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Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3738
AC97 
I still believe it’s bizarre that people ever thought that had anything to do with actual morals on Discord’s part.
Stone = less chaos, less fun
Death = less chaos, less fun
Him being turned to stone = Discord is frustrated personally, selfishly
Legion of Doom = Discord doesn’t give the slightest fuck about fun, having them being chaotic, so stone it is, plus it’s been 7 seasons.
That’s how I see his thought process, regarding that.
@Background Pony #8E76
Celestia and Luna could defeat Sombra themselves, with just their combined power, no Elements (we know for certain it’s not the Elements, because they tried to stomp Cozy Glow the same way)… and Discord is far above them. In addition, Celestia was still standing in S5, in the wake of him.
So there’s no realistic way to go “Discord isn’t much more powerful than Sombra.”
@MrXemnas1992
Grogar was intentionally being portrayed as less interesting as the other three villains, period. There’s no way to deny that he wasn’t being set up as being compelling.
@Background Pony #DA2F
Celestia and Luna could defeat Sombra themselves, with just their combined power, no Elements (we know for certain it’s not the Elements, because they tried to stomp Cozy Glow the same way)… and Discord is far above them. In addition, Celestia was still standing in S5, in the wake of him.
So there’s no realistic way to go “Discord isn’t much more powerful than Sombra.”
@MrXemnas1992
Grogar was intentionally being portrayed as less interesting as the other three villains, period. There’s no way to deny that he wasn’t being set up as being compelling.
@Background Pony #DA2F
because he went back on his word about not petrifying ponies as seen with Cozy Glow.
I still believe it’s bizarre that people ever thought that had anything to do with actual morals on Discord’s part.
Stone = less chaos, less fun
Death = less chaos, less fun
Him being turned to stone = Discord is frustrated personally, selfishly
Legion of Doom = Discord doesn’t give the slightest fuck about fun, having them being chaotic, so stone it is, plus it’s been 7 seasons.
That’s how I see his thought process, regarding that.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3737
Background Pony #9FBA
How much more powerful was Discord than Sombra?
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3735
RaineV1
Why? The actual purpose of punishment is to redeem someone or to get them to not repeat the same behavior. The things that happened in the finale were a bigger punishment to him and more effective in that goal than anything the others could do to punish him.
Punishment just for the sake of making others feel better or just to make the punisher feel better isn’t punishment, it’s revenge or possibly just sadism. Either way it’s short sighted and petty.
it is a moral requirement that he be punished .
Why? The actual purpose of punishment is to redeem someone or to get them to not repeat the same behavior. The things that happened in the finale were a bigger punishment to him and more effective in that goal than anything the others could do to punish him.
Punishment just for the sake of making others feel better or just to make the punisher feel better isn’t punishment, it’s revenge or possibly just sadism. Either way it’s short sighted and petty.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3732
Candacefan29 
Exactly this.
Grogar would have been such a flat villain sue [though extremely oblivious and narrow-sighted] had he been played straight. The focus was always on the Triad which is a much better name for them than the ‘Mean 3’, i mean c’mon
Go Watch Helluva Boss
@Background Pony #DA2F
The Grogar that we knew just wasn’t all that interesting. He was just someguy who shows up coincidently after the princesses announces their retirement and is just all talk and no show. All the episodes with Grogar focuses more on the villains more so than him, so it doesn’t feel like the finale focusing on them came out of nowhere.I can understand the disappointment of expecting Grogar to have a trick up his sleeve for the finale, but what we got was still good.
Exactly this.
Grogar would have been such a flat villain sue [though extremely oblivious and narrow-sighted] had he been played straight. The focus was always on the Triad which is a much better name for them than the ‘Mean 3’, i mean c’mon
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3731
rdibp 
Kerfuffle lover
@Background Pony #DA2F
The Grogar that we knew just wasn’t all that interesting. He was just someguy who shows up coincidently after the princesses announces their retirement and is just all talk and no show. All the episodes with Grogar focuses more on the villains more so than him, so it doesn’t feel like the finale focusing on them came out of nowhere.
I can understand the disappointment of expecting Grogar to have a trick up his sleeve for the finale, but what we got was still good.
The Grogar that we knew just wasn’t all that interesting. He was just someguy who shows up coincidently after the princesses announces their retirement and is just all talk and no show. All the episodes with Grogar focuses more on the villains more so than him, so it doesn’t feel like the finale focusing on them came out of nowhere.
I can understand the disappointment of expecting Grogar to have a trick up his sleeve for the finale, but what we got was still good.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3730
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3729
Background Pony #6150
Nevertheless, Discord had revealed important information about Grogar, who is called “the father of the monsters” and was a notorious villain who had ruled over what became Equestria in recent times. There is a strong possibility that Discord could have imitated Grogar because he was created by him, and thus put with intimate knowledge of him and his magical signature that we know is real by observing the bell.
“Grogar Forgery” as I call it, was the biggest disappointment of the entire Season 9 and one of the most controversial events of the entire G4 that had led to strong feelings among fans and viewers. It was a great shock, more experienced writers would have steered away, yet they did not do so with Grogar and Discord. We were expecting a grand battle between the good and the bad, where Twilight and her friends had to fight what was considered the biggest villain in G1 at that time.
Instead, Discord messed up, disappointed many who liked his character development and personality, his arrogance, indifference as when Sombra terrorized Equestria and destroyed the Harmony tree, and short-sightedness threw him into the abyss of disaster. The Mane 6 and her allies and friends had to clean up. And when the three villains are punished, Discord once again had to disappoint his fans because he went back on his word about not petrifying ponies as seen with Cozy Glow.
The final episodes of just 22 minutes are too short to see if Discord is being punished, he had committed criminal acts after all and allowed the three villains to be punished, which could be a criminal offense under the law of most human states. Because it was Discord who released them, encouraged them to commit offenses, and gave them the bell. It is punishable and the basis for acquittal in our world. Why did younger viewers see this?
Even in the Middle Ages, human beings were not tolerant of the kind of organizing the crimes of others. Here the writers had erred, they completely forgot that we have laws that would have made Discord an accomplice in the crime and that his actions are morally unacceptable. Although Discord risked his life as he helped out the rest of the Mane 6 and was forgiven by Twilight who chose to release him - many would not be disappointed if he had been left in the dungeon - it is a moral requirement that he be punished .
For the sake of viewers.
I’m not sure why his ability to impersonate Grogar is so unbelievable. Discord is one of the few there old enough to possibly have known the real one, and even if he hadn’t, none of the other villains recruited ever knew Grogar personally. The only thing Sombra mentions is having heard of him. Tirek and Chrysalis remember tales and legends about him, with some doubts as to whether he was even real, and Cozy Glow doesn’t know who he is at all and doesn’t seem to have heard of him either. It’s really the perfect part to play.
Nevertheless, Discord had revealed important information about Grogar, who is called “the father of the monsters” and was a notorious villain who had ruled over what became Equestria in recent times. There is a strong possibility that Discord could have imitated Grogar because he was created by him, and thus put with intimate knowledge of him and his magical signature that we know is real by observing the bell.
“Grogar Forgery” as I call it, was the biggest disappointment of the entire Season 9 and one of the most controversial events of the entire G4 that had led to strong feelings among fans and viewers. It was a great shock, more experienced writers would have steered away, yet they did not do so with Grogar and Discord. We were expecting a grand battle between the good and the bad, where Twilight and her friends had to fight what was considered the biggest villain in G1 at that time.
Instead, Discord messed up, disappointed many who liked his character development and personality, his arrogance, indifference as when Sombra terrorized Equestria and destroyed the Harmony tree, and short-sightedness threw him into the abyss of disaster. The Mane 6 and her allies and friends had to clean up. And when the three villains are punished, Discord once again had to disappoint his fans because he went back on his word about not petrifying ponies as seen with Cozy Glow.
The final episodes of just 22 minutes are too short to see if Discord is being punished, he had committed criminal acts after all and allowed the three villains to be punished, which could be a criminal offense under the law of most human states. Because it was Discord who released them, encouraged them to commit offenses, and gave them the bell. It is punishable and the basis for acquittal in our world. Why did younger viewers see this?
Even in the Middle Ages, human beings were not tolerant of the kind of organizing the crimes of others. Here the writers had erred, they completely forgot that we have laws that would have made Discord an accomplice in the crime and that his actions are morally unacceptable. Although Discord risked his life as he helped out the rest of the Mane 6 and was forgiven by Twilight who chose to release him - many would not be disappointed if he had been left in the dungeon - it is a moral requirement that he be punished .
For the sake of viewers.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3728
Mildgyth 
Senior Moderator
Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta
@Wiimeiser
There you go:
Season 1
Friendship Is Magic/Mare In The Moon:9.0
The Ticket Master:9.2
Applebuck Season:9.0
Griffon the Brush-Off:9.0
Boast Busters:8.3
Dragonshy:8.6
Look Before You Sleep:7.8
Bridle Gossip:9.0
Swarm of the Century:8.0
Winter Wrap Up:8.7
Call of the Cutie:9.4
Fall Weather Friends:9.3
Suited for Success:9.5
Feeling Pinkie Keen:9.4
Sonic Rainboom:9.6
Stare Master:9.0
The Show Stoppers:8.8
A Dog and Pony Show:9.5
Green Isn’t Your Color:9.3
Over a Barrel:8.4
A Bird in the Hoof:8.6
The Cutie Mark Chronicles:9.0
Owl’s Well That Ends Well:8.4
Party of One:9.4
The Best Night Ever:8.5
Season 2
The Return of Harmony:9.2
Lesson Zero:9.3
Luna Eclipsed:9.0
Sisterhooves Social:9.1
The Cutie Pox:9.0
May The Best Pet Win:8.8
The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well:8.1
Sweet and Elite:8.8
Secret of My Excess:8.2
Hearth’s Warming Eve:9.0
Family Appreciation Day:8.6
Baby Cakes:8.6
The Last Roundup:8.4
The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000:8.6
Read It and Weep:8.7
Hearts and Hooves Day:9.0
A Friend in Deed:9.2
Putting Your Hoof Down:6.0
It’s About Time:9.5
Dragon Quest:8.6
Hurricane Fluttershy:9.2
Ponyville Confidential:8.2
MMMystery on the Friendship Express:9.2
A Canterlot Wedding:9.0
Season 3
The Crystal Empire:9.3
Too Many Pinkie Pies:9.3
One Bad Apple:7.5
Magic Duel:8.6
Sleepless in Ponyville:9.1
Wonderbolts Academy:9.1
Apple Family Reunion:8.2
Spike At Your Service:7.0
Keep Calm and Flutter On:7.8
Games Ponies Play:8.7
Just for Sidekicks:8.0
Magical Mystery Cure:8.0
Season 4
Princess Twilight Sparkle:9.4
Castle Mane-ia:9.6
Daring Don’t:8.6
Flight to the Finish:8.8
Power Ponies:8.9
Bats!:8.4
Rarity Takes Manehattan:9.0
Pinkie Apple Pie:9.6
Rainbow Falls:8.3
Three’s A Crowd:9.3
Pinkie Pride:9.5
Simple Ways:8.2
Filli Vanilli:9.0
Twilight Time:9.2
It Ain’t Easy Being Breezies:9.0
Somepony To Watch Over Me: ∅
Maud Pie: ?
For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils: ?
Leap of Faith: ∅
Testing Testing 1-2-3:9.5
Trade Ya: ?
Inspiration Manifestation: ∅
Equestria Games: ∅
Twilight’s Kingdom: ∅
Season 5
The Cutie Map: ∅
Castle Sweet Castle: 9.0
Bloom & Gloom: 8.0
Tanks for the Memories: 7.5
Appleloosa’s Most Wanted: 7.2
Make New Friends But Keep Discord: 8.3
The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone: 8.5
Slice of Life: 9.6
Princess Spike: 4.5
Party Pooped: 9.0
Amending Fences: 9.0
Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep: 9.6
Canterlot Boutique: 8.0
Rarity Investigates: 9.0
Made In Manehattan: 8.2
Brotherhooves Social: 9.5
Crusaders of the Lost Mark: 9.0
The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows: 8.0
Hearthbreakers:9.2
Scare-Master:7.8
What About Discord?:8.4
The Hooffields and McColts:4.0
The Mane Attraction: 8.1
The Cutie Remark: 9.3
Season 6
The Crystalling - 8.0
The Gift of Maud Pie - 9.0
On Your Marks - 6.7
Gauntlet of Fire - 8.1
No Second Prances - 8.5
Newbie Dash - 9.0
A Hearth’s Warming Tale - 8.3
The Saddle Row Review - 9.6
Applejack’s Day Off - 7.8
Flutter Brutter - 8.5
Spice Up Your Life - 7.5
Stranger Than Fan Fiction - 8.0
The Cart Before The Ponies - 8.2
28 Pranks Later - 8.4
The Times Are-a-Changeling - 8.1
Dungeons and Discords - 8.3
Buckball Season - 8.0
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks - 7.8
Viva Las Pegasus - 7.5
Every Little Thing She Does - 8.5
PPOV - 9.5
Where The Apple Lies - 9.2
Top Bolt - 8.5
To Where And Back Again - 8.8
Season 7
Celestial Advice:9.1
All Bottled Up:8.9
A Flurry of Emotions:9.5
Rock Solid Friendship:9.5
Fluttershy Leans In:8.4
Forever Filly:9.2
Parental Glideance:9.6
Hard To Say Anything:8.7
Honest Apple:8.6
A Royal Problem:9.6
Not Asking for Trouble:9.2
Discordant Harmony:9.5
The Perfect Pear:9.2
Fame and Misfortune:8.2
Triple Threat:9.3
Campfire Tales:8.6
To Change a Changeling:9.2
Daring Done:9.2
It Isn’t The Mane Thing About You:9.3
A Health of Information:9.0
Marks and Recreation:9.0
Once Upon a Zeppelin:9.1
Secrets and Pies:9.5
Uncommon Bond:9.5
Shadow Play:9.4
Season 8
School Daze:8.5
The Maud Couple:9.5
Fake It ’Til You Make It: 9.0
Grannies Gone Wild:8.7
Surf and/or Turf:8.0
Horse Play:9.4
The Parent Map:9.4
Non-Compete Clause:8.8
The Break Up Breakdown:9.4
Molt Down:9.2
Marks for Effort:9.0
The Mean Six:8.0
A Matter of Principals:8.5
The Hearth’s Warming Club:9.5
Friendship University:8.8
The End in Friend:9.0
Yakity-Sax:9.0
On The Road to Friendship:9.1
The Washouts:9.4
Rockhoof and a Hard Place:9.2
What Lies Beneath:9.3
Sounds of Silence:9.5
Father Knows Beast:8.5
School Raze:9.3
Season 9
The Beginning Of The End:8.7
Uprooted:9.1
Twilight’s Seven:9.2
The Point of No Return:9.4
Common Ground:9.2
She’s All Yak:9.0
Frenemies: 9.3
Sweet and Smoky:8.1
Going to Seed:7.0
Student Counsel:9.4
The Last Crusade:9.3
Between Dark and Dawn:9.0
The Last Laugh:9.5
2, 4, 6, Greaaat:8.7
A Trivial Pursuit: 7.5
The Summer Sun Setback: ∅
She Talks To Angel: 9.0
Dragon Dropped: 9.3
A Horse Shoe-In:9.4
Daring Doubt: 8.7
Growing Up Is Hard To Do:8.9
The Big Mac Question: 9.5
The Ending of The End: 8.1
The Last Problem: 9.6
About the question marks in the Season 4, these are episodes i watched but i never graded.
There you go:
Season 1
Friendship Is Magic/Mare In The Moon:9.0
The Ticket Master:9.2
Applebuck Season:9.0
Griffon the Brush-Off:9.0
Boast Busters:8.3
Dragonshy:8.6
Look Before You Sleep:7.8
Bridle Gossip:9.0
Swarm of the Century:8.0
Winter Wrap Up:8.7
Call of the Cutie:9.4
Fall Weather Friends:9.3
Suited for Success:9.5
Feeling Pinkie Keen:9.4
Sonic Rainboom:9.6
Stare Master:9.0
The Show Stoppers:8.8
A Dog and Pony Show:9.5
Green Isn’t Your Color:9.3
Over a Barrel:8.4
A Bird in the Hoof:8.6
The Cutie Mark Chronicles:9.0
Owl’s Well That Ends Well:8.4
Party of One:9.4
The Best Night Ever:8.5
Season 2
The Return of Harmony:9.2
Lesson Zero:9.3
Luna Eclipsed:9.0
Sisterhooves Social:9.1
The Cutie Pox:9.0
May The Best Pet Win:8.8
The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well:8.1
Sweet and Elite:8.8
Secret of My Excess:8.2
Hearth’s Warming Eve:9.0
Family Appreciation Day:8.6
Baby Cakes:8.6
The Last Roundup:8.4
The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000:8.6
Read It and Weep:8.7
Hearts and Hooves Day:9.0
A Friend in Deed:9.2
Putting Your Hoof Down:6.0
It’s About Time:9.5
Dragon Quest:8.6
Hurricane Fluttershy:9.2
Ponyville Confidential:8.2
MMMystery on the Friendship Express:9.2
A Canterlot Wedding:9.0
Season 3
The Crystal Empire:9.3
Too Many Pinkie Pies:9.3
One Bad Apple:7.5
Magic Duel:8.6
Sleepless in Ponyville:9.1
Wonderbolts Academy:9.1
Apple Family Reunion:8.2
Spike At Your Service:7.0
Keep Calm and Flutter On:7.8
Games Ponies Play:8.7
Just for Sidekicks:8.0
Magical Mystery Cure:8.0
Season 4
Princess Twilight Sparkle:9.4
Castle Mane-ia:9.6
Daring Don’t:8.6
Flight to the Finish:8.8
Power Ponies:8.9
Bats!:8.4
Rarity Takes Manehattan:9.0
Pinkie Apple Pie:9.6
Rainbow Falls:8.3
Three’s A Crowd:9.3
Pinkie Pride:9.5
Simple Ways:8.2
Filli Vanilli:9.0
Twilight Time:9.2
It Ain’t Easy Being Breezies:9.0
Somepony To Watch Over Me: ∅
Maud Pie: ?
For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils: ?
Leap of Faith: ∅
Testing Testing 1-2-3:9.5
Trade Ya: ?
Inspiration Manifestation: ∅
Equestria Games: ∅
Twilight’s Kingdom: ∅
Season 5
The Cutie Map: ∅
Castle Sweet Castle: 9.0
Bloom & Gloom: 8.0
Tanks for the Memories: 7.5
Appleloosa’s Most Wanted: 7.2
Make New Friends But Keep Discord: 8.3
The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone: 8.5
Slice of Life: 9.6
Princess Spike: 4.5
Party Pooped: 9.0
Amending Fences: 9.0
Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep: 9.6
Canterlot Boutique: 8.0
Rarity Investigates: 9.0
Made In Manehattan: 8.2
Brotherhooves Social: 9.5
Crusaders of the Lost Mark: 9.0
The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows: 8.0
Hearthbreakers:9.2
Scare-Master:7.8
What About Discord?:8.4
The Hooffields and McColts:4.0
The Mane Attraction: 8.1
The Cutie Remark: 9.3
Season 6
The Crystalling - 8.0
The Gift of Maud Pie - 9.0
On Your Marks - 6.7
Gauntlet of Fire - 8.1
No Second Prances - 8.5
Newbie Dash - 9.0
A Hearth’s Warming Tale - 8.3
The Saddle Row Review - 9.6
Applejack’s Day Off - 7.8
Flutter Brutter - 8.5
Spice Up Your Life - 7.5
Stranger Than Fan Fiction - 8.0
The Cart Before The Ponies - 8.2
28 Pranks Later - 8.4
The Times Are-a-Changeling - 8.1
Dungeons and Discords - 8.3
Buckball Season - 8.0
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks - 7.8
Viva Las Pegasus - 7.5
Every Little Thing She Does - 8.5
PPOV - 9.5
Where The Apple Lies - 9.2
Top Bolt - 8.5
To Where And Back Again - 8.8
Season 7
Celestial Advice:9.1
All Bottled Up:8.9
A Flurry of Emotions:9.5
Rock Solid Friendship:9.5
Fluttershy Leans In:8.4
Forever Filly:9.2
Parental Glideance:9.6
Hard To Say Anything:8.7
Honest Apple:8.6
A Royal Problem:9.6
Not Asking for Trouble:9.2
Discordant Harmony:9.5
The Perfect Pear:9.2
Fame and Misfortune:8.2
Triple Threat:9.3
Campfire Tales:8.6
To Change a Changeling:9.2
Daring Done:9.2
It Isn’t The Mane Thing About You:9.3
A Health of Information:9.0
Marks and Recreation:9.0
Once Upon a Zeppelin:9.1
Secrets and Pies:9.5
Uncommon Bond:9.5
Shadow Play:9.4
Season 8
School Daze:8.5
The Maud Couple:9.5
Fake It ’Til You Make It: 9.0
Grannies Gone Wild:8.7
Surf and/or Turf:8.0
Horse Play:9.4
The Parent Map:9.4
Non-Compete Clause:8.8
The Break Up Breakdown:9.4
Molt Down:9.2
Marks for Effort:9.0
The Mean Six:8.0
A Matter of Principals:8.5
The Hearth’s Warming Club:9.5
Friendship University:8.8
The End in Friend:9.0
Yakity-Sax:9.0
On The Road to Friendship:9.1
The Washouts:9.4
Rockhoof and a Hard Place:9.2
What Lies Beneath:9.3
Sounds of Silence:9.5
Father Knows Beast:8.5
School Raze:9.3
Season 9
The Beginning Of The End:8.7
Uprooted:9.1
Twilight’s Seven:9.2
The Point of No Return:9.4
Common Ground:9.2
She’s All Yak:9.0
Frenemies: 9.3
Sweet and Smoky:8.1
Going to Seed:7.0
Student Counsel:9.4
The Last Crusade:9.3
Between Dark and Dawn:9.0
The Last Laugh:9.5
2, 4, 6, Greaaat:8.7
A Trivial Pursuit: 7.5
The Summer Sun Setback: ∅
She Talks To Angel: 9.0
Dragon Dropped: 9.3
A Horse Shoe-In:9.4
Daring Doubt: 8.7
Growing Up Is Hard To Do:8.9
The Big Mac Question: 9.5
The Ending of The End: 8.1
The Last Problem: 9.6
About the question marks in the Season 4, these are episodes i watched but i never graded.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3724
Mildgyth
Senior Moderator
Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta
@Nightweaver20xx
I was going to give more but the utter idiocy of the background ponies and the unsatisfactory conclusion for the villains, to a lesser extent, irked me enough that i had to take some decimals.
And to be fair, i didn’t take that comparison into account. thanks.
I was going to give more but the utter idiocy of the background ponies and the unsatisfactory conclusion for the villains, to a lesser extent, irked me enough that i had to take some decimals.
And to be fair, i didn’t take that comparison into account. thanks.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3722
Mildgyth
Senior Moderator
Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta
The Beginning Of The End:8.7
Uprooted:9.1
Twilight’s Seven:9.2
The Point of No Return:9.4
Common Ground:9.2
She’s All Yak:9.0
Frenemies: 9.3
Sweet and Smoky:8.1
Going to Seed:7.0
Student Counsel:9.4
The Last Crusade:9.3
Between Dark and Dawn:9.0
The Last Laugh:9.5
2, 4, 6, Greaaat:8.7
A Trivial Pursuit: 7.5
The Summer Sun Setback: ∅
She Talks To Angel: 9.0
Dragon Dropped: 9.3
A Horse Shoe-In:9.4
Daring Doubt: 8.7
Growing Up Is Hard To Do:8.9
The Big Mac Question: 9.5
The Ending of The End: 8.1
The Last Problem: 9.6
If you ask me, petrification was rather light for these suckers. And we have Cozy to blame for that. once she got into the game there was no way she was going to get killed.
And there go the background ponies regressing to Fame and Misfortune mode all over again.
Uprooted:9.1
Twilight’s Seven:9.2
The Point of No Return:9.4
Common Ground:9.2
She’s All Yak:9.0
Frenemies: 9.3
Sweet and Smoky:8.1
Going to Seed:7.0
Student Counsel:9.4
The Last Crusade:9.3
Between Dark and Dawn:9.0
The Last Laugh:9.5
2, 4, 6, Greaaat:8.7
A Trivial Pursuit: 7.5
The Summer Sun Setback: ∅
She Talks To Angel: 9.0
Dragon Dropped: 9.3
A Horse Shoe-In:9.4
Daring Doubt: 8.7
Growing Up Is Hard To Do:8.9
The Big Mac Question: 9.5
The Ending of The End: 8.1
The Last Problem: 9.6
If you ask me, petrification was rather light for these suckers. And we have Cozy to blame for that. once she got into the game there was no way she was going to get killed.
And there go the background ponies regressing to Fame and Misfortune mode all over again.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3721
gingerninja666
Kaze ni Nare
@Poison Trail
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Can’t Discord control reality though? In very specific, isolated ways? (like taking Twilight’s horn or RD’s wings away) He’s impersonated a unicorn using telekinesis before, complete with magic aura around his horn and the item in question. I’m not sure what pretending to be Grogar contradicts.
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Can’t Discord control reality though? In very specific, isolated ways? (like taking Twilight’s horn or RD’s wings away) He’s impersonated a unicorn using telekinesis before, complete with magic aura around his horn and the item in question. I’m not sure what pretending to be Grogar contradicts.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3720
AC97
I think this scene with Q practically breathes Discord’s logic with Twilight… except, ironically enough, Discord is probably nicer.
Discord’s literally conjured up a volcano with his magic before, and he made his coloring look like Celestia’s before, complete with the ethereal mane.
In addition, he’s shapeshifted multiple times.
Hell, he turned himself into three butterflies in his debut.
Discord has come across as being very knowledgeable about magic, considering his extreme range of abilities and power, throughout the series. Magic coloring seems like child’s play. And if he knows some sort of resurrection spell, or whatever it was that brought Sombra back, then Discord can do that. I don’t see why that’s worth sweating.
In addition, Discord was outright shown to be taking notable lengths of absences throughout S9. His scene in Frenemies where he said this…
Was obviously him making a flimsy excuse to get away from them, in hindsight.
Tirek’s words make it seem like he was gone for weeks to months, however long until the coronation it was, starting from their previous appearance in The Summer Sun Setback.
Discord was absolutely being reckless, with the lack of oversight he was giving them.
Exactly. And much like Q, the character he shares more than just a voice with, his lessons usually involve a fair amount of difficulty to whomever he’s trying to teach (case and point, Q’s “space is dangerous” lesson which involved throwing the Federation’s flagship directly into conflict with the Borg).
I think this scene with Q practically breathes Discord’s logic with Twilight… except, ironically enough, Discord is probably nicer.
And as for the other stuff, when was it ever the case that Discord’s magic couldn’t be used for specific purposes? Sure, he tends to do a lot of random stuff with it, and the episode makes it pretty clear that controlling chaos magic isn’t the same as controlling other varieties, but the episode also suggests that so long as you know it’s secret you can do anything with it up to literally remaking the universe.
Discord’s literally conjured up a volcano with his magic before, and he made his coloring look like Celestia’s before, complete with the ethereal mane.
In addition, he’s shapeshifted multiple times.
Hell, he turned himself into three butterflies in his debut.
Discord has come across as being very knowledgeable about magic, considering his extreme range of abilities and power, throughout the series. Magic coloring seems like child’s play. And if he knows some sort of resurrection spell, or whatever it was that brought Sombra back, then Discord can do that. I don’t see why that’s worth sweating.
In addition, Discord was outright shown to be taking notable lengths of absences throughout S9. His scene in Frenemies where he said this…
I’m leaving, since it’s impossible to accomplish the work I need to do here. I suggest the three of you come to some kind of accord.
Was obviously him making a flimsy excuse to get away from them, in hindsight.
Lord Tirek: And Grogar’s long absence has given me time to prepare the next part of our plan.
Tirek’s words make it seem like he was gone for weeks to months, however long until the coronation it was, starting from their previous appearance in The Summer Sun Setback.
Discord was absolutely being reckless, with the lack of oversight he was giving them.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3719
Background Pony #8B2B
I don’t really see how it was character assassination for Discord.
It really wasn’t. It does make for a legitimately unexpected and surprising twist, which may or may not be everyone’s cup of tea (personally it only made me like the ending episodes more), but nothing about it was out of character for Discord.
@AC97
@AC97
Seriously, it’s been clear that he fancies himself as a Trickster Mentor to Twilight since the S4 premiere.
Exactly. And much like Q, the character he shares more than just a voice with, his lessons usually involve a fair amount of difficulty to whomever he’s trying to teach (case and point, Q’s “space is dangerous” lesson which involved throwing the Federation’s flagship directly into conflict with the Borg).
@Poison Trail
@Poison Trail
Discord’s magic being able to accurately cast specific spells, impersonate a villain along with it’s demeanor and manage to trick everyone for so long as a spirit of chaos that’s shown to be unstable all the damn time is what made it nonsensical.
I’m not sure why his ability to impersonate Grogar is so unbelievable. Discord is one of the few there old enough to possibly have known the real one, and even if he hadn’t, none of the other villains recruited ever knew Grogar personally. The only thing Sombra mentions is having heard of him. Tirek and Chrysalis remember tales and legends about him, with some doubts as to whether he was even real, and Cozy Glow doesn’t know who he is at all and doesn’t seem to have heard of him either. It’s really the perfect part to play.
And as for the other stuff, when was it ever the case that Discord’s magic couldn’t be used for specific purposes? Sure, he tends to do a lot of random stuff with it, and the episode makes it pretty clear that controlling chaos magic isn’t the same as controlling other varieties, but the episode also suggests that so long as you know it’s secret you can do anything with it up to literally remaking the universe.
And as for the other stuff, when was it ever the case that Discord’s magic couldn’t be used for specific purposes? Sure, he tends to do a lot of random stuff with it, and the episode makes it pretty clear that controlling chaos magic isn’t the same as controlling other varieties, but the episode also suggests that so long as you know it’s secret you can do anything with it up to literally remaking the universe.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3718
Mildgyth
I think that was more of a case of the writers realizing that the changelings were too powerful to stay evil.
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Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta
The instant they were promised freedom from her, the vast majority of them (as in “all of them except Pharynx”) embraced friendship and had a Friendship Transformation (“colorized”). This is yet another direct pander to the fandom’s waifu-ism, out of many.
I think that was more of a case of the writers realizing that the changelings were too powerful to stay evil.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3717
Poison Trail 
@Vivace
Discord’s magic being able to accurately cast specific spells, impersonate a villain along with it’s demeanor and manage to trick everyone for so long as a spirit of chaos that’s shown to be unstable all the damn time is what made it nonsensical.
He essentially went full circle and ass-pulled flawless order out of pure chaos.
Discord’s magic being able to accurately cast specific spells, impersonate a villain along with it’s demeanor and manage to trick everyone for so long as a spirit of chaos that’s shown to be unstable all the damn time is what made it nonsensical.
He essentially went full circle and ass-pulled flawless order out of pure chaos.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3716
Vivace
“ShimSham my GlimGlams”
The Discord = Grogar twist was nonsensical. That makes it completely appropriate.
Pony Discussion » Season 9 Discussion Thread [NO SPOILERS, DF airings only] » Post 3714
AC97
@rdibp
Seriously, it’s been clear that he fancies himself as a Trickster Mentor to Twilight since the S4 premiere.
This was taking it to its natural conclusion, coupled with his signature character flaws of arrogance and “I’m too good to think everything through with detail, cover every avenue of failure.”
If this is supposedly out of character for Discord, then I think they have a softer view of how he can be.
He’s literally a Q expy voiced by the same actor. It would be more surprising if he was a better person than Starlight by the last season.
Seriously, it’s been clear that he fancies himself as a Trickster Mentor to Twilight since the S4 premiere.
This was taking it to its natural conclusion, coupled with his signature character flaws of arrogance and “I’m too good to think everything through with detail, cover every avenue of failure.”
If this is supposedly out of character for Discord, then I think they have a softer view of how he can be.
He’s literally a Q expy voiced by the same actor. It would be more surprising if he was a better person than Starlight by the last season.
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