"Keep Calm And Flutter On" [SPOILERS] · 10:00pm Jan 19th, 2013
WHAT?! Discord's back?!?!?!
I had some really high hopes for this episode, and even though it was pretty short considering the amount of story that was jam-packed into it, it did meet most if not all of my expectations.
Even if there weren't a plot to the episode, it would STILL have been worth watching with all of the Discord. DISCORD EVERYWHERE. Can I just gush for a bit about how much I love the Discord animations?
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Now, to the story. I love the character building they did with Fluttershy here. Like, how instead of bursting into tears when betrayed by Discord, she just stormed away angrily.
But the fact that there was so much story to cram into 22 minutes, it did leave a little to be desired. Maybe they could have expounded on the fact that Discord has never had a friend? Maybe they should have left the spotlight on his feelings of loosing his one and only friend in over 1000 years for just a bit longer?
Sure, but this is JUST a kid's show, right?
ALSO, the 'oh, I enchanted the elements so Discord can't take them like last time. Just thought you should know' felt a little deus ex machina to be frank. But, hey, maybe Celestia DIDN'T know the spell last season, and added it on before she tried reforming Discord?
The title name drop was pretty cool, but not what it was hyped up to be, and the last scene was utter cornball, but not as bad as it could have been in my opinion.
I give the episode ~~~8/10~~~