I guess so. Pony Twilight just taints Sci-Twi for me.

@Sunset’s Minion  
Why is Sci-Twi in the movies? As Twilight Sparkle, she’s got six years of branding as a main protagonist of the MLP franchise, but as Sci-Twi, she’s allowed to have the truest aspects of her personality without being a Celestia obsessed, little personality brown-noser(no offense to Pony Twilight-fans).
 
Sci-Twi’s not a perfect character, but neither was Sunset in the first movie. I’ll see if she grows on me in the new movie, and she’s already a better alternative then pony Twi.
 
As easy it would be to just have Sunset take Twilight’s place completely, that isn’t Sunset’s story. She is both Twilights’ senior, and not just a replacement 6th element of harmony, but a key to something greater.
 
She is also symbolically the new Celestia to Sci-Twi’s Luna, while at the same time keeping both of their roles out of the atrocious category of ‘princess’. Which is kind of the point. Ever since S1EP1, Celestia was presented as the setting’s greatest lynchpin, both for good and for bad. Sunset is Celestia’s real sucessor, and even as a hero, she represents the complete antithesis to Celestia’s philosophy of favoritism that led Sunset to megalomania and Twilight to obsessed dependency.
 
And as for Pony Twilight and not focusing more energy on her growth instead of Sci-Twi…maybe Pony Twilight’s sort of a lost cause? I don’t know, my instincts tell me that the day Twilight removes the stick up her ass, the series will end. Who knows, the big 2017 movie could prove me wrong on that.

@CronoM  
Thanks, I needed that. But I still don’t like Sci-Twi. Why she is even in the movies is anyone’s guess.

@Sunset’s Minion  
Normally im also against anything focusing on twilght (mostly because her character arcs are usually written so terrible), but at least this is sci-twi.
 
At least it isn’t superficial character arcs like the ones pony twilight has. Human twilight is dealing with her OWN issues without a celestia-sized safety net. And it’s not like the recent movies ignore the others, in the last movie where sunset became an angel, human rd went super girl and saved sunset and others from deadly plants.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if both sunset and human twi gained more character development in a few movies then what pony twilight got in 6 seasons.

Do we seriously have to go through another character-arc for Twilight? BOOOOO!!!!!!!>:(

@Background Pony #0952  
The magic they are developing in this movie, on the other hand, is a bit of stickier wicket to explain. The Mane 6 don’t just have harmony magic, they have their equestrian skills as ponies. Powerful natural pony abilities, some exceptionally powerful. But the Humane 6 are not ponies, yet still have similar potential.
 
Whether its simply their powers growing or proximity to Gaia Everfree, they are developing abilities closely linked to their cutie mark skills. More S1 E23 then S1 EP2, in other words.
 
But Twilight’s the tricky part. Her element has no morality. She’s the Element of Magic, so she has tons of magic she could barely even control while younger. And now Human Twilight is levitating her bed with Twilight’s pony magic, without Celestia’s training of course.

@Background Pony #0952  
Right now that the rainbow power is activated inwardly for both Human and Pony and they are the exact same as the original elements but stronger, the magic the Humane 6 use is harmony magic, as well as the Mane 6, and Sunset.
 
The second the Humane 6 ponied up, it was revealed that the human world 5 or 6 or 7 heroes that can use harmony magic, the elements of harmony
 
Elements of Harmony are the most common word for harmony magic involving the Mane 6, so don’t be so pedantic.
 
The Humane 6 can use the Harmony blaster by ponying up. We’ve seen it several times and it is irrefutably the same thing as the elements. Sunset’s inclusion simply unlocked something more magical in the Elements’ combined power then anything that’s been seen in EITHER world so far, at least as far we know.
 
There is no such thing as Magic of Music. That’s a term you came up with.
 
It just so happened that music was the easiest INITIAL way for the Humane Six to use their magic of loyalty, honesty, etc. Sunset pointed it out with Human Rainbow Dash at the beginning of EG3 that the human hero’s powers were growing to the point where it wasn’t limited to just music.

@CronoM  
“Element of Magic in … the Human World” - wat? Since when it was revealed that human world have own Elements? Don’t confuse raw leaked Magic of Friendship or Magic of Music with the Elements.

@WanderingPony  
This did come to mind initially.

I saw this and thought the next thing would be some Final Fantasy encounter music.

That terrifying moment when you realize… you’re standing in a room with your inner demon. Literally.

@Background Pony #19F0  
Twilight Sparkle is the Element of Magic in both Equestria and the Human World. We saw that power manifest in the last trailer.
 
The source of magic that Midnight could return from, albeit not powered up with the other’s power like before till she steals it, is her own.
 
As for her dark side…
 
The less forced an inner demon is brought out, the harder it is to get rid of it permanently it seems.
 
Luna’s dark side manifested from her own power and inner darkness, and when the elements of harmony released its grasp on her sanity, it manifested in Luna’s own method of self torture, the Tantibus. She apparently held that incredibly unhealthy routine for at least a year, maybe more, before the damn broke.
 
Sunset’s darkness was amplified to literal tears to when she was turned into a demon, so more forced, but Sunset is a strong willed protagonist and in many ways Celestia’s first and strongest successor. She bounced back with the other 5’s help in a big way.
 
Twilight’s darkness was amplified in a similar fashion, and the power corrupted her thirst for knowledge even though she had more friends then early Sunset did, like Spike. Both Twilight Sparkle’s are naturally weak willed people, incredibly easily lead, so its not surprising that her darkness is trying to find its way back now that she’s starting to become the Element of Magic.
 
What Human Twilight is experiencing right now is similar to what Luna was going through without Luna’s precautions, but I expect she’ll bounce back sooner cause 1) Close friends and 2) of the two Twilights, Human Twi seems to be the less outgoing but more stronger willed of the two. She’s sees the world with her eyes wide open.

It’s just a dream :v
 
I’ve got two guesses on this one:
 
1: It’s something that will cause her to be uneasy and less likely to confront whatever is going on just because she’s afraid she’ll turn evil again  
2: She will find a way to control the power and defeat the villain
 
I honestly don’t know how Midnight Sparkle can just come back without Twilight’s magic detecting/absorbing device. That’s what caused her to exist in the first place. I never even considered it being a whole new character (which is silly) but more so Twilight’s curiosity and I suppose greed to know about magic made manifest. It seemed like nothing more than simply her dark side coming out.

For a second I was confused but after I checked out the video, it’ just a dream sequence. Phew, was a tad worried for a moment.

@goldhajik  
Gotcha covered bro.  
>>1217231

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: This is NOT jumping the shark…  
Let me repeat, this is NOT jumping the shark. No, no, no…
 
This is:
 
JUMPING THE SHARK, COMING BACK, SHOOTING IT IN THE BALLS, RAPING IT, EATING IT’S FLESH, CONSUMING IT’S SOUL, MOUNTING IT’S HEAD ON THE WALL, AND DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE!!!!!!!!!!! ~Nostalgia Critic (Neverending Story 3 review)

Anyone else had a thought of a decent sound effect from Dragon Ball Z?

need some jojo BA edit

@621Chopsuey
 
And in the book taking place after the movie. The only place the name wasn’t used was in the Friendship Games movie.

 
@Joshua  
She was also named in FG’s book adaptation.

Scary…

Oh no! Her Shadow’s gone berserk!

@Joshua  
Fucking hell, I’m done.

@Zharkaer  
Ah. I rest my case.

@Joshua  
Not in the movie itself, I don’t think.