Episode Discussion » S7E12 - Discordant Harmony · 8:17am Jun 20th, 2017
Synopsis
Discord invites Fluttershy to his realm for tea, but he worries she won't be comfortable there and begins to change it, and himself, with disastrous results.
(This episode was aired early in Australia)
Its a good day to Live in Australia.
I like it
usually Australians get crapped on in the entertainment world, good to see we're making some headway
I really liked this episode. If Fluttercord wasn't canon enough for anyone before, it sure as hell better be after this one.
What channels showing it here!? I had no idea D:
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Blowed if I know either, in Oz and can't get access anywhere? Boomerang terms say I have to be within the 51 states to be able to see it.
Knighty where did this come from??
Had to watch upload on youtube before it gets canned by 'H'.
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Well, if Discord is ever in need of emergency resuscitation, it looks like the CMC can serve as a mobile hospital.
Also, Discord likes talking to himself. He should be giving Celestia tips on how to do that.
I enjoyed the episode it had some good character building
Basically FlutterCord the episode. They are only few more steps from complete canon.
"Want to avoid spoilers? Fuck you, I'll make a site post about it so you can't avoid them." - Knighty
Fluttershy is so darn adorable in this episode.
And most importantly, if Discord is a God of pure Chaos and doesn't do what he's supposed to do, does he actually die or just disappears forever?
And the scary part is what would've happened to Fluttershy if Discord did fade away. How will she get out from that dimension?
A new episode that airs early in a country that usually receives them later? That's Discord!
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What spoilers? The episode name and synopsis?
At least there's a higher stake to the usual "be yourself" kind of story.
I thought they were going to pull off the ending to "Squilliam Returns" for a moment there.
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Also, I had to ask: how did you format the sitepost to make the text appear right next to the image?
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Its on the boomerang channel on foxtel cable and satellite
Otherwise the episode was a delightful slice of life and was a refreshing watch.
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https://www.fimfiction.net/bbcode See the section about
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I like these funny slice of life episodes. Plus it lets me do this:
How do ponies get to Discord's place? He even gets regular mail service. Is there a portal somewhere in Ponyville? Does he have a postal code? And while we're at it, where's his money coming from? Is there a counterfeit ring somewhere consisting entirely of Discord clones? Does he send those clones to rob banks while he does his thing?
The episode's in squeak. Someone's gonna have to upload a pitch-coreected version.
There was a good half hours worth of comedy gold right there.
Not bad for 20 minutes.
I see an elephant in the room.
First the mooses, now the roos? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!
When Discord started fading away, loads of ideas popped into my head about making either Pinkie or Cheese the next 'Lord/Lady of Chaos'
Not sure if I'll get them done though...
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Nice way to make the poor, poorer! No thanks.
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THAT'S your biggest concern over the possibility of a character ceasing to be? Isn't that like the 4K Media voice-over dubbing of Ultraman Tiga that if Ultraman ceases to exist, one guy asks if they'll name the show after him?
This episode was the cutest goddamn thing ever, easily the best of the season so far.
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Er... no idea sorry
I'm not the biggest fan of Discord - I don't dislike him or anything but knowing there was going to be an episode where he was the center didn't mean much to me.
However I really liked it. They did what could be a tired moral in a new and interesting way. Many cartoons have the "Be yourself!!!!!111oneone" moral done but the motivations for Discord made complete sense. Everything he did was because he wanted to make Fluttershy happy.
Fluttershy trying to re-chaos Discord's house was adorable.
I loved it, think about that table tho, they skipped her struggling with it putting it on the ceiling then nailing it lol.
Remember when IDW made a comic with a similar theme? Remember how the last third of it was, let's say, a bit of a mess?
This is how it should've been.
I'm so happy.
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention
loved the episode.
Also I am starting to ship Fluttercord more and more.
The ending where Fluttershy acts chaotic to save Discord is possibly the cutest she's ever been.
All those moments Discord talked to himself were golden
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Another episode of this season I really enjoyed.
I have to say it was pretty unnerving watching my favorite Draconequus start fading out of existence like that, I mean just the idea that he can fade if he acts normal is just jarring. I'm still a skoch rattled by it.
Good episode overall, Fluttershy was adorable making everything in Discord's house normal for him.
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Y'know.
First of all, RUDE!
Second of all, how is that a spoiler?!
Third and last point, do you know who you're talking to?! THE SITE OWNER?! Praise the Lord you're not pulverized out of this website with that attitude of yours!
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A BIT of a mess?
The end of that arc was atrocious and the middle issue contributed nothing.
This episode was cute, in many ways, but it absolutely fails at being "chaotic".
The root of "chaos" as a concept is unpredictability, but just about everything Discord did in it was so predictable that Fluttershy accurately predicted all of it at the end, and I imagine most people here could've predicted most of it too.
In previous episodes he's done things like making serving trays act like dogs, drink a cup and throw away the liquid, stuff that LEGITIMATELY makes no sense whatsoever. Here he's turning napkins into origami, making Ginseng sing (that's not random, it's a Piers Anthony pun!), and making a pinata cough through the mouth it already had. None of this is truly chaotic, it all makes sense, it's just unusual to see happen. This episode turns Discord into a pathetic lord of chaos who doesn't chaos properly. Which is a gross misuse of a character who can do literally anything.
Plus having Discord be alone through the bulk of each of his episodes is a huge mistake they keep making. Discord is entertaining because of the way he reacts to things people say, and the way they react to the things he does, having him talk to himself and make unfunny sight-gags isn't that entertaining. I'm sorry John De Lancie, but you are no Robin Williams, and Discord ain't no Aladdin's Genie.
It was ultimately made up for by an ending that it both adorable and sweet, but eugh, please stop making Discord spend his episodes largely by himself. He BEGS for other characters to play off of. And please learn how chaos works.
Hang on! It's Tuesday today, how did the next episode of MLP season 7 aired on a Tuesday early in a different country that's not on a Saturday?
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Agreed, it's episodes like this that prove that the people who say that the series has "gotten worse" don't know what they're talking about.
Plus, I love how the animators use Discord as an excuse to go nuts with everything! Only Discord could make talking to himself so entertaining!
Also, SO MUCH FLUTTERCORD!!!
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The same way she got there? Come to think of it, how DID she get there first place?
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All good questions, none of which will be answered. After all, where's the fun in making sense?
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Didn't you "give up" on the series?
I'm beginning to worry about Discord, he's been talking to himself for a good chunk of this episode. Another good episode in a otherwise 'meh' season.
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Yes, but I didn't say I gave up on hearing what the series continues to condescend or descend into. So I continue to look forward to further degradation. You're not saying that all users here are required to continue watching the series, are you?
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That's literally the only good part of the episode. He is a being of chaos. For him to STOP being chaotic is for him to STOP BEING. I've said the same thing for years. And by "reforming" him, they are making him stop being chaotic.
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No, simply that if you're going to go out of your way to judge an episode you haven't even seen then you don't have the right to demand your opinion of it be taken seriously.
Also "Degradation"? This episode was perfectly fine with good humor, everyone was in-car and Discord even got some very important character development.
There's no further degradation for you to look forward to.
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Not quite. They're not stopping him from being chaotic, they're stopping him from being a sadistic jerk who ruins lives to amuse himself. The issue was never the chaos, it was that he got a kick out of seeing others suffer.
Remember What About Discord? The others loved his sense of humour and his randomness there. It was only when they learned he intended it to hurt Twilight that they grew tired of the act.
It was ok, not bad but not as good as Honest Apple, A royal Problem or Rock Solid Friendship.
It was fantastic! I love the strong friendship between Discord and Fluttershy. On that note, I loved the age old lesson that opposites attract.
To think I wasn't expecting much of this episode
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Tsk tsk. You're not very observant, are you? I never judged this episode. Do you see a single comment here on this thread that has me judging this episode? And please, answer that question and don't dodge it like a Republican. All I did was question why someone had ideas of a Discord replacement when I got the impression his character came close to being axed. Did Discord nearly get axed in this episode or not.