@Background Pony #79BA  
Heh, Queen Twilight Sparkle and King Discord.

Discord: Come Twilight my dear and be my queen, sit on my lap.  
Twilight: Say WHAT!? blushes
 
Discord is such a joker from the looks of his face at the throne chair.

@Starswirl
 
And on top of him getting his comeuppance, they all made up at the end, hugged, and no hard feelings were had.

@Daneasaur  
Yea, that creepy “Discord” music from “The Return of Harmony”.

@Eeveeinheat  
That was deliberate. They were supposed to also seem “off” to the viewer BECAUSE you are supposed to be in Twilight’s horseshoes.
 
You missed out on something that happened. DID Discord mess with everyone? Music cues and the overall friendliness seem like it may indeed be the case, as was everyone avoiding the drink… until Pinkie chugged it, and in the end, the suspicion as unwarranted.
 
 
@Starswirl  
indeed, it showed it can happen to anyone, be it in three days, or less than 3 minutes.

@Daneasaur  
Except that they were out of character and over the top. I understand the moral of the episode perfectly, it’s just they didn’t show it very well in the episode. Twilight had the right to be suspicious.

@Daneasaur  
Not the first time I’ve seen this kind of plot. Fanfics try to do something like it relatively often.
 
What made the episode better than those stories is that Discord got some form of punishment at the end for being an obnoxious jerk.

@Eeveeinheat  
It actually wasn’t.
 
The whole goal was that you were supposed to feel very awkward, a joke everyone gets, but you don’t, and a looming suspicion that something isn’t right.
 
The fact is, you simply missed out on it. you were in your own little bubble instead of spending time with your friends. No one to blame but yourself for missing out on what the others enjoyed.
 
 
@Trickquestion  
Discord was written just the way he should be. You may have missed it, but he slammed a bombshell on twilight’s head at the end. He’s chaotic, he’s unpredictable. The last thing you’d expect is for him to set things up so that Twilight gets a harsh life lesson that she doesn’t want to accept; that she can be jealous to the point of damning someone for her own mistakes.
 
Add to it, we don’t know how much foresight Discord has into the future. One could argue that the whole situation with Tirek was planned between him and Celestia, to ensure Twilight would find her key. (Especially if the end credits flowers mean anything beyond flirting).

@Trickquestion  
Very true. This episode was horribly written.

@Trickquestion  
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Looks like someone needs new perscriptions.

“Where’s my character development” might be a better question.