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“It’s been on thousand years since I’ve seen you like this, Princess Luna”
 
Done for my new Ask Nightmare Woon blog: [link]

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Pretty sure the ACTUAL canon is that, Impious. The title I gave the piece refers to living in Celestia’s shadow.
ThatGuyImpious
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

I know Clown, but headcanon can evolve! Some of them are independent ideas, too. Like my one headcanon where Discord is a puppetmaster that thinks thousands of years ahead, and created the elements so that they would intentionally backfire and destroy Celestia and Luna’s lives. Bastard still won in the end.
 
And that ain’t half bad an idea, Goldie.
Goldenpwny

There’s a shit-ton of crappy fics out there, even if you made wrote utter garbage it would still triumph over many of the existing literature currently available.
 
You two (Clowndicks and Impious) should really consider writing something (perhaps a collaborative effort?), either a traditional fic or an in-depth analysis of the show or fanon/headcannon concepts that you feel are worth mentioning.  
Just a thought, and if you ever do get around to it I’d love to read it.
ThatGuyImpious
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Mental masturbation is a wonderful activity. Nah, all of my headcanon is carefully interpreted from existing canon. Nothing out of thin air, so to speak.
 
Me and Clowndicks bounce a lot of ideas off each other, though.
Goldenpwny

  • nods *  
    Your explanations make a lot of sense and help explain some of the show’s ambiguity. Granted these are just your opinions and not cannon, nevertheless I approve.
     
    I am curious. however, as to how you come to these conclusions. Do you have conversations with others regarding these matters or do you just prefer to mentally masturbate to these thoughts when you’re not bogged down with life.
ThatGuyImpious
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Sometimes.
 
It’s heavier and less contrived than the “she was posessed/indoctrinated” theory. I don’t believe Luna is completely innocent. Not one bit. I believe in redemption, though, and so far Luna hasn’t botched her second chance.
ThatGuyImpious
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

Headcanon: Nightmare Moon is not real.
 
Luna is tormented by her crushing sense of inadequacy. Nothing she does is ever right, she’s always in her sister’s shadow. Nopony gives a shit about her. At least, in her eyes. So, she seeks to be her sister. She wants to be Celestia.
 
Nightmare Moon is a hallucination created by years of neglect, an idealized form that Luna strives to become.