I mean, before them who stoped the monsters and villain who terrorized ponies? Celestia? The Wonderbolts? The royal forces? Nothing happened at all?
A sufficiently trained unit of ponies can probably stop a regular monster like a bugbear or somethingFor a thousand years, nothing more significant or threatening emergedAnd then in the next five years, a bunch of powerful villains emerged in quick successionIs this contrived? Yes, but this is common in children's stories that prioritize adventure over worldbuildingLike how in the Marvel universe, starting from some point in history, there were suddenly hundreds of superheroes and supervillains running everywhere
>>41848835Evil came back to Equestria just because it hated Twilight so fucking much.
>>41848835i terrorized sweetie bell with my Penis
>>41848835Made me think of a green where Celestia fought off hundreds of villains in secret to protect Equestria until she finally found the perfect ponies to bear the elements.
>>41848835Celestia. The "nothing ever happened" explanation results in the implication that either Luna orchestrated the villains we saw or that Luna is just the root of all evil in the world.