Talk:School Raze - Part 2/@comment-37107064-20181015032606/@comment-29981995-20181015050241

Might as well ask why it didn't vaporize the Mean 6 immediately upon their entry to its cave instead of waiting until they had been beating on it and Mean Twilight was about to beat Chrysalis. The thing is a magical tree; who knows what its thought process is, even if it has gained sentience? As for Tirek, I have two thoughts: one, could be that his cage is specially designed to prevent him from draining the magic of others while he's inside it. Two, it could be that he can only steal magic from beings who are at least part pony. Back in Twilight's Kingdom he was able to drain Discord's magic once he was strong enough, but there was no sign that he drained magic from Spike.

Now that I think of it, it could also be Tartarus keeps him too weak to drain magic from anyone or anything. Yeah, that whole correspondence between Tirek and Cozy Glow is the hardest thing to swallow. It's kind of like the stars suddenly helping Nightmare Moon return to Equestria after a 1000 years, or Tirek being able to escape Tartarus last time, or the Pillars' artifacts ending up where they did before the Mane 6 recovered them. Makes you wonder more about Tartarus; this finale made it seem like Tirek and maybe the Chimera are the only sapient creatures in the place, but if there's a mail service out there perhaps there are others?