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I love this episode so much. I've probably re-watched it more than any other season 3 episode so far. It was a very inspirational and heartwarming episode. I can relate to it in the sense that one of the biggest obstacles in my life right now is fear: fear that I won't do well in school, fear that something bad will happen to me, etc. I often avoid fear, or problems in general. This episode reminded me that I can't do that. Until I face my fears, they won't go away. It also brings me back to the days of when I was a young child, and when I would have nightmares. I've felt how Scootaloo did in the "here branches branches" scene so many times. Overall, this was a wonderful episode. They all are.

I loved this episode. Something very interesting that a friend of mine pointed out to me that I didn't notice myself is that those two comets flying over the barn at both the beginning and the end of the episode might symbolize Applejack's parents. My friend told me that Lauren Faust had wanted to hint at the fact that her parents were dead, but didn't want to just outright say that in the show, because that would be too sad for a show intended to be appropriate for all ages.

I was thinking about this earlier when I replied to someone's topic about whether or not Queen Chrysalis and the changelings could be reformed like Discord was. In my opinion, they don't need to feed off of love. I believe that it is a choice. The thing is, love is what binds a society together. If no one cares about each other or themselves, it would be impossible to form an organized society. Everyone would just be off doing their own thing. Banding together for survival requires some form of agreement to work together, and if the changelings are capable of that, then surely it is possible for them to truly love others. Here's an analogy that I thought of earlier. Someone who lives in the city and is able to buy food at supermarkets does not need to go out into the wilderness everyday and hunt deer. If someone chooses to do so, they are unnecessarily killing deer when they could just be buying their food at the store. So, those people would not need to kill the deer to survive, but they would do so anyway. (This is not a statement against people who like to go out and hunt. This is a hypothetical example involving someone who does nothing to get food other than hunt, when they would not need to do so for survival.) In the same way, the changelings could be choosing to feed off of love, because they want to, when they really do not need to for survival.

For me, I have this thing where I feel like I just absolutely cannot cry around anyone else, but when I'm alone I can display as much emotion as I want. I've teared up many times when watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic alone, but there weren't as many times where I would just cry. Sometimes I can just be in a really bad mood, either for a day, or a few days, or longer. Or, I might just be feeling unhappy, or stressed out, or otherwise upset about something. Watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic helps me to release these feelings and be happy, which has often resulted in me tearing up or crying from joy, from relief, of being free of whatever had been weighing me down in my mind. All episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic evoke positive emotions in me, but certain episodes stand out in my mind as affecting me the most. At these certain parts, or even just at any time in certain episodes I remember crying: -Cutie Mark Chronicles -Princess Cadence and Shining Armor defeating Queen Chrysalis in A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2 -The Crystal Fair song in The Crystal Empire, Part 1 -The light and love in the crystal ponies defeating King Sombra in The Crystal Empire, Part 2 -The Smile Song in A Friend in Deed -BBBFF song There's probably way more. Watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has been such a healing experience for me on so many occasions. Being able to release fear, tension, anxiety, anger, hatred, and to just be happy, joyful, and free has a profoundly positive impact on my life.

The question OP poses is very interesting in my opinion. The thing is, Superman is just invincible, aside from kryptonite, and I don't think there's any way around that in terms of physical attacks. However, I don't know whether or not superman is invincible in his mind. If Princess Celestia knows magic that she can use to affect someone's mind, then maybe that would do something. Otherwise, maybe she could just magically make kryptonite appear. On the other hand, superman couldn't really do anything. If he tried to like punch or something Celestia could just easily teleport away. So, I honestly think Celestia would win. Basically since Celestia is magical I just don't know what kind of constraints there are on her abilities. Of course, not that they would fight in the first place. They're both good guys.

This reminds me of an episode of Doctor Who about the ood, a race of beings that were all controlled by a single consciousness. If I understand correctly in that episode the single brain that controlled all of the ood was being tampered with, making the ood evil. Perhaps Queen Chrysalis and the changelings are of a similar nature. The changelings don't really seem to have individualized consciousnesses. It is possible that they all had free will and chose to delight in the destruction of love and joy, but that seems fairly unlikely. Queen Chrysalis might be the consciousness controlling all of the changelings. If she were reformed, perhaps all of the changelings would be reformed along with her. Or, maybe it's not something that extreme. Queen Chrysalis and the changelings remind me of a queen bee and worker bees. Perhaps she gave birth to all of the changelings (it would be possible since it seems that alicorns have lived for well over a thousand years). Since she is their mother, it would make sense that they acted like she did, whether or not she literally forced them to. If she were reformed, the changelings might change their mind. If their leader is no longer telling them to hurt others, what choice do they have? They could dissolve into chaos, or continue to have the leader they are familiar with, and change the way they live in the world. I honestly don't believe that Queen Chrysalis and the changelings are only capable of hate. Every intelligent being should have free will. However, it would be a lot more difficult to reform Chrysalis than it was to reform Discord. As Harmonic Revelations said in reply to this thread, Discord is different, because he does not have an inherent reason to be evil. I do not believe that anyone has an inherent reason to be either good or evil, as anyone who has the necessary mental capabilities and is not constrained by internal and/or external forces has free will. However, the very way of life Chrysalis and the changelings have gotten themselves into is squarely pitted against everything the mane 6, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Shining Armor, and all of Equestria stand for: love and light. Therefore, while it would not be impossible to reform them, it would be very difficult to do so.

I will list the ponies I voted for. Favorite Main Pony: Fluttershy (However, I love all of them) Favorite Secondary Characters: Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Big Macintosh, Cheerilee, Granny Smith, Mayor, Pegasus Royal Guard, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Trixie. Favorite Tertiary Background Characters: Snips and Snails.

I honestly love all three of them for different reasons, so I can't vote for only one of them. I informally vote for all three (since the poll only lets you choose one option). Princess Celestia seems to be the wisest and most knowledgeable out of the three. It's inspiring to see how she treats other ponies in the show. It makes me happy to see that just because someone is in a position of great power, doesn't mean that they have to act like they're better than everyone else, or hurt anyone, etc. Maybe one day all of the presidents, prime ministers, kings, queens, etc in the real world will learn how to be like that too. Princess Luna is good and wise like the other two princesses, but still has a lot to learn. Season 3 episodes one and two are the first episodes in which she is not depicted in a situation where she is doing something wrong or learning from her previous wrongs. So, to me, the implication is that she is on the right path, but she is still learning. Anyone can easily relate to this, we are all like Princess Luna in the sense that we all have conflicts in life, internal and/or external, and we need to learn how to deal with them so we can set ourselves on the right path. Princess Cadence is the youngest out of the three, but she is wise and good as are the other two princesses. I love how her special ability is to spread love and joy to other ponies using her magic. It makes sense that she is the "Crystal Princess," the one who rescued the crystal heart from King Sombra, allowing the crystal ponies to charge the crystal heart with the light and love within themselves, defeating King Sombra for good.

I loved this episode. It just goes to show that everyone, no matter who they are or what they have done, has the same opportunity as everyone else to make the choice to do what is right. It also gives an interesting insight into Discord's background. Perhaps he used his powers for evil because, when he was growing up, no one ever accepted him as a friend. That would explain why he became bitter and used his powers to try to turn Equestria upside down, and why he tried to break up the mane 6's friendship. Discord has never seemed like any of the other antagonists to me, though now he does remind me of Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon really was just Princess Luna, when she had chosen to go down the path of darkness instead of light. Discord seems to have made a similar choice. Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra seem to be a different kind of antagonist. They seem to be far more evil and hateful than either Nightmare Moon or Discord. Discord never seemed like he wanted to murder or destroy, because everything he did seemed more like a very mean prank taken way too far. Therefore, I don't know if Queen Chrysalis will ever be reformed in a future episode. As for King Sombra, unless he turned back into shadow, I'm pretty sure he's dead. Discord has an interesting personality, and it's great that he can now join the good guys so that I can truly say that I like him. In the past, despite his interesting personality and humorous attitude, I couldn't like his character, because of what he did to Equestria, and because he tried to break up the mane 6's friendship.