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Author’s Note: I’ve been reading a lot of comments regarding that Equestria can be protected without the Elements; the thing people seem to forget is that the inhabitants of Equestria(mostly Ponyville) don’t believe that they are better off without the Elements.
I’ll let y’all sink that in for a bit;)
I’ll let y’all sink that in for a bit;)
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I’d rather NOT know.
Whatever the case, the it didn’t stop Sombra from taking over.
It would be nice to know how he took over…
I’m guessing its less a defense and more of a town-sized cleansing apparatus you have to activate with good vibes.
Probably because the heart wasn’t in the correct spot.
Wait, Sombra took over the Empire while the Heart was present. It doesn’t seem to be much of a defense system.
Well, they better open that box before Discord decides to break off Fluttershy’s trust.
Yeah, but we don’t know that it got the roots. Those things could grow back. Better not to take any chances.
But the tree made the vines dissolve into nothingness…
Touché
“…Or just use the Crystal Heart.”
Sorry, won’t do any good. The Crystal Heart is the Crystal Empire’s Defense system; if anypony were to remove it then the Crystal Empire will be left vunerable.
And we certainly don’t want (Equestrian) history to repeat itself, now do we?
Finally! Someone who actually agrees with me! :D
If they have to, but considering that that would likely make the Everfree Forest go haywire again, they probably want to keep their usage of the Elements to a minimum.
Oh yeah? Well riddle me this, Batman: What else can protect Equestria from evil?
Plus, you know, Fluttershy will keep Discord in check.
Actually… Probably not. Celestia knows how to use Sombra’s crystal control ability now, so he would be even less of a threat.
Sure Celestia and Luna could have handled Sombra like last time, but then they probably would have lost the Crystal Empire again.
For Nightmare Moon and Discord, Princess Celestia had already tried other options, and they hadn’t worked. She’d failed to talk down or outfight Luna and the two of them didn’t pull the Elements off of the Tree on a lark. They both knew that resorting to the Elements in the first place was an act of desperation.
Celestia went to the Elements against those two opponents because she already knew that she didn’t have anything else that would work. In the case of Chrysalis, Princess Celestia didn’t know that Shining Armor and Cadance could pull off that boosted attack, so she didn’t know that it was an option. At the time, they weren’t in a position to try it, either.
Against Sombra, even in a worst case scenario, Celestia and Luna could still defeat him without using the Elements, although she really should have let Luna just deal with him instead of treating the situation like a pop quiz.
So, yeah, they were always only used when Celestia had already exhausted all of the other viable options that she knew of. Sometimes they were the only entries on the list, but she never used them when she even thought that she had another option.
Nope, actually they were usually the FIRST option considered.
Only major crisis that the Elements weren’t even thought to be used for was the Crystal Empire’s return…and for that one they really should have.