Sprocket's Amulet · 6:35pm Mar 24th, 2016
So at this point in Dream Come True, I've stressed the importance of the amulet Sprocket wears, but haven't accurately explained what it is. I've seen people mistake it for a seventh element of harmony, but that's only sort of right. If you haven't read up to the current chapter and don't want spoilers, read no further. If you are fine with spoilers and/or have read up to the current chapter, read on.
Sprocket's amulet was aquired in an internet roleplay group. This was a sci-fi rebellion group where the main characters had to get seven amulets of immense power in order to defeat a flrce threatening the universe. On their base, they seem a lot like the elements of harmony, only there are seven.
Each amulet has its own individual ability in the story. Sprocket's amulet is the amulet lf determination. Each amulet creates a vehicle made completely of magic wuth the exception of the two amulets of love which create a single spacecraft for two. Sprocket's amulet creates a biledal weaponized mech. Somewhat like a gundam, but more like Lance's mech from Sym Bionic Titan.
These amulets are usually used in tandum, but if the weilder shows enough of what that amulet represents, they can use it on their own. Ponies who weren't destined to be the true owner of the amulets cannot naturally activate them, but if a non-wielder pumps enough magic into an amulet, they can force it to activate. But a weilder can with some difficulty deactivate the amulet and take it back.
So now you know what the amulet is and what it does, so it's no longer just a generic McGuffin. The reason Sprocket hasn't successfully activated it yet is that she has not uet shown enough determination to. Though I am planning something for further down the road that I won't give any details on. In the meantime, I'll be happy to see some theories if I have any fans that like to theorize. Or, you know, if I have any fans at all... predictions would be cool and might give me some ideas on how it's going to happen.