Are the Royal Guards all clones?
>>43275549No, to be in the Royal Guard you need a white coat.
>>43275549They are all my children from having sex with Celestia. Their coats are white because of their mom.
>>43275549Putting on the enchanted armor whitens (or grays, depending on rank) your fur until you take it back off
>>43275549I always headcanoned that the armor was enchanted to make them all look the same for easy identification.
>>43275607>>43275609>enchanted armorAlso explains why Luna's guards have bat wings even though thestrals don't exist as a species.
>>43275643Nightmare Timeline Rainbow Dash even looks like she has slit pupils until she takes her helmet off.But then again, that is a kind of different Equestria.
>>43275643batponies*ftfy
>>43275883wow this clip confirmed the enchanted armor theory
>>43275549Probably pulled from different noble families that are closely related
>>43275883>takes off armor for no fucking reasonrainbow trash still the worst most retarded mare
>>43276519The director told her to take it off, don't blame her.
>>43275549Yes. They're designed to be as rugged, cheap and expendable as hand grenades. If they were mares it would be really hot.
>>43275883The same thing happens in the opening of the first season three episode, but with one of the white guard stallion's eyes changing from blue to gold. Though that one does happen in between different angle cuts.I actually made a big, rambling image (complete with autism arrows) for the Guardsmares thread a while back that is fairly related to this .The main focus of this one was helmet crests, but the uniform manes and mane colors ARE an aspect of the clone/illusion theory.Like: Maybe there are the enchanted illusion sets of armor for contract/palace guardsponies, and also "part time/non-Canterlot garrisons" sets that are just simple plate?
>>43275549no they are all in Celestia's huge herd.
>>43276951lucky
>>43276912>changing from blue to goldIsn't that an animation error?
