Talk:The Return of Harmony Part 1/@comment-38853529-20190722003004/@comment-26618197-20190722010126

My guess? We know Rainbow Dash thought a cloud was Cloudsdale and Rarity thought a boulder was a gemstone. While their bodies acted out as Discord wanted they were probably trapped in a mental world where trying to live up to their Element caused problems. In Rainbow's case if say in this mental world Cloudsdale was fine if she stayed in the city then stepping off for even a second would destroy it again. In Rarity's case her mental world could be one where she's trying to split it up amongst everyone evenly but everyone keeps trying to take it for themselves so she protects it.