OH MY GOSH YES. The original Flutterponies always had a creepy, insect-like vibe about them in the first place - I mean, they defeated the shadow guy in the Nightshade episode by swarming him to death, and their song was always more of a war march than not - so it almost seems like Chrysalis and her changelings were the next logical step from that.

I honestly don't remember too much about the flutter ponies except from when they appeared in the movie.. the one with the grundles and the smooze lol. I don't remember seeing them in the series at all...I think I need to ransack youtube again.


Oh, I definitely don't agree with that. I liked that the Season 1 finale went for straight comedy, that it delivered some punchlines that had been built up over the entire season, and that each of the six main ponies got to have her own mini story arc. If I have one complain about the Season 2 finale, it's that it was almost entirely a Twilight story, and the other five ponies barely got to have any role at all

I, unfortunately, didn't find the season finale of season 1 particularly entertaining or funny, but that's just how some peoples' sense of humor works. I do agree that Twilight was too focused on, but with the way they wrote it, it was kind of unavoidable.

I just re-watched the ending again, and caught the (possibly unintentional, but maybe not) play on last year's Royal Wedding in London. All it needed was any of our favorite Cutie Mark Crusaders making a pouty face.