Talk:What Lies Beneath/@comment-26423071-20180826211713

This episode was going great. The whole concept of the Student Six facing their fears, and their friendship helping overcome each other's fears, was great...

...until it turned out the Tree of Harmony did it.

This is this a plot twist that makes no absolute sense whatsoever.

First of all, as I said before, the Trinkets have no power of their own. They are conduits for the actual Elements of Harmony: the Mane Six themselves.

And if you are gonna argue that this isn't the case, why didn'ty the Trinkets work back in "The Return of Harmony"? If the Trinkets are the Elements, then it shouldn't matter if the Mane Six are discorded, or if Spike if wielding the Trinket of Loyalty instead of Rainbow Dash. Furthermore, how were the Human Seven able to summon the Rainbow of Harmony? If the Trinkets are the Elements, doesn't that invalidate Sunset's speech in "Friendship Games" about how the true magic of the Elements comes from within?

Second, the Trinkets are not sentient. Even if they have power, they are inanimate objects.

Third, the whole thing about subjecting the Student Six to their worst fears is a pretty malevolent one, and thuis not something that the Trinkets, whicvh are supposed to be a force of good, would do.

So yeah, the episode completely lost me there.