foolish one [fran]

I didn’t jump on the MLP bandwagon until the end of its sixth season so there was a lot about the fandom that seemed inscrutable to me. A big part of that was the sheer number of characters who had only one or two major appearances, but had a huge following and were considered all the rage even moreso than the mane cast.

If you asked the fandom, they’d tell you that Queen Chrysalis and her Changelings were the go-to ultimate archnemeses of all ponykind. The Frieza to Twilight’s Goku; the Emperor Palpatine to her Luke Skywalker. Despite the fact that, much like Trixie, Chrysalis and the Changelings were barely even a presence in the actual series proper. In fact, until the show changed shifted focus to emphasize the adventure plots more heavily in the later seasons, the entire race of Changelings were one-and-done adversaries promptly forgotten just as soon as they were defeated.

That’s how MLP rolled. The creators didn’t really care about creating an epic story with recurring archnemeses and an overarching fate-of-the-world plot.

But the fandom’s tendency to make mountains out of molehills (or, hell, even out of goosebumps) is beside the point. Chrysalis was a villain they fought the one time, then she fucked off for years until the new writers brought her back. So how was that one time?

“A chance for us to start anew, for dreams to blossom and come true” - Shuriki has just regained enough power to take over Avalor again, Elena has become a better crown princess and is more confident in taking control

“The journey took so many years, so many sorrows, doubts and fears. But once again we proudly rise to greet the sun with wondrous eyes” - Shuriki has come out of hiding after being defeated by Elena which has taken a VERY long time to gain her full power, Elena has taken back Avalor for her people and feels safe for the first time in a while

“For all we lost is back to stay, behold the dawn of this new day. As all our troubles melt away, behold the dawn of this new day” - Shuriki is confident that she is going to conquer Avalor again with her new power and support as she has also (if I remember correctly) emotionally broken Elena by using the gem in her parents crown to build a wand to try and kill her. A bit of dramatic irony for Elena’s bit, as we know that “all her troubles melting away” is very much wrong, based on Shuriki having gained power and currently breaking into the palace

I was just rewatching the song on YT and thought that was cool :)

Haha not at all! Glad it’s able to bring joy some 8 years later!

oooh. Characters that hide a sinister side behind a cute and airheaded facade. However, you are also pairing miss pulled herself up by the bootstraps to successfully commit three murders with Mr. too much of a coward to commit even a single one himself.

"Kinning was fun before fictionkins came and started taking it too seriously" Hey so what if I set you on fire with my mind actually

"they identify as animals" thats nice, sharon

"no but they actually think they are animals" theres a war going on, sharon

"No but they actually think they are the character!" Sharon, there's a war going on