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oh sorry i'm just so hungry flurry
heart's grown so much already i wonder
if i'll even recognize her this
statement doesn't hold much water in a
society recognized by hair coat color
and not much else
she's the only baby they have twilight i
think it'll be pretty easy to figure out
who she is oh no are alicorns really so
common now that it's no longer a
distinguishing factor the floor of a
train is no place for a pony plushie
also someone tells spike that waifus
have to be fictional otherwise it's just
creepy outright giver it's been a while
since we've had a turbo nitpick since so
the fact the sun's glare is behind the
cloud should top off the quota for now
it sure looks like princess twilight
random citizens know who starlight
glimmer is at a time when even some
bronies didn't the empire has no way of
verifying identity and makes no attempt
to construct a test or magical solution
to do so be it canterlot or the crystal
empire royal guards really are just for
show weren't they cadence's ladybug
dance to check if twilight is a
changeling is a nice callback to that
one episode where twilight showed this
dance to a changeling also this dance is
the only form of id ever presented and
everypony with twilight becomes verified
by association because that's how it
works no change could possibly take
their form before during or after this
right the empire's on lockdown in fear
of a changeling getting close to the
royal baby so let's bring that baby out
to the open for all to see
after queen chrysalis took my place at
our wedding and invaded canterlot with
her army of minions ah come on cadence
don't you know it's inappropriate to
take a big smelly exposition dump in
public like that oh she's gotten so big
flory's power grows bigger with each
soul she consumes but her physical size
isn't much bigger at all so twilight
must have been referring to the former
spike would be the one to order the
group to split up in search of a
creature that can take their form if
ever there was an ideal reason to stick
together this is it okay rock how do i
know you're really a rock here we see
the moment it became a spike episode
okay so spike's aware changelings can be
disguised as rocks and we actually see
thorax as a rock later so that means
it's possible thorax saves spike's life
here and spike repaid the favor with a
smooch
you
saved me
it's okay i know you don't want to be
friends oh it's not that we don't want
to be your friend thorax it's just that
you're a monster and we need to
exterminate your species thorax acts
differently from the moment he's born
because it's easier than actually having
an interesting backstory a sin for
getting dangerously close to clip show
territory and a sin for retconning
season 2 by putting thorax into footage
he clearly wasn't in before spike spills
everything to a probable changeling spy
because said spy pretends to have good
intentions at least that's the setup
here the payoff is that thorax is
actually just incredibly corny for no
discernible reason spike defies logic
and backs down from telling the truth
because otherwise the episode couldn't
happen thorax randomly shows off his
pony oc completely unsolicited he would
fit right in at a brony convention
prince has a friendship gets stopped for
a pat down but an actual changeling
manages to stroll right into the castle
crystal
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my good friend crystal hoof writers
reveal where pony names really come from
and to no one's surprise spike lies
repeatedly throughout the episode when
it would have been so much easier to
just be honest with them especially with
twilight is he worried twilight wouldn't
listen to reason and would kill a
changeling on sight this offensive
expression should be censored
immediately alright writers we need to
establish this character gaining trust
any ideas i have an idea why don't we
just make it a montage and let the
storyboarders do all the work so we
don't have to write anything at all also
in order for this happy carefree montage
to exist all of the crystal ponies
forgot the empire is still on high alert
for an enemy invasion they were too
scared to venture outside mere moments
ago but i can't keep pretending to be a
crystal pony forever can i i don't know
thorax can you is this your first time
being a changeling relax you're one of
them
he said inches away from the two guards
they're apparently winning over castle
on high alert for a suspicious intruder
lets random unidentified pony into the
throne room for no reason maybe the
empire deserves to be taken over at
least an evil dictator would have some
semblance of security any friend of
spike the brave and glorious is a friend
of mine aren't you taking this joke at
spike's expense a little too far cadence
actions speak louder than the words
coming out of the pink pony princess toy
both spike and thorax knew this would
happen if thorax was overwhelmed by love
and kindness yet they walked right into
the throne room and met flurry for no
reason anyway what was their goal here
if thorax is here to meet the leaders
and make friends maybe he should do so
under circumstances where he is not an
intruder getting close to the royal baby
also this is the first and last use of
the contrived losing control in the
presence of love plot point it only
seems to afflict thorax and only in this
one episode also also this loss of
control should have occurred long ago
during the royalty-free stock music
montage when thorax received love and
kindness from crowds of ponies everypony
is ready for battle but mcflurry over
here is just chilling in her twitter
blocklist bubble this changeling
replaced your friend to get close to the
baby sunburst is the only character in
the entire episode to use logic he must
be unaffected by the curse of the spike
episode spike throws thorax under the
bus or rather in front of the bus and
all over the windshield the concept of a
creature who can change into anything
needing to escape would be great to
watch play out but instead it happens
off-screen during the commercial break
the changing is probably still nearby
shining armor forgets that changelings
can fly and take the appearance of
others meaning if it's nearby then they
have no way of knowing and if it's not
then it's long gone yeah it's possible
the changeling changed into a pebble and
hid behind a picture frame it's also
possible the changeling is the picture
frame and the guards would have no way
of knowing either way because this whole
search is pointless is all this really
necessary starlight has a point this is
getting a little out of hand for what
possible reason would starlight and
twilight object to the search for the
changeling unless oh no they've already
been replaced haven't they this is
getting a little out of hand on the
other hand the matter is completely
within my hooves get away from that
thing that's racist this episode is
saving the environment with all of the
animation recycling it's doing
imagine
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better hope that's not the case spike
thorax was born good remember shining
armor is apparently not convinced by
spike song because he equips more armor
during it creature known for deception
and subterfuge is trusted by all in a
whiplash inducing change of heart
because spike episode i would like to
extend my hoof in friendship and i'm
sure all of my subjects are eager to do
the same cadence reveals her alicorn
mind control powers that's the only
explanation for claiming her subjects
are suddenly prepared to befriend a
changeling now that we ended racism here
take my firstborn the lesson of giving
other people a chance and the importance
of extending friendship is a good one
but in order to tell that lesson we had
to depict spike as a naive fool and
everypony else has unreasonable fools
pretty typical fare for a spike episode
he'll be safe with our guards
or will your guards be safe with me
brave and glorious
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