Talk:Inspiration Manifestation/@comment-10390252-20140425081115/@comment-10390252-20140426152901

I think events in this episode arguably bear out my prediction that the Inspiration Manifestation is a sentient entity in its own right. The proof:

1) Rarity had no memory of what she'd done, suggesting that the 'spell' was using her as a meat-puppet;

2) When the 'spell' was driven out of Rarity, it fled as a coherent cloud rather than just vanishing;

3) None of the effects were automatically reversed, as you would expect if a spell were just broken.

Overall, I think there is reason to believe that this thing was possibly from the same hooves as the Alicorn Amulet. Certainly the magic itself apparently endured, even if Spike's draconic digestion would have destroyed the spellbook.