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MLP:FiM - Spiral Theory

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-Since Celestia is 1000+, a better theory would be that spirals = Stage of Life... like, Young-Teen-adult-old-venerable-etc

Ekko:there are theories running around about it
Ekko:age, stage of life
Ekko:because rarity has 3 sometimes
Ekko:and in these she has 2
SugarBear:oooooooh.
SugarBear:Also, are unicorns immortal/have extremely long lifespans? I don't remember seeing an aged unicorn in the show yet.
Ekko:she's got 3 in suited

Ekko:rarity has 3 spirals in bridle gossip...
SugarBear:CHECK THE SPIRALS.
SugarBear:CHECK 'EM
Nova25:Suited it is
Ekko:ticket master rarity has 3
RedBadger:3
SugarBear:THREE
Ekko:err
Ekko:2
Ekko:ticket master she has 2
SugarBear:One...Two...Three! Three spirals!
SugarBear:HA! HA! HA!
RedBadger:Our little Rarity is growing up
Ekko:AH! AH! AH!
Nova25:Want it verify Bridel Gossip too ?
Ekko:bridal gossip is 3
Ekko:I've been checking
Ekko:fall weather friends is 3
Nova25:So, she is 3 Spirals old then.
Ekko:yeah, bridle
Ekko:looks like 3 in WWU too
Ekko:it's hard to tell, the HD is borked
Nova25:borked ?
Ekko:stuck at 360p
Ekko:for some reason
Nova25:Synchtube doing ?
Ekko:no, it's a youtube thing
Ekko:MLX would probably have to re-render it in a specific way
Ekko:and it's not really worth it when it looks fine here already

Ekko:okay, so the only episodes in which she has 2 spirals are the first 3
Ekko:the rest are 3 spirals
Nova25:and they are the first episode, so...
Ekko:mare in the moon, elements of harmony, and ticket master
Ekko:so yeah, first 3 episodes
cynin:are we
cynin:checking rarity's horn?
Ekko:I went through a bunch of episodes to check
Ekko:because I'm curious about it
Nova25:Since Celestia is 1000+, a better theory would be that spirals = Stage of Life... like, Young-Teen-adult-old-venerable-etc
Nova25:Theory
Nova25:copy pasted
Ekko:considering that Rarity is probably the oldest of the group
Ekko:it could still be either way
Bravery:Why are everyone talking spirals in here?
Nova25:aging system
Ekko:You've gotten yourself into an episode, Rarity
Ekko:because I made a comment a few days ago that trixie had 3 spirals
Ekko:and then I noticed rarity had 3 spirals too
Ekko:and that most other ponies had 2
Nova25:Most of the ponies are Teens, which is reasonable, since in most anime / manga / games, Teenagers are used to save the world
Ekko:haha
Bravery:Where, on their horns?
Ekko:the classic "ONLY KIDS CAN SAVE THE WORLD"
Ekko:on their horns
Bravery:Ah
Ekko:you can see 3 lines indicating spiral
Ekko:for rarity
Nova25:Also, Rarity has her own Boutique... Pinky Pie only works part-time at the cake shop... and other stuff
Ekko:but then again
Ekko:AND ODDITY
Nova25:We can guess age with this
Ekko:Sweetie Bell has 2 spirals
Bravery:Three sprals = maturity?
Nova25:maybe she went Teen, very recently
Nova25:Maybe yes
Ekko:she's like the same age as applebloom
Ekko:who is still a young'n
Nova25:Earth Pony maybe ?
Nova25:We must consider the ''possible'' differences
Ekko:I mean, Applebloom could be a young teen
Bravery:I think Dinky also has two spirals
Ekko:and that would make the cast like early-to-mid-20s
Nova25:Works, no ?
Bravery:Although you can barely see it
Ekko:yeah, the horns are really small on the small 'corns
Nova25:We need to fins a young unicorn with 1 spiral ?
Nova25:*find
Bravery:Scratch has two
Ekko:yeah
Ekko:Scratch is the same size as a cast pony
Nova25:So, we can ''guess'' the age
Ekko:2 on lyra
Bravery:I'm a spiral older than you

Nova25:In the end... It all falls on how old they can live.... 1 spiral could = 10 years or 2 Years
Ekko:or maybe they all have 2 spirals by default
Ekko:which is reasonable
Ekko:I think
Nova25:That's why we must find some Young / baby Unicorn to check ...If they have only 1 it will confirm a part of the theory
Ekko:I just checked Sweetie Bell who has 2 spirals
Ekko:and she's probably the youngest you'll find
Bravery:Nope
Nova25:Isn't there some youngs in WWU
Bravery:She can't be much younger than AB
Bravery:Dinky is in WWU
Ekko:welp, time to check
Bravery:She has two but you can barely see it
Bravery:So you can count it as one
Nova25:jsut after this one
Nova25:humm.... Call of cuties or WWU ?
alda:WWU
alda:but i dont insist...
Bravery:I think they are younger in WWU if that's what you're looking for
Bravery:But there's more to look for in COC
Nova25:Just for some Theorical Curiosity ...and SCIENCE !

Bravery:Safety Dance has three spirals
Nova25:Who ?
Ekko:the one pony who pops the balloons I think?
Bravery:yup
alda:winter wrap up winter wrap up
Ekko:2 spirals
Ekko:again
Bravery:not yet
alda:pausing during the winter wrap up song is punishable by death!
Ekko:all of those are 2 spirals
Nova25:90% have 2 Spirals
Nova25:or something close
Bravery:it comes after MUCH TO DOOO
Bravery:soon
Ekko:oh shit there we go
Ekko:young'ns
Nova25:Activate the scanners !
Ekko:scanners indicate no spirals, cap'n
Nova25:I see one.... Confirm ?
Adrian Brony:wait, what?
Ekko:the resolution is poor though
Nova25:I have a better quality on my computer... i will check it
Ekko:actually I do too
Ekko:okay, yeah, it's like one
Nova25:This is confirmed ! 1 spiral !
Ekko:it's easiest to see when they jump up and float for a moment
Bravery:i55.tinypic.com/35auliw.jpg
Bravery:Thoughts?
Ekko:I mean, they look no older than AB
Bravery:It looks like that
Ekko:maybe a slight younger
Bravery:*there could be a second spiral hidden under the hair
Nova25:So... the number of spirals, for unicorns of course, could start at 0 or 1 ?
Ekko:indeed, but twilight could have a 3rd under her hair
Nova25:Well.... at least, we have a base here, for the theory
Bravery:Now I need to find a picture of that
Ekko:quite
Bravery:Twilight's horn exposed
Nova25:of what ?
Ekko:and 2 specimens to boot

Ekko:it almost seems like twilight's horn is big enough for 3 but only has 2
Nova25:wait.... humm.... When twilight's horn become soft in Bridle Gossip ? ... do we see it completely ?
Ekko:tough perspective
Ekko:don't think so
Nova25:maybe she will get a 3rd soon, a few years ?
Bravery:Twilight's sick horn has three spirals
Nova25:Really ?
Ekko:oh dear
Nova25:oooh you're right !
Ekko:what's a good timestamp to see that?
Nova25:10:57
Nova25:Close up
Bravery:i54.tinypic.com/23mxx5.jpg
Ekko:oh shit
Ekko:how 'bout that
Bravery:And Rarity's horn looks like it's glued on in the first episodes
Bravery:Like it's not part of her head
Double P:Lol
Ekko:rarity had a lot of perspective shots
Ekko:all over the place
Ekko:in the first 2
Nova25:Well... so far we have a lot of hints and indications on the Spiral-Horn theory... Be we can only, with what we have, class the unicorn by ''groups'' of possible age ?
Ekko:pretty much
Ekko:there's obviously not going to be a canonical answer for it
Bravery:Shame mr and mrs Cake aren't unicorns
Nova25:It's probably the best we can do, really.... Since we don't know their life expectancy
Bravery:Or Granny Smith
Ekko:but the theory suggests that more spirals means either older or something else
Ekko:life stage
Nova25:Someone should copy paste those infos and post it somewhere
Bravery:Post them on ponychan
Double P:it'll be brought up in a thread
Bravery:This is fascinating stuff

Bravery:Watched some Call of the Cutie. The implication certainly SEEMS to be that younger ponies have one spiral
Bravery:i54.tinypic.com/1692og7.jpg
Ekko:there's a lot of hair on that one, bravery
Ekko:but maybe
Double P:so the ponies spirals do relate to their age?
Ekko:quite possibly
Bravery:Floppy hirn has three
Ekko:yeah
Ekko:but you can see the third line retract into the mane
Double P:yeah
Bravery:But it's poison joke so maybe it doesn't count
Ekko:when she's moving
Ekko:the joke was just floppy horn
Nova25:the horn is just more visible, because less hidden by hair
Ekko:exactly
Nova25:The hair almost cover the 3rd
Ekko:see, it's ALMOST hidden by the hair
Bravery:So both Twi and Rarity has three spirals?
Double P:unless it's mentioned or brought up in another episode this is all we got


-To sum things up : As far as the numerous observations go and can be regrouped, it is a good guess that the number of spirals on a Unicorn's horn are related or significantly linked to their age or rather their ''group'' or stage of life.
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When you have some time, some interesting idea, a few good people and that you are willing to think a bit...

You can come up with some pretty interesting theories, relatively well made/defended/structured, sometimes. ;)

Here's the result of about an hour of conversation, around the Spiral Theory. (On a Synchtube channel)

The log was slightly edited, only removing the random-background comments and a touch of grammar.

-I invite people to comment and add, at the condition that they can be CIVILIZED in their comments-
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How many spirals does Luna have? :iconpinkieishappyplz: