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LightningSword


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Nov
7th
2015

So, the new episode . . . · 5:20pm Nov 7th, 2015

I was partially right.

Twilight did end up going a little crazy trying to figure out what happened, and she did think Discord was up to something. Two big things differed from my prediction:

1: Twilight didn't nearly reach "Lesson Zero" levels, and actually admitted she had a problem before it was too late.

2: She was right. Discord was up to something. She didn't know what, but her instincts were accurate.

Turns out Discord was just trying to teach her a lesson about having feelings of jealousy and admitting she felt left out. Where he gets off putting himself in a position to be a teacher when we STILL haven't addressed his acts of treason in Season 4, and believing he has any kind of right to it (making his "student" the Princess of Friendship no less), is beyond me. That, and his methods were cruel and unnecessary, and something Fluttershy would have certainly frowned upon and again, he had no right to do. But those are really the only things that bothered me.

Fortunately, Spike was at his wisecracking best throughout the episode, the references were funny, we got to see Zecora again, and Discord got a taste of his own medicine at the end. So, it balances out.

Overall, not quite the same disappointment as "Make New Friends but Keep Discord". Again, I give the writers credit for ( partially) shattering my expectations. Not a great episode, but I didn't hate it, either.

Let me make it a bit clearer for those who want to swoop in and start a confrontation:

I DID NOT HATE THIS EPISODE


Am I clear enough? Good. Then no fighting. At all. I didn't mention Rainbow Dash, and Discord was a major part of the episode, and I had to give my opinions on him in it. Don't anyone mistake me for someone who's in the mood to fight. Because I'm not.

That is all. Carry on.

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Comments ( 8 )

Yay, we're making progress!:yay::pinkiehappy: Good show, I say, Good show!!

Awesome! I haven't seen it yet, and probably can't till they add it to Netflix :fluttershyouch:, but good to hear it's good!

3527617 I never said it was good, exactly. But I did not hate it. So, there's that. :applejackunsure: I do hope you enjoy it, though.

I liked it. Literally it was super fun awesome until the very end. I mean, I even believed he was able to spin a moral out of his butt. And then also he was enjoying Twilight, paragon of order, freak out. But then when it turns out he PLANNED it instead of just it being a happy coincidence is when it shattered for me.

Still like it overall though.

and believing he has any kind of right to it (making his "student" the Princess of Friendship no less), is beyond me

Also as for him being able to teach her a lesson despite his treason there are tons of explanations:
DISCLAIMER, I am listing these as my reasoning, and just my say in the matter. These are not to be argumentative bullets, don't need to be repelled or defended against, and in no way reflect me thinking anything that contradicts them is wrong, or bad. I just wanted to put out my viewpoint in a non-aggressive manner because I felt I had something to contribute. That is all.
- He's already done it a lot, mostly involving him revealing the book, the memories, the keys to their super powers that helped them win
- he repented, and also gave them the final key. They wouldn't have been guaranteed victory without him
- he's the damn god of chaos, and he invests no cents towards making sense! Why should he feel obligated to do thing sin proper order. Like learn his lesson before teaching others
- on that note, just because someone screwed up, doesn't mean they are wrong per se. I mean if someone murdered somebody, and then said 2+2=4, they aren't WRONG on that point, just because they were wrong about something else. So Discord isn't in the wrong when it came to the jealousy lesson
- the jealousy lesson he had to learn himself in the Smooze episode!
- basically, to relate to your quote. I'm saying he didn't need a "right" to teach the lesson.

All that said, I want to go back to the top of my post and say when it revealed he had premeditated this event and MEANT to leave Twilight out. That was uncool, and not friendy at all. I'm glad he still had the fun weekend and that they have the capacity to be friends with him, BUT the ending really did fall flat for me. I'm not holding it against his character overall, but I won't say it was excusable. It sucked, and I wish they had just left it at the jealousy lesson, and never added the "oh and I meant for this to happen" twist.

3527617 Go on dailymotion.Com all the episodes are on there for free.

I was bored by this episode. I didn't like it at all. We got to see Starlight Glimmer again at least.

3531030 I have sources. I just also happen to suffer from such an enormous lack of time that it just makes it easier to see it when they add it to netflix. I'm happy you care though! Thanks!:twilightsheepish:

3531275 That sucks. At least its 1080p on netflix.

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