Talk:What Lies Beneath/@comment-26423071-20180826211713/@comment-26423071-20180826221900

You just quoted the Tree.

The Tree isn't sentient, therefore it can't assume physical form. It can't talk.

And much like your argument of Earth magic being different from Equestrian magic, I have to argue that Alicorn magic is much more powerful than regular magic and therefore most likely has rules of its own.

And Twilight was talking about being connected in an emotional way, she wasn't declaring the Trinkets the true source of the power.

PS. That last bit is a common problem across several different fandoms, not noticing when a character is speaking metaphorically. It's that problem that leads to the misconception that the Aliens are named "the Xenomorphs", or that Frankenstein's Monster is named "Adam".