Talk:Three's A Crowd/@comment-19871-20140110204313/@comment-24299367-20140111054510

I agree with BenRG, it sounds likely that Discord is faking in order to get attention and/or teach Twilight a friendship lesson. (I would prefer if he was being honest though, I dislike episodes of any show where someone fakes an illness or injury just to get sympathy.)

The possible "Malfunctioning magic" angle that some people have suggested would be a little annoying to me, as it would be too similar to the Aladdin episode where Genie had a mgaical cold and couldn't control his magic. I'd rather they presented it like in Howl's Moving Castle, a magical character has an ordinary cold and they whine a bit and boss their friends around but it's otherwise business as usual. Being Discord, "wacky magic ensues!" is more probable and I'd be surprised if they didn't go that route.)