Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-5025719-20160419080755/@comment-10390252-20160421084756

@Whitehorse,

Actually she said that it was when "we show our truest selves". In other words, when they express the qualities of the Element of which they are the Avatar. That doesn't necessarily mean that they can't teach themselves, or be granted the ability, to use their pony magic upon need under other circumstances.