You are certainly right with this one. I had completely forgotten that Chrysalis was feeding off of the love of princess Cadence when writing this post. Also Shining Armor's spell was combined with the love which was Chrysalis's main power which was another thing that slipped my mind.
Wow, I didn't even know that Changelings were established mythological creatures. That makes sense seeing as almost all of their monsters are pre-established mythological ones, but this puts things into a new perspective. Hopefully a back story attached to them can be a focal point for a season 3 episode.
I had never noticed the Appletini reference or the Slumber Party one... the slumber party one is a bit... yea, wow. So I guess that that fits in. The darker atmosphere of this story I find to be a little more extreme then in the Discord episode and I'd compare it more to the "Toy Story 3" of My Little Pony.
I see how she could have done it under that condition, but the lack of intensity for it removed allot of emotion for that scene. Even with the pump and the rest of the episode budget, they always had the rainboom looking unbelievably amazing. And with Rainbow Dash being the only Pegasus able to pull it off, she made it look like an unbelievably simple act.
This is something everyone can agree on XD. I wouldn't be surprised if she became some sort of submeme. I kinda feel bad for her.
Just a thought, what if she woke up after the battle and the Mane 6 had lost. Oh the lulz.