


In a somewhat related vein, some fan fics have explained Twilight's bursting into flame during the finale of Feeling Pinkie Keen as being a "rage shift", caused by her anger feeding into her magic, and causing a physical change. Another is to show that her power and/or ability will enable her to 'evolve' into an Alicorn like the Princesses. One semi-popular trope is to have Twilight's research or spellcasting somehow go wrong or out of control to set the events of a story in motion. Even before Lesson Zero, fans were sure that Twilight still shared a deep respect (at minimum) for the princess. In the show, her power is notable enough to have drawn Princess Celestia's attention, and both there and in fan works she is most often proud of her status as the Princess's personal protegee. She's sometimes shown as very dependent on her books to work her spells, being unable to do more than levitate objects or teleport short distances without a written spell formula in front of her. She is also the poster-filly for the myth that complex unicorn spells are unstable and that the slightest bump or a poorly timed sneeze can end up transferring body parts, swapping genders, or teleporting ponies to lands unknown. Twilight is smart, bookish, and skilled in every type of magic there is. In Magical Mystery Cure, Princess Celestia changes Twilight Sparkle from a unicorn to an Alicorn. She is very practical and grounded, often serving as the voice of reason, though she has a tendency to freak out whenever disappointing the Princess becomes a possibility, at least, in her mind. Twilight Sparkle is a studious Alicorn, and the former protege of Princess Celestia. WubcakeVA ( Fluffle Puff Tales: "All Boxed Up", Just Be Me) HeavenStare ( Erotic Lessons with Twilight Sparkle) Taylor Rose ( The Adventures of Donut Steel) PrincessRil ( Lyra and Guyra, My Little Investigations) Meredith Sims ( Fighting is Magic, Journey of the Spark, Past Sins) Kira "Rina-chan" Buckland ( PONY.MOV, Double Rainboom, Re-enacted by Ponies, Cupcakes 2: Life of Death, etc.)
