Talk:Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1/@comment-4905253-20131124160220/@comment-26973802-20131124165820

I agree about them separating, that was just done to take up more time because all they had to do was get to the tree and put the Elements in there, probably the least challenging enemy they've faced thus far (they had to figure out the secret of the Elements for Nightmare Moon, Twilight had to decorrupt her friends so they could defeat Discord, Chrysalis was only defeated because she was distracted long enough for Twilight to release Cadance, and Twilight and Spike had to overcome King Sombra's traps, two of which would have defeated Twilight were it not for Spike's presence, who in turn would have died if Cadance wasn't an alicorn Shining Armor hadn't thrown Cadance. For Sunset Shimmer... well they seemed to beat her pretty easily even when she tried to kill Twilight.

The one good thing I can say for the scene is that Discord does something useful by convincing Twilight to go back. Especially since this is what he helps them with since he drove them apart in the past.

I did however like that their other way of taking up time in the episode was an epic fight sequence between Celestia and Nightmare Moon, and Discord screwing around before he is turned to stone.