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Things I learned from this episode:

1. If you're black, you can't be a good guy.

2. If you have to change everything about yourself to be accepted, do it.

3. Strong, aggressive women have no place in positions of power, and must be replaced by a reasonable man as soon as possible.

4. Friendship is magic!



(go on, try to guess my opinion of this episode)



(oh my god, though, if they're even more villainous than they were before? Like, eight million out of ten stars)



***edit***



A little clarification on a few of my points:



1. This is an actual literally description of what I'm pretty sure is going on. Hasbro has guidelines on what they can and can't do on the show - for example, in Lauren Faust's original version, Celestia and Luna were Queens. But market research said Queens were evil and Princesses were good, so they became Princesses. And I think there is a guideline that says good guys have to be brightly colored. Name me one dark good guy character. I think Luna's the closest, and she's navy.



2. This actually bothers me the most. I loved the original Thorax episode, and Thorax. And it seemed to set everything up for 'even changelings can be good if they learn how to earn love instead of just stealing it'. Not to mention the whole 'how someone looks doesn't dictate what kind of person they are' lesson, which kind of goes back to point 1. And which I don't think we've ever actually seen on the show. Instead, we get this giant mess where the only way changelings can be good is by being magically changed into completely different creatures. It's kind of a horrible lesson, and I thought the show was better than this.



3. Okay, this is mostly me being pissy. Also, rule of three says I needed three 'fake' lessons before going with the usual show one. But really, why would the changelings want a new leader? Especially considering their original leader had just guaranteed them all the food they would need 'for generations to come'? Starlight goes off on this whole thing about how Chrysalis rules through fear and intimidation, but at no point were we ever actually shown that. Starlight's speech is literally the only time it's brought up. As far as I could tell, right up until about two minutes before the end of the episode, all the changelings were perfectly happy. So really, this complaint is more about sloppy, lazy writing.

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Published : Oct 27, 2016