As Nick Confalone said, “Appreciating that YOU appreciate that Wall-flower didn’t turn into a kaiju-demon-stomper threatening to devour the school. Sometimes the biggest stakes are invisible. “

@punzil504  
A fresh orange isn’t a replacement for a rotten apple.

@Ihhh  
The Sirens had gemstones. If they get new gemstones, they are replacements, regardless of whether the new gemstones duplicate what the old ones did.

@punzil504  
But we weren’t talking about upgrades and downgrades. An apple is neither an upgrade nor a downgrade from an orange.

@Ihhh  
And that’s where you’re splitting hairs over the definition of “replacement.”
 
Upgrades and downgrades are still replacements.

@punzil504  
No it isn’t. Again, you said they were replaceable. If they get their specific powers from those gems, then those gems can’t be replaced. Any magical artifacts that they may later find would not be replacements, they would be alternatives at best.

@Ihhh  
That is what I said.
 
Look, if the concern is the “Magic gemstones can be replaced” comment, I did not specify what “replacement” meant. If Aria Blaze stole Rainbow Dash’s pendant, she would be attempting to replace her own, no?

@punzil504  
Like I said, I agree, but that’s not what you’re saying.

@Ihhh  
I don’t. But I’m stubborn and this argument is bothering me more that it should.
 
The Dazzlings lost their powers when the Rainbooms shattered their stones.
 
There are potentially other stones or objects with other powers that the Dazzlings could find and get new powers with, considering Gloriosa, Juniper, and Wallflower managed to do this.

@punzil504  
I thought you said you didn’t want to argue with me anymore. Bu what should I expect from someone who keeps contradicting themselves.

If you want to twist the definition of replaceable, that’s fine.

@punzil504  
And you contradicted yourself again.

@Ihhh  
You win. You’re still wrong, though.

@punzil504  
No they’re not, and I already explained why. Now will you stop contradicting yourself?

@Ihhh  
You know what, I’m not having a circular argument with a duck.

@punzil504  
You were the one claiming that they were replaceable, not me.

@Ihhh  
Then why did the Sirens’ powers go away when the stones shattered? The magic appeared to be tied to the gemstones, even though said stones were part of their bodies before they crossed through the portal.

@09MurphyM  
Good point.

@punzil504  
I agree, but that is not what you said. You said, And I quote, “gemstones… acted as the foci for their powers” which is not how magic works in that multiverse.

@Ihhh  
Yes, their stones are gone. Wallflower’s stone is gone. They can find a way to get their hands on something else with new and specific powers, considering that Equestria seems to use their world as a magical dumping ground for unwanted magic.

@punzil504  
That has never been how magic gemstones in the show have worked. Every magical artifact has been shown to be unique and have specific powers.

@Ihhh  
They lost the gemstones that acted as the foci for their powers. Magic gemstones can be replaced.

@Background Pony #FAD8  
Difference is, the dazzlings lost their powers completely.

I’m really hoping we see the Dazzlings again. If Chrysalis was any indication, the threats they forget about usually become far greater threats.

@St Fan  
If anything, the one for the dazzlings should be reversed.