Smitty1991
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@GryphonStar5678  
How in any way is this “twist” good? It reeks of bad writing.
GryphonStar5678
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@andymoo  
Actually, if Grogar was Dio this whole time that would be the best twist ever. I don’t care if it makes any sense, just him being Dio would be so much better then what we truly got,
andymoo

Hmmmm.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgxyL5zEAk
 
or
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaGkk60kcjQ
 
Also, how do you comment with links?
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Okay
AC97
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My theories so far are, he either died from his wounds in the battle with Gusty and the others after being banished (official story being a bit whitewashed), he died of old age, being powerless without the bell, or he became Discord at some point.
 
Or he is still around.
 
(We don’t have the transcript)
genervt
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@Background Pony #4437  
Somewhere out there.
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WHERE IS THE REAL FUCKING GROGAR
TurbotheGameGuy

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Discord was posing as Grogar all along. If you can’t see that when the evidence is staring you right in the face, then there’s something seriously wrong with you.
 
I’m not denying that Discord is Grogar, I’m saying my earlier comment was complete speculation based on what we had at the time.
GryphonStar5678
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Discord was posing as Grogar all along. If you can’t see that when the evidence is staring you right in the face, then there’s something seriously wrong with you.
 
Wow, someone can’t read. My comment has nothing to do woth saying Discord wasn’t posing as Grogar. The bell, however, is what was used in this very scene to reveals the truth. AND THE BELL WAS CREATED BY THE REAL GROGAR! That’s how those three dumbasses figure this Grogar was a fake in the first place because there was once a real Grogar, he just never showed up.
Smitty1991
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@TurbotheGameGuy  
@GryphonStar5678
 
Discord was posing as Grogar all along. If you can’t see that when the evidence is staring you right in the face, then there’s something seriously wrong with you.
 
@TheRocketMan  
This effectively destroys all of Discord’s character development that he’s gotten ovee the past six seasons. Then again, given what an asshole he is, this is something I’d expect him to do. This just proves that he is and will always be an asshole. Fuck Discord!
 
@Zenitheus  
Too right. This feels like the writers giivng àll of their loyal fans a massive middle finger. Given that these new shitty writers don’t give a flying fuck about the show or the fans, this is hardly surprising.
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Lol
WindmillOfFriendship

It’s funny. Before people were speculating how Grogar was being built up to be the anti-Celestia and that he knew his minions were plotting to overthrow him but still needed them to be unified for his end goal. It would’ve been intriguing if the staff had gone with what they’d set up in the premiere and turn the power of friendship on its head, serving as the ultimate challenge.
 
But no, let’s throw seasons of character development into the garbage and give everyone invested in the series a cop out and a massive fuck you.
TheRocketMan

Season 9 has been a good season overall, but this just feels like one of the worst writing decisions in the series. Taking all that potential that Grogar had as a villain while setting him up as the final challenge and just turning it into a troll move as part of ‘a test’ and effectively messing with Discord’s character development.
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@Smitty1991  
The Bell is real so Grogar and Discord were clearly separate beings, just that the real Grogar never showed up in the show.
TurbotheGameGuy

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@Smitty1991  
Those comments were going by speculation based only on this screenshot. But depending on the context, this could make sense
Smitty1991
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@Background Pony #E08F  
Really? ‘Cause this seems to strongly imply that Grogar and Discord are the same person. Discord was merely masquerading as Grogar.
 
@TurbotheGameGuy  
Except Discord is Grogar.
 
@TurbotheGameGuy  
Discord was pretending to be Grogar the whole time.
 
@Background Pony #E08F  
They are the same person!
 
@Background Pony #E08F  
It’s not a headcanon. We can clearly see that Discord was masquerading as Grogar here.
 
@GrimChariot  
Fuck, yes!
 
@Zenitheus  
Exactly!
 
@Background Pony #E08F  
@Ghost Reviews  
@Background Pony #66B3  
@Background Pony #E08F  
@Ghost Reviews  

 
@Background Pony #4AF4  
Grogar is Discord.
Smitty1991
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@gg666  
What? This morherfucker should’ve been killed for pulling this stunt!
Smitty1991
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WHAT. THE. FUCK?!!!
Grogar

This doesn’t make any sense.  
But then again… wheres the fun in that?
GryphonStar5678
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@IceKitsune  
Sombra was murdered.
 
I’ll give this might be a salute to Q’s ending as stupid as putting that in this show would be, two totally different contexts, reforming them couldn’t be part of the plan if Discord willingly stood by and did nothing as the main six murder Sombra.
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@GryphonStar5678  
I personally think it was to try and get the Villains to reform by forcing them to work together. Or to make them more powerful to test Twilight and the rest of the Mane Six as some people think. Or both honestly. I mean Grogar doesn’t need to be alive for the bell to still exist and be a powerful useful artifact.
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This is bullshit. Why bother developing Discord into a character who finally understood the magic of friendship just to set him up as a threat solely because of a test? Hasbro literally just trashed all the effort to make Discord a good reformed villain.
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@IceKitsune  
Why show the bell off anyway then? They had some reason, or are we just going to assume the writers made this twist on the fly.
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@GryphonStar5678  
I think its far more likely that the real Grogar just died a long time ago. Likely killed by Gusty