History YMMV / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E26ToWhereAndBackAgainPart2

* FandomBerserkButton: This two-parter was enough to make several ''devoted'' bronies drop the show.

* ShipTease: Discord is uninterested when told all the other magic ponies have been captured, but is [[BewareTheSillyOnes enraged]] when he told Fluttershy is taken too, and immediately tries to set out to rescue her, even acts as her knight. He sees through a changeling pretending to be Fluttershy because he knows how suspicious it is to find "the one pony I care most about" but is caught when a horde of sobbing Fluttershys make him freeze. At the end, he embraces her tightly as she blushes.

ShipTease: Discord is uninterested when told all the other magic ponies have been captured, but is [[BewareTheSillyOnes enraged]] when he told Fluttershy is taken too, and immediately tries to set out to rescue her, even acts as her knight. He sees through a changeling pretending to be Fluttershy because he knows how suspicious it is to find "the one pony I care most about" but is caught when a horde of sobbing Fluttershys make him freeze. At the end, he embraces her tightly as she blushes.

* BrokenBase: The changeling's new forms. Either you find them garish and {{Narm}} worthy, or you think their new look fits with the idea they're insects (which are often colorful, in particular they resemble various beetles) and creative. Some feel they ruin changeling [=OCs=], others feel they're a ''good'' thing for [=OCs=] because they make the changelings no longer a race of identical drones, which gives a greater variety to what designs can be done with them. [[TakeAThirdOption A third group]] points out that Thorax ''didn't'' automatically change into his evolved form the moment he made a friend and the act that triggered it (his sharing love) was entirely his own choice, and thus it's entirely possible un-evolved changelings to co-exist with the evolved ones and be filled by friends' love for them, so long as they don't share their love to trigger the transformation.

* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: Chrysalis's AntiMagic throne has rendered Starlight's group completely powerless and they have no means of fighting back, leading to all of them getting captured. What ultimately saves them is the last-minute HeelRaceTurn of Chrysalis's swarm, when Starlight and Thorax, in the heat of the moment, realize a better alternative to them stealing love.

** A number of fans would have liked to see how the other characters were captured by the changelings, as explainig how they managed to tople every powerful being in Equestria offscreen would be interesting to see and it would help clear out the plot.

* {{Narm}}: The changelings' new, EvolutionPowerUp forms to some fans, who feel they are a bit too over-the-top.

* {{Asspull}}:
** Chrysalis's PowerNullifier throne, [[AntiMagic which only allows changeling magic]] and is strong enough to block [[RealityWarper Discord]], the most magically powerful individual in the series. If the changelings had the ability to make such artifacts and knew of such a highly potent magic-absorbing material, why didn't they use them sooner, like during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]", when it would have resulted in an easy victory?
** Given that it's carved from a stone that "soaks up outside magic", how does it not absorb changeling magic? If designed to absorb certain types of magic (such as that of ponies), how would changelings be able to design it to absorb Discord's unique chaos magic (and how would they have a chance to test it)?!

* ContestedSequel: To "Twilight's Kingdom" and "The Cutie Re-Mark" (Ironically, the latter was seen as ToughActToFollow to the former). Fans appreciated the slight curveball in status quo and having a villain ''not'' being reformed and remaining evil. But there are some that don't like the anti-climactic resolution to Starlight Glimmer's season-long story arc (many believed some major status-quo-shattering event would happen, as prior season finales have done), and saw this two-parter as a pretty lackluster and disappointing end to Season Six. Some believe the twist as a deliberate waste of time to give Chrysalis one more go around and should've just went with a new villain for the future instead, since Chrysalis [[{{Revenge}} will be back]] (again) and [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin will lose]] (again). Others like the twist and saw it coming, [[MST3KMantra but didn't bother questioning it]] as a perfect setup for Season 7. Changeling fans were also very disappointed at the fact that except for Chrysalis, the species as we know it has effectively ceased to exist, being replaced by {{Narm}}-tastic "evolved forms" that render a lot of the WorldBuilding done for them pointless, ''especially'' in the IDW comic.

* {{Narm}}: The changelings' new, EvolutionPowerUp forms to some, who feel they could give the Mane Six's Rainbow Power forms a run for their money in sheer over-the-topness. Thorax in particular could be seen as a biological RummageSaleReject.
* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: Chrysalis's AntiMagic throne has rendered Starlight's group completely powerless and they have no means of fighting back, leading to all of them getting captured. What ultimately saves them? The last-minute HeelRaceTurn of Chrysalis's swarm.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There's a part of the fandom that are unhappy with the new changeling designs, hoping that the old-school changelings will still be around.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** With so much focus on Flurry Heart in the season premiere, she was cast aside for the finale.
** Starlight could've gathered more allies to their aid, like Princess Ember, or Gilda, or Gabby.
** More "they wasted a perfectly good form", but a number of fans were absolutely in love with the changelings as they were (Thorax in particular becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse rather quickly), being a unique mix of UglyCute adora-creepy with sheer unlimited dramatic potential. The replacements seem... bland in comparison. And there is a ''definite'' BrokenBase on whether the designs look awesome, or like the worst {{Narm}} in the history of the show, with the unique distinction among {{Narm}}-filled new forms in this show of being permanent. This happening to an entire race with such a fan following has been... [[InternetBackdraft divisive]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** A number of fans would have liked to see how the other characters were captured by the changelings.
** Chrysalis mentioned the wedding wasn't a good plan. Though it would've been great for her to rub it in their faces of how the others would turn their backs on Twilight again, regardless of the others moving on or not.
** Other characters, such as Gilda, Maud Pie, and Ember (particularly as far as Dash, Pinkie, and Spike are concerned), could've also returned to join Starlight and company.
** After four whole seasons, you'd think that Queen Chrysalis would be all too eager to start immediately tormenting Cadance and consuming Shining Armor's love, which would satisfy a lot of her vengeful desires and make her more powerful than Celestia again. Sadly, there wasn't much meaningful interaction between Chrysalis and the royal couple she was very close to destroying along with Equestria.
** Plots involving changelings in their traditional forms in any way have become nearly impossible to do after the {{Reveal}} that they can get rid of their hunger at any time by discarding that form. Many fans would have liked to see [[EnsembleDarkhorse Thorax]] or other changelings integrate themselves further into society, which, if it happens now, will be under completely different circumstances.
* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the previous two season finales, this one has even less action and cinematic feel, The Mane Six are total non-characters, and there isn't even a song at the end.

* {{Asspull}}:
** Chrysalis's PowerNullifier throne, [[AntiMagic which only allows changeling magic]] and is strong enough to block [[RealityWarper Discord]], the most magically powerful individual in the series. If the changelings had the ability to make such artifacts and knew of such a highly potent magic-absorbing material, why didn't they use them sooner, like during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]", when it would have resulted in an easy victory?
** Given that it's carved from a stone that "soaks up outside magic", how does it not absorb changeling magic? If designed to absorb certain types of magic (such as that of ponies), how would changelings be able to design it to absorb Discord's unique chaos magic (and how would they have a chance to test it)?!

* ContestedSequel: To "Twilight's Kingdom" and "The Cutie Re-Mark" (Ironically, the latter was seen as ToughActToFollow to the former). Fans appreciated the slight curveball in status quo and having a villain ''not'' being reformed and remaining evil. But there are some that don't like the anti-climactic resolution to Starlight Glimmer's season-long story arc (many believed some major status-quo-shattering event would happen, as prior season finales have done), and saw this two-parter as a pretty lackluster and disappointing end to Season Six. Some believe the twist as a deliberate waste of time to give Chrysalis one more go around and should've just went with a new villain for the future instead, since Chrysalis [[{{Revenge}} will be back]] (again) and [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin will lose]] (again). Others like the twist and saw it coming, [[MST3KMantra but didn't bother questioning it]] as a perfect setup for Season 7. Changeling fans were also very disappointed at the fact that except for Chrysalis, the species as we know it has effectively ceased to exist, being replaced by {{Narm}}-tastic "evolved forms" that render a lot of the WorldBuilding done for them pointless, ''especially'' in the IDW comic.

* {{Narm}}: The changelings' new, EvolutionPowerUp forms to some, who feel they could give the Mane Six's Rainbow Power forms a run for their money in sheer over-the-topness. Thorax in particular could be seen as a biological RummageSaleReject.
* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: Chrysalis's AntiMagic throne has rendered Starlight's group completely powerless and they have no means of fighting back, leading to all of them getting captured. What ultimately saves them? The last-minute HeelRaceTurn of Chrysalis's swarm.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There's a part of the fandom that are unhappy with the new changeling designs, hoping that the old-school changelings will still be around.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** With so much focus on Flurry Heart in the season premiere, she was cast aside for the finale.
** Starlight could've gathered more allies to their aid, like Princess Ember, or Gilda, or Gabby.
** More "they wasted a perfectly good form", but a number of fans were absolutely in love with the changelings as they were (Thorax in particular becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse rather quickly), being a unique mix of UglyCute adora-creepy with sheer unlimited dramatic potential. The replacements seem... bland in comparison. And there is a ''definite'' BrokenBase on whether the designs look awesome, or like the worst {{Narm}} in the history of the show, with the unique distinction among {{Narm}}-filled new forms in this show of being permanent. This happening to an entire race with such a fan following has been... [[InternetBackdraft divisive]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** A number of fans would have liked to see how the other characters were captured by the changelings.
** Chrysalis mentioned the wedding wasn't a good plan. Though it would've been great for her to rub it in their faces of how the others would turn their backs on Twilight again, regardless of the others moving on or not.
** Other characters, such as Gilda, Maud Pie, and Ember (particularly as far as Dash, Pinkie, and Spike are concerned), could've also returned to join Starlight and company.
** After four whole seasons, you'd think that Queen Chrysalis would be all too eager to start immediately tormenting Cadance and consuming Shining Armor's love, which would satisfy a lot of her vengeful desires and make her more powerful than Celestia again. Sadly, there wasn't much meaningful interaction between Chrysalis and the royal couple she was very close to destroying along with Equestria.
** Plots involving changelings in their traditional forms in any way have become nearly impossible to do after the {{Reveal}} that they can get rid of their hunger at any time by discarding that form. Many fans would have liked to see [[EnsembleDarkhorse Thorax]] or other changelings integrate themselves further into society, which, if it happens now, will be under completely different circumstances.
* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the previous two season finales, this one has even less action and cinematic feel, The Mane Six are total non-characters, and there isn't even a song at the end.

** Let's also not forget the fact that Starlight could've gathered more allies to their aid, like Princess Ember, or Gilda, or Gabby.

** Chrysalis' PowerNullifier throne, [[AntiMagic which only allows changeling magic]] and is strong enough to block [[RealityWarper Discord]], the most magically powerful individual in the series. If the changelings had the ability to make such artifacts and knew of such a highly potent magic-absorbing material, why didn't they use them sooner, like during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]", when it would have resulted in an easy victory?

* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: Chrysalis' AntiMagic throne has rendered Starlight's group completely powerless and they have no means of fighting back, leading to all of them getting captured. What ultimately saves them? [[spoiler: The last-minute HeelRaceTurn of Chrysalis' swarm]].

* ContestedSequel: To "Twilight's Kingdom" and "The Cutie Re-Mark". Fans appreciated the slight curveball in status quo and having a villain ''not'' being reformed and remaining evil. But there are some that don't like the anti-climactic resolution to Starlight Glimmer's season-long story arc (many believed some major status-quo-shattering event would happen, as prior season finales have done), and saw this two-parter as a pretty lackluster and disappointing end to Season Six. Some believe the twist as a deliberate waste of time to give Chrysalis one more go around and should've just went with a new villain for the future instead, since Chrysalis [[{{Revenge}} will be back]] (again) and [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin will lose]] (again). Others like the twist and saw it coming, [[MST3KMantra but didn't bother questioning it]] as a perfect setup for Season 7. Changeling fans were also very disappointed at the fact that except for Chrysalis, the species as we know it has effectively ceased to exist, being replaced by {{Narm}}-tastic "evolved forms" that render a lot of the WorldBuilding done for them pointless, ''especially'' in the IDW comic.

* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the previous two season finales, this one has less action and cinematic feel, Twilight is a non-character, and there isn't a song at the end.

* ToughActToFollow: Compared to the previous two season finales, this one has less action and cinematic feel, Twilight is a non-character, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there isn't a song at the end]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The reformation of major villains has been a touchy subject amongst the fandom, and the changelings' HeelRaceTurn is no different. However, [[BaitAndSwitch while seemingly tempted]], Chrysalis [[RedemptionRejection refuses]] to follow her former subjects and flies off more vindictive and evil than ever.
** Before this episode, there was some debate as to whether the changelings and Chrysalis were actually evil villains, or just a species that needed to feed off others in order to survive. This episode shows that changelings don't need to steal love; it is in fact an inefficient way for them to feed. It's also implied Chrysalis knew this the whole time, but kept her subjects constantly starved in order for them to be easier to control. This makes the changelings as a whole misled, whereas Chrysalis herself is genuinely evil.

*** It's unlikely that the Changeling Hive can move closer towards Canterlot, at least without arousing suspicion. As well, It's unlikely that Chrysallis was going to be discovered until after the wedding, but by then, her power would certainly exceed both Luna and Celestia.

*** Maybe they (or their ancestors) just hid a piece or two somewhere near Discord's range of influence during his original reign.

** Before this episode there was some debate as to whether the changelings and Chrysalis were actually evil villains or just a species that needed to feed off others in order to survive. This episode shows that changelings don't need to steal love; it is in fact an inefficient way for them to feed. It's also implied Chrysalis knew this the whole time, but kept her subjects constantly starved in order for them to be easier to control. This makes the changelings as a whole just misled, whereas Chrysalis herself is genuinely evil.

** ''[[Blog/AskFlufflePuff Fluffle Puff]]'' [[http://askflufflepuff.tumblr.com/post/75054210237 kinda predicted that]] the Changlings would turn against Chrysalis albeit without the form changing.
* MoralEventHorizon: Chrysalis was always an evil, sadistic bitch, but when the implication comes out that she willfully and deliberately starved the changelings just to maintain control over them and only further herself, whatever BlueAndOrangeMorality excuse she had to fall back on for her villainy before doesn't hold quite as much water as before. Not helping of the fact that she attempted to drain all of the love from Thorax for his betrayal just to further stroke her delusional leadership.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Starlight Glimmer further redeemed herself to many, since [[BroughtDownToNormal having her magic nullified]] (which also somewhat addressed critiques of it being inexplicably overpowered) forced her to show off [[CharacterDevelopment how far she improved as a character]] to save the day. She also got very entertaining interactions with three other reformed villains.

** Anyone else liked to see how the characters were captured?

** Other characters, such as Gilda, Maud Pie, and Ember (particularly as far as Dash, Pinkie, and Spike are concerned), could've also returned to join Starlight and co.
** After four whole seasons, you'd think that Queen Chrysalis would be all too eager to start immediately with tormenting Cadance and consuming Shining Armor's love which would satisfy a lot of her vengeful desires and make her more powerful than Celestia again. Sadly, there wasn't much meaningful interaction between Chrysalis and the royal couple she was very close to destroying along with Equestria.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Chrysalis may have been defeated and many her changelings turned against her, but she remains a powerful, cunning, and vengeful foe. And since changelings were shown to reproduce and who knows how many [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse were not present at her defeat]], so there's a potential army she can continue to deceive and use. Given that a few of them were able to best all the heroes in Equestria, the happy ending is diminished upon realizing how easily this could happen again. ''Especially'' since they simply let Chrysalis get away.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Chrysalis may have been defeated and many her changelings turned against her, but she remains a powerful, cunning, and vengeful foe. And since changelings were shown to reproduce and who knows how many [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse were not present at her defeat]], so there's a potential army she can continue to deceive and use. Given that a few of them were able to best all the heroes in Equestria, the happy ending is diminished upon realizing how easily this could happen again.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Chrysalis may have been defeated and many her changelings turned against her, but she remains a powerful, cunning, and vengeful foe. And since changelings were shown to reproduce and who knows how many [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse were not present at her defeat]], so there's a potential army she can continue to deceive and use. Given that a few of them were able to best all the heroes in Equestria, the happy ending is diminishes upon realizing how easily this could happen again.