Find the Magic... of the organic nature from the initial reaction & discussion

So in my previous post, it was all about ragging on the Rainbow Roadtrip. I don't regret anything, and I still haven't completed a full watch. Lord knows I wasn't going to waste time with that during the family reunion for the long 4th of July weekend. But I've seen how people like it, including an old friend of mine. So I can accept that there was merit to it, and I certainly don't think there was anything morally wrong with what I saw, and I'd never hold it against anyone for taking enjoyment in Rainbow Roadtrip.

More importantly, I finally saw "Sunset's Backstage Pass" a few hours after, so that Saturday was a great day for me!

But before I eventually ever get around to writing about that hour long special, I want to take it back to the Find the Magic music video.

I owe a big "Thank you" to Masterweaver for boosting this music video the week it dropped. It's thanks to his post offering his own analysis that I knew this thing had ever come out. I don't keep up at all with EQ-G content at all, and rarely check Equestria Daily more than once a week. Besides being thrilled that we got anything with the Dazzlings again, it's so freaking beautiful.

The video was already just a big flipping deal on its own because it was the first official mention or appearance of the Dazzlings for years. But we got so much more than that. It was also brought the sweet ambrosia that is villain character development. Wrapped in not just a musical number, but the puzzle box of an original music video up for interpretation. This led to a memorable thought exercise for me, since rarely in my life do I try breaking down a music number separate from any larger picture. Masterweaver’s blog was my jumping point for it, since he could identify things like writing out the lyrics, seperating the verses, transcribing the choreography, and using fancy words like “ennui.” Another thing I owe him. I took things as a bit more literal than he did, if that's the word for it. More plot-driven.

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When we get to "The days go round and round and round" my immediate thought was that they were talking about their own immortality. They have to be, to have been around in Starswirl's time, and it was up in the air to the fans if the destruction of their pendants affected their lifespan or youthfulness. The end of Rainbow Rocks seemed to heavily imply that without the pendants, they couldn't hold a tune to save their life. Or maybe the Rainboomicorn just temporarily roughed up their larynges.

"Can I find the beauty in the simple things? Can I learn to see it" can mean several things, possibly all at the same time. One is them having to learn how to enjoy life with mortal eyes now; even though I know this show is never allowed to entertain the notion of character death. So the Doylist way I have to take it is that now they're just learning to cope without being able use mind control to get whatever they want.

The blank faced crowd means how the the Dazzlings always just saw the human populace as a food source, and never remembered anyone's name, let alone make a friend. Now they're disgusted how despite still being immortal, they still have to play by the same rules as everyone else. Yeach, equality. "So ordinary. Gotta find the passion." Can you imagine an existence more pitiful and base than a magicless human?

(Although I didn't make out "Stuck on the peak" before, and I can see how that does more to support MasterWeaver's idea of representing creative drive and inspiration. I can certainly imagine the people who work on this show going that direction.)

But somehow the pendants have been repaired, and given them a new method of feeding (or maybe the events are vice-versa). Between 1:22 and 1:23, Adagio's is just suddenly made whole with no indication for anything having happened. That really annoys me, because I didn't catch that the first time. Initially I thought Adagio was still gripping it close to her, DESPITE the fact that it was damaged and couldn't aid her. That was a really sweet image, but a re-watch dashed that. It has to mean something that the Sirens keep cradling these things like they're alive.

Actually if you squint, these things kind of look like a fish egg clutch.

Now I imagine an all-female Siren race putting their energy into their gems to transmogrify it into embryos. A pure magical spawning.

It seems that they can earn power now from the positive emotions of people. Which... actually seems to put them on the dietary level of pre-reformation (preformation?) Changelings. Although it's portrayed as actually giving something in return, signified by them holding out their repaired pendants to the audience, palms out. In all seriousness, this sounds like the resolutions I've seen in a ton of changeling reformation stories, pre-season 6. Canon Changelings only seem to have exchanged love (as a tangible force) during their initial metamorphoses. Love as a source of nutrition only seems to hold out with Chrysalis. Ocellus seems to have no dietary restrictions or exceptions from all the other creatures.
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I wanted to record my discussion for posterity, in a slightly-more-visible cranny of the internet. I haven't changed anything, so everyone can see how far off the mark I really was. After watching their return in the special (no spoilers), I would say that the guy who actually nailed it was whoever Drachos was quoting. What did that take say? You’ll have to go read the conversation under Masterweaver’s to see it. (That's not just me being coy, I don't want to put a spoiler-y prediction in my post.