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> For I think I have a pretty novel theory that is actually possible. 
so you wanted that I checked this out first (I replied to the /go/ replies instead).

However, let´s put the thinking cap on and dive through your theory. Impress me and let´s look at:

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> That Celestia planed power ponies! Does that sound crazy?
WHAT THE...? 
My eyes have blinked more than usual after reading this. So this sums up your theory but what are your arguments for it?

> "Well, you're welcome to stay if need be. Spike is away in Canterlot on royal business. I'm home all alone tonight."
that deep into the script for a season 1 episode that didn´t have lore all that much established. This is Twilight´s Seven tier (which by the way, if Luna was present, it could have explained its connections with Luna for season 9).

Wow, you have looked all that far into the lines when authors didn´t imagine to go into that route. Even if the theory turns out to sound ridiculous, I have to cherish that merit to look at the script with a magnifying glass.

> Why though!? Why! would! Celestia! Do! Such! A! Thing!
she´s called trollestia for a reason (or at least, she was)

> One thing that struck me was how Celestia still had a bit of an air of mystery to her despite being discredited as a power and a tyrant. 
after seeing School Daze in season 8, she doesn´t hold a huge level of power when it comes to the system (though this could be justified because of the mindset of the new writers compared to the first ones). Thankfully the later seasons showed a much more mundane level that blew away those headcanons of tyranny.
 
> The way she played chess with Discord and her prophetic dreams; one got the since that she was still playing some type of game.
you have summarized why certain shippers made Discord and Celestia a couple. 
 
> I think it in part was a game with Twilight and setting her up to rule. TS herself mentioned that she was worried about being sent off to rule a kingdom and much of the lessons seemed to be prepping us for TS to be having some type of roll in leadership. 
true, even though the arc was kind of inconsistent. Those fears showed up in certain episodes but one could also use the meta route here because fans were also worried that Twilight would get a big twist because of the early crowning. Still, it´s a valid point.

> I think that of any time to look at background events with actual credit ability of a fan theory it is in this season when background events and more subtler details seem to mater the most (Season 7 being a close second). This maybe the only season where it was such hints are cannon.
perhaps now with everything settled and so aware of the background details in the latest seasons, looking back could turn out a good exercise in hindsight. But wow, you used a season 1 point for backing this up, when it was more linear and less subtle in terms of ideas/direction.