heavens-champion 1,905 July 2, 2020 Share July 2, 2020 Anyone find it unfortunate the show didn't explain why the Tree of Harmony chose to project an image of Twilight as its avatar while communicating with the Student 6, or never showed Twilight finding out about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedishy 3,548 July 2, 2020 Share July 2, 2020 I admit I wish they had pulled that thread a bit. Even vaguely hinting at the reasoning could have been enough. I wonder if they intend to explore it in the comics. Or maybe as a legend in G5 May the Friendship be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat-kun 2,527 July 2, 2020 Share July 2, 2020 The thing speaking through the Tree has chosen Twilight for its avatar due to authority that the little princess possesses over her minions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpWit 2,682 July 2, 2020 Share July 2, 2020 To add onto @Goat-kun per usual amusing answers, she is also familiar to them as someone who is trustworthy and readily provides knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixrec 86 July 3, 2020 Share July 3, 2020 How much to explain magic is always a tricky question. In this case, while a quick answer would've been nice, I think leaving it vague was fine too. Throughout the show the elements/tree of harmony have done a lot of unexplained one-off things, so it's not out of "character" for it to keep coming up with new things it can do (which it even acknowledges in that episode: "Like all living things, I change as I grow. As I have grown, so have my abilities."). And it's easy to think of at least two good reasons why it might've picked Twilight: First, since the tree's whole thing in this episode is giving them a friendship lesson/test, maybe it took the form of the pony they most expect to get friendship lessons/tests from. Second, since Twilight is both the Princess of Friendship and the Element of Magic, and the tree has both taken the form of Twilight's castle and is apparently partially living in Twilight's school's basement , it seems to be more strongly connected to Twilight than anyone else, so perhaps that is just the most natural pony form for the tree to take no matter who it's talking to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepul-Coloratura 762 July 7, 2020 Share July 7, 2020 It’s the same reason why Xel’Naga chose Tassadar’s appearance as the avatar in Starctaft 2. The writers didn’t thought it through but thought it would be an intriguing setup but it turned out to be a total bull$@t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicEnergy 23,220 July 8, 2020 Share July 8, 2020 I think it would have been good for the show to explore that area, with Twilight and the mane six interacting with the Tree of Harmony. 1 *totally not up to any shenanigans* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Piranha 29,428 July 8, 2020 Share July 8, 2020 I’d love if the avatar was explored further. It shows the tree is a living being, and it would have been lovely to explore it’s purpose in the world. I mean, that’s pretty much the only holy tree in media that hasn’t shown a bigger purpose Sig by Discords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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