Talk:Castle Sweet Castle/@comment-1412197-20150420061454/@comment-24659719-20150420063326

yes rainbow rocks and cutie map both occur before castle sweet castle. in rr they were just moving in, so there were lots of ponies around helping with that, and twilight and spike were able to disappear for a little while to the human world. in cm which i believe happened not long after twilight and spike returned has them discussing the castle again, and then the map appears and sends them off on a road trip. (i believe that spike spent his time with big mac at sweet apple acres, and applejack sent him home when she got back). so when twi returns from the road trip it is the first time that she and spike have truly been alone in the castle, so the true magnitude of the place finally has a chance to sink into twilight's pschye.