An outline of De Writer's Canon and time line posted here for the curious. · 8:59pm Sep 3rd, 2016
The show's canon and mine differ severely on certain time scales.
The show uses "a thousand years past" for all sorts of events of long ago. It is a catchall for "a long time ago".
Because of many inconsistencies in the show's canon and time line, I regard many things that are canon to the show as "modern myths." For instance, Hearthwarming conceals a brutal invasion and conquest, prettied up by later generations. The myth of Unicorns managing the heavens is another example. Luna being exiled to the moon for 1000 years for her "crimes" is yet another.
My most basic time scale has the present show's time set as about 5000 to 6000 years after the creation of Equestria by the Creator Titans. For unknown reasons, the Creator Titans never finished the work of creation.
One of them, Skyglow, the Titan of Life Creation has battled to preserve Equestria the world as a place that ponies and others can continue to live in such safety and comfort as they can contrive.
In the time since, a lot has happened.
*Celestia and Luna were created by Skyglow to "regulate the heavens". Actually they make continual necessary adjustments to the world and the moon to preserve the incomplete Equestria as a habitable world.
*The Invasion of the ancestors of the present ponies of Equestria.
*The brief (about 200 years) rule of the Sunlords. A cult of Unicorns claiming to regulate the heavens, taking credit for the unseen work of Celestia and Luna as they learned to use the powers that they were created with. This is the source of the show's legend of Unicorns regulating the sun and moon.
*To the "present day" my Equestria has THREE thrones. One, never occupied, is the throne of the titular Queen of Equestria, Skyglow. Celestia and Luna occupy the other two as Princesses and actually rule the land. This custom dates to the first raising of Fortress Canterlot during the Sunlord War.
*Roughly a 1000 years of basic peace often referred to as the Fortress Canterlot Days. During this time, Equestria expanded largely south and west to the Sea and north somewhat over half the length of the Sunset Range and eastward forming a rough rectangle.
*Unicorn Superiority caused a serious rift between the followers of Celestia and Luna, leading to the Exile of De Writer and soon after, the Nightmare Wars.
*These deadly wars lasted roughly 10 years and resulted in the followers of Luna winning. Luna's 1000 year exile was the result of treachery by surviving Unicorn Supremacists. Non Equine Magic was invented during the Nightmare Wars and used by Luna's followers.
*Celestia and Luna, coordinated by notes from De Writer, whom they can never knowingly see again, due to the terms of that treacherous exile, bring about the reestablishment of social order. It is done at a heavy price in realpolitik solutions. The myth of Luna's exile for her "crimes" and much else. Celestia is forced to be a tyrant for over two centuries. The creation of the so called "Nightmare Moon" is one of the solutions.
*Cloudsdale and the Weather Authority are established to repair climate damage caused by the Nightmare Wars.
*After her 1000 years of Exile have passed, Luna returns to Equestria and her rightful share of the rule of the kingdom.
*Luna sees the need for an extensive and self supporting road system. She both plans it, and does the basic work of setting standards by direct experimentation. She becomes the High Commissioner of Equestria's Roads. Most of Equestria's prosperity is due to this road system.
*Luna has been back about 500 years when the Rom first come to Equestria. They are hidden from Celestia and Luna by greedy nobles who unlawfully wring the Rom for illegal tolls and fees, only tolerating them because they roughly double the income of any fair or market that they attend, enriching the nobles even more.
*Celestia and Luna discover the Rom after about 200 years of them being hidden from the Royal eyes.
*When they can get free of Royal duties and the necessities of adjusting the heavens Celestia and Luna spend time with the Rom, particularly the band of Marchhare, which they have joined.
*With lots of "hiccups" but no truly major disasters, the present of both show and my canon coincide about 600 years after the events of A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROM AND THEIR CUSTOMS.
I hope that this brief time line helps to sort out my tales for you.
Very interesting. I notice no mention of Discord's rule. Is that spoilers?
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In my canon, Discord has a very particular and vital function. It is a lot older than the Princesses. In its female form, known as ERIS, Discord has been friends with both Celestia and Luna but especially Luna, for roughly 1500 years BCE.
In the Current Era, Eris has a Royally granted extra-territorial enclave not too far from Ponyville. She also has a literal army of ponies and others working along side her to fulfill her function. She is a master of the use of both tech, mage/tech and magical devices. Most of her work is covert but not all of it. She herself is as fiercely loyal to her assistants as they are to her.
Most of what the show gives us shows Discord in male guise carrying out training exercises for the Mane Six, etc. These are usually mutually agreed upon and planned with the aid of and at the request of Luna or Celestia.
P.S. Two of my tales concerning Eris are Mature for consensual Kinky Sex. There is violence too, but it is separate. The third, which is posted, is only rated Teen. It is Daring Do and the Adventure of the X'ibian Vase! The remaining two are not yet reposted. They are ERIS, INC and THE MONG TEST.
I hope that this dodges your question sufficiently.
Why exactly did you decide to change the history so much? Especially having Luna's banishment be for a completely different reason.
4190186 Where did you get the idea that Discord was faking being a bad guy?
Lakeguy:
It was something that I noticed.
One: Discord may make the truth dance and stand on its head, but he does not LIE.
Two: His Chaos is uncomfortable but in the end, he never KILLS nor even leaves real property damage. Everything gets fixed up, whether he does it or some other.
I simply posited that Discord, like the Princesses, has a real purpose and function in the MLP world.
If the ponies had been made too perfect and thus failed to advance as intended by the Creators, then a being like Discord would have a vital function as a goad to advance. Discomfort is a great goad. And Discord makes things as uncomfortable and awkward as can be. This pushes the ponies to think and plan, in short, to advance their civilization.
It just seemed to fit the situation when I thought about what purpose he might have.