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The primary mood of this picture is "fighting together": While BigMac is wielding his blade as a shield (with the perspective actually making it look like a shield), Discord is aiming above him, facing the same direction, and Spike is holding his stance on their side, protecting their flanks. The expressions are very intense, the atmosphere tense, the over-whelming force of the enemy is present in the wind and the slanted perspective. Meanwhile, they have an empty sky with a far distant sun - a promise of hope and a symbol for their rise above darkness.Giving the episode this is based on, we stepped right into Spike's, Big Mac's and Discord's imagination - there's no hint of irony or self-awareness, nothing to break the glorious illusion. Just the feeling of happiness and a moment of great friendship, reminiscent of story's like Lord of Ring's or Harry Potter.