Talk:The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2/@comment-1765692-20160212105821

My theories about how each villain took over

Sombra timeline: Celestia evades capture by Nightmare Moon. Discord's statue is destroyed before he becomes a threat. Celestia is able to successfully defeat Nightmare Moon. Rainbow is instrumental in this effort. The Crystal Empire returns. Unable to reach the crystal heart, Celestia is forced to gather an army of her bravest subjects to fight back against Sombra. The expanding Everfree Forest is turned into lumber. Tirek remains in Tartarus.

Chrysalis timeline: Starlight's words about equality stay with Fluttershy and the bullies all their lives. They welcome the Changelings into Equestria long before Nightmare Moon enters the picture. Chrysalis is able to absorb enough love to stop any threat to her reign, allowing her to stop Nightmare Moon and Sombra. Discord's statue is destroyed before he becomes a threat. The Everfree Forest swallows all of Equestria. Tirek remains in Tartarus.

Nightmare timeline: Witnessing the epic duel inspires Rainbow and the other foals. When Nightmare Moon returns, she offers them benefits to serving her. Celestia can't bring herself to attack her own subjects, and is banished to the moon. Discord's statue is destroyed before he becomes a threat. The Everfree Forest swallows all of Equestria. Tirek remains in Tartarus.

Tirek timeline: Starlight becomes Rainbow's personal bogeyman, and she becomes even more reckless. She becomes the harbinger of Equestria's destruction, with her attempts to help only making things worse every time. Her worst mistake was deciding to free Tirek in the hopes that he can defeat Sombra. It goes horribly right. Discord's statue is destroyed before he becomes a threat. The Everfree Forest is destroyed along with everything else.

Discord timeline: Rainbow develops a fear of magic after Twilight's misfire. As a result, she isn't there to aid in the efforts against Nightmare Moon, and the hammy villain is so happy about how easily she defeated her mortal enemy that she completely forgets to destroy Discord's statue. You might be able to guess what comes next.

Flim Flam timeline: Starlight making Fluttershy win the race causes something to change in the little yellow pegasus, while Rainbow's confidence plummets. Years later, an overconfident Fluttershy leads Equestria down a path of ruin and despair, ultimately ending with there being no one left to rule. Celestia is stuck on the moon, Nightmare Moon and Sombra destroyed each other, Discord's statue was smashed, Tirek is still in Tartarus, and the Changelings never showed up at all. So, a certain pair of con artists decide to take advantage of the vacancy.

Wasteland timeline: Similar to the previous timeline, only Tirek and Discord both entered the fray as well. There was nothing left afterward.