The Element of Magic

Equestira Girls has confirmed that the Element of Magic can not only work by itself, but also offers more options then the standard Rainbow Blast, with Super forms and anti-theft ware confirmed. What else do you think this crown is capable of, and how likely do you think it is that more of its power will get displayed in the future?

I personally think that the “super form” is a part of the anti-theft device.

Whatever the writers want it to do.

@Itsthinking  
What sense does that make? The Element makes it easier to kill the person you just took it from with fire? If they wanted a polymorph spell as part of the countermeasure, wouldn’t the desirable outcome be to make the thief less formidable?

@Trickquestion  
Perhaps I misspoke. The Element clearly caused Shimmer large amounts of pain. A smart thief would take it right off at that point. She just so happened not to care that it almost killed her.
 
Maybe she corrupted the element with her lack of ability to bear it.

@Itsthinking  
Oh, I see what you’re saying. The defense triggered instantly, but Sunset barreled through it anyway and used the magic to go one winged angel.

@Trickquestion  
At this point, if I were Twilight, I’d just make the damn thing kill anyone who wore it that wasn’t me or my friends.

@Itsthinking  
I doubt it has a lethal setting. You know, friendship and all that jazz.

I believe during the scene where Twilight and her human friends almost got obliterated by Sunset’s energy ball, the mane 5 on the other side of the portal sensed Twilight in danger so they lent the humans their element powers which caused them all to transform. it was like the Full Syncro thing in the Megaman Battle Network series where the human operator and the Net Navi merge powers. Notice when the Portal closed at the end, the Main 5 lost their powers, presumably cut of from the source.

I believe that the elements are sentient and they respond accordingly to whoever wears it, just that the EoM has more of it because of the many applications the word magic has (literal magic or friendship) and so it acts as a sort of jerkass genie. “Oh, you went out of your way to wear me? Including tearing friends apart and ruining people’s lives? Alright, fuck it, I’ll turn you into your inner self!”

@Itsthinking  
So if anyone but the true Element of Magic attempts to wear it, they’re killed instantly…  
Reminds me of the Moon-And-Star ring from Morrowind.

I think the Element of Magic is kind of like the Dragon Medallion that Sub-Zero had in Mortal Kombat.
 
The Dragon Medallion is an artifact that enhances the power of its owner. In the case of Sub-Zero, it was his freezing powers.  
After the events of Deadly Alliance Sub-Zeros apprentice Frost tried to steal the Medallion to enhance her own powers and to become the new master of Sub-Zeros clan. But because of her lack of strength discipline, she was overcome by her own freezing abilities and died. (which dosen’t mean much in the MK universe :P)
 
So my theory is that the Element of Magic can only be controlled by Ponies who have the strength and discipline to use it.  
While in the wrong hands (hooves whatever) will corrupt the user.
 
Again just my theory.

I figure the crown supercharges whoever wields it with a massive amount of magic, being the element of magic and all. Shimmer’s transformation was likely the effect of the crown bringing out her ‘inner self’. Or somesuch.

@Trickquestion
 
I don’t think the Element of Magic “worked by itself.” The counterparts of Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack, and given how they’re basically identical to their pony counterparts, they’d have the same respective traits represented by the Elements.
 
So basically, while the physical Elements or their bearers may not have been present, the Element of Magic could somehow draw from the Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Honesty in the same way.
 
It’s sort of like what happened at the end of Digimon Adventure. Apocalymon shatters the Crests and banishes the Digi-Destined to the binary code of the Digital World, where they’re unable to do anything except reflect on their adventure and what they’ve learned.
 
It’s then that they discover that the Crests themselves were actually powerless: they merely drew power from their bearers’ virtues and acted as a focus for it. Thanks to their experiences, they’ve strengthened their virtues to the point where they no longer need the Crests to draw power from the virtues they represent, and use that power to escape from imprisonment and defeat Apocalymon.
 
Given that the Element of Magic is the only Element that doesn’t represent some sort of virtue, and given that it was summoned by the presence of the other Elements, I believe that Magic is the one that actually does the work: it draws power from the virtues of the other Elements and converts it into a usable form.