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because of recent uncoverings from the recent chapter I felt reinvigorated to post this old drawing. i made it months ago(December) and I was trying out a shading style; i didn’t like the execution (I still don’t like it now) so I never posted it. I’ll probably redraw this with the canon in mind.
My old theory:
Opaline was the middle sibling of Celestia and Luna. She was a pony no one in their alicorn society cared about. It was only her sisters who ever paid any attention to her.
In this alicorn society; there’s many different types of alicorns. And while Opaline was just a simple fire alicorn her sisters were Celestial alicorns, a type of alicorn that’s worshiped and brought up to be leaders.
Opaline; jealous of her sisters seeked power and limelight; which inadvertently causes the demise of their alicorn society.
The only thing that I got right is the fact there’s a alicorn society and that Opaline is super duper old. I actually like the childhood rivalry angle much more then my sister theory!
I really like how the G5 writers seem to be taking inspiration from the Journal of the Two Sisters and expanding on it. Alicorns were always a a confusing mess with lore that’s contradicted and retconned in various peices of g4 media so seeing g5 give explanations that ties into Opaline’s backstory is a warm welcome for me.