Talk:Princess Celestia/@comment-7345250-20141123093614

I just read the Reflections arc a second time, and something rather weird and tragic occurred to me. These four issues make constant mention of how young Princess Celestia was back then.


 * Twilight comments on how very young she looks in the portrait in Star Swirl's lair.


 * Celestia herself insists that she was young and foolish when she fell in love.


 * Star Swirl mentions that he needed someone "spry" to help him carry things.


 * Celestia mentions that Equestria is blossoming when she first goes through the mirror


 * Star Swirl actually teaches Celestia a lesson or two about ruling.


 * Star Swirl says, "Never doubt yourself. You'll do great things for your subjects."

And I've probably missed a few other points (I don't have #18), but these are the foremost that come to mind. This arc places loads of emphasis on how young Celestia was, so young that she had only just started to rule the kingdom. I daresay she could not have been much older than Twilight and Co. are now. These comics imply that her affair took place soon after her coronation, so there are a few very strange conclusions that come to mind.


 * Celestia and Luna were both young adults at the time of Luna's betrayal. Luna might have even been a teenager at the time of Celestia's affair with King Sombra.


 * Luna has spent almost her entire life on the moon. She was even younger than Celestia when she started to "act dark."


 * Celestia and Luna were born after Star Swirl reached adulthood. He says that he is "too old for this," referring to severing Celestia's relationship. Cutting bad relationships off is a parental move. The joke rests on his seniority in comparison to the sisters.


 * Celestia would have had to explain to Star Swirl that she had exiled the filly he once knew. It's very clear that they knew him long before they assumed the throne.

And now for some speculation... We're never hold what happened to Star Swirl, but he was very old at the time of Luna's exile, and his mirror is what gave Celestia comfort after Luna was banished. Could the Nightmare Moon incident have affected Star Swirl so strongly that his well-being began to decline? No idea, but it wouldn't surprise me.

All I know is that the princesses were young at the time.