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Well, at least Discord didn’t do this out of malice.
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@CORDZ2000
 
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He had a beeping crystal ball
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@DR CHRISMAN  
The only way this twist works is with a character like discord
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@DR CHRISMAN  
He didn’t know it would steal his magic or that they got to it
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@Jacalope  
They made three of them? You think the first time they thought of it they would see way it is a dumb idea
 
@CORDZ2000  
Yet he gave them a bell on a goldens plate
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To be fair, letting them steal his power was not part of the plan
 
He meant to be a safety net so yeah
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@Background Pony #588C
It’s writer incompetence and shock factor instead of doing something well… and i cannot believe there has been 3 versions of the Grogar twist in the leaks…
The plot twist itself is awful in many senses with logic and implications.
Would have been better using another draconequus (adapt Cosmos, Princess Eris or create a new one that have a plot that envolves about forgot the past and walk to the future) or hire Grant Morrison to give a extravagant way to defeat Discord and let the mane6 save the day @Background Pony #B3E1
 
Logic u say oh make sense oh what fun is there in making sense for a character like discord
CORDZ2000
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Technically his plan still worked
Background Pony #A155
Says it all.
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@Jacalope  
proof they had no idea what they were doing
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the selfish but human reason…
 
What was a human reason?
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And the twist only worked in the first draft but not in the second neither the final one because the last ones erases the selfish but human reason…
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@Background Pony #588C  
Sadly no. I ended up seeing the first and second draft, the twist was planned since 2017
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@Background Pony #588C  
It’s writer incompetence and shock factor instead of doing something well… and i cannot believe there has been 3 versions of the Grogar twist in the leaks…
 
The plot twist itself is awful in many senses with logic and implications.
 
 
Would have been better using another draconequus (adapt Cosmos, Princess Eris or create a new one that have a plot that envolves about forgot the past and walk to the future) or hire Grant Morrison to give a extravagant way to defeat Discord and let the mane6 save the day @Background Pony #B3E1
Background Pony #2A69
He started the whole thing, and then chose the punishment for the ones he manipulated. The result? He and the ponies came across as vindictive as the three villains their supposedly better than.
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@Harshie83  
Then again emotions were really hight at the moment and the princesses were probably really pissed at the trio. Perhaps with time passed they will reconsider they reconsider they decision.
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@CottonTales  
Because he is too overpowerd. Story needed him to get him out of picture in order to progress.
 
I think there wasn’t even a option that trio didn’t get better of Grogar/Discord, otherwise he could just snap his finger and teleport them to Tartarus.
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Still confused why he didn’t just teleport away or something, he saw them charging the bell and he did know what the bell did. I don’t think Chrysalis’ goo could stop his magic
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@Background Pony #B3E1  
one thing we can be sure: he was
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@Background Pony #B3E1  
I’m sure he did, but it was his fault for underestimating them. They don’t deserve to be punished for that.
Background Pony #588C
I feel like this is more of a writer’s incompetence and need to surprise the audience and subvert expectations rather than something Discord would do.  
I’m pretty sure he was intended to be unrelated to Grogar in the first drafts for this S9 storyline
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@Harshie83  
I kinda suspect that Discord suggest the punishment for the trio because he was peeved that they got bettter of him.
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I guess he got his revenge, though.
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To be fair, letting them steal his power was not part of the plan