As soon as one would see that little changeling flying in the background at the end of The Crystalling (Season 6 opener), in the middle of said season, the fuse would turn on with the first changeling (and the only one who differed in views) that would get a huge role without being neither a villain nor an antagonist: Thorax. Furthermore, said design and explosion of love that would surprise anyone else was given to the overwhelming amount of love that he would get from Flurry Heart. Two big twists happened: his leadership would change the direction of the species by overthrowing Chrysalis and the transformation which would turn out to be the indicator for not needing to feed with love sucked from others.
So, for this episode, we´ll get more or less the same treatment that we had in The Parent Map: first, reformations/concepts thrown directly and then, the context in hindsight in order to justify them. This has happened several times in this generation, just that the changelings stand out for reaching such a huge extreme that would unsettle everyone at the time and still hold the disenchantment from sectors of the fanbase. Given that the twist has already been executed, let´s see what happens once you get to see their new ways of integrating them into this world. Before Ocellus showed up, there was a transitional process of adaptation and said peak of lore and changes would be shown in the 7th season with...
So, the average fan would think about the 7th season and you get to ask them for an arc. What arc would they think about? All of them would mention that the main arc for season 7 was The Pillars of Equestria. All of them would answer correctly except that there is a little downside by mentioning this alone... because there was a very small arc intended for season 7.
To begin with, keep in mind that the season 6 finale consisted in the transformation of the changelings and they would show up several times after that. There was a little arc that would follow the radical change, both visually and conceptually: Celestial Advice, Triple Threat and this spotlight: To Change A Changeling. This arc accomplishes how the changelings would integrate themselves after getting rid of the authoritarian regime of scarcity in terms of resources (love) and so, this transition would display how Thorax would become a leader (despite having no previous experience at that whatsoever) and how said species would follow his lessons according to what he had learned in season 6 from Twilight, Spike and The Crystal Empire as a whole.
With the advice in terms of confidence coming from Ember in Triple Threat, he would succeed at convincing the rest of the changelings except for his brother Pharynx. With this long backstory, let´s dive into the episode itself...
