Talk:The Times They Are A Changeling/@comment-4531340-20160821111106

Now that was an excellent episode! I think it's my new favorite of the season.

For one thing, I really enjoyed Thorax. I think Kyle Rideout did a fantastic job of making him seem incredibly sympathetic without making him all weepy or something (his desire to change, now that I think about it, reminded me of Finn from Star Wars Episode VII - and I think that's a good thing). Another thing I really loved was that it was Spike that befriended the changeling (I mean, as member of another species that ponies seem to know relatively little about, he was the perfect "outsider", so to speak, for the job). I really do think they had a great chemistry. Third, I thought one of the messages of the episode (that being that just because someone comes from something [in Thorax's case, a species] that one considers negatively, such as evil does not make that specific person shares such a trait) was especially apt considering the world today. Though frankly, I enjoyed all the different messages that could be taken from the episode.

One minor complaint (and I mean very minor) is that the song is... strange for a Spike song. I was going to say it was bland, but upon rewatch, that's not what I think. I think it reminds me of a Disney song (kind of), but I can't put my finger on which one, which drives me crazy. I also think that perhaps Cathy would've been better suited to sing a more upbeat song as Spike.

However, I cannot complain about what the song accomplishes. Like the songs of Crusaders of the Lost Mark, I feel it effectively compresses time, and makes something work that would otherwise feel rushed (I mean, I can see where the criticism of the ending being rushed comes from, I just don't share it) - and I will admit, I nearly teared up towards the end (it really got me, haha).

If you couldn't figure it out before, my rating is a 10/10.