My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Page 694

Discord/10

Return of everyone's favorite chaos lord. Not enough Twilight though. Needs more Twilight-Alicorn, IMO.

pretty good execution until the end
and then terrible, not believable ending

I really feel like this episode should have been a 2-parter. It was over so quickly for something so important. Hopefully there is more to come with discord, because if it doesn't I will be a little bit disappointed.
It was still a nice episode, but could have been a lot better I think.

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I also verified this screencap. It is not photoshopped. http://i.imgur.com/rbaHS0N.png

I'm really torn on the episode. Of course, it did a lot of things well, and any pacing issues I have can be attributed to time constraints, but conceptually and logically, I did not really like the episode all that much. I disagree with making Discord turn good, or at least antihero. I liked him the way he was. I understand the concept of character growth and development, but in this situation, I feel that it was not handled well.

I'd honestly rather just not see Discord again unless he goes back to his old ways. I also do not see how they can maintain continuity and introduce threatening villains at the same time, since all they need to do now is ask Discord to snap his fingers and the problem will be solved.

Anyway, I guess I'm mostly rustled by them allowing a fan to inspire a whole episode like this. It's the kind of pandering that, I think, can kill great shows and fandoms.

Basically, what I'm saying is, while this isn't a catastrophe by any means, it could be the thin end of the wedge, so to speak.

"remember that the old episode name (when Meghan reveals it) will sound like the title of one of Lauren Faust's old shows."

‏@MMeghanMcCarthy
#MLPSeason3 factoid: Today's episode was originally called "Fluttershy's Home for Reformed Draconequi"

I'm also quite torn about the latest MLP episode. The entire premise is nonsensical and makes no sense given the canon. Why would Celestia ever want to release Discord from stone? There's no context, she's essentially jeopardizing the safety all of Equestria for no adequately explained reason. Surely something this potentially dire needs context?? The ending makes zero sense with Discord's character. I don't fully agree that Discord should be completely unredeemable, but the way they approached it was simply too easy for my taste. He's been locked in stone for over a thousand years, and he's surely built up a great deal of resentment and other such feelings over that time, ESPECIALLY since he states that he's still sentient despite being encased in stone.

That being said, I feel that they did the best they could with the premise, and it ended up being a pretty good episode. Discord was hilarious, and the entire approach to the less than ideal premise was good. I liked the characterization of Fluttershy throughout the episode, especially with her outburst of frustration at the end ("I am NOT your friend!") which was great to show again that even though she's far more patient and accepting, there are limits even to her. I actually thought the episode was really great up until the last minute and a half or so (barring Celestia's lack of reason for releasing him). I felt like Discord's moment of realization was too much of a 180 for me. But even with all of it's pitfalls, I really enjoyed it, and I don't feel that it was a particularly weak episode.