Talk:Inspiration Manifestation/@comment-10390252-20140426151011

Okay, the most important thing we've got out of this is that there is a LOT of serious dark stuff hidden away in that castle that Celestia and Luna either couldn't or wouldn't destroy.

Two of my predictions were apparently shown correct in this episode:

1) The spell seemed to have a will of its own; notice that Rarity had no memory of what she did, which suggests that it was using her as a meat-puppet;

2) The spell evidently survived being driven out of her mind and is still out there somewhere; this leaves it possible that it may be associated in some way with the final villain of the season.

This was a lovely portrait of how submissive and fixated Spike is with Rarity. Even though she's evidently having a dark magic-triggered psychotic episode, Spike is still trying to flatter her. It was nice to have Owicious continuing to play a role as Spike's foil/sceptical best friend. We also finally see (after an entire season) Twilight shown carrying out more Princess duties - fixing magical damage to the town in this case.

One last thought: Was I the only one who thought that Rarity was going to call the spell book her 'precious'?