pm Feb 23rd, 2015
As the title says, I really want to know this before I finish the next chapter of Starting Over.
Kind of new to Pony Fanfiction and though I originally made this account for reading, I really want to try writing some.
As the title says, I really want to know this before I finish the next chapter of Starting Over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnzjmqTgIZg
hmmm, I dunno.
In think that he was probably around after Star Swirl, but again, I don't really know.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help.
282449 Btw, you do know that you can imbed YouTube videos here, right? Like so:
Just click the "YouTube" button in the bar above where you type stuff, copy/paste the appropriate YouTube URL, click the "Add Video" button on the little box that will pop up, and voila! there's your embedded YouTube video, all ready to be watched!
2824304 i know now
The video is to show the timeline
2824551 Cool.
And I watched it, too. He raised some pretty valid points with that.
That's basically why, where Star Swirl knowing the Princesses (and especially Celestia) is concerned, I mainly go by the stuff in the show, especially the Hearth's Warming episode from Season 2, for both canon, and my headcanon, stuff where MLP continuity is concerned, rather than the comics (which I do like, and plan on using here and there).
2824580 Exactly! The timeline also shows that Starswirl WAS around BEFORE Discord but not during. Hope this helps you Twilight Nightmare
2824597 True.
As do I. Good luck with the next chapter, hon.
don't know some swear Star Swirl IS Discord others swear he is NOT Discord so i don't know
2824249 Thanks, that helped a lot. It will change a few things and I will have to maybe tweak a few canon things to fit in the universe, but it helps deiced on who to use.
2824304 Thanks, for the story I think I might go with the timeline in the video, or at least parts of it. I'm trying to decide on a few ponies in the past who were powerful and I think I have some names now.
2824551 Thanks for the timeline.
2824580 Celestia will still know Starswirl in the story, but it's going to be as fillies. They won't become the Princesses we know until after Discord, but will be around so they knew him.
2824597 It will, thank you very much.
2824636 Thank you very much, I hope everybody enjoys what I have planned.
2825198 You're very welcome Im happy to have helped
2825171 I never heard of it before, but after learning about it I have to admit I'm very tempted to include that in the story. I was going to try and get a chapter out tonight, but now I'm talking with my GF and trying to decide to if it would be a good idea or not to include him.
2825198 You're quite welcome; glad I (we) could help, hon.
That's very cool, both on the names and everything else.
Ah, okay. That's very cool to know, too.
Again, you're very welcome, hon. And I can't speak for everyone else, but I definitely plan on it!
Can't wait to see what happens next!
Chiming in a bit late here, but it's worth considering the information in "The Journal of the Two Sisters" by show writer Amy Keating Rogers.
In that, following the founding of Equestria, Starswirl leads Clover, Smart Cookie and Pansy to the young Alicorns Celestia and Luna. They ask the alicorns to become the figureheads of their new nation, as embodiments of all three pony races. Celestia and Luna agree, however they only want the title of Princess and to stand as protectors of the nation, and do not want to displace current rulers like Princess Platinum and her father as the actual rulers. Starswirl stays on as a mentor to the young alicorns, while studying time magic (and apparently making trips to the future.). He introduces them to the tree of Harmony, and they ask about the third Cutie Mark on it (Twilight's), but while they suspect he knows who it represents, he refuses to say anything.
So Starswirl was a time traveler (and will probably show up in the show or movie eventually). So really it's more than possible that he and Discord intersected at some point.
2828231 Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I didn't see this post until I was going back and checking my blog. I would love to see Starswirl actually show up in the show if he isn't Discord, but there are a lot of good points pointing to the fact that he is while at the same time it might be a case of some people seeing one thing based on facts while others see it another way. Either way, if he is or isn't, it's still a great idea thinking up ways to explain why he is or isn't Discord. The information you gave though will help a lot with suture chapters as I know about Clover but not Cookie or Pansy so that will help. Thank you very much.