Talk:Discord/@comment-25559529-20161218190956/@comment-27578467-20161220061237

I realize I may not have explained my point too clearly. I'm not against the "magic throne" plot point itself per se for the reasons you mention (though I think they could have introduced it in a bit less of an "oh by the way" style of exposition but that's beside the present point), I'm just displeased with how Discord was portrayed. To me casually mentioning the extent of his abilities without any need to do so comes off as an insecurity, like someone trying to impress their peers one day by showing their pocket knife. I've always interpreted Discord's character as having much more refinement than that, acting only to please his own whim rather than to reassure himself in front of others, so statements like "So I'm able to rip the very fabric of reality again" feel more like the writers wanted to get the audience excited but didn't know how to do it in character. Also I felt there was still some intrigue to be had in how his personal interests lined up morally, but here they make it absolutely clear he is on the "good side", which seemed a waste of potential.

Well... I thought I had gotten it all out of my system when I wrote my critique but I guess I still had some latent disapproval. Really it's a matter of where my expectations were going into the episode, which I sense are often a bit removed from many other viewers.