Talk:To Where and Back Again: Part 2/@comment-182470-20160909160924

This has been repeated to death, but I'm gonna say it here anyway. If you look at the past season, you may notice there's been a pattern of episodes where our heroes meet a non-pony character who feels out of place with their kind, become their friends, and inspire them to spread friendship to the rest of their race. I'm talking, of course, about Ember, Thorax, and Gabby. Starlight could definitely empathize with how they could never quite fit in (heck, she already showed that in "A Changeling Can Change"), so I think there's no room for doubt that these three were meant to be brought together in this episode. But while Spike will likely play a role in the episode by calling for Ember and Thorax's help, I have no idea how Gabby will come in unless the CMCs are there as well.

But let's not stop there. When "No Second Prances" ended, Jim Miller tweeted that Trixie's story wasn't over. A clear confirmation that she'd appear again somewhere down the line, sure, but to say it with such certainty when S6 was already in its first quarter, it could be a hint that she will make her return here. She and Starlight are good friends, after all, so it only seems natural Trixie would want to come to her aid; perhaps she stumbles across the action in the middle of her repentance tour.

Also, John de Lancie confirmed Discord has two appearances this season, and there's not much room for him to be in any of the other episodes, so that kind of narrows it down. Either he's gonna be a part of Starlight's squad, or he'll be going through a relapse and become the villain. But since Queen Chrysalis seems far more likely to return (all the better for Kathleen Barr to play her if she's returning as Trixie), I'm really hoping for the former. It may not be likely as the others, but boy would it be fun. Plus, he's pals with Spike now.