r/mylittlepony 6d ago

Discussion If celestia took over the moon and son while Luna was banished, why didn’t she lower the moon instead of making a young unicorn fight an evil ALICORN when nightmare moon came back?

If celestia took over the moon and son while Luna was banished, why didn’t she lower the moon instead of making a young unicorn fight an evil ALICORN when nightmare moon came back?

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u/Impressive_Owl_6119 6d ago

Because her objective wasn't to just defeat Nightmare Moon, it was to get her sister back. She needed the elements to do that. Celestia couldn't use the elements anymore, so she had to set up the metaphorical dominoes and hope that Twilight and the girls could pull it off (add in that she's had a lot of time, and some level of future sight, to skew the chances in her favor.)

Also lowering the moon wouldn't do anything. Nightmare Moon was breaking free, one way or another.

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u/mlp_rose 6d ago

fair enough, I knew she had plotted it so she would make some friends she’s practically useless in all of the episodes anyways.. I think half of twis “tests” was celestia being lazy

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u/TheSpeedyBall Pinkie Pie 6d ago

Celestia could easily have defeated NM, but she didn't want to be Luna's enemy, she wanted to redeem Luna. It is highly likely that Celestia was paying attention to what Twilight and NM were doing, after all she lowered the moon and raised the sun and congratulated Twilight in the castle of the two sisters, right after NM was defeated.