Talk:Elements of Harmony/@comment-11457034-20130724201532/@comment-7345250-20130725005608

All of the elements could theoretically be used for evil. I could name a few examples, now that I think about it.


 * Honest Iago (Shakespeare's Othello) constantly abused truths and allowed victims to act upon them in rash and foolish ways, ultimately leading to their fall from grace.


 * Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter) was blindly loyal to Voldemort. As a result, this toady committed many heinous acts, including the resurrection of the dark lord.


 * Nightmare Rarity (FiM IDW Comics) was so determined to be helpful in any way she could that she welcomed the Nightmare Forces when she became convinced that the others would shun her generosity. If you need another example of generosity gone wrong, look at Disney's villains. Ursula, Facilier, and several others have all made generous bargains with their victims.


 * The Joker (DC Comics) does it all for the laughs.


 * Dusknoir (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2) exhibits kindness towards everyone in town and does a variety of heroic things, including saving the protgaonists' rears, easing trade at the market, aiding the police as they search for an outlaw, sharing his wisdom with anyone that comes to him, finding lost items for children, ETC. However, all of this was actually a facade. His goal was to reunite the protagonists so that he could return them to the future (for execution) in one fell swoop.

So in the end... Magic isn't the only one that can be used as a tool.

(Also, Friendship = Magic... so the Element of Magic already is the "Element of Friendship," in a manner of speaking)