S05E22: What About Discord?

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Re: S05E22: What About Discord?

Postby MurdER_weapOn '78 (?) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:33 pm

The audience for this were meant to feel "lost and confused" :pinkieshrug:

https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/663045013425790976
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Postby Adelor Lyon (?) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:42 pm

MurdER_weapOn '78 wrote:The audience for this were meant to feel "lost and confused"
https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/663045013425790976

I guess it would've helped if we'd been there.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:45 pm

I think there's a problem with the writing in that, in the final scene, the episode comes to a dead halt while Discord expositions about what his intentions were and were not, and yet we're still here unclear and disagreeing about his intentions.

Like, it's perfectly fine for Discord's motives to be ambiguous or double-edged or known only to himself -- that comes with the character. But then they could just have Discord wink and leave it ambiguous and be done with it. If they're going to write him this big speech, then it feels like we're meant to understand his motivation. The trouble is, it's still unclear.
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Postby WandereringPony (?) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:03 pm

Wylie wrote:Discord had a tiny Smooze in a jar around his neck at the end. And a fishing pole. I'm not sure what he thought they were going to be doing, exactly.

T'was a good episode, and I liked how each of the ponies treated Twilight's potion- Rarity dumped it under the table so nobody could see, Fluts gently splashed a bit out, Applejack used a country-ism (it's super effective!), Dash just straight-up knocked it over, and Pinkie chugged it.


The best part is that it was really fruit punch or the like- as Zecora wasn't likely to hand an irrational alicorn anything even remotely alchemical.

(Zecora obviously knew Twilight was having an OCD moment.)
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:46 pm

:twiright: There's no doubt about it...Discord and Starlight Glimmer are working together.

:ponder: How do you know?

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Image Ah'm sorry, sugar cube, but I don't see a cotton pickin' thing.

Image I think Twilight's confused.

Image I am not confused! The whole fandom saw her! You can see her, can't you, Spike?

Image Twilight, I think you need a nice hot bath and a soothing cup of tea.

Image You're all working together!

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Postby BurningBright (?) » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:49 am

I think this episode was really strong. Yes those inside jokes weren't funny, but they weren't meant to be funny. How many inside jokes between friends are unfunny unless you were there to witness the event that spawned the joke? If they were funny by themselves, the idea would lose its meaning and Twilight would just look like a grump instead of her confusion being genuine. I also like shades of pre-Princess Twilight's personality coming through, because honestly we haven't seen much of that since the change. The pop culture references were hilarious but not overbearing, and ohmygodZecorayoustillexist :awesomedash:

I think that for a show called Friendship is Magic, that wants to teach morals about friendship, this did a really damn good job. This is something nearly everyone has to deal with, and something both kids and adults can relate to. Also it was very clever, but there's nothing wrong with that and the message itself should not be too difficult for kids to grasp. Kids in the 90s laughed at Animaniacs, and like 75% of those jokes were told like a stand-up routine for adults which went flying over the kid's heads.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:42 am

iTunes version of the Starlight scene.

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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:13 am

BTW, this episode also marks another word I never thought I'd hear in a pony cartoon:

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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:41 am

Headless Horse wrote:BTW, this episode also marks another word I never thought I'd hear in a pony cartoon:

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PONY KERNS THE TYPEFACE
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:05 am

I like how Discord's motives are always unclear. Makes him feel more chaotic.

It feels like Rainbow Dash got bored went to go hang out with Fluttershy. Discord was there and they decided since they had nothing better to do they got the gang and have lunch together only Twilight was doing something so they left her out. Then they all went to go hang out at sweet Apple Acres. Along the way a few funny things happened that they all laughed about afterwards. At least that is my head canon of what happened. :allears:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:19 am

See, that's something else I appreciate about this episode. This episode didn't feel the need to explain every last thing to the viewer, and indeed it didn't, as that would've ruined the effect of bring confused at Discord and the others. The show has overexplained itself in the past, as seen for example in It's About Time.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:54 am

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:rariwhat: :"I wonder why Twilight asked all of us to come here?"
Image :"Oooh! Maybe it's another map adventure!"

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:pinkieshrug: :"Nope, no glowing tushies here!"

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Image :"What?!"
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Image :"Did pinkie just grab your tail and have a look at your butt?"

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Image :"Woah, lazy animator day today. Keep your damn hooves to yourself."
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Image :"What in Equestria is going on?"
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:ohrarity: :"I can refer you to an excellent optometrist if nearsightedness is a problem, dear."



Bonus faces:
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:excellent: :"I'm Incorangeable! Geddit?!"
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:26 am


Holy moley, I want to frame this. :lol:
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