Aside
Both words in one sentence
- Speculation about Celestia's relationship with Twilight is rampant, with interpretations ranging from polite but distant professionalism, to a close friendship, to Twilight being Celestia's only friend aside from Luna, to outright romance.
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This is when a character or characters look off to some far distant point or do an Aside Glance to instigate a Flashback or Imagine Spot.
Source: Flashback Stares -
To be fair, aside from the title there really isn't anything in the actual film suggesting what year the film is set in (and technically speaking it's actually set over the course of a few millennia, beginning with the Dawn of Man), so it could still be in the distant future.
Source: I Want My Jet Pack
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