That's not an exact quote of Lauren Faust, that's a quote about a quote! AAAAAGHHHHH!

IS SHE READY?!

edited 10th Jul '11 5:06:28 PM by gingerninja666

That made me laugh SO hard

We'll probably get a more concrete answer in Season 2. That linked page does say she's lined up to appear again, after all. =)

According to one of the animators, her premere episode is 'epic'

We do know, a part of her did this willingly. Evidenced by the fact that she had to apologize and that she was scared of facing Celestia, not to mention the guilt.

If she had been just brainwashed or possessed Celestia nor she would have cared.

edited 10th Jul '11 5:42:11 PM by FallenLegend

Personally, I don't imagine there's much in the way of long large scale 'cut you open' surgical procedures in Equestria at all, especially when they have magic and such.

I am sure that for Luna there was some Beneath the Mask involved and not just an evil possession.How much would be the real question.

edited 10th Jul '11 5:40:20 PM by FallenLegend

Ditto

In other news, BABY GOT FLANK is hilarious

@Fallen Legend: Keep in mind that that was the first time Luna and Celestia had spoken since Celestia banished Luna to the moon for trying to overthrow her the first time, which presumably didn't have anything to do with whatever caused Nightmare Moon (but could).

I don't think we can just say that she was completedly possesed, because what end would eternal night serve anyone but Luna? You can see why Luna wanted it, for people to appreciate her night, but what purpose doesit serve anyone else? Well, I suppose that would be an issue to reveal in time.

I think she probably just chose to accept the help of something, and that's what she was apologizing for. It was still her choice, no matter how badly it went against her wishes.

Sure would like to know what she did that was so bad that she was banished to the moon FOR-EVERRRRRR, though.

Maybe it was an evil entity that assimilates part of it's host personality. Maybe there was nothing to Nightmare Moon except her desire for eternal night

Trying to commit genocide is kinda bad

edited 10th Jul '11 5:51:17 PM by gingerninja666

I think it wouldbe fair to say that Celestia over-reacted - or she couldn't quite control the power of the elements. The reason was that Luna refused to lower the moon - she wanted eternal night. She might have lashed out at Celestia, but that's probably the extent of it.

Does anybody else think seeing the actual thing, as an actual episode, would be amazing to see?

I think it just made her more powerful and a lot more selfish. Neither full possesion, nor something whispering in her ear. It just changed her personality a little. She could have stopped if she wanted to. Thing is, after becoming Nightmare Moon she didn't want to.

edited 10th Jul '11 5:56:31 PM by WillKeaton

^^I would love to, actually. It'd be a good way to develop Celestia's character.

^Makes sense to me. It's worth noting that Luna gets shrunk back to a much smaller alicorn once she gets turned back into Luna... maybe Gods Need Prayer Badly...?

Anyway, anyone else think Luna should be up for Well-Intentioned Extremist? I get the feeling she didn't think her plan through very well (that is, if it was Luna and not Nightmare Moon calling the shots even back then; I doubt Nightmare would care very much either way whether there were any ponies left in Equestria), and all she really wanted was the same kind of love and respect that her sister got.

edited 10th Jul '11 5:59:57 PM by RedSavant

Then what did the Elements of Harmony do? Brainwash a Heel Face Turn into her? Oh god Maybe she hasn't repented at all and only gave up because the elements stripped her of the power she needed to dominate Celestia (the armour)

edited 10th Jul '11 6:03:35 PM by gingerninja666

I wonder if the duel between them both would be akin to Dumbledore vs Grindelwald or The Last Great Time War...

Either way it'd be awesome to see, yes XD

I would prefer little flashbacks about their lives leading up to the event, and leave us to put the pieces together about what happened in our minds.

Oh you know what would be great? If they told the stories of Celestia's early years in the styles of each of the other My Little Pony animated series.

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Why Do I have the deep fear that that would make the series more dark and violent.... Yet for no good reason?!

The standing theory for that is that Luna became Nightmare Moon, she wasn't Luna anymore and stopped aging as her.

Is it really that dark to say that not all apologies are sincere? That's actually how I explain the quick turn-arounds some of the villains go through at the ends of the G1 cartoons, that it wasn't a change of heart so much as they were just tired of fighting and considered it too risky to continue the battle, so they started buttering up the ponies as it's easy to get back on their good side.

There should be an evil Celestia, too. Nightmare Sun?

Daydream Sun!

Holyfuckstopsettingmeonfire Sun