Talk:The Summer Sun Setback/@comment-29981995-20200206103800

So I've realized that this episode forgets a somewhat crucial element regarding Tirek: Discord has the ability to sense when he drains magic from ponies and is able to hone in on his exact location when he does so. Now, you could argue that Discord's failure to act on this is simply part of his masquerading as Grogar, and that Tirek is presumably unaware that Discord has this ability. However, there is a flaw in this reasoning.

If Discord knew that Tirek was in Canterlot stealing magic, why wouldn't he have been concerned or at least curious? Tirek's supposed to be bowing and scraping to "Grogar", and "Grogar" never ordered him to go to Canterlot. Granted, Discord's whole plan seems to have been VERY badly thought out, but this just adds to the strangeness.