Talk:A Matter of Principals/@comment-4531340-20180806064239

This was a fun episode to kick off the second half of the season (not counting the sneak preview airing of Yakity-Sax). Always nice to get more of the students and their interactions (and good to see Cozy Glow's still there too). Discord was really hilarious, but at the same time, he also seemed like he was being a really big jerk. Granted, I know that's in-character for him, to not be able to properly express his feelings, but it did still feel over-the-top (and I think an apology from him as well would have been warranted, but it's not that big a deal).

Anyway, the references - Discord absolutely slayed it in the Trixie class scene, from the reference to "Hello fellow kids" (or whatever the 30 Rock thing is), to the Bananaphone. Also, kinda random to reference one of the weakest season 5 episodes twice, but whatever, they were funny references (especially the Dragonsneeze tree). I suppose the bugbear thing (which can kinda be counted towards a reference to Slice of Life) makes a little more sense, but I dunno.

Also, "magic shields", sure (but we all know those are smartwatches, right?) - and also nice to get some lore on the different cultures and their artifacts.

One other thing is that it was kind of satisfying to watch Starlight blast Discord like that, but I also think that was the only real mistake she made in the episode - letting him get to her like that.