For those of us who didn't watch early, today is

and it feels so good.
• "Discordant Harmony" sounds like the name of someone's alt you'd meet in City of Heroes.
• Dem pillows.

• And yet Discord is still cackling evilly in the opening credits.
• Incidentally, this is the first time I've ever noticed that Pinkie just drapes herself over Rarity in the group photo. After 7 years I imagine Rarity's used to it.

• I love that Ponyville residents are not even fazed by the reality-bending draconequus going about his business. These are the ponies who used to fear the local zebra.
• I've been saying from the beginning we need a
lot more Pinkie/Discord scenes. Those two really get each other.
• Well at LEAST cover the portal to Hell in the floor, Discord. Get a throw rug or something.
• Piñatas hate bats! This show still has so much to teach us.
• Pegasuses are less into gravity than other ponies, Discord's probably okay there.
• Aw, poor Fluttershy just wanted some insanity in her life.

• I was wondering what the third act twist was going to be, and "Discord negates his own existence" is a darn fine one.
• Ha, and now Fluts has to be chaotic.

• Adorable parallelism!
SUMMARY: I give this 7 out of 10 sandwich butterflies. As usual, Discord antics are reliably entertaining in a low-level way but he's best when interacting with other ponies, so things pick up once the tea party happens. The fading Discord development gives some much-needed motivation beyond "Fluttershy attends a disappointing tea party" and gives fuel to the third act. I think more episodes, especially lately, could do with a little more third-act escalation like this -- just a tiny extra twist to add urgency and motivate a resolution. (Edit: Ha, this is the opposite of what some people in this thread have said; but that's okay, I love you guys because we
aren't the same

)