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This would be more along the lines of Countries in Equestria, since it would involve nations at this time period interacting with the equestrians. Obviously Alternate History on both sides of the rift.

A collection of short stories and one-shots in a setting where a permanent dimensional rift into Equestria appears in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the1920's. The stories in general would be things like, newsreel transcripts, diary and log or journal entries, newspaper articles, or radio transcripts. All detailing humanity's reaction to the appearance and discovery of equestria (from the human side of the rift, it appears to look like an island and less a continent due to the rift distorting the appearance of the land), expeditions and surveys to the land, first contact, and recognition as a sovereign power as well as interactions and observations made by more common folk and some undesirables like smugglers.

The equestrians themselves, as i stated in other posts, would be still, based more on the Houyhnhnms from Gulliver's travels. and would still even speak the language of the houyhnhnms rather than english. being made up of various horse sounds, but arranged to form coherent speech, resembling a more graceful version of high dutch or german. Any hint of human-like intelligence would also have to be deciphered based on their body language and behavior. Though for unicorns, their usage of telekinesis would instantly give away at their intelligence.

Event he Land of Equestria wouldn't be called that by the Humans, it would probably be referred to as something like Houyhnhnms Land by the Humans (Gulliver's Travels was around longer than MLP), only being referred to by it's actual name after the Equestrian language is fully understood and translated by human linguists.

This would also be an alternate timeline in Equestria's history, as the bridging of both worlds would occur in either Ancient Equestria or Equestria before any technological implements such as airships or trains were introduced. and also before the cities with Horse-pun names such as Manehattan or Las Pegasus, etc, were established. But still, before the birth of the mane 6 and the events of the series as a whole.

some Pony on Earth content would be featured too, such as a newsreel transcript or newspaper article on Princess Celestia and/or Luna arriving in New York and then to Washington to meet with the President of the United States at this Tie period. Given that They are based on the Houyhnhnms and the fact that they are not human leaders. One is gonna have a lot fo fun writing a lot of awkward moments between the humans and the equestrian royalty. like instances where the humans are confused at the sight of the alicorn sisters or the alicorn sisters being confused by the sight of automobiles, normal non-sapient, non-equestrian Horses all around New York or why there are a couple of street cleaners following them.

would anyone be up for writing something in this setting?




ADDENDUM: exploration and interaction with the equestrian world can extend to griffonstone and other far off place

I think you might like Georg's Equestria 1940. It's a version where Equestria has been in the mid-Atlantic since prehistoric times, but not a lot of interaction actually happens before WW1.

I'd put it in the Pacific. Interfering with the Gulf Stream would make most of Northern Europe, the British Isles, & Iceland uninhabitable. I mean, Scandinavia is on the Artic circle. Without that warm current, they'd be like Greenland

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