is twilights element friendship? or just magic?
i think its REALLY funny to come across arguments i thought were common knowledge and obvious.
twilights magic is friendship. all characters in the show have a magic special and specific to them thats the point of a cutie mark or magical/mythical creatures. for twilight the words magic and friendship are synonymous. she's referred in the show as the element of magic, but its obvious and literally the title: magic is friendship... for twilight because shes more or less the main character.
magic for ponies entirely revolves around their emotional state. pony happy? awesome, magic a plenty. pony sad? magic gone, no more magic, or theyre vulnerable for it to be stolen, or it can corrupt/turn into dark magic. so if we look at the themes the elements bring, the main 6 all have to learn and embrace their elements in order to defeat challenges or accomplish goals. you can assume every time one of the main 6 exhibits their elements their happiness lvl SKYROCKETS. aka its their type of magic. you can view this every season, and you can even view this with other characters. discords magic is chaos, he gets happy when he does chaos and literally fades away when he cant. deer in the comics have nature magic and their emotional state greatly depends on the wellbeing of the forest. Episodes where everyone basically exhibits or learns about their elements basically filling up an invisible magic meter over time until it explodes by season finale.
the reason im saying this is because i got in an argument that because friendship can be magic but magic does not always mean friendship, it means twilight element cannot be referred to as magic or friendship interchangeably. i think thats ridiculous. not only does it not make any sense for twilights element to be a general vague magic it also makes no sense in the themes that are literally beaten into us throughout the show. twilight needs to learn friendship for her emotional state to be happy (more magic) she needs to engage in positive friendship activities to be at her maximum magical ability (every season finale twilight has a friendship epiphany). The elements of harmony simply harness this magic. it only makes sense for twilights element to be specifically friendship which in her case is literally her magic, therefore FOR TWILIGHT, those words can be used interchangeably.
anyways, wanted to explain this and want to hear other peoples thoughts.
i think its REALLY funny to come across arguments i thought were common knowledge and obvious.
twilights magic is friendship. all characters in the show have a magic special and specific to them thats the point of a cutie mark or magical/mythical creatures. for twilight the words magic and friendship are synonymous. she's referred in the show as the element of magic, but its obvious and literally the title: magic is friendship... for twilight because shes more or less the main character.
magic for ponies entirely revolves around their emotional state. pony happy? awesome, magic a plenty. pony sad? magic gone, no more magic, or theyre vulnerable for it to be stolen, or it can corrupt/turn into dark magic. so if we look at the themes the elements bring, the main 6 all have to learn and embrace their elements in order to defeat challenges or accomplish goals. you can assume every time one of the main 6 exhibits their elements their happiness lvl SKYROCKETS. aka its their type of magic. you can view this every season, and you can even view this with other characters. discords magic is chaos, he gets happy when he does chaos and literally fades away when he cant. deer in the comics have nature magic and their emotional state greatly depends on the wellbeing of the forest. Episodes where everyone basically exhibits or learns about their elements basically filling up an invisible magic meter over time until it explodes by season finale.
the reason im saying this is because i got in an argument that because friendship can be magic but magic does not always mean friendship, it means twilight element cannot be referred to as magic or friendship interchangeably. i think thats ridiculous. not only does it not make any sense for twilights element to be a general vague magic it also makes no sense in the themes that are literally beaten into us throughout the show. twilight needs to learn friendship for her emotional state to be happy (more magic) she needs to engage in positive friendship activities to be at her maximum magical ability (every season finale twilight has a friendship epiphany). The elements of harmony simply harness this magic. it only makes sense for twilights element to be specifically friendship which in her case is literally her magic, therefore FOR TWILIGHT, those words can be used interchangeably.
anyways, wanted to explain this and want to hear other peoples thoughts.