Paco Taco pointed out to me that Shining represents an aspect of the Crystal Heart just like Flurry and Cadence! He represents the protection that the heart provides! Wish I had thought of that!

Plot twist the first male alicorn king somber😂😂. It could be true though 😮

Plot twist the first male alicorn king somber😂😂. It could be true though 😮

you did tho-? in the end of the video, while it was an off-handed comment, you still said it?

you did tho-? in the end of the video, while it was an off-handed comment, you still said it?

i was actully going to say alicorn of protection

i was actully going to say alicorn of protection

@Three Kids Videos Family 0ooñolkoloñoivc no por muy 4ñryiip

@Three Kids Videos Family 0ooñolkoloñoivc no por muy 4ñryiip

It Defenetly suits with his cutie mark perfectly

It Defenetly suits with his cutie mark perfectly

Shining armor can be the stallicorn of PROTECTION🛡🛡

Shining armor can be the stallicorn of PROTECTION🛡🛡

My  name is Mihaela 🦊❤🧡💛💚💙💜💝💌🤍💗💗💗💗💗💗

My  name is Mihaela 🦊❤🧡💛💚💙💜💝💌🤍💗💗💗💗💗💗

You want it make it happen in the fandom

You want it make it happen in the fandom

Because thorax is king there are some things he has to do Wich he sometimes rather not to. He can't spend as much time with his subjects as he likes.

Because thorax is king there are some things he has to do Wich he sometimes rather not to. He can't spend as much time with his subjects as he likes.

Oh comon you want all equestria be alicorns

Oh comon you want all equestria be alicorns

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@Ketna Reddy Dharma no If you watch Forgotten Friendship she is not

@Ketna Reddy Dharma no If you watch Forgotten Friendship she is not

I think  that  sunset  shimer is a alacourn

I think  that  sunset  shimer is a alacourn

Shining isn’t the first one. In do princess dream of magic sheep Big Mac becomes an alicorn

Shining isn’t the first one. In do princess dream of magic sheep Big Mac becomes an alicorn

I think celestia and Luna are the alicorns of sister hood , not sibling hood becauseI think twilight and shining armour is the Alicorn and stalicorn of siblinghood

I think celestia and Luna are the alicorns of sister hood , not sibling hood becauseI think twilight and shining armour is the Alicorn and stalicorn of siblinghood

Maybe shining armor can be the king of stars?

Maybe shining armor can be the king of stars?

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I  am  one   your  older   fans  and  I  know that you   only  post  on  Friday  but I   check  your   channel  every  day!   I love your channel   SO  much

I thought he might be the representation of protection even before I read this. But I didn't think of it in a way connected to the crystal heart. Nice!

I thought he might be the representation of protection even before I read this. But I didn't think of it in a way connected to the crystal heart. Nice!

I think there are only female alicorns bc it’s more of a female monarchy. We never really hear of any positive rulings by stallions, so it only makes sense that they most likely don’t have the potential to become alicorns, after all the history they hold.

Hey sound too I think that you should make a video about Easter eggs in the

Hey sound too I think that you should make a video about Easter eggs in the

I believe Shining Armor would be the alicorn of Family Protection, Loyalty, or just Protection in general.

I believe Shining Armor would be the alicorn of Family Protection, Loyalty, or just Protection in general.

Damn it I just made a comment bout this lmao. Wish I’d read the comments first

Damn it I just made a comment bout this lmao. Wish I’d read the comments first

@Sawtooth waves He has to create special magic to become an alicorn

@Sawtooth waves He has to create special magic to become an alicorn

I realized that flurry heart has a para wings her mother cadence has a pair of wings and her dad doesn’t have a pair of wings

I realized that flurry heart has a para wings her mother cadence has a pair of wings and her dad doesn’t have a pair of wings

@Emily CrockerMost likely. Yes. Yas. Sure. Yep.

@Emily CrockerMost likely. Yes. Yas. Sure. Yep.

if shining armor became an alicorn wouldn't it be one of the stain glass mirrors?

if shining armor became an alicorn wouldn't it be one of the stain glass mirrors?

Hey Sawtooth. Quick question. If you become a Alicorn, will you automatically become royalty?

Hey Sawtooth. Quick question. If you become a Alicorn, will you automatically become royalty?

Сәлем қал қалай мен қазақпын

Сәлем қал қалай мен қазақпын

Yeah! I was going to say that! The Alicorn of protection

Or products

Yeah! I was going to say that! The Alicorn of protection

Or products

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This game was great but the app was really fun to use it to get it out and the game would have been better off than a little bit of the game

Hey shining armor can be King but cadence cannot be a queen because her mother is already a queen but we didn’t see about the king in Crystal Empire so shining shining armor king of what maybe king of shield

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So freaking gangster Shining Armor gets his wings for once his Oldest brother Maverick Sparkle will go Psychotic . So welcome to the Danger Zone Maverick and Shining Armor Sparkle just got drunk and badly high . And Shining Armor Can kick their enemies will be long gone through a war

I don't understand what your talking about.

I don't understand what your talking about.

You seem to know a lot about MLP so can you tell me if it is MLP season 10 or MLP season nine now

You seem to know a lot about MLP so can you tell me if it is MLP season 10 or MLP season nine now

OMG imagine if the 2 sisters were twins then this theory would be DEBUNKED

OMG imagine if the 2 sisters were twins then this theory would be DEBUNKED

Practically I think it's protection like his cutiemark

Practically I think it's protection like his cutiemark

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Elements of harmony powerup the alacorns honyste laughter  genyrosity kindnees  royalty magic

Love your videos but I don't think he should be a alicorn 😅❤?!

Love your videos but I don't think he should be a alicorn 😅❤?!

Love your videos but I don't think shining armour should be a alicorn ❤😅😅?!

Love your videos but I don't think shining armour should be a alicorn ❤😅😅?!

I don't think it would be called a stalicorn. It would probably still be a ailcorn

I don't think it would be called a stalicorn. It would probably still be a ailcorn

@thecatwithteethlolw Are you kidding me?

@thecatwithteethlolw Are you kidding me?

Ok think about it he has been a member of the royal guard right. That could also make he  King of many army's or king commander.

Ok think about it he has been a member of the royal guard right. That could also make he  King of many army's or king commander.

Well, I wouldn’t say parental love can be entirely represented by one character, since motherly love and fatherly love manifest in different ways. So if this dynamic were to work out, Cadence would be romantic love and motherly love, Shining would be fatherly love, and flurry is the love for ones parents. We could throw love for ones country or something like that, but he clearly loved his country from a young age (hence him wanting to become a soldier), so wouldn’t he have been an alicorn by now? I think it HAS to be fatherly love. If it is, it could also explain why he didn’t become an alicorn right away. Unlike motherly love, which is at its peak as soon as the baby is born, fatherly love takes a bit longer to reach that peak as it comes from watching your child grow, experience new things, and improve (I’m not saying fathers don’t love their children instantly, I’m just saying that it’s not at their peak until the child is older). He’s probably been an alicorn for a while by the time of the future episode.

Makes me wonder if there was an original Elements of Harmony and they were alicorns.

Makes me wonder if there was an original Elements of Harmony and they were alicorns.

I think that Shining Armer would represent romantic love but in a boys point of view

I think that Shining Armer would represent romantic love but in a boys point of view

He could be protection stalicorn

Yes i know it sound dumb 🎀😹

He could be protection stalicorn

Yes i know it sound dumb 🎀😹

What if he was the allicorn of protection? He has the shield on his cutie mark, and as you said, he's quite powerful. But, how would he get his wings? why would he get them exactly?

What if he was the allicorn of protection? He has the shield on his cutie mark, and as you said, he's quite powerful. But, how would he get his wings? why would he get them exactly?

The crystal heart is said to spread not only 2 but 3 things
Light
Love
And hope
As the captain of the royal guard ,his duty is to protect the people of Equestria and therefore bring hope to people that they are safe from and kind of threat
So therefore I think shining armour should be the prince or stallicorn oh hope or protection

@socks husky i like that! If he had to find a way to use his protection spells to protect magic itself somehow, that could count as him inventing new magic, which should grant him alicorn status. I wonder what a protection spell protecting magic itself would look like tho...

I think he really has patently lm he's behest fen lm not sure what he ets going to represent

I think he really has patently lm he's behest fen lm not sure what he ets going to represent

I knew it he should be the ALICORN of protection

I knew it he should be the ALICORN of protection

But Friendship is the same. Why would Twilight, the princess of friendship, leave her friends behind? Without them she wouldn't be a princess

But Friendship is the same. Why would Twilight, the princess of friendship, leave her friends behind? Without them she wouldn't be a princess

I always shining mama will be a pegasus male it going I hope you still be a good but not but in Equestria

I always shining mama will be a pegasus male it going I hope you still be a good but not but in Equestria

I hope in shining armor MLP a pegasus and I and I hope that he's hope you wore of the land

I hope in shining armor MLP a pegasus and I and I hope that he's hope you wore of the land

Yes I I hope that you're heading home, will be off on a pony with a horn and wings and I and I think he's Awards

Yes I I hope that you're heading home, will be off on a pony with a horn and wings and I and I think he's Awards

I think Flurry Heart could be The Princess of Joy or The Princess of Light and Joy because in The First Episode of Season 6 Spike brings a vase and he says “Then they all share The Light and Joy they feel ... (you can watch The Episode if you want to here the full sentence)

Shining armour could also be the love for one's wife too

Shining armour could also be the love for one's wife too

I think he d be the prince of love for ons children or the princ of self-confidence because it's hard for him to be afraid and protect everyone he loves. He ge d get his wings when he did something Which would make him stand out from his family because now he's in the shadows. That's just my theory.

Did anyone here think. That’s sunset would be an alicorn? Or a princlpuple in the human world? We areldy saw her in angle alicorn form!

Did anyone here think. That’s sunset would be an alicorn? Or a princlpuple in the human world? We areldy saw her in angle alicorn form!

Twilight sparkle is she’s the only princess of friendship shouldn’t she have something?? Idk ..

Twilight sparkle is she’s the only princess of friendship shouldn’t she have something?? Idk ..

Cadence would be maternal and romantic love, while shining would be the other half and be paternal and also romantic love

Cadence would be maternal and romantic love, while shining would be the other half and be paternal and also romantic love

Three Kids Videos Family I agree. The prince of protection.

Three Kids Videos Family I agree. The prince of protection.

shining armor will be the prince of protection

shining armor will be the prince of protection

@Abigail Davey what about Queen Krisalis? There are 2 "Queens" thank you! (I'm sorry if I sound sassy... I'm just trying to point something out)

@Abigail Davey what about Queen Krisalis? There are 2 "Queens" thank you! (I'm sorry if I sound sassy... I'm just trying to point something out)

Maybe we’ll see alicorn Shining Armor in the season 10 comics

Maybe we’ll see alicorn Shining Armor in the season 10 comics

Sawtooth Waves listen on his cutie mark he has three stars does that mean three stars three Alicorns od the family of one?

Sawtooth Waves listen on his cutie mark he has three stars does that mean three stars three Alicorns od the family of one?

I think if shining amor will be the stalacorn of HOPE

I think if shining amor will be the stalacorn of HOPE

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He could be the alicorn of fatherly love because motherly love and fatherly love is actually quite different

He could be the alicorn of fatherly love because motherly love and fatherly love is actually quite different

Not to hate on the idea, but flurry and cadence are 2 sides of a coin.  Coins don't have 3 sides. Unless, Shining armour would probably Protect The love

Not to hate on the idea, but flurry and cadence are 2 sides of a coin.  Coins don't have 3 sides. Unless, Shining armour would probably Protect The love

Abigail Davey I think she is the queen of the hippogriffs because there is only one just like queen crystalis at one point clestia ruled alone but Luna still exist that’s why her title did not change from queen to king or they are just not the ruler of an entire species celestial isn’t the queen of ponies she is the princess of equestria the area tho a princess of Pegasus unicorn and earth ponies would be cool although if they became alicorns they wouldn’t fit into thoose categories anymore I donno it’s 4 am and I am just kinda rambling

Flurry needs a brother for brotherly love he could possible be connected to the crystal heart in another was I mean I donno it would just be cool I wish there was just 1 more season it would hold so many possibilities

Kind of like he represents loving ones citizens- protecting and caring for the people he rules over.

Kind of like he represents loving ones citizens- protecting and caring for the people he rules over.

The Royal Guards aren't alicorns, their horns are built in their helmets.

The Royal Guards aren't alicorns, their horns are built in their helmets.

Phew! Thank you I do NOT want to say goodbye to shining

Phew! Thank you I do NOT want to say goodbye to shining

I was about to comment that but I guess you won Paco Taco🛡🔆♥

I was about to comment that but I guess you won Paco Taco🛡🔆♥

Shineing armor should be alicon of the stars

Shineing armor should be alicon of the stars

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Yeah I think if shining was an Alicorn he should be the Alicorn of sacrifice. Not the kind where you kill someone  for your God, I mean sacrificing yourself for the ones you love. To any parents out there who are going through a rough money patch let me ask you how many times have you skipped your meals to give them to your children, how many times have you laid in bed freezing at night just cuz you gave your blanket to your children to keep them warm, how many late nights have you spent at work just to get the money you need for your family. So yeah shining should be the prince of sacrifice or protection

I was literally gonna say alicorn of protection, Which i feel like is a very common aspect of fatherhood in most media. Especially with a father daughter Relationship. How this is handled can vary from sweet and heartfelt to annoying and even creepy in a sense, but i like to think shining would be on the former end of that spectrum.

The desire to protect the ones he loves. That's his curtie mark and by extension? The Alicorn of Protection.

The desire to protect the ones he loves. That's his curtie mark and by extension? The Alicorn of Protection.

So that means that it has 3 parts of power that it gives to the crystal empire so Cadence is love Shining armor  strength and Flurry , light that is what the heart is

So that means that it has 3 parts of power that it gives to the crystal empire so Cadence is love Shining armor  strength and Flurry , light that is what the heart is

Love for ones husband and LOVE FOR ONES WIFE

Love for ones husband and LOVE FOR ONES WIFE

Well i have...at first when i saw his cutie mark. I thought its his destiny to protect the crystal empire or the friendship tree or what ever its called back then. Bc of how the same replica of twilight's cutie mark on a navy shield. Cause i though both twilight and shining armor got a similair role in the show. Like protecting whats important in equastia. And maybe its a good idea that a very first Stalicorn is idk an appropriate way for him to help rule side by side with his family. Remeber guys i dindt steal/stole it from anyone. It my theory.

There's actually one good reason in continuity as to why Shining Armor will never be able to become an alicorn: Shining Armor has air sickness.

There's actually one good reason in continuity as to why Shining Armor will never be able to become an alicorn: Shining Armor has air sickness.

We didn't see him in the last ep but like he is older than his sis so he could either be an alicorn or he's dead

We didn't see him in the last ep but like he is older than his sis so he could either be an alicorn or he's dead

@Raina Hurley  he said besides some GLITCES

@Raina Hurley  he said besides some GLITCES

He'd definitely become the embodiment of Protecting the one's we love!

He'd definitely become the embodiment of Protecting the one's we love!

but Mr.Notion have you thought of this

if your flurry heart theory is true it brings us this wherever there is light there is darkness so my theory is..
shining armor has been trying to protect Equestria from darkness but what fi darkness consumes him and as we know from stigeon most ponys can't escape darkness on their own so the person who helps him would be the prince/princess of darkness or maybe shining armor would be and about the pony who helps him WHY AM I SO SURE IT WILL BE STARLIGHT GLIMMER(this is all a theory ok)

I'm not a big fan of MLP but I was thinking the alicorn of inspiration, like a cool political figure. I think its cool

I'm not a big fan of MLP but I was thinking the alicorn of inspiration, like a cool political figure. I think its cool

Sawtooth Waves If he was Alicorn he would be the Alicorn of protection

Sorry if this comment doesn’t make sense

Sawtooth Waves If he was Alicorn he would be the Alicorn of protection

Sorry if this comment doesn’t make sense

Umm hey I was wondering if you could theorize or make a vid about cadence not having flowing mane? Cause like when Celestia and Luna retired then Twilight became the new ruler of Equestria, she grew taller and had a flowing mane just like the two royal sisters, what about cadence? Why didn't she have a flowing mane? She is a ruler, like the ruler of the crystal empire why didn't she grew taller and had flowing mane like Twilight? It doesn't make any sense. I would love it if you theorize about it thank you ❤❤❤

The Brony Notion you should name the channel the Brony therost of the pony therost

The Brony Notion you should name the channel the Brony therost of the pony therost

In the episode when Fluttershy and angle switch bodies angle says “I want to marry discord”

In the episode when Fluttershy and angle switch bodies angle says “I want to marry discord”

The Brony Notion I actually thought of a theory for what Shining Armor represents! Love for one’s home

The Brony Notion I actually thought of a theory for what Shining Armor represents! Love for one’s home

I think he should be called the stallicorn of adulthood

I think he should be called the stallicorn of adulthood

Have you ever thought of the reason why I Fluttershy has this stare

Have you ever thought of the reason why I Fluttershy has this stare

I think that Princess Cadence could be the princess of two things back for one child and one for one husband and shining armor could also be love for one's child but also be love for one's wife

Okay if Shining Armour became an alicorn/stallicorn, who would transform him? Not Celestia or Luna, maybe Cadance or Twilight?

Okay if Shining Armour became an alicorn/stallicorn, who would transform him? Not Celestia or Luna, maybe Cadance or Twilight?

I'm replying to comments the first one is going to be a male Alicorn are you serious man I would wish that we will get in the short a episode about Prince and shining armor becoming an Alicorn but I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen for a few months or maybe a year but we'll just the second comment will be something really special

I think Shining is the love for his little Sister, Twilight. And Twilight is the love for her old brother, Shining. There are two patterns. Celestia and Luna being Sibling and Twilight and Cadance having  the love of Sisters would have. So Flurry might have a Sister and love her to keep the pattern going. The other pattern is for Love. The Alicorns all share love for each other because they are all very close.

He does lead the Royal guards so it makes sense but he also should mabye be the alicorn of love for its wife because flutty heart is love for one's caretaker

He does lead the Royal guards so it makes sense but he also should mabye be the alicorn of love for its wife because flutty heart is love for one's caretaker

I thought it should be protection too. And it is the missing link. Which would connect all Alicornhood together

I thought it should be protection too. And it is the missing link. Which would connect all Alicornhood together

Cool. The first thing I thought of was protection as well. Not due to the crystal heart, but because he protects the Crystal Empire and before that he was captain of the royal guard in Canterlot. Protection is his thing.

Disagree i think we should make shining armer a protection of love and protects loves which also meant as protecting princesses which kadence princess of love and while flurry is the same but its the other side of the coin means heart and it Light and its not complete if u dont have protection of love which i suggest i want shining armer please think about it.

3:00 The MLP staff made it very clear Twilight would NOT outlive her friends, therefore she’s not immortal

3:00 The MLP staff made it very clear Twilight would NOT outlive her friends, therefore she’s not immortal

I have always seen Shining as representing Protection. So perhaps if he were to cast his Protection Spell on the Crystal Heart to add to its power he would earn his wings.

I have always seen Shining as representing Protection. So perhaps if he were to cast his Protection Spell on the Crystal Heart to add to its power he would earn his wings.

Doesn't the Empire need protection ? Maybe that is where Shining Armour might fit in ?? Who knows ...

Doesn't the Empire need protection ? Maybe that is where Shining Armour might fit in ?? Who knows ...

Celestia: Love to younger siblings
Luna: Love to older siblings
Twilight: Love to friends
Flurry heart: Love to one's parents
Cadance: Motherly love
Shining Armor: Fatherly Love

How did you not think of Fatherly and Motherly love?

BN I think that shining armour should be the alicorn of protection and security

BN I think that shining armour should be the alicorn of protection and security

I would LOVE if mlp will give us a final Christmas special, one with maybe a "flurry hearts Christmas" where in protecting his family he discovers some sort of "new magic" protection?

I would LOVE if mlp will give us a final Christmas special, one with maybe a "flurry hearts Christmas" where in protecting his family he discovers some sort of "new magic" protection?

I think he would be the alicorn of protection

I think he would be the alicorn of protection

@The Brony Notion
That was MY idea ;-;
It was stolen... ;;;;--;;

@The Brony Notion
That was MY idea ;-;
It was stolen... ;;;;--;;

Why are Luna and Celestia still called princesses??

Why are Luna and Celestia still called princesses??

Can't wait to see what your new channel name will be!

Can't wait to see what your new channel name will be!

The Brony Notion Even if shining doesn’t become a stallicorn of love through cadence and flurry, the relationship between brother and sister (with twilight) is different than sisterhood so would that relationship also be different enough from the royal sisters relationship?

@Erika Pena just because they are the alicorns of sun and moon doesn't mean they don't represent sisterly love. Twilight's title is Alicorns of friendship, but those aren't the elements of friendship, they are the elements of harmony. Friendship is harmony, Celestia and Luna could use them together because sun and moon are kinda in harmony just as big and little sisters are in harmony. It's not about what your actual title is, it's about being in harmony and love, while very strong, cannot exist going only one way. Just like the crystal heart the people gives love and the heart gives Protection, light is the result of this harmony like Flurry heart is the result of her parents. So either way, Yeah, he should totally be an Alicorns as well. To maintain the harmony of the family unit as well as the literal roles of the crystal heart. (Sorry if that got wordier then I intended)

Paco Taco beat me to it, I was gonna note that shining armor literally has the cutie mark of protecting magic. I mean it's a shield with magic inside, that could mean magical protection, but I think it's more likely that he got his cutie mark protecting his very curious sister. Protecting the future princess of friendship, choosing to marry the princess of love, before that he was a royal gaurd, and now he is protecting his daughter, princess of of merch (lol) The guys cutie mark is literally sending him to protect all the princesses like it's been linked with the map this whole time. I bet one day there will be a foe that the princesses, including twilight and the mane six just can't handle, and Shining will be forgotten by the villain just because he's not an alicorn or anyone special, but Shining will prove just how strong he can be when you literally endanger his entire family and former bosses. I can see it already, probably him and Big Mac cause that would be the most epic big bro team up, maybe even fluttershys bro gets caught up in it too. But ultimately it will be shining who saves the day.

I have a question maybe for the new version of ur channel. Here the question:Were there Other Rulers Of Equestria Before The Royal Sisters?

I have a question maybe for the new version of ur channel. Here the question:Were there Other Rulers Of Equestria Before The Royal Sisters?

@Lisa Griffiths<br>Thats what I was thinking.

@Lisa Griffiths
Thats what I was thinking.

Also, I do think it's a gender thing, I mean Rainbow Dash made a "I won't go easy on you just because your a guy" comment. I mean, stallions can still have high positions, but I think there is a divide here.

Unlike twilight oc that has 5 small stars, Shining has 3 stars along with with the same one as twilight.

Unlike twilight oc that has 5 small stars, Shining has 3 stars along with with the same one as twilight.

I agree with Three Kids Videos Family,  because he was first a guard for canterlot (did I spell that right 🤔) then he became the ruler of the crystal empire, in both cases he was protecting those places which would count as “the love for ones city or people” - Three Kids Videos Family. And since the alicorns represent all kinds of love,  this would make since.

Can you please do a video explain showings white coat... Shining a parents are dark blue and purple so twilight's purple coat makes sense but shining a white coat doesn't... <br>And when flurry was born she is light pink (white and pink) I understand its the white knight in shining armour in stereotypes bit what's the in world reason? Is he adopted?

Can you please do a video explain showings white coat... Shining a parents are dark blue and purple so twilight's purple coat makes sense but shining a white coat doesn't...
And when flurry was born she is light pink (white and pink) I understand its the white knight in shining armour in stereotypes bit what's the in world reason? Is he adopted?

It would make sense if shining represents protection because he is part of the royal guard.💖 ps love your videos!

It would make sense if shining represents protection because he is part of the royal guard.💖 ps love your videos!

first thing that came to mind for me! haha

first thing that came to mind for me! haha

The Brony Notion I don’t think he should be an alicorn, and what you said about what they are the alicorn of doesn’t make sense either. Alicorn of sisterhood, parental love (re-verse ) Luna and Celestial are alicorn of the sun and moon, and flurry heart and cadence is love and light each of these represent a part of equestria., they display love between family but that’s not what they are the alicorn of (in that case shouldn’t cadence and twilight be the alicorn of sister-in-law’s? It doesn’t make sense). The alicorn being a pair is just something that happened, and why doesn’t twilight have another princess partner? Shinning amor Should be immortal but not as a alicorn. He should be an example of not needing horns and wings to protect the ones he love.

Maybe he could be the King of protection

Maybe he could be the King of protection

I believe that if shining armor were to become apart of the trio of alicorns then he would be the representation for ones kingdom because he protects the crystal empire and also protects the alicorns either love for ones kingdom or love for ones family and maybe the prince of brotherhood

I honestly think Shining armor can be the Stallicorn of Protection. Protection of his kingdom and protection of family. To rule as a king who rules to protect others.

I honestly think Shining armor can be the Stallicorn of Protection. Protection of his kingdom and protection of family. To rule as a king who rules to protect others.

@I'm just here Hmm. I GOT IT! What if it's a heart in a sheild? Or a sheild in a heart? It's something that represents both parents, I bet.

@I'm just here Hmm. I GOT IT! What if it's a heart in a sheild? Or a sheild in a heart? It's something that represents both parents, I bet.

@Lisa Griffiths Remember, the migraines might've been from Chrysalis.

@Lisa Griffiths Remember, the migraines might've been from Chrysalis.

Maybe he'll be the alicorn of protection? He is part of the royal guard and he does fact protect his family that's what a father figure does so also maybe fatherhood?

Maybe he'll be the alicorn of protection? He is part of the royal guard and he does fact protect his family that's what a father figure does so also maybe fatherhood?

Yeah I agree. He could be the alicorn of protection that love shows.

Yeah I agree. He could be the alicorn of protection that love shows.

@Three Kids Videos Family That's actually a quite interesting idea. And it makes sense. Something like love to fellow ponies. Like a love to their nationality or culture or something like that.

I dont thing it would come to 'king shining and queen cadence' as there has never been a queen apart from queen novo. Mabye novo is actually the true ruler of equestria

I dont thing it would come to 'king shining and queen cadence' as there has never been a queen apart from queen novo. Mabye novo is actually the true ruler of equestria

you got this idea from ashley H's series remembrance, didn't you? don't lie because it's true. it's not that bad, heck i created 3 text stories on mustread that are very similar to things i've heard or read online. have a good day. (rip mlp)

I think a male alicorn is even more rare than being a female one.

I think a male alicorn is even more rare than being a female one.

Please make video on cadence's daughter(another daughter) Please.......??

Please make video on cadence's daughter(another daughter) Please.......??

I believe Shining Armor will represent love for ones city or people.<br>Do you agree?

I believe Shining Armor will represent love for ones city or people.
Do you agree?


Shining Armor could represent love for one’s people/nation, since he’s often in the role of guarding everyone and keeping them safe

I mean,  he literally is the captain so makes sense

Yea I was thinking he would be the alicorn of protection

I wonder if  twilight and shining armor's parents are still alive  by the time flurryheart came along  tbh

I like that idea! It fits perfectly into the alicornhood nature!

@Alisha Brooks  greetings young chap man.

@bananaweeber nationalism but in a healthy way where it’s not your entire identity and you’re blind to the potential atrocities you may commit in the name of supporting your nation

Shining Armor, alicorn of nationalism lmao

/j

Absolutely, He's the soldier, the General.  A representation of loving one's land and family and people. The representation of putting your love for other before yourself and the sacrifice that can come with being the protector of many.

He IS the captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard, so makes sense

I was thinking like as an employer??? Or like a leader so similar thinking really.

Yes and maybe he could be called the prince of hope? Just an idea


Imagine being Shining Armor and his parents.

“Oh wow! Our son is/I am going to be married to an alicorn that babysat our daughter/my sister! “

“Woah! Our daughter/my sister is an alicorn now!”

“Oh my word our granddaughter/my daughter is an alicorn!”

They’re just surrounded by alicorns, huh?

before all that, their daughter/his sister's personal VIP teacher is also an alicorn, they must be very overwhelmed lol


Here's my thought.  Rather than Shining Armor becoming an alicorn, what if Cadence being the alicorn of romantic love simply magically extends her anti-aging powers to her romantic partner?

@Sapph1reGemini I don't think they aged, it just looks like they changed hairstyles.

braveheart the warrior cat aj june the lion cat

@Sapph1reGemini maybe they still age but way slower? Idk man I'm in denial

I doubt, since you could by proxy extend it to Friendship, and we obviously see Twilight's friends having aged in the ending, which shows that Friendship doesn't work that way. I guess you could argue that the romantic love is stronger than friendship, but the whole show is about how friendship is the strongest magic, so I don't think that works. But I guess we won't know for sure lol


His cutie mark is Twilights star on a shield, but also there are three stars above it. Maybe relating to a family bond? Or the fact that he has a family connection with three of the alicorns? Maybe he's princess of protection and he represents protecting family. Just speculation.

I may be a year late but like, what if the three white stars represent family, and the big pink one is the crystal heart?

wait princess of protectio HES a PRINCESS

@Maddie Mich i think they were joking, could be wrong though

that makes sense, considering that on twilights cutie mark there are five stars surrounding the big one - possibly representing each of her friends


Anyone else notice how Celesta’s wings are more similar to the standard Pegasus wings then the exclusive wing design used for literally ALL the other alicorns?!?

@Iris Huisman I've never noticed that before tbh.

@MidnightMuffin in that case nope, Cadence's wings are identical to Luna's

@Angel of the Aether I'm talking about the shape.

@MidnightMuffin I think hers are the only ones that are gradient. They go from pink to purple but I thing the shape of her wings is the same as Luna and Twilight. But I’ve also seen Twilight with Pegasus wings so I think it also depends on the artist.

Probably becuz shes much older than all if them


I was just rewatching the Royal Wedding battle and realized something. This may be disproven elsewhere but I am new to the theory ideas so please be patient.

In "A Royal Wedding", Shinning Armor is out of most of his magic once Cadence breaks him free from Chrysalis's spell. To send the changelings away, Cadence lends him strength. Perhaps, when their horns touched and the whole heart thing, a portion of her alicorn magic was this accessible to him. That was the magic he drew from for the spell. A possible lingering side affect of having interacted with all three types of magic found in the pony race might be an elongated life span. Since he wasn't infused with it, he doesn't become an alicorn but because he interacted with it, he gained a longer life.

Just food for thought.


I think shining would be prince of protection, since he is a protective older brother, member of the royal guard, so something with guarding/protecting would be a nice fit! Since the stereotyped role of a father is also the protector as well.


Wait.... What about the ‘stallicorn of protection’ It fits oddly well and considering his cutiemark.... well it is a literal shield. He is the Guardian of the Allicorns and the crystal kingdom. You CAN look at relationships BUT....
They also represents something else.

Celestia: The Sun/Day   Luna: The Moon/Night   Twilight: Magic   Cadence: Crystals   Flurryheart: Hearts
SO.... It doesn’t really need to be relationships.

I mean, yeah, they all represent relationships but that doesn’t mean that ALL Allicorns NEED to represent relationships. We Can also take into account that male Allicorns or Stallicorns are a bit different.
It can be that Allicorns represent some element and relationship and then Stallicorns represent ACTIONS.
The action of PROTECTING or maybe a natural born leader can turn into a Stallicorn (if they are male) of LEADERSHIP so as the action of leading. The trigger will most likely be that if you manage to Protect an enormous land from a gigantic threat.... and you are male. Then you may be praised as a hero, gain the magic from all the respect of the ponies and then become a Stallicorn. The feat will definetly be connected to both your cutiemark AND what you represent. There is Starsworld but he is mostly secluded to studying his magic.
You have to be in a place where people can see you so that they can unconciously give their magic.
Therefor if you don’t show up then you can’t receive the magic.

This is of course only a theori that came into my head right as I wrote but please try to think about it.


all the alicorns we've seen being female is maybe the representation of women empowerment.. loved that


I think Shining Armor should be the Allicorn of Protection. He could represent the love for one's country and people, or he could represent the love of the police force/army for the ones they protect, or smth like that

omg i said the same thing but i also did not copy you🤙

He would be simply because he's protective, kind, and tries his best to take care of others...often maybe at the sacrifice of himself? ALSO: Only Ex-King Sombra I think WAS an OFFICIAL Stallicorn. But, however, Big Mac in his dream was a Stallicorn, Spike's dream was being a buff knight dragon...<br>...And LOOK at Spike right now. Who knows, it's possible and extremely cool affect.

He would be simply because he's protective, kind, and tries his best to take care of others...often maybe at the sacrifice of himself? ALSO: Only Ex-King Sombra I think WAS an OFFICIAL Stallicorn. But, however, Big Mac in his dream was a Stallicorn, Spike's dream was being a buff knight dragon...
...And LOOK at Spike right now. Who knows, it's possible and extremely cool affect.

The alicorn of Nationalism 🤣

But in all seriousness, yes, I think the love of a ruler for his people makes total sense!


I remember hearing that Equestria was a female dominated society a few years ago (I mean have you seen the amount of princesses and queens? And the amount of kings and princes?)
I feel like that’s part of the reason why Prince Blueblood and Shining Armor are just unicorns instead of being alicorns.
Either way, I feel like it’d be fitting for Shining Armor to rule as an alicorn (or stallicorn) alongside his family.


The term "stallicorn" is clever but with my Zelda experience, with the 'stal' prefix, it just sounds like an undead skeleton alicorn... which would be pretty neat, I'm taking that.


I was just rewatching magical mystery cure and realised something

First, Twilight was destined to be a princess - even if her cutie mark didn’t represent her becoming a princess. Her brother is technically a Prince, he married a princess, which in relation made Twilight a princess anyway! even without her wings! Unless it works differently in Equestria?

Then I thought that all princesses are Alicorns, and the 2 princes we’ve seen aren’t - Shining Armor and Prince Blueblood. Blueblood is just a unicorn! Like Shining Armor!

So what if Prince’s aren’t meant to be Alicorns, only Princesses are? Im Equestria, being a princess makes you an Alicorn. Not being a Prince! That would explain why there aren’t Male Alicorns, and explain why Shining Armor doesn’t have wings! So not all royalty has to be an Alicorn!

This theory also indirectly supports Cozy Glow being an Alicorn but not being royal! She got her wings by absorbing magic, not by doing something worthy to become a princess. not all Alicorns are royalty, but all Princesses are Alicorns.

Sorry if this didn’t make much sense, but that’s my theory!!

Edit: And about the mortality thing- I agree, it’s not consistent and just wrong if Shining dies and Cadence and Flurry live on. But maybe being royalty makes you immortal in Equestria? Or maybe the creators just didn’t think of that 😅😅 either way, the shows over so we’ll never know and we can always keep theorising! I think Shining might actually end up being a “Stallicorn”, which I know sort of disagrees with what I said but think of it this way

If Cadence, Flurry and Shining rule as a Royal Alicorn family, they would be Queen, Princess and KING. Maybe Princes don’t have wings - but kings do? That would also explain why KING Sombra was an Alicorn!!


I think all of twilight’s friends should have like a permanent anti aging spell on them


"We've never seen a male alicorn"

Princess Big Mac: Am I a joke to you?

Okay but who gave mcdonalds a princess pony mascot

Okay but who gave mcdonalds a princess pony mascot

@Frankie Bauman Well, if female can be a king, why male can't be a princess?

Big Mac is not a girl it’s prince Big Mac

Big Mac is not a girl it’s prince Big Mac

@Juju Blue have you ever heard of

A joke? :ooo

@Juju Blue have you ever heard of

A joke? :ooo

He wasn't even a princess for him to be a princess he has to be female

Evaluation & Applied Research Department

@Blake Wickman But darkness too. darkness doesn’t have a gender.

Past sombra from sawthoot theory:ahem Forgot sum body?🙄

@hi and bye this is true, because the pony of shadows was separate from Stygian, as we could see when only the pony of Shadows was cast into Limbo

bruh. your cringing yourself. princess big mac doesnt exist.

@Blake Wickman  Technically the pony of shawdows isn't

Big Mac is the best alicorn, you cannot change my mind

@Blake Wickman and the pony of shadows name is the king of shadows right?

@ayesha siddiqa my mistake, I have dishonored my one true alicorn princess

@JoonIsVisiblyBored no seriously your mom being homophobic doesn't mean trans people shouldn't be in media

@JoonIsVisiblyBored what does that have to do with what i said?

@JoonIsVisiblyBored why shouldn't trans people be in a children's show? There's nothing inherently sexual about it. Trans people are just... People

yes, since your a magic candy colored pony, yes, yes you are

big mac is trans

silly headcanons aside, that was a dream lol

-big mac is trans-

silly headcanons aside, that was a dream lol

Juju blue : it was a dream it doesn’t count <br>Me: DONT COME TO ME WITH THAT BS

Juju blue : it was a dream it doesn’t count
Me: DONT COME TO ME WITH THAT BS

@hi and bye it was on the shadow play and the escape of the pony of shadows those are when we saw the pony of shadows

Omg lol, but it wa sin a dream so it does not count. But we did see it, canon or not?

@Skywynne Sapphire i know but he wasn't really an alicorn it was in his dreams

@Ironmoon Darkwing YESSSSSS DISCORD IS THE BEST ALICORN PRINCESS

@Juju Blue King Cosmos aka Princess Celestia and Luna is a Alicorn too!

@Ironmoon Darkwing I know it's a joke buuuuuuuut....PRINCESS LUNA IS THE ONE AND ONLY BEST PRINCESS! ALL HAIL THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT! 🌌🦄

@Joy we saw the person and what he looked like before the shadows, confirming he was a male

@hi and bye answer is genderless, because its magic, not alive

@Prahir no  sawtooth made a vid on that but u could go watch it to get some answers to ur question

It’s  not exatly cannon since it was a dream

It’s  not exatly cannon since it was a dream

@Prahir I think so. If Alicorn is simply someone with wings and a horn, yes. But if it has some other aspect, the answer is a maybe.

@Xremalyth some royal guards: are we joke to youuuuuuuuuuu😡.          🤣

Juju Blue, no it was discord’s chaos that made the game real

@Blake Wickman <br>It wasnt technically stygian

@Blake Wickman
It wasnt technically stygian

@Rawda Hamadou mmmm aunt cherry blossom..?

@Rawda Hamadou mmmm aunt cherry blossom..?

Blake Wickman doesn’t mean the magic that overtook him was gendered. I think it just took the form of the pony it overtook, similar to how it possibly could have with Luna, who was female. Ya know?

ITs a joke ENJOY IT

Then I realized theory’s are no joke.  IT WAS A DREAM NO COUNTS!'!!!

CAUGH CAUGH ( dreams may not count) CAUGH CAUGH

CAUGH CAUGH ( dreams may not count) CAUGH CAUGH

@Rawda Hamadou HE CAN'T BE A PRINCESS ONLY A PRINCE!

@Rawda Hamadou HE CAN'T BE A PRINCESS ONLY A PRINCE!

@Blake Wickman we've never really seen it maybe it's a girl? Also who knows if it even exists

Priiiinceessss Biiig Maaacc (If you know you know😏)

Priiiinceessss Biiig Maaacc (If you know you know😏)

I'm just gonna pretent I didn't saw anything.

I'm just gonna pretent I didn't saw anything.

Wait but we dont know the gender of pony of shadows

Wait but we dont know the gender of pony of shadows


This got thinking, how sad would discord be when fluttershy died :(

@chicken potato but in the flashbacks of twilight in a cantrrlot wedding she was seen somewhat...smaller indicating she was younger therr

@TimeFliesAway it could maybe because Celestia can't control who gets alicorn magic...?

@frixlit unless they had no friends…<br>Actually this is almost sadder-

@frixlit unless they had no friends…
Actually this is almost sadder-

Nooo not fluttershy he would be devasted

@TimeFliesAway Celestia and Luna had to go through the same too, shush

In the show its obvious how much Discord loves Fluttershy(its bigger than Equestria) so I think he will just break and stop being himself.

@TimeFliesAway Actually Megan McCarthy herself confirmed that twilight will not outlive her friends, in fact, there is a whole mystery surrounding the mane 6's life spans, some people think that twilight has the same life span as any ordinary pony but I think that's quite unlikely considering she's the ruler of Equestria and Celestia who was the previous ruler, was over 1000 years old herself

Everyone assumed Twilight would grow old and die like the rest of the mane 6 would, but I think it's the other way around.

First of all, look at Cadance. Tirek knew about her, but not Twilight, confirming that Cadence is over a thousand years old. And according to the Crystal Heart Spell book, she was once a Pegasus who ascended in a similar manner to Twilight. So unless a backstory is given to her in future seasons that contradicts this, then obviously ascension = immortality. This also explains why the Crystal Ponies recognized her as their ruler, the last time they had existed was a millennia ago. So if Twilight's immortal and her friends aren't, why will she not outlive them? Well, what if they are? At the end of the Season 4 finale the elements of harmony transfer their power directly into the mane 6, transforming them all. This power is clearly depicted as stronger than the immortal Alicorn's power (which grants immortality). And unlike the elements themselves, it's not a outside power from a bunch of necklaces that they only wear when they need to, but a power that's always inside them. So it's pretty safe to assume that it also grants immortality, meaning Twilight won't outlive any of her friends because neither her or her friends will ever die.

Sorry this a very long answer and you likely won't read all of it but here.

i actually think the mane six are all immortal, McCarthy herself confirmed that twilight will not outlive her friends, in fact, there is a whole mystery surrounding the mane 6's life spans, some people think that twilight has the same life span as any ordinary pony but I think that's quite unlikely considering she's the ruler of Equestria,  Celestia and luna who were the previous rulers, were over 1000 years old themselves.

Everyone assumed Twilight would grow old and die like the rest of the mane 6 would, but I think it's the other way around.

First of all, look at Cadance. Tirek knew about her, but not Twilight, confirming that Cadence is over a thousand years old. And according to the Crystal Heart Spell book, she was once a Pegasus who ascended in a similar manner to Twilight. So unless a backstory is given to her in future seasons that contradicts this, then obviously ascension = immortality. This also explains why the Crystal Ponies recognized her as their ruler, the last time they had existed was a millennia ago. So if Twilight's immortal and her friends aren't, why will she not outlive them? Well, what if they are? At the end of the Season 4 finale the elements of harmony transfer their power directly into the mane 6, transforming them all. This power is clearly depicted as stronger than the immortal Alicorn's power (which grants immortality). And unlike the elements themselves, it's not a outside power from a bunch of necklaces that they only wear when they need to, but a power that's always inside them. So it's pretty safe to assume that it also grants immortality, meaning Twilight won't outlive any of her friends because neither her or her friends will ever die.

Sorry this a very long answer and you likely won't read all of it but here.

@MD DILUR MIAH even if he’s that powerful I don’t think so

It’s generally dumb how celestia made twilight an Alicorn and the princess of friendship, only to see her friends die...

He would begin a new reign of chaos out of anger.


That's how I see it:
Princess Celestia - sun, love for younger sibling
Princess Luna - moon, love for older sibling
Twilight - friendship
Cadence - love (like romantic love)
Flurry Heart - Light, maybe self-love?
Shining Armor - love for family, protection


If shining armor were to become an allicorn, he would definitely be the allicorn of protection or defense. His cutie mark is a shield 🛡.


Reading these comments made me think of that he probably represents the love of his people like a true king should, and that twilight probably lives on to guide her friends offsprings to keep a part of them with her


I always thought Shining Armor could be the “Prince of Protection” (or king I guess lol) I mean, he was captain of the royal guard through most if not all of the main series, and he clearly takes pride in his duty.

Vincebae I know I always thought of that cuz remember when he had to protect the castle for his wedding with a force field and how his flank has a shield meaning protection

The alicorn of the protective instincts one has for those they care about?


While i don't want Shining and any of Twi's friends to pass, i think their passing would  make it more poetic to have Twlight and Cadence be princesses of Friendship and Love, because friendship and love extends beyond life itself


I didn't even think about gran when applejack appeared as her older self, gran was my favorite of all the mlp characters


Shining Armor could represent love for one’s people, or nation. He’s the commander of the royal guard, of course, and shows respect for his soldiers.


I just had a little thought of Shining Armor being a representation of a father's love and Cadence is that of a mother's love


He would represent protection. Mainly his job would be to protect the princesses, but he also is flurry’s dad, so he would also represent a father’s protection for his children.

Yes! Not to mention the protection of one's younger sibling with Twilight! He'd become the embodiment of Protecting the ones we love

He protec and he attac but most importantly having wings would be cool as hekk ( looking at u Lauren Faust.)

Miranda Milner that’s exactly what I was thinking of! 😃


Along with what other people are saying I can understand the protection and love for one’s nation, but also I can see this as more of a protection like a fatherly figure kind of thing. the urge and the notion to protect one’s family, the love for one’s family can make them so strong that it becomes a defense. He could be the Alicorn of protection. His magic has always been used as a defense and was not really an offense kind of pony. Since twilight and him share the same star symbol but he has a shield he could be the protection of one’s family because all of this is correlated to family all of the Alicorns are family related.


“Or one of the royal sisters shouldn’t be an alicorn”

Twilight: IM SORRY WHAT!?

(I think shining armor should be the prince of prodection)


What if Cadence represents not just love for one's spouse (and children), but more specifically, love for one's husband. Kinda like Celestia and Luna, Cadence could be love for one's husband, and Shining Armor could be love for one's wife. And in extension to Flurry Heart, the love of a mother, and the love of a father. Both husband and wife, mother and father, play different roles. The wife could be the more caring, thoughtful, and feminine side, while the husband could be the more courageous, protective and masculine side. Ok, obviously there is a lot more to women and men, but both have different impacts in other ponies lives, but more importantly in each others, and also their children. They compliment each other.

As for what Shining Armor would actually be the Prince (King?) of, maybe it is protection. Because that is what he seems to do best. His protective shield all the way back in season 2, trying to save his people from an impending snowstorm. He is the captain of the royal guard too. It's just a theme that is too consistent to ignore.

What if Cadence represents not just love for one's spouse (and children), but more specifically, love for one's husband. Kinda like Celestia and Luna, Cadence could be love for one's husband, and Shining Armor could be love for one's wife. And in extension to Flurry Heart, the love of a mother, and the love of a father. Both husband and wife, mother and father, play different roles. The wife could be the more caring, thoughtful, and feminine side, while the husband could be the more courageous, protective and masculine side. Ok, obviously there is a lot more to women and men, but both have different impacts in other ponies lives, but more importantly in each others, and also their children. They compliment each other.

As for what Shining Armor would actually be the Prince (King?) of, maybe it is protection. Because that is what he seems to do best. His *protective* shield all the way back in season 2, trying to save his people from an impending snowstorm. He is the captain of the royal guard too. It's just a theme that is too consistent to ignore.


In one episode (season 3 episode 1) Twilight said that  a crystal fair would renew the spirit of love and unity in the empire.
If Cadence is love, and Flurry heart light, Then could Shining armor be Unity?  Because he so far is the only male in the family and that could possibly lead to something.
His cutie mark is also a shield, so protection could be a part of it.  Protecting, strengthening and brining together his family?  His sister IS the princess of friendship so I wouldn't be surprised if his role also has to play with people coming closer together.


The Brony Notion 5 years ago: "Four alicorns is enough."<br>The Brony Notion now:"Shining Armor is supposed to be an alicorn too!"

The Brony Notion 5 years ago: "Four alicorns is enough."
The Brony Notion now:"Shining Armor is supposed to be an alicorn too!"

@Skywynne Sapphire yeah it's sawtooth waves

You mean
The Brony Notion: four alicorns are enough
Sawtooth Waves: Shining Armor needs to be an alicorn

Konfetka TV <b>COUGH COUGHG/ flurry heart *COUGH COUGH</b>

Konfetka TV *COUGH COUGHG/ flurry heart *COUGH COUGH*


If you think about it, twilight has a star that's the biggest of 6 (the others are her friends) and shining has the same star in the middle of  a shield 3 little stars representing the family...so shining armor could be the alicorn of protection


I feel like Cadence and Shining would represent two different aspects of romantic love. Cadence would represent a desire to support your significant other, to work with and inspire them, and to drive them forward and be the best they can be. Meanwhile, Shining would represent a more protective aspect of romantic love, a desire to keep them safe, as in a vow, "to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do you part," and be a sturdy, grounding rock in the relationship.


WAIT- <br>If Stallions become Stallicorns, that means Allicorns were ALIENS ALL ALONG

WAIT-
If Stallions become Stallicorns, that means Allicorns were ALIENS ALL ALONG


There are some good fanfics that explore several of the thoughts brought up here, including Shining Armor (and Twilight's friends) becoming alicorns, as well as immortality and its blessings and sorrows.


The only time we've seen a male alicorn canonically in the series was in a dream. I forget the name of the episode but it was the one where Luna connected the dreams of everypony in Ponyville. We saw that Big Mac secretly dreamed of being an alicorn, but took on feminine qualities to do so. Meaning a male alicorn is unheard of in Equestra.

That said, I think its only right to make Shining Armor an alicorn. If Cadence is the princess of love, the one she loves the most should not be reduced to a memory when he eventually passes of old age. He needs the alicorn lifespan to rule alongside her. The Prince of Protection and love for one's wife and family. Hes the masculine figurehead of the family unit, the strong, protective father who will do anything to keep his family safe from harm

It's iconic for me and an episode title I can never forgot.<br>And the picture on/was on Netflix is basically married to the title, which is why each episode of a series should have a specific picture so that, no matter where you go and see the episode, you will know what episode it is. The idea has it's flaws, but they don't outshine the benefit.

It's iconic for me and an episode title I can never forgot.
And the picture on/was on Netflix is basically married to the title, which is why each episode of a series should have a specific picture so that, no matter where you go and see the episode, you will know what episode it is. The idea has it's flaws, but they don't outshine the benefit.

@Undertaker9711 i mean, me too, s'why i mentioned it

@aycc-nbh72 i dont buy it. as for airsickness, im sure theres a spell for that and Cadence could help

Undertaker9711 I know that, but it might look feminine to him specifically. Though what about his possible complaint of airsickness?

@aycc-nbh72 theres plenty of male pegasai, its not immasculine at all. and Twilight didnt even like flying at first until she got used to it

Undertaker9711 Maybe he thinks that getting wings is too girly for him and he gets airsick too much.

@aycc-nbh72 hmm, not sure if i buy that. but i think if they really wanted to, they could make him one

My theory is that he doesn’t want to become an alicorn. He likely meets all of the criteria, but just hasn’t actually become an alicorn yet.

@Pastel Nut Magic Sheep. XD lol flying sheep.

The episode was called “Do Princesses Dream of Flying Sheep” or something like that.


I know this is an older video and that this has probably been said already but in case it hasn't...<br>Shining Armor could be representative of fatherly love. As you pointed out the two sisters both represent one half of sisterly love and likewise both Shining Armor and Cadence could represent one half of a parental love.

I know this is an older video and that this has probably been said already but in case it hasn't...
Shining Armor could be representative of fatherly love. As you pointed out the two sisters both represent one half of sisterly love and likewise both Shining Armor and Cadence could represent one half of a parental love.


I don’t think that cadence and shining armour represent the same thing as cadence represents love for a husband and shining would represent the love for a wife.That would be different.


Shining could represent love for one’s wife and cadence could represent love for one’s husband like how Celestia represents lover ones younger sister and Luna Represent Love for ones’s older sister￼


I think the sisters have the relationship between older and younger sibling, so I also think Cadence and Shining Armour have the relationship between husband and wife, or Cadence could be romantic love and Shining could be family love.


I just realized that both Shining Armor and his sister are royalty...

Cadance and twilight aren't related by blood, and cadance was married into the family so shining armor and cadance aren't related, if you know what I mean.

They are the biggest royal family shinings married to an alicorn sisters with an alicorn and father of an alicorn

Prince shining armor princess cadence princess twilight sparkle princess fluffy heart twi’s family is the most royal family in all of equestria

@iCrEaM ! okay..? I was trying to be nice but okay- Im not giving you sass tho just saying

@Cloudii Wavxs Okay..... you just admitted you don’t know what we are talking about but whatever

@iCrEaM ! Mkay that was kinda offensive 😁😅 but right know i dont know whether im wrong or right 🤔

@Cloudii Wavxs It’s fine.... you’re wrong either way.

@iCrEaM ! oh okay sorry for misunderstanding 😅

@Cloudii Wavxs He was, but she did that after not as soon as she captured Cadance.

@iCrEaM ! wasnt shining armor like hypnotised when chrysalis came? 🥲

@AmyAraya Humphrey Nope 🤣 twilight just magically became a queen and shining armor married the princess of the crystal empire and their parents are just sitting in their 20$ House watching their children being royalty without them 😔✋

@Quirhii-sama That’s a great question that I don’t have the answer to. It seems all alicorns became royalty, except for flurry heart who was born into royalty. If all alicorns instantly become, I guess that’s a yes. But I’m still not sure.

@-Kayx- what if I become an Alicorn? Will I become royalty? If everyone became an alicorn and had big magic with diff kinds, will all they become alicorn?

@Quirhii-sama The parts are technically royalty. They just happen to have a son who became a prince through marriage, and a daughter who became an alicorn princess. And the grandparents of princess flurry heart

@iCrEaM ! How exactly was Shining Armor, or Cadence able to protect them, they weren’t able to do anything at the time. Cadence was writing the letter for help, while Shining Armor was doing something, in a rush. Plus, if they left the castle, the would have been caught quick, and easy. Also, while say my opinion is wrong, is sort of disrespecting my opinion. We both believe different things, and see different points of views, because you don’t believe, or agree with what I am saying, doesn’t mean it’s incorrect.

@-Kayx- You can have a incorrect opinion if you’d like. I am not going to disrespect yours in any type of way I just think if you guards can just put on a different helmet and they turned on you. Is just bad leadership. I’m surprised the empire isn’t dust yet. End of conversation

@iCrEaM ! I see exactly what you mean. But think about it. We never get to really see them in action. In the season nine, near last episode, Twilight tells spike to send a letter to Cadence and Shining Armor, because they could be their last hope. Twilight using the word “They”, meaning more the one person in the second point of view. As she says they, she must mean both Cadence and Shining Armor. I believe Flurry heart wouldn’t be included because, like you said, she is a foal so she can do magic, but it’s too powerful to be used without being taught. Like I said, we didn’t get to see them in action, so we don’t really know what kind of king/leader he is. I think he doesn’t do much of the leading part, but he does protect the kingdom by training and commanding the royal guard. Plus, he couldn’t preform a shield spell because he does have the Magic abilities. He was able to do it for Canterlot, but he could do it for long, like Cadence. You may not see it yet, but he does help, so I wouldn’t consider him a slob. He does protect but we don’t get to see him lead.

@-Kayx- You can’t just marry a slob and expect him to be a good leader, the citizens opinion can keep them both from being ruler. It’s like being president if you’re unworthy you can’t be voted. If you have done NOTHING To protect your subjects/people there’s no way you’ll stay in for popular vote. Think about how Trump got impeached.

@iCrEaM ! First off, not all kings, nor queens wear crowns. Second, I doesn’t matter what her did to save the Crystal Empire, he is still royalty through marrige. Sure, we’ve never seen anyone call him Prince, or King Shining Armor, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t royalty. If anyone marries someone who is, or a descendent of royalty, they are technically classified as royalty as-well. Not to mention, that he is Captain of the royal gaurd. His job it to command the gaurds for Equestria and the Crystal Empire to protect the ponies and royal family, so it’s not like he’s not helping or doing anything to fix this. Plus, even though he isn’t an alicorn, does mean he isn’t royalty, like king sombra, he wasn’t an alicorn but he was a king. I know u didn’t bring up anything about alicorns but I wanted to make the statement clear.

@-Kayx- He isn’t, because he never wears a crown and he has a foal. To add the whipped cream on the cake, Cadance was the one who saved the Crystal Empire by doing a fakeout, and the crystal ponies only noticed her and Spike. She did the magical forcefeild and yes Sombra cursed Shining Armors horn but why didn’t he do that all along? We’ve seen him do that before but Celestia foolishly sent someone as dumb as HIM to save the Empire. I guess Cadance was a good candidate but Shining Armor?

@iCrEaM ! Even if The Crystal empire isn’t part of Equestria, it’s still a kingdom. Shining Armor did marry Cadence before she took over, I believe, he technically was royalty, but wasn’t really, so when Cadence took over, along with her husband, they became rulers. Therefore making Cadence and Shining Armor royalty, even if it’s only through Marrige.

@-Kayx- He’s not because if they have their own kingdom and The Crystal Empire isn’t part of equestria so that would make them Queen and King so he isn’t and plus we should REWARD somebody who can’t even tell the difference between his own Wife and an imposter?

Well he is royalty because he married cadence so he technically he is a prince

@iCrEaM ! He is the other ruler of the Crystal Empire

@Michael afton Twilight and Cadence are sisters- in-law.<br>They aren't related by blood.

@Michael afton Twilight and Cadence are sisters- in-law.
They aren't related by blood.

Think of the poor parents of em they’re not royalty’s 🥲😂

@AmyAraya Humphrey No, well I’m not sure about Cadence’s parents, but Twilight’s and Shining Amor’s parents aren’t.

Yeah i know they are i can't believe that

@Ashe trap and Glitchtrap The term "Sister-in-law" is the wife of your sibling or, from another side, your husband/wife's sibling. That's why Twilight and Cadence call each other sister-in-law. Cadence isn't Twilight or Shining Armor's sibling. Do you understand now??

Clara afton What do you mean? Twilight is Cadences sister-in-law and because Cadence married twilights brother. So I don’t know what u mean by cadence married her sister?


I think Flurry is less about parental love and more about family, it makes more sense when coming to a princess/ruler of a kingdom sort of stand. It seems more important, not everyone will have parents or care takers- but friends and those around them can be family.


shining armor could represent the relationship with protection and care towards one people, because he is so often charged with protecting the crystal empire with his magic. he definitely deserves wings for his loyalty to his nation, and to cadence.


I love the idea of an Alicorn family. I think Shining Armor could easily be the Alicorn of Protective love. That way we have a whole theme going with the family and it really fits with Shinings personality and role in the show. I think he just hasn’t yet been exposed to all three tribes of magic (Earthpony, Pegasus, and Unicorn) while also demonstrating his role like the others.

You already have a video explaining the Alicorns so I’m not gonna get into it. But the Princesses were all exposed to the three different tribes of pony magic while also demonstrating their roles in a significant way. I think Shining hasn’t had that chance yet.

I think it’s fully possible for something to happen in the future that threatens the crystal empire and incapacitates Cadence and Flurry Heart, leaving Shining Armour to defend the kingdom and his family alone. Embodied by the love for his family and kingdom he performs a protection spell unlike any seen before. With the three tribes of ponies being there (the crystal ponies) Shining could finally become an Alicorn along side his family


Shining Armor represents the power of either safety or love for his family and home.


Imagine your son and daughter both being alicorns, one who has saved equestrian a dozen times, one with an Alicorn family.

bakago yeah.. alicorn family as in child and wife


I have a theory, and it involves my OC Nightwing, I know that seems odd but bear with me.  Nightwing was born in an AU that begins with the Great Griffon War, where the griffons tried to take over Equestria before the sisters became the princesses.  Nightwing fought in the war and saved Celestia's life from a magic grenade.  She was injured to a point that she was going to die, but Celestia gifted her with alicorn magic to both save her life and to reward her for saving Celestia.  Now on this note, my theory is that Shining Armor would do something similar and risk his life for the princesses, and be rewarded with alicorn magic for it.


Regarding the Mane Six, my theory is that, while they will age to a point, they're also immortal because they ARE the elements of harmony, even if the artifacts are gone. They don't have to be alicorns because Twilight is the princess of friendship, but they are part of that relationship


ALCORN OF PROTECTION! IT FITS HIM PERFECTLY FROM CUTIE MARK TO HOW HE HAS HIS OWN ARMOR!


I say Shining Armor is the Alicorn of Parental Love and Protection. It also creates a cycle<br>Cadence’s romantic love goes to Shining Armor and his parental love goes to Flurry Heart and Flurry’s love for her parents goes to Cadence. Interestingly enough the relationships can be switched around, but this arrangement creates a full circle:

I say Shining Armor is the Alicorn of Parental Love and Protection. It also creates a cycle
Cadence’s romantic love goes to Shining Armor and his parental love goes to Flurry Heart and Flurry’s love for her parents goes to Cadence. Interestingly enough the relationships can be switched around, but this arrangement creates a full circle:


Cadence: allicorn of love
Flurry heart: allicorn of light
Shining armour: allicorn of protection???
You want to protect those who you love so it works. Also his cutie mark is a shield.

Mystical_Being_22 I think this is a really good theory as his cutie mark is shied


Maybe Shining Armour could be the Prince of Guardianship. He is known for his protective magic and being part of the royal guard, so its not a stretch to have him be seen as a protector of others. And the term “guardianship” works with the fact that he’s a father. He’s the part of love that protects and nurtures, while Cadence can represent the part of love that has to do with affection and bringing joy. They’re two sides of the same coin, the Princess AND Prince of love. Both are essential for romantic love and parental love.


I think the fact that there are so many female leaders and relatively few male ones in pony society may actually be a nod to real life wild horses.  Most people think of a stallion as the leader of the herd, but in reality there's a lead mare who guides the herd.  She's usually one of the oldest and most experienced members of the herd, who knows where to find food, water, and how to avoid danger.

A stallion will protect the herd and keep them together when traveling, but it's the lead mare who's calling the shots on where they go.


I think he could get an anti aging spell like Starswirl, since he’s been around for more than 1000 years, so could shining


mabye when you think about it shining is like the pharaynx of the crystal empire. pharanynx has a role at the hive along side his brother thorax as the guy who provides great protection and commitment to those he loves. shining would play a big part in the empire along side his family as the guy who provides great protection and commitment to those he loves.


Alright I've been thinking about this.
You said how Twilight's and Shining Armor's cutie mark are alike because they share the main symbol, the big purple/pink star.

I've been looking closely at their cutie marks and found another similarity, which is the smaller stars around the big one.
Twilight has 5 smaller stars around her big star, likely representing the rest of the mane 6, so going off of that I asume that the 3 small stars above Shining's also mirror that, mainly Cadence, Flurry, and himself.

'Now hold on' some of you might say, 'you just said that the smaller stars around Twilight's mark represent only her friends, why doesn't the same count for Shining Armor?' I'm glad you asked, see how I said that I look closely at their marks, well looking closely at Twilight's mark will reveal something, behind the big purple/pink star there's a slightly smaller white star, now I believe that that hidden star is representative of Twilight herself. So if Twilight's cutie mark has white stars to represent her and her friends, who's to say that the same doesn't count for Shining Armor.

So going off of that my theory is that Shining Armor represents the love for one's kingdom or subjecst or something similar, a love so strong that he's willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect it, and after he sacrificed himself (and by sacrifice himself I don't mean dying, just about anything that's a big scarifice, like being locked up in tartarus or something) to protect the crystal empire and everpony in it he got his wings.

@Sofie's Palace that’s a really interesting thought!

@Abigail Wright I’m in with your theory!

@EG and AJ Yes, and in season 8 finale, some magic went in pinkie pie. Which proves that she has magic. I mean it makes sense since she always does things that requires horns.

I can’t believe after almost 10 years of watching mlp I never noticed the hidden white star on twilight’s cutie mark, i feel so dumb right now😂

So, Shining Armor the alicorn, prince of love for ones subject?<br>Wow

So, Shining Armor the alicorn, prince of love for ones subject?
Wow

Maybe like that but he was to save his child and realises how much he love his child so he then can become love for once child? maybe

@Rhea because cadence is more focused on the family side of love, the wouldn't shining armours cutimark reflect that? The same as twilight's reflects friendship, as she is the magic of friendship. A star for each friends, hence a star for each family member- direct family, his wife and children. Like how twilight's friends are directly involved with her, shining is barely there in the show. So it would still make sense to me that his own mark would show those who HE is directly involved with on a daily basis as well.

@Abigail Wright What about Twilight Sparkle, she is his family too

Not just wings, bc thru out the whole show every pony makes a point that earth ponies have magic too (not just pinkie) and Alicorns are all three.

I agree with your theory, but something kind of doesn't make sense.  the stars around Twilight's cutimark are five, one for each of her friends... that she hadn't met yet when she got it.  I think the same goes for Shining.  One star for each in his family... that he hadn't met yet.  One for Cadence, one for Flurry, and one for a child that hasn't come yet.  Am I making sense?  Thinking on that, and what sawtooth has been saying about that family, then I think he would be the 'Prince of Family' or family bonds or something like that.  Cadence, the princess of love and motherly love, Flurry, the princess of light and love for ones caretaker, and Shining, the prince of family bonds and protection.  And then maybe further down the line, they get another kid. Not sure where that one would fall, but the rest of the family seem to be along those lines.

I had basically the same thought about his cutie mark!

Going along with the five stars on twilights representing her friends, I think shinings would represent his family. I think the pink one in the shield absolutely represents him and protecting what he loves most, that being his wife, his daughter and just as importantly his sister.
I think if he did become an alicorn at some point it would involve those three, maybe they end up captured and the only way to save them is for shining to in a way sacrifice himself to set them free! Of course they don't agree and tell him to run and save himself but he goes against they're word cause he can't bare to lose them forever and thus earning his wings and defeating the villain alongside his family.

It's just something I thought up and I'm sure it can definitely be improved upon but that's my idea ☺


Chrissy is a such a nice and friendly and caring mother even to thorax.


The other mane 6 could be princesses of their element like Princess of honesty or Princess of loyalty although that sounds a little weird


In a way if you can stretch relationships out to younger and older sister why can’t you also extend romantic love 2 ways as being mare and colt. Also in my opinion it would be less of a stretch to have husband and wife then 2 sisters.


I think that Shining Armor would represent fatherly love and rather than Cadence being just general parental love, she would be motherly love. Just like how there are differences between the older and younger siblings Celestia and Luna, there would be differences between the two parents. I feel that Flurryheart would need help from both of her parents to progress as a powerful alicorn and leader


If Cadance is the princess of romantic love, and Flurry Heart is the princess of the love of one's mother, then Shining Armor would probably be the prince of fatherly love.

@Filipino Jiafei 🇵🇭 not really, it just seems a little odd and unfair to me

how did you get 39 likes when I posted a comment with the exact same suggestion at least 4 months before you and got no attention >.<


if shining armor did become an alicorn wouldn't that be worthy of a stained glass window and we saw most of the windows in the future with twilight and spike


ok consider:

based on sawtooth waves' other theory about how you need the three pony tribes to become an alicorn, what if, at one point, the crystal heart is put out of commission temporarily or something? couldn't tell you how (maybe sombra again?), but with shining armor's affinity for protection spells, he figures out a way to replicate the crystal heart's abilities much like how cadance did in the crystal empire double episode (but there, cadance is projecting love which offers protection, whereas shining armor would otherwise project protection of love) as they try to get it back, and because the crystal ponies wouldn't be as depleted/amnesiac as they were immediately post-sombra's rule, they would be able to project the same love and appreciation they do towards the crystal heart to shining armor instead? which, if the crystal ponies have pegasi and unicorns as well as earth ponies (i don't believe i've ever seen one with wings or a horn in the show, but i could be wrong), then they would be transferring magic from all three tribes which shining armor would then absorb to become an alicorn???? idk just a thought


I was just thinking about how there needs to be a male alicorn before watching this video. I really do hope Shining became an Alicorn. That would be awesome


I dont think you necessarily need to be an alicorn to live for centuries, star awirl the bearded lived for centuries, sure he got trapped in limbo for 1,000 years throwing 1,000 years out the window, but still, someone with his magic could live for centuries and centuries yet to come, I think same goes for twighlight and her friends, they where ment to protect aquestria together, a spell of immortality shouldn't be as hard as you may think.


The stallicorn of protection like a dad protects it's family, that could be a good episodes to watch


Shining Armor could represent fatherly love while Cadence is motherly love. Just a thought.


He could be the Alicorn of Protection, it's a bit of a stretch I believe but it could represent the relationship between one and one's protector. Which sorta works like parent-child but a little different.


I think his gonna be the alicorn of Protection. Bc
His a guard.
His cutie mark.
And his job, that's what his been doing his whole life tho lol

ᵈᵉˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ ᵃᶜᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ


I accept the glitches as cannon alicorns. Just the male alicorns aren't recognized in the female centric pony scociety, or that the non princess alicorns aren't acknowledged bc they are just ponies with all the physical traits of an alicorn just not the powers of the ruling alicorns.


Shining armor has three sparkles on his cutie mark representing his sister, wife, and daughter just like twilight's represents her friends and she's the princess of friendship, maybe shining armor should be the prince of family???

I think it should Stallicorn of Protection and Fatherhood. The same way Flurry is the princess of light and love for one’s parents. That way Cadence can then become princess of love and motherhood, instead of just love.

Good one! Great idea (btw my idea was the prince of love for ones spouse but when I thought about it its kinda the same with cadence)

GayTrap23 the Prince of Protection would include protecting one’s family, so that’s my theory

@Just.Your.Average.Viewer. why would it be the three princesses who bareley have a family connection to him besides princess Cadence

Hello captain of the royal guard ring a bell 🛎

Actually no the three on top are a represent the three princesses and the one in the middle represents twilight he has already protected her and has yet to protect the other three

Don't forget the shield. Maybe it's protecting your family

I was thinking maybe protection but yeah <b>family is more accurate</b> I totally agree

I was thinking maybe protection but yeah *family is more accurate* I totally agree

Or the Stalicorn of Protection(and Family Love).

That actually sounds quite plausible tbh


I think shining armor similar to Celestia and Luna would represent love for one's sibling because when you think of it the royal sisters represent SISTERLY love so I think shining armor would represent BROTHERLY love


if Sawtooth Wave's theory if correct, the 3 stars over the shield could be the 3 rulers of the Crystal Empire. It makes sense. Also, stallicorn is catchy. One last thing- Shining Armor could be the alicorn of protection or even brotherhood.


I think he should be the alicorn of love to your wife and child ❤


I feel Shining Armor would be the “Stallacorn” of bravery and strength to protect the ones he loves.

@Chloé Miller Oh sorry, I didn't pay attention to them.<br>Thanks!😅

@Chloé Miller Oh sorry, I didn't pay attention to them.
Thanks!😅

@Yay Yay I was only going by the name Sawtooth used to call a male Alicorn. So please do not correct me when he says it in the video as well as me using quotation marks. The key thing I used is QUOTATION MARKS, which marks that I am in fact QUOTING and not me saying that is fact. Please learn what quotation marks mean as well as actually watch the video of you feel to correct someone. Thanks.

Alicorn is a name for males AND females....

We have bravery already dude<br>Flash Magnus: am I a joke to you?

We have bravery already dude
Flash Magnus: am I a joke to you?

The mane 6 and spike seem do so most of the fighting though lol so he wouldn't particularly il that role I would have him be the the Alicorn of valour

Yeah true maybe maybe no i don't know really

I agree with all the people say coz I find it so true and maybe one day or someday it might happen to Shiny Armagh, Let vote for stellicorn for Shiny Armagh!!!

@Jaslyn Aguilar fatherhood, or I guess love for oneself<br>Also, he would probably create the magic of persistence, with everyone giving up and then him coming through and making a plan to win, knowing Cadence and Flurry's luck it makes sense. Also, Twilight wouldnt've become an alicorn from this because she was already on the path of becoming princess of friendship

@Jaslyn Aguilar fatherhood, or I guess love for oneself
Also, he would probably create the magic of persistence, with everyone giving up and then him coming through and making a plan to win, knowing Cadence and Flurry's luck it makes sense. Also, Twilight wouldnt've become an alicorn from this because she was already on the path of becoming princess of friendship

He can't the all princess all representing some type of relationship....

Yea, like love for ones family or something like that.

Ya or self-confidence because it's hard for him to be afraid and protect everyone he loves. He ge d get his wings when he did something Which would make him stand out from his family because now he's in the shadows. That's just my theory.


Shining honor represents love for one's family.


We don't really know what kind  of lifespans alicorns have. We know the princess sisters are apparently immortal, having been around for a thousand years. But they're linked to the Tree of Harmony. Their cutie marks are on the tree.
Twilight Shimmer seems to have an even closer link to the tree, since her cutie mark is the Element of Magic. The other elements have changed shape over the millenia, but the Element of Magic has had the same shape since the beginning. Apparently Twilight was chosen by the tree and may also be immortal.
But Cadence and Flurry Heart aren't associated with the tree so there's no indication that they could have more than a normal pony lifespan, which is still apparently fairly long. Granny Smith was at least a teenager when Ponyville was settled a century ago.
And Cadence and Shining Armor aren't that equal. She's the princess, but he's just the consort.


Shining armor should be the stalicorn of protection, or love for one’s community

Shining armor should be the Alcorn of protection, or love for one’s community protection, or love community. Think about it he’s always protecting the community. And he truly loves the place he’s protecting, so it makes sense.


I have a theory. That shining Armour and twilight family was destined to have an Alicorn. Something like they both had the capability, but only one could "Ascend", maybe?


Since there are only female Alicorns and if male Alicorns were a thing, i would imagine they would be pretty rare and i don't mean just because there's literally none, i mean just like the birth of an Alicorn is a rare occurrence, a stallion becoming an alicorn would be another unprecedented thing...i mean yeah Big Mac became an Alicorn in one episode, but that was just part of a dream so it technically doesn't count.

You gotta remember that in the show, it's clear that it's not a 50/50 split with genders, so a male alicorn doesn't faze me that much

The Commenter Dragon like you said, Big Mac was an alicorn in the dream. But it still shows a male alicorn can exist. Maybe they need to do a prince/ princess worthy deed like twilight to earn their wings and/or horn... that’s just my theory but ok :)

inr they would be really really REALLY RARE then the female alicorns

I think a male alicorn is even more rare than being a female one.


There is a bit of a difference between motherly and fatherly love. So he could represent that, as well as a love of ones people considering he was the captain of the guard.


I honestly we’ll agree with this theory, I think that if shining armor becomes an stallicorn, he would be the stallicorn of bravery or protection!


Shining armor could be the love of a father like how cadence is the love of a mother toward flurry heart it's kinda the same love but it's still different


I think Shining armour could be the alicorn of protection and love for the ones he guard and protect. That's what he's ment to do. Look at hos cutie mark. It's a shield which represents protection and the same star that can be found on Twilight's flank, the pink star that represents magic. And since he has the same mark her sister does, he deserves to be an alicorn. It's on his very one cutie mark! Just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it won't. What do you think?


I personally think that shining armor would be the prince of protection. his cutie mark is literally something used to protect, the first time that we see him in the entire show is when he is protecting canterlot. just what I think..


Alicorn of Protection magic. He is good at protecting his family, and their magic, so therefore, he would be the alicorn of protection-magic, practicing it could make him extremely powerful.


Maybe he became the next prince of sibling-ly love after Celestia's retirement hence making him the first Stallicorn. "But wouldn't that make Twilight the princess of two things?" I know, and I think that's what spectial about Twilight.

The question now is that if Twilight is princess of friendship, Cadence of love, Luna of younger sibling to elder love, and Celestia vice-versa, how did the sisters get their wings? Yes, I know you’ve said it in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAPQZSrB7k&t=546s , that it was by raising sun and moon hence getting magic from all three pony tribes, but in that case, how are they princes of sibling love? Wouldn’t that just make them princess of sun and moon? Twilight became princess of friendship being a good leader and good friend, Cadence of love by being a loving wife to Shining and loving mom to Flurry. So I guess instead of becoming princesses by raising sun and moon, they became princesses by…


Shining armor could be the alicorn of light. I know u said Flurry could be the alicorn of light but I feel like It fits shining more since he's the husband of Cadance (Love and light ruling together) plus his name matches the title "Alicorn of light"


I still can’t accept the idea that Twi will outlive her friends. I just can’t see her making a good Princess of Friendship anymore once the ponies who embody that friendship are gone.

We don’t know if the crown gives her immortality or long lifespan and if she gives it up she’ll won’t have it anymore. Also think of the fact the other ponies have families and I don’t think they want to outlive them. Also we don’t know how anything works and there not point in guessing or theorizing the show is over and we can do anything about it’s a wasted talking about this stuff.

I’d like to imagine Celestia gave some sort of immortality spell to the 5

YouGotNicoked that would be nice, though I just wish Twi was on a normal life span, because making the 6 all immortal with her it’ll mean they’ll have to lose all of their families and friends they made outside of Twi. Her being immortal just makes a true happy ending impossible.

Since there's a new theory that starswirl used an age spell before maybe she'll use the spell on her friends?

If the crown is responsible for her immortality, she will no longer be immortal and die at the same time with her friends if Luster Dawn becomes the new ruler of equestria

@Sage Warmheart45 <br>Yeah and they all should've become Alicorns one Princess of Harmony isn't enough we need Six Princesses of  Harmony and Prince Spike

@Sage Warmheart45
Yeah and they all should've become Alicorns one Princess of Harmony isn't enough we need Six Princesses of  Harmony and Prince Spike

LittleMouse  Ikr! Right with you, Twilight wouldn’t have become princess without them. It’s just sad on her end if she’ll have to live without them.

LittleMouse i didn’t ever see them all becoming alicorns but I did imagine that they would all be gifted some sense of immortality or that Twi would live a normal life span.

I originally imagined them all turning into alicorns


Shining could represent love for one's children from the father side.


I think Shining Armor would be love for one's family. His family being Cadance, Flurryheart, and Twilight. (Aka the three stars on his cutie mark, which I think would represent those three ponies)


if you´ve noticed, twilight has six sparkles around her cutie mark, probably representing the main six, and shining armor has three stars, probably representing cadence, flurry heart, and him. idk if this could be connected somehow to the theory but I just wanted to add something :]


cant he represent the love only a dad can give, ? or be an alicorn of protection? his cutie mark is a shield as well.


Maybe Shining Armor would get the title for being a protector. Prince of the shield

That's sound cool i agree also at the Day aria video (not the song but the movie) chrystales  control shining armor and say has strong love maybe thatd his magic?

I really like this comment I can see it I hope the brony notion sees this (PIN THIS COMMENT BTW BRONY NOTION) anyways lol he can be the king stallicorn of the shield,the light princess flurry and the queen of romantic love (I love this so much lol)

PhaedraWolf14 Brown

the great defender of the darkness

Can't have that in a feminist society. I would have loved a prominent male alicorn.


You don’t have to be an Alicorn to have a longer lifespan, as shown with king Sombra, or Star Swill, but that is not what I am thinking. There is bound to be a longer life spell, if not, Twilight or Starlight could make one! My point: Shining armor does NOT need to be an Alicorn for him to live as long as Cadence or Flurry.


You mentioned mortality... something that has been in the show since the beginning of Season Three. That being the Crystal Ponies blowing Sombra into itty-bitty pieces. Later on in the Movie, we see that the Storm King is gonna need to be glued back together in Hell.
Okay... male Alicorns. My headcanon has one of the requirements of becoming an Alicorn is that you need to have a sufficiently large wellspring. Creating and maintaining a shield nearly as large as the mountain Canterlot sits upon indicates his is most likely more than big enough. (And this is while being magically siphoned from by Best Villain for days.)
Another thing that has to happen is you gotta be hit with a MASSIVE overcharge of magic energy, as seen in the episode where Twilight gets Larsoned.
Lastly, that massive overcharge has to kill you. As in completely vaporize you. Just like in the above mentioned episode. (Seriously, what came after was definitely the afterlife. Life flashing before your eyes in a YouTube playlist and everything.)


Have you released that Shining has the same colour of magical glow that comes out of  his horn that glow comes out of Twilight’s horn?


I love how Cadence has blue magic and Shining has pink.


Man if both the sibling are alicorns i would wonder how their parents would feel

@Sawtooth Waves it would be awkward ether way

Imagine a third sibilng who didn't became an allicorn

They would feel anything in a thousand years.

Jeesh, the breeding of that family hahaha

@Callum It would be even weird if Luna was the alicorn because then it's like " Sorry honey but, your younger and less educated sibling is better than you in every way."

I wonder if they did would Luna stay are rule by Twilight's side or would she still go back home with her sister 🤔<br>=w= Just a thought

I wonder if they did would Luna stay are rule by Twilight's side or would she still go back home with her sister 🤔
=w= Just a thought

@Sawtooth Waves how do you explain that to you kid

"sorry honey. Its not that your sister is better than you. Its just that your. Um. Differently talented. You good at, thing. And shes good at everything and is one of the most powerful and rare beings in the world. Totally equal"

or how awkward it'd be if the second sibling <b>wasn't</b> an alicorn 😬

or how awkward it'd be if the second sibling *wasn't* an alicorn 😬


Shining Armor could still be the alicorn of romantic love because he could be the alicorn of love for one’s wife and Cadance could be love for one’s husband. This is only one possibility though


i think alicorns all have love-related places-
celestia and luna: love for ones sibling
Cadence: love for ones partner
Twilight: love for ones friends
flurry:love for ones parental figure

maybe shining armor could be "love for ones family"
why? because as far as we know he always got along with twilight really well, loves cadence with all his heart, and absolutely adores flurry. and what are all of them? family.


Maybe instead of making him an alicorn, his wife,sister, and child could make him immortal, or last as long as an alicorn.