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Seraphem

Yeah, this ep gets flak for Discord being, well Discord but I love it. Yeah he's an ass, but I love they kept him this way. He's 'reformed' but only in "Not being an active menace putting ponies at risk" he's not really changed much beyond that. The thing is, he's pretty much the definition of a man-child. He's never had to 'grow up' or learn any social skills, so he's coming at all this with the emotional maturity of a child. Plus, he does have a point that for all the other Mane 6 claim they are his friends, Fluttershy is the only one actually making any attempt to treat him that way. Granted, it's kind of a cycle in that they avoid him because he acts like a jerk, but that just makes him see no reason not to treat them that way as to him, it seems obvious they are only saying they are his friends to keep him placated and not actively malicious. I love the whole dynamic of this! He seems to actually want reassurance that the other Mane 6, especially Twilight, do actually see him as a friend, but between his stunted emotional and social development, and his innately chaotic nature, his way of doing so is overly complex and jerkassish. So beyond that, lot of fun in this ep, also more Spikeabuse! Which love even Shy has gotten to the point that, it's just a thing and we accept Spike is made to suffer.... but don't you dare touch Flutters! Next yeah, we do get the return of Flash Sentry and.. people were not happy. Yeah..... that's a whole thing which, get into with the EQG vid more. I do kind of feel sorry for Pony!Flash since most of the hate towards him is just overflow from the much more deserved hate towards Brad. (Fanon name for Human!Flash). Back to Discord, the fact he was faking this was telegraphed from the very start, with him calling it "The blue flu" as "blue flu" is a term for when civil servants who are not legally allowed to strike (most notably police officers) organize an unofficial strike by all just calling out sick. Then we get his song and, John de Lancie has said many times he is not a good singer, but this was awesome.. though it's true he's not a great traditional singer, he's got a great voice for this specific style of patter 'song' where it's more just talking to a beat then actual singing. Speaking of him, you asked for other places he's from? The big one that he's most known for is as Q from Star Trek. With Discord explicitly being inspired by Q. Q is pretty much Discord, without the man-child aspect. He's not quite a villian, excet when he is, but also at times a reluctant ally, or a trickster mentor... he's complicated but oh so good. Also, if they ever need a way to deal with Discord in the future, they can try calling in Benjamin Sisko. Q showed up on Deep Space 9 exactly once.... The Sisko punched him in the face, knocked him on him ass... and Q has stayed the hell away from that place since. Another reason why The Sisko's first name is "Don't Fuck With" Okay wrap this up...so, SO many references throughout this,just single images in the sing referencing stuff like Harry Potter,Star Wars, freaking Flashdance! The giant, King Xerxes from 300 throne... and then you have the giant monster at the end which, in true FIM fashion, is based on an actual bit of IRL folklore. In this case, it is a Tatzlwurm, a creature from central European folklore. Giant serpent like creature with tentacles and extremely poisonous breath, hence being able to get Discord sick. Oh and one final fun note, this ep also gave rise to a common fanon of portraying Cadance as an adrenaline junkie who is bored with the dreary, day to day running a kingdom and takes any chance she can to go get some action. (Something the comics kind of referenced, as in one ep there is a roller derby match, and one of the ponies in it is a very, very Cadance looking mare going by the name "Shining Harmer")

Jeff Spencer

Nice to get discord out of the house and bond with his best friends. even if 2 ran off and two others got sick but hey at least with flutters out of town twi stood up and took on the role of helping